I sat down on the hard, cold bench looking out into the small lake and field in front of me.
"It's beautiful, isn't it? The way the water moves as the sun hits it, the dim light of the sunset cascading over mirror-like water. The trees hiding the blinding sun as we move away from it. It's really nice."
Cameron sighed and closed his eyes. He felt the wind, colder as the sun disappeared. He could see the sun peeking through the trees, illuminating the backside of his eyelids. And he took a deep breath in.
"I wish every day could end like this. So calm, so peaceful. I could sit out here, my eyes closed and just drift off into my own oasis. I could be on a beach."
He pictured himself laying in a chair on the beach, feeling the sea breeze air and the sun setting. He could hear the waves crashing in front of him, seagulls flying overhead. Someone runs by, a local jogger he's never met before.
"I hear about the salt in the air being good for your skin. But awful on your hair. Good thing I don't care much about hair, eh?"
He breathed in deeply again and his thoughts moved him away from the beach, into the mountain air.
"I can see us on a deck, the mountain right over there." He pointed outward towards a part of the field, that in his mind was a beautifully colored mountain. Snow sat a top, the sun dancing among the pink and purple sky.
"Can't you see it? The trees below us? A giant forest in front of a mountain. I can smell the trees. Or maybe those are the trees in front of the waterfall."
His mind moved him again, to a secluded cabin in the woods.
"Right to the left there, it's a waterfall. You can hear it all night long. The sun is already gone here, far beyond setting. But it feels so peaceful and wonderful. But I know myself, I'd miss the city."
The scene changed once again, finding himself on the side of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
"It'd be nice to live in France, the motorbikes going by every so often. I can smell the French cuisine lifting up into our room near the Eiffel Tower. The tourists taking pictures in front of the tower. But it's nothing to me, it just sits there all day. Watching all of them is the real treat, as they try to fit in wearing berets. No, it'd be nice to live in London too."
He pictured Big Ben outside their high up apartment, chiming and playing a song.
"I've never been but I assume it plays a song. It's gigantic. But I'd have to get tired of it after awhile. Would have to get tired of the same thing."
He took a deep breath. Pictured himself in Scotland.
"Loch Ness Monster is out there. I can feel him," he said. "I can feel him out there, the sun now gone. The moon shining on the loch. I can feel it. Here in this cabin, I sit here and just watch. And every so often I get a glimpse of something in the moonlight. I get a bit of excitement."
Cameron opened his eyes to see the night sky. In the distance a hazy purple and pink lay on the horizon as the earth turned him away from the sun. He rubbed his head, wishing the wrinkles would wash away.
The front door opened. "Dad? You in here?"
"Out here, son."
"Dad, it's late. You shouldn't be out back here. C'mon let me help you inside. Where's your cane?"
"On the ground there."
"Let me get the light here." He turned the light on, illuminating the small back porch. An old grill was closed nearby, rusty on the corners. He helped Cameron out of the old lounge chair they had once used by a pool that was no longer there. As he turned around, he saw what at first looked to be a vase on the old lawn chair nearby.
"Is that mom's urn?" he asked after a closer inspection.
"Yeah. Figured she could use some fresh air."
"C'mon, let's go back in the house."
He opened the sliding glass door and helped Cameron inside, his back arching, and body slowly twitching as if nervous. He helped Cameron to a chair in the living room, and turned the TV on for him.
Walking back outside, he grabbed his mother's urn and looked around to make sure his father hadn't brought anything else out with him. He saw on the small table nearby him an old radio, and his father's pistol.
"Dad, why did you have your pistol out with you? It's loaded."
"Oh, uh- I had heard some coyote the other day. Didn't want to take a chance."
"Dad, there's no coyote out here."
"I heard something. Definitely heard something."
"I'm gonna take this with me, OK? I don't think you should have this in the house."
"That's fine. I don't think I'll need it anyways. I'm not too tasty for a coyote."
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
Flashback #1: The School Takeover
I have recently been cleaning out my room tenfold. Every little bit of worthless paper thrown away, to be forgotten. I sometimes felt like someone on hoarders. It was bad.
It was so bad that I found some old writings of mine from 7th grade- and if you're wondering how old that is it's around 2000-2001. This is before 9/11 happened mind you (I was in 8th grade when that happened). And it's an interesting look how awful my writing was. Truly just...awful.
I used real people back then in the stories- except I have no idea who two of these characters are. Joe and Gregg? I don't know them or I've since forgotten they existed. My bad. I mean, c'mon, it's been like 12 years. I don't remember this kinda stuff. Also there is no one named Alikon or Chan in my life nor was there ever. And this wasn't commentary on the principal or teachers. It was simply a crazy story I began to write in study hall after finishing my homework.
This is an unfinished story, but towards the end I can't make any sense of it. So don't expect me to finish it. Maybe when I get all the old writing on here I'll rewrite some of the favorites.
The only thing I have corrected is spelling, a few redundancies on who is talking, and format stuff. I even kept my ridiculous pen name. Enjoy.
The School Takeover
By James O. Tabvard
Chapter 1
“Open the door Erik, come on we'll be late.” James yelled.
The door opened and Erik was there.
“We won't be late, let's go.” Erik said. They had just made it in time and the bell had just rang.
“See you later Erik,” James said while going the other way. James made it to homeroom on time and then went to science.
“Hey Mandy.” James said.
“Hi,” Mandy responded to. Just then the announcements came on.
“All students with last names beginning with A to I please go down to the auditorium. A to I.” They went to the auditorium without their stuff and the principal was there. Once everyone was seated he began to talk.
“Now I know this school year has been tough, please quiet down- but everyone- please be quiet...everyone has worked real hard so you will be...” There was a pause, a very long pause. The principal had his head down and started shaking. “You all will...will...will die!”
