"Sonofisa, could you please take out the trash dear? I have a meeting soon and I cannot afford to be late." Sonofisa's mother called from the front door.
"Sure mom!" Sonofisa called back, pausing in her scrubbing. She gently dropped the plate she'd been holding and let it sit in the hot water. After wiping the suds from her hands with a hand towel, Sonofisa headed over to the garbage bags. On the way she'd almost tripped on her pet turtle, which she'd dubbed 'Waddles'.
"You silly little slider you," She scolded gently, placing Waddles off to the side. "Whenever I let you out you always manage to get under my feet."
There was no annoyance or anger in the girl's tone, merely amusement, as the little slider terrapin glanced up at her quizzically. Sonofisa was a normal girl. She lived with her mother and her step father; Landon. It had actually been Landon's turn to do the dishes that night, but the lazy bastard never did anything! Every single time, he'd find some excuse to get out of his assigned chores and make Sono do them.
As she went to take the garbage bags out, Landon walked in drying his hair with a towel. "Sono, I need you to run down to the grocery store when you're done with the trash. Your mom and I are having some company over in a few nights and I've made a list of what we need."
Normally, Sonofisa was an obedient girl… When it came to doing things for her mother. Lazy-ass Landon was a completely different story…
"And why can't you do it? You've got a car and the store is only four blocks down from here. Besides, it's getting dark out." Sono huffed, narrowing her hazel-green eyes as she picked up the garbage bags and began heading out.
Landon looked absolutely baffled. "What? I can't go out looking like this! Besides, you're going out anyways. Don't be lazy Sono." And with that he turned to walk off.
Sonofisa made a face and poked her tongue out at him before heading out the front door. As she dumped the garbage into the trash can on the curb, she heard him shout;
"And take your blasted pet frog with you!"
She scrambled over and caught Waddles just in time as the tiny terrapin flew out the front door. The shopping list and a pouch of money were attached to her tiny claws. "Damnit Landon, you CAN'T THROW HER!"
When she got no response, she grinded her teeth and placed Waddles into the pocket of her hoodie. Heading off down the street, she silently cursed the man her mother had chosen to marry. "Why does that man hate me so much?" She murmured to Waddles. The tiny terrapin merely blinked and nuzzled her hand comfortingly. "Ever since mom married him, she's been acting a little differently too… I wish my real dad were still here. I miss him so much."
Before long, Sonofisa arrived at the store. She hurried inside to escape the chilly air. The store was a 24-hour one and the staff there were fairly nice, so it wasn't that bad a place. Plus their prices were pretty cheap too and you got good-quality stuff for your money. "Hey Mags," She greeted one of the cashiers, her friend Maggie.
It took Sono at least an hour and a bit to complete her shopping. When she did, she chose to go through Maggie's checkout. "Wow, you've got enough food there to feed an army Sono." Maggie joked, scanning the items and bagging them.
Sonofisa shrugged. "Mom and Landon are having friends over in a few nights from now. Landon sent me to do the shopping."
Maggie clicked her tongue disapprovingly. "Shame on that man. Doesn't he know it's dangerous to be sending a young girl to the store on her own, in the dark? This is New York city after all."
Sono shook her head lightly. "He doesn't seem to care." She murmured.
After staying to talk with Maggie a few more minutes, Sonofisa left for home. The streets were fairly quiet this time of night and she shivered as she pulled her hood up over her head. It wasn't long before she passed a man on the street. He stared at her, his expression blank.
"Take a picture, it'll last longer." Sono muttered, sending the man a glare. She walked down the street a little ways longer until she heard voices in an alley;
"Kraang. The ones that were supposed to meet at the place we told them to be at were not at the place where we were supposed to meet them at that place."
"We will tell Kraang of this incident and have him send more of the Kraang to investigate this incident of the Kraang who did not meet us at the place that we were supposed to be meeting them at."
"Huh?" Sonofisa muttered, peering into the alley curiously. Those voices sounded monotonous, and eerily similar… In fact, almost the same.
She saw two identical men in suits walking stiffly down the alleyway toward her, both of them looking straight ahead, eyes half-shut. One of them was holding a rectangular box, and through the cracks Sonofisa could see a faint blue-green glow. Something in her gut was telling her that something wasn't right with this picture. And always, her curiosity got the better of her.
Making sure Waddles was securely in her hoodie pocket and resting her shopping bags against a wall, Sonofisa confronted the two men. "Whatcha got there?"
"Kraang. The one that is called girl has stopped in front of us and inquired about our material that we are supposed to keeping in this box that was supposed to be given to the other Kraang." One of them said. The other man nodded at him, and then with strength that would have scared any man, he picked up Sonofisa by her collar and tossed her to the side. She hit the curb with a sharp grunt of pain and caught herself from falling into the road. Waddles shrank within the hoodie pouch.
"What the heck?!" She shouted angrily as they began walking slowly towards her.
"Kraang, the one known as the girl knows too much. Kraang must get the one known as the girl." One of the men said. They both ran towards her, and Sonofisa gave a strong kick aimed between one of the man's legs. It landed with a dull clank and she hopped back, hissing in pain as she clutched her throbbing foot. "Yikes, they must have balls of steel."
In a last effort attempt to get away, she pushed one of the men. There was the sound of something breaking and the contents of whatever was in that box splashed onto her. Sonofisa was now absolutely covered in a glowing blue substance. At first she felt nothing, but then her skin began to crawl and tingle.
She fell to the ground as that tingle turned into an intense burning pain. Sonofisa cried out; it felt like her entire body was on fire! Eventually she blacked out, and the last thing she saw before her entire world faded into darkness were the two men running away from the scene.
"Kraang has compromised the mission. Kraang is going to kill Kraang!"