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Standing at the door to the school, the two people smiled as best they could. But something was wrong. Patri could see it in their eyes. Indeed she could see it in their faces. These two were not her parents...:: | Standing at the door to the school, the two people smiled as best they could. But something was wrong. Patri could see it in their eyes. Indeed she could see it in their faces. These two were not her parents...:: | ||
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((New Cyprus Colony))
::Patri, now ten years old, huddled under her bed. Only a few minutes before, her parents had been having a huge fight over who would be responsible for raising her. Her mother wanted a divorce after fourteen years of marriage, but her father still wanted to raise his daughter. As the months had gone by, both her father and her mother had tried to drag her into the fight, each trying win her allegiance. She hated all the yelling and had gotten into the habit of running to her room and hiding under her bed whenever her parents got started again. From there she could hear both sides without anyone trying to convince her of anything. She knew she needed to prepare herself. Mommy and Daddy didn't love each other. And if one or both of her parents loved her they did so at least in part in order to win her love back. But she would be living with only one parent soon. Who would it be? Always, she had the same argument with herself. Her father was frightening enough when he was angry. Naturally she gravitated toward her mother. Why couldn't they get along? It was always the same, fighting for no reason while the rest of civilization seemed to go on happily oblivious to the unrest inside the Kom residence. But tonight was different. There was an eery calm outside the house. Or was this just the way she remembered it in light of what happened next? Soon there were sirens blaring throughout the city and thunderous sounds.:: The fighting stopped and she could hear snarling voices from someone else. Voice1: What's this? Both of healthy stature and build! Voice2: Requisitioned and noted. ::What would she do now? She froze as she listened to her mother scream "No!" and her father yell something only to be cut off by the blast of a disruptor, followed by her mother screaming, "What have you done to him??!" Silence. Patri's heart pounded as she heard the footsteps. She had blocked off her door with a chair when her parents had started fighting. That would stop whoever it was. She was certain. There was a pounding and the chair she'd used to block her door flew toward her as she hid under the bed. She heard one of its wooden legs crack as it struck the bed frame. The door swung open to reveal two hideous-looking brown-gray monsters. Patri hid her eyes and curled into a ball. But the bed was being lifted and soon a strong hand was dragging her by the arm out from under the bed.:: Monster1: She's a bit young, isn't she? Monster2: Still. ::She heard a high-pitched sound and then felt a throbbing pain inside her head.:: Monster2: Requisitioned and noted. Monster1: Wait! Federation reinforcements are within two lightyears of here. Monster2: Not worth it then... Let me just deactivate the... Monster1: We don't have the time! For a year her parents were gone and Patri was taught in a boarding school. She remembered the day her parents finally were rescued by Federation forces. Standing at the door to the school, the two people smiled as best they could. But something was wrong. Patri could see it in their eyes. Indeed she could see it in their faces. These two were not her parents...::