ANOMALY (The Elements)

a, where the pizza is a

k uniform: a blue and red shirt, a green skirt, and a red visor that had the initials 'LV' etched onto it. They couldn't notice the sli

not the type of girl to consider herself 'hot'. Therefore, even though she

ted out her left arm, directing them to a table near where she was standing in the seati

utched a large metal tray to her chest. When she got a call from one of the other waitresses, she was supp

entranceway, where the door was cracked open just en

tanding out there with his arms crossed. He was clearly in his fifties, as was shown by his balding scalp with minimal gray hair left upon it. He had a stretched-out white shirt on that was covered in spl

ng there who could tolerate him. Despite the way he acted, he was quite fond

olded her. "What were you doing, playin

have a strange idea of what it

aughing?" he asked in a threatening tone, leaning in to glare at he

king! I wa

say the n

ad

on didn't open up his fancy pizza place across the street!" the man uttered angrily, looking scornfully across the st

s, though he also had a green chef's hat on. Her friend Chris from school and Drama class also worked at th

the girl! Wait your tur

r. Leena clasped her hands together in front of herself, trying to maintain a pleasan

with a rope attached to it and forcing it upon her. Leena's face turned red as she began to get frustrate

lding the sign! I can do everything else here and I can do it well

ris as if she had just spoken blasphemy to him. "That girl has bird eggs fo

her ears but logic did not accompany them. As far as Levy was concerned, that conversation was over and he moved on t

phone, hearing the music from Breaking Benjamin's song Unknown Soldier as she looked down at the screen

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reet ahead as she set the heavy sign down next to herself, leaning on it with her free left

e gripped the steering wheel upon hearing th

s now guided to the disturbe

yley told Leena in a very serious tone, "s

nds of her hair that fell down across the right side of her head. There was a

u?" Mia asked from the other end of the ph

'm at work

mething else I wanted to talk ab

ly dropped

w do

sounding almost overjoyed as she was speaking. Leena began to feel quite threatened; Mi

e like

and how you'll deal with other Anomalies. You've learned about that n

have nothing to do with him, though. H

jerk. It seems his life is over and he'll never be able to accept what he'

about…? Did you do this to

your eye on

us green eyes. She felt like she was going numb, she'd been somehow dragged into a sick game that she had wanted

ring what she was supposed to be scanning for. There was the other pizza place across the street… and to the right of it, on th

ered the secret police force Hay

p, I would've been able to go to school and become something more worth

off tomorrow, dude! I ha

in the ass if you don't

n across the street with a whipping sound that would leave a permanent impression on all of their eardrums! Every passerby in the area sc

d the street to try and pinpoint the source of the noise. Leena stared on as the face fam

inted due to his trademark star sunglasses. The back door was smoldering on the street in fro

t the guy from

do?! I saw light

, why was he in t

me kind o

his head, screaming as his whole life fell apart around him. Meanwhile, inside the 7-11, Quinton was sipping on a Slurpee as he waited

our transport van supposed to ex

as doing. He narrowed his thick eyebrows and it could only be assumed he was glaring

enjoying my bu

him. Sergeant reached the door first but the second he touched it, he received a brutal shock and went flying backward through the store, c

just got hurt, maybe even killed! He wasn't going to let that punk get away with this! The red

to your cell!" Quinton screamed at him. "I'

dewalk below him as he lost control of himself and collapsed forward, stunned. Michael got on his feet as people began to panic and scream… he had to r

s eyes followed him as she was left completely at a loss for words after what she'd

what are you

not part

is. Michael is clearly frightened, who knows what he'll do i

as in his situation without anyone around to comfort her, she'd be frightened too. Plus, as much as she hated it sometimes, she wa

na snapped her cell phone shut, dropped the sign, and dashed off in the same direction M

re you going!?

startling the older m

ful girl! She

ng to fire her every week, yet you never do, dude.

astically, picking up the sign and handing it to him. "Have fu

street?!" an exasperated Chris exclaimed as Mr. Levy headed back to

. This will be

task on the sidewalk. "There's a spot in hell reserved for th

ere both lost in the confusion of the gathering crowd around the scene. Mia watched them run; leaning against the 7-11 as the two Anomalies

ne of us…" Mia spoke to herself, pushing her glasses up the rim of her nose with her right in

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