In the Blink of An Eye

Chapter 1- The Awakening

Year: 2078

Month: July

Day: Monday, 4th

Time: 5:25 A.M

Destination: Kansas City Kansas, America

Side: Female

George's POV

It was dingy and reticent. The air was warm, like a calm summer's breeze. I was greeted by an enormous light when I open my eyes. Everything seemed gloomy as my eyes were adjusting to my unfamiliar surroundings. I started to look around but I didn't recognize where I was. The last thing I remember, I was sitting at the dinner table with my mother and my sister eating a nice meal that was hand prepared by my mother. Oh man, she was an excellent cook. Everything that she made tasted wonderful and she was able to make anything. I never knew who my father was, but I was told that he was a very bad man. I remember hearing two very loud knocks and getting up from the table to answer the door. I opened it up and standing there was a very strange person. She was wearing a strange mask and was holding a small towel in her hand. I was very confused, so I asked her what she wanted. She didn't answer me but instead shoved the rag into my face. I started to freak out because when I started to take a breath in I could tell that the rag had some kind of gas in it. Within seconds, I started to feel light headed and then, nothing, just dark.

I cringed at the bright light shining on my face. I looked up to see a girl staring down at me. Her hair was a soft brown and her eyes were a vibrant green. She looked to be no more than twelve. I saw a small table near where I was sitting on the table was what seemed to be surgical tools. In the corner was a chair where another girl sat. This girl seemed much older maybe seventeen. She had blond hair that cascaded down to her torso. She saw me and got up and walked over to me. It was then that I noticed I was tied down to the chair I was sitting in.

"Hello, I am Nicole." said the blond as she approached me and put her arm around the other girl. "This is Melanie my younger sister." She gestured to the younger girl.

"Hi." Melanie managed in a small voice.

"Where is my family?" I said as I tried to free myself. Nicole smiled as if I asked her how her day was going.

"Don't worry, they are in good hands."

"Well, I'm going to worry until I know whose hands those might be," I said now getting frustrated.

"Males," Nicole said with an eye-roll.

"What do you mean?" Ok, now I'm confused.

"If you don't know there is a war going on and you are on the opposing side."

"What war are you talking about?!" I said now yelling.

"The war between male and female."

I hit the water and the chair snapped at the impact and I was free. I swam to the surface and took in a breath as I swam towards the shore. I had no clue where I was, but it was dark outside, so I knew that it had to be very late at night, or very early in the morning. I was hoping that it was early so that the sun could come up and help me find my way through the woods. I was still a bit rattled from the fall but I knew one thing, I had to get away from this place. I was scared, and every little sound made me jump. I was so scared that I didn't even realize the sun coming up from the East. I was running for a while but I started to get tired, so I sat down next to this old pine tree, it was an awkward looking pine tree, Tilting about 60° to the left. It was a very bright green, almost yellow. This was was no pine tree I have ever seen before. I started to look around and realized that this awkward pine tree wasn't the only thing that was different. There were all sorts of weird things that I have never seen. The bush next to me had an almost cotton-like texture and was a very ugly greenish, bluish color. I was so busy running from the strange room, I didn't even bother to look down at my own hands. These hands weren't the hands of a 15-year-old. My hands looked like the hands of a 25-year-old. I realized that I wasn't asleep for just a day. I had been asleep for around 10 years.