Chanelle's+Group

= = = __The Green Horizon__ = = Chapter1 =

It was a hot scorching day in Seattle. The sun lit brightly in the sky. The ground was burning underfoot and the wind blew cool air, making the heat a bit bearable. It was mid-Spring, but by the temperature, you would contemplate that it was mid-Summer. It hadn't rained all month and there were not many flowers bloomed just yet. The sun had drained out all of the moisture in the ground; leaving the soil hard, dry and thirsty. The grass that was once a nice bright green was now a dry and dirty brown. It was indeed a terribly hot, scorching Spring day in Seattle. It was only worse in Seattle High School. Because the school could not afford new air-conditioners for each room in the building to replace the old and broken ones, the building was rather stuffy and almost impossible to breathe in. Throughout the building, every classroom had either the door or the windows open to make the heat inside a little more tolerable. But even this did not help or make the situation better since it was even hotter and stuffier outside of the school. There bearly was even any air coming in from outside, but the air that did come in only blew hot air. " OMG!" said Alex. A Caucasian, 5/7 foot,sixteen-yearold female. While pushing her blonde hair from her pale skin and tying it up in a red bow and rubbing her hazel eyes smushing her eyeliner slightly, she said "Gosh! It's never this hot in Seattle! It usually is cool. I thought the forecast said that the weather will return back to its regular temperature. Didn't the news say that it will be 60 or 50 degrees today? It feels like 105." "I agree!" said Chanelle. An African American, sixteen year-old female. When the temperature is hot like this, I'm usually at the pool or on the beach but instead I'm stuck boring Mr. Goodman's class." " I know right!" yelled Diana from across the room. Suddenly, the class began to laugh and talk loudly amongst themselves about what they usually would be doing when the temperature is as scorching as this. Just before Diana could add more to what she was saying, a loud male voice interupted her. Behind the heavy, wooden, chipped, brown desk stood Mr. Goodman, a 5/11 foot fifty year-old man. He wore a striped, dark-green and blue button up, a black tie and navy blue pants with his gray hair combed over his bald spot." When I walk into this class I am expecting silence!" boomed Mr.Goodman. He looked drained from his energy and exhausted. Maybe it was because of the heat, but you would contemplate that he was fine because of the way his voice boomed and echoed throughout the class. "Take out your homework and your Social Studies books. I will be around to collect the homework shortly." After Mr.Goodman collected and checked all of the homework, he continued with the previous day class lesson. " Who knows when Christopher Columbus found........" In the back of the classroom, there was Tae'von Miller. An African American sixteen year-old male. He wore a red and black shirt and dark colored jeans. "Oh gosh!" Tae'von said plopping his sweaty head on his desk. "Pick your head up off of the desk Mr. Miller!" yelled Mr. Goodman. " You know what Mr.Goodman, I'm tired. I'm tired of being in your class. I'm tired of hearing you nag. I'm tired-" " Report to the main office Mr. Miller" Mr.Goodman said cutting him off. Without any problems, Tae'von did what he was told.

= Chapter 2 = "I can't believe you disrespected Mr.G in his own class!" Chanelle said interrupting the silent walk home. " I agree. I think it's the heat" said Diana adding a little humor to the situation. " I know you guys, I was just having a really bad day that's all."Tea' von sighed as he lowered his head getting sweaty. He looked up to the left seeing his house. "Alright I guess this is my stop! he smiled as he gave Alex a high fived and waved to the others walking up the front steps and walking through the dark oak door. "Bye!" As Tae'von walked into the olive green,cool living room, the smell of chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy filled the room. "Mom, I'm home!" yelled Tae'von to his mother. "Oh hi honey, how was your day at school?" yelled Mrs. Miller from the kitchen. "Oh fine!" replied Tae'von. Lazily,Tae'von plopped down on the couch and cut on the television. While flicking through the television chanels, a mysteriously strange object caught his eyes and attention on the 3:00 news. Mrs. Miller was making an awful alot of noise with the cooking pots so he decised to turn up the volume to hear the news. "Hi, this is Cindy Baker. The people of Seattle, Washington seemed to have been experiencing some alienation. This morning at 2:00, an unusual figure was reported and caught on video." As Tae'von saw the skinny, big eyed, lime-green creature, his eyes widen and thoughts began racing through his mind. "Could this be the cause of the unusual temperature and the changes in the color of the grass? What if things get any worse?" ".....for safety, the Seattle Police Department has made a curfew for the people Seattle County. Anyone caught wandering the neighborhood after 9:00 will be held in custody by the police and will have to pay a $500 fine. For more information please contact the Seattle Police Department