Book 2: The No Name Stranger

Ziggy really needed the toilet, so he got up and went into the bathroom.
Ziggy closed the door and locked it, wanting privacy.. But he was all alone so what was the point.
He unzipped his flie.. But as he did, he was pushed to the side.
Ziggy stumbled and slid backwards and with a smash, went flying out the window.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
He yelled, falling to the ground.
Luckily.. He was on the second floor.
All the breath was knocked from Ziggy. He sat up, coughing.
"Damnit!"
He coughed.
Ziggy looked up at the window where the glass had shattered and he swore he saw a familiar face..
"KIMMI!"
He yelled furiously.
"WHAT KIND OF A JOKE IS THAT?!!"
Kimmi just giggled and left the window, out of his sight.
Ziggy was red in the face, cuts on his hands and face.
He sat up, shaking the shards of glass from his hair and jacket.
Ziggy went inside the house.
"KIMMI?!"
He squeakily yelled.
"I'LL KILL YOU!"
But there was nothing but his echoing yells.
She must've gone out the back door.
But it was closed. Jammed.. Locked.
He sighed.
Not even thinking once that this was an illusion by the person inside of him.
Jade.

Josie winced as she heard Kimmi. She turned her head for a second and saw Kimmi running towards her house. She turned back and coughed up more blood, shuddering and wincing more.

Kim\'s boots clacked loudly as she ran across the road. Suddenly she tripped over.
\"CRAP MY FLIPPIN BOOT!!\" Kimmi shrieked.
Kimmi inspected her broken heel.
\"..Oh right.\" Kimmi said, running back to josie.
\"Sorry heel broke heh..\" Kimmi giggled. \"OH MY GOSH! Josie! Are you ok?\"

Kimmi paused.
\".Clearly not.\" She muttered to herself. Then she went back to her cheery tone. \"You\'ll be fine, hang on.\" Kimmi clenched her fists.
\"...K-kimmi. Where did...y-you go?\" Josie whimpered.
\"...Im right here.\" Kimmi said flatly.
\"W-where?\"
\"..Must be hallucinating.\" Kimmi whispered.
Kimmi stood up an looked around, then went to a man.
\"Excuse me can I use your phone-\" She started.

The man looked around
\"..Woah. Thought I heard a voice.\" And the man walked off.
\"Huh.\" Kimmi said looking at her hands. Then screamed
\"OH MY GOD I CANT SEE MYSELF.\" Kimmi, infact was actually invisible.
Kimmi backed away, then fell onto josie.
Except on onto. INTO.

Josie suddenly sat up.
\"Ow my head.\" jOSIE SAID.
\"..Thats not my voice.\" Josie whispered.
Wheres kimmi. It hurts. Josie said in...Josies mind
It clicked.

Kim was in josies body.

\"Holy Fuzz.\" Kimmi whispered.
\"Err...Maybe I can like..go inside people?\" Kimmi said to herself. She closed her eyes. \"Please josie heal\"

I-i-..Feel. Fine. Huh?

\"Great. And Im not making you vomit either. Now how do I get out. Umm.. \" Kimmi said. Suddenly Kimmi jumped out of Josie and hit the floor.
\"....I think I found out how to get out.\"

Josie woke up.
\"My head.\" Josie coughed, except no blood. Clolour was back to her face, and she looked just like normal.
Josie closed her eyes again.
\"Hang on josie, Wake up.\" Kimmi whispered. Then shouted. \"WAAKEE UP!\"
Kimmi stood up, looked around.
Then sighed, and levitated josie up into the air.
\"How did I go invisible?\" Kimmi thought, walking aloing the road.
Kimmi clenched her fists.
\"I clecnhed my fists thennn..\" Kimmi check her hands. Yes! She couldnt see them. She checked on josie, then stopped levitating her.
\"I wonder..\" Kimmi thought. \"If..I can make her invisible too?\"



A few minutes later, Kimmi levitated the invisible josie by the door of Pinkz house.
\"PINKZ! ...I HAVE A PROBLEM.\" Kimmi shouted.

