Chapter 2
The object floated higher and higher into the greenish colored sky.
Eventually it got so high, no one could see it anymore, and a few seconds later, there was a loud boom noise and the ground shook.
People ran out into the middle of the street and buildings crumbled around us.
Earthquake?
Everyone lied on the ground on their knees with their hands covering their heads.
After about twenty minutes of waiting, the world stopped shaking and everything was silent.
The survivors of the earthquake stood up and looked at one another.
There weren't many of us.
Trees and buildings smashed most people.
I pulled out my cell phone and I had connection again!
I immediately called my mom.
She answered.
"Mom? Are you okay? Did the earthquake happen over there?" I asked.
"Uh-huh," she said.
"Look, I'm coming home. Don't worry I'll be there soon," I said.
I ran back upstairs in the dormitory building.
Luckily, the building was small and didn't crumble to pieces like some buildings did.
I got to my room and packed my suitcase full of my belongings.
Then I ran back outside and got into my car.
My car had a little dent in the front from where a rock hit it.
Good thing I didn't park by anything.
I started my car and drove home.
By the time I got home, it was early morning.
About six o'clock.
I opened the door to my mom's house and called out for her.
I heard her voice from the kitchen.
I walked over to her.
She was crying by the sink.
"Mom what's wrong?" I asked.
"It's your sister. She's dead," she told me.
Dead?
"What?" I gasped.
"Look, this morning after the earthquake I went to find her and I found her dead in the bathroom," she said.
That concerned me.
"How'd she die?" I asked.
"I don't know. It wasn't the earthquake. I heard her yell my name and I ran to find her, she was lying on the floor of the bathroom all tore up and ripped into pieces. Someone killed her," she said.
I walked over to the TV and turned it on.
News was on everywhere and there were many reports.
One lady on the news channel was saying that many people died in their bathrooms and were found 'shredded into pieces as if someone was trying to rip their hearts out'.
My mom watched the news with me, nervously.
Her eyes were red from crying.
"I will find out what killed her," I said.
I walked out the door and got into my car.
I drove downtown to the mall.
Of course since it was Saturday and there were preppies and girly-girls all over the mall, even at a time like this.
I figured this was the best way to find out what was going on.
I watched the girly-girls, the mall cops, and all the store owners do what they do on a daily basis.
Nothing seemed too suspicious.
I sat there at the mall for about an hour.
I was getting ready to leave when a group of preppies walked by.
One of them was looking in a small mirror she pulled out of her purse.
She looked at herself in the mirror but stopped walking.
She seemed to have poked the mirror and then suspiciously looked at her finger.
"Hey guys, look at this," she said.
Her friends walked over to her and watched as she poked the mirror.
"Where's your finger? There's no reflection of your finger," said one of the girls.
"This is weird. What's going on?" asked another girl.
The preppy stuck her tongue out and apparently by the reaction of her friends, her reflection didn't do the same.
"Science has been reversed I think," said one of her friends.
Then out of no where I noticed a medium-sized green creature pop out of nowhere behind the preppies.
I stood up.
The creature walked over to the preppy holding the mirror and looked down at her.
She screamed, as did her friends.
"What is that thing?" asked one of her friends.
The alien didn't hesitate then. He grabbed the preppy with the mirror and tore out her insides.
Just like my sister, and just like they said on the news.
The other preppies ran away.
As other people ran crazily out of the mall, I watched the creature take the preppy girl's heart and run away.
The slimy green creature noticed me, but did nothing.
All he did was look at me in the eyes, and run away.
I was confused.