Al
As we took off running down a hill into a random town, making sure we conjured the appropriate wear, we headed towards the center. Alexis had to be there. The town was very quiet, not many people stirred on it's streets. It took me a second to realize that it was abandoned.
"I guess it would be easier to find Alexis this way..." I muttered, but it still gave me an uneasy feeling. Those thoughts aside, I scanned the streets, Adrian and Lee flanking me. We stood there in the middle of a dusty intersection for the longest time, not moving and not making a sound. The sky grew a bit lighter by the time we heard something. One, ragged exhale. And then there were Strays flashing through the streets. Dark, slightly humanoid forms that usually stayed in the space out of existence, they were still blurry to look at them, in the sense that you couldn't look at them too long, something made you look away. They trailed away, leaving wisps
of black and red cloud behind them, which vanished after a second or two. All three of us looked exchanged one look, and we were off running.
Adrian
One second, we were running down more alleyways (of course) following Strays, hoping them to lead us to Alexis. Next thing I know, a hand clamped down on my mouth, and I was dragged away, Lee and Al too intent on the chase to notice my absence.
Fiery shots of light shot from my hand to the arm that was holding me around the waist, but it seemed to have no effect. And all-too-familiar voice hissed in my ear.
"Stop struggling if you want to live." Adrian stopped immediately. He was dragged into a dark building, though light was starting to filter through the cracks of the roof. I turned around, shocked.
"A-Alexis?" I asked. "Yes, it's me." she said, she looked covered in blood, her brown hair tangled, and her clothes disheveled.
"Where have you BEEN?" I said, skipping over relief and sinking into anger. "Not only has our soul not been able to pull together without you, we were worried that you've been dragged off by the Strays! Then you could've faded away....." I said and she glared at me. "I was running from them the whole time! Couldn't bother to come back to the Dark Room, they'd only catch me there!" Alexis growled, turning away. "Your very fortunate to find me, but I can't let any of you fade away to save me. I'm an unwanted part that Alexis doesn't need. The whole would be better of without me."Alexis said, with no trace of bitterness or self-pity. Just a blank stare.
"But your not-" I began, but she cut me off. "No. I'm better at hiding from the Strays. You'll forget about this, but try and be conscience again, one person." Alexis said, then with almost a flicker of emotion in her eyes. Surprisingly, she ran over me, and hugged me. "Forget..." she said in a hushed voice, and then I was standing behind Al and Lee, both of them dazed and confused looking as I was.
Lee
"Wha...." I said, and trailed off, glancing at Adrian and Al. "Where did the Strays go... the chase seemed a little fuzzy to remember." I commented, and the others nodded.
"They must have gone to another time period. Probably with Alexis. They could've done a memory block on us....." Al said. "So who knows what could have gone down." he said, his shirt splattered with black. "We should get back to the Dark Room and figure out where she could have be taken to next." Al continued. "But be-" "Careful." Adrian finished, rolling his eyes. Al didn't say anything, but with a sweeping chill, we were in the ever changing room that seemed to be made of shadows. Sandra was there, throwing darts at a dark board and looking rather bored, and Ecks decided to make an appearance. He smiled at soon as they got there, his violet t-shirt so bright it made my eyes hurt. Bright blonde hair that looked similar to Al's in style covered his head, and he pushed it back from his eyes.
"You're back!" Ecks said. "Oh joyful day..." Sandra muttered right after that. "I just got back from the 1920. Ahh the Roaring 20's. Then I went to check in some African rainforests. Boy it was hot." Ecks blabbed. "Anything?" Adrian asked, cutting in. Ecks shook his head, beaming almost as brightly as his shirt. "Nope. Had a run in with a couple of snakes though. Ouch." he shuddered. "Well, we think that Alexis has been captured by Strays. We went to 1939, and found them running through a abandoned town, probably after Alexis. It couldn't be any other sorcerer, none of them are as crazy to split themselves into seven, with the Strays targeting them...." Al said and trailed off for a second, but then continued. "But we lost them. I think they put a memory block on us to make us forget where they went. But we can track them, because this memory black happens to be strong."
