White.
It was the first and last thing Riley remembered seeing.
That and the sharp scent of medicine, and the prick of a thousand needles.
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Three Weeks Later:Three weeks have gone by and Riley still didn't know why she was trapped in a padded white room. She gave up screaming a week ago, when her captors refused to feed her because she was too loud. Now, the blonde haired, 10 year old girl sat quietly in the room, waiting for a change to occur.
Nothing. Nothing happens, nothing happened. Except, for the usual visions(?), dreams(?), nightmares(?) that would sometimes make their way into the blondes head. They brought tales, stolen voices, travelling whispers, and words that she held onto. These words included; The Chosen, the Government, the Others, Prophecies, Prodigies, and Knowledges.
With these dreams/visions/nightmares, comes flashbacks. Not always in a visual sense, sometimes a voice, a song, a smell, or a feeling.Sitting up against the wall, with her knees hugged up to her chest, Riley yawned, and closed her eyes trying to call back one of those blissful memories.
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The crisp, cool air of autumn surrounded the cheerful, eight year old, blonde haired, bright eyed, curious girl as she skipped around the playground with her friends. Ever since she was able to walk and understand what he parents said, the blonde was told to never, ever use her abilities on anyone. Ever. But today was somehow different. Usually, the blonde could control her powers, but something in her clicked, and suddenly her friend, Lucie was hanging upside down by ice, and everything was frozen. The blonde gasped when she saw her doppelgänger standing behind her, ice crystalline around her hand, anger and hatred in her eyes.
The real Riley let out a terrified scream, but the rest of the Others had already grabbed her, and were already holding her back. Little did Riley know that it would a very long time until she was able to see the outside world again.
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Present time:Years passed, days passed, hours passed, before there were eventually footsteps outside of her door. Hearing them, the 15 year old girl looked up, excited and scared as the door opened and three armoured men ran in, grabbing her and dragging her out of the room. Like any scared person, Riley kicked and screamed. Only when she inhaled through her nose did she get the full scent. Whatever was carrying her wasn't human, or an Other. They were Alien.
Inhaling sharply, Riley realised that they were trying to help her and she then stayed quiet, for fear of getting them caught.
All of this was new to Riley, the scenery outside of her grey coloured padded room. There were blues, greens, whites, blacks, but mostly whites, all blurring together as she and the Aliens zoomed past the Hospital rooms. 'Where is everyone?' She thought, looking around as all of these new colours, and things that suddenly surrounded her.
The Aliens rounded a corner and quickly set her down, handing her a laser gun, and some fighting knives.
"follow us." An Alien whispered, butting into her confused thoughts.
Riley flicked her blue eyes to look up at the Aliens, taking in their similarities and their differences.
'Similarities: tall, possessing human like qualities, nothing like what Old Hollywood movies portray them to look like, greyish blue coloured, black eyes, sharp canines.' She thought, while also wondering what they would need sharp canines for. As for the differences, there were a lot, but they aren't going to be important at the moment.
"ready?" The Aliens asked simultaneously, cocking their laser guns.
With, a mischievous grin, and a spark in her eyes, Riley nodded ready to bring pain to those who brought her pain. The Aliens and the blonde made their way stealthily out from behind the corner, coming face to face with Riley's Other. Without hesitation, the Aliens shot the lasers at the Other. Easily deflecting them, the Other turned to Riley, and advanced to fight her enemy, the enemy she was created to destroy. Pulling a laser gun from out of literal thin air, the Other moved forwards, the scope lined up perfectly with the terrified blonde. Mimicking Riley's once existing mischievous grin, the Other prepared to pull the trigger, when a thick coat of ice covered the laser gun, and a strange heat was aimed towards the Others head.
Riley returned the Others look of surprise with a smirk, as the Alien behind the Other prepared to laser her.
"You didn't think it would be this easy did you?" The Other taunted, and effortlessly flung the Aliens away from Riley, holding them back with layers of bulletproof ice. Riley, raised her laser gun, aiming it at her Other and watching in surprise as it melted the ice off of its gun.
"Let's dance." Riley said to herself, and pulled the trigger on the gun, shooting a red beam at the Other, who returned it with her own laser beam. The Other moved its gun slightly, and the beam shot at Riley's arm, causing her to scream in pain, and drop the gun. Riley dropped down to her knees, and pulled out her fighting knives, not quite yet ready to give up. The blonde managed to push herself up back to standing, and watched as the Others gun turned into exact mirror images of what Riley was using.
Riley and the Other advanced to each other at the same speed, quickly locking into close range combat. They both swiped and stabbed at the same time, thus confusing Riley. In her moment of confusion, the Other took this as its chance and stabbed Riley in the arm, she stumbled backwards, and used ice to shield her from the Others attacks, and to free the Aliens. Dropping down, the Aliens silently advanced, as Riley and the Other fought, with knives and ice creating an interesting stalemate. Using as much force as she could, Riley shot ice at the Other, but the Other just deflected it and shot back ice with more force and more power causing Riley to stumble backwards, surprised by the strength and force the Other has. Jumping in, the Aliens took out laser guns and prepared to shoot the Other, but Riley wouldn't give up that easily. She picked up a fighting knife and threw it, at the Others right arm, which happened to be Riley's strong arm and if her and the Other were doppelgängers, then her right arm should be her strong arm. The knife landed in its arm, casing the Other to scream, and the Aliens to pull their triggers and laser the Other. Distracted by the wound in its arm, the Other didn't exactly notice the lasers coming straight for it, and it's reflexes were too late. Riley cringed at the ear piercing screeches and screams coming from the Other.
"let's move! we don't have much time.". An Alien said, kneeling down next to Riley. "we need to get the other Chosen and get out. quickly." It added.
Riley nodded, and picked up her gun and jogged after the Aliens through the Hospital, towards the hallway that she came from.
'NO!' She screamed in her head, 'IM NOT GOING BACK!'
But despite what she thought, the Aliens ran past her grey door, with ice sticking out of it, to the end of the hall. Looking at the door at the end of the hall, she noticed it was, black with a word written across it in some foreign language, that Riley couldn't read let alone speak.
"it means dangerous." An Alien leaned down to whisper in her ear. "it's someone like you. Chosen. and we need him."
"Him?" Riley asked out loud, covering her mouth in shock as she accidentally spoke out loud.
"yes him. now let's hurry before any more Others come back." The same Alien responded, standing back ready to knock down the door that led to the other Chosens' room.
Other. Chosen. Riley had heard those words before, and still her confusion and curiosity grew. Blinking slowly, Riley stood away from the door with her gun raised, ready to get the other Chosen.There was a crash, a thud, and then smoke.
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The Unknown
Science FictionThe year is 2217, everything on Earth changed, when the humans had their first real encounter with Aliens. Since then the world has grown. Crop season lasts longer, there are no terrorist groups anymore, and everyone has food, shelter, and water. B...