G/T Short Stories 1 [ COMPLETED ]

~ College kids ~

'Take a look around you. What do you see?' An old man asked with a quiet and hushed tone. Only I could hear it as we stood at the top of the hill, staring out towards the land. 

'I see.. madness and pain.' After speaking, I lowered my head. I felt sorry for all the people who were attacked, even though we had been attacked too. A burning passion to help was always inside of me, but I'd never been able to use it. At this rate, we would be the only free humans left. 

'Is that all you see?' The man sat in the short grass, gesturing for me to join him. Slowly, I took a seat beside him with a heavy sigh.

'Yes father. That is all I see. I see hurt people. Children calling for their family's as the get taken away to slavery.' I bowed my head, refusing myself to shed any tears. It was a hard time for us people, especially with the giant's finally taking over. 

I grimaced at the thought of the stores filled with kids, teens, and adults of all ages being sold to all of those nasty, greedy beings. Such horror stories could be told from those that escaped, yet even they don't stay free much longer.

'Well.. I see a beautiful sunset, Jewel. The sun will always rise again, even if the night becomes long.' 

I turned to see my father staring at the fading light, a gentle smile lighting his face. With another heavy sigh, I laid down on my back. He was far too positive.. especially now.

After a few seconds of pure quiet bliss, my father leaned back into the grass beside me. He still had that gentle smile on his face when he turned to face me.

'No matter how difficult life will get, we will always have each other. That's all we need. Just us two, fighting the causes and venturing in the wild like wild animals. Nothing could ever stop us.' I smiled at his comment as he smiled at me still.

'I'll never leave you, dad.'

~~

The sharp sound of a bell struck me out of sleep and causing me to sit straight up in the wood chips. I turned and glared at the noisemaker, seeing as the store door closed with another solid ring.

'Herco's Trusted Petstore' was open and the first customer had rolled in.

I rolled my eyes, crawling deeper into my small cave, hoping to find some peace and quiet. I wanted to finish my dream, the same one I had been having every night,for two and a half years. 

Curling up under the wood shavings, I heard the bell ring a few more times and as if right on queue, loud glass taps came from the front of my cage.

"Mommy?! Why can't I see anything in here??" A very young 'monster' was being very obnoxious as he whined. His fingers constantly tapped against the glass, giving me an instant migraine.

"It seems to be hiding.. Its name is Rusty. What an awful name.." The 'mother' of this young beast sneered as if to provoke me, but luckily to me I was already broke a long time ago. Nothing 'provokes' me anymore.. except of course those annoying high schoolers. They always come straight to my cage, 12 o'clock sharp just to bug the living daylights outta me. Which is why, I decided to try to sleep again. They'd be around soon.

I listened carefully as the woman and her child huffed away, clearly giving up trying to get me out. Gratefully, I covered myself with more shavings. Maybe it would block out the noise. Luckily, It helped a bit, but not as much as I had hoped.

Now.. as I lay there underneath my mound of wood, I began to think of a strategy to get rid of the four kids. Which was.. impossible, but at least it was giving me something to think about.

They aren't the most difficult to handle for the most part, but something about the tallest aggravates me to my core.

Their names are Finn, Erik, Daxon, and.. Well.. I don't know the last one's name. He was the tallest out of them all, doesn't normally talk and always wears a hoodie of some origin. He was the most annoying..