After that Sam and I we became pretty good friends. However I never told my parents that I was hanging out with someone outside the family. Living in the family that I live in means never falling in love because you could get someone hurt, or even killed. I’ve never had a real friend before or a boyfriend that matter, and I loved it. I wasn’t ready to let it just walkout of the door, out of my life.

A couple days later sam told me that he was leaving China. His parents were done with their research. I was so upset I didn’t cry though. I rarely cry anymore. I told him to stay with me and my parents. I told him everything about my family and I’s powers. I couldn’t take keeping it a secret anymore. Right now I trusted him more than anyone else. I told him about lilly's powers, the man with the hummingbirds. I spilled the beans and he enjoyed all my stories. He understood completely. He was coming.

Okay, so life goes on as normal. Well no. They found us again, and my family ran, but not before a good fight. Me and Camilla fought hard trying to keep Sam safe. We also found out the Lilly’s power is not wings. She is a shape shifter. When we needed help she would turn into something relevant like a bird or a dragon. But right now she turned into a wolf and stood beside us ready to pounce on any sudden movement. Just then there was a gunshot, a scream, and everything went dark. I was shot. I never said I ran with them did I all I said was my family ran. I awoke later. Confused and dazed I sat up feeling a pain in my right side. how long had I been asleep. “what happened mom?” I heard no answer. i said it again and again and still no answer. Everything was dark I tried to get up but I couldn’t. I was strapped to a table unable to move. All the sudden a light came on. No, not in my head, but the light in the room lit. I was in a cement room. “Hello?” I called out tears streaking my face. “HELLO” I screamed again. I was all alone, and caught.

Someone came into the room. It was a man in a lion mask. “Who are you?” I asked. stopping myself from crying. “What have you done with my family?”.

“You’ll know soon enough.” The man said, with a look of disgust he kept on talking.  “We don’t have your family, but we do have you. Which is enough bait that we need.” With a smirk he continued talking. “ I understand your injured. Correct?”

I nodded to the answer.

“How would you like it to feel worse?”

I shook my head violently.

“Well then tell me where they are.” I said nothing. He asked again, “Well then tell me where they are.” He said in a more stubborn voice now. “Okay boys, turn it on.”

All at once the pain was worse. I felt as if I was being shook by Bigfoot himself. I was being shocked with all the force they had. I screamed. They stopped.

“Now will you tell me?”

“NEVER! Family doesn’t betray one another!”

“Oh really? Then where is your mother? Where is your father?”

“Stop it! Stop it! you can’t manipulate me this way it’s not fair. you have them here somewhere. They couldn’t have abandoned me. Not me.” My voice trailed off as I was shocked again. This time even worse. My shot wound was bleeding now. It was gushing blood. I was crying and then I blacked out.

I dreamt about my family. I dreamt they were being shocked too. Poor Lilly. She’s eight having to deal with this. It was my fault i gave away their hiding spot. I sat there screaming at them to get out of there as they were all taken out of the chair. They were still alive. The guards lined them up against the wall. “What are they going to do?” I asked myself. Just then they were all shot one by one. Shot right in the head. And when It got to my dad he was crying. It was the first time I had seen him cry, and then the gun sound, a scream. And then it was just me again in the lonely cement room with no, dead mom or dad or sister I fell asleep again to the sound of a buzzing light.  

I woke being shocked again this time only wipering with the pain of electricity. “I’m still not telling you where they are.”  I was shocked over and over. I cried out for my mom, my dad, but no one answered no one came to my rescue. I was left in a room with a lion and the invisible shockers.  

I passed out again, but this time when I awoke I found myself somewhere else. did I die? I tried to reach down fo my side to feel the wound, but my hands were tied behind my back and I was attached to a chair. “how nice now I’m probably in a killing chair.”

“No not yet, but soon if you don’t tell me where the rest of your family is.” The voice from earlier said. The room was full of light yet I couldn’t see him. where did he go?

All the sudden out of one of the dark corners came a soft looking boy. I mouthed the words “Help me.” He looked at me with regret as he punched me, square in the face. “What was that for you dip-shit.” I said angrily as I spat blood. He started to cry, I wanted so very badly to get down on the ground and cuddle the poor boy. “Why did you punch me?”

“I had to the the evil man in-inside my head told me me to, or he he would hurt me.” The little boy said between sobs.

“Calm down its alright. Why are you here.”

“I’m here because I can do things no one else can.”

“Like what, and where is your family?”

“Well I can Talk to animals and…” He cut his sentence short.

“And what?”

“My parents are dead the evil voice killed them.”

I was silent, and then came another punch but to the stomach this time. I gaged with the force of the punch. The boy began crying again. I began to think An evil voice in his head? Hmmm Maybe The lion man is getting in our heads. Maybe he has a power to and he wants all of uf for god know why.

I heard a voice “Yes I do need you well I need your power and i almost have it, but I need one more person from your family to complete the transfer. tata enjoy your powers while they last. Jacob in the side of the head…..Now.

I ducked. I had heard his last request of the boy. I knew I had to get him out of here. I used my powers to my best ability trying to cut whatever it was holding my hands together. I finally got it. I stooped down and picked up the little boy I was getting us out of there. I crumbled to the ground. “The gunshot…”  I remembered. It was infected. How was I supposed to get out of here. I touched my side and screamed with pain as I touched it. The boy rocked back and forth. I knew he was about to punch me again. and this time it would hurt.  I got up as best i could and grabbed the boy careful not to hurt him. He threw his left arm around my side, helping me stay steady. I raised my hand and blew of the door. There were armed men outside. I closed my eyes and blew out of my mouth came cold air that froze everyone but me and Jacob. Good, I had kept him safe from the icy winds by holding his hand giving him warmth.

We wobbled out the door. Jacob smiled. “Jacob why are you smiling?”

“I can’t hear the man no more.”

I smiled as well and we wobbled as fast as we could outside. Nobody for the first time ever no one was outside. We found a phone box and called 911 they were on there way. Would I live, or will I die?