The story
"Welcome Family. My name is Parker. I am an 8 year old girl who lives in Fairview, West Virginia, USA. I have a story I would like to tell you. The UNDALRDS are eight brothers, children from the sun, with magnificent powers. Youngest to oldest, names are: #1 Mosi #2 Zeke #3 Big E #4 D.I.G.I #5 Smash #6 X #7 Bam #8 CHEEF SI. This is the story of the day I met CHEEF SI." - Parker
From the moment I woke up, I knew something was going to be special about this day.
It was rainy and very windy. I woke right up thinking it was just an ordinary Friday. I looked out my window and saw another gloomy rainy day. I washed my face, and brushed my teeth and my hair. Then I put on my favorite jeans and long sleeve shirt with my rainboots, and grabbed my umbrella and headed downstairs. Before I could finish my morning purple smoothie, the clouds disappeared and the sun shined through. It was so bright that it seemed like it was the middle of summer. The birds were chirping and a smile seemed to come to everyone's face, even the mailman.
As I'm finishing up the last sips of my smoothie, gazing out the window, mesmerized by the brightness of the sun's rays, my Dad's voice interrupts my thoughts with, "Parker, are you ready to go?". And without even thinking I reply, "No I'm not. I gotta change my clothes!". I run back upstairs and put on my favorite pink t-shirt and light gray joggers and my most comfortable sneakers because today is gym day. As my Dad yells up from the bottom of the steps, "Parker its time to go!". I reply, "Coming!" as I finish tying my shoes. I run down and off to school I go.
I get to school and it's another Friday... blah blah blah... get in line... be quiet... blah blah blah... get in line... he said this, she said that... blah blah blah... be quiet.... put your hand up... put your hand down. Wash - rinse - repeat. So finally school is over and this is when things get good. I'm always happy hearing the end of school bell on Fridays because it means the weekend is here. And usually we have pizza for dinner and watch a movie. But every now and then, I would say once a month or so, we have my favorite dish - shrimp scampi with broccoli and spaghetti. And I think today is THAT Friday.
So my dad picked me up from school and now I'm gonna take you guys step by step because now this is when the story gets good. The car ride with my dad was mainly me listening to my music and blocking out my dad talking to one of his clients about lawyer stuff. I wanted to ask him if we were having my favorite dinner tonight but he was completely focused on his conversation. As we pulled down my street to come to my house it seemed like the clouds parted and the sun was only shining on MY house. I live near an airport so I'm always looking up as the planes go over and I'm always wondering what those lines are that they leave in the sky. After we pull into my driveway my dad gets out of the car, but he is still talking on the phone so i can't ask him about dinner. So I get out and walk toward the house. I look up and can't believe what I'm seeing. Falling from the sky and landing in my front yard...
....was this little black bag/small sack type thing. It was glowing and it seemed to slow down right before it landed on the grass. Without even thinking, I walked right towards it. The closer I got to it, I could feel... hmmmm... it's really hard to explain, but I could feel a warm friendly connection. As I reached down to pick it up, I could see that it was soft. When I touched it, it felt like velvet. I could tell that there was something inside, like little rocks or stones. It wasn't heavy but I could feel that there was a bunch of something in there. I didn't look inside the bag right away. I wanted to wait until I got inside so my Dad wouldn't see and ask a million questions... where did you get it from... how did you find it... how much did it cost... and on and on. I would have been forced to make something up because the truth was a glowing black bag fell from the sky. Long story short, I didn't want him to see it. So I walked through the front door, put my bookbag on the kitchen table, opened up the refrigerator, and found my favorite drink. I then walked into the living room, jumped on the couch, grabbed the remote control, turned on the TV and took a big deep breath. I looked at the velvet pouch and I could see something still glowing. So I closed my eyes....
