Note: None of the shows characters appear in the first two chapters. They just introduce my O.C.'s. The characters will first appear in chapter 3.
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Hoboken, NJ
On an empty street somewhere in Hoboken a single car drove down the road late at night. A light rain was falling adding to the depressing fell that Hoboken gave. No other cars were around, because even the people of Hoboken knew better than to go out at night. There weren't even any cops around because of how dangerous it was. Because of the lack of other drivers, the driver of this single car didn't even bother stopping at the stop sign of one intersection.
Inside the car in the passenger seat sat a young woman with shoulder length brown and light green eyes and she had to be in her early twenties. In the driver seat sat her older brother. He was young, in his late twenties, muscular, had deep green eyes, short black hair, and a short black beard.
"That was a stop sign back there you idiot." the girl complained to the driver.
The man just laughed, looked at her and said. "Sam think about it for a moment. We are driving through Hoboken in the middle of the night. There are no other cars around and no cops are around and we're late getting home. I think were okay for right now. At least until we get home and dad tans our hides."
"It doesn't matter. Do you want to get into an accident out here? I sure don't especially not late at night. God I hate Hoboken," Sam complained.
"Well then why did suggest going this way instead staying in Manhattan?"
Sam groaned after her brother's question and answered, "Because I thought it would be faster. God I'm such an idiot."
Her brother rolled his eyes and gave her a warning.
"Listen sis don't you dare start stressing out on me. You remember what the doctor said don't you? You have to keep the stress down. You don't want anything bad happening to the baby now do you?" her brother said.
Sam sighed and rubbed her belly which was showing signs of pregnancy.
"I'm sorry Dave. I just hate getting lost especially in Hoboken," Sam said to her brother.
Her brother, Dave, smiled and patted Sam's shoulder and said, "Hey relax sis. All we need to do is find a familiar location and get our bearings."
Right as he told her that the headlights of the car shone on a sign that read. 'Hoboken Zoo Next Right.' Dave saw the sign and let out a sigh of relief.
"There you see Sam? The Hoboken Zoo is nearby. We can pull in there and find our way back to Manhattan from there."
The car drove on and a minute or two later had pulled into the parking lot of the Hoboken zoo. Peering out the window, Dave could see the sign that was supposed to say 'Hoboken Zoo.' But the b and k in Hoboken and the z in zoo were all missing. Dave shook his head and pulled into a random space and put the car in park. He looked around to make sure they were all alone and they were. Sam quickly opened the glove compartment and pulled out a map as Dave turned on the car light and began looking at the map.
After a moment Dave decided to break the silence and asked "So have you talked to him lately Sam?"
Sam kept her gaze on the map, but responded to her brother and asked, "Who are you talking about?"
"You know who I mean. The father, the man whose baby you're carrying."
Sam let out a sigh and answered her brother. "I haven't talked to that S.O.B. since he was taken to Rikers. You remember that he stabbed a man."
Dave nodded his head and said, "Good. He was an awful person anyway. All he ever did was get you drunk and get you pregnant. The baby's better off not knowing him anyway."
Sam nodded in agreement and then asked Dave, "Do you still talk to your Army buddies?"
Dave felt his face harden and then answered.
"What Army buddies? None of them are alive anymore remember?" Dave asked with bitterness in his voice.
Sam then realized what she had asked.
"Oh. I'm sorry Dave. I completely forgot."
"It's okay sis. It's been two years now anyway. I know that they would want me to move on."
They continued to sit in silence and after another moment Sam put the map down and turned back to Dave as he turned off the light.
"Okay Dave we need this road out of here," she said as she pointed out the window to one of the roads.
"And that'll take us all the way to the Lincoln Tunnel and deposit us in Midtown," Sam finished.
Dave nodded, but before he could pull out of the space his car suddenly died. Dave tried the key a few times but couldn't get the engine to start.
"No no no no no. Not here. Please not here," Dave begged.
"Dave what's wrong now?" Sam asked.
"I don't know. I'm going to have to check under the hood," answered Dave.
Dave took another look around and made sure no one was around them. He quickly opened the door, got out of the car, and made his way over to the hood.
"Hurry up Dave. I'm getting nervous just sitting here."
Dave looked back at Sam and told her to pop the hood and she did. Dave raised the hood and propped it up. What he saw did not please him. The distributor cap was all disconnected, the fuel line was cut and leaking fuel and the spark plugs were all gone. This car was not going to run until it was repaired.
"What the hell? How did this happen?" Dave asked himself.
All Dave could do was close the hood and walk over to the car door. But as soon as he walked away from the hood he felt something crunch under his foot followed by a low squeal. He looked down at his foot and saw a dead lobster under it. Dave took his foot off of it and saw one of his spark plugs lying on the ground next to the lobster. What was going on here? Dave just merely walked away from it and got back in the car.
Dave sat in the car in silence for a moment.
Sam looked at him and asked, "What's wrong now?"
Dave let a sigh and looked at his sister and said, "The engine is all torn up and the car is not going to run until it's fixed."
Sam banged her fist against the dashboard several times in anger.
"Damn it. Worst luck ever. The car just had to die in the middle of Hoboken," she yelled angrily.
Dave grabbed her arm and tried to calm her down.
"Watch the stress Sam. Clam down," Dave said as Sam struggled in his grip.
"So how are we going to get home Dave! Huh! Tell me!"
Dave looked out the window and saw a pay phone nearby.
"Okay Sam listen to me. I'm going to go over to that phone and call a tow truck and a cab. We'll be home in no time. Though it's likely dad is still going to tan our hides."
Sam nodded and Dave placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Trust me sis."
"I trust you Dave."
But before Dave could do anything a bright light suddenly filled the car, followed by a crashing sound like glass breaking, and then a foul odor filled the car. Before they knew it, both siblings entire world went dark.