He lifted his head up and his eyes were evil red. Mandy and James were close to the back so they jumped out the door real quick. The doors then slammed shut and they went as fast as they could away from there. Halfway down the hall they heard horrible screams coming from the auditorium. They then stopped dead in their tracks. They had seen a huge shadow that looked weird and heard footsteps getting closer and closer.
Chapter 2
“The Old Age”
The footsteps grew louder and louder until two friends of theirs came from around the corner. It was Jack and Sya going to the auditorium. They ran to them as quickly as they could.
“Don't go in there you two,” Mandy said.
“Why?” they both asked.
“You won't believe me, but the principal has just killed almost all of the kids with last names beginning with A and going to I,” James said.
They looked at each other then at Mandy.
“Is it true or are you just kidding?” Jack asked Mandy.
“She sighed and then said “Yes, it's all true.”
They gasped once they heard a scream saying “No, don't kill me!” in the most horrid way and then a kind of explosion.
“C'mon guys, lets get out of here.”
They were walking back when a teacher came up to them and said “Do you have a hall pass?”
Luckily Jack had one and showed it.
“May I see it?” the teacher asked. “Well, it seems you were suppose to be back in 2 minutes and it is passed that time.” The teacher ripped the pass up and turned around to throw it away and said “Since you guys don't have a pass...” Silence came and then she said “...then I guess...I guess I have to...to kill you!”
She looked up and had evil red eyes like the principal. She grabbed a metric stick and it somehow became a sword from a long time ago. She swished it back and forth until two swords instead of one it became. She was about to strike when James said “I always wanted to do this.”
Chapter 3
“Hit, kick, and kung fu fighting”
James then kicked a sword from the teacher's hand and grabbed it himself. He then started doing exactly what she had down to make two and it worked. He then gave the other to Sya and made two more for Jack and Mandy. They surrounded the teacher with her eyes flaming like fire.
She then said, “You will pay for this!” and disappeared with all of the swords gone with her.
They then realized that all of the teachers were overcome and no one was safe. Just to make sure they went back to class.
“Oh you guys are still alive, I mean you're back so soon.”
James saw a little bit of red in her eyes and then he asked her if he could use the bathroom.
She replied by saying “Yes you may, you little rascal.” saying the under her breath.
He walked to the bathroom, but about halfway there he heard the announcements come on.
“All students with last names beginning with J to Z please go to the auditorium. Thank you.”
He realized then that all of the students would die if that happened. Jack, Sya and Mandy came running down the hall.
“Did you guys hear that?” he asked. They all shook their heads yes.
“We should try to stop some of them,” Mandy said.
“That's right but we better hurry,” Jack said.
“Just one thing before we do,” James said.
“What is it?” Mandy asked.
“I still have to use the bathroom.”
Chapter 4
“The Secret of the Bathroom”
“Just hurry up,” Mandy said.
“Just wait.” James yelled from the bathroom. He was about to flush when Jack run in and said “I got a few people to believe me but the rest wouldn't even listen and some just pretended to listen.”
“Well at least you got come of them,” James said while trying to flush. “This stupid thing won't budge.”
“Let me see,” Jack said.
“No wait don't, I think I...”
“No let me.”
James then slipped making his hand come down and hit part of it. They then a heard a kind of noise that a brick would make if dragged across the floor. They turned around and saw a back moved out and a green blob sitting there.
“What the heck is that?” James asked.
“I don't know,” Jack said.
Sya then walked in and said “What are you guys doin- whoa! What's that!” Sya exclaimed so loud that Mandy could hear him.
“We don't know it just appeared once I hit this,” James said going over and pointing to it.
“Push it again,” Sya said.
He tried to push it but it didn't move. He then was able to flush it without any trouble. Jack grabbed a pencil from his pocket and started poking it. You could hear it making noises every poke. The noises kept on getting louder and louder until it stopped.
It started shaking and moving around. They were all watching it now. It started to come out. It shifted to make itself flat. It then turned red and has green eyes. It started to float in the air. It stopped suddenly and started moving toward them.
Chapter 5
“No Way Out”
The blob was moving toward them slowly. They ran toward the door. It shut and locked itself. It was getting closer. Jack grabbed a paper towel and got it wet. He then throw it at the blob and missed. It went through it and hit the wall like the thing was a hologram.
It said in a light, nice voice with a British accent “Please stop. I mean no harm.”
They all had weird looks on their faces.
“What do you want?” Jack asked.
“I want to help you since you helped me get out of that prison.” the blob replied. It had turned back from red to green and wasn't flat. It was still floating in the air though and had red eyes now.
“What prison are you talking about?” James asked.
“The prison that was in the wall. I have been there for a long time and was waiting for someone to free me like you. So now I must help you.” the blob said.
“Who or what are you?” James asked. “Are you evil or are you a hologram or what?”
“I am neither of those,” the blob said. “I am Alikon the spiritual guard of the dream world.”
“So you're kind of like that ghost from Ghost Busters?” Sya asked.
“I am no such thing. I am made up of good spirits or the spirits of the dead.” Alikon said.
“So are you lots of ghosts put together or something?” Sya asked.
“No! I am a spiritual guard.” Alikon said with a mad look.
“So you are a spiritual guard.” James said.
“Yes that is right.”
Silence broke out in the room. They all looked at each other in weird looks and then they all said at the exact same time like they were reading each other's minds.
“Huh?”
Chapter 6
“How It All Began”
“A spiritual guard is a guard who lets good spirits in and takes care of the bad spirits.” Alikon said.
“So how exactly did you get in there?” James asked.
“It's a long story but I'll try to shorten it up. It started back in the dream world when I was born,” Alikon said.
