Brotherly Love

Mystery Man

as i woke up, engulfed with blankets, the smell of hatoris clone again hit my nose.

"SHES IN HIS ROOM????" i heard footsteps up the stairs, down the hall, and felt the power as the door slammed open.

"anya!" it was hiro, hair all ruffled, and a bruise starting to form on his arm. i quickly sat up."hiro! are you ok?"

he walked over to the bed, and sat by me." are YOU ok. dont ask me, just some old buisness."

"what kind of buisness?" i asked, and he shrugged." nothing. were going to the beach for the kids party, so if you want to run to the store, i can come-"

"its ok! ill go alone! i need a little fresh air anyway!"

and that was that. i took a shower, changed into a blue shirt and red jeans, and struted out the door.

karous mom gave me directions to the store on a small peice of paper.

then, there will be a stream of alley like passageways. go into the first one, then turn left, got straight on the second one, then turn right, then voilla! your there!

i sighed, and found the alleyway easily. it was a giant passage of red bricks, all curving and turning. creepy.

as i walked in, i followed her directions, and turned left. as i was walking down the  passage, i couldent help but being followed. as i lowered my head, i ended up hitting into someones chest.

"hey, look who we found!" i looked up, and gasped. it was the same guys from the lake! "you know," one of them said "we got into a hell of a lot of trouble over you."

"excuse me." i said, but they moved, blocking me from going." but we will be polite, and let you hang with us." one said, moving closer towards me. he cut his hair into a mowhawk. LAME

"leave me alone!" i yelled. i froze as i felt the feeling of eyes on me again.

"you see?" the tall one said." your mowhawk scares all the ladies." the guy with the mowhawk laughed."so?"he inched towards me, then i felt a hand on my shoulder from behind me."maybe you should pick on someone your own size."

i looked up to see a man with choclate brown hair, and intense gray eyes.

he smiled at me, and turned to the boys."hey buddy, were kinda busy here!" said the tall guy. the goregous man took his hand off of me, and grabbed the guys by their shirts." oh, really? well, it looks to me like you guys are leaving." he threw them behind us, and as they gained their balance, they ran towards him.

he laughed, and held his fist out, making the one with the mowhawk run right into it. the second one stopped in his tracks." SANDSTORM!" he ran to his freind, and me and the man beside me tried to hold in a snicker.

he picked up his freind, gave us the finger, and ran off.

i felt the mans hand on my shoulder again." dont get too mad. their not always so stupid."

i felt like i was in a trance as i stared into his eyes. he smiled, and held out his arm, motioning me to link it with his.

"so, where to? ill be your escort."

i felt my face getting red." oh, im just going to get a swimsuit-" he pressed his finger to my lips.

"no problem."

he started to walk, and, almost with insticnt, i latched onto him. we walked silently for a minute or two, and i heard footsteps behind us.

"dont worry, ill protect you." he casually said. who does this guy think he is?