or stay tuned for the 8:00 news." "MOM!" screamed Tae'von. Instantly, within a blink of an eye, a loud booming noise came from the backyard causing all of the windows downstairs of the house to shatter. "MOM?" Slowly,Tae'von made his way toward the kitchen where his mother was located. His heart beated rapidly and wildly in his chest as he extended his hands to push the kitchen door open. Wanting to know if his mother was alright, Tae'von finally grew the courage to walk in the kitchen. "MOM!!" Tae'von screamed as he saw his mother lying on conscious on the kitchen floor. Tears filled his eyes and he ran rapidly over to his mother. Shaking her he said "Mom, mom please wakeup." Drowsily waking up, Mrs.Miller said" Hmmm, What happened?" "You went on unconscious." replied Tae'von. "OH MY GOD! There's glass everywhere! What happened here?"asked Mrs.Miller as she took a look around the kitchen wide eyed. "I don't know. It felt like the whole house shook." Mrs. Miller began to feel dizzy so she leaned on the counter. "Look, maybe we should go to the hospital" said Tae'von worriedly. "No,no I'm fine. I just want to lay down." Tae'von helped his mother up stairs to her bedroom and quickly made his way outside in his backyard. Standing in his backyard, Tae'von was looking at a seven foot hole. "What could have done this?" Tae'von immeditely ran inside the house. He thought about waking his mother, but decided not to. He picked up the phone and decided to call 9-1-1. = Chapter 3 = The operator picks up on the other end of the phone and she asks him a question. "Hello? This is your operator. Please tell me what is your term of emergency? " Tae' von's reaction was extremely quick and he blurts out his request. "Get me the police!" the operator baffled by his outburst she replied calmly. "Plase stay calm sir. What has happened?" Tae' von begins to get nervous as someone rings his doorbell repeatedly. "Something blew up in my back yard and my mom suddenly fell ill!" the orperater was talking to another operator but her voice was muffled. "There is someone else that has been infected..." she came back to her microphone "Well sir we can't send the police because they are already solving cases similar to this." The operator sighed and the doorbell continued ringing. Tae' von grumbled as he slammed the phone down and ran to the door and opened it seeing Chanelle and Alex standing there. "What do you guys want?!" Tae 'von looked at the two seeing they were afraid of what just happened and Alex whimpers "Tae 'von my dad is starting to turn green, and my dog is going crazy...my little brother is scared and won't leave my side!" Alex turns and points to a little blonde, hazel eyed 14 year old boy about 5'4" and he had his arms around his older sister tears running down his face.Tae' von nods. "Oh yeah that's Jimmy!" Tae' von looks at Chanelle. "So what happened to you?" Chanelle lowers her head. "My mom is chasing me around the kitchen trying to hit me... she too is green too." Tae' von sighs "My mom got ill..." Tae' von gasps and runs up to his mother's room and Chanelle follows while Alex comforts her little brother. Tae' von's eyes widen to the sight of his mother doubled over on the floor turning green and starting to go insane. Tae'von's, Chanelle's and Alex's eyes widen at the sight of this. Chanelle began to feel frighten. Tae'von ran over to the side of the bed where Mrs.Miller was. "Mom, mom what's happening? What's wrong?" said Tae'von, holding his mother close to him in his arms. As he held Mrs. Miller, he felt her body shivering and turning cold. Mrs.Miller's pale, brown eyes were now turning light green. "WHAT'S HAPPENING!" screamed Alex and Chanelle at once. Jimmy began to cry hysterically. Mrs.Miller's calm, shivering body now began to shake rapidly. "OH MY GOD!" said Chanelle while covering her mouth and eyes full of tears. "I'M GOING TO CALL 9-1-1!" she said quickly running down the stairs. "Mom, mom please stay with me" Tae'von said while holding his mother's left hand in his. "Mom....." Mrs. Miller's body stopped shaking. Her body was now stiff and calm. "Oh my God. Is she dead?" asked Alex worriedly. Tae'von bent over his mother's chest to check her breathing. "She's no longer breathing!" He said and began to cry. "NO WAY!" said Alex. She made her way over to the floor and checked Mrs.Miller's pulse. "She's....she's dead." Alex said. The two began to cry and hold eachother. Jimmy sat crouched up near the door because he was too afraid of going near Mrs. Miller's dead body. "THE POLICE ARE ON THEIR WAY!" Chanelle says breathlessly running up the carpeted stairs. As she looked at Tae'von's and Alex's blood-shot red eyes and Mrs.Miller's stiff and calm body Chanelle asks" Wh- wh-what happened?" "Mrs. Miller is dead!" Alex says turning her head toward Chanelle. OH MY GOD! NO WAY! ARE YOU SURE?" Chanelle says shockingly while making he way over to Mrs.Miller's body. Chanelle took Mrs.Miller's cold and stiff wrist to check her pulse. There was no pulse. "No, no, no, no" Chanelle said and began to cry. "No! This can't be!" Chanelle bent over to check Mrs.Miller's heart beat. "Y- you guys, you won't believe this but I'm getting a pulse! I'm getting a heart beat. Chanelle listened closly. "MRS.MILLER IS ALIVE!" Chanelle