Prologue

Percival, Darien, and Lexi, argue constantly. Their father is the only one ever to break them up. But when he leaves suddenly for work at night, the sibling's lives are forever changed.

Why do you have to go to work so late, Dad?” Lexi asked our father.
Dad told us that he’s been called in suddenly and his work can’t be avoided. This hasn’t happened in a while, which is why we’re all anxious about it. Us three didn’t actually know what kind of work our Dad does, other than the fact he’s a scientist. Lexi thought he’s trying to cure Cancer and he’s close to figuring it out, and Percival thought he’s making a weapon for the army that’s almost complete. Darien likes to mind his own business. He doesn’t like to make assumptions. Especially about our father.
Well, it’s not like he wasn’t curious. He did want to know. The problem is that every time he assumed something like that he was always wrong and it made him look like a fool every time he got his hopes up.
Shut up.
What? It's true.
Whatever.
Point is, Lexi, Percival and Darien's Dad never told them what he does as a job. Although they are very close with him, they can't say the same for themselves. Percival respects their father, but not quite the same for the rest of his siblings. Darien doesn't ever argue with their father, but the other two are a different story. And Lexi has never lain a harmful hand on him, but her brothers are completely the opposite.
So whenever our father leaves suddenly late at night like this, complete sibling drama breaks out. As normally expected.
"Percy, why do you get to eat the last of the chocolate??" Lexi whined.
"'Cause, I cleaned up most of dinner," Percy explained. "And plus," he added pointedly, "I can reach the top of the fridge."
"Darien," she addressed her other brother now, "Help me out here!"
The middle brother stares at his phone while playing a mobile game. "Hey, it's not my problem, he got to it first."
"Yeah! That too!" Percy cut in again.
"And stop being a dick," he added to his brother.
"Hey!"
"Yeah! Stop being a-"
"Don't, Lexi."
"Yeah, you're not helping things."
"You too."
"What?!"
"Well at least apologize for taking it!"
"Why? What's the point, I already ate it!"
"I'm going to bed..."
Darien swiftly goes up to his room, which he shares with his brother, for the rest of the night. Percival eventually joins him grudgingly, and Lexi follows suit to her own bedroom as well. When we go back to our rooms, Percival begins playing music out of his phone.
Playing as in, blasting out of his Bluetooth speaker.
Yeah, that heavy metal stuff you listen to. It's still annoying.
Hey I don't care what you say, it's good.
Bet the neighbors wouldn't agree...
Anyway!
Darien, being able to hear the music at its full volume, and be the most annoyed, begins to complain. "Percy!" he yelled over the blare of the music, "Turn that off!"
"No," he replied bluntly.
"PERCY!" Lexi screeched even louder than Darien from her own room. Rather than murdering her vocal cords again, she walks into the room in her pajamas and says to her oldest brother, "Turn that off!"
Percival continues to ignore our protests. Until Lexi gets fed up enough that's she walks over to the speaker playing music and unplugs it.
Now it was my turn to protest.
"Hey!" Percival shouted and walked over to the speaker and his little sister. He reaches for the plug but Lexi punches him in the stomach as he does. Percival groans and recoils backwards.
Now Darien gets out of bed and walks over to his sister and over dramatic brother. "Lexi, that was uncalled for!"
"Yeah, foul play!" Percival added.
Lexi crosses her arms. "Hey, you wanted it to stop just as much as I did."
"Yeah but you didn't have to punch him," Darien told her.
"Still got him to stop."
"Guys, listen!" Darien shouted at the both of them. "We're clearly tired, and mad at each other, I get it. But this happens every single time dad leaves for work. Now let's just all go to bed and not worry about it anymore."
Percival and Lexi reluctantly agree with him and go to bed finally.
That's not what happened at all! We kept arguing for like another thirty minutes and then we got tired and went to bed!
Hey I don't want half this story to just be the three of us arguing.
I'm just trying to be realistic.
We don't want this to be too real you know.
Darien, Percy, shut up.
Just so you know, this whole story isn't about three siblings who have issues with getting along. We're telling you this now so you don't get bored right away. No, this story is about much, much more than that. And if you really want to know what it is, then you'll just have to keep reading. Simple as that.
So after we all go to sleep, something wakes us in the middle of the night. The sound of a door slamming open and a stampede of feet barging in the house. The three of us each lurch up from our beds and freeze.
Percival gets up and tip-toes to the bedroom door to investigate, Darien follows him after a moment. But when we hear a scream across the hall, we throw open the door to find a six foot tall man standing there with an assault rifle in his arms, and what looked like a katana in the loop of his belt! The man was covered head to toe in black armor, so we couldn't see his face.
Darien staggers backwards as the figure raises its rifle up at him. Percival steps in between them and pushes the rifle up at the ceiling, then tries to punch the figure in the stomach. But when his fist connect with him, a loud, metallic banging sound is heard, as well as a few cracks like twigs breaking. Percival howls in pain and grabs his wrist, staring at his broken fingers. The figure melees him with the butt of his rifle. "Percy!!" Darien shouted as his brother fell to the ground with his jaw bleeding.
He snatches a book off his nightstand and tries to hit the enemy with it. But it sidesteps out of the way �" a bit gracefully, Darien thought �" and kicks his feet out from under him and knocking him on his back.
But he's yanked up onto his feet again and shoved out of our room. Percival is on his feet now but is also being dragged by a second man identical to the first. We stumble into the living room behind our sister, who has a bruise on her cheek and is sobbing with tears streaming down her face.
"Who the hell are you?!" Percy struggled against the man pushing him into the living room. "Let us go!"
"I'm afraid that isn't an option, Percival," said a voice. Another man walks through our front door. He isn't wearing any armor, but a suit with a white lab coat thrown over it. The man had black hair and thin-rimmed glasses, and he spoke in a German accent. "I'm afraid you belong to us now."
"Who's us?!" Darien shouted.
He doesn't answer, but just smiles instead. He snaps at the three men holding us, and a blunt object collides with our heads as we fade into darkness...
This is the part where it really gets good. We told you it wasn't about just three siblings arguing a lot. So grab a seat and buckle up, you're gonna be in for one heck of a flight.