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Hoboken, NJ
On an empty street somewhere in Hoboken a single car drove down the road late at night. A light rain was falling adding to the depressing fell that Hoboken gave. No other cars were around, because even the people of Hoboken knew better than to go out at night. There weren't even any cops around because of how dangerous it was. Because of the lack of other drivers, the driver of this single car didn't even bother stopping at the stop sign of one intersection.
Inside the car in the passenger seat sat a young woman with shoulder length brown and light green eyes and she had to be in her early twenties. In the driver seat sat her older brother. He was young, in his late twenties, muscular, had deep green eyes, short black hair, and a short black beard.
"That was a stop sign back there you idiot." the girl complained to the driver.
The man just laughed, looked at her and said. "Sam think about it for a moment. We are driving through Hoboken in the middle of the night. There are no other cars around and no cops are around and we're late getting home. I think were okay for right now. At least until we get home and dad tans our hides."
"It doesn't matter. Do you want to get into an accident out here? I sure don't especially not late at night. God I hate Hoboken," Sam complained.
"Well then why did suggest going this way instead staying in Manhattan?"
Sam groaned after her brother's question and answered, "Because I thought it would be faster. God I'm such an idiot."
Her brother rolled his eyes and gave her a warning.
"Listen sis don't you dare start stressing out on me. You remember what the doctor said don't you? You have to keep the stress down. You don't want anything bad happening to the baby now do you?" her brother said.
Sam sighed and rubbed her belly which was showing signs of pregnancy.
"I'm sorry Dave. I just hate getting lost especially in Hoboken," Sam said to her brother.
Her brother, Dave, smiled and patted Sam's shoulder and said, "Hey relax sis. All we need to do is find a familiar location and get our bearings."
Right as he told her that the headlights of the car shone on a sign that read. 'Hoboken Zoo Next Right.' Dave saw the sign and let out a sigh of relief.
"There you see Sam? The Hoboken Zoo is nearby. We can pull in there and find our way back to Manhattan from there."
The car drove on and a minute or two later had pulled into the parking lot of the Hoboken zoo. Peering out the window, Dave could see the sign that was supposed to say 'Hoboken Zoo.' But the b and k in Hoboken and the z in zoo were all missing. Dave shook his head and pulled into a random space and put the car in park. He looked around to make sure they were all alone and they were. Sam quickly opened the glove compartment and pulled out a map as Dave turned on the car light and began looking at the map.
After a moment Dave decided to break the silence and asked "So have you talked to him lately Sam?"
Sam kept her gaze on the map, but responded to her brother and asked, "Who are you talking about?"
"You know who I mean. The father, the man whose baby you're carrying."
Sam let out a sigh and answered her brother. "I haven't talked to that S.O.B. since he was taken to Rikers. You remember that he stabbed a man."
Dave nodded his head and said, "Good. He was an awful person anyway. All he ever did was get you drunk and get you pregnant. The baby's better off not knowing him anyway."
Sam nodded in agreement and then asked Dave, "Do you still talk to your Army buddies?"
Dave felt his face harden and then answered.
"What Army buddies? None of them are alive anymore remember?" Dave asked with bitterness in his voice.
Sam then realized what she had asked.
"Oh. I'm sorry Dave. I completely forgot."
"It's okay sis. It's been two years now anyway. I know that they would want me to move on."
They continued to sit in silence and after another moment Sam put the map down and turned back to Dave as he turned off the light.
"Okay Dave we need this road out of here," she said as she pointed out the window to one of the roads.
"And that'll take us all the way to the Lincoln Tunnel and deposit us in Midtown," Sam finished.
Dave nodded, but before he could pull out of the space his car suddenly died. Dave tried the key a few times but couldn't get the engine to start.
"No no no no no. Not here. Please not here," Dave begged.
"Dave what's wrong now?" Sam asked.
"I don't know. I'm going to have to check under the hood," answered Dave.
Dave took another look around and made sure no one was around them. He quickly opened the door, got out of the car, and made his way over to the hood.
"Hurry up Dave. I'm getting nervous just sitting here."
Dave looked back at Sam and told her to pop the hood and she did. Dave raised the hood and propped it up. What he saw did not please him. The distributor cap was all disconnected, the fuel line was cut and leaking fuel and the spark plugs were all gone. This car was not going to run until it was repaired.
"What the hell? How did this happen?" Dave asked himself.
All Dave could do was close the hood and walk over to the car door. But as soon as he walked away from the hood he felt something crunch under his foot followed by a low squeal. He looked down at his foot and saw a dead lobster under it. Dave took his foot off of it and saw one of his spark plugs lying on the ground next to the lobster. What was going on here? Dave just merely walked away from it and got back in the car.
Dave sat in the car in silence for a moment.
Sam looked at him and asked, "What's wrong now?"
Dave let a sigh and looked at his sister and said, "The engine is all torn up and the car is not going to run until it's fixed."
Sam banged her fist against the dashboard several times in anger.
"Damn it. Worst luck ever. The car just had to die in the middle of Hoboken," she yelled angrily.
Dave grabbed her arm and tried to calm her down.
"Watch the stress Sam. Clam down," Dave said as Sam struggled in his grip.
"So how are we going to get home Dave! Huh! Tell me!"
Dave looked out the window and saw a pay phone nearby.
"Okay Sam listen to me. I'm going to go over to that phone and call a tow truck and a cab. We'll be home in no time. Though it's likely dad is still going to tan our hides."
Sam nodded and Dave placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Trust me sis."
"I trust you Dave."
But before Dave could do anything a bright light suddenly filled the car, followed by a crashing sound like glass breaking, and then a foul odor filled the car. Before they knew it, both siblings entire world went dark.