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Ziggy heard the loud banging from the door and ran down.
"I'm comin' I'm comin'!"
He walked down, and opened the door, smiling pleasently.
But it all faded into an angry face.
"You!!!!!!"
He snarled, suddenly jumping onto Kimmi and tackling her on the ground.
He was on top of her.
"So you think.. Pushing me out of a building is hillarious?! Hahaha! Funny thing is! NO ONE'S LAUGHING!"
He shook glass out of his hair, eyes wide in rage.
"Sorry aint' gonna sweeten my tea missus!"
He hissed, his hands in hers, twisting them slightly.
he looked insane, cheeks coloured slightly with anger, eyes wide, a snarl on his lips.

"Huh? WHAT?" Kimmi screamed, and levitated him out of the way.
"Whats wrong with you?"

"Whats wrong? WHATSA WRONG?!" zIGGY SHOUTED, THEN POINTED TO THE BROKEN WINDOW.

"THATS WHATS WRONG!." Ziggy snarled.

"..That wasnt me." Kimmi said flatly, and checked on josie.
"I SAW YOU! " Ziggy shrieked.
"In dont have time for this, listen, about josie-" Kimmi started
"Shut up. Dont talk to me." Ziggy said.
"..." Kimmi stamped upstairs in Pinkz mansion.

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Somewhere...random..


The rushing sound of water from the waterfall was all you could hear.
\"We did a good job.\" A man said i nAtlantican, holding up a bag full of meat.
3 Others nodded.

They all wore giant masks that hid theuir faces, and all wore amazon like clothing, except they were all blue.

The 4 people waded through the river toward to bottom of the water fall. Then she walked through the waterfall and into a damp cave.
They all took off their masks.

The man whistled. The other side was a river aswell, except much darker.
A longboat with another man using a long bamboo stick to move the boat arrived, onto the boat were blue lanterns lit up.
The people climbed on board, and were taken into a bright sunny place, full of bustling people, children squealing and running, and animals noisly trotting about. Stalls were set up, and people were speaking in a different language. The only girl- Or woman rather- of the 4 jumped out of the boat on onto the land.
\"KIDA! How many times have I told?\" Shouted the boatman. In Atlantican aswell.
\"Yeah yeah.\": Kida muttered back, turning around, flicking her snow white hair. She also spoke in Atlantican.

Infact, everyone on the land spoke it.

Kida\'s long white hair was down to her waist. She was young, which was strange for her to have white hair. Bright blue markings were on her skin, matching her bright blue eyes. She held a staff with a blade on top, and she walked through the crowd of the market place without the need to push.

Kida walked into a junkyard of the place, curious as she had never seen the part of the village before. She crept along the metal junk, and crawled, not wanting to be seen, and looked up. It was her father and some other people. And a strange person dressed in a black dress nd veil.

\"I understand your request.\" He father said
\"Kida must be gone from here, because..\" The black veiled person paused.
\"What?\"
\"All I can say, is that.. I have to take her away from here. Death may involved if I do, or do not do so..\"
\"But. Its up to you whether I should take her..\"

Kida widened her eyes. He wouldnt.
\"You can. Take her, i mean.\" Her father said.
He would.

Kida blinked.


She stood up aangrily.
\"How could you?\" She whispered, tears in her eyes then ran off.

Ziggy followed Kimmi inside.
"And what ARE you doing?"
He said, eyeing her.
But at the same time.. He felt happy?
Jade wasn't controlling her emotions properly.
He shrugged the feeling off and went into the mini fridge, pulling out some Fosters beer.
He opened the can and drank half of it noisily.
He followed Kimmi up.
"What's going on?"
He asked her a second time, thinking she may be here to repair the broken window.
He hadn't kept his silence for long.
"Ah.. Maybe I'll have a fag.. Cravng's been kicking up."
He said to no one in particular.
It was all silent.
He searched.. But there was none.
"Devil's drink, eh?"
Came a jolly voice.
Ziggy blinked.
"Err.. Who's there?"
He asked, looking around.
"How rude.. Of me.. Excuse moi."
Suddenly, there was a bright light that caused Ziggy to stumble over a chair and fall to the ground.
He shielded his eyes with his hands.. But there stood, a handsome, but obviously homosexual fella.
"I am very rude. I must introduce myself. Quincy Jobre. Your new guardian angel. Since you destroyed the last's mind."

