The Chronicles of Andrainea: Darkness Falls

I woke up that morning with a slight headache pounding away at my brain. I rolled over with a groan. I did not want to wake up and face today's tribulations. However, I knew today was the day I had to get up, get ready for work, and see to it that my mom was okay for the day. She had not been the same since her accident and I had to make sure my dad was coherent enough to make sure she was well taken care of. My dad was a good person, but damn if he wasn't the hardest person to get up in the mornings. Ah well, up I go!

I arose from my bed and stumbled to the shower. As I went about my morning ablutions I began pondering what I wanted for breakfast. Did I want bacon and eggs or did I want french toast? While I was deciding I could hear my sister's rock music blaring on her radio and knew she was up for the day. Which was rare. After all, most teenagers slept all damn day and stayed up all fucking night. But, it looks like she had enough respect to at least sleep last night. Mom probably told her I had to work today and needed the rest.

When I got done with my shower, brushing my teeth, and getting dressed, I headed into the kitchen to fix a quick breakfast. Cereal it was for today. I had no time after lounging in the shower to fix anything more complex and hearty. I grumbled when I realized all we had was regular cornflakes and no sugar for the damn things. Looks like that was another thing on my long list of groceries to get. Sighing, I fixed my bowl and silently at my breakfast.

I made my way to the living room and saw that both of my parent's were up. They were watching television on the small, old set we had. It was some kind of news broadcast about the government, but I really wasn't paying it much mind. I went over to my mom and gently got her attention.

"Mom, I am heading out now. Make sure dad stays awake after I am gone."

My mom kind of gave me a blank stare, but nodded her head any way. My dad was to focused on the television in front of him and was not paying me much heed. Sighing softly I reached over and gave my mom a kiss on the cheek before heading for the front door. Once out the front door I fiddled with my car keys and adjusted my shoulder strap of my purse. Today was going to be a good day. I just had a feeling. Little did I know that today was not going to be a good day, but I am getting ahead of myself.

As I neared my car several black vehicles with dark tinted glass were quickly speeding down the road I lived on. They began pulling up in my drive way and all around in my yard. I was so startled by this I didn't hear my mom scream or my dad yelling at me to run. I just stood there, frozen in fear. What else could I do? Nothing could have prepared me for what happened next.

Several men in black suits with dark sunglasses came out of one of the vans and pointed my way. Soon SWAT teams were surrounding me with guns raised. A guy in a long white coat came stumbling out of one the black cars and quickly ran up to me. He just smiled while he pulled out a wicked looking syringe.

"This won't hurt a bit." he said.

My eyes grew large as he came closer. I felt the sting of a needle and burning sensation of liquid entering my blood stream. Soon I felt my knees going weak and my vision began to get blurry. I tried to look up at the guy in the white coat, but my head felt to heavy to hold up on its own. Before darkness claimed me I heard the order to kill my family.

"All of them. No witnesses must survive. I can't have the news exposing us." he said.

That was all I heard as I felt darkness claim me. I didn't know what was going on and I wept inside for the loss of my family. All I could hope for was a miracle, but as my luck was going, that maybe something out of my reach.