Elysium

It was late in the day, and the sun was going down in the distance. The air was hot and muggy, and I suddenly wished I could have stayed inside of the store a few minutes longer, but I knew it was out of the question for me. What I knew was that I had to hurry and get my ass back home before my mother, Ava, got off work. I was her only child, and she would always flip out on me whenever I would ask to go anywhere.

Yup. Even the corner store that I just exited from. I didn’t know why she acted like that; I guess it was because of the mysterious sudden disappearances that started going on around town three months ago. Teenagers were disappearing, and the Police were doing their best to keep the hysteria to a minimum, but the people knew better than to believe anything that the Police were saying. A neighbor of mine named Carlos Plexus disappeared last week. His parents went on television, pleading for Carlos to come home. But so far, their pleas fell on deaf ears. I thought little about it,

I just figured that all those missing teenagers were out partying somewhere. And they enjoyed having the attention on them. All of them would probably come home eventually, and they would have a pleasant laugh about it later in life. I was just leaving the

FRESHIOUS CONVINCE CORNER

I had a large Styrofoam cup filled to the brim with; you guessed it, ice-cold Pepsi and a small bag of nacho cheese Doritos in tow.

It had been another typical day after school, and as usual, it bore me out of my freaking mind. There was absolutely nothing exciting going on in my life now, probably because I didn’t have any friends in my life. I didn’t enjoy having anything to do all the time. My name is Alacia Tremblay, and I’m Seventeen years old. My hair and eyes are both brown. I am home schooled and as I mentioned before; I don’t really have any friends because my mom is so overprotective of me, that I don’t even have one friend... Not... One.

I was sure the neighbors thought I was a serial killer in the making for not having any friends because I had killed them all when they reached my house. That or they thought I was a seclusive witch who was constantly casting spells on other people. Either way, any of those options would be exciting compared to my very boring reality. I was walking, lost in my thoughts, when I had a feeling, someone was following me.

I twirled around and found that no one was there.

I shook it off as my mind playing tricks on me because darkness was falling. I quickened my pace until I made it home. I picked up my keys and put one in the lock, turning it until I heard a clicking sound. I pushed open the door and placed my chips and my drink on the small black table near the door. I pulled my key out of the door, and I shut it behind me. I had left the TV on the local news station Channel 71 and shuddered when I saw that, yet another teenager had mysteriously disappeared while walking home from school yesterday.

This one was a girl with platinum blonde hair and piercing blue eyes. She was pretty, yet she didn’t exactly scream. Run away in my eyes. Kids were disappearing faster than they were being made around here, and it was getting scary. I was feeling thirsty, and I went to grab my Pepsi from the table. I took a small drink and felt the coolness slide easily down my throat. I picked up the Styrofoam cup and scooped up my keys, getting ready to hang them up on the shiny silver hook that screwed into the brown wooden key holder hanging on the wall. It surprised me when the front door suddenly flew open and my mother Ava rushed inside, slamming the door behind her.

Sure, I knew she was on her way home, but Ava looked frantic and terrified, and I didn’t know why. Maybe a mean dog had just tried to bite her, but I couldn’t be for certain. This was the very first time I had ever witnessed my mom acting scared. Ava had always been calm and collected. Sure, she was beyond overprotective of me, but it was for my best interest, and she was probably acting. At least I hoped she was acting. Ava was beautiful, she had short brown hair and brown eyes. She worked for the local newspaper, and it surprised me to see her coming home in the state she was in.

“Mom?” I said to her. “Are you okay? I was just going to lock the door when you came rushing in the house like a madwoman.”

Ava sighed and shook her head no. “Do you remember how I have been doing that report for the paper on the sudden disappearances of teenagers who have been happening around town these past few Months?”

“Yeah?” I said, giving her a strange look as I took another drink from my cup. “What about it?”

She took my hand and had me sit down on the couch. She looked at my drink and sighed in disappointment, but she didn’t grill me about it. “I’ve recently been in contact with a man named Gene and he’s the one who has been told me-”

She stopped talking as someone knocked on the door three times. Her eyes grew wide with fear. She slowly stood up and walked cautiously to the door.

“Who is it?” she asked, trying to keep her voice from trembling.

“It’s Gene,” A male voice said from the other side of the door. “And I have more information for you about the missing-”

My mother quickly unlocked the door. Yanking it open, she quickly pulled Gene inside before slamming the door shut behind him. “I told you never to come to my house!” she said with a slight edge of panic in her voice. “My daughter is here!”

Gene looked at me and gave me a strange look.

“Your daughter is one of them and they will eventually kill her too,” he replied bluntly.

“She is not, Gene!” My mother screamed. “I refuse to believe that my daughter is something... unique.” Ava said, choosing her words wisely.

“What the hell is going on here?” I said, making them stop arguing long enough to look at me. I am confused and was getting a little scared myself. Said,

“My name is Gene Corry,” the man said to me. “And I work for Slivor Roact.”

“The Scientific Research Facility?” I asked him, and Gene nodded.

“I am one of the head Scientist there and we have been studying unique individuals.”

“What do you mean by unique individuals?” I asked, rising slowly to my feet.

“There has been a spike of activity in individuals which we labeled as: Indigo Children, Starseed, Crystal Children, Rainbows, Blue Ray, and Diamond Children; all commonly known as Lightworkers. That came to assist us humans to the next stage in our evolution.”

I just stared at him with a clueless look on my face because I had absolutely no idea what he was talking about.

“The Fallen Angels, also known as the Anunnaki, have come back to Earth to exterminate all the Lightworkers... and your girl is on their list.”