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I am developing a bit of a writers block :(. I am not sure if I actually will be able to finish act 2 by friday sorry. :(
I woke up late that morning. At least late for my now unusual routine. When my eyes opened, Ashlynn was not in the room. I figured she went doenstairs for breakfast. Realizing how hungry I actually was, I stumbled down the stairs as well.
Ashlynn greeted me with a wave in the kitchen. Mrs Dee was cooking up some waffles and more of her fantastic hot chocolate. I sat opposite my redheaded friend and ate as much as a whale. A) The food was delicious. B)I was starving.
"So will you two be going into the city today?" Asked Mrs Dee.
"Uh yeah I guess."
"Then you two should really get going before rush hour. The streets get very busy." She recommended. I finished my plate. We gave her thanks, and resumed our impossible journey. For being a quarter of the size of Toronto, Winnepeg was a very busy city. Traffic was slow on the highway, so we agreed to ditch it and take a side road into town. We drove through suburban areas and plazas.
"Why don't we spend the day in the city?" recommended Ashlynn as the skyscrapers began to ascend in the flat distance. I had been driving virtually nonstop since Thunder Bay. I didn't need much convincing.
"Gladly." I turned on the radio and turned it up. Empire State of Mind was on. Wrong city, right mood. We arrived at around noon. Lunch hour for the office workers so the streets were hustling and bustling.
We parked in the public car park. Locked the heavy doors and we were off. Two teenagers, no school, no goals, one city. We spent lunch at a greek restaurant. We relaxed in the park for an hour afterwards then headed to the waterpark. It was then that I realised it was the 1st of May. One step closer to sweet summer. Winnepeg, even at that time of the year was very hot. Ashlynn and I had a blast at the waterpark. It was not quite as big as wonderland in Toronto, but it sufficed. After an afternoon of waterfights, lazy rivers, and slides, Ashlynn and I agreed to settle nearby for the night. Winnipeg was not well known for its tourism. The most tourism were for the haunted houses. We did find a dance club that was worth going to, and a nearby restaurant for dinner. We sat down with a table for two. We got some funny looks. People probably saw us as a couple. It did seem odd. Me, the quiet and polite guy and Ashlynn,the loud, independent made us both laugh. The people wouldn't understand what we had been through. If they did know, they would be scared that they were amongst high value targets of some powerful guy in greek mythology.
The place we chose was basically a pub. It had a drinks bar, some tables and several TVs showing sports. In this case, the news was on. ashlynn and I stopped our conversation about Green Day to listen as breaking news hit the TV.
The woman on the screen began; "After two weeks of violent protests on New Olympia, the federal government has finally agreed to begin searching for and prosecuting the Heroes of New Olympia." silence filled the building as people watched the Prime Ministers speech.
"Citizens of this great nation, the house of commons has finally agreed that the riots and protests in new olympia need to stop. Without rights violations, this seems like the only soloution. It pains me to decree this, but rewards will be given to those who hand over the Heroes of New Olympia, who are acused of fraud and treason against the people." The screen returned the reporter. "The government has decreed that such actions are being taken so that property and lives will not be further harmed in riots andprotests in New Olympia. So far, one hero has been found."
"Please don't be Odie." I whispered to myself. Ashlynn was definetly hoping it wasn't her family.
"The arrested Hero is Odie Gallaher. The man who ended the war in Libya. He is the guardian of a boy who apparently ran away from home. Police are looking into the case to check if any domestic abuse. His Fiance, Medellia Boulevard has been outraged by the arrest and had been convicted of interference of the arrest. The trials begin tomorrow for this Hero of New Olympia." The news then went off about sports and the liveliness of the bar returned.
"Oh my god." I clenched my hair. "Its all my fault. I should have stayed home."
Ashlynn calmed me by comforting my clenched arm. "There was nothing you could have done. It would have happened anyways."
"Yeah but because I ran away, people are thinking of him as a child abusive parent. Even if he is proved innocent, he will have that title."
"He wasn't an abusive parent Herry."
"Tell that to the media." For once I had a point.I loved winning debates. Especially against Ashlynn who almost always won the arguments. The media was going to feast on Odies convictions and make him look like a horrible person. I wanted to do something about it, but if I did, all of what we had done would have been in vain. I had to keep going and maintain our low profile.
"I'm worried that they will torture him into telling about the others. Like my parents. What would happen to my siblings if my parents disappeared? The twins wouldn't last long. And who would be mad enough to adopt them? Ryan would end up in some gang on the streets and god knows what else."
I relaxed my shoulders. "They don't have torture in Canada. Thats a US secondly, Odies a tough nut. He won't give up without a fight."
She smiled. "You cheered up fairly quickly."
I shrugged. "You had a good point, and besides, we have a dance club to go to. Lets try and stick together this time." She nodded. We paid our bill and walked out of the pub.
That was when it happened. I felt suddenly negative. Not from inside, but from around me. Like bad feelings were giving off heat in a direction. I recognised the feeling. I felt it in the graveyard, and in Thunder Bay. My head started to ache. I pressed my hand against my head like Harry potter would with his scar. Ashlynn noticed my wierd behaviour.
"You all right there?"
I looked around. I don't know how, but I saw crystal clear, two city blocks away behind us was a blonde woman in a red t shirt looking directly at me.
It was Medea. her eyes had that sharp and evil glow. I then realized that feeling was my sixth sense that my mother had told me about. I was sensing danger. That heat of negative was in her direction. I started to panick.
"Ashlynn, we need to get out of here." She choked a luagh.
"What the hell are you blabbering on about?"
