I awoke to find myself chained to some sort of torture device, my wrists and ankles chained to each corner of the device. I attempted to free myself of the restraints, but they tightened around my ankles and wrists, making me scream in agony. The door swung open, and my captors entered, two females and a male. The male had scraggy black hair to his shoulder blades and black eyes. He wore a black leather jacket and denim jeans. His jacket was open to reveal a very toned eight pack. The females wore basically the same thing: black knee-high socks, red tartan mini skirt and a black tee shirt. One girl had long black hair to her hips and baby blue eyes, and the other had short pixie-cut blue hair and green eyes. They both wore black boots.
"Don't touch me!" I exclaim, trying to move away from the male as he leaned down and scraped a long, sharp fingernail across my cheek, cutting the flesh and making it bleed. He smirks as the blood flows down my cheek, his long canines poking out of his top lip. He's a vampire, I thought as he licked the blood off his finger. The girl with black hair pulls him back and throws him into the nearby wall. The wall caves in around him and he falls into unconsciousness. She smiles and laughs as she turns around to face me.
"I am so sorry" she says, sitting next to me on a metal chair. "for what he did. My name is Kaylee, and I'm an abnormal. We were told you could help us defeat the disease that has plagued our species?" I glare at her and look back at the chains that bound me. She uncuffs me and lets me sit up.
"I need to get to the Amazon," I reply finally. My wrists were hurting and I could barely feel my ankles. "I had a vision of the origins of the Gift."
"That's what it's called?" the other girl says, piping up and walking to the other side of the bed. "'The Gift'? Sounds really crap to me."
"And you are?"
"Her sister, or guardian," she says. "I'm her 'soul-mate', so to speak. Have you seen the movie, The Golden Compass?" I nod my head. I loved that movie. "I'm like the daemons the children have, except I can change my appearance from a human disguise to an animal physique." That's probably why she has a glowing aura around her body. "The name's Kristin."
"Nice to meet you," I reply. "I think." She smiles half-heartedly and walks out of the room, leaving me and Kaylee alone.
"What kind of abnormal are you?" I ask her.
"Teleporter," Kaylee replies, looking to the door. "But we need you to help us find the origin of the Gift and destroy it before it destroys us."
"The Gift can't hurt us, unless we provoke it," the male says, pushing his way out of the rubble. "So, if we leave it, it won't hurt us. Unfortunately for me, it's bitten me, and I've only got a few months left before it consumes my body." He pulls his jacket off to reveal a bite mark on his upper arm. It had spread up his arm to his shoulder blade and half his neck.
"And you bit me!" I exclaim, pointing to him. He raises his hands in defense and backs up slightly, bumping into Kristin. She growls at him and he punches her in the stomach.
"Sorry to cut this argument short here," she says, regaining her posture. "but we found where the Gift originated, right?" I nod. "So let's go. I really don't like this disease. It's already killed my father, mother, sister and best friend. Not to mention half my school...not that I care about my school or anything."
Kaylee stands, along with Kristin and the male. I stood beside Kaylee and held her hand. She held onto mine and Kristin's, and Kristin held onto the males. Kaylee begins to chant and we all close our eyes. I imagine the Amazonian rainforest, the old lady who yelled at me when I "found" the origin of the Gift, and within three minutes, we were smelling the scent of wet leaves and bark from trees.
"Welcome to the Amazon."