Hello readers! The true adventure begins!
Krissy waits in line, fingering her handful of batteries. She sighs almost silently, missing the feel of actual weather. In the FAYZ, there is no rain nor snow. No bitter wind or scorching heat. She had no word to describe the 'weather' in this dome. There was light and dark. That's it. Whether your talking the sky or the way people are. There's only light and dark.
She was next and line and hands over her batteries to Albert. Krissy weaves through the crowd, dancing a bit but mostly chatting with others. There was one conversation, however, that was getting her riled up.
"Your sister's a freak." A brown-haired boy said, surprising Krissy a bit.
"Um, what?" She raises her eye brow. "I have 2 other sisters, ya know."
"Sonic. She's a freak." He glares. "She attacked Hank and she created the FAYZ wall."
"Your insane, Sonia's going through hell, why would she create her own hell?"
"Who knows," He shrugs. "But it seems she's the ONLY ONE in tis weird world who can make force fields exactly like the FAYZ wall. Coincidence? I think not."
Krissy turns away and loses herself in the crowd, "Sonia never told me she had powers." She mutters.
Violet clutches her head as another wave of headaches greet her. She squeezes her eyes shut and curls up into a little ball. She had ran out of Advil a few days ago and was going through the pain of being 'cut off'.
I'm so hungry.
Violet pauses, trying to see if there was anyone else in the house. She knew those weren't her thoughts, so she figured someone else had said it. Another wave of pain makes her forget about it.
"I need... I need..." Violet slowly climbs to her feet. "Pain killer. But where..."
Come to me.
"Where?"
I have need of you.
"Stop the pain..."
Come to me.
"Who are you?"
I am the gaiaphage. Come to me.
Violet closes her eyes, walking slowly and wobbly to an unknown destination to everyone, including her. She was aware of her walking, but didn't care. She thought that maybe the gaiaphage, whatever it is, can fix her headache.
Sonia and Brianna, also known as Sonic and Breeze, stand at the edge of town. Both were wearing the strongest pair of shoes they could find.
"Alright, so we go through town square and end at the beach. A straight line, basically." Brianna explains. "Edillio has a video camera at the beach so we can see who won."
"Alright, let's go." Sonia grins. "Ready, set... Go!"
The two speedy females run through town, the smell of burning rubber filled the air. They were just blurs on the road to everyone else. As they reach the beach, a storm of sand is kicked up.
The two cross the finish line. Brianna stops, managing not to fall. Sonia stumbles and falls into the ocean water. Edillio pulls her to her feet and shows them the video, slowed down 500x.
"It's a tie!" Brianna exclaims in confusion.
"Edillio!" Sonia shouts suddenly. "Pause and rewind real slow-like!"
"Uh, okay." Edillio gives the girl an odd look and does as she says.
"Stop right there!" Sonia points to the upper left corner of the screen. "What's that?"
Edillio and Brianna lean in close to see, trying to figure out what exactly 'it' was.
"I don't know, Sonic." Brianna mutters. "It kinda looks like a flash of light, except for it's green. And it's night time."
"That's so weird." Edillio blinks in surprise. "I didn't even notice that."
"I think it looks like a lady bug." Sonia announces.
Edillio raises his eye brow, "I don't think ladybugs have pincers."
"It might just be a pincher bug." Brianna comments. "But for now, let's just say it's a bug."
"If it's a bug, it must be squashed!" Sonia hops up and down.
Hungry in the darkness.
Sonia flinches at the recurring voice in her head. She'd learned to ignore it, but it still creeped her out.
"I-I'll see you guys later." She mutters, adjusting her ponytail. "I'm hungry, gonna go find some food."
"Watch out for zekes!" Brianna adds jokingly.
"I was hoping I could find a milkshake and a burger,"
"Good luck with that."
Sonia disapears off into the night, not knowing where she was headed. Just that she was going somewhere. Somewhere important and dangerous.
She loved danger.
Caine had a plan, a perfect plan. In the car was him, Diana, Drake and Jack. Panda was driving. They drove with their headlights off, moving quickly but carefully down the road. Panda's driving skills had increased, so had his confidence it doing so.
They come upon the Power Plant, a soft hum coming from the building.
"Bug, go check and see if there's someone in the gaurd house." Caine instructs.