"Wait....Strays can cast memory blocks?" Sandra asked, walking up. I shook my head, answering this one. "They can with a dark sorcerer's help, granting them the power to do that." I said. A very powerful one indeed, then.....
"We'll need al. s-six of us to track the Strays." Ecks said, stammering, and I could only guess why. It used to be seven.
"I think we should capture one!" The suggestion burst out of my mouth before I could stop, and four sets of eyes stared at me.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Chapter Two- The Second Search
Lee
That familiar chill came over me when we 'landed' at our destination. Earth. I smiled at the crowded streets and the hum of everyone talking at once, as soon as we walked out of an alleyway and hit the streets. I loved this dimension.
Now, when I say dimension, I don't mean we go to different galaxies or anything like that. Do they even exist? But, no, we just stay on earth. Just, in different time periods of course. We were in the year 2000, and even though we knew Alexis wasn't here, we still needed Adrian. And what better place to look than Central Park?
Al strode out in front of me, almost acting like a boss. But still, he wasn't as arrogant as Sandra. Just outside the park, I easily spotted Adrian, and obviously Al did too, both of us were jogging towards him.
When we reached Adrian, he automatically looked up from whatever he was doing. I looked at his lap, and saw a Harry Potter book in his lap. "Face-palm..." I muttered, which Al and Adrian didn't hear. Adrian did looked up indignantly, he had the same color of hair as me, except longer and thicker, and he peered out of glasses. "Adrian, we need your help now too. Too look for Alexis, we think she's in the 1930's. You know, with depression and war and whatnot." Al said, and Adrian muttered something about Alexis we didn't catch, but stood up, putting his book in a pocket that was definitely smaller than the book.
"Gonna tell us how it ends... again?" Lee said, and Al snorted in laughter. "Want me to rewire your brain? I'll have you thinking you're a goose in no time at all." said Adrian, who looked serious but his eyes were sparkling. We all vanished in a flash, making sure we melted into the shadows so no one payed attention to us. We came back to the Dark Room, where we have to go in between time hops. Al sighed, shaking his head as he glanced at Sandra.
"Alexandra's gone out. Don't ask me where, though, I can't answer that." she said, scowling. All three of us guys nodded, disappearing again. Going through time, I felt like there was a thorn in my side. Oh no! I thought, automatically knowing what it meant. I gasped out in pain, lashing out, where dark webs shoot out my finger tips at the dark shapes coming towards us. I knew by the fact that I felt and saw almost nothing we were caught in the space in which we were time-traveling. I tried to remember what they were, but I couldn't, but Adrian and Al were trying to attack it, so I did as well. The shape had no form, just like the Dark Room, but it was made out of an imbalance of Dark to Light Magic, trapped between Time. Oh yeah. Strays. That was their name.
We shot more things at the strays, and I could see Al throwing what looked like knives and only flashes of light from Adrian.......
Adrian
I could tell it was night, but it was a blur so I fumbled for my glasses, which, thankfully, weren't crushed. I looked around to see we reached the time destination that was intended, on some sort of hill, and Al was crouched over something next to me. I sat up, and dark purple bruises were etched over me, and what looked like black ooze was seeping off my chest, instead of blood, but it always creeped me out whenever we were in the actual world. In the Dark Room, all our wounds had been healed, and were were just like human. But when any of us go back... the real world takes it's reality cane and smacks us on the head with it. The fact that we weren't human.
"That's so insanitary... " I said, trying to wipe off the sorcerer blood. It stung, but it seemed to transfer to my hands, which smeared onto the grass as I used my hands to stand up, walking over to Al, who's hands were hovering on top of Lee's body, which was also silently floating. A light that kept changing colors was coming from Al's palms. He was trying to heal lee, who looked black and oozy all over.
"That was one hell of a fight." Al said, and Adrian could tell by the look on his face that he was trying to hold back the excitement of it for Lee's sake. Who seemed to come back to life seconds later, with a big intake of air, and he seemed to look smaller. Lee was younger than some of us, even though we were the 'same person' we were different ages, relected from our personality. Lee looked about 15 or 16, while I looked about 18, and Al, who seemed the oldest, was around 21.
