
02-22-2010, 02:44 AM
This is my first and (as of right now) last completely finished short story. I wrote it some time ago, but I figured I'd share it and see what people think. It never got a name, so please just bear with me. XP
It's composed of five parts. I think for now I'll just post the first part and see how it goes.
Part I
"So..." I said as I looked around, "what are we doing here again?"
Tori looked at me and threw up his arms. "We're here!" He exasperatedly told me for the fifteen millionth time.
I rolled my eyes. My twin brother always did have a way with words... I gave him a look and put my hands on my hips. My eyes were still adjusting to the light (or lack of), but from what I could see, we were in the lobby of an old church.
I could hear voices coming from somewhere in the back of the building. "No! That's where this cord goes! Oh my gosh! Gimme that!" That was a female voice. It sounded like... Meru.
"Well Soooorreeee Miss 'I pwn all'!"
And that... that was definitely... Matt. Then I heard laughter from a couple of other people... Jinsu and Haru.
I looked at my brother incredulously. "I know you didn't drag me down here in the middle of the night to play video games in an old abandoned church!" I whispered maliciously.
All he could do was give me some stupid smile and shrug his shoulders like an idiot, which made me smack myself on the forehead. I cringed. Note to self: Don't hit yourself!
"What is wrong with you?! You used to be the fun one! Why d'ya gotta be such a fun sucker?" Now Tori had his hands on his hips.
I crossed my arms and looked away. It was true. But after moving away from all of our family and friends and then spending three years in hiding, I'd lost any and all of my interest in having fun. No, I was not happy. But you wouldn't be either if you hadn't had anyone but my twin brother as company for so long! And it was like the more depressed I got, the harder Tori tried to be the happy one... I guess he was just trying to balance us out. I don't know. But now that the old gang was back together, Tori was dead-set on having us all spend every waking moment together.
I mean, it's not like I wasn't happy to be with everyone again, it's just that old habits die hard, and I was in the habit of being depressed. I could tell that Tori was slowly beginning to tire of my attitude.
"What do you expect from someone who calls herself Death?!" I said to him, trying to put on an apologetic look.
"I'm sorry I'm such a freakin' fun-sucker, Torison! I'm just really tired..."
Yes, I was sorry that my brother had to suffer with me, but it was really late!
Torison just looked at me out of the corner of his eye, his hands still on his hips. Yep, he was pissed.
"What are you guys arguing about?"
Meru's head was half way around the door frame with the rest of her body lagging somewhere behind. Three other heads popped up beside hers.
"What the crap?!" I gave them a look that said they were all crazy. "What are you talking about? We weren't arguing..."
I looked at the floor and at the wall; anywhere but straight at them. Tori just didn't say anything and narrowed his eyes even more (if that was possible). The other four looked at each other. I could hear their thoughts...
"Whatever. We could hear you from in here."
I had to change the subject fast.
"So where are we? Why are you guys here of all places?"
I put on a half smile, hoping that they would forget about mine and Tori's argument and my bad attitude.
They exchanged glances but answered anyway. "This is the new HQ!" Meru smiled triumphantly and threw up her hands as if to show it off. "Isn't it great?"
I still couldn't see crap. "Are there any lights in this place? Wait... new HQ?! Who's great idea was it to buy this place? And where did you get the money?"
Their smiles faltered. Not a good sign.
"Well actually, it was Torison's idea to buy it. But I thought you already knew since you were the one who -- Mph!" Matt had put his hand over Meru's mouth and somehow simultaneously elbowed her in the ribs.
Oh yeah, that wasn't suspicious at all...
"Since you're the one who planned this whole thing of course!"
I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms again.
"Because I what?"
Matt made a slapping motion at Meru. She cringed and let out a high-pitched "Sorry" laugh.
Haru had stepped up to the plate and was starting to try to explain what their newest scheme was. "Well, it's like this... Tori wanted everyone to be together..."
Oh my gosh...
"And we can all see how depressed you are -er- have been lately...
There it was.
"And we all thought it'd be a good idea to move in together..."
I couldn't help myself. "Wait move i-"
Haru raised his hand to cut me off and kept talking as if I'd never spoken.
"But we didn't have the money to pay for a regular place with enough room for all of us, or a place that was big enough for the TV... And then we found this church and we thought that is was perfect... And Torison here said that you guys wouldn't mind fronting the money if we could help pay to fix it up."
Oh. My. Gosh.
I was actually speechless. No words came from my lips. None at all. I was so stunned that they had actually taken my money to pay for this freakin' HOLE!
I'd saved most of the money I had from back when Tori and I had worked as assassins, knowing that I'd need it one day. Okay, sure, I didn't know what I was going to use it for just yet, but I was planning on using it!
Finally all I could get out of my mouth was a "DO NOT WANT!!!" Along with a face that said "I'll kill you all for this!".
Unfortunately my choice phrase was not the best thing I could have said, but it was another bad habit that I had. This one I had picked up from my friend Kaxel from the Assassin's Guild when I worked for them.
As I came out of my speechlessness, I could see that everyone had moved backward about five feet. I could tell that they felt bad about using my money, and my nii-sans were trying to calm me down enough to apologize, but due to lack of sleep and great disappointment over my money, I stormed out of the church-house without another word.
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