(I DON'T OWN ANYTHING!)
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(Blaira Slone's POV)
My life had always been a train-wreck, mom was dead, dad was an evo and so was I along with my little sister. But I was a little different; I could control myself instead of running wild. I could change my appearance, height, weight, blood type, finger prints, and my voice. So in short, I could turn into a completely different person but still have the same personality and the same small birth-mark on the back of my neck that was shaped like Australia for some reason.
My name is Blaira Slone and originally, I had long blond hair, green cat-like eyes and white skin. I was about twenty years old so I was already out of high school and I was a thief. I would change into someone who worked at a bank and sneak out money to pay for bills, food, clothes and rent for a small apartment. I was never caught nor had a problem with Providence.
Now, I was just sitting in the park, reading a book I picked out at the library. I wore a pair of normal black jeans, a black T-shirt with a white design of a pair of angel-wing on the back and black converses. It was so peaceful until another random evo came. This one looked like a purple, three-headed dog with large claws and sharp rows of shark-like teeth. There were black feathers covering its legs and its torso so it's just looked like a goofy yet serial killer-dog.
I tried to run because there was no way I could fight that dog-thing but I easily fell to the ground when one of the heads bit my ankle. My book flew out of my hands making small flips until it landed on its side. I kicked my feet hard but I could still feel there fangs sink into mostly my right leg, dragging me towards them. I screamed and held my arms in front of me to guard myself as two heads viciously bit my forearms. The two pulled my arms to the side so the middle head could try to rip my throat out.
"Hey, ugly, did you forget about me?" the evo was immediately knocked off of me by what looked like a large ball of crushed rock!
Almost desperate to get away, I rolled onto my front and climbed to my feet, trying to limp away and leaving a trail of blood. At one point, I tripped again but before I hit the ground, I felt arms wrap around me to catch me. I glanced up to see a tan man with brown eyes, black hair that stood up, a murky green vest, a brown long sleeved shirt under that and brown pants. He easily picked me up in his arms and ran to where an ambulance was.
"I had a feeling someone would get bitten" he smiled down at me as he laid me down on a gurney so the others could take care of me.
I smiled a little back at him as a way to say thanks before he ran off, 'he's cute' I thought, watching him as he left. It took me a minute to realize I was feeling dizzy from blood-loss and I passed out.
(Dream)
I was standing alone in a spotlight, surrounded by darkness as voices sounded as whispers. I glanced around, seeing silhouettes of people as they slowly approached my spotlight.
"Who are you?"
"What are you?
"Are you just another freak?"
"You're not you, you're an imposter".
"You're just another stain on the wall, waiting to be wiped away".
The voices hissed as I stood there, thinking I had not reason to live. I felt blades slice my flesh, making shallow cuts. I had always acted kind and almost hate-less towards others but just below the surface, I was tortured, lonely and empty. I never showed others my true self, just a smiling mask. Blood flowed down my body as I heard the voices insult me, calling me names.
I opened my eyes to see my father standing in front of me, before he went evo. He had short, dirty blond hair, blue eyes and usually wore brown slacks with suspenders and a white, long-sleeved button-up shirt. He was kind, always smiling and loving; he never hit me or even pinched me on purpose. Now, he's the reason for most of my several scars. Once in a while, he would find me and beat me up, leaving me covered in gashes, cuts, swollen bumps, bruises and occasionally a broken bone…yet I always wake up in a hospital.
"Blaira…my little Blaira" his voice was like silk as he raised his arms to hug me.
"Dad…daddy?" tears swelled up in my eyes as my voice broke and his smiled warmly.
Like I always did, I went to hug him but immediately, he changed into his evo-form and slashed his large claws across my chest! His eyes glowed red and his dirty-blond hair turned white as I fell back, blood spewing out of my torso. The second my back hit the floor, I opened my eyes.
(Out of the dream)
Calmly, I opened my eyes in the dim-lit hospital room. The reason why I didn't wake with a start was because I had this same nightmare every night since most of my family went evo. I took a deep breath and glanced at the clock…it was two in the afternoon. I threw off my blanket and looked at my bandaged legs. First, I un-wrapped my forearms to reveal perfectly healed skin. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I could heal very quickly but it was only the skin instead of the bone. I tried to stand but I had to limp due to something wrong with the bone or the joint. I grabbed the lamp off the nightstand and waited by the door with it in my hands.
The door finally opened and a black haired, tanned teen walked through but I quickly knocked him out by smashing the lamp over his head. Dragging him farther into the room, I closed the door and stripped him down to his boxers. I changed my body to look exactly like him with his voice and got dressed in his clothes. My green eyes darkened to brown, my white skin went tan and my short blond hair shortened and stood up, dark, as I grew slightly shorter. Before leaving, I used the long chord of the lamp to tie his hands together and spread the blanket from the bed over him. I closed the door behind me, adjusting the orange goggles on my head.
'This kid has a weird taste in fashion' I thought.
