Legend Of Zelda Fan Fiction / Starcraft Fan Fiction / Batman Beyond Fan Fiction ❯ Tassadar's Legacy: Rebirth ❯ Rescue and Shadows ( Chapter 1 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Rain… such a peaceful sound… I listened to it with my eyes closed, letting the small moment of peace wrap around my body. Despite all the kinks I had from falling asleep on the floor, I felt rather peaceful. I love listening to the rain in the dark. It makes me feel like all my problems are just washing away.
Speaking of my problems, I frowned as I remembered why I'd fallen asleep on the floor in the first place. It's the place I'd collapsed crying after being sent to my room, finally, after being yelled at, again, by my parents for a good few hours. I bit my lip and forced the memory from my head. I'd just make sure to do better next time. I'd ended up getting grounded for a week to my room. No big deal. I'd been grounded to my room for a week before.
I jumped up, startled, as a crash of lightning lit up the room. I took a deep breath to calm down and mentally berated myself. I, Matthew, should be used to a little lightning. We get lightning in Florida all the time. That still seemed a little close. Another crack, louder than the first one, suddenly sounded off, and the house started shaking.
Frightened, I raced out of my room towards my parents bedroom to wake them up, consequences be damned. Lightning should not shake a house. Never has that happened before. Then again, never before have I run into my parent's room in the middle of the night during a storm like this and found their bed empty. The lights wouldn't turn on either. The power was out. I kept repeating the mantra in my head, I will not panic. I will not panic.
I jumped as another bolt of lightning shook the house, and I tore for my sisters and brothers rooms, each one of them empty. What is going on? Where is my family? I ran to the front window to see if the family van was still there. I strained to look, but I could only see a few feet out from the window. I'd never seen rain that thick before either. I cried out as another bolt of lightning shook the house, but not from the bolt itself, but rather from what the bolt of lightning lit up. The van is gone.
They left me… the left me here… Suddenly I caught sight of something in the reflection of the window and I cried out in fear and spun around. Too late, something cracked onto the top of my skull and I saw stars. I sank to my knees and onto the floor, the last image before I fell unconscious burned into mind; a pair of glowing red eyes sunk deep into a skull.