Disclaimer: I do not own anyone except Melody Niyama & anyone you don't recognize. So don't sue me!
AN: This is the first chapter redone. Hope you like it and review. All reviews accepted.
'Where am I? And what happened here?' The strange thought as she walked over the foreign rubbles of ruins. Smiling casually to herself she joked, "Maybe I'm in some twisted dimension where every planet except for Earth can hold humans."
"You aren't in any weird dimension my dear." A polished, English accented voice stated calmly causing Melody to jump about five feet in the air. Continuing, the old voice said, "This is just the earth after 2021, after the incident."
Questions raced through her mind and all she could think to do was be sarcastic. "Ummm… Hey, lady did you say 2021? Or is my hearing just bad?"
"Oh I said 2021 alright. My dear, were you in the accident? Were you cryogenically frozen like the rest of them? Oh- " she spoke talking rapidly, but was interrupted.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, WHOA! Back up a bit lady. What accident? And what's all thing about cryogenic freezing or whatever it is you said?" She rapidly interjected. A wrinkled smile flashed back at her, with it following explanations. The more the lady talked, the more confused Melody seemed to get.
"Well, like I said in 2021 an accident happened. We call it the Gate Incident." The old woman told in a hushed voice, " Anyways, some people were out in a shuttle at the time. When the moon split, all those people got hurt. At the time they didn't have the right technological surgeon tools to fix them back to normal. They put the injured into a cryogenic freeze so when they awoke them, they would be able to get them back to normal." Pausing, she let the info soak into the stranger's head. The old lady then returned her voice to normal, "And that's the end. Now what's your story? I'm dying to know."
"Well, it's not that for sure. I don't know but I would guess I traveled to the future," Even in her own mind, Melody sounded crazy. "Because I was born before the year 2000." She managed to stammer the last part out with confidence. Melody made her line of vision to the ground, feeling ashamed for some odd reason. But the woman just laughed.
"Oh what imagination you have! Thinking you were from before the incident. But I mean it, where did you come from?" she pressed, becoming even more stern in voice and composure.
"I'm not lying! I was born in 1989 and it was 2007 when I left. Here I have proof." Melody argued as she pulled out her driver's license with a date on it.
Snatching the ancient form of identification, the aged hand and body trembled with excitement, as if they had discovered the cure for AIDS. "Oh My Goodness! You are telling the truth. Well then I want to know a little about you and your time. Like what was the earth like and what were the schools like?" The still-shocked woman's eyes glazed over with even more curiosity. Now it seemed the owner of the polished voice came off, well, more human.
"Wellllll…." Melody started.
It had been about a few months since she had had that talk with that lady. While the lady was nice and hospitable, she kind of weird. Overall so was this city. It was hard to find your way around and there were no women, which frustrated Ms. Niyama to no end.
"Excuse me miss," Said a low, snake like voice from her left, "But it seems you can't find you're way around? I would be glad to show you around. But first I need to drop something off at my friends' house."
"Uh, I'm sorry but I don't take invitations from strangers. Anyways, I can find my way. I'll just go to an airport or something. So go away!" Melody started to turn & walk away, but he grabbed her arm.
"Did I give you a choice? Come on girl." He said harshly and started to drag her away,
"I don't think so!" she said as she yanked her arm away from his grasp and kneed him in the stomach. She turned and sprinted away, stopped, and then shouted back, "Jackass!!!!"
"Whew! That was close. I guess this is a town with many pervy men. But at least I don't have to deal with that ugh… man. If you can even call that snake a man." Disgusted that men had been reduced to kidnapping girls she shook her head. However, her trying not to laugh at their incompetence nor to just leave and go somewhere else. She sighed deeply and put her arms behind head, "Man when will I get off this stupid planet. It's so boring!" she complained loudly.
"Well, well, well, well. Look what we got here boys," A tall and well-built guy with nun chucks in his hand said mockingly, "A stray kitten and nowhere to go. I think we should take her in and give her some enjoyment." Licking his lips, he greedily took in this strange girls appearance. Long, black hair that fell down to her waist. Her exotic red eyes clashed with her beautifully tan skin. Her navel bared, you could see the pierce belly button and the pair of hoop earrings in her lobes. The tight flared jeans accenting her legs and hips in more than an eye appealing way. Plus the red tube top added a nice scene for up top.
Melody turned toward them, appalled but frightened at what they just said. "I agree on that. Let's get her. Now! Come on boys!" Another guy with a bandana on said roughly, almost starting to charge.
"Like hell you will! You touch me and I'll kick your ass. All of them." She said boldly, looking at the group of about fifteen men.
"Hehe. You're all alone. No one to help you." A sneering fool antagonized.
One of the guys in front whispered hauntingly, "And you don't have any weapons. So how do you think you're gonna fight us, huh? By stepping on our little itty-bitty feet. Oh boo-hoo-hoo." The whole group of pigs laughed at the surly man's joke.
"Well why don't you test how good I am by fighting me. Or are you little boys too scared. Hmmm?" Melody challenged mockingly.
"Why you little. We are not scared of anything or anyone. Bring It On girly-girl!" The supposedly "leader" said fiercely, while charging.
"Fine then. But I warn you I'm not as gentle as I seem." She grunted as her shin hit his forearm.
He stumbled back just as she started to advance again. Melody kicked him in the stomach & hit his jaw sending him flying back, having him crash into his buddies. Blood trickled down his left side of his mouth. His "gang" just stood in awe at her strength. He wiped his mouth and took a look at his sleeve. When he saw the blood he became enraged. "YOU BITCH! Oh you're going down!" he shout as he the fight continued.
Melody smiled a mischievous smile. "Like you said before Bring-It-On."
"Argh!!" The leader lunged with hate in his eyes, not letting him focus straight. 'This is gonna be the easiest fight ever,' Melody thought as she punched him in the stomach, blood being coughed up.
"I'm gonna kill you for that you wench." He spat, though he was obviously at a disadvantage.
"For one, you will not kill me cause I would kill you first. And second, I am not a servant!" she yelled. With that, she kicked him in his groin and turned and left him, on her heels, with his pals.
"Man there is nobody in this town willing to help me and not want to have sex with me. It's sick is what it is!"
Melody traveled along a few abandoned streets but kept very aware of everything around her after what happened. All of a sudden she noticed footsteps that were traveling suspiciously fast. She hid behind a dumpster and started to sing the James Bond theme in her head. She even took her hand and twined fingers together like a gun. She still had her cautiousness about her though. Deciding to be a bit brave she peeked around the corner and saw about two dozen men armed with submachine guns. "Eep!" she squeaked as she turned from the site and thought of a plan to get out of this weird world.
"Wait a minute. Let's think way back. The old lady said that in 2021 there was that Gate accident. Where have I heard that before? Where damn it?!" Finally it clicked. She was just in another time, she was in another dimension. Melody's brain couldn't wrap her head around the concept. There was just no way. Her vision began to swim and her thoughts just collided.
SF: I hope you liked this chapter. I have school so it might take some time to update. More will come sooner or later. Anyways, here a sneak peek at the next chapter.
…. The gunshot pierced her left arm. It started to bleed but Melody didn't notice. She just kept running for her life and freedom. 'Oh please let Spike or Faye be around somewhere. Please.' She prayed silently….