“Where are they?” as she hides behind a garbage can, Sammy nips at her nails “I should have gone with, now that dimwit is probably captured, and Lily is probably dead” Sammy silently grumbles while violently scratching her head.
“Hey, have you found that kid yet” a husked tone sparks, as Sammy peeks out from behind the garbage can.
“Which one? We are looking for two, right?” a woman’s voice springs, as Sammy ducks back behind the garbage.
“Oh right, I mean that kid Timothy almost snatched the other day” the man shrugs.
“Right, then Timothy and his crew got owned by a civilian” the woman chuckled “Well I heard Owen almost got that boy but the woman that was beat Timothy hindered Oliver as well”
“Hm so that woman is probably dead, but what of that boy” the man questions
“I don’t know, he is probably hiding somewhere close by, same with his sister” the woman speculates
Sammy, who is listening behind the garbage holds her breath as her hands cover her mouth.
“Lily is dead? And Junior is missing! I need to find him”
“Oh, are you talking about that woman that Oliver captured?” a new voice springs
“Yea you know something Shawn” the woman asks
“I don’t know much but if Oliver has her then she will most likely wish she was dead if she isn’t already, along with that boy. If he crossed paths with Oliver, there is a high chance he is dead too”
Sammy’s vision flickers, as she hears the man’s words.
“RATTLE”
“Huh? Who is doing that” the woman prompts stepping back from the garbage can”
“CLANK”
“Woah! There must be a fight happening nearby” the husked tone man assumes
“SWOOSH”
The garbage can, swivels away revealing Sammy, her eyes glossed over as her arms stretched in front of her leading the garbage can to pin the three to the brink wall behind them.
“Where is my brother”
“UGH!”
“What? Is this the strength of her anger alone?”
“No there must be somebody boosting her”
“I said where is my brother” Sammy presses the garbage bin against them
“Ugh! Look kid we don’t know!”
Sammy, unable to control her anger, loses control of the garbage bin as it slams into the brick wall
“Nice try kid” the husked tone man sneers as he holds the bin in place, as the brick wall crumbles behind him “you got to try a lot harder than that to hurt me”
The woman chuckles holding her hands above her head as a few rumble pieces of brick fall either in front of or behind her “You got some guts girl, but guts don’t measure talent”
The last man hovers above the two, with his arms crossed grunting as the brick wall laid flatten beneath him.
Sammy is blindsided by her anger, as her rage coats her fear. Sammy lifts pieces of the rumble and hurdles them towards the three.
“Is this the best aim you got” the husked tone man grabs a flying boulder
“No way my pet mouse can hit a target better than this” the woman chuckles blocking stray fragments with a force field
“hm this makes no sense” The last man sways out of the way as he hovers over the other two “how is her aim this bad?” he looks around and his eye widen.
“THUD”
“THUD”
“Everybody, DODGE!” the hovering man hollers leaning for the two on the ground as a towering tree topples the three of them,
“That is for killing my brother, and my… friend” Sammy’s eyes water as she lifts the remaining boulders bombarding the three as they lay under the tree.
Sammy walks away “if they are alive, they will probably be at the apartment” her lips press, as she gulps down her beating heart “right?”
A while before, “RUN” Lily pushes Junior out of the way, resulting in the man gripping Lily into his arms before vanishing.
Junior sprawled in the alley road, stunned at the last thought he heard
“All because of their father”
Junior picks himself up- “she- she’s gone! A teleporter! Really?” Junior grunts before “Sammy!”
“SAMMY!” frazzled by an old family friend’s betrayal, Junior hollers down the alleyways looking for Sammy. “Sammy! Where are you”
“-game is really hard-“
“What do you want from me? There is nothing I can do”
“-the day bleed into nightfall and you’re not here to get me through it all-“
“let’s go bubbies, outside!’
“Where are you, Sammy?” Junior listens for any sign of her “I have to find her!”
“-I Believe in God our Father, I believe in Christ the Son, I believe in the Holy Spirit-“
“Whytt, come down here for a moment”
“-we will leave the light on til daddy comes home”
As Junior engages in trying to find Sammy, he feels a hand grab his shoulder.
“Hey, bud you good” a tall man stands there with his dog
“Ah- yea I’m good thanks” Junior steps back glancing at the dog “thanks though” as Junior steps back he bumps into something.
“You looked rattled” an even taller man towers behind Junior “you should watch where you are going”
“I- will thanks” Junior tries to get out from the alley but now blocked in by the two men”
“….”
“….”
Junior tries to listen to them, but nothing is heard “you- you’re- “
“Sorry bud, but you’re going to have to come with us”
“Just cooperate and you wont get hurt, sound good right” the man with the dog chuckles as the tall man reaches for Junior.
Junior ducks under the tall man’s arm, as he tosses a slim-jim to the ground leading the dog’s leach to trip the men to the ground.
“UGH! GET ME THAT KID”
“Sorry, uh wait sir”
“Grey!” the man whistles “Sit Grey!”
Junior races around the corner, as he glances back,
“Good, they are gone!” Junior sighs as he shifts around
“Guys, I heard something”
“This way”
“What is that noise outside?”
“Did you hear something”
As Junior is bombarded with thoughts; he connects with their strong emotions. Overwhelmed by the anger and confusion and greed of them all, it overstimulates him as his head pings in pain he topples to the ground in agony.
“Well, well look it we have here” the man with the dog stands over Junior panting, as his dog growls inches away from Junior’s face.
“What do you all want” Junior grunts in pain feeling the man’s anger “we didn’t do anything to you people”
“Oh, Junior” the man crouches down “you are right in one aspect, you and your sister did nothing wrong” He pats Junior on the cheek “but your father on the other hand” he ticks shaking his head side to side “he took something from me, something I cherish very dearly, and I want it back” the man states before standing to his feet “take him”
“No, don’t touch me! Get off me!” the tall man from before forces his hand to contact Junior’s forehead, leading Junior to fall asleep.
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“Shut up already” shuffling to my side, I feel a hard surface “wh- what the-“
The air was sticky and humid, but the skies were clean and sunny. The smell of rain overwhelmed me, but the air was so dry it was difficult to breath. In the distance, everything was colorful and bright, it blinds me, however as I stepped closer everything was so grey and glum.
“Why is everything so… I don’t even know” trying to describe it was hard “everything is so opposite, where the heck am I?”
“You are in the World of Reverse” a voice springs from beside me “what you see is not what you think, and what you think is not what you know”
An old man that reaches my shoulders as he hunches over with a walking stick stands there snickering and giggling.
“Huh? What is that supposed to mean” my face coated with annoyance “I don’t need a riddle I need to go back”
“What you need is what you want, and what you want is what you need”
“Stop with the haikus and tell me where I am, you, old geezer” My anger gets the best of me.
“Tell me this” The old man giggles “go back where to, and where to go back?”
“Of course I need to get back to my- “I pause, thinking, “I- I need to get back to-“Blinking, my breath hitches in my throat. “Where am I going” I mumble.
The man snickers as he taps his stick “To leave is to stay and to stay is to leave as the way you came is the way you go and the way you went is the way you come” the old man vanished before my very eyes.
“What does that even mean ugh!” I groan clenching my hands into fists.
Pacing about in circles, “okay, so he said to leave is to stay and to stay is to leave” I ponder “so if I stay, I might be able to find a way to leave? Right?”
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