“No we don't want to know that just tell us how you got in there!” Sya said anxiously waiting.
“Alright,” Alikon replied starting over again. “It all started when I was guarding the portal to the dream world. It was my first time so I hadn't any experience. I was letting spirits in when I heard a noise. I turned around to see what it was and wasn't paying attention. I guess when I wasn't looking an evil spirit got in or more than one got in. They turned all the spirits from good to evil then since I wouldn't change they had to find a place to put me. They found portal to your world and then stored me there. They then went around and changed the teacher or in my language ookanbacks.”
They laughed at that and Alikon then continued.
“I would have turned evil if you didn't help my by pushing the button.”
“But why couldn't I flush it?” James asked.
“Well the evils or evil spirits don't have any memory so they did that to know which one it was.” Alikon said.
“Then how did you change color?” Jack asked.
“I do that by my moods. The evil started to get at me when you were poking at me so I turned,” Alikon said.
“Come on guys, what's taking so long?” Mandy said.
“Be out in a minute,” Sya said while Alikon unlocked the door.
Chapter 7
“The Survival Strategy”
They had just got out of the bathroom when the announcements came on.
“All teachers must go to the auditorium since the students are dead. All teachers, thank you.”
“Hurry, everybody into the bathroom.” Alikon said.
“But that's the boy's bathroom.” Mandy said in complaint.
“In my world there isn't a difference, now move along.” Alikon said trying to get her in. They all got in there, including three more faces. There was Gregg, a kind of strange boy. There was Joe, a strange name for a girl, and Erik- the guy from the beginning.
“Now we need to make a plan but not let them know, so I will make a barricade so that no one can hear or see us.” Alikon then said. “Everyone get in a circle and don't touch eaco ther.”
“Why shouldn't we touch each other?” Joe asked.
“If you do you will mutate or something will happen.” Alikon replied. He then started to encircle them until a box appeared he got into the box then made it solid. “What I should do is go back to the dream world, bring you guys with me but leave you at the portal.” Alikon said.
“What is this dream world you keep talking about?” Erik asked.
“It is another world like yours except it has spirits instead of people.” Alikon replied.
“Then I guess it's off to the dream world, guys.” James said.
“Yeah let's go to dead world.” Gregg said.
“Dream world.” Alikon said.
“Whatever!” Gregg said.
Chapter 8
“Tragedy in the dream world...or not?”
“Follow me and hurry,” Alikon said. They then went over toe where he was trapped and he went into push a button. Once he pushed it he came out and looked at the wall.
“What are you looking at?” Gregg asked.
“Just wait,” Alikon said.
A weird looking circle of tie-dye colors appeared.
“Lets go,” Alikon said.
“What do you mean?” Mandy asked.
“Go into the portal, go on guys jump in it.” Alikon said pushing them forward. “Don't be afraid you guys will be fine.”
Sya jumped in head first saying “Wee!” Then Jack went and then James.
“C'mon you guys go already,” Erik said.
“Why don't you go Erik?” Mandy asked.
“I have to get something” Erik said trying to cover it up.
Alikon whispered something in his ear. He then jumped in. The others followed. They all ended up in a black place with more portals. Alikon went over to one and said “You guys stay here and I'll be back.”
He then went into a portal that had weird writing on it that looked like a cloud with the Earth next to it.
“Let's go in.” Joe said.
“Alikon said not to, though.” Mandy said trying to dissuade her from going.
“Forget it, let's go!” Joe said dissuading Mandy to go.
She then grabbed Mandy's hand and jumped in. The guys didn't notice for awhile. Then they did they found out it was too late. Joe and Mandy were both evil. They attacked but missed. Alikon came floating up to them. They were somehow able to float in the air while all of the evil spirits were on the ground.
“Evil spirits sink here and good spirits float, anyone else can do both.” Alikon said.
“What are we going to do?” Jack asked.
“I'll send a ray of good or something like that to see if I can change their spirits.” Then fired a ray at them.
“It worked!” Sya said.
“It worked alright but...” Alikon said.
“But what?” Sya asked.
“...but it only worked on Mandy.” Alikon said sadly.
“Then what are we going to do?” James asked.
“I don't know.” Alikon said very saidly.
Chapter 9
“Clap Clap, Clap Clap Clap, Clap Clap Clap Clap; Let's go!”
Alikon looked like he was going to cry.
“Alikon are you alright?” James said.
“Yeah what's wrong?” Sya asked.
Alikon then burst into tears and said “Snif...sniff...if...a...good...ray.”
“Go on,” James said encouraging him.
“It means that...that...that we have to kill her!”
He then burst into tears again. Joe was attacking Mandy now. She jumped at Mandy but missed. Mandy then jumped up in the air and started floating up towards them. Alikon was still crying his eyes out.
“What happened?” Mandy asked.
“You turned evil.” Jack said.
“No, I mean what happened to Alikon?” Mandy said getting very mad at him. Jack was getting mad too. Everyone was getting mad for some reason, even Alikon got mad. They then started to sink toward the ground. They then hit the ground with a “ker boom.” Joe started running after them. They tried floating up, it didn't work.
Alikon then dropped something from his body. It was a pistol or something that was similar.
“Use it” Alikon said.
James had the gun and was aiming it at her. He was about to shoot when he said “I can't do it!”
“Give me it.” Sya said.
“No,” James said.
“Give me... “ Sya said.
“No,” James said.
The gun then suddenly went off. It sent a laser beam straight at her. She then exploded into little bits once it hit her. It was like some thing from inside of her blue up and she was blown up with it.
“Whoa,” Sya said being amazed at that kind of power.
“I'll keep this for awhile.” James said.
Just then a thing like Alikon came up.
