Monday, March 23, 2015

Running From the Rain

A noise that sounded like aluminum clanging started down the street.

"Narissa, what's that noise," I asked


"Karina, we must hide," my sister Narissa whispered, her eyes full of worry.

"Why," I asked.

Before she had time to answer, there was a loud knock on the door.  Narissa put some pressure on the wall that opened up a secret compartment behind a pressure plate.  Longing for answers, I was shoved into the secret room.  Right behind me, Narissa hopped in to.  The knocking got louder and louder.

"Open up.  If you don't we'll bust open your door," threatened a deep monotone voice.

"What is," I asked.

"Shhhhh," Narissa shushed, cutting me off.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang.

"We know you're in here," came the voice again, "You can't hide!"

"A group of people who call themselves the government lost control over their artificial intelligent robots and the robots who have actually named themselves "The Rain" are now on a rampage and there's nothing the government can do but hide," Narissa whispered.

"I'm scared," I whined.

"We have to jump," she whispered again.

"Wha," I asked.

My question was answered when she pushed yet another pressure plate to open a panel into a dark hole.

"Jump," she demanded.

"Are you coming with me," I asked.

"Just jump," Narissa whispered.

"Will someone catch uaaaaahhhhhhhhh," I screamed

I realized that Narissa had shoved me and that I was now tumbling into the dark abyss. The light from the little opening got smaller and smaller.  A small figure stepped into the opening and jumped.

The air in my lungs were forced out as I hit a net.  There was a dull thud a few feet away.

"Karina, are you there," I heard Narissa ask.

"Yeah," I informed, "But what happened?"

Suddenly, big spotlights turned on, almost blinding me.

"Identify yourselves," I loud voice commanded.

"It's Narissa, and we don't have time to question everyone who comes falling down this hole to hide.  'The Rain' is after us" Narissa snapped.

"Geez, I was just following safety precautions," the voice said again.

That's when I noticed the voice coming from a man standing across the room.  He looked around Narissa's age.  About 15 or 16.  He was wearing an outfit that resembled a military uniform, but the colors were black and purple and there was a purple dragon on the back.

"Follow me," Narissa murmured.

Obeying the command, I followed her as we walk into a maze of twisting corridors going left and right and left and right.  Running to keep up with Narissa's long strides, I couldn't help but let my mind wander off.  Beeeeeeeep, beeeeep, beeeeep, beeeeeeep.  A siren went off and there were red strobe lights flashing everywhere.

"Oh no, they've found us," Narissa panicked, "We have to run to corridor 526 and we'll be safe."

We sprinted down hallways that looked so similar, marked with numbers.  520 one wall read.  WE were almost to safety.

"You can't run from us," a scary monotone voice shouted behind us.

The voice was followed by loud, clanging foot steps.  It must've been a robot.  As the sound got closer and closer, and the numbers got larger and larger I got more nervous and scared.  Hope filled me as I read the number 525.  WE were almost there.  To pull me from my daydreams, the robot seemed to get closer and closer.

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