Josie walked down a large hallway. It seemed a bit familiar toward her. She gave strange looks and just about jumped out of her skin with a skeleton walked out of the room with a sheet in it's hands. It paused and looked at her, bowed, then continued on down the hall.
Josie looked around, "Where am I?" She whispered to herself.
"Sekura!" Someone yelled. She heard footsteps behind her.
She whipped around and reached for the gun in her pocket, instead there was a dark emerald staff. She looked up and saw a girl speeding toward her with a mirror in her hands.
"There you are!" The girl yelled in a transylvanian accent.
Josie tilted her head to the side and blinked, "Who might you be?" She gave herself a startled look. Her voice was as if from old britian, ancient egyptian, and partial transylvanian itself.
"Sekura, are you alright?"
Josie gave a strange look, "Let me see the mirror." She said and reached for it.
The girl gave the mirror to her, and she looked inside, gasping.
Her hair was in long black curls, a necklace was around her. She wore brown and cream clothing. A sleeveless top, shorts, brown boots.
Josie screamed as she saw behind her, a dark shadow with red eyes.

Josie's eyes opened wide and caught herself mid-scream. Gasping, then wincing as she felt the bullet still in her. She looked around. Seemed to be pinx's house? She couldn't tell.
Though she gasped as she found out she was levitating.
'Kim?' She whispered in Kim's mind.

Kim? came into her head

Kim freaked out.

You have GOT to stop doing that Kimmi thought back, shivering.
How did I get here? Where are you?
Oh, I levitated you here. Kimm thought, and went down to sekura.
"..Are you ok?"
"Bullet." Sekura hissed with the pain.
Kimmi looked about and saw where the skin was punctured.
"Ouucchhhh.." Kimmi said
"Not helping." Sekura squeaked. "Sorry."
"Itys ok. Er.." Kimmi thought on what to do. Then she had an idea.
"I'll levitate it out!" Kimmi beamed
Josie crawled away.
"...What?"
"...I dont trust you." Josie said
"What th- You can trust me!" Kimmi said. Kimmi concentrated on the bullet, and levitated it out carefully.
"Ewww.." Kimmi closed her eyes and threw the bloody bullet away.
Must run. How could he do this do me? sAID A VOICE IN KIMS HEAD.
"..What Josie?" Kimmi said outloud
"What?"
"..Oh I trhought.. Nevermind." Kimmi sat down in the living room.
"I see shes trading thoughts." Came a voice
"Huh--AAH!" Kimmi screamed, seeing the black veiled figure.
"..."
"Jeeze. Why do that?"
"..."
Then the figure dissapeared.
Wait. That meant. That thought was from her replacement?
Kimmi shivered.
Then she heard the chair.

