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Theyre Coming

By Zoe

Prologue

Creak I look around the forest, as if I feel someone, or something is watching me. I
look down to my parents. Mom is sleeping soundlessly next to me, breathing calmly. Dad is next
to her. He wears his combat boots while he sleeps. They look like my size.
Snap! I look up and around again, and I see yellow-green eyes. They look menacing, but I
recognize them, as if they are in my head constantly.
Come on, Al. I was so over your scares 2 years ago, I call. The eyes just look at me.
They look..upset. As well happy.
Man I was wanting to scare you. Like when we were 5. A figure emerges from the
trees, and walks towards me. A tail follows the figure, but Im not freakishly scarred for life. Im
not like that.
Sorry to ruin your fun, I say sarcastically.
Sorry to be creepy, Alex shoots back, playfully. She gives me an awkward smirk. Her
fangs are showing, again trying to scare me. She wears her normal clothes; orange sunset shirt,
her dark orange pants. Fur and human hair crawls down her arms and face. Her ears are up, as if
they are sensing something.Alex stops smiling.

I wonder if it were something I said, but she isnt that easy to upset. What is- I start,
but she cuts me off like a knife piercing through dirt.
Wake your parents up.NOW. I do as Im told, and my parents start to flutter their
eyelids. The moonlight swallows us and the trees as the clouds part.
Whaa- What is it? Mom says. She rubs her eyes. Dad starts to stir.
Get up. I hear them coming, Alex replies sternly. She may only be only 12, but she
sounds like a 16 year old.
OK. Honey, get up. We have to- Moms sentence is cut off with a shriek.
Mo-mo-mom. Alex whispers.
Aaaggggghhhh! Dad Alex says.
Come on. We have to go, I say.
Here, have these. They have brought me luck. Keep them and dont lose them. Dad
says, giving me his combat boots. He startles me.
And this. This will keep you safe. Use it smartly. Mom says, giving me her special
dagger. I take them both with gratitude, but Im not sure why they are giving me this.
Grrr I slowly look forward. Icy blue eyes pierce through my heart. Mom and Dad walk
towards it.
Mom! Dad! Do- I say, hot tears going down my cheek.
Go. You know we love you. Climb the tree behind you. They wont get you up there,
Mom says. They seem they know more then they look.
GO. Dad said sternly, looking back at me. His eyes were glassy, but he knew what I
had to do.

OK. Bye Mom. Bye Dad. I said, tears dripping down my face. I turn and everything
goes black.
Thats when I woke with a start, sweat all over my face

Chapter 1

I was breathing hard, still recovering from that nightmare from when I was 12. It was
horrible, Id rather not talk about it, even if I could pop out of the pages and tell you about it. Im
pretty sure you know what I mean. If you dont, well Figure it out.
Anyways, I was recovering from that flashback-nightmare, and it was about 10 in the
morning. (I could tell by the sun rising outside the mountain of bricks I live in). I looked around.
The at the bricks were crumbling down. I looked at my favourite dagger. The one Mom gave me
before she- You know. It was in its normal place, under my brick-pillow.
Knock! Knock!
Whos there? I joked, smirking. I saw some ears poke out of the doorframe. It was Al.
Breakfast. Come on. Jack and I were just about to leave you here. She replied.
OK, wait for me at that really weird rock contraption.
Your smart, I think you can think of some better words then that. I thought I was using
smart words.
Try making me sound smarter when Im talking to people maybe. I thought, as I put my
black combat boots on. I wouldve thanked Dad, but he lodged himself towards them. They will
pay the price, their creator will pay the price

Eh, just joking. Ill probably just break his arm or something.
Are you coming. Or what? Al said, snapping me back to reality.
Yeah. Did you both scout the area? I asked, slipping my dagger from its place.
Sure. Jacks guarding the door with Taylor. Jack has everything in her handbag, man. I
could literally climb in there and not be noticed. Alex replied. I gave her a look of
truthfulness.. Or whatever you would call it, reader.
I can see that. Dude, like both of us could fit in there and still have enough room to
stretch out. I said, picking myself up and heading towards the exit.
Come on lets look for some food.
I take a deep breath and take a step to the outside world.
I cough. Dude.. Who farted? Seriously.
I saw some rabbits and squirrels, back to where the watermelons grow! said Jack,
giggling at her own joke. Al started to snork . Then I joined the giggle fest.
I suddenly turned the button for Straight Face. I thought it would stop the giggling,
but
Sorry to interrupt your reading, but I have made spelling error and I have to get some
more paper. *Stupid Spell Correction* so just wait on for a few minutes.
*Rustling* *More rustling* Oh! *CRASH!* Sorry again about that, just my printer.
Eh Ugghhh! There we go! Now get your head out of the gutter, and just watch the pictures
in your head. Again, sorry for interrupting.
OK, just a restart. Thanks again narrator.

