Chapter 3 : A New Beginning
Serena recalled what the police officer had said about relocating all the victims of the human sex trafficking. He said the families could not go with the victims but she can still call and talk to them once every few was sad to go but she had no choice... Serena had to leave her friends and family behind... She packed her remaining garments and said one last goodbye to the room she grew up in... She said goodbye to her parents and her little brother and left with the police officers who were to escort her safely to the airport... The officers looked at her with pity as she sadly boarded the air plane that would to her to the city of Dakota, where her new life was waiting... A new school, making new friends, a new place miles away from where she grew up... It was honestly very frightening... She hoped never to see the men who abducted her again... When the plane landed, the city was incredible, so many it was scary and wonderful to be in a new place. There was a man standing in the corner of the air port with her name on a sign and Serena carefully went over to him.
"Are you Dr. Hawkins?" Serena asked nervously.
"Yes I am, are you Serena?" Asked Dr. Hawkins.
"Yes." Serena said.
"Follow me, my is parked right outside." Dr. Hawkins said.
He talked kindly to her as if he already new that she had gone through a tramatic expieriance. Dr. Hawkins son Virgil was sitting in the back seat with his friend Ritchi and when they found out an exchange student was coming all the way from japan, they had to see her...
"So, hows it going to feel having a gorgeous foregn girl staying in the same house as you bro?!"Ritchi asked excitedly.
"I don`t know..." Virgil said.
He couldn`t help thinking about what Hotstreak had told them four days ago and about what they had done to help Hotstreak as Static and Gear... It was all so strange, Hotstreak having those nightmares about a woman he`s never met, then they find out, a female foregn exchange student is coming from japan to live with them? It was too much of a coincidence...
"Virgil, Ritchi, can you two come out here for a minute please?" Dr. Hawkins asked.
Vigil and Ritchi got out of the car, both anticipating who this girl was that was going to be staying here and couldn`t wait to see what she looked like...
"Alright boys, this is Serena.. She will be staying with us for a while..." Dr. Hawkins said...
Virgil and Ritchi both stood dumbstruck with they`re mouths hanging open... Serena had the longest blond hair either one of them had ever seen, and her eyes were sparkling ocean blue...
"Seriously, you boys are gonna get bugs in your mouths if you don`t close them soon." Dr. Hawkins said.
He stood glaring at the two boys mistaking they`re looks of shock to be rudeness.
"Uh, sorry dad, hi Serena, my name is Virgil..." Virgil said extending his hand.
Serena shook his hand and smiled nervously.
"And I`m his best friend! Ritchi Foli, it is an honor making your aquantance." Ritchi said bowing.
Serena laughed and shook his hand as well.
"Its nice meeting you both." Serena said shyly.
After they were all introduced, they went to Virgil`s house to eat lunch, it was 1:30 in the afternoon. No sooner then they'd gotten through the door way, a tall slender girl with a lovely dark complexion and long black hair pinned up in two pony tales threw her arms around Serena.
"Geeze Sharon! You almost knocked me and Ritchie down!" Virgil said with annoyance.
"Poor baby brother..I'm just excited to a girl here for once...Serena do you want to go shopping with me?!" Sharon asked excitedly.
"Yeah sure, I could use a shopping trip but I don't have any money." Serena said.
"Oh nonsense!I'll buy you any thing you want, I work at the school as a guidance councillor so I make a good bit of money and I get paid today so come on!" Sharon said happily.
Before Serena could think twice, Sharon grabbed her wrist and they raced out the door. When they got to the mall Serena was awestruck, she'd never seen any mall that big in her entire life. There were so many different stores and fashions and jewelry stores, by the time they got through shopping they had the back seat of Sharon's car filled to the ceiling. Serena was honestly a little bit excited about her first day of school... She had so many new outfits to wear and jewelry, as well as several ball gowns Sharon insisted on buying for her as well.
"Edwin Alva is hosting a dinner tonight to try and make sort of a peace treaty between the people of Dekota and the bang babies." Sharon said.
"Whats a bang baby?" Serena asked confused.
"It happened about three years ago, there was some bad stuff going down at the docs and the police threw canasters of gas to stop the attacks but it backfired... The gas was unstable and caused the people it hit to mutate. It gave them bizarre powers pretty much..." Sharon said. " Any way we are having this dinner to try and prove to them that we accept them in the city..."
Serena thought it was strange but she kept her thoughts to herself... Later that evening, Serena put on a silky white gown that ended just below her cafs of her legs. She then put on some rose red lipstick and pearl white shimmery eye shadow. She had asked Sharon earlier if she needed any foundation or blush. She had told her that with her skin so much like porcelain and her adorable natural blush, Serena didn't need any. After everyone was ready, they all went to a large community building where the dinner was to be held... There were so many people there that it made Serena very nervous... At the other end of the building, Hot streak, Ebon and the other bang babies filed in wearily, eyeing everyone suspiciously. They felt uneasy after so much hostility was shown to them three years ago when the big bang made them this way... The humans treated them as monsters, so that's what many became. Hot streak new first hand how it was. He tried to be friendly with a girl named Frida who he actually wanted to date but she never gave him the chance. Eventually he started taking his aggression out on Virgil. He felt kind of bad for beating up the kid but he wasn't about to admit it... Suddenly, a low hush descended over the room as Edwin Alva of Alva industries made his way to the center stage...
"Hello everyone, we are here to celebrate the progress of this town between people and meta humans..." Alva said."Hopefully this dinner will ensure that we all get along from now on... Also, it is my pleasure to introduce miss Serena Tsukino from Japan... Serena starts her enrollment in our high school first thing to marrow morning... I do hope everyone will make her feel welcome... Serena would you come up here please dear..." Mr. Alva said smiling...Hot streakk and the others stared wide eyed as a beautiful young woman with long blond hair and ocean blue eyes walked up onto the stage...
"She's real..." Hot streak whispered...
Finallyshe's come at last...
(ok things are starting to heat up wool! Wonder what's gonna happen next?! Can't wait to find out I betcha! :-))