The Search for Xanar

Days gone

"Liutenant Rogers was last seen in Bobby's Diner around 8:30pm.

 According to witnesses he'd been meeting with one of the notorious Liutenant of the the Jawbreakers gang, Janet Jasmine Jones and former Air force Sergeant Castor Grimes Junior with his sister Cecelia Lilith Grimes.

Authorities are on a manhunt for the three individuals, any information on their whereabouts would be heavily rewarded, on other news Kim Kar-"

Cece turned off the radio and sank into the old leather couch.

It's been 2 weeks since her and Cas had fled the motor city, 2 weeks since the incident.

The twins went off the grid, traveling south to an old cabin their aunt used to take them to for hunting.

Not many people knew about this place outside of family so they'd be fine.... she hoped at least.

She wrapped her blanket over her body again and again and again.

She couldn't sleep, couldn't eat, couldn't anything.

Cas had gone hunting early in the morning and here she was lazing about in the cabin.

"....Not like there's much to do around here anyway... but sitting around's not gonna make me feel better anyways!" 

She rose to her feet begrudgingly and paces around the house, she checked the windows, then the rotting wooden Walls, then the floors then the kitchen and pantry.

She even tried playing the old violin that rested in the corner of the living room but she quickly lost interest in that as well.

Finally her eyes settled on the bag in the corner.

She'd been putting it off.... but she might as well check it out.

She pulled out strange looking gun, it had a shattered glass Cylinder at it's bottom and it's nuzzle had taken a cruel beating as well.

She found the gun on the lifeless body of the stranger who saved them.

Well she used 'saved' but Cece was certain the man did not want to be there at all!

That bitch.... Jay, her and her Cronies had turned their weapons on the twins, just when they were about to pull the trigger, a bright red light flashed and some objects came flying out crashing into Jay's people!

Along with a man in a lab coat, he had Dark bronze skin and long curly chestnut hair.

Jay and her people turned their weapons on him, the scientist also reached for something, one thing led to another and the two entities cancelled themselves out!

The only ones left were Cece and Cas.... and the bus driver, He came running over after all the commotion, his own gun drawn too but Cas popped him in the head before he could get close.

He'd quickly gotten a gun off Jay's body and shot the bastard.

They frisked the bodies for important items, mostly Money and Got into the bus.

After that the two fled To the south, Whether it be the cops or other members of the Jawbreakers, They didn't want to stick around to be caught!

Death or imprisonment were certain, that much she knew...

She partly blamed herself for overindulgence that night, after she swore off drinking, she broke that viw and it nearly cost the twins.... at least that's what she thought.

"But where will we go from here? and what is this thing? and who was that guy?" She carefully studied the pistol, inspecting it from side to side.

She noticed a calibration on the side with symbols  that were alien to her.

Perhaps Cas would know?

Nah.... her brother wasn't always the sharpest tool in the shed, at least when it came to this kind of tech.

"The damn thing is broken beyond repair anyway...." She threw it back in her bag.

She fished for a little black book next, she scribbled down what she learnt about it and added some illustration too!

She was theorizing where the strange man and this device could have come from.

Alien? Secret experiment? gods and demons!? 

Her mind went wild, scribbling away until she heard a dreadful knock on the front door.

She peeped through the keyhole, it was Cas, his hair was starting to grow back and he had a little wisp of a beard on his chin.

He clutched his Hunting bow tightly, breathing heavy and looking around him wildly.

There was blood on his hunting shoes.

Cecelia paled.

"What... happened?" The words tasted like bile, she weakly opened the door.

"Someone saw me.... recognized me!" Cas shouted!

"D-D-D-Did they follow you?" 

"No.... but what does it matter? the cops are probably on their way! pack up now!"

"Bu-"

"Cecelia! there's no time!"

She rushed  upstairs, packing everything she could get her hands on but she just as quickly tossed them aside.

She could already hear the sirens outside....

Defeated, she walked back downstairs, her feet as heavy as cement.

She saw the look on her brother's face, it was almost comical seeing him make those kind of faces.

She'd laugh if they weren't about to get busted.

She walked over to her brother and gave him a hug.

"Everything will be okay little brother,"

"Cece..."

"Let's go, might as well not keep them waiting,"

They knew these woods inside out.... even then, there was no time to run, if there was one thing Cece knew, When it came to cop killers, the authorities didn't take any half measures.

Not that they killed any cops, still....

"Haha.... how long do you think they'll give us?" 

".... probably 25 if we're lucky...." 

The twins stepped outside the cabin and were met with...

SILENCE

The birds, the crickets, the sirens....

Everything was silent, it was like sound itself had left the world.

Even more jarring was the world itself.

Cas walked over to a tree, some leaves that were falling were stuck in mid air, he poked them but they didn't bodge, it was as if some hit pause on a remote.

There were also bees and birds and squirrels and rats and God knows what.

Everything was stagnant.

Cece could spy the cars heading their way, even they were on pause.

"What's going-"

"Freaky huh?" A deep voice said behind them, "Everyone freaks out the first time, you guys are keeping your wits about, I'm impressed!"

Cece and Cas whirled around, ready to defend themselves from-

"Kelvin!?" they shouted in unison.

His red hair was blonde now, He looked a bit older, he also wore a strange attire, it was like a mash between a cowboy and an astronaut.

But no doubt about it, it was their friend in the flesh.

"How...? are you a ghost? are we dead!? wait did the cops shoot at us immediately and kill us!? are we in-"

"No Cece, I ain't dead! well I ain't your Kelvin either..."

"What?" Cas mumbled.

Kelvin.... rather the man that looked like Kelvin sighed deeply and pointed at the house.

"Get inside I'll explain everything!"