I can remember a time long ago before the chaos, before earth became a hellish nightmare.

It almost seems like a dream half the time, like I had never really lived that life from before when I was a young girl. When they started attacking everyone and everything they could possibly get their hands on, I lived in the country far away most of the time from where they attacked. But I still heard the tales from those who survived. I saw the pictures on the TV before they finally went silent years ago.

As I got older and my parents and grandfather died, I made the mistake of venturing into a major city.
That was the day I saw them for the first time. Never had I been so frightened in all my life. As they threw beams of energy and light at anything that moved. I cowered in a store praying to Kami they wouldn't hear me or see me, wondering why, why had I been so stupid as to think any place would be safe from them? I'd seen the images of their destruction else where. I'd seen the craters where cities used to be.

The things that I had planned to buy with my meager earnings were not as important as keeping my life, so why had I done this? I thought, the tears leaking from my blue eyes, I clutched my knees closer to my chest as another explosion rocked the building I was in. The windows shattered and I had to stifle my scream as glass and ash from the fires fell on me.

Was I fated to die here and now? After all the things I had never experienced. I was only twenty years old! It wasn't fair, I thought as the anger rose in my chest. Suddenly instead of being scared I became furious at everything around me. I didn't want to die, I wanted to live, and I'd have been damned if these two were going to kill me today, while I cowered in a corner of a grocery store.

I wiped the tears from my eyes with the back of my hand and crawled on the floor to try and make it to the back exit. The store had been empty except for the owners who had promptly fled when they heard the first explosion. I finally made it to the back of the store hiding behind an aisle. I could see the back door and I was almost free. I carefully stood up and tiptoed over to the door.

I opened it as fast as I could, and screamed as the flames exploded and pushed me backwards. The heat was indescribable and I ran for the front of the store again without thinking, the thick acrid smoke filling my lungs. I jumped out the front door. I had no idea the back of the store had been on fire. Everything seemed to be on fire.
I was out on the sidewalk gasping for clean air, hoping I hadn't breathed in too much.
It was then I heard a small laugh. I looked across the street and there they stood, my whole body froze in fear.

They looked as if they were no older than me, their icy blue eyes were fixed on me and I had to stifle another scream. There was no way I'd give them that satisfaction, it was what they wanted.

The girl flipped her hair out of her eyes. "Wow, she's survived this long I think she should be worth more than five points." She said nodding her head to the boy.

I didn't wait to hear how much I was worth I started running, I didn't even get halfway down the block when the boy appeared in front of me. I skidded to halt and fell backwards, backing away from him.

I didn't want him to see the fear in my eyes, so I glared angrily at him as he smiled at me, it gave me the creeps and goose bumps ran up my arms.
Instead of blasting me like he did everything else he pulled a gun from his holster and pointed it right in my face. I clenched my eyes shut and said a silent prayer, at least I would be back with my family again.

The wind rushed past me and before I even realized I was in someone's arms high up in the air. I screamed finally too terrified to care as I clutched onto this person as tight as I could. I looked down at the ground and it was so far away, finally I could take no more and blacked out.

It was only a short while later I awakened. My head ached a little and my lungs hurt from the earlier smoke inhalation. I sat up opening my eyes to take in where I was. The city I had been in seemed miles away from where I was. In a forest, it was so quiet and peaceful. I breathed a sigh of relief. And finally noticed the man who was sitting quietly his back against a tree. His eyes were opened and his black eyes were fixated right on me.
I blushed for some reason. He was very handsome, with his jet black spiky hair. He wore a orange and blue gi. He was huge compared to me, a true warrior and fighter like my grandfather had been. He radiated power unlike any I had felt before.

"Are you okay?" His quiet question came. I nodded. "Yes I am, thank you. Mr.…?" He smiled at me "I'm Son Gohan, and you're welcome, Miss?" His eyebrow raised and I smiled finally.

"Lime, my name is Lime."