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T.O.A.S.T stands for: Totally. Over. Analyzing. Short. Trailers.
OKay, second chapter now up. Mega update 1,600 words.
Slight change in tense after advice. Introducing my OC. possible relationship.... or not.
Chapter 1
I landed on the hard concrete in a heap after diving into the doorway. I paused to catch my breath before scrambling to stand up. Outside, to my relief the squad of aliens had not moved. Sighing I relaxed and started trying to work a round this slight inconvenience.
A lone grunt broke away from the group and started rambling towards the building I was hiding in. 'crap'. I looked around the place I was hiding in. It was obviously the reception for this block of flats. There were several human bodies lying around bathed in their own blood. I didn't even feel nauseous I had seen so many bodies recently I had got used to the sight. Unlike the first time I saw a corpse.... I had thrown up on the spot then. The room looked like a normal reception room with a desk and some chairs. But I also saw a flight of stairs labeled Stairs for floor 1,2,3,4,5,6. I decided it was my best hope of hiding and ran over to it. The stairs were covered in Red blood.... Human blood. This had a annoying effect of making the stairs really slippery causing me to slip over a few times. I reached the first floor and waited catching my breath. A loud clacking noise came up the stairs. Guess they must have hard feat. Now I started to panic, My only option was to carry on going up... so that's what I did. But now I went quietly creeping slowly. I managed to make it to the stairs for the second floor and was starting to creep up them when the little alien appeared down the corridor.
It squealed and raised a strange G shaped device at me. I Bolted up the stairs leaving the alien standing in the corridor. It set off in hot pursuit because it was just about to start climbing the stairs by the time I had reached the top. I bolted down the closest corridor with the sounds of the small creature scrambling up the stairs. Problem was the closest corridor also happened to be a dead end. 'Crap' I looked round desperately looking for a way out.... there wasn't one..... and now the sounds of the creature climbing the stairs had stopped.... to be replaced by the sound of it quietly walking down the corridor. I dived into the nearest room and fell on something..... That something happened to be a baseball bat. I look at the solid wood. 'Oh what the hell'. Scrambling up I position myself behind the opened door . I could hear the alien make its way down the corridor stopping occasionally..... I guess to look in the rooms. The alien stopped right outside the room and sniffed. I could smell some gas coming from the creature.
It walked slowly into my room holding the G thing out like a gun. I waited for it to move into prime striking distance. It shuffled its feet and turned slightly towards my hiding place. ' Bad Move Buddy' I swung with all my strength and connected with the aliens head with a satisfying CRACK. The alien falls with a little squeak. I look at my handiwork sprawled on the floor. Pleased, I inspect the Baseball bat and find a sizeable dent in the wood. Discarding the now useless bat I bend down and inspect the creature. It's small..... shorter than I am and has pipes all over it. One of these pipes leads from the large tank on its back to a face mask that it wore. I reach out and detach the mask... The creature just dies... Noiselessly..... suffocation I guessed... the mask must feed it something. I cautiously look at the G shaped thing it had been holding. Picking it up I look at it, Strange symbols covered it.... it also had a circle thing on a display. My hands come across a sort of button... it's sort of rubbery... I press the button. Bad choice.... A bolt of something searing green shoots out of it and hits a wall. 'oh so it's a weapon... lucky I wasn't pointing it at me'.
A Scream suddenly came out of nowhere.... It's a high pitched scream that only lasts for a few seconds. I nearly jump out of my skin.... heart nearly fails.... I look around trying to see whoever made it. I hear someone Sobbing. I see the bed and remembering what I did walked over to it. I get down on the floor and look under the bed. Someone was curled up underneath the bed their body jerking as they sobbed. ''Hello'' I say to the person. This gets no response. ''Um I wont hurt you''. Same response. I wait patiently but the person still sobs. I reach out to them and pull them out from under the bed. They are surprisingly light. When the person Is finally out from under the bed I look at them. Her hands covered her face but I could tell it was a girl. She was small.... I guess a bit younger than me and had short blonde hair. I Sit her up and awkwardly rap a arm round her shoulder. I had never been good when it came too girls. ''It's all right i'm not a alien..... I'm not going to hurt you..... I'm 100% human'' I assure her in what I hope is a soft voice. The girl slowly stopped sobbing and peaked at me through her finger. ''You really are'' She asked in a small voice.