Before I opened my eyes and looked into the velvet bag, I was thinking to myself, "What could possibly be in this bag?". Maybe it was diamonds or special beans that turned into a bean stalk, or maybe a neatly folded love letter that was never received, or maybe just some stupid toy ring that lights up. Ahh whatever, I'm just going to open my eyes and see what it is. I carefully opened the bag, and I looked inside. It was not diamonds or beans or a love letter, but it was the most beautiful, magnificent, intriguing, unique and colorful crystals I have ever seen. There was no light, but they were glowing, so I dumped them out and counted ten of them. Their colors were black, pink, grey, clear, purple, dark green, blue, white, brown and light green. They seemed to sparkle on rhythm as if they were trying to communicate with me. I picked up the pink one first and I could feel a warm sensation go down my fingers, through my hand, up my arm and then go throughout my whole body. It was like I was being hugged by my great-great grandma who I've never met but I was so comfortable and warm that you know it was family. I started to cry because it was such a loving feeling, and I don't know why. Then I started laughing thinking of all my baby pictures and how happy everybody was when I was born. I could see holidays with all the family together eating and laughing. So, I put down that crystal and then I picked up the shiny black one. At first it just seemed shiny and black but when I looked closer it was like looking out into space into the universe. I could see stars passing. I could see planets. I could see flowers blooming in trees and fruits like apples, bananas and some I'm not even sure what they were. They were all magnificent colors like purple, pink, blue and green and some colors and shapes I can't even describe. Then it got really bright almost like we left that planet and were headed toward the sun. I had to put it down because it got so bright, I couldn't even look at it anymore. The next one I picked up was the light green one and it had like little crystals inside the big crystal. This is very hard to explain so I hope you all are understanding what I'm saying. I'm looking at this crystal and it's like looking into a miniature TV. The closer I looked I could see a boy. Like I don't know, like a boy my age. He had long dark brown hair and he looked like he was on a mountain doing karate moves or superhero moves like my cousin who was annoying, always kicking, punching, and spitting on you making noises with his mouth pretending to be a Marvel superhero. But this kid was not my cousin and he looked like he knew what he was doing. Now this is where it gets VERY weird. As I'm looking at this kid doing his thing, he looked right at me almost as if he could see me. So, to see for sure, I waved at him, and he waved back. I literally dropped the crystal. I could not believe what I had just saw. As I'm looking to find the crystal that I just dropped amongst all the other crystals, they all seemed to glow and blink at the same time. It was almost like my brain was on overload and I felt extremely tired so I thought I would take a quick nap and then wake up and go tell my Dad. That's the last thing I remember...
Do you ever have that feeling when you are first waking up that you aren't sure if you are dreaming, or you are awake? Well, if you have, then you know exactly how I was feeling. My eyes were closed but I could feel people in the room with me. I was almost too scared to open up my eyes to even check and see. It felt so cold. And even though I remember being on the couch, I wished that I was in my bed under all the blankets because it felt that cold.
As I started to focus in on the sounds that I was hearing, I could make out my favorite TV show's theme music coming on. So, I was thinking it must be about 6 o'clock. This would mean I had been asleep for about two hours. Underneath the sound of my favorite song, which is sooooo beautiful and very special to me because it makes me feel pretty and like the most special girl in the world, I could hear a voice yelling something. I tried to ignore it and focus on the warmth of my favorite song while at the same time fighting the coldness and the underlying terrifying feeling that people are all around me if I open my eyes. What had finally got my attention was hearing my name being called from somebody far away. The voice sounded like the voice of another kid warning me of something. When I concentrated, I was able to hear exactly what the voice was saying. It said, "Parker wake up! Parker wake up! Parker wake up, you are in danger! They are coming for the crystals! Parker wake up!". Then the next four words shocked me to my core and instantly made me wake up. The four words that I heard were - THEY HAVE YOUR DAD. At that moment, I woke up hoping to see and feel like I was awake, and everything that I had just felt was a dream. But it was not.
