Stranger Things Have Happened(open)

[akirue13]

Aki had always loved the beach. The smell of the sea, the roaring choir of waves that came crashing upon the warm sand at irregular intervals. She enjoyed hearing the laughter of the little kids as they dipped their toes into the cool water or as they built glorious castles that would get washed away at high tide and the overall happy feeling that the atmosphere here gave off. But of course Aki didn't come here because she was happy;she came here to try and find happiness. For the past couple of weeks she had been having trouble with keeping track of time and once again the panic rose as she knew that could only mean one thing. although up until this point it hadn't happened yet she was sure that this time it would. This time was time wasn't like the others, the span of time that she lost was greater and the feeling of detachment was stronger than what it was before.Even now as she sat with her knees drawn up to her chest with her notebook lying beside her she couldn't help but notice the small gaps in time as she sat and watched a group of kids playing.

One minutes the girl was buried in the sand,completely covered from her neck down all the way to her toes and then suddenly, as if she blinked, the girl was playfully splashing water of an older looking boy who could have been the little girl's older brother. Reaching for her notebook to log in her latest entry she could see a faint black shadow looming over head. A moment later the ball was in her hands, quickly loosing air from ten holes on either side of it. Looking at the ball she didn't have time to piece together exactly what had happened before a boy walked up to her.
"Hey lady, that's not nice."
"I-I'm really s--" She started to say before the boy cut her off.
"If you don't wanna be here then leave instead of messing it up for everybody else." With that said the boy snatched the deflated ball out of her hands and stormed off.
But I do want to be here... she thought to herself as she picked up her things and brushed the sand from her bottom. AS much as she really did want to be there she could tell that no one else wanted her so she decided to leave before she popped someone else's ball.

On her way home she stopped by the ice cream parlor and bought a salt-water, strawberry flavored ice cream bar and tried to lighten the mood but all failed when her arm started hurting. The sharp pain snapped her wrist back and she dropped her ice cream as she sunk to her knees trying to regain herself. People around started to question but most just looked at her odd and kept on walking. That's what she wanted, she didn't need anyone else wrapped up in her crazy life right now. The pain increased and as she looked at the strange red jewel on the silver band wrapped tightly around her wrist, she felt something warm and heavy on her left shoulder. Fearing to look to see just who or what it was, in the shiny surface of the jewel she could just barely make out the dark figure of a person whom she assumed was a man.

"Don't make a sound, just come with me." Said the person behind her.

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The sun was bright it seemed to fill the entire sky. Warming yellow and blues, no clouds in the sky for miles, the beauty of the sky was only topped by the way the light sparkled against the smooth ocean waves. A few sail boats dotted the horizon, maybe a mile or two away from the beach. The sandy beach was filled with people, luckily it was one of the largest and nicest beaches nearest to Tokyo. Even with all the people one could easily find a good spot in the sand, kids were splashing around in the shallow waters, men and women playing volleyball and sun bathing. It was a picture perfect day, and it seemed like everyone in Tokyo was taking advantage of it, forgetting about their troubles and just trying to enjoy the day. A hundred or so feet from the beach were large hotels and food vender's, people were buzzing back and forth grabbing snacks to take with them.

"Snap! Reality check Hawkins! Your not dead!"

Hawkins eyes slowly opened, the sun was so bright it would take a little while for his eyes to adjust. His ears were working fine though; the sound of the ocean, water rippling. "Where the hell..."Hawkins thought. His face clinched, his body hurt all over. Blinking he rubbed his eyes, and tried to rise to a sitting position, only to get sucked under neath the water, he was floating on a patch of sea weed. "The beach, what the!" Hawkins scanned the beach, it was huge and eh, he was covered in sea weed and dirt. He was chest deep in water caught in a patch of floating sea weed, only a few yards from the beach. It was odd there were people all over, it almost seemed like the entire population of Tokyo was on this vary beach. Hawkins instantly stretched out his arms to help swim towards the edge of the beach, bad idea. Shooting pain shot from his arm to his core, he held his chest and moaned. The pain was excruciating, worse than any gun shot, or knife cut. It didn't help that the ocean decided to kick up some small waves that sent him tumbling around in his sea weed raft.

Hawkins over came to pain which seemed to subside after a bit of winching. He got to the point that he could simply walk out of the water, by this time some of the happy beach goers started to notice him and shot some very puzzle looks his way. Grinning, Hawkins looked over himself, uh no wonder. He was wearing some very clad shorts, they were reinforced, light gray colored. Something you find on a patience in a hospital or institution. Also he noticed a large metal like band around his left wrist. It was about two inches long and wrapped completely around his wrist. The thing looked armored, like those big clunky sport watches that can take your heart beat. Hawkins couldn't really feel any weight from the thing, it was colored like a tank very utilitarian looking, only exception was a diamond shaped object in the exact center of the band that was blood red colored, it looked dangerous.

Hawkins presence on the beach didn't seem to cause much of a stir. He felt a little uneasy being out in the open like this, he couldn't really recall anything that happened after he lost conscientiousness. "Pop!" Hawkins head jerked, a girl sitting on the beach has one of those over sized beach ball covering her lap, looks like it popped. The girl caught Hawkins attention, she really looked out of place, almost as bad as Hawkins was. After getting some grief from the owner of the beach ball the girl grabbed a small book that was laying next to her, and walked off the beach. Hawkins couldn't help, but follow her. It was as if something inside of Hawkins was telling him to follow her. The girl made her way off the beach towards an ice cream vendor, Hawkins follow her loosely, playing a very nonchalant attitude as to not stir any ones attention, he was pretty good at looking unimportant. The girl bought some sort of ice cream from the vendor, and with in seconds of getting her treat, she dropped the thing, fell to the ground and help her wrist. Hawkins was a few yards or so away from her.

A man seemingly appearing from no where stood behind the girl, he was dressed correctly for being at the beach, the man reached down and whispered something to the girl. Hawkins left hand started to burn, there was something similar about the man, Hawkins intensely stared at the man's face, His eyes widen. "I'll be damned" It almost felt like his wrist was on fire, the man. It was the damned doctor Hawkins had seen earlier! Hawkins head was in a bur, memories started appearing flashing blips of data, it was all too much. Hawkins didn't know what the hell was going on, but he was damn sure the doctor could fill him in. He rushed out from his observation point and rushed the doctor, it was time to get some damn answers! Within seconds he was face to face with the doctor, who wore a look of extreme fear, but just a bit of pleasure. Hawkins grabbed the man by the neck and liftied him into the air. Roaring which sounded slightly mechanical "What the hell did you do to me!?" The man struggled wildly against Hawkins kicking him in the chest, the blows didn't even phase Hawkins, who tightened his grip. The beach came to a deathly silence, a thousand eyes stared at the situation unfolding. Hawkins didn't care, his arm burned and the adrenaline pumped through his veins, he didn't even noticed what had happened to his body, he had transformed!