“Everybody this is Chan,” Alikon said. Chan looked like Alikon except that his color was blue and has yellow eyes. He also had an Australian accent and spoke like an Australian.
“Well, let's go mates.” Chan said.
They all looked at each other with a grin. They then clapped their hands in melody and said
“Let's go!”
It was so bad that I found some old writings of mine from 7th grade- and if you're wondering how old that is it's around 2000-2001. This is before 9/11 happened mind you (I was in 8th grade when that happened). And it's an interesting look how awful my writing was. Truly just...awful.
I used real people back then in the stories- except I have no idea who two of these characters are. Joe and Gregg? I don't know them or I've since forgotten they existed. My bad. I mean, c'mon, it's been like 12 years. I don't remember this kinda stuff. Also there is no one named Alikon or Chan in my life nor was there ever. And this wasn't commentary on the principal or teachers. It was simply a crazy story I began to write in study hall after finishing my homework.
This is an unfinished story, but towards the end I can't make any sense of it. So don't expect me to finish it. Maybe when I get all the old writing on here I'll rewrite some of the favorites.
The only thing I have corrected is spelling, a few redundancies on who is talking, and format stuff. I even kept my ridiculous pen name. Enjoy.
The School Takeover
By James O. Tabvard
Chapter 1
“Open the door Erik, come on we'll be late.” James yelled.
The door opened and Erik was there.
“We won't be late, let's go.” Erik said. They had just made it in time and the bell had just rang.
“See you later Erik,” James said while going the other way. James made it to homeroom on time and then went to science.
“Hey Mandy.” James said.
“Hi,” Mandy responded to. Just then the announcements came on.
“All students with last names beginning with A to I please go down to the auditorium. A to I.” They went to the auditorium without their stuff and the principal was there. Once everyone was seated he began to talk.
“Now I know this school year has been tough, please quiet down- but everyone- please be quiet...everyone has worked real hard so you will be...” There was a pause, a very long pause. The principal had his head down and started shaking. “You all will...will...will die!”
He lifted his head up and his eyes were evil red. Mandy and James were close to the back so they jumped out the door real quick. The doors then slammed shut and they went as fast as they could away from there. Halfway down the hall they heard horrible screams coming from the auditorium. They then stopped dead in their tracks. They had seen a huge shadow that looked weird and heard footsteps getting closer and closer.
Chapter 2
“The Old Age”
The footsteps grew louder and louder until two friends of theirs came from around the corner. It was Jack and Sya going to the auditorium. They ran to them as quickly as they could.
“Don't go in there you two,” Mandy said.
“Why?” they both asked.
“You won't believe me, but the principal has just killed almost all of the kids with last names beginning with A and going to I,” James said.
They looked at each other then at Mandy.
“Is it true or are you just kidding?” Jack asked Mandy.
“She sighed and then said “Yes, it's all true.”
They gasped once they heard a scream saying “No, don't kill me!” in the most horrid way and then a kind of explosion.
“C'mon guys, lets get out of here.”
They were walking back when a teacher came up to them and said “Do you have a hall pass?”
Luckily Jack had one and showed it.
“May I see it?” the teacher asked. “Well, it seems you were suppose to be back in 2 minutes and it is passed that time.” The teacher ripped the pass up and turned around to throw it away and said “Since you guys don't have a pass...” Silence came and then she said “...then I guess...I guess I have to...to kill you!”
She looked up and had evil red eyes like the principal. She grabbed a metric stick and it somehow became a sword from a long time ago. She swished it back and forth until two swords instead of one it became. She was about to strike when James said “I always wanted to do this.”
Chapter 3
“Hit, kick, and kung fu fighting”
James then kicked a sword from the teacher's hand and grabbed it himself. He then started doing exactly what she had down to make two and it worked. He then gave the other to Sya and made two more for Jack and Mandy. They surrounded the teacher with her eyes flaming like fire.
She then said, “You will pay for this!” and disappeared with all of the swords gone with her.
They then realized that all of the teachers were overcome and no one was safe. Just to make sure they went back to class.
“Oh you guys are still alive, I mean you're back so soon.”
James saw a little bit of red in her eyes and then he asked her if he could use the bathroom.
She replied by saying “Yes you may, you little rascal.” saying the under her breath.
He walked to the bathroom, but about halfway there he heard the announcements come on.
“All students with last names beginning with J to Z please go to the auditorium. Thank you.”
He realized then that all of the students would die if that happened. Jack, Sya and Mandy came running down the hall.
“Did you guys hear that?” he asked. They all shook their heads yes.
“We should try to stop some of them,” Mandy said.
“That's right but we better hurry,” Jack said.
“Just one thing before we do,” James said.
“What is it?” Mandy asked.
“I still have to use the bathroom.”
Chapter 4
“The Secret of the Bathroom”
“Just hurry up,” Mandy said.
“Just wait.” James yelled from the bathroom. He was about to flush when Jack run in and said “I got a few people to believe me but the rest wouldn't even listen and some just pretended to listen.”
“Well at least you got come of them,” James said while trying to flush. “This stupid thing won't budge.”
“Let me see,” Jack said.
“No wait don't, I think I...”
“No let me.”
James then slipped making his hand come down and hit part of it. They then a heard a kind of noise that a brick would make if dragged across the floor. They turned around and saw a back moved out and a green blob sitting there.
“What the heck is that?” James asked.
“I don't know,” Jack said.
Sya then walked in and said “What are you guys doin- whoa! What's that!” Sya exclaimed so loud that Mandy could hear him.
“We don't know it just appeared once I hit this,” James said going over and pointing to it.
“Push it again,” Sya said.
He tried to push it but it didn't move. He then was able to flush it without any trouble. Jack grabbed a pencil from his pocket and started poking it. You could hear it making noises every poke. The noises kept on getting louder and louder until it stopped.