Anyways, I thought it would stop the giggling, but it just made it worse. Jack and Alex
just started laughing harder. I hear rustling, and I suppose its the rabbits Jack was talking about.
Al looks around.
Its just Taylor, Al says finally. I look at her astoundingly.
She mustve noticed Jack and me, (Sorry, Jack and I, for you grammar correctors reading.
Editors note: It is Jack and me because it is in the predicate of the sentence.) gawking at her and
she just says, What?
Taylor was in the bushes. Jack says, pointing to a berry bush, thick and spiny.
I guess I can I have X-Ray vision. Like how you have speed on your side and how Nik
has super smart wits, even smarter then she whispers Rick. Reason is that Rick has
captured us like twice, and we all escaped within seconds. Literally. We dont want to go back
there because theres a rumor going around that Rick turns people into. *Gulp* them. Rick
is the ruler, and a total Mr. Know-it-all.
Lets go tracking then. I say, and I turn east, towards the forest.
We go tracking after about 5 minutes or so. We find a clearing in the forest Alex and I
grew up in. Jack was one of the rich relations in Valintine. (The city that Rick rules). One of the
sympathetic families of course. I like to talk a lot. Can you tell?
Nevertheless, we find 3 rabbits and 5 squirrels.
Squirrel! .Sorry, saw a squirrel. Anyways..
Shut up!
If thats what you want to do..
No! Please dont do th-

*muffling* Eh, man, is she hard to hold down or what? Oh you want to go on with the
story? Fine. I wont promise to not to that again. Almost anything for my readers.
Aaaahhhhhh! I can breathe!
*Smack* Ow! What the he-
Anyways.
Man, that was some good tracking Taylor! Whos a good girl, whos a good girl? Jack
says to Taylor. She picks her up and puts Taylor into her handbag, with the rabbits and squirrels.
OKLets head back. What time is it? Al tests, and turns to me.
Dinner, I declare.
You know what I mean! Alex says.
OK, OK. About 6:30. I start to twirl my hair. I do this when Im tired.

Chapter 2

Ohhhh kaaaaayyy.. Well were lost. Jack says sarcastically. We were still in the
forest. And making a fire for some stupid reason.
We are going to attract attention if we kept this up. The drones and they are coming
out, I pronounce.
Exactly. Then we are going to leave this here and climb that tree over there, Nik
explains, pointing to an outsized tree behind her. Her arm twists around, as if it was made from
jelly. Her arm snaps back into place with a crack.
Snarr. Only I hear this, for I have better hearing then most/all people.
You better hurry up. I hear a drone. Jack, get up the tree Nik was pointing at. Im sure
you have blankets for you two to have, I say uneasily. She nods, and starts climbing.
I may have the claws, but holy crap is she fast.
Almost done.. And finished, Nik says after, what it feels, like, 10 minutes. She isnt
as fast as Jack, thats for sure.
Go up the tree. Ill be behind you.
Nik does as she is told, and I hear the same noise, but closer.

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Hurry up! I nag Nik. I push her up to make is easier for Jack to get her. As I said
before, Jack is really strong.
Snarr! Sna-Sna-Snarrrr! Its in my head, that its hard to make out anything else.
I ignore it.
Nik is finally up the tree. I climb slower then Nik, as if Im being pulled away from the
tree.
Then I feel a sharp pain in my back. My hackles rise slowly as I turn around. Light blinds
me. Whats going on? I wonder.
Shink! That sound only means one thing
That theres a drone behind me.