"Welcome to Heaven." Al said, and Lee looked at him questioningly, floated back onto the grass in the sitting position of criss-cross applesauce, and pulled out an iPod out of his pockets, shifting through the songs.
"It seems nice. I got all the Rent songs on here, so it is all in check." he said, and then he waved his hands over his body, and it looked like water rushed over him, the blood washed away.
"It's a good thing no one's here to see this." I told them sternly, and crossed my arms over my bare chest. "We mustn't get carried away like that again." I added, and both Lee and Al rolled their eyes. "So where are we.... World War 2 time, somewhere in America, I don't remember exactly..." Al said, looking around to see the dim lights of a nearby town in the distance.
"This is Alexis' kind of place." he said, grinning. "Let's get to it, men!" Al shouted, and they were already running.
That familiar chill came over me when we 'landed' at our destination. Earth. I smiled at the crowded streets and the hum of everyone talking at once, as soon as we walked out of an alleyway and hit the streets. I loved this dimension.
Now, when I say dimension, I don't mean we go to different galaxies or anything like that. Do they even exist? But, no, we just stay on earth. Just, in different time periods of course. We were in the year 2000, and even though we knew Alexis wasn't here, we still needed Adrian. And what better place to look than Central Park?
Al strode out in front of me, almost acting like a boss. But still, he wasn't as arrogant as Sandra. Just outside the park, I easily spotted Adrian, and obviously Al did too, both of us were jogging towards him.
When we reached Adrian, he automatically looked up from whatever he was doing. I looked at his lap, and saw a Harry Potter book in his lap. "Face-palm..." I muttered, which Al and Adrian didn't hear. Adrian did looked up indignantly, he had the same color of hair as me, except longer and thicker, and he peered out of glasses. "Adrian, we need your help now too. Too look for Alexis, we think she's in the 1930's. You know, with depression and war and whatnot." Al said, and Adrian muttered something about Alexis we didn't catch, but stood up, putting his book in a pocket that was definitely smaller than the book.
"Gonna tell us how it ends... again?" Lee said, and Al snorted in laughter. "Want me to rewire your brain? I'll have you thinking you're a goose in no time at all." said Adrian, who looked serious but his eyes were sparkling. We all vanished in a flash, making sure we melted into the shadows so no one payed attention to us. We came back to the Dark Room, where we have to go in between time hops. Al sighed, shaking his head as he glanced at Sandra.
"Alexandra's gone out. Don't ask me where, though, I can't answer that." she said, scowling. All three of us guys nodded, disappearing again. Going through time, I felt like there was a thorn in my side. Oh no! I thought, automatically knowing what it meant. I gasped out in pain, lashing out, where dark webs shoot out my finger tips at the dark shapes coming towards us. I knew by the fact that I felt and saw almost nothing we were caught in the space in which we were time-traveling. I tried to remember what they were, but I couldn't, but Adrian and Al were trying to attack it, so I did as well. The shape had no form, just like the Dark Room, but it was made out of an imbalance of Dark to Light Magic, trapped between Time. Oh yeah. Strays. That was their name.
We shot more things at the strays, and I could see Al throwing what looked like knives and only flashes of light from Adrian.......
Adrian
I could tell it was night, but it was a blur so I fumbled for my glasses, which, thankfully, weren't crushed. I looked around to see we reached the time destination that was intended, on some sort of hill, and Al was crouched over something next to me. I sat up, and dark purple bruises were etched over me, and what looked like black ooze was seeping off my chest, instead of blood, but it always creeped me out whenever we were in the actual world. In the Dark Room, all our wounds had been healed, and were were just like human. But when any of us go back... the real world takes it's reality cane and smacks us on the head with it. The fact that we weren't human.
"That's so insanitary... " I said, trying to wipe off the sorcerer blood. It stung, but it seemed to transfer to my hands, which smeared onto the grass as I used my hands to stand up, walking over to Al, who's hands were hovering on top of Lee's body, which was also silently floating. A light that kept changing colors was coming from Al's palms. He was trying to heal lee, who looked black and oozy all over.
