The angel and her demon

~The End~

Amber's POV:

I can say, it is a normal day like any other. The sun, shining amongst the blue sky, and the people are just walking amongst the streets of Los Angeles. I can even make out the small chipper of a beautiful blue bird that stand outside of my window, I feel at peace whenever that bird comes to see me everyday, it seems.

I am in a hospital gown, lying in a hospital bed. The doctors announce, "Ok. We are going to perform the surgery on Amber now..." Both Lola and Casen sit in the room with me,when all of a sudden, an alarm blares out across our phones and it is Casen, who turns on the television, "What the fuck?" He asks openly confused.

When I read the alert message on my phone, it says in all capital letters, 'BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT.' At first, we all think it is a joke. Lola, "This can't be happening right? This is a joke- like that time in Hawaii?"

It is just then that Melody appears on our tv as FaceTime, and I answer it as we all gather close, "Hi, Mel!" We all say. She is in New York, finishing college. She lives in an apartment with her boyfriend, Zach.

She holds this worried expression on her face as she asks us, "Have you seen what is going on?" We all nod our heads as our tv screen is now shared between both Melody, and the news report on the alert texts.

I ask her, "So...how's New York?" She tries to smile, but fails miserably, "Listen guys, the missile alert is real. In less than an hour both Los Angeles and New York are going to be empty craters."

Zach comes to Melody's side, "You guys can still be safe. I've heard that guys come and take people with special DNA, I wasn't supposed to do it, but I did. I checked the list- we are all on it. Remember, when we all took that DNA test as a gag?" We all think back, "Yeah?" She said, "Our DNA is what they want. They want us."

Melody, "Spots are reserved. For all of you guys, for me and Zack. We probably won't even be in a shelter together." Lola is the most confused, "Melody, what are you trying to say?"

Melody doesn't answer her, as she stays focused on the task at hand, "Cars are coming. It will take you, Lola and Casen to Santa Monica Airport, a car will come to get Zach and I- we will be brought to JFK. Go! Go! Guys! They are waiting for us!"

Melody and Zach hug and kiss each other, as they both cry, "We both love you guys very much. I wish we could all be together again, and maybe we will. Just hold onto hope. That's the only thing that matters." Melody's call ends and we all start to panic, "No. No. No. No."

Casen asks, "This is real?" Both Lola and Casen stand up in the room. Lola, eyes wide,says"Guys, we got to go! Come on!" They gather our stuff as quick they can in a hurry, and they finish by the time the news anchor breaks in a breaking news report, "Widespread panic is being reported in major cities around the country. We can now confirm that a ballistic missile alert was texted to public approximately 3:00 pm. Pacific Standard Time."

The news anchor continues, "The Pentagon has not yet released a statement, and there has been no word from the White House. WBN can now confirm that Hong Kong, London, numerous sites in the Baltics and Moscow have all been hit and destroyed by nuclear ICBMs."

It is at this point where the news anchor gets serious, "This is it, ladies and gentlemen. I can't believe we actually did it. We have just been notified to evacuate. I'm not going to make it home. So, if my children are watching this...Daddy loves you very much." He is trying so desperately to hold back his tears, as the line goes dead on the tv.

The alarming siren can be heard from all around the state of California, and probably even further than that at this point. People are committing suicide by falling off of buildings to avoid the blast. I don't know if that is either very brave or very cowardly.

~Past before the blast~

Amber's POV:

I would be lying if I said that there weren't some sad times when we lived with our stepmother, most of the memories I have with her, are ones where she made me feel really bad about myself on a daily basis.

I felt like the only thing I was doing was harming my siblings by being there sometimes. I often felt like I was not strong enough to go on, even though I had Melody, Lola and Casen with me. Melody even told us one day, "I'm not our parents, as much as I wish I was."

I didn't feel like a leader most of the time, nor a good role model for my siblings to follow and have, but they reassured me countless times that I am wrong about that.

That is when we came up with a plan. One of going someplace far away from here where we could be safe from her and her evil minion children. We each saved up enough money and moved into an apartment, where we could each pay the rent, do chores, and live together.

It is amazing, because we never told her or her children where we live. The moment we realized that we had enough money, we took what we could, got ourselves a ride to the apartment, and started our new happy and free lives together.