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Chapter 3

I start to cover my eyes, and my arm turns to the wound. I feel liquid dripping down my
back and clothing. At least red goes well with orange.
My hand moves towards my face. Its gloved in red blood, soaking into my fur and hair,
leaking down my arm and drops to the ground.
Boosh.. The sound of my insides sloshing rings in my ears.
Thats when everything goes black.

Its OK honey. We will be fine. Just stay with your friends and get far away from here as
possible. Mom. I havent heard her sweet voice in so long. I turn over. Im surprised to not feel
the sharp pain in my back.
Is she ever going to wake up?
Jack I wonder how long Ive been out.
Well hopefully she does. She did lose a ton of blood.
Nik. She is that sarcastic.
I try to open my eyes, but they have so much sleep crusted onto my eyelashes, that I cant
see anything.

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Then a shake. Must be Jack. Can tell be the strong grip around my arms.
Everything is still black. Black as a night sky. Black as a drone. Black as the bushes that
night my parents died.
Then I wake up.
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Nik and Jack are around me as I lay on a bed of comfort.
Whats going on? I whisper.
You blacked out with all the blood loss. Jack carried you to the bunker. Nik explains.
Jack nods. The bunker is the place where we need to hide for a while. It has enough stock of food
and water for 2 years. Its an actual bunker, but we made some tweaks to it.
OK, thanks. I thank Jack, and I try to sit up. Nik puts a hand on my chest.
Dont try doing that yet. We still dont know if you have a new power or something.
Nik exclaims, slowly pushing me back down into the pillows.
What? What do you mean? I ask, turning on the cot.
We think that you may have regen abilities. After we fought the drone, we came to your
aid. But you seemed to have taken care for yourself already. Jack says quietly. Look in the
mirror to your left. Turn and you will understand. I turn to the mirror and twist around.
Sure enough, the small gap of where my wound was, it was gone. All there was is the
hole in my sunset orange shirt.
Cool. I say, grinning.
You must be hungry. Ill get you the rabbits that you caught 3 days ago. Nik replies.
She walks out of the room.

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WaitIve been sleeping for 3 days and 2 nights. You kidding me. Are the rabbits
spoiled? I ask, looking at Jack.
Yes to the first question. No to the last question. They were in the fridge, remember?
She reveals, going to her own bed.
OK. Um How did we get here without my help?
Taylor has been born and nurtured here, remember? She tracked it down and led us
here. Jack says. Here Taylor! Come here girl!
Arf! Arf, arf! Taylor comes around the bend of the corner. Her fur is damp, as if she
stayed outside long enough to have the morning dew rest on top of her. She leaves no trace of
water behind her.
You give her a bath? I ask. I know the answer, but just to make sure.
Indeed. I gave her one in the lake a few miles from here. Turns out, she can run as fast
as I can, Jack says, as Taylor jumps onto the bed.
Did you dry her off?
Yep. She possibly went out to see the morning dew, Jack utters.
Well that was a turn of events, I think.
Hey, guys. Breaky is ready! Nik calls from the small kitchen. Its in the living room.
Can I sit up now? I ask sarcastically.
Sure. Im sure you can pick yourself up. Meet you there, Jack says. She has that smirk
on her face. That obviously means something. She leaves the room and I try to get out of bed. I
only get to a few centimeters, and fall hard onto my cot like a rock.
What did you guys feed me? I yell. I hear snickering, then footsteps coming towards
the room. Nik looks at me with a smile. I want to slap that right off her face.

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I gave you medicine, but I guess that made you have some side effects. You cant get out
of bed until 8am.
What time is it? I request.
9am. Nik declares. She tries to keep giggles from getting out, but she fails.
You gave me more didnt you? I inquire. She shakes her head.
I just gave you a vast dose of it.
Oh you little I say, and I get up with no trouble. Niks eyes get wide as saucers, and
she scrambles to the living room.
Oh Im going to get ya! I bellow. Then I stop. The wall of smell stops me from going
any farther.
Breakfast I mumble under my breath. I follow the smell into the living room. Nik
and Jack are eating food, and Taylor is on the couch. The T.V is on. Nik looks up, and gives me a
scared look.
Finally you give me that look. Ive been wanting that look for some time now. I smile,
and look at my platter. Its filled with food, and I sit down and start eating like I havent had food
in 10 weeks.

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Chapter 4

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