Chapter 2
The second chapter is here, yay! This is the chapter where the story actually begins. Also I may be not able to update for a month because of some family issues . Anyway, you can always tell me your opinion and suggest new ideas. Enjoy!
Sunday
I woke up with a terrible headache. I couldn't sleep all night because of the neighbor's dogs barking yesterday. I finally managed to get off the bed and almost squashed my phone. ''That was a close one.'' I said to myself relieved and headed straight to the kitchen. I was starving like hell and there's nothing better than a bowl filled with sugar flakes for breakfast. Entering the kitchen, I saw my mother, who was making fried eggs. She turned around, approached me, and gave me a big hug. Well, that was something that I did not expect. She looked deep inside my brown eyes and said
"Oh Katherine, I'm so sorry about yesterday'' she said softly. Her blue eyes were shining like diamonds under the sunlight. ''I was too aggressive with you last night and…''
"I know mom, it's all my fault. If I hadn't been late, nothing of this would happen" I interrupted her. "I wasn't responsible enough, I'm sorry." That words of mine made her smile.
"Forget about what I said yesterday. It's just that you and Sarah are both pretty girls and the world is filled with bad and sick people. You don't know what's inside of someone's mind. And don't forget that as your mother I'll be always worried about you." my mom said and gave me an anxious look. I really knew that she cared about me more than anyone, so I hugged her back. A smell of burned food interrupted me as I started sniffing all around. Then I realized that it were the eggs, which had already turned into ash.
"Oh my god, the eggs!'' I heard my mother shout as she ran to close the cooker. "Aww,look at this mess! I'm sorry honey but I think you're having cereal for breakfast today."
"Never mind" I said smiling, "That was my first choice after all." I walked to the shelves and grabbed the cereal box.
"By the way, Sarah's mother called me and invited us to go to the beach with them today. So you'd better hurry up cause we're leaving in an hour."
"Awesome! I'll be ready in ten." I said putting the cereal box back and ran up to my room. Choosing a swimsuit wasn't that easy, especially when you have like thousands of them. But I finally choosed the one that expressed me more. A black bikini with violet seashell prints on it, my two favorite colors combined. And with my Decepticon necklace on, I was completely ready for the beach.
After a while I could hear Sarah's mom talking to my mom outside. I quickly grabbed my stuff and walked downstairs to the front door. I went out and saw Sarah's mom, who walked towards me,
"Well, well, look who's here." she said kindly. "How are you Katherine?" she asked and smiled.
"Um, fine thank you . Is Sarah here?" I asked curiously
"Yeah, she's in the car waiting for you." the woman replied. I thanked her and ran straight to the car. had an awesome car with leather seats,GPS and all the stuff. But the only thing I didn't like about it that it was painted brown. I really can't stand that color. Anyway, I saw Sarah starring at me through the car's window with an annoying look.
"What's wrong?" I asked her as I approached the car.
"You won't go anywhere without that necklace, will you Megsy?" she said like she wanted to tease me.
"By the way, have you noticed that you're wearing your one too, Prime?" I teased her more. A minute after I sat into the back seat, we both burst into laughter…
Finally we arrived at the beach. There were people everywhere. Most of them were lying under the sun waiting to be "fried", but whatever. Me and Sarah went to find a good spot while our mothers were desperately trying to find a parking place.
"Hey Katherine." I heard Sarah's familiar voice. "I'm gonna buy us some snacks from the kiosk down there. What about you?"
"I think I'm going to swim for a bit. I 'll be right here f you need me, ok?" I said as she nodded and walked away. I quickly took my sandals off and dived into the clean water. It wasn't deep enough for me so I decided to swim a little bit further. Suddenly I felt something like a cold wave passing through me and a I could not move. Then I felt something dragging me to the bottom. I panicked and tried to pull away but my whole body was frozen. To my surprise I was still able to breathe, even if I was underwater. My body was heading deeper and deeper until at some point the water was freezing cold and pitch black. My eyes shut hermetically from fear when I felt my body touching some kind of stone. When I finally managed to open my eyes, the only thing I saw was a dazzling light coming from my chest and a sharp pain in my palm. After that I blacked out.
I woke up in my bedroom with my pajamas on and a bandage covering my left palm. As I took it off, I saw a big scar covering almost all of it. I could not remember how did I get it or when, so I decided to ask mom about it, when suddenly the phone rang. I saw Sarah's name on the screen so I picked it up immediately.
"Katherine! Oh thank god you picked it up. Are you alright?" she said in a rush.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Why wouldn't I?" I responded
"Maybe because you almost died like two days ago." Sarah said in an angry tone. Her words made me shiver.
"I DID WHAT?" I yelled. "B-b-but how? When?" I stuttered
"I'll explain you later. Now listen, I can't find anyone." she said with a quavering voice.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that everyone is missing My mother, our neighbors, everyone's just gone!" At the beginning I thought she was joking but when I went outside, my whole block was empty. There was no one inside or outside the houses. They were all gone, Just like Sarah said. I started panicking and ran back to my house trying to find my mother. She wasn't there, no one was. Then Sarah called me again.
"Ok Sarah, what's going on?" I asked angrily
"I don't know" she said. "And all of my Transformers stuff is empty. Every album, every DVD cover is completely white." After hearing this I dashed into my room and froze. It was just like Sarah said again. Every poster, every album, everything related to Transformers was completely white. Everything, except my…necklace! "Now, what is going on?" I thought as I grabbed my phone and started texting.
Sarah POV
I got a message from Katherine
"Coming to ur house. Something's going on. Stay there and wait for me. Katherine." I sighedand sat onto a chair next to me, shaking my leg nervously. It didn't take long until I saw Katherine jumping from her bike near my house and rushing in.
"Ok Sarah, tell me everything. Why did you said that I almost died two days ago?" she growled at me.
"You mean you don't remember?" I asked her
"Remember what?" she yelled at me.
"Ok, just calm down and have a seat" I said and heard her sigh. "You see, two days ago we went to the beach. I went to get us some snacks and you went to swim for a while. But when I came back, I heard someone scream. And then…" my voice paused when I thought about it . "Then I saw you lying on the beach unconscious, your skin was so pale that you looked like dead". At that moment I saw Katherine's hand trembling and her face turning white from fear. "The lifeguard was doing CPR on you for about three hours before the ambulance arrived. The doctors also noticed your scar on your hand and said that it's from a jellyfish. But I don't think so" I saw her looking at her hand.
"Well, that explains it all." she said heavily, " But where's everyone and what's wrong with our Transformers stuff?" I even didn't manage to respond when we heard a strong explosion and my house's roof just went flying above our heads. We ran under the table, trying to avoid the falling wood pieces from the rooftop.
"Sarah watch out!" I heard Katherine's voice when suddenly one of the shelves fell on me and broke my leg. I screamed from the massive pain, trying to pull out, when I heard something huge approaching us. A huge robot was standing above us, with it's wings creating an enormous shadow covering the entire house. It was gazing at me first, but then it turned to Katherine and stretched out its hand to her. There was something familiar in its eyes, its red eyes. "Wait, did I say red? Oh my god, this cannot be…!" I thought and glowered at the mech, which still had its hand stretched towards Katherine. To my worst fear, my thoughts were verified when I heard Katherine say with fear and excitement,
"Starscream, is that you?"