It started shaking and moving around. They were all watching it now. It started to come out. It shifted to make itself flat. It then turned red and has green eyes. It started to float in the air. It stopped suddenly and started moving toward them.
Chapter 5
“No Way Out”
The blob was moving toward them slowly. They ran toward the door. It shut and locked itself. It was getting closer. Jack grabbed a paper towel and got it wet. He then throw it at the blob and missed. It went through it and hit the wall like the thing was a hologram.
It said in a light, nice voice with a British accent “Please stop. I mean no harm.”
They all had weird looks on their faces.
“What do you want?” Jack asked.
“I want to help you since you helped me get out of that prison.” the blob replied. It had turned back from red to green and wasn't flat. It was still floating in the air though and had red eyes now.
“What prison are you talking about?” James asked.
“The prison that was in the wall. I have been there for a long time and was waiting for someone to free me like you. So now I must help you.” the blob said.
“Who or what are you?” James asked. “Are you evil or are you a hologram or what?”
“I am neither of those,” the blob said. “I am Alikon the spiritual guard of the dream world.”
“So you're kind of like that ghost from Ghost Busters?” Sya asked.
“I am no such thing. I am made up of good spirits or the spirits of the dead.” Alikon said.
“So are you lots of ghosts put together or something?” Sya asked.
“No! I am a spiritual guard.” Alikon said with a mad look.
“So you are a spiritual guard.” James said.
“Yes that is right.”
Silence broke out in the room. They all looked at each other in weird looks and then they all said at the exact same time like they were reading each other's minds.
“Huh?”
Chapter 6
“How It All Began”
“A spiritual guard is a guard who lets good spirits in and takes care of the bad spirits.” Alikon said.
“So how exactly did you get in there?” James asked.
“It's a long story but I'll try to shorten it up. It started back in the dream world when I was born,” Alikon said.
“No we don't want to know that just tell us how you got in there!” Sya said anxiously waiting.
“Alright,” Alikon replied starting over again. “It all started when I was guarding the portal to the dream world. It was my first time so I hadn't any experience. I was letting spirits in when I heard a noise. I turned around to see what it was and wasn't paying attention. I guess when I wasn't looking an evil spirit got in or more than one got in. They turned all the spirits from good to evil then since I wouldn't change they had to find a place to put me. They found portal to your world and then stored me there. They then went around and changed the teacher or in my language ookanbacks.”
They laughed at that and Alikon then continued.
“I would have turned evil if you didn't help my by pushing the button.”
“But why couldn't I flush it?” James asked.
“Well the evils or evil spirits don't have any memory so they did that to know which one it was.” Alikon said.
“Then how did you change color?” Jack asked.
“I do that by my moods. The evil started to get at me when you were poking at me so I turned,” Alikon said.
“Come on guys, what's taking so long?” Mandy said.
“Be out in a minute,” Sya said while Alikon unlocked the door.
Chapter 7
“The Survival Strategy”
They had just got out of the bathroom when the announcements came on.
“All teachers must go to the auditorium since the students are dead. All teachers, thank you.”
“Hurry, everybody into the bathroom.” Alikon said.
“But that's the boy's bathroom.” Mandy said in complaint.
“In my world there isn't a difference, now move along.” Alikon said trying to get her in. They all got in there, including three more faces. There was Gregg, a kind of strange boy. There was Joe, a strange name for a girl, and Erik- the guy from the beginning.
“Now we need to make a plan but not let them know, so I will make a barricade so that no one can hear or see us.” Alikon then said. “Everyone get in a circle and don't touch eaco ther.”
“Why shouldn't we touch each other?” Joe asked.
“If you do you will mutate or something will happen.” Alikon replied. He then started to encircle them until a box appeared he got into the box then made it solid. “What I should do is go back to the dream world, bring you guys with me but leave you at the portal.” Alikon said.
“What is this dream world you keep talking about?” Erik asked.
“It is another world like yours except it has spirits instead of people.” Alikon replied.
“Then I guess it's off to the dream world, guys.” James said.
“Yeah let's go to dead world.” Gregg said.
“Dream world.” Alikon said.
“Whatever!” Gregg said.
Chapter 8
“Tragedy in the dream world...or not?”
“Follow me and hurry,” Alikon said. They then went over toe where he was trapped and he went into push a button. Once he pushed it he came out and looked at the wall.
“What are you looking at?” Gregg asked.
“Just wait,” Alikon said.
A weird looking circle of tie-dye colors appeared.
“Lets go,” Alikon said.
“What do you mean?” Mandy asked.
“Go into the portal, go on guys jump in it.” Alikon said pushing them forward. “Don't be afraid you guys will be fine.”
Sya jumped in head first saying “Wee!” Then Jack went and then James.
“C'mon you guys go already,” Erik said.
“Why don't you go Erik?” Mandy asked.
“I have to get something” Erik said trying to cover it up.
Alikon whispered something in his ear. He then jumped in. The others followed. They all ended up in a black place with more portals. Alikon went over to one and said “You guys stay here and I'll be back.”
He then went into a portal that had weird writing on it that looked like a cloud with the Earth next to it.
“Let's go in.” Joe said.
“Alikon said not to, though.” Mandy said trying to dissuade her from going.
“Forget it, let's go!” Joe said dissuading Mandy to go.
She then grabbed Mandy's hand and jumped in. The guys didn't notice for awhile. Then they did they found out it was too late. Joe and Mandy were both evil. They attacked but missed. Alikon came floating up to them. They were somehow able to float in the air while all of the evil spirits were on the ground.
“Evil spirits sink here and good spirits float, anyone else can do both.” Alikon said.