said forming a smile upon her big lips. "WHAT!" Tae'von and Alex said at once. "She is alive Tae'von!"Alex said as she checked Mrs.Miller's pulse. "Really?" Tae'von asked not believing his ears. "Wait! Let me see." Tae'von bent over his mother's chest for the second time and to his surprise, his mother's heart was in fact beating. "SHE IS ALIVE!" Tae'von said and the three of them began to laugh and thank God. "But wait you guys. How could this be? How could her pulse just begin to start beating again? Did anybody give her CPR?" "No!" replied Alex and Tae'von. "Why isn't she moving?" asked Alex while looking at Mrs. Miller with suspiscion. "I don't know." answered Tae'von. "Look, does that matter? atleast she's alive right? said Tae'von looking at Chanelle. "I'm just saying. Don't you think it's a bit odd that her heart magically began beating again without any of us having to do to make it beat again?" "Yeah! She's right Tae! That pretty freakin' weird if you asked me." "But nobody did!" snapped Tae'von. "Look, let's just get her up off the floor and onto the bed." The three of them gently placed Mrs.Miller on her bed. Looking around the room, Alex notices that Jimmy is no longer there. "WAIT! WHERE'S JIMMY?" Alex screams. "I don't know." Tae'von replies. "He was right there when I walked into the room." Chanelle says pointing to a small corner where Jimmy was moments ago. " Wher could he have gone that quick?" Alex asks worriedly. "I don't know. He must be around here somewhere. He could'nt have gone too far. We'll find him." "JIMMY!" screams the three of them throughout the house. "JIMMY! WHERE ARE YOU?" screams Tae'von running down the stairs and Chanelle and Alex following after him. "I'll check in the laundry room." says Alex. " Ok, Chanelle you go outside and check the garage." ordered Tae'von. " I'll keep checking down here." " NO WAIT! Do you think it's a good idea for us to split up?" says Chanelle. "What?" asks Alex. "Haven't you seen those scary movies? A person should never go alone! That's how things happen! DUH!" says Chanelle. The bell rings. "Okay, okay. If it makes you feel any better you could come with me." says Alex. "Okay!" Chanelle says bubbly. " Wait! But what about Tae'von! He'll be all by himself! Shouldn't he come with us?" "NO! Ya see, I'm not a punk unlike some people!" Tae'von says jokingly. "Shutup!" Chanelle says and Alex and herself began to walk away toward the kitchen. As Tae'von continued looking for Jimmy the doorbell rings. "Who could that be?" Tae'von asked himself. "Oh! It must be the police or the ambulance". He thought to himself. Tae'von stretched out his hands to twist the door knob and opened it. When he opened the door, he discovered that there was no one there. " Hello?" Tae'von screamed out. But no one answered. As he turned around he discovered Mrs.Miller standing there with a blank expression on her face. "MOM?"

= Chapter 4 = "Mom, are you alright. I think you had a seizure. You should be in bed." Ta e'von said to his mother. But Mrs. Miller stood their blanked face. "Mom,Mom" are you okay,Tae'Von asked,she didn't say anything.Tae'Von noticed that his mom was holding a head in her right hand ,Tae'Von screamed "Mom you killed "Diana",why did you do that?.Ms.Miller dropped the head and chased Tae'Von out the house.Never has Tae'Von screamed this loudly in his life.Alex and Chanelle heard Tae'Von yelling,they ran ,and noticed by the front door that Diana's head was on the floor.They screamed and followed the voice of Tae'Von. Ms.Miller kept chasing her son down the street ,Alex and Chanelle kept running behind ,but didn't know how much longer they could keep up."Mom,mom,Tae'Von screamed,"stop chasing me ,I'm running out of breath.Ms.Milller stop miraculously ,obeying her son's request.They stopped near the mail boxes and just looked at eachother.Ms.Miller was tired of running,because she was breathing heavy.Alex and Chanelle finally caught up ,standing a foot behind Ms.Miller ,there was awkward silence ,and then Ms.Miller "I'm controlled by aliens ,no longer am I your mother ,but I'm the head alien ,Tae'Von said "Mom,and as soon as he said that she began chasing him back towards the house ,she told him that she was the head alien ,so that is what he should have called her.Tae'Von was running like the speed of lightining,Alex and Chanelle finally caught up to him.They reached the house and noticed a green light flashing ,the three of them walked up to the light and noticed that it was an alien sapper ,the same ones they use to see in the the scary movies with aliens that they watched,by then they saw Jimmy's head on the ground ,Jimmy and Diana were both killed by aliens,Alex,Chanelle and Tae'Von cried ,then about 300 aliens jumped down ,Tae'Von picked up the alien sapper and sapped all the aliens one by one.Tae'Von felt a hand on his shoulder ,it was his mom ,Ms.Miller ,he knew that he would have to sap his mother because she was controlled by the aliens,the aliens killed everybody else,so he had to sap Ms.Miller,the one alien that meant the most to him.Alex and Chanelle were just happy that the chasing was all over with,Tae'von sapped his mother and she was gone.They were relieved,but sad at the same time.The invasion of the aliens in Seattle was all over.