Caught In Eagle Talons

Chapter 3.2: This Poor Child

I forgot to say this in the first chapter, but this book is similar to Into The Woods Somewhere by Staphylococci. She is not on Wattpad but she is on Fanfiction.net. Here is a link to her profile: https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5697459/staphylococci.

Fangs POV:
I awoke to a small tap on my arm. Slowly I opened my eyes to see my daughter (Still feels weird to know I have a daughter) in front of my face.

"Daddy? I'm hungry." I slowly got out of bed and grabbed one of my sweatshirts. 

"Okay, let's go get something to eat." I started to walk downstairs and heard the sound of her little feet following behind.

When I got down there Gazzy was already pouring himself some cereal. 

"Okay, what do you want?" I asked Hope. She shrugged. 

"I don't know. I don't know what kind of food there is." She stuck her thumb in her mouth and looked around the kitchen. She pointed to a basket of strawberries. "Those!"

"Sweetheart, do you know what those are called?"

"No."

I sighed and went to get a bowl.

 "Sweetheart?" Gazzy asked, smiling mischievously. 

"Lay off Gasman. She's five." He groaned.

"I thought that name was gone!" 

I snorted. "With a name like that? It will never be gone Gaz," He groaned again. "Here Hope," I said as I handed the strawberries to her. 

"Tank you, Daddy." She took the bowl to the table and sat down. I watched as she popped a strawberry into her mouth. Her eyes widened as she tasted the red berry before eating a couple more. "These are so good! Whats they called?"

"Strawberries. You've never had them before?" She shook her head.

"We only got to eat gross stuff! Uncle Ari gave me some of his food too!"

"Uncle Ari?" Gazzy asked me at a volume that meant Hope hopefully couldn't hear him. "Did they clone him again?"

"Must've. Hope, what happened to Uncle Ari?"

"He was killed." 

All of us turned to the stairs to see Max, her hair poking up in places from sleep and her face pale. Her brown eyes looked around the room as though she was looking for something but couldn't find it.

I crossed the room to pull her into my arms as she cried softly into my shirt.

"They shot him. While we were escaping, they shot him right out of the sky. I couldn't get to him. By the time I was able to see if he had survived, he was already dead. They killed him, Fang! They killed him again!" 

"Mommy?" Hope asked. She looked up at Max. She was beginning to cry too. "Why are you crying?"

"It's nothing, baby." Max pulled Hope into her arms. "I just miss Uncle Ari, that's all."

"Is he ever coming back?"

Max gave me a look. "No. He's never coming back."