"Zig? Ziggy? You ok?" Kimmi called, walking toi the kitchen. She put her ear to the door.
And she heard Ziggy's and someone elses voice.
"Kimmi slowly put her hand on the handle, then burst in.
"Kim!"
"Ziggy?"
"Whos this guy!? Did you bring him here?" Ziggy shrieked, pointing at nothing.
The angel turned to face Kim.
"...I cant see anything." Kimmmi said flatly.
"She cant see me sweets." The angel said to Ziggy
"But how----Wait. You just call me sweets?" Ziggy said.
"...I didnt." Kimmi said.
"No not you, I mean Quincy." Ziggy said.
Kimmi went silent, then burst out laughing.
"QUINCY! WTF! Dude, if you're gonna make up an imaginary friend that has a crappy name, fine by me-" Kimmi began.
"She can talk." Quincy spluttered. "I mean, Kimmi. SO last year. And a total copy cat of Kimmi M."
"....What did you just say?" Kimmi growled at Ziggy.
Uh oh.
"Nothing! It was Quincy!" Ziggy crawled away.
"Did you just insult my NAME?" Kimmi came a step closer.
"No!" Ziggy said.
"Infact, I did. Good too, your names as cheap as those boots! Mmhm!" The angel commented.
"..EX-cusee mee?" Kimmi clenched her fists.
"I didnt say that!!" Ziggy said, stepping back.
"And that hat! Whew! Where'd ya get it? Oxfam shop?" The angel giggled.
"...Oh you;ve gone too far.." Kimmi growled.
"Dont." Kimmi said, as she levitated a pan at Ziggy, but he ducked.
"Mess." Kimmi levitated another,
"With me." Kimmi levitated a chair at ziggy.
"..She got attitude." Quincy gasped.
Kimmi blinked.
"Oh, you askin for more? Cause Im pretty sure you'll meet my FIST soon!" Kimmi shouted.
"IT ISNT ME!" Came a muffeled shout from the pile of pans and chairs.
"ITS QUINCY!!"
Kimmi turned around.

Sekura yelped and winced as the bullet was levitated out. She immediately healed herself, "What the hell?" She shook her head and ran after the two, pulling out the gun from her pocked and pointing it toward where she thought they were looking at, she gave a strange look, "What the hell?" She repeated.

Ziggy yelped, covering his head with his arms, pots and pans lying around him.
Quincy was obviously enjoying himself, laughing.
Kimmi growled.
"Just wait til' I get to the knives!"
She threatened him, levitating more objects.
"HOW CAN I SPEAK WHEN I'M ALREADY SPEAKING!"
Kimmi stopped.
"Huh?"
Ziggy was cowering by the bins.
"There's my voice.. And another voice. They DON'T sound alike!"
"Yes they do!"
Came a perfect imitation of Ziggy.
Ziggy tore at his hair in anger.
"Shutup QUINCY YOU PONCE!"
"I'll teach ya for callin' me ponce!"
It must've looked strange to Kimmi, but he had thrown himself onto Quincy, but soared right through him, head first into the fridge door.
He rubbed his head, cursing.

"...Ziggy?" Kimmi asked.
"Names Quincy, darling. Im his angel. Cant see me. Just wanted some funnny fun, ya know?" Said quincy.
"IT AINT FUNNY!." Came ziggys shout.
Ziggy gasped at josie.\
"Whats with the gun sweets?" Quincy said.
"..Huh?" Josie blinked.

RUN...runn..runn came a thought. Suddenly, Kim fell to the floor, head in hands.
"Friggin...replacement... GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" Kimmi shouted.
"Huh.?" Ziggy whispered.
The room started spinning. Not just for kim.
For everyone.

The nthe room span faster. and faster until everything was a blur.
"WHATS GOING ON?" SCreamed kim
No one answered, they were too scared.


A few minutes later, they all woke up by a waterfall.
"My..,head.." Kimmi moaned.
"What was that?" Josie asked.
"Uh...Where are we?" Ziggy said.

Sekura looked around, giving a strange look, "Have I been here before?" She blinked, rubbing her head with her father's gun.

Ziggy blinked, putting a hand to his head.
"Geez. Feels like when I drank some of that whiskey..Well.. All of it."
Quincy pulled Ziggy up and began to dust him off, when he got near Ziggy's butt, Ziggy pushed him away, or tried, but fell through.
"Don't TOUCH me there."
He snarled.
Quincy laughed.
"Don't worry, I'll get us out of this.. But wait.. It'd be fun to watch you solve this."
Everyone ignored Quincy.
Ziggy blinked, hands into fists.
"Looks like some sort of cave.."
Josie said, looking around.
Kimmi was still standing, head in her hands.