"That was one hell of a fight." Al said, and Adrian could tell by the look on his face that he was trying to hold back the excitement of it for Lee's sake. Who seemed to come back to life seconds later, with a big intake of air, and he seemed to look smaller. Lee was younger than some of us, even though we were the 'same person' we were different ages, relected from our personality. Lee looked about 15 or 16, while I looked about 18, and Al, who seemed the oldest, was around 21.
"Welcome to Heaven." Al said, and Lee looked at him questioningly, floated back onto the grass in the sitting position of criss-cross applesauce, and pulled out an iPod out of his pockets, shifting through the songs.
"It seems nice. I got all the Rent songs on here, so it is all in check." he said, and then he waved his hands over his body, and it looked like water rushed over him, the blood washed away.
"It's a good thing no one's here to see this." I told them sternly, and crossed my arms over my bare chest. "We mustn't get carried away like that again." I added, and both Lee and Al rolled their eyes. "So where are we.... World War 2 time, somewhere in America, I don't remember exactly..." Al said, looking around to see the dim lights of a nearby town in the distance.
"This is Alexis' kind of place." he said, grinning. "Let's get to it, men!" Al shouted, and they were already running.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Chapter One- The First Alex
Al
I fell asleep. That's all I know. I was dying. That seemed to come back to me as well. Where I was, someplace dark, because always in my mind, even though sorrow can be in the most beautiful dreams and be hiding in the depths of nightmares, I would picture it as dark. I was leaning there, on a wall.... in an alley.... and I was covered in blood. No, wait, no I wasn't.
"Al, Al!" chanted a voice that was all too familiar, and I opened my eyes to the dark room that seemed just as familiar as well. What I always remembered first about it when I woke was, you couldn't even see what it looked like, it was everything, unless you want it to be something. Which happened to manifest into a dark-colored room, that seemed oddly bright, but not. The girl who was my age had her arms draped around my shoulders protectively, and I scooted back with the chair I was sitting in a few feet away from her. I shifted uncomfortably in my seat, looking at her, or, in other words, looking back at me. I just happened to be more.... boyish.
"Alexandra." I mumbled. "Don't, just DON'T do that. It's so weird!" I exclaimed. "It's like I'm hugging myself!" I added, and Alexandra just shuffled her feet. You might be confused here, so I will explain this part, but I'll save the rest for later. You see, there are seven of me. Seven Alex's. I used to be just one, but now I'm seven, each one of me taking on a certain trait that seemed dormant, or not, in my mind. Alexandra happened to be my 'girly, caring side.' I seemed the opposite. I'm not going to say 'cold-blooded killer' or anything like that, I'm just more of a guy. But I'm not a guy... but I am..... you see? You're confusing me too. Let's just say, that some of me are guys, and some are girls. I'll explain all of them later, but I have a WIDE variety of personality as you can see, both a masculine and a feminine.
"Okay, Okay." Alexandra huffed, and I just shook my head back and forth, causing my some of my long shaggy hair to get into my face, so I tried unsuccessfully to blow it off, but it just flopped back onto my eyes, annoyingly obscuring my vision, so I had to use my hands. Too much work, I thought, amused.
I sighed, telling her, "I HAD to go into that dimension (don't ask yet), and it's not like I would've died anyway, I CAN'T" I told her, with a tone that sounded like I was talking to a five-year-old. "Out of ALL the others, why did you have to stay? I would've had much more fun with Lee, or even Ecks!" I said. Alexandra made a "tch" noise and replied, "Well, I would've preferred to hang out with some-one else, too, of course." I was about to open my mouth to shoot back at her when she cut me off. "Lee, Ecks, and Sandra were going to find you, and to bring your but back here." Alexandra glared at me pointedly. "Adrian went out to a forest somewhere, you know how he is." Yeah, another thing, Adrian is very 'peaceful'. "And we haven't seen Alexis for days!" She exclaimed, her face that was also mine stayed the same but her hair changed from blonde, to red, to charcoal black, and back again to brown. My hair was always dirty blonde, but Alexandra's hair seemed about as consistent as the room. I threw back my head with a heavy sarcastic, heavily annoyed, laugh.