Author's Note

Don't ignore grammar problems. I want this to be as neat and grammatically correct as I can make it. So if I make any spelling or punctuation mistakes or anything of the like, then please tell me.

P.S. What do you guys think of the narrators? Are they too confusing? Also, is there anything that isn't clear, or that you didn't understand? If so, then tell me and I can correct that too.

Reviews

[Evie-nerd -befreind]

Its good but the narrator is confusing . Its very interesting keep up the good work

[Creative_Nerd]

I'm trying to make the narrator all three of the siblings. But only for the prologue, since it's them telling the story, not just one of them. Any idea on how I could do that?

[Jonden Chickeness]

I found the narrator confusing. Maybe it would be easier if you picked one of the sibling to be the main character and have it be a first person story from their point of view. There are spots where the narrator talks like he/she IS one of the siblings, and other parts where the narrator is external and talks ABOUT the siblings. Try re-writing it from the point of view of one person and keep it consistent. Also, the tense switches from past and present sometimes. I feel like present tense works well in the places you have it. The twist at the end is mysterious, but I think it's unnecessary for the scientist to announce his name like some over the top villain.

Overall, it's interesting and I'd be curious to read more.

[Creative_Nerd]

Thank you for the advice, I'll look into that as soon as I can. And I specifiacally want the prologue to come from the point of view from all three because this is them telling the story, not just one. It's supposed to reflect on the theme of family. The rest of the book will come from Darien's perspective. But I see what you mean about the past and present tenses, as well as Anson introducing himself. I'll work on this some more. Thanks again.