It was a sunny and ordinary afternoon in the great Meta City. The warm and pleasant city continued to give its visitors a splendid view of its large, gleaming buildings and its city, which was as fascinating as it was dangerous. And in this typical scenario of a romance book, there was a young and ordinary blonde girl, Like many others she was resting from her intense routine of studying at the university in the library, where she was constantly looking for a calm and peaceful place to do your duties and relax a little from the busy life. Her name was Alice.
She was sitting in a quiet corner of the university library, a book open in her hands, a novel as usual, something like a medieval kingdom ruled by evil magical forces, not too strange for a romantic literature enthusiast.
Alice kept her head down, hiding behind her long, silky blonde hair, which fell gently over her beautiful, smooth face. The soft light that illuminated the room was enough for her to read without difficulty, even with her attractive blue eyes covered by relatively old-fashioned glasses, but it wasn't strong enough to reveal the details of her timid and fragile appearance.
She preferred to be alone, avoiding the attention of the other students, whenever a more pleasant looking boy looked at her, she would sink into her book, blushing a little and hoping she would pass by. After all, she was always a shy and naive girl, who preferred to live in her private world of books and dreams, although even underneath her fuzzy scarlet sweater, a gift from her grandmother, her old and well-heeled jeans and black shoes almost without grease, the young woman was still very pretty and that way of hers always attracted looks, which made her friend Grace very irritated.
And talking about her, Alice's stillness and peace was suddenly interrupted when she heard Grace's high-pitched voice, along with other voices of her friends, with Grace were John, Troy, Bob and Rose, they entered the place excitedly. They seemed to be arguing loudly, completely unaware of the other students in the library. Alice huddled in her seat, trying to make herself invisible to her friends. However, their loud and energetic voices drew the attention of everyone in the library.
"Come on, the Nightwatchman is the baddest of heroes!" Said Bob, a tall boy with brown hair.
"Don't even come with that" Another young man said, his name was Troy, he was shorter and a little muscular "He doesn't even have powers, Star Man is the most powerful, he beats everyone else up if he wants to"
"Oh, but what about the Valkyrie Queen? She's a millennium old warrior and she sure could kick a lot of these guys' asses" Grace spoke with a proud tone, she was a huge fan of the heroine.
"True" Rose agreed "And she still has that super hot apprentice Scarlet Spartan. Did you know that she ran naked in the streets?"
"Serious?" The others said "How did that happen?"
"Looks like she took on a bit of a perverted villain out there, a Leprechaun. Apparently the Spartan lost not only the fight, but also respect and modesty, hahahahaha"
"But what about that new hero girl that appeared recently, the Silver Raven?" John questioned innocently.
"Well, I think...Oh, look at her over there" Grace said, interrupting the subject and pointing in the direction of Alice, who had her plans of staying quiet and hidden going down the drain.
"There you are!" Grace said, approaching her friend "Always with your face in books, aren't you? Bookworm, hahaha. But don't worry, I'm with the guys and we're going to a coffee shop and you're going with us."
"Oh no Grace, I appreciate you coming to get me, thank you very much, but no." Alice replied in a small, shy voice, almost frightened that her friend was staring at her.
"What do you mean not?" Grace asked with a killer look.
"It's just...I don't know, I don't want to go out today."
"You do! Don't worry, I know what's best for you. Now get up and come with me, now!" Grace said in an authoritative tone and Alice reluctantly complied, she was never able to say no to her friend, which already got her into some uncomfortable situations.
They then exited the library all together, being met with the angry gazes of people trying to read around them. Alice was a little shy and withdrawn when she joined them, mostly because of the presence of John, the young man she had been secretly in love with for some time. Grace knew this and orchestrated this meeting precisely to see if this platonic romance finally took off.
After walking a bit they chose a coffee shop a few blocks away from the library. The place was very nice and cozy, with small orange lights, several tables with people drinking and eating happily, and a counter with attendants who seemed to be very attentive and friendly with customers.
Grace and the boys sat down and she told Alice to go get the coffees. The girl dutifully ordered, but John offered to help her with the drinks. Alice's heart beat faster when she saw her beloved approaching to help her, she got nervous and almost dropped a donut she had bought. But she didn't want to waste this unique opportunity, so she took a deep breath and turned to him, determined to thank him for his help, but the calm and relaxed atmosphere was quickly interrupted by desperate screams and shoving, when a group of armed assailants invaded the place..
The bandits announced the robbery, knocking and pushing people from tables and demanding that everyone line up close to a wall, to make it easier for them to steal their belongings.
The hostages then complied, walking slowly to the wall. Grace reached out scared and nervous to Alice to pull her along, but Alice simply froze, petrified with fear, and her friends panicked. She then suddenly woke up and out of nowhere ran towards the bathroom, locking the door behind her.