Meanwhile, Brittany was in the main room with Terrence. Josh and Jacob were gaurding the front entrance.
"I am a soilder." Brittany whispers to herself the words that Edillio had told her. "I. Am a soilder."
Terrence was sleep in his chair. Gunfire shocks him out of it. He trembles, whereas Brittany stood ready with her machine gun pointed at the door.
"I'm scared, Brittany." Terrence whispers.
"Don't be, your a soilder." Brittany smiles reassuringly.
"I'm just a kid."
Brittany nods in understanding, "Put your gun under the desk and run."
Terrence does so as the door starts to creak and groan.
"Dear Lord, give me the strength." Brittany prays. "To stop this evil. I will not die until that monster Caine is stopped. Amen."
The door bursts open, flying of it's hinges and hitting Brittany. Knocking her off her feet. She pulls the trigger, sending off a row of bullets at those in the doorway.
"Sam!" Brianna appears on the street in front of Sam. "There you are! Caine's at the power plant!"
"Wha-"
"SAAAM!" Krissy comes running in. "Man, Zil's saying Hunter killed someone!"
Sam stares in shock.
"Sam!" Taylor bounces in. "Lana's missing!"
Sam sighs, knowing this just had to be the worst day ever, "Alright, one at a time. Krissy, what do you mean Hunter killed someone?"
"Man, I was just walking home and I hear yelling coming from their house! I go an innvestigate and Zil's got this poker stick! Hunter he's all like, 'Be cool man!' and then this one boy jumps between them! That boys on the floor, dead!"
Sam blinks, taking the story in, "Brianna?"
"I was practicing for mine and Sonia's next race and I see Caine at the power plant. He threw a car, rushed right in there. I heard gunfire, but it's quiet now." Brianna gives the short version.
"Taylor?" Sam almost wishes he hadn't asked.
"I saw Lana, Albert and Cookie, dog too, in a pick-up truck going out into the desert." Taylor reports.
Sam sighs, "Brianna, find Orc and Howard, tell them to start going up to the power plant. Taylor, find Dekka and Edillio, send them to the power plant. Krissy, come with me."
"Aye-aye, captain!" Brianna salutes and speeds out the room.
"Got it." Taylor bounces out the room.
Sam and Krissy walk over to Zil's house, Hunter was gone.
Sonia comes upon the power plant. She didn't know why she was here, just that she had to be. She sighs and kicks off her destroyed shoes. She walks at normal speed up to the gaurd house, surprised to find it empty. She peeks around the corner and sees two gaurds at the door.
Without even thinking about it, Sonia speeds past them without leaving a trace. She skids to a stop, mainly because she tripped on a wrench that someone stabbed into the ground. She hisses in pain, the speed she went at making the fall much more painful. That and she cut her arm on a piece of wire.
No one had noticed her. Yet. She gets up and snakes through the the wire someone put up in the doorway. Diana spots her but says nothing, just raises her eye brows in surprise.
"Hey Kinky, did'ya miss me?" Sonia giggles, standing a good distance away.
Drake already knew who it was, and didn't think twice about flicking his whip hand at her. Sonia closes her eyes, but barely flinches as Drake's whiphand slices her cheek.
"Don't. Call me. That." Drake growls.
"How did you get in here?" Caine stops the arguement before it could happen.
"Did a little running, little tripping, little cutting." Sonia makes small gestures with her hands, just trying to be annoying.
Caine's eye twitches, "That dosen't explain anything."
"I think it does,"
"Those idiots out front didn't see you?" Diana questions.
"Nope, I'm to fast for them." Sonia grins, then occupies herself with a box of Sharpie's.
Diana rolls her eyes, "What's that suppose to mean?"
"You should know I don't give straight answers." Sonia begins to doodle on the desk. "But to put things short, I'm on your side now."
"...Why?"
Sonia shrugs, "Hey, any of you got a lighter?"
No one answers, so she assumes that's a no.
Sonia blinks as she notices a certain computer boy hunched over a keyboard. She quietly wonders why he was even here. Actually, SHE didn't even know why she was here.
Violet moved slow, slightly out of it. Her headache had subsided, but she knew it would come back again. It always does. She walks along the freeway, passing many empty cards, thinking it looked like a ghost town... Ghost freeway... Ghost way. Yeah.
She was far from her destination, going by instinct. Not her instinct. The gaiaphage's instinct.