Finding Aline

Chapter 1 Hunting

The attack happened ten years ago. My father, mother, brother, and I wandered the streets fro two years, before we found the "compound," but really it is just an apartment with overgrown roses on the on the outside, with an old sign that says Domino. As the years went by we found more and more people to live with us in our "compound." We are so full some families have to sleep on the floors in the hallway. There are a couple of other "compounds" that we communicate and trade with. How do we do this in the sewers during the day, never at night. At night the vampires rule the sewers and the grounds. My father runs the Domino Rose, which is the name of the "compound." My mother died three years ago, she couldn't take losing Aline and so many others anymore. My brother and I, are the unofficial problem fixers, we go around fixing sinks, toilets, verbal fights, and sometime physical fights. My brother and I look alike with our dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, and easily tan skin, but he is tall and I am short. Today my Desmond, my brother, and I get to go hunting, for the first time in four months. We are waiting for my dad to come down from finish some of duties as leader. " Nora. Nora. NNNNNOOOOOOORRRRRRRAAAAAA." Desmond said.

"What!?!" I snap.

"Hi!" he chuckles.

"I am going to kill you!" I yell, while jumping on his back, and giving him a nuggy.

"Nora stop, your ruining my hair." he complains. 

"Too bad, you shouldn't have annoyed me." I said while jumping off his back. The rest of the group just watch just with mild amusement. Some of them have seen us do this since we were nine years old and Des grew faster than me. 

"Are you ready to go hunting?" my father asked. Des and I got our looks from our dad. He also had dark brown hair, and dark brown eyes, but he was short than Des, but taller than me. He also seemed to age faster after taking the leadership duties for the "compound." He had muscle and a light tan.

"Yes, sir." We all said in unison. 

"Do you all have your weapons?" he asked. We all searched to make sure. I patted my belt to make sure my throwing knives were secure and there. My brother checked his pistol to make sure it was loaded. Then we all nodded to my father.

"We are going out today, to hunt, and to search for survivors. We are searching sector 12 today, the supernaturals out there are mostly werewolves and fairies. Keep your eyes open, if you start to see something out of the ordinary, tell the leader of your group and we will head back. Jeb's group will head to the west, Kegan your group is heading south, My group is going north closest to the werewolf pack. Desmond and Nora will stay east closest to Domino Rose. Any questions?" My father informed us. Des and I always stay the closest to Domino Rose or the closest compound in the area. We are the youngest hunters, and father won't let us go any where else. We start to head out Des and I are last out. As soon as we are outside Des and I head to sector 12. We get to our spot in twenty minutes. 

"Nora do you hear that?" Desmond asked.

"Hear what?" I asked.

"Never mind, I thought I heard a twig snap. It was probably nothing." He said.

"Or, you are just paranoid. Let's just start searching I will go to the right, you go left?" I suggested.

"Okay, is walkie working?" he asked.

"Yep." I said while heading to the right. I walked for about five minutes to the right, and the most interesting thing I saw was a rock shaped like a frog. 

"Help." 

"What whose there?" I said while spinning around looking.

"Help." I heard the voice a little stronger now.

"Where are you?" I shouted. "Give me a sign, raise your hand, or throw a rock something." 

I kept looking until, I felt something hit me in the back. I followed where it came from, and there was blood, a lot of blood. I pulled out my walkie and called Des.

"Des, come in Des."

"Yea, what did you find another rock?" Des asked.

"No, Des it is a person, and there is blood a lot of blood." I started to sob.

" I am coming your way." He said. I shut off the walkie, and took off my jacket and tried to clean some of the blood off to find the wound.