K is for Kyle Jordan
Kyle is the protagonist in my novel Multi-Mart. He's a quiet boy who constantly gets teased at school. He has no friends and is an only child. His parents constantly argue so he hides away from everything in his comics.
Multi-Mart
Chapter Two: Welcome to Multi-Mart, How may I help you?
Kyle screamed and the old lady alien stepped
back, startled. His eyes focused on his
surroundings. He stood in a large
foyer. Metal grating covered the entire
floor. The walls appeared to be thick
crystal and the ceiling rested fifteen feet above. It seemed to be made of crystal as well
because it glittered as rainbow colored light reflected off it.
The light came from behind him. Strange doorways seemed to open and close,
each one framed with multiple colors. If
he wasn’t so scared, he’d admire their beauty.
He screamed again when he saw what came through
the weird portals. Something gurgled
from a fleshy lump where its head should’ve been. Eight tentacles pulled the thing through the
glowing opening, which closed at once.
Kyle couldn’t run fast enough. With that thing behind him he had no choice
but to bolt forward. He passed the old
alien lady in the blue vest and into the larger open area.
She sighed and replied in a bored voice,
“Whatever. Welcome to Multi-Mart.”
It was brighter here. The ceiling and walls ended, revealing a
building so big that he couldn’t see the end.
The new ceiling rose at least twenty feet.
At the front of the large warehouse-type
building was an impossibly long row of noisy machines. Each one had another short grey alien,
grabbing small items and passing them under a device. Lines of creatures stood by the machines, some
placing other items on small black conveyor belts.
Rows of long shelves covered the entire
floor. Each one loaded with various
items of different shapes and sizes.
Kyle quickly ducked between two.
He bent over and put his hands on his
knees. His shoulder still stung but he
was alive. As he tried to catch his
breath he took a second look around.
It all seemed terribly familiar to him. Lines of beings, each completely different
from the others, waiting while grey aliens checked... no scanned each item. Every E.T. wore the same blue vests and each
had a badge with their picture on it.
Most ran the machines, registers?
Others stocked shelves and some wore red on their badges and moved to
the other grey aliens anytime a light above one of the strange cash registers
would blink.
Like lightning it came to him. It was Wal-Mart. Yet so different. A store for aliens?
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I'm not sure what happened to the formatting there but that is the general idea. Kyle winds up in a store that caters not just to aliens, but the entire Multiverse. This means that any universe could conceivably connect to this store. Both Annabelle's and Eli's worlds will appear in the novel, as well as many more. Kyle will have to save the store from a mad dictator. He'll make friends and learn about himself along the way.
More on this with the letter M.
