Risen from Ashes

Act one, Part Thirteen: Create New Memories

WARNING: ATTEMPT OF SUICIDE

Seven days later

Julian and Judi stand over the top of the lair's skate ramp as they watch Mikey skate across and land safely while performing stunts and tricks. Judi was impressed by this, while Julian looked nervous and scared. He watched Mikey stake to the opposite side of the ramp and landed carefully.

Julian held the skateboard close to his chest. "Are you sure about this, Mikey?" He asked. When Mikey asked him if he would like to try skateboarding, he was very hesitant about the question since he never learned how to skate in his human days. But the look on Judi's face made him change his mind.

"Yeah, man!" Mikey nodded. He pressed his feet at the curved side of his board, causing it to lift up and catch the other end. "Just keep your feet pressed to the board; you are a skating master!"

"Got it." Julian nodded, looking down on the ramp, and gulped hesitantly.

He set the skateboard down, placed his feet on the grid top, and stayed still. He looked down, feeling his heart going fast and his hands shaking as well. After a few seconds, he breathes slowly as he closes his eyes and presses his feet down, causing the skateboard to slide down the ramp.

Julian skated, flew up the air, and landed on the ramp, staking across. He opens his eyes and slowly smiles at this. He skated across, even placing his hand on the edge before stepping down and skating across again.

"Wow!!" He exclaimed happily. "I'm doing it!! Woo-Hoo!!" He placed two of his hands on the edge, holding still for five seconds, and landed on the ramp.

"What did I tell you?! You are a skating master!!" Mikey cheered for him, watching him stake and proud of him.

Judi was clapping and giggling, watching her brother skating. She is so happy for him and even did a small hop on her feet as well. She clapped her hands together with a smile on her face and a sparkle in her eyes as well.

Then, she felt a slight dizziness in her head. She pulled her hands apart and touched her forehead, trying to calm the dizziness. Till she felt a sharp headache in her brain, she fell off the ramp and landed on the floor, feeling a pain in both her shell and her head.

Mikey and Julian saw what had happened, causing Julian to fall off the skateboard and land on the floor. But Julian couldn't care less about his pain; his sister had fallen. He crawled to her as Mikey jumped off the ramp and landed beside Judi.

Judi looks up; her sight seems a little blurry, and she only hears the muffle of their voice as they call out to her. Her brother was scared for her, and Mikey was also in a panic. She slowly closed her eyes; her headache was too much to bear, and she felt so weak as well.

"JUDI!!!" Mikey shouted her name, which echoed inside her mind, and all went black.

~*~

Three months earlier, before the mutation

In Laneway High's art room, students paint on a canvas. One was painting a landscape of a field, another was painting an ocean view, and another had painted a farm field. Their teacher was walking behind them, looking at their canvas, and nodded with a warm smile.

One student was Judi back when she was a human. She is dressed in a yellow turtleneck sweater, a brown jacket over it, dark jeans, and Converse shoes. Her long red hair was in pigtails. She was just sitting on her seat while staring at the canvas with a blank stare. Her blue eyes look so lost and empty inside while holding a paintbrush and painting without thinking.