"What do you think I've been trying to TELL YOU! Alexis could be anywhere! She could have been in that one dimension, that's why I was there!" I exclaimed. A majority of the seven of us seemed to have short tempers, which seemed to be a heavy trait at that, but Alexandra backed off calmly. "Alright, Alright. Sorry, didn't know." She said, already as calm as a breeze while I was still fuming even though I didn't want to. I started to feel jealous of Alexandra's more controlled emotions. I shook it off immediately.
Suddenly, of course with a loud bang and a flash of what seemed like lightning, Sandra was back. Making an even bigger appearance today then yesterday. I mentally rolled my eyes at that thought, and Sandra had short, cropped up hair and was wearing black from head to toe. Like with Alexandra, she was the same person, but different. She carried that serious expression on her face that NEVER, ever came off and she seemed to be one knife short on her belt.
"Hey, Al. Decided to SHOW UP?" she said sarcastically. "Yes." I practically hissed. "Looking for Alexis which you should have ASSUMED!" I growled, and unfortunately Sandra had a temper like mine, and we happened to be nose to nose, identical greenish-blue eyes glaring at one another. Alexandra looked away, knowing how this was going to end up, and buried her head in a copy of Twilight that was conjured out of thin air.
"Next time, TELL US! We could've helped, that dimension that you seemingly "stumbled onto" was WAY rougher than the others we've searched. Did you want to get yourself-" "killed." I finished for her, again rolling my eyes.
"You, and You. Shut up, and move away from each other." another voice seemed be there and Lee standing between us, the short black haired, big headphone wearing, modern New-York loving version of me. I stopped automatically, grinning at him.
"What ever you say, your Lee-ness." I said, and Lee crossed his arms, and I noticed he was wearing a dark grey sweater that would easily blend in with a crowd. "Happened to be be chilling at the wee old coffee shop around the corner in Times Square?" I taunted, and Lee grinned back, and Sandra stepped aside, still serious, but I could see the anger was diminished. "Oy, where's your mighty cuts and bruises, oh adventurous one?" Lee said back. Then, looking a little more serious, he said, "Yeah, I had a feeling you would get ourself into something like that, but c'mon, Sandra. Chill out. Drink some-" "Coffee." Me, Sandra, and Alexandra finished for him in unison, and we all seemed to crack up, the Twilight book that Alexandra was reading momentarily forgotten by her. Once we've calmed down, I cleared my throat.
"Anyways, on more serious matters, we need to get some more searching done tonight, so Lee." I said, looking at, probably, my favorite other me. "Come with?" I asked, and Lee shrugged nonchalantly, but with a slight puff of smoke, we both vanished from the room, leaving Alexandra and Sandra to argue about their books of preference.
I fell asleep. That's all I know. I was dying. That seemed to come back to me as well. Where I was, someplace dark, because always in my mind, even though sorrow can be in the most beautiful dreams and be hiding in the depths of nightmares, I would picture it as dark. I was leaning there, on a wall.... in an alley.... and I was covered in blood. No, wait, no I wasn't.
"Al, Al!" chanted a voice that was all too familiar, and I opened my eyes to the dark room that seemed just as familiar as well. What I always remembered first about it when I woke was, you couldn't even see what it looked like, it was everything, unless you want it to be something. Which happened to manifest into a dark-colored room, that seemed oddly bright, but not. The girl who was my age had her arms draped around my shoulders protectively, and I scooted back with the chair I was sitting in a few feet away from her. I shifted uncomfortably in my seat, looking at her, or, in other words, looking back at me. I just happened to be more.... boyish.
"Alexandra." I mumbled. "Don't, just DON'T do that. It's so weird!" I exclaimed. "It's like I'm hugging myself!" I added, and Alexandra just shuffled her feet. You might be confused here, so I will explain this part, but I'll save the rest for later. You see, there are seven of me. Seven Alex's. I used to be just one, but now I'm seven, each one of me taking on a certain trait that seemed dormant, or not, in my mind. Alexandra happened to be my 'girly, caring side.' I seemed the opposite. I'm not going to say 'cold-blooded killer' or anything like that, I'm just more of a guy. But I'm not a guy... but I am..... you see? You're confusing me too. Let's just say, that some of me are guys, and some are girls. I'll explain all of them later, but I have a WIDE variety of personality as you can see, both a masculine and a feminine.