“What are we going to do?” Jack asked.
“I'll send a ray of good or something like that to see if I can change their spirits.” Then fired a ray at them.
“It worked!” Sya said.
“It worked alright but...” Alikon said.
“But what?” Sya asked.
“...but it only worked on Mandy.” Alikon said sadly.
“Then what are we going to do?” James asked.
“I don't know.” Alikon said very saidly.
Chapter 9
“Clap Clap, Clap Clap Clap, Clap Clap Clap Clap; Let's go!”
Alikon looked like he was going to cry.
“Alikon are you alright?” James said.
“Yeah what's wrong?” Sya asked.
Alikon then burst into tears and said “Snif...sniff...if...a...good...ray.”
“Go on,” James said encouraging him.
“It means that...that...that we have to kill her!”
He then burst into tears again. Joe was attacking Mandy now. She jumped at Mandy but missed. Mandy then jumped up in the air and started floating up towards them. Alikon was still crying his eyes out.
“What happened?” Mandy asked.
“You turned evil.” Jack said.
“No, I mean what happened to Alikon?” Mandy said getting very mad at him. Jack was getting mad too. Everyone was getting mad for some reason, even Alikon got mad. They then started to sink toward the ground. They then hit the ground with a “ker boom.” Joe started running after them. They tried floating up, it didn't work.
Alikon then dropped something from his body. It was a pistol or something that was similar.
“Use it” Alikon said.
James had the gun and was aiming it at her. He was about to shoot when he said “I can't do it!”
“Give me it.” Sya said.
“No,” James said.
“Give me... “ Sya said.
“No,” James said.
The gun then suddenly went off. It sent a laser beam straight at her. She then exploded into little bits once it hit her. It was like some thing from inside of her blue up and she was blown up with it.
“Whoa,” Sya said being amazed at that kind of power.
“I'll keep this for awhile.” James said.
Just then a thing like Alikon came up.
“Everybody this is Chan,” Alikon said. Chan looked like Alikon except that his color was blue and has yellow eyes. He also had an Australian accent and spoke like an Australian.
“Well, let's go mates.” Chan said.
They all looked at each other with a grin. They then clapped their hands in melody and said
“Let's go!”
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Up and Down
These days are the worst. I mean, weather-wise at least. The temperatures are always up and down, and no one is sure if it's spring just yet. Winter still wants to keep going, but spring is right around the corner. I hate these days. I can never figure out if I should turn the AC or the heat on. I'm pretty sure I've done both in my car one day.
And today isn't much better, but the positive is that it's at least warm outside. Today sucks for other reasons though. Today a year ago I was left at the altar. It's a funny story, actually.
You see my fiance- or should I say ex-fiance? I'm never really sure- had been diagnosed with cancer. This is way before we met, years in fact. But during that treatment, her boyfriend at the time left her. And no- he didn't come back and she wasn't having an affair with the doctor.
She had been going through a lot and wound up meeting another man who also had cancer at the hospital, and wound up smoking weed with him to help get by. When she got better, she continued smoking. Then started dealing on the side a bit. Marijuana is expensive.
Then during all of this, I met her at a friend's party. No drugs, it wasn't my thing. She actually hid it from me up until the wedding day. I still have yet to figure out how, but she was still using and selling. And the cops actually say she used the money to pay for the wedding, which explains so much more than you know.
Well, she got busted for selling some hours before. Unfortunately, no one knew because of her being very strict about who could talk to her or see her- so somehow no one was smart enough to piece together she wasn't even in the church before we started. Not even the worst part though. The worst part is that her dealer paid for her bond, then they skipped town together. On the day of our wedding. Well, the police said it was day or two after she was out- but she's a wanted fugitive now. Would not have seen that coming.
And what's even worse? I didn't see her parents suddenly showing up at my work. Shopping in my store.
"Rick? Oh my goodness, Rick!" Her mother always called me Rick even though my name was Richard and most people called me Rich or Dick. I guess Rick was her combination of the two.
"Betty? Devon? Hey how are you guys?"
"We're doing good, c'mere give me a hug." It was the most awkward hug I had ever given an older woman.
"You lose weight there, champ?" Devon- her father- always had teased me about my weight. "Ah of course ya did, c'mere and give the old man a hug too." This was the most awkward hug I had ever given someone.
"So what are you guys in here for?"
"Well, you know Pat's sister Ashley? She's engaged to her boyfriend Allen now, and we wanted to get them a nice new bed for their apartment. She's still using her futon from her college apartment days," she said with a laugh.
"Wow- Ashley and Allen are engaged? Good for them. I haven't seen either of them since uh. Well."
"Oh right, right." They said it in unison, an awkward fog now surrounding them for realizing how we came to know each other. It was funny, because they didn't even know it when saying the name Pat. My ex-fiance.
"Well, it was good seeing you guys. Hey, when you guys check out tell them to call me I'll make sure to give you the family discount."
"Oh well thank you."
"Yeah thank you, champ. You don't have to do that."
"Consider it something to help you help those two. Take care guys."
I walked away. I was surprised at myself, almost proud. I had successfully spoken to my ex-fiance's parents. But by the time I sat in my office later, it had sunk in. A year later, I was in the same place I had been before. I was the manager of a store that I hated. I had plans to go to school, but without Pat and her supporting me financially I couldn't. And everyone I had known at one point, had continued on without me. Everyone that was friends with both of us, her family. All just gone from my life. It feels eerie to say that.
One year ago they sat and watched the worst moment of my life. I held back the tears I had. There was nothing I could do to bring her back, and even if I could she had changed into something I didn't want.
