When All Was Lost...
Chapter Twenty-Eight
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The sound of waves crashed and the girl could smell salt in the air.
It was mixed with smog, smoke and possibly sulfer. It wasn't a pleasant smell...but a familiar one...
"Oh no! There's a girl out here on the ground!" she heard a voice shriek in worry,"Is she okay...?" There was a gentle poking against her body. "Hey...get up...are you okay!? Pull yourself together!"
"Mmmnh...?" she slowly blinked open her eyes...her vision was blurred.
Where...am I?
Who...am I...?
"Thank goodness you seem to have come to..." a young ginger's face soon cleared its way into her vision. "Say...you look...kinda familiar?" the child seemed to be no older than 13 or 14...and though his looks seemed rather feminine...his voice came to her like that of a boy,"Have we met somewhere beofre?"
"I don't...think so..." she groaned while sitting up and came to,"Who are you?"
"Me? Oh...My name is Rally!" he beamed,"Rally Dawson...I just kinda found you here...you look exhausted...were you running all night?" with a look of concern he helped the woman up and carefully checked her body for injuries.
She was dirty, the the denim skirt was clearly cut up and was tighter on her, and shredded, revealing scraped up knees and dried blood.
Along with a few other bruises...
"Looks like we're gonna have to clean you up a little...but...it doesn't seem like you're injured too seriously other wise..." he sighed in relief," Good. Doesn't seem like you were attacked by thugs either...thank goodness for that, too." he stated, "Still though it's dangerous for a girl to be sleeping around here on the ground...!"
This boy...This ginger haired boy...reminded her of someone.
Someone...important...
Someone...I must remember...
...Who
She grunted and held her forehead.
Who am I?
"So...what were you doing just laying around in an alley?" Rally asked, as he tried to help her stand.
"I'm...not sure.." she answered, trying to recall anything that could have brought her there.
Flashes would come from time to time.
"I think I...was running?"
"Running?" Rally gasped,"Running from what?"
"I can't remember..." she groaned,"A...person I think?"
"Oh no...a bad guy!?"
"Maybe?"
"Well that's no good..." said Rally, "Don't worry, you seem to be safe now...I won't hurt you~" He smiled sweetly.
It was warm and kind as he helped her stand.
"So...what do they call you?"
"I...I'm sorry..." she said softly."I'm afraid I...can't remember."
"What? You don't remember your own name!?" said Rally,"Wow...that's really serious..." he blinked, "Well...Let's see if I can help you out!" he said,"Uhm...well for starters...this is Satellite. I guess this place used to be called Domino City a long time ago...does any of that ring any bells?"
"Satellite!?" she gasped and winced as her head began to hurt. She must have hit it whenever she fell here.
"Yes Satellite...I remember, I...I was trying to run here."
But...how the hell did I GET here!?
"What? You were trying to run TO Satellite!?" Rally seemed shocked by this.
After all...most people try to run away from the place...but this girl was trying to GET there...
"Why on earth would you want to run here?"
"I'm not sure..." she said softly,"But I think...I was trying...to find someone..."
Someone...with wild...ginger hair...
"I see...so you have a friend here in Satellite...hmm...Can you tell me their name?" Rally questioned, " Maybe I know them- then I could help you find this person!"
She sighed and shook my head.
"I see...well...that's a bust." Rally sighed,"Seems like you have Amnesia or somthin...That's a tough one...and the only clue we have is that you were running away from someone trying to find someone else here in Satellite..."
"Yeah...I wonder..." she sighed.
How did I get here...?
She closed her eyes and suddenly a swarm of flash images played.
What is this!?
I'm...running.
From what!?
I was escaping...
I was kidnapped...
I...lost who I was...then I found it...and then...
She groaned
And then what...?
"Someone was after me...and I...was escaping?"
"Wait for real!?" Rally gasped,"Were you kidnapped or somthin!?"
"Yeah...I...think so..." she said as she tried to organize the image that palyed in her mind,"But...I escaped..."
I remember...
I was running...I escaped from...somehwere...and I ran.
I ran and ran and kept running...I hopped a garbage barge...because I knew it was coming here...coming back...
"Home." she muttered softly.
"Wait...what?"
"Satellite..." she said to him, tears beginning to form in her eyes. "This is...my home."
"Wait...so you mean...you're actually from here?" Rally grinned,"So then maybe we really did meet before!" he paused for a moment trying to think,"Mm...No maybe not...I would have remembered better...I'm good about things like that." he said and focused his gaze on the girl,"...But I swear...I have seen you before..." Rally thought long and hard for a moment before heaving a sigh. "Well whatever...I'll figure it out later...meanwhile...I can't just leave you out here." he said taking her hand in his,"Come with me, we have a hide out in an abandoned subway station...you can stay there until we can figure out a little more about who you are."
She didn't really have much choice. She couldn't remember much...and sleeping in the streets didn't seem like a good idea...she simply nodded and trusted in Rally.
Because Something inside her told her that she could...
To Be Continued