On the TV was my favorite show, ISEEKR (pronounced Eyeseeker), but it felt much later than 6pm because it was so dark and cold. That beautiful sunny day that was there when I went to sleep was replaced with this cold cloudy creepy dreary day. The wind was blowing through my house, and I could hear what seemed like footsteps upstairs. My first instinct was to rub my eyes and say, "I wonder what time it is" and get up. I looked out the window to make sure my dad's car was still in the driveway, which it was. But even though his car was there something just didn't feel right. I walked down the hallway through the kitchen. He was not there. I walked up the steps. At the top of the steps to the left is his office. I looked in and he was not there. Down the hall, coming from my dad's master bedroom, I could hear water running. So, I instantly hurried down the hall towards his room. I passed my bedroom without even looking in. With every step I felt safer and safer as I was about to let my dad know this crazy weird dream I just had. As I walked into his bedroom, I turned to the left and went into his bathroom. Right away I noticed that I didn't see the shadow of my dad through the frosted glass shower walls and door. I yelled "Dad!" and pulled the door open. The horror that hit my body almost knocked me down to the ground. Everything ran through my head at the same time. Why would my dad's car be in the driveway and the shower be on and HE'S NOT IN IT? I have never been left alone in my entire life. Why is it so dang cold? Why did I hear a voice in my dream telling me to wake up? I am in danger, and they have my dad. Does this have anything to do with the crystals that fell from the sky into my front yard? I tried to take a deep breath, but no air was coming in. I yelled for my dad one more time, "Dad!".
My legs were trembling as I walked back down the hallway because I had this eerie feeling that something else was in the house with me and it was not my dad. I cautiously walked back down the stairs. Then back down the hallway. Back into the living room, and the crystals were GONE. And then this flash thing happened to me. The only way I can describe it is that I got this vision of this kid. The same kid I saw in the crystals. But it was just his eyes with a blue mask on, and he said something I didn't really understand. Or even know if I'm pronouncing it right. I think he said LINAO. I remember hearing the same word on my favorite TV show before. The main character, Iseekr, used it when she came across a problem. But as quickly as I saw that vision, it disappeared. And now my only hope and only chance at sanity was if my dad for some reason forgot to turn the shower off and he was out back in the pool. Which would have been really weird and really strange because it was so cold. Which is also weird and strange because it is not winter. It is May 7th, but it felt like a winter day in the middle of West Virginia in the month of December. So I ran to the window that overlooks my back yard and all I could say was "oh my god" ....
ONE... TWO... Oh my... THREE... FOUR... holy... FIVE... SIX... I don't think I'm ready for this... SEVEN... EIGHT... and my legs could not take it anymore. The bottom half of my body turned left and started walking away. The top part of my body was stuck frozen at the window looking at NINE... TEN... ELEVEN... TWELVE... ninja masked, zombie possessed, creepily moving.... kids??? The bottom half of my body finally won and forced the top half of my body to unite for the same cause of getting out of there as soon as possible. But for some reason, I couldn't run. I could only walk sort of fast. I was so scared and so confused that I didn't even know which direction to go. As I turned right and walked down the hallway towards the kitchen it started to feel like someone was behind me. I thought to myself, "If I go into the kitchen I will be trapped, but there are also weapons in the kitchen... like knives...a rolling pin... maybe I could grab a big heavy pot to defend myself." But before I had a chance to finish thinking that through, the bottom half of my body had already decided to turn left and head toward the front door. I definitely felt something behind me, but I was too terrified to look back.
As I was walking toward the front door, I saw my shadow. I was thinking that maybe if I got to the front door I could open it up, get outside, and get to the neighbors house. But at that moment, I saw a bigger shadow overtake my shadow, and I realized the door was locked and I wouldn't be able to unlock it, open it, and get outside quickly enough. This time the bottom half of my body and the top half of my body were thinking the same thing at the same time because they both made an abrupt left up the stairs. I was still unable to bring myself to look back, but I knew for certain something or somebody or many bodies were behind me because I could hear their footsteps coming up the stairs. As I reached the top step, I knew if I went left into my dad's office there would be a gun and a phone and a secret hidden crawl space I could hide in and be safe until whatever this is or whoever they are left, or until I woke up and realized this whole thing was just a dream and/or a weird exaggerated sick product of my imagination that I created to scare myself for no reason on this random day in May. My body top and bottom decided to head right and then make another quick right into my room.
Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of what was behind me. I ran around my bed, crouched down, and climbed under as quickly as possible. My heart was beating out of my chest. I was holding my breath. I wanted to scream. I wanted to cry. I saw ONE... TWO... THREE... FOUR shoes enter my room. They both were just standing there. I also saw more shoes walk past my door and down the hall to my dads room. I waited. I gasped. I was so scared. I had never been that scared in my entire life. I had no idea what was about to happen next. I wondered to myself "Are they going to take me away somewhere? Are they going to do something terrible to me here? Are all my friends going to see what happened to me on the news? Why me?" One set of shoes walked toward the door as if they were about to walk out. The other set also turned as if they were about to walk out. "Are they leaving?" I thought to myself. Then, I heard something downstairs. I saw the shoes that were headed toward my dads room run back past my doorway. I could hear them quickly running back down the stairs toward the noise. Right then, the two sets of shoes that were in my room turned back around towards me. One set stayed at the doorway and one came over to the bed. I could see the blanket on the bed start to lift up as if someone was about to look under the bed.
I closed my eyes in terror. But then, I heard this voice. It was a whisper," LINAO". Three times. I heard it again like it was under the bed with me, "LINAO... LINAO... LINAO". I looked down and I could see glowing in my pocket. It was the crystals. They were glowing. The black one was on top. As I looked at it, it made me feel so comfortable and safe. I don't know how, but at that time I just KNEW it was safe to come out from under the bed. So I very slowly began to slide myself out. As I did this, I found myself face to face with a pair of eyes, like literally three inches from my face was someone's face. Their eyes actually weren't mean looking at all. I could tell it was another kid's eyes, but glossed over. Like they were about ready to cry. They looked very sad and almost like they wanted to tell me something. But I was still so scared that I just kept pulling myself forward, pushing my body just enough to get my waist out from under the bed so I could stand up.
I quickly turned my head left and looked at the other one in my doorway. It wasn't looking at me. It was looking down at my bed as if I was still under the bed. They both looked frozen and I could tell that they were girls, maybe eleven or twelve years old. It was almost as if they froze and they were stuck in time. I walked VERY slowly past them, never taking my eyes off them. I walked out into the hallway. I looked toward my Dad's room and I knew that he wasn't there so I turned left and walked down the steps. I took the first step, then the second step. And then I heard a voice coming from the living room, "LINAO!" It was that voice. A familiar voice. I wondered if it could be that kid from the crystals that warned me to wake up because it sounded exactly like the same voice. As I took my third step down the stairs, I looked toward the living room. And I froze. I saw a sharp wooden sword come around the corner with the letters on it C-H-E-E-F-S-I. If there is a reward for having the worst day of your life, that next moment was my reward.
As if in slow motion, this kid appears from around the corner coming out of my living room. The most beautiful, gorgeous, magnificent boy that my eyes had ever seen walked towards me and I literally, for like the eighth time that day, froze in place and could not say a thing. As I was standing there in awe of my knight in shining armour that came to save me, the silence was broken by his voice that yells, "PARKER COME ON! LET'S GO! LET'S GET OUT OF HERE". He grabbed my hand and said, "My name is CHEEF SI''. And at that moment, as all I can focus on is the fact that he is touching my hand, he screams, "RUN! Just as he was about to open the door for me and lead me outside to safety a foot came crashing through the door and hit Cheef Si right in his chest.
He went flying backward and he yelled again for me to run. I could see ONE... TWO... THREE... ninja zombie kids coming through the doors. But these ones looked bigger and stronger than the ones that were upstairs in my bedroom. I jumped down off the steps and made a quick right and ran down the hallway as fast as I could. Then I made another right, and again ran as fast as I could down another hall and made a left right into my dads meditation room... that has no way out... great.
