Olivia drove her sports car down the streets of Los Angeles, weaving in and out of traffic. She was on a mission, a mission that was super important. She was taking Alex clothes shopping.
Alex on the other hand was gripping the arm rest of the car with considerable strength so he wouldn't be tossed around by Olivia's crazy driving.
He survived being summoned to another world by crazy monster human for two years. He survived having been tortured for three months and having his body torn apart and changed. He who survived countless battles in the other world with enemies stronger than him. He who survived all of that was scared to death by this little Oni's crazy driving, oh how the times have changed.
"Slow down!" Alex yelled as he almost fell out of the seat.
"Oh calm down. Your a big bad Werewolf aren't you." Olivia jokingly said, still speeding through traffic.
Finally after about ten more minutes of intense life or death driving they finally made to their destination.
The Los Angeles mall one of the biggest malls in all of L.A, perfect place to get everything and anything you may need. Just what Olivia was looking for, she couldn't wait to get Alex to try on many different styles of clothing for her.
Olivia pulled into the parking structure for the mall paid for the parking permit which was ten dollars, than went and found a nice spot to park. Both of them got out of the car and started to walk towards the shops. Alex grabbed ahold of Olivia's hand once again, it made him feel calmer. He chalked it up to them being mates and didn't dwell on it to much.
They quickly made it into the shopping area holding hands and making small talk, like a normal cliche couple. Olivia decided it was time and pulled him into the first shop of the trip, a high-end men's suit store.
She wanted him to have something to dress up in just in case they go to any parties. She had him try on a standard black suit with a vest first. Which he looked really good in, according to Olivia, though he felt a bit stiff in it. He did have to agree however that he did look a bit more presentable at a fancy dinner or something, so he got the suit to make Olivia happy and to have it just in case.
After that they moved between a few more stores, Olivia made Alex try on many more clothes all of different styles. He only ended up buying a few of them, the ones he liked.
Their shopping date was really nice and uneventful except for the fact that Olivia made Alex try basically everything on from the stores. They held hands, flirted and did some PDA acting like a normal couple for the day, both of them were extremely happy and somewhat at peace with each other.
However neither of the were ready for what the day turned into, none of them could have foreseen all the innocent death. It was like something out of a nightmare, for Olivia anyway. Alex was to used to needless bloodshed.
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Earlier when Olivia and Alex first made it to the mall a group of ten black cloaked clad men also arrived at the back, the service entrance.
The men moved quickly and quietly as to not be noticed. They unloaded a large cylindrical object from the back of the van they arrived in. Putting the device on a forklift, they moved it to the underground maintenance and plumbing area of the mall. The device was placed by the gas lines system, where it would be able to do the most damage. A timer was set for three hours plenty of enough time for the to make a clean getaway.
After the device was set the group of ten quickly left the underground area, and back up top to their van.
However these men were smart but also extremely dumb and decided to go and have lunch at the very same mall that they were going to blow up. They entered the mall and went to the food court where they got some pretty good pizza at a place called DINO'S Pizza, some got asian food at PANDA wok.
They spent the rest of the day eating and having a good time completely forgetting about the time bomb that was slowly getting closer to going off.
Alex and Olivia were also getting lunch at the same time, enjoying their date and the clothes that they got, Alex bought a lot of clothes for Olivia as well. He wasn't hurting for money, as long as people kept taking his gold pieces, he would turn the gold into regular dollars later for now he was just enjoying his time with Olivia.
Everything was fine, that was until Alex noticed the group of ten men that had the same cloaks on as the people who attacked the UISF just days earlier. He got up to go and see if they were apart of the same group but before he could make it five steps a loud explosion erupted.
"BOOOOOOOM!!"
Throwing everyone to the floor and flying through the air as concrete rubble and fire encompassed them.
The mall was collapsing, and Alex could see Olivia.
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Authors note.
Sorry it's a little shorter. Trying to figure out the right pacing for the story. I am working on my writing and trying to get better.