"..WATERFALL!" Kimmi shouted. "I've been here before, in my dreams."
"Like thats gonna be handy." Ziggy spluttered.
"Shut up." Kimmi moaned, and waded through the rivber. The others followed. Finally, they appeared in the cave.
Then they saw a girl. A bit younger than ziggy, older than josie. She had striking snow white hair, and bright blue markings. She seemed running from something, and kept checking behind her. Not looking where she was going, and bumped into Ziggy, and they both fell over, The girl ontop of Ziggy.

Ziggy blinked.
"Watch where you're goin' will ya!"
He then saw that it was a beautiful femme, and his attitude changed.
He propped himself up on his elbows.
"Well fancy you bumping into me!"
But the girl shot up, terriffied by his peircings, but intriguied also.
She was shy, and she would not speak to them, she just stared, terriffied.
Ziggy scratched at the back of his head and smiled cheekily at the girl, but then he whispered to Kimmi,
"Geez. Maybe she's one of those olden days babes. Hot babes for the taking. This is like.... We were in a time machine?!"
Kimmi sighed.
Josie looked at the girl intensely.
Quincy and Ziggy looked at each other.
"What?"
He asked the air (To him it ws Quincy) But they heard the voice.
"Sorry.. Just channeling into your deepest darkest secrets.. Woah.. Is it REALLY that small?"
Ziggy blushed.
"SHut UP......"
He looked around, then remembered the girl was there, while Quincy sniggered.
"What's with the markings?!"
He hissed to Kimmi.
"A hot ALIEN babe perhaps?"
Ziggy sighed.
"The closest I've gotten to dry sex."

Kimmi rolled her eyes. Then saw the pendant she was wearing.
It was a blue crystal locket.

The girl stood up.
And stared at the strangers. Who were they? And what were they wearing!?

"..Uh...Zig.." Kimmi said.
"What?" Ziggy saiod, annoyed.
"...Shes..my uh..replacement." Kimm whispered
Then told josie and ziggy about the black veiled woman.

Ziggy's eyes were wide by the end of the tale.
"You're.. You're kidding me, right? A replacement? Does that mean you go?"
He asked, biting at his bottom lip, but some of Jade's feelings made him feel happy.. But he was really sad.

"..So..whats your name?" Kimmi asked the stranger.
The girl looked at her puzzleled, then tapped her pendant.
It started glowing brightly.
Then she nodded and started speaking in a language.
"..Huh?" Ziggy asked
"I know what shes saying sweets." The angel said
"After all, every angel must learn all 567 languages. Including atlantican." boasted the angel
"Grea---Did you just say ATLANTICAN!?" Kimmi shrieked,
"...Yes...This is atlantis." The angel said.
"..Anywho, her name is......Kida." The angel said. Then the angel started speaking in the language.
Kida repeated something else.
"Sorry, I didnt know you were English." Kida spoke in an incredibly cute accent.

Josie stretched and pulled her hair behind her ears.
"What the hell?" She mumbled to herself.
Her hair cascaded down to her waste and was in black curls. She finally took on the look of Sekura.
Sekura jumped and gasped as she accidentally pulled the trigger on the ground, then looked around wide-eyed, "Sorry . . . " She said, giving an apologetic smile.

Ziggy threw himself to the ground as the gun fired.
"Damnit it Sek, give me a heart atack why don't you?!"
He sighed and got up, dusting himself off.
"M'names Sapphire. Ziggy Sapphire."
He said casually, flttening some of the non-made spikes down in his hair.
The angel seemed to say something to Kida in the Atlantic language, and they both burst out laughing.
Ziggy looked like he was going to explode.
"I know what you're saying! I'm not that dumb!"
Then he went into a muttering convasation with himself.

Kimmi suddenly sunk down to the water.
"Frig." She squeaked, holding her stomach.
"Kim?" Sekura asked.
"..Bullet." She whispered back.

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