Andover

Flash

"Andover supper is ready" I hear my mother yell to me as I roll in a new mud puddle that was just made by the previous rain fall. "I'm coming momma!" I yell back as I run to the house the smell of blueberry muffins and mac and cheese fill the air. "Andover! You're all dirty! I thought I told you to stay clean for your birthday dinner. Go shower and put on clean clothes right now!" She said sounding agitated. "Yes momma" I said I ran up the steps in a hurry to get ready because papa was coming over to see me as I just turned 7.  I quickly showered and put on my newly sewed dress my nana made me. As I ran down the steps I could her my momma on the phone talking to someone. "Are you sure it's a real threat Dennis? You've bailed on so many of things for Andover. Why don't you worry about your child for once and not your job!?" I could the hurt in her voice as she yelled at him. " I don't care if you work for the government or nasa or whatever it is. You promised her! You promised her you would be here! It's her birthday and you can't even bother to come home. Shit husband and a shit dad. Good job Dennis"  I could hear her voice crack as she held back tears. "You're hurting your child more than you are me. I hope you know that. How many time are you going to do that to her? Can you tell me!.............No Dennis Ray I don't want excuses. Whatever. I'm done care about your job more than your family!" She yelled and slammed the phone down.  "Momma?" I said as I walked down the steps and to her. "An-Andover I I didn't see you there.." she trailed off.
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I jolted awake at the loud sound of a piece of brick falling off a building. "Calm down Anz it's just the building next door" Anthony said. "Another nightmare or just scared?" He sharped his knife as he looked at me. "Just a dream back to my 7th birthday...my dad called to warn my mom about this and uh she flipped out on him." I kinda scuffed as I looked out the window of the building. "Shit! Hide! Hipatons!" I said getting on my feet. Anthony and I both hurried to the closest and hid in there quietly. I heard the door of the building open and I held my breath trying to remain quiet. Anthony lost balance and knocked against the door. "Are you serious!" I yelled as the ugly creature opened the door. Nothing is more fun then having to kick an alien looking mutants ass. "Anthony duck!" I yelled. He did so as I swong the machete we kept in the closest cutting off the Hipatons head. "Is it really that hard for you to stay quiet!" I agitatedly said as I stepped over the dead alien mutant who looked like a normal human once again. "How come after they are dead they go back to looking human...i don't get it...nor do I like it...." I said sighing walking over to my stuff. "Anz....I know it's hard but you can't be so hard on yourself. You are doing what you can to survive." Anthony said rubbing my back trying to comfort me. I shook my head "Anthony I was 7! 7 when I watched my life get torn apart. You've got Hipatons who are trying to kill us. I can't even imagine if there are more of us out there....Had only my mom listened....maybe she'd still be alive or at least human." I said taking a sip of the little water we had left. " They sent hipatons which means the thermaltonbot will be next....how the hell do we hide from those....they find us every time.." Anthony packed his stuff as he listened to me speak. "We move building and get supplies if we can" he said as he handed me the last of the bread. "No Eat it. You always let me eat.." I pushed it away. " Anz I'll be fine. You need to eat. You're weaker than me." He set the food in my and looked around. The walls were all damaged and covered in either blood from hipatons. " I don't get it. If they can control minds and shape shift....why don't they use those on us?" I questioned as both Anthony and I finished packing. "Time to go" he said standing. We never stayed in one building to long. The mutants were pretty smart and have more abilities then we really know. I stood up and grabbed my bag and walked out of the building, Anthony a few steps behind. I looked around and then headed into a dark alley. "Are we staying in the city?" Anthony asked me. "I don't know...if we are really trying to find away to save these people and kill the queen or whatever it is. We need somewhere we can stay longer than 2 days." I walked down the dark alley to a little tunnel as I softly spoke to Anthony.
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"Papa isn't coming home for my birthday..." I spoke to her looking down. "N-no sweetie he is coming. He's just running behind that's all....." she lied to me hoping I would believe her. I sighed and looked down and went and sat down at the table by my nana. "Your papa is just a busy man Andover. He's saving the world. He's a superhero and he's doing his best."  Nana said as she put her napkin on like a cape. I giggled looking at her. "You're silly nana". My moms phone rang and she stepped out of the room. Nana and I could still hear her as she was just in the next room and the walls were thin. "Dennis we aren't under attack. It has never happen before. It's always false so I guarantee this one is...." before my mom could finish her the house started to violently shake...
I woke up on the ground and looked around. "Momma!" I screaming looking around. My ears were ringing and my vision was blurry. I could barely tell where I was. "Momma!!" I screamed again
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"Anz!" Anthony yelled and I came back to reality "You keep zoning out. We need to keep moving" he pointed to the tunnel. "I know I'm going" I said crawling into the tunnel. I crawled through the tunnel to the other side getting out and standing up. I looked around and observed the rest of the city and how crumbled and destroyed it was. "What are the chances we actually do this and make it out alive and society goes back to normal Anth?" I asked. He stood there quietly not saying a word. "That's what I was afraid of...." I sighed. We walked for a couple of hours looking around for a secure building but it was hard. Lately it seems like more and more hipatons have been around.