Hidden Gifts

Thirty-one

What.

The.

Fuck!!!!!!!!!

Sharon fell flat on the floor and faced the sky. She shut her eyes tightly and tried to recall what she had seen.

It didn't make sense!

Humans can't turn into monsters, they're not supposed to. How was she supposed to find a reasonable explanation so that she didn't drive herself crazy.

They all went in the opposite direction as her; the same way she had passed from Vivian's house to here.

Getting up she took in a deep breath and ran in that direction.

"Fuck." Scarlet groaned when Talia wrapped the bandage to tight on her wrist.

"I don't even get why you guys were fighting." Talia says before finally tying it.

"We need to go. We can't just stay here forever. Sharon's going to eventually come back and Devon is going to find us eventually and since we've been getting on his nerves lately I'm absolutely sure without a shadow of a doubt he's bringing back up." Carter says.

"Devon?" Scarlet murmurs. "He's Rodriguez's boss. He works for Devon and so do three other sanctuary owners. I'm guessing he was the one who took me and gave me to that piece of shit. If he's really going to come with back up he would contact Rodriguez and if he did that.. we're in deep shit."

Suddenly there was a loud sound that shook the whole house as all the cutlery vibrated in the drawers before falling out. Lamps were being knocked off their stands and they all feel to the ground.

When they looked outside they didn't see anything other than a cloud of black smoke that looked like some sort of mushroom as it reached high into the sky. People ran but they still didn't see what going on.

"What the hell was that?!" Xavier says.

"I have no idea." Talia murmurs.

There was a loud banging on the door and Carter looked through the peep hole.

"Shit. It's Sharon." He says as him a Talia and him share the same expression that just said they were screwed.

"We need to go." Talia urges.

"Why?" Xavier asks.

"We killed her aunt. We need to leave so she doesn't suspect it's us. She's my friend and even though I feel bad about lying to her I don't want her to know I was involved. Now let's go." They run towards the back door but Talia stops and turns back.

"Where are you going?" Carter asks.

"I just need to grab another shirt. This one is just sad and torn."

"And that's more trivial than this?" Xavier asks.

"I'll be quick." She runs upstairs and they run outside. She rummages through the closet but doesn't see anything that suits her predicament because they're all dresses. She finally finds a green cropped hoodie and runs down the stairs whilst changing her clothes.

It is when she throws it to the ground that she sees there's blood stains on the back, probably when she stuffed Vivian in the fridge. Shaking her head she runs outside to meet the rest.

"Open the fucking door Talia! I know you're in there! Tell me what's going on. Did you see that explosion?!" Sharon yells from behind the door but when no one answers she just smashes the door with her leg but the structure doesn't just fall, her legs get stuck in the hole she made.

Cursing, she wriggles her leg out of the hole and stuck her hand in it searching for the door handle. She unlockes the door and sees no one was inside.