"Contrary to popular belief, I'm not horrible with directions!" The blue haired girl giggled as her older brother pulled the map from her hands and turned it right side up. "I just obviously don't know north is supposed to be up and south down," She pushed her long bangs out of her face, smiling at her brother. The two were obviously twins, though she looked at him with all the admiration of a younger sister. As the two ran along the crowded streets, toward the train station, they heard a horrible scream.
Elise, get to the train! her brother yelled, pushing her toward the train station. The girl, stubborn as her hair was blue, grabbed his arm and dragged him along with her. As the ran, more screams, followed by gunshots and explosions. Looking up to the sky, Elise noticed military aircraft flying above her.
Shit, she thought to herself, barely dodging a bullet. It grazed her arm, but she didn't have time to worry. Her hand slipped out of Ellison's and she lost sight of her brother, panicking. Running toward the train still, she tried to jump onto it as it took off.
Elise! Take my hand! brother yelled to sister as she desperately reached for him. By the time their fingers met, the train was going to fast, and a young woman was trying to pull her small child onto the train. Elise let go of Ellison's hand and threw the child at him. Her brother caught the boy, but couldn't reach out fast enough to grab his sister. Elise stumbled and fell, listening to her brother scream for her as the train sped out of sight. The girl pulled herself up, grabbed a gun from a dead cop, and started back for her apartment.
When she reached the building, she entered slowly, making her way to the second floor apartment her brother, her best friend and she had shared. There, Aya had kept a pair of double katana's and a bokken, with which Elise armed herself and left the apartment with no more than a few bottles of water, a change of clothes, the cops gun, and her swords. Her friend and roommate, Aya, was no where to be seen. As Elise entered the streets once again, she pulled on her
favorite hat onto her head and took off at a run. She needed to find someplace safe, and someone to watch her back...