I had backed myself into a corner. I could hear Cheef Si fighting out there. And I started thinking, "If he's just a kid and is fighting, then I'm just a kid and I can fight them too. I have been scared all day, and I am sick and tired of being scared. I am sick and tired of being cold. I don't know where my dad is. I am hungry. There's a pretty cool kid in my house and my hair is completely messed up. I have had enough!" As I balled my fists and got ready for the greatest battle of my life, two killer zombie ninjas started walking toward me. I looked down and saw my crystals glowing. This time they were glowing so bright that I couldn't see anything anymore. It was so incredibly bright that I was completely blinded, and I literally saw nothing but white.
When I woke, I heard that familiar voice again. It was the boy, Cheef Si. I opened my eyes, and I was laying on a strangely comfortable yet hard surface. I could feel that I was outside because I felt the wind on my face. As I tried to focus my eyes on where I heard the voices coming from, I heard them talking. One was Cheef Si, and it sounded like he was upset, and he was talking about me, "What was I supposed to do just leave her there?! They took her dad, AND they have the crystals!" And then the other voice says, "They have the crystals?!" Cheef Si replied, "Yes, Prince Aiden, they have the crystals, but not all of them. Just the cypher crystal." Then the other voice that Cheef Si called a Prince angrily asked, "How did you lose the cypher crystal?!" Cheef Si answered, "I didn't. The girl must have dropped it."
When I got my eyes focused, I realized that we were high up on a mountain.... but then quickly noticed we were also moving. Then I thought that maybe we were on a plane or maybe a hot air balloon... or.... NOPE. The moment I realized that I was sitting on a flying turtle is one I will definitely never forget. A flying TURTLE! A turtle... that is FLYING! So then, Cheef Si and Prince Aiden heard me screaming and came running over and explained everything that was going on. Well, at least as much as I could understand.
Prince Aiden said, "Hi! My name is Prince Aiden. I am from earth too. Don't be alarmed. We are not here to hurt you."
In the background Cheef Si yelled, "LINAO!".
Prince Aiden looked at me and said, "Don't worry about him. You are safe. I'm sure you have a lot of questions. What is your name?"
I told him my name is Parker and he replied, "Ok great. Parker, you live on Earth and Cheef Si, that's him over there..." As he pointed to the kid who came and saved my life. ".... Was training at a place called Turtle Island and he accidentally dropped the crystals that ended up in your front yard where you picked them up. Now those crystals are very important and very powerful to our people. There is an evil, evil, evil, energy/robot called Tamahu."
Again, in the background, Cheef Si yells, "No Problems, Only Solutions! LINAO!"
I asked prince Aiden, "Why does he keep yelling that?"
Prince Aiden explains, "He is one of the UNDALRD members. They are an elite fighting bloodline that defends all the youth in the universe. He has been raised and trained in war and nature. But being that you are a kid, you are completely safe around him because his job is to protect all kids. Sometimes he talks in war chants. For example, LINAO means Losing Is Not An Option. Also, any time there is a problem he only yells out solutions. He doesn't understand defeat, losing, or even having a problem. Oh, and he usually will remind you that he is Number 8."
"Ok, so who is this Tamahu robot thingy?" I asked him.
And prince Aiden replied, "He is the guy that is responsible for the kidnapping of your father. He comes and kidnaps Moms and Dads and turns them into clowns. That's why there are always two clowns. If you see one there's always another nearby. They are bigger and stronger, but they cannot hear. They only have eyesight. Tamahu then turns the kids into his Yaku Army. It takes three Yaku Army babies to turn an Earth kid into a Yaku Army member. Once a kid is turned into Yaku Army he or she will also lose their hearing, and fear will be the only thing they can see. Some are strong, some are fast, some are coordinated, and some are clumsy. Tamahu wants those crystals because he knows that with the crystals, he will have the power to defeat the UNDALRD army."
"LINAO!" Cheef Si yells very angrily in the background.
"Why is he so angry and upset?" I ask.
"Well, because he was sent to Biggity City to be safe because his parents were kidnapped. While he was at Biggity City he went to an Earth Day party where all the kids dress up like kids from Earth. And they asked him to come to Earth and finish his training to help defend Earth." he said.
"Why is Earth so special?" I asked....