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Talner set his backpack down on the ground. He needed to take a break. Having to walk to school was making him tired. The boy sat down next to his bag and sighed. He hated his life. Frowning, Talner picked at the grass nearby.

After a minute or two, Talner was starting to feel a bit more energized. "Guess I'd better get walking again. At this rate I might make it there before lunch." The boy stood and the world suddenly went wierd. A red glowing light suddenly hovered before him. A bit startled, Talner stared at the thing for a moment, then took it from the air. He had a moment's glance at the device before it emitted a bright light, causing him to raise his other arm to shield his eyes.

Then the light stopped and Talner lowered his arm, still looking at the digital device he'd gotten. "Wierd..." He muttered, then reached down to grab his backpack. Startled, he looked over at where the bag had been. It was gone! Talner whirled about, noticing that he was not where he'd been only moments before. He was no longer in the middle of a field, but instead next to some lake.

Talner spotted the other two kids as he continued to look around. He didn't recognize either of them. Who were there and, more importantly, where the heck was he??

A chill ran down her spine. The morning breeze always made her shiver as she layed down on the grass. School would start in an hour, thanks to her parents' schedule of getting to work early, meaning early morning arrivals at school but relaxing moments on the campus's lawn. At least this hour would be nice, getting the peace and quiet solitude from two expecting parents. Sadly, she was alone as her friends got that extra hour of sleep.

Grey eyes scanned the sky, their owner was in a peaceful daze as she thought to herself. Thinking about life, wondering if it was a 'bad' idea to bring her airsoft gun to school today. It wasn't like she was going to take it out during school hours, she was just keeping it till her afterschool fun with some friends. The lecture she got from her mother after she found out she had it came to mind, the very conversation ran through her head, "Why you bring that in my house? We live here. You should study and not waste money on stuff. Don't end up like your brother." I think I bit my tongue till it bled that day.. Thankfully, she was able to calm her down and explain how it was fake.

Izzy, who sat up slowly, dug through the depths of her backpack next to her. Pulling out a holster with a black grip sticking out, she made sure the holster's strap would fit around her. It did, or that'd be 10 bucks down the drain. She patted her vest's pockets to feel the clips of BBs she loaded the night prior as anticipation of the day's end arised. Visions of the fun her group would have brought a smile to her face. She sat there for a few more minutes before lying back down, feeling the weight of the berreta rest on the grass with her.

Her eyes went back up, up to the clouds drifting by slowly above. Until a peculiar light invaded her sights. Out popped this blue object that dropped directly onto her head. She winced as it landed and pulled it into her hand and up to her eyes. Staring at it as a light suddenly enveloped her, blinding her to the point where she could not feel that dew laced grass below her. Her vision became blurred as she struggled to see, the world around her changing until it all became black. Her eyelids fluttered closed.

One eye cracked open, revealing a blurry blue sky. Another opened, bringing things into focus. She sat up with a curiosity of, Did something hit me and somehow made me look up at the sun.. but no.. wait.. wha.. Taking a look around, she was no longer at her school, but at a lake. Questions began appearing in her head, wondering if she was in a dream. I do remember blacking out for some reason... And then she saw it, an egg, a rather large egg, sat next to her. She reached out to touch as her curiosity robbed her of a second thought. Without knowing, she still had that object that fell on her earlier and it suddenly glowed. Surprised would be the word for this, as she shot up and dropped the device on the egg.

"Ooookay..." she looked around quickly to find two boys around her age... staring at her. Well, they were looking at each other too, but still.

With a short wave, "Um.. hey."

Xander gave an uneasy smile and waved back."Hello.."When he saw the other two had eggs he looked down at the ground around his feet, spotting an odd little egg of his own."Whats this?.."He crouched down and placed a hand atop the egg, jumping slightly as his own device once again lit up.He let go of it and it fell t the ground, harmless.

After a few moment of the device doing nothing he picked it back up, a bit hesitanly, and sat down, staring silently at the egg sitting by his knee.

Talner looked over at Izzy. She got enough questions? His response to both was a grunt. Yup, such an effective communicator was our Talner. He watched Izzy experiment with her own strange device and egg. Okay, so we've all got weird eggs... and weird glowing things...

The boy sighed. This was just all too weird. What the heck is going on?

She merely stared at the two, they weren't very talkative. Well, who could blame them, We all seem to not know.. hmm... Izzy chewed on her bottom lip, as she bent her legs and plopped back onto the ground.

"Well.. since we all seem to have these things.." Her blue device was held up, almost as if to coax the others into showing theirs, "I don't suppose they magically appeared before you, causing some sort of flash, and bam, you're here..?" She chewed her lip again before continuing, "Cause.. that's what happened to me..."

While awaiting their answer, her eyes slid back over to the egg. It was so.. strange... like a giant egg, but had.. markings. Why did it cause some reaction to this little thing in her hand? Whatever it was, she was going to find out somehow.

Xander held his own green device up slightly."Yeah, thats what happened to me.."He frowned slightly and lowered his arm, staring down at the odd device in his hand.

"Talner," the boy answered, though it was almost more of a grunt than actual words. He followed Izzy's gaze upwards, blinking at the large thing in the sky. "What... is that?" He wondered aloud. Not that he figured that either of the two could answer that question...