''Yes human all the way'' I answer. She slowly takes her hands off her face and I get my first proper look at her. Memories hit hard. ''Vicky?'' I ask slightly disbelievingly.
''Yeah..... wait how do you know my name'' She asks confused.
''Umm.... have I really changed that much'' I ask slightly disappointed.
''You do seem sort of...'' Vicky trailed off thinking. She then snapped her fingers. ''Your Ben.... from primary school''
''Ah good I haven't changed that much'' I say slightly pleased she remembered me.
''I haven't seen you in..... 4 years.. since you...'' She trailed off again. Then jerked away from me.
''What's wrong?'' I ask worried.
''You don't remember what you did to me'' Vicky asked sounding offended.
''Ummm no'' I asked confused.
''The day you got expelled..... remember what it was for?'' Vicky asked. I thought back to those days I would rather forget. I recalled the day I got expelled from school... Mad rampage involving a few broken benches and gates then a...
''Oh yeah...... um I'm sorry about that'' I say sheepishly remembering what I did to her. Vicky lifted the bottom of her shirt up to reveal a large black mark on her belly.
''That was the last time I saw you .... you broke 3 ribs with that punch'' Vicky said rubbing her ribs.
''Christ they never told me that...... sorry'' I said truly sorry. ''We can catch up later but right now we need to get moving'' I say standing up.
''Where are you going'' Vicky asks from the floor.
''We are going to find the friendly forces'' I say offering my hand.
''And where are they'' Vicky asks taking my hand and lifting herself off the floor and standing up. I tower over her she only comes up to my shoulder. ''Umm how tall are you'' She asks looking up at my face.
''5foot 11 at last count......'' I say looking down at her. She looks amazed at that. ''Anyway it's easy to find friendly forces.... you just follow the explosion's...... and now I have some fire power it should be easier'' I say holding the G shape weapon.
''Before we go could I get some stuff'' Vicky asks. I just nod. Vicky heads off into one of the rooms. I walk over to the window and look down at the street. The aliens were still there chatting away in some strange language. I raise the G shaped weapon at the window, I reach out and open the window. I found the grip of the Pistol and the targeting thing.
Pointing at the aliens in the street I try to work out the best plan for taking them out. Deciding to just fire I aimed at the closest alien. I held down the rubbery button that counted as a trigger, expecting automatic fire but instead found that a green blob started growing from the 'muzzle' of the weapon. Recovering from the surprise I re-aimed at the alien and let go of the trigger. I felt the kickback from the fire and watched the enormous glob of blazing green collide with one of the aliens. It exploded..... the alien.... just exploded... in a flash of green the entire squad of aliens was consumed in the explosion.
Then the noise hit my ears..... loudest thing I've heard in a long time... a loud sudden BANG that subsided in seconds. Vicky Screamed from her room and came rushing out half way into some clothes. ''What the friggin Hell was that'' She asks staring at me.
''Oh just a bit of cleaning'' I answered holding up the Pistol.
''Ummm don't that hurt'' She asked looking at my hand.
''What'' I asked confused
''Look at your hand'' Vicky said. I look at my hand.... to find it burnt... black my hand... the skin had been burnt off leaving my hand black and raw. ''Doesn't it hurt'' Vicky asked looking at my hand.
''Umm no'' I say flexing my hand and watching as some burnt skin flaked off. ''It's strange.... I've never felt pain... not in my entire life'' I say. ''You remember at school , Max hit me full on with that stick''
''Yess.... you didn't cry... or swear... or anything.. you just stood there'' Vicky said in a far off voice.
''Yeah well this is why'' I say lifting my hand and looking at her.... only to find myself blushing and looking away. ''You might want to finish getting in those clothes'' I mumble.
''What?'' Vicky asks confused. Then she looked down at her body. ''Whoops''
[Edited on 12.16.2009 4:18 AM PST]