Little Lightning

Chapter 1

Plip. Plip. Plip.

Rain dripped from the purple tree, staining the ground a deep red. A shadow darted across the red puddle in which the twin pale yellow moons were reflected, slightly distorting the image.

That same dark shadow turned down an alley, its cloak flowing behind it like liquid darkness. It dodged the moldy boxes, broken pots, and laundry lines that littered the ground like minefields. The alley stopped abruptly, revealing a tall red mud brick wall, stopping the shadow in its tracks. The shadow turned around, looking for anything suspicious. It stepped forward, running its hand alone the walls, feeling for any unusual grooves. Nothing.

But that was impossible. Everything pointed to here. To this spot. Why wasn't anything here?

"Do you really think that the Erlax can be broken into?" A young male voice spoke, its sound echoing off the surrounding buildings, the sound like thunder in the midnight silence. The shadow darted behind a nearby pile of moldy wooden boxes, blending in nearly perfectly with the shadow on the wall.

"Don't be ridiculous, of course not." Another male voice scoffed, this one sounding deeper and older. "No one has managed to even make it past the front doors in a thousand years, and no one has been able to get to the main control in thousands of more years. What makes you think that's going to change now?"

"Well, there have been several break-ins in the Formus recently--" The young one responded. The older man scoffed again, interrupting the other one.

"Those Formus have no idea what it means to be part of the real resistance. Those fake wannabes don't even have a central control anymore." The two men came into sight. The one who had been talking was holding a flashlight, the other one holding a gun by his side. The older one was over weight, and was wearing a mechanics clothes, black grease staining his clothes, visible even in the pale moonlight. He pointed the large flashlight around the surrounding area. When the bright beam of light touched the shadow the creature was hiding in, the creature shrunk, melting away into the shrinking shadow. As soon as the light passed over, the shadow reformed.

"But if we're the real resistance, how come we haven't defeated the Bluetiens yet?" The younger one asked, his brown hair and freckles giving him a boyish look.

"Quiet you, and just open the door." The other one snapped. The boy stepped forward and placed his hand on the wall. Nothing seemed to happen. That is, until the wall started moving. It groaned upwards, dust and dirt raining down from the edges. The two men ducked inside, their voices fading as they went deeper into the black tunnel.

The shadow smiled and slipped through the dark doorway.

Ok, I know what your thinking! What the heck, Lyrical? You can't just stop there!

Oh, I forgot to tell you that I will be narrating this. If you see a bolded/sarcastic/annoying comment, thats me. And I promise, it was extremely necessary. Mostly for my own pleasure. Hey, a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do. Anyway, come back to hear what happens, or I will personally haunt you. See ya!