This is not a game, you have to play,
Chapter 1
It’d only took the words “I want treatment” for Alicia’s older brother, Tyson to almost drag her out of small two bedroom apartment they had shared since their parents went missing three years ago.
Within fifteen minutes Alicia was waiting outside the local hospital in the beat up car her brother had worked long and hard to afford waiting for Tyson to return with a parking ticket. Softly singing along to the song that was playing in her earphones, it took her almost fifteen minutes to realise Tyson hadn’t returned from a journey that should at the most, only of taken five.
She looked around; the parking ticket machine wasn’t visible from the view of the car, so she got out. Who would manage to rob a car in a matter of minutes? She thought, walking around the corner to the ticket machine, thinking there was probably a big queue or it had broke down, but there was nobody there, she walked over – it was working perfectly. She turned back on her heel, back to the car which was still empty. She leant against it and waiting a few more minutes.
He didn’t return.
She entered the hospital, walking over to the receptionist. “Hey, have you seen my brother? About twenty-ish? Green t-shirt, you probably drooled over him like the majority of girls he walks by do” She looked around the waiting room while she asked no sign of him.
“Tyson?” The girl asked, Alicia looked at her, of course she knew his name. She’d been working every time Alicia and Tyson had been in, all they’d learned about her was that she was mad about Tyson like Alicia was mad about the guys in her favourite band, and along with being a terrible receptionist, she was a terrible flirter. “No, he’s not been in”
If Tyson’s almost-stalker hadn’t seen him walk in, she didn’t have to look for him any further into building. He still wasn’t in the car when she came out of the Hospital, she opened the door and grabbed her phone of the passenger seat, she had no missed calls from him, and he wasn’t picking up his phone, which she knew he had with him, because they were going to go and swap it after the hospital. She walked into the town, she didn’t know while he’d go there without telling her but it was the next best place to look.
She repeatedly tried to call him, leaving a new voice mail with various swear words that didn’t even make sense, looking in every shop. It was getting to the point she was starting to get more than a little worried about wherever he had disappeared too. She resorted to the backstreets where she wasn’t exactly allowed. Calling his name quietly, calling him another ten times until she heard a familiar tune, a song. A song that both her and her brother knew.
Tyson’s ring tone.
She carried on ringing the phone until her brothers favourite song became clearer, she hoped she would find the phone with her brother. But she didn’t, his phone was in the middle of the floor, no older brother to be found. She picked it up and put it in her pocket, then she went to walk on but someone suddenly grabbed her from behind.
On instinct she turned round, expecting it to be Tyson. It wasn’t. The grip the unknown attacker had on her arms got tighter and she instantly tried to escape, it felt like the skin he had held of was burning. She went to head butt him, but he dodged, she tried to struggle out of his grasp, that didn’t work either, not even the classic knee between the legs helped.
Before she could try any other method of self defence, someone joined him from behind, she felt and sharp, quick pain in the back of her arm, before she fell to the ground, she managed to stay conscious longer enough to see someone else, smaller than the two men, but defiantly a boy appeared and somehow, impossibly take to two men down with what seemed like just a flick of his hands, both attackers went flying in opposite directions simultaneously, both hitting brick walls, their bodies becoming limp and lifeless.
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Howdy, this is in response to your request for a review, please let me know if this is helpful, and feel free to ask for specific feed-back in the future. AS it is, I'll start with some nit-picking, and move towards a more general opinion.
"It’d only took the words"
took -> taken
"queue or it had broke down"
broken
"She turned back on her heel, back to the car which was still empty"
She turned back on her heel to the car that was still empty.
Generally you'll use "which" over "that" only after a comma, as a sort of tangent in conversation, whereas "that" is more of a straight shooter, requiring no comma and carring on the line of thinking of the previous clause.
"against it and waiting"
waited
"She looked around the waiting room while she asked no sign of him."
She looked around the waiting room while she asked; no sign of him.