What puzzled me more is all the people who were good friends with us and not with me. I hadn't seen Peter in forever. Curtis and Hope said they would still like to hang out, and that didn't happen. Rachel and Derek suddenly disappeared from my life. I got on Facebook and looked them all up, went through their pictures and saw them all hanging out. My invite lost in the back of their heads.
I picked up the phone to call my friend Trisha, only to realize she was living with her boyfriend Earl now. They wouldn't have time to hang out or do anything.
I sat in my office for hours, the store quiet and being shut down without my guidance. I reminisced, I longed for the past, and I admittedly cried a little. An entire year, and for me not much felt like it had changed for the better.
Then in the minutes before the last person was getting ready to leave the store, it hit me. It was like some crazy TV show where you watch the main character. And at some point, an actor gets tired and leaves the show. Sometimes they kill the character off, sometimes they get on a bus somewhere. Just like life, characters come and go. Today I am a main character in certain people's lives at the furniture store. In a year, I might not be.
What fascinated me was how quickly time moved. Because before I knew it, it was time to go.
"Hey Rich, everything is good to go. You need me to lock up or are you planning to?"
"I can lock up. Was just about to grab my coat. Thanks."
"It's actually not too bad outside, you probably won't need your coat."
"I hate days like these. You never know what the weather is like."
"That's life for ya."
It sure is.
And today isn't much better, but the positive is that it's at least warm outside. Today sucks for other reasons though. Today a year ago I was left at the altar. It's a funny story, actually.
You see my fiance- or should I say ex-fiance? I'm never really sure- had been diagnosed with cancer. This is way before we met, years in fact. But during that treatment, her boyfriend at the time left her. And no- he didn't come back and she wasn't having an affair with the doctor.
She had been going through a lot and wound up meeting another man who also had cancer at the hospital, and wound up smoking weed with him to help get by. When she got better, she continued smoking. Then started dealing on the side a bit. Marijuana is expensive.
Then during all of this, I met her at a friend's party. No drugs, it wasn't my thing. She actually hid it from me up until the wedding day. I still have yet to figure out how, but she was still using and selling. And the cops actually say she used the money to pay for the wedding, which explains so much more than you know.
Well, she got busted for selling some hours before. Unfortunately, no one knew because of her being very strict about who could talk to her or see her- so somehow no one was smart enough to piece together she wasn't even in the church before we started. Not even the worst part though. The worst part is that her dealer paid for her bond, then they skipped town together. On the day of our wedding. Well, the police said it was day or two after she was out- but she's a wanted fugitive now. Would not have seen that coming.
And what's even worse? I didn't see her parents suddenly showing up at my work. Shopping in my store.
"Rick? Oh my goodness, Rick!" Her mother always called me Rick even though my name was Richard and most people called me Rich or Dick. I guess Rick was her combination of the two.
"Betty? Devon? Hey how are you guys?"
"We're doing good, c'mere give me a hug." It was the most awkward hug I had ever given an older woman.
"You lose weight there, champ?" Devon- her father- always had teased me about my weight. "Ah of course ya did, c'mere and give the old man a hug too." This was the most awkward hug I had ever given someone.
"So what are you guys in here for?"
"Well, you know Pat's sister Ashley? She's engaged to her boyfriend Allen now, and we wanted to get them a nice new bed for their apartment. She's still using her futon from her college apartment days," she said with a laugh.
"Wow- Ashley and Allen are engaged? Good for them. I haven't seen either of them since uh. Well."
"Oh right, right." They said it in unison, an awkward fog now surrounding them for realizing how we came to know each other. It was funny, because they didn't even know it when saying the name Pat. My ex-fiance.
"Well, it was good seeing you guys. Hey, when you guys check out tell them to call me I'll make sure to give you the family discount."
"Oh well thank you."
"Yeah thank you, champ. You don't have to do that."
"Consider it something to help you help those two. Take care guys."
I walked away. I was surprised at myself, almost proud. I had successfully spoken to my ex-fiance's parents. But by the time I sat in my office later, it had sunk in. A year later, I was in the same place I had been before. I was the manager of a store that I hated. I had plans to go to school, but without Pat and her supporting me financially I couldn't. And everyone I had known at one point, had continued on without me. Everyone that was friends with both of us, her family. All just gone from my life. It feels eerie to say that.
One year ago they sat and watched the worst moment of my life. I held back the tears I had. There was nothing I could do to bring her back, and even if I could she had changed into something I didn't want.
What puzzled me more is all the people who were good friends with us and not with me. I hadn't seen Peter in forever. Curtis and Hope said they would still like to hang out, and that didn't happen. Rachel and Derek suddenly disappeared from my life. I got on Facebook and looked them all up, went through their pictures and saw them all hanging out. My invite lost in the back of their heads.
I picked up the phone to call my friend Trisha, only to realize she was living with her boyfriend Earl now. They wouldn't have time to hang out or do anything.
I sat in my office for hours, the store quiet and being shut down without my guidance. I reminisced, I longed for the past, and I admittedly cried a little. An entire year, and for me not much felt like it had changed for the better.
Then in the minutes before the last person was getting ready to leave the store, it hit me. It was like some crazy TV show where you watch the main character. And at some point, an actor gets tired and leaves the show. Sometimes they kill the character off, sometimes they get on a bus somewhere. Just like life, characters come and go. Today I am a main character in certain people's lives at the furniture store. In a year, I might not be.
What fascinated me was how quickly time moved. Because before I knew it, it was time to go.
"Hey Rich, everything is good to go. You need me to lock up or are you planning to?"
"I can lock up. Was just about to grab my coat. Thanks."
"It's actually not too bad outside, you probably won't need your coat."
"I hate days like these. You never know what the weather is like."
"That's life for ya."
