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Post by Jessy Jackson on May 25, 2004 14:11:47 GMT -5
I crouched in the shadow of a tree near the train station. As soon as morning came I could get on the next train out of L.A and get out of everyone's life. Start a new life for myself as a normal person. I lay down and tried to sleep. A leaf kept tickling the back of my neck. I curled up in fox form and closed my eyes.
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Post by Maya on May 25, 2004 16:40:03 GMT -5
I was on my way home after talking to rachelle in the graveyard, just passing the train station, when i felt a wierd twitch in my senses. I froze, looking around, but couldn't see anyone out of the ordinary... but there was definitely something... no, someone very familiar. My eyebrows raised in shock as i realised who i was feeling. I cast around, but couldn't see the younger girl. Ok then, i thought, follow your other senses. I found myself standing by a closed up news stand. In the corner, on the ground, was a small fox, curled up against the cold. I crouched down, touching her gently,
"Jessy?" I said.
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Post by Jessy Jackson on May 26, 2004 0:43:17 GMT -5
I opened my eyes and saw Maya. THen I did something I'm not proud of. I sunk my razor sharp teeth into her hand and ran into the station.
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Post by Maya on May 26, 2004 4:30:19 GMT -5
"Ok, ow." I said, shaking my bleeding hand. I concentrated on it for a moment to at least close the wound before i ran after Jessy. I reached out in front of me with my mind, searching for hers, trying to discover what she was running from, while also attempting to shock her into slowing down. I saw her at the other end of the huge underground room, only metres from scooting under the tunstile and getting away. I sent a mini mini blast for her tore a yelp from her, and forced her to stop. I grabbed her, and glaring at anyone who gave me odd looks, i took her into a corner, and sat down, holding her so she couldn't bite me.
"Turn back, Jess. We need to talk."
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Post by Jessy Jackson on May 26, 2004 6:38:01 GMT -5
I shut myself in my fox body. It was a dangerous thing to do becaus it meant nobody could change me back into my human form for an hour. Unfortunately it meant that I couldn't change my form either. I was stuck as a fox for the next hour.
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Post by Jessy Jackson on May 26, 2004 12:17:19 GMT -5
Then I ran. Straight outside. Straight into a net. A black van with the words City Pest Disposal stood outside the station. Apparently someone in the station had called them. I was bundled into the van and soon the rumble of the engine told me we were moving.
"Vermin, foxes. Pure filth." A man with yellow, nicotine-stained teeth looked through the mesh opening at me.
"Yeah. No better than... er thingyroaches." The thin, wiry guy whood caught me was speaking.
They were silent until we got to the pound. "Put her in a cage. Dr Stemly ain't busy. he can put this one down in a couple a minutes."
With that I was shoved into a tiny cage. And what was worse, I couldn't change. What with a vet coming soon my chances didn't look good.
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Post by Maya on May 26, 2004 12:51:04 GMT -5
My apartment literally seconds from the station, i ran to get my bike as soon as i saw what happened to Jessy. I revved the engine, and peeled out into the street, speeding through the city towards the pound, traffic light 'conveniently' changing whenever i needed them to. I reached the pound, and hurried inside. The was no one around in the reception area, so i tried the door that lead to the back. It was locked. I shrugged, stood back, and kicked the door in.
No one was hurting any more of my friends tonight. I marched through to the back, and saw two thugish looking guys and a doctor walking into a room at the end of the hall. One was saying,
"It was in teh station, 'parently someone saw it bite someone. filth." In seconds, i was at the door. The two thug dudes turned when they saw me, looking surprised.
"Can we help you?" One asked.
"Yeah, get the hell away from my friend." I said. They looked a little confused.
"Look, you shouldn't be back here." The big guy said, "Why dont you just come with me, and..." He made the HUGE mistake of touching my arm. I twisted myself out of his grip, jerking my arm back, and then forwards again, into his face. The skinny guy came at me, and got similar treatment. The vet looked terrified.
"Night-night." I said, and knocked him right under the jaw, putting him out cold. I looked down at them in disgust- how pathetic. I opened the small cage in which Jessy was sitting with her tail between her back legs, and looking up with scared eyes.
[Why didn't you just change?] I asked her in her mind.
[Can't.] She replied, [not for an hour]
"Lets get you outta here." I said out loud.
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Post by Jessy Jackson on May 26, 2004 12:54:57 GMT -5
[Good because...] I didn't finish, my eyes trailed to the door. Someone was standing there. Someone who looked a lot like...me.
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Post by Maya on May 26, 2004 16:52:02 GMT -5
I heard her thought trail off, as she starred over my shoulder at the door. I frowned, and turned, to see...
"Whoa." I exclaimed, "Erm... Jessy?"
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Post by Jessy Jackson on May 27, 2004 0:48:32 GMT -5
I stared hard at *me*. It wasn't a demon but it definately wasn't me. Light dawned. It wasn't me. It was another shape-shifter.
Luckily, just then my hour ended. I slipped through the bars as a mouse and shifted back to my human form.
"Hello Rory," I said cooly.
"Jessy?" He looked slightly taken aback.
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on May 27, 2004 3:52:27 GMT -5
"Runway's, Slayer's and newbys, what have you ladies gotten into this time," I said, walking in. "Don't worry, the vets out for a while. Nerve pinch. So, what's up kids?"
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Post by Maya on May 27, 2004 4:36:29 GMT -5
"Ok... confused now." I commented. "FIrst lotsa people die, then i dive through a time portal, stop em dying by frying a demon from the inside, go all dangerous witchy, which, none of you noticed, might i add, then i have an almost heart to heart with someone i barely know, get bitten by a fox who's actually my friend, who then gets picked up by the pound, so i get my ass over here in time to lay out two thugs an' a vet, by which time it seems Jess could escape anyway, and her, im guessing shapeshifter friend Rory turns up... This is turning into a friggin soap opera." I breathed.
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Post by Joshua on May 27, 2004 6:28:13 GMT -5
"What else is new?" I asked as I walked in behind Doc. "This *is* LA after all."
Maya thought about it for a second and then shrugged and nodded saying, "Good point."
"Glad you agree, now can we get out of here already? I've got the security tapes so none of us will have any visits from cops, but there may be a silent alarm or some other security measure which may cause us even more trouble, so if we could continue this elsewhere..." I suggested.
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Post by Jessy Jackson on May 27, 2004 6:43:52 GMT -5
Rory and I were ignoring everyone. he had assumed his true form of a tall boy with yellowy-green eyes and a head of blonde hair.
"I guess you didn't expect to see me here. Thought you'd kill some people in my form so I'd be the one hunted down, right?Your bosses screwed up though. I've been here for a while." I looked straight at him, smirking. he raised his eyes and stared at me.
"Shut up, Jessy." His voice was edgy.
"Shut up? No way. What are those bastards you work for planning?" I kept my gaze level. His eyes bored into mine.
"For your information, I don't work for those bastards anymore. I came here to start a new life." I saw he was telling the truth.
"In my body?"
"Cheaper than a sex-change."
"Idiot!" And then we were laughing, like the old times. Suddenly I realised that there were a lot of people in the room. "Hi guys! This is Rory."
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Post by Jessy Jackson on May 27, 2004 11:48:18 GMT -5
When everyone looked confused I repeated myself. "Guys...Rory. Ok?"
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