TheRattleSnakes

Chapter 1, Her Name

Chapter 1

(?? POV)

As I opened my eyes I felt the warm light beaming through the windows onto my face and the smell of ash and oil flooded my senses. I still wasn't used to it.

I groaned as I stood up from my old creaky bed, my body ached. I walked over the small bathroom and started taking off my night clothes I turned on the hot water, the room started filling up with steam. As I saw the reflection in the cracked mirror of my pale skin, what I saw reminded me about what happened when I was a little girl.

I shook my head to clear my mind, my locks of red curly hair followed me as my freckled face turned back and forth. Warm streams of water hit my scarred back I felt as though I was washing away my painful past. I started to stare into space, why am I still here, why can't I forget?.

I finished and stepped out I got dressed in a scruffy black tank top and some camo-green cargo pants. I closed my eyes as I started to head out of the old damaged bathroom, and I smelled something sweet.

I walked to the kitchen i saw my bleach-blond best-friend. I smiled.

"Good morning, Eben." I said in a joyful tone.

"Good morning," he continued, "I made waffles for breakfast."

I saw the light and fluffy pastry dusted in sugar, it looked great.

"Thank you" I said,

"No problem I got up early and decided to make breakfast." he said.

We sat down as Eben started to take his apron off, he was wearing a dark blue long sleeve and black skinny jeans.

"I was planning on going out to day wanna come along?"

He looks over to me with a bright smile

"Sure!"He exclaims.

We finish eating I head over to the front door to grab my sniper and tossed it over my shoulder. Eben got my pistol and tossed it over to me. I said thanks and we headed out. I close my eyes , I could already remember what happened that day. I open my eyes to see old fallen apartment buildings, and kids running around playing with an old red ball on the overgrown street that was covered in moss and vines. The strong odor from back then was still lingering. It was musky and had the smell of burning oil.

The rust on the buildings covered the once brightly coloured Paint that coated them like I remember from childhood.

As I was lost in my thoughts I didn't notice we were already at the shore of the blue ocean. I turned to look to Eben, he was staring at me because I had wandered off into my own thoughts. When he noticed light pink dusted on his face and he averted his gaze.

"Hey" I spoke, he looked back at me with a smile, the pink on his cheeks and nose deepens. I thought it was cute.

"Alright, let's go in shall we?"I asked

"Of course."He responded

We step into the ruins of an abandoned ship called 'Bailey' it was old, worn down and stranded on the littered beach. We start rummaging for parts and other things we needed to get to the place I hated that I once called home.

All of the sudden I hear the echoes of footsteps coming towards us from behind I tried to react but I was cut off by a pistol to my head. I look over to see that Eben was in a choke hold by a bulky male with a knife to his throat. My breath quickened and my heart beat got faster, I was scared and angry at the same time.

I cried out."STO-"

I was cut off by the male behind me he had a powerful low-pitched voice"One more word and you watch the blond's throat get mangled. So step away from the loot it's ours, if you don't, I will kill the both of you."