Child of Darkness, Story of Light
Chapter 1: The Girl in the Streets
[Heidi’s POV]
I stumbled down a dark alley.
After passing a dumpster, I leaned against the wall and threw up.
I had to get out of this town. I
could feel Jon’s ki leaving his house halfway around the world in Colorado.
If I stayed here, he’d catch up to me.
Suddenly,
someone grabbed me from behind. “Where
ya goin’ missy? Don’t you wanna
play?”
I could feel the man’s reeking breath on my cheek. Oh gross… Now someone wanted to rape me??
“No way in hell am I going to ‘play’ with you kusotare!!” I said, letting some Japanese slip out of my mouth as I punched the guy in the face, practically breaking his jaw.
I ran out of that alley and onto the bright streets. It was daytime and I forgotten to keep myself hidden. I knew I was on the news and had to stay away from people as much as I could. Squinting around, I ran into another dark alley. Hopefully no one saw me.
I leaned against the greasy wall and slid down, sitting on the cold and dirty ground. Damn, what was I doing, running away like this?!? I face my fears, I don’t run from them.
True, but do you want the darkness after you again? Killing all those people that supposedly cared about you? You murdered them. Danielle. Pierce. Samantha. Amira. You want to murder Jon too?
I banged the back of my head against the wall. Darn it, that little voice in the back of my head was right. What the heck was it always right?!? No matter… I had to keep running. I had to keep searching. Searching for The One.
I thought Jon was The One before, but he wasn’t. Not after I found him with that girl when I ran after him when he moved back to Colorado after visiting me at my home in Virginia. Cass. He told me about her on the Internet. He mentioned her only once. When he did, he said that he cared about her and she him. Then Jon told me that I was the only one in his life then. But he was wrong. He had been covering up that Cass and him were still together.
I thought he cared. I thought he loved me. But he didn’t. I was alone once again. As I always was. I was destined to be that way. Forever. Not unless God had sent me someone that I didn’t know was out there.
“There she is!!”
My eyes snapped open. I looked around and saw that Mr. ‘Play-with-me’ had brought some of his friends with him after me. Shit.
“Let’s get her!!”
“Make her pay!!”
“I’ll take her!! She’s gonna be my playmate!!”
Agh… What sickos… I stood up and got ready to defend myself. Before I knew it, someone had punched me in the gut and a blade was sunk into my back. I screamed in pain and dropped to the ground. I could feel the men starting to tear away at my clothes and kicking me whenever I tried to get back up.
Someone help me!! I yelled silently.
I felt someone’s ki above me. It was as if someone had answered my unspoken call. I did not see who it was though, for tears blurred my eyes.
“You might want to let her go.” A voice said.
“The Great Saiyaman!!”
“Let’s get out of here!!”
“Move it!! Before he calls Videl!!”
“Go, go, go!!”
And then, the men’s weight was no longer on me. In a rush of wind, I felt something pass me. There were strangled yells and cries for minutes. Then, all was silent until a loud thud sounded near where I lay on the ground.
“Great Saiyaman, you want me to take these thugs to the police for you?” a feminine voice said somewhere above me.
“Yes. I’ll take this girl to the hospital for medical aid.” The male voice said.
“Right…” the feminine voice said and then I heard a ‘whoosh’ as she made her departure.
I felt strong arms wrap around me. “Come’on, let’s get you to the hospital…” I struggled to get out of the man’s arms. “Hey, calm down, I’m going to help you.”
“No… Leave me alone… I’ll be all right… But please whatever you do, don’t take me to the hospital…” I managed to say.
“Erm… All right…” the man said.
And then I passed out.