"Okay, Okay." Alexandra huffed, and I just shook my head back and forth, causing my some of my long shaggy hair to get into my face, so I tried unsuccessfully to blow it off, but it just flopped back onto my eyes, annoyingly obscuring my vision, so I had to use my hands. Too much work, I thought, amused.
I sighed, telling her, "I HAD to go into that dimension (don't ask yet), and it's not like I would've died anyway, I CAN'T" I told her, with a tone that sounded like I was talking to a five-year-old. "Out of ALL the others, why did you have to stay? I would've had much more fun with Lee, or even Ecks!" I said. Alexandra made a "tch" noise and replied, "Well, I would've preferred to hang out with some-one else, too, of course." I was about to open my mouth to shoot back at her when she cut me off. "Lee, Ecks, and Sandra were going to find you, and to bring your but back here." Alexandra glared at me pointedly. "Adrian went out to a forest somewhere, you know how he is." Yeah, another thing, Adrian is very 'peaceful'. "And we haven't seen Alexis for days!" She exclaimed, her face that was also mine stayed the same but her hair changed from blonde, to red, to charcoal black, and back again to brown. My hair was always dirty blonde, but Alexandra's hair seemed about as consistent as the room. I threw back my head with a heavy sarcastic, heavily annoyed, laugh.
"What do you think I've been trying to TELL YOU! Alexis could be anywhere! She could have been in that one dimension, that's why I was there!" I exclaimed. A majority of the seven of us seemed to have short tempers, which seemed to be a heavy trait at that, but Alexandra backed off calmly. "Alright, Alright. Sorry, didn't know." She said, already as calm as a breeze while I was still fuming even though I didn't want to. I started to feel jealous of Alexandra's more controlled emotions. I shook it off immediately.
Suddenly, of course with a loud bang and a flash of what seemed like lightning, Sandra was back. Making an even bigger appearance today then yesterday. I mentally rolled my eyes at that thought, and Sandra had short, cropped up hair and was wearing black from head to toe. Like with Alexandra, she was the same person, but different. She carried that serious expression on her face that NEVER, ever came off and she seemed to be one knife short on her belt.
"Hey, Al. Decided to SHOW UP?" she said sarcastically. "Yes." I practically hissed. "Looking for Alexis which you should have ASSUMED!" I growled, and unfortunately Sandra had a temper like mine, and we happened to be nose to nose, identical greenish-blue eyes glaring at one another. Alexandra looked away, knowing how this was going to end up, and buried her head in a copy of Twilight that was conjured out of thin air.
"Next time, TELL US! We could've helped, that dimension that you seemingly "stumbled onto" was WAY rougher than the others we've searched. Did you want to get yourself-" "killed." I finished for her, again rolling my eyes.
"You, and You. Shut up, and move away from each other." another voice seemed be there and Lee standing between us, the short black haired, big headphone wearing, modern New-York loving version of me. I stopped automatically, grinning at him.
"What ever you say, your Lee-ness." I said, and Lee crossed his arms, and I noticed he was wearing a dark grey sweater that would easily blend in with a crowd. "Happened to be be chilling at the wee old coffee shop around the corner in Times Square?" I taunted, and Lee grinned back, and Sandra stepped aside, still serious, but I could see the anger was diminished. "Oy, where's your mighty cuts and bruises, oh adventurous one?" Lee said back. Then, looking a little more serious, he said, "Yeah, I had a feeling you would get ourself into something like that, but c'mon, Sandra. Chill out. Drink some-" "Coffee." Me, Sandra, and Alexandra finished for him in unison, and we all seemed to crack up, the Twilight book that Alexandra was reading momentarily forgotten by her. Once we've calmed down, I cleared my throat.
"Anyways, on more serious matters, we need to get some more searching done tonight, so Lee." I said, looking at, probably, my favorite other me. "Come with?" I asked, and Lee shrugged nonchalantly, but with a slight puff of smoke, we both vanished from the room, leaving Alexandra and Sandra to argue about their books of preference.
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