I walked into the waiting room towards the exit until the same guy from yesterday walked up to me, "Hey, little brother, that little meeting was short. How did it go?" he asked.
"Uh, f-fine, nothing interesting" I stammered a little.
"So is she on our team or not?"
"Um, no, she was really stubborn and kept saying no, she even threw a lamp at the wall!" I tried to play along.
"That's too bad, I heard she could transform into other people, for all I know you could even be her!" he laughed.
"Uh, y-yeah, that would be crazy wouldn't it?" I nervously laughed along. "Well, I gotta go, see ya later, my brother" I turned to leave."
"Wanna go grab a bite first? I'm thinking pizza with pineapple and salmon like last time" he smiled.
'The kid must come from a weird family' I thought as I nervously agreed with a smile, I was starving.
We walked through town, I tried hard not to limp as he kept talking but I barely understood his science-talk. Apparently, the guy I was disguised as used to joke a lot and was an evo.
Once we arrived to 'The Pizza Pizzazz', I opened the door for the older brother, "Age before beauty" I attempted joking -even if i wasn't good at it- as he walked through.
He ordered the pizza as I picked out a table near the window; I stayed with the guy, not knowing his name, because if I randomly left, things would get suspicious. But if the kid woke up early in the hospital and found us, my cover would have been blown and I might have to fight. It was a possibility but I didn't want to take any chances.
I was about to stand up but he was already heading towards the table with the pizza and my hunger got the best of me. I sat back down and flipped the cover up, my mouth watering. I picked up a slice and ate; I even surprised myself that I liked it.
"So, how long have you been impersonating Rex?" the older man asked as I nearly choked on the pizza.
Crap.
"W-what are y-you talking about?" I stammered again as my voice cracked.
"Rex doesn't slightly limp, doesn't like pizza with pineapple or salmon, doesn't stutter or get nervous easily and he certainly doesn't have a birthmark on the back of his neck. Also, he doesn't call me 'my brother' directly towards me so personally, you make a bad impersonation of him" he explained.
I sighed, "I'm sorry but I just had to get out of the hospital and he was the first person to walk through the door".
His hand shot across the table, grabbing me by the collar, "Where is my little brother?" he glared menacingly at me.
"H-he's still in t-the hospital" I was so scared at the moment that I almost screamed.
He released me, letting me sit back in the booth.
"So who are you, really?" he asked, picking up a slice of pizza.
"My real name is Blaira Slone" I took a deep breath to calm down.
"I'm Caesar; shouldn't your parents be worried about you?"
I was about to speak but I stopped myself, "They're gone" I lowered my gaze.
"At least we have that in common" he lowered his gaze as well.
"I'm sorry" I just felt like apologizing for some reason.
"This feels a little weird to talk to someone who looks and sounds exactly like my brother but is really a girl." he softly laughed.
"I can change back" I offered, randomly feeling a smile tug at my lips.
"Its okay" there was an awkward silence after that.
"Wanna take this to-go and go get the Rex-kid?" I asked to break the awkward silence and he agreed.
We left with two bags and went back to the hospital but before he arrived, another evo came but looked like a five-story tall, murky green, bumpy, frog-like evo with sixteen eyes came! When it saw me, it froze for a minute and reached for me but a large ball of crushed-together rock was shot at its side. I shook my head to shake off the small fear and ran into and alley way just incase.
I watched as the real Rex fought the evo and quickly cured it, making it turn into a normal toad. The teen walked up to Caesar and he looked really pissed off. I stepped out of the alley way to apologize to the teen but the second he saw me, he punched me so hard I fell back.
"There, now we're even" he stood over me and grabbed me by the collar, "Who are you, why did you knock me out and tie me up at the hospital?" he demanded.
"Her name is Blaira Slone, she's a shape-shifter and she just wanted to get out of the hospital but she couldn't just walk out" Caesar answered for me.
"You just happened to be the first person to walk in and I saw an opportunity so I took it." I added.
Rex let go of me and let me stand up when he realized that I was really a girl.
"I'm sorry for attacking you and stealing your clothes" I apologized and lightly blushed as my eyes drifted away from his half-naked body.
"I'm Rex" he reached his hand out.
"Blaira" I softly smiled as I shook his hand.
"Oh, I almost forgot, when I came to talk to you at the hospital, I was going to ask if you'd want t join Providence. They let you live in one of the bases so you won't have to keep stealing from banks just to pay rent for a crappy apartment."
"How do you know I-"
"We're Providence, we know everything" he smiled.
Just as he said that, I could feel strong wind blowing against me from a helicopter landing behind me. The wind was almost so strong and I was so off-balanced that I fell into Rex's arms.
"You alright?" he asked once the air-craft became quiet.
"Yeah, I think so" I stood up straight. "Is that our ride?" I turned around, looking at the helicopter.
"Yeah, don't know how they knew where we were though" he mumbled everything after 'yeah'.
(Okay, this is only the first chapter and I'm not sure what's going to happen later, I just make it up as I go along. Please Review)