#No_Escape (Book 1) [Editing as of 10/2024]

Chapter 7

"I know everything happens for a reason but sometimes I wish I knew what the reason was..."

It has been a few days since the incident with Birdie. She is feeling better, and her wound seems to be healed. Which means I get to take out her stitches.

"Birdie!!" I call out to her. I can hear her small feet running down the hall from her room

"Yes, Aspie?" She calls back from the other side of the living room.

"I have to take out your stitches babe. Please come here." I say in a soft voice. She comes and sits on my lap. I slowly start to snip each stitch and when I am finally done with the last stitch; she wraps her arms around my neck and hugs me. She lets go of me and takes a seat in the floor. I feel two tugs on my wrists. When I look down, I notice Roe and Shy have my wrists.

"Can we have ice cream?" They both ask. I nod my head and grab their hands, others follow right beside us. I place each child into their seats and walk to the freezer. Shy loves strawberry cheesecake, Dove loves banana split ice cream, Roe loves orange sherbet, and lastly Ty loves Mint chocolate chip ice cream. I place all four bowls in front of the children and take a seat with my own peanut butter ice cream. When everyone is done eating, we all head back to the living room. They love to have their ice cream than have a dance party afterwards. Why? I don't know. If I was their age dancing after eating anything.... I would throw up. But, they're hybrids. They're built so differently than human children.

I walk to the sound system on the wall, and I start to play music. Beautiful soul by Jesse McCartney comes on. I pick you Shiloh and start to swing her around after a little bit; I start to dance with Rowan. All the children are singing and laughing which is music to my ears. I miss you by Blink 182 comes playing through the speakers. Tyson is head banging, why is he head banging? Because it is Tyson. Rowan and Shiloh are dancing together while Tyson is still head banging. Dove is doing the funky chicken with me while we sing, horribly, I might add.

"Where are you? And I'm so sorry
I cannot sleep, I cannot dream tonight.
I need somebody and always. This sick, strange darkness. Comes creeping on, so haunting every time. And as I stare, I counted. The webs from all the spiders. Catching things and eating their insides
Like indecision to call you. And hear your voice of treason. Will you come home and stop this pain tonight? Stop this pain tonight." All five of us scream as loud as we can.

From all the yelling, my attention of awareness is nonexistent. I didn't smell ocean hitting my nose or never did I hear any footsteps.

A blur comes by me, causing me to jump a little. I look over to a new figure and it's Hendrix picking Shiloh up and spinning her around. Hendrix joins in with our singing. Hendrix doing so catches all my short attention span. I didn't even notice more people have now occupied the room until someone coughs.

The coughing makes me jump. I immediately quit dancing and singing with Dove. I turn around to see Aphrodite, Thanos, and Dimitri with Lisa behind him.

"Well, that's one way to keep them occupied." Thanos laughs out.

"That's one funky chicken wing you got there." Aphrodite chuckles as she flaps her elbow like a chicken wing.

"She sounds like a screeching walrus." Lisa has the nerve to say.

"Your hair looks like Barney threw up on it." I sass back with a smug look. Lisa has an irate look in her eyes. She starts charging at me, so I sidestep her. She lunges for me again and again I sidestep her. Her irate has now escalated to a blazing rage.

"Fight me you mate stealer!" She yells out.

"I don't fight in front of the children." I snap back.

"Quit running like a bitch you are and fight me!" She yells again.