It sure is.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
SOPA/PIPA and why we're joining the blackout
If you have been under a rock, or just don't pay attention to politics, there are new bills sitting in Congress that are going to potentially hurt the Internet if signed into law. Those bills are known as SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (PROTECT IP Act).
I am not going to write an article on what these are and why they are bad, that has been done to death all over the Internet. You can read up on Wikipedia's reasons here. To put it simple: SOPA/PIPA is bad legislation that could be used poorly if implemented. It would hurt the Internet, and we don't want to hurt the Internet. What has it ever done to us?
OK OK, it did Rick Roll us but- c'mon. Who doesn't leave that song in a way you love that annoying kid next door?
What's more concerning isn't that this bill is being debated. It's that, in a time when the economy is in the crapper, our millionaire Congress is talking legislation that helps big businesses. Don't you guys have more important things you should be working on, like- oh I don't know- creating jobs or getting people back to work? Fixing our tax system, healthcare system, job market, and yeah let's throw in elections as well. Instead, we the people have to fight to keep our Internet- the last place we have left open- from being managed.
The Internet can't be managed. Proxy servers exist, and banning those sites hurts our first amendment rights. You will simply be creating a black market Internet, where people who want to surf the web freely will find a way. It's like banning alcohol, people drank anyways. You put giant warning labels on cigarettes, people smoke anyways and some pick the habit up. You tell kids Just Say No to drugs, and they try them anyways. And with the Internet, you better believe a lot more people will start to get pissed off about SOPA/PIPA if they can't go to a certain website because of it.
We will be joining the blackout at midnight for 24 hours. Wikipedia, the Cheezburger Network, Reddit, Mozilla, and BoingBoing will also be joining. Those are the big names so far. Other opponents include (from Wikipedia:) Google, Yahoo!, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, AOL, LinkedIn, eBay, Roblox, Reporters Without Borders, Electronic Frontier Foundation, the ACLU and Human Rights Watch. We are hoping more of them join the blackout.
Until then dear visitors and readers, I will see you on Thursday.
I am not going to write an article on what these are and why they are bad, that has been done to death all over the Internet. You can read up on Wikipedia's reasons here. To put it simple: SOPA/PIPA is bad legislation that could be used poorly if implemented. It would hurt the Internet, and we don't want to hurt the Internet. What has it ever done to us?
OK OK, it did Rick Roll us but- c'mon. Who doesn't leave that song in a way you love that annoying kid next door?
What's more concerning isn't that this bill is being debated. It's that, in a time when the economy is in the crapper, our millionaire Congress is talking legislation that helps big businesses. Don't you guys have more important things you should be working on, like- oh I don't know- creating jobs or getting people back to work? Fixing our tax system, healthcare system, job market, and yeah let's throw in elections as well. Instead, we the people have to fight to keep our Internet- the last place we have left open- from being managed.
The Internet can't be managed. Proxy servers exist, and banning those sites hurts our first amendment rights. You will simply be creating a black market Internet, where people who want to surf the web freely will find a way. It's like banning alcohol, people drank anyways. You put giant warning labels on cigarettes, people smoke anyways and some pick the habit up. You tell kids Just Say No to drugs, and they try them anyways. And with the Internet, you better believe a lot more people will start to get pissed off about SOPA/PIPA if they can't go to a certain website because of it.
We will be joining the blackout at midnight for 24 hours. Wikipedia, the Cheezburger Network, Reddit, Mozilla, and BoingBoing will also be joining. Those are the big names so far. Other opponents include (from Wikipedia:) Google, Yahoo!, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, AOL, LinkedIn, eBay, Roblox, Reporters Without Borders, Electronic Frontier Foundation, the ACLU and Human Rights Watch. We are hoping more of them join the blackout.
Until then dear visitors and readers, I will see you on Thursday.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Holes
I feel empty, as if something is missing.
Not to seem stupid, or like I'm all pissy.
It's not like hunger- that's empty with pain.
And yeah it's painful- it's just not the same.
And it's not that I'm sad, more disappointed.
And I'm not mad, I just feel annoyed and distorted.
I don't want to seem emo, or be pessimistic.
But this is my life, gotta be realistic.
I admit I have issues, up in my head
Make me think things are real that I've said
I resort to my fantasies, few times I write them.
But with this empty feeling, I've lost total sight then.
There's no easy way to fill this thing in.
I try finding jobs, but the market is thin.
I make my own projects, but then they get stopped
And all I had worked on winds up being dropped.
Friends are great to have on your side
But some are too busy, and hanging subsides.
Family is nice, but it too is like friends,
Life just keeps going and never really ends.
I know what this hole is, but I'd rather not say
It's hard to explain it, might take all day.
I won't fill it for probably some time,
but if it matters- it's always on my mind.
I can work towards making everything else better,
but I hope this hole doesn't go unfilled forever.
Not to seem stupid, or like I'm all pissy.
It's not like hunger- that's empty with pain.
And yeah it's painful- it's just not the same.
And it's not that I'm sad, more disappointed.
And I'm not mad, I just feel annoyed and distorted.
I don't want to seem emo, or be pessimistic.
But this is my life, gotta be realistic.
I admit I have issues, up in my head
Make me think things are real that I've said
I resort to my fantasies, few times I write them.
But with this empty feeling, I've lost total sight then.
There's no easy way to fill this thing in.
I try finding jobs, but the market is thin.
I make my own projects, but then they get stopped
And all I had worked on winds up being dropped.
Friends are great to have on your side
But some are too busy, and hanging subsides.
Family is nice, but it too is like friends,
Life just keeps going and never really ends.
I know what this hole is, but I'd rather not say
It's hard to explain it, might take all day.
I won't fill it for probably some time,
but if it matters- it's always on my mind.
I can work towards making everything else better,
but I hope this hole doesn't go unfilled forever.
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