Or: full stop after asked. It's a conclusion to a question that isn't asked in the prvious clause, so it's a separate idea that needs a semicolon or full stop.
"“Tyson?” The girl asked, Alicia looked at her, of course she knew his name."
I think breaking this up would make it more accessible to the reader. It's important to signify that you're switching from direct speech to a characterisation of that speech, to a description of a physical response to that speech, and finally to an internal response to that speech through short sentences like so:
"Tyson?" The girl asked. Alicia looked at her. Of course she knew his name.
"she was a terrible flirter"
Just "flirt", no need for the "er"
"she didn’t have to look for him any further into building"
she didn't have to look into the building for him any further.
"of the Hospital"
Doesn't need a capital, it isn't a proper noun in the sense of being the name of the particular hospital.
"her phone of the"
"off" unless the seat owns the phone
"she had no missed calls from him, and he wasn’t picking up his phone, which she knew he had with him, because they were going to go and swap it after the hospital"
Some of these commas could be full stops: short sentences make the scene tenser and the prose easier to read.
"she didn’t know while"
didn't know "why"
"where she wasn’t exactly allowed"
I actually liked this, the word "exactly" shows that she's breaking a rule but trying to ignore/justify it. Good work.
"A song that both her and her brother knew."
"she" and her brother
"until her brothers favourite "
favourite of her brother, so "brother's"
"she hoped she would find the phone with her brother. But she didn’t"
I don't think you need this: the reader knowns she hopes that her brother is ok, and keeping the monologue a little detached from her internal responses and focussed on the search itself makes the scene more suspenseful, as the pace is quicker without resorting to her reaction to the search, and the reader is left to draw their own conclusions of how she feels when you don't directly tell them.
"he had held of "
"he held" or "he had hold of"
"She went to head butt him, but he dodged, she tried to struggle out of his grasp, "
once again, if some of these commas are full-stops, the pace is faster and more abrupt: which is probably something you want for this bit of the scene.
"someone joined him from behind"
Unclear if her or his behind: only clarified in the next phrase, so it was confusing to read.
"she felt and sharp"
"a" sharp
"longer enough "
long enough
"impossibly take to two men "
take two men
"his hands, both attackers "
Once again, a full stop here fixes the longer sentence.
Overall I like it: the suspense builds up: there's a clear climax around the violence and the unexplained box stepping in: though perhaps there could be a little more detail as to how that goes down, even if the girl doesn't understand what she's seeing.
I enjoyed the way that the girl subtly affected the narration, with little phrases like breaking the rule by walking down certain streets: it gave a brif glimpse into her thought processes.
your biggest grammatical concern is run on sentences, but that's easily fixed, as you seem to intuitively know that you require some punctuation, but rely on commas instead. Other than that, there's some basic editing, which I've highlighted above, which I think should be pretty self explanatory.
Once again, good work, I'd be happy to review anything else you care to post.
Peace out,
Rubric.
Hi! TazmaniaGirl to review here!
I'm not really good at Reviewing. I do it a different way to others. I state the obvious and that, but I don't do it a certain way, like below.
Postives :
I love the flow of this story. It doesn't drag on, and it keeps me intrugued.
I lovw some of the words you have used, and the characters names.
Well Done.
Negatives :
There are some sentances that drag on, and on.
Maybe use a few more descriptive words, and I also would love to hear about the characters a little more.
OVERALL -
Well done, and I hope to read more soon!
Hey Red! Sky here (you already know that) for a review.
This sentence runs on for quite a long time. Add commas so that readers have time to breathe
Example:
I just made a few changes here. Contact me if you're confused about them.
Overall:
So, this was an interesting piece to read. Your ending has me begging for more, that's for sure
The only problems that I found were tiny grammatical errors, as in forgetting to put the apostrophe in "Brother's" (we all do it, so it's okay
If you have any questions about this review, contact me via my profile or inbox. Oh, and I would also love it if you could notify me when the next chapters are up
Keep writing,
Sky.