"Its Medea, she must have been following us since my house."
"How do you know?"
"I err..." I could't find the right word to use. "I sense it."
"Ok wait, so on top of super strength, serious guts and cute eyes-"
"You think I'm have cute eyes?" She blushed big time.
"Never mind. Now you have some kind of spidey sense?"
"I guess. But trust me. Shes following us. Two blocks away."
Ashlynn looked back. Her hawk like eyes picked up a certain Medea all right because her blushing grin disappeared.
"Oh shit you're right."
"Get to the truck?"
"Good idea." We began to run. We both knew exactly where the car park was. One block west and two north. The setting sun made it clear where west was. I sensed the negative feeling(Medea) was starting to run too. She was full sprinting along the now quiet sidewalks. I had one look back.
"BOOK IT!" I yelled at Ashlynn. I was already sprinting.
Have you ever seen a cheetah run? If you haven't. Its very impressive. All the power goes to the muscular legs of the cat and then, the rest is history. When I told Ashlynn to run, I thought some kind of engine was running those legs because she was faster than Usaine Bolt on steroids.
STEROIDS.
I had no chance of keeping up. Before she was too far ahead, I gave her the keys to start up the car without me. Medea on the other hand, was getting closer to me. Ashlynn had already turned the corner before Medea was at my heels. How do girls run so fast? I was thinking to myself. If I kept running, Medea was going to tackle me.
Luckily, I approached the corner. Instead of turning right over the road, I turned left. This caught Medea by surprise as I hid behind the building corner and tackled her instead. It was on a quieter road thank god. If people were here, cops would have come and separated us. I pinned Medea to the ground.
"Why are you all after me and my friend?"
I felt her legs come between me and her and she kicked me into the air. Landing on my ass.
"If I still had my body, I would have killed you by now." She snarled. "No matter. I will kill you anyways. You see, my master has promised me my old body in return for your head." She drew out a long, crooked dagger.
I raised my fists. "You have not answered the whole question you bitch."
She cackled like the witch she was. "Have you not heard the prophecy?"
I kept my fists up ready to fight. "What prophecy?"
Before Medea could say another word, she got rammed from behind by a yellow truck. Ashlynn was in the drivers seat.
"Get in before she wakes up!" She screamed. I quickly dashed for the passenger seat. Ashlynn skidded off. Out of the city, towards the highway.
"WOAH." I breathed. "Thanks for saving me. She would have cut me up pretty badly."
"Well, it seemed that you two were having a lovely conversation." She mocked. "Any clues?"
"She said something about a prophecy." I breathed heavily. Tired from the running and fighting.
"A prophecy?"
"A statement that tells the future."
"Anything else?"
"She was going to say something, but then you came along and made her roadkill."
"You're welcome."
I laughed as we hot the highway, which was jammed for some reason.
I asked Ashlynn. "Since when could you drive?"
"I have had my G1 license for a while now. But I wasn't sure if I was up to the challenge of driving for 12 hours."
"Well you're driving just fine right now."
"We're stuck in traffic."
I laughed. "And WHERE did you learn to run like that? You were like lightning!"
She blushed lightly. "I was on the cross country team and track since grade 5. Went to regionals every time."
I was impressed. Not only was Ashlynn badass and independent. But she could run seriously fast.
My thoughts were interrupted by a loud crashing noise ahead of us. It followed with a car a few metres ahead being flown into the air. Driver and all. It landed on its top in the ditch. The driver was surely injured. It wasn't as worrying as the 12 foot giant charging towards us. It looked similar to the one at the funeral, excpet this one was green and had a godzilla like tail. The cars around us booked out of its way, allowing us to move.
"Drive towards the ditch." I commanded Ashlynn. She followed my instruction. We dodged the monster charge and drove into and over the ditch onto a farm field full of cows.
"Do you have any weapons in your bag?" I asked Ashlynn.
"I have a bow and some arrows why?"
"Cause that thing is coming after us!"
Sure enough, she looked back and saw mr godzilla rampaging after us. She stopped the car and took a bow and a quiver of arrows out of her back.
"I'll shoot you drive." Was all that she said. She jumped into the back of the truck. I clambered over to the drivers seat, floored the gas pedal and headed full speed away from the beast.
I dodged a few cows and broke through the fence into the next plot. This was an empty field with no animals. Now it was time to take care of this thing.
I circled around. The giant had bounded through the fence to catch us.
"KEEP IT STEADY!" Ashlynn yelled in the open boot. I slowed down making it easier for her shoot. The giant charged again,
Closer.
Closer.
CLOSER.
Ashlynn shot an arrow it flew dead into its neck. It stopped charging and fell to its chubby knees. Gasping for breath, the giant collapsed in its own, cold blood. Dead.
"Holy fuck." Ashlynn shakily said. "I killed it."
"Better it than us. Nice shot."
She slowly made it to the passenger seat, putting her bow and arrow away.
"New rule." I said. "From now on, we will have to avoid highways and cities. We put risk to people around us with our very presence. We will have to get to New Olympia by side roads from here on."
Ashlynn, shocked from what she had done, shakily said. "OK."
We drove off silently on the gravel road before the authorities arrived. That was one hell of a day.
I would like to once again thank all my reviewers including:
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Here is todays question:
Who is your favourite character to WRITE about?
I like to write about Herry and Jay cuz I can relate to them alot. Herry, in my mind is a quiet guy who doesnt talk alot to people outside of his friends group and Jay, i can relate to his decisions and why they are good or bad. And the fact he feels guilty about everything.
See you all next time! :D