Chained

Unexpected visitor

I wake up with a heavy heart, from last night's disaster. I didn't know whether to be frustrated , because my mother is hiding something . Or to be scared of what they might do if we don't obey them. But I know my mom, she wouldn't hide anything unless it was super important and she had to.

Jennifer knocks at my door frame.
" breakfast is ready." she says with a warm smile. She has always been super kind and happy even in ruff times, which is good to have in a person sometimes.
" okay I'll be up in a sec." I say smiling back at her. She starts to turn to leave but I stop her " are you scared from the note that we saw last night?" she pauses and whips her head back around to face me
" why, are you?" " of course, it's me and my family that's in danger.." she sighs and walks over to the end of my bed. " I know Ella , but I also know that you guys are very strong . And me and Brooke both know that we're safe with you guys, and will help as much as we can."

I smile at her and get up to give her a hug. I love Jennifer she's always been there for me. She's at this point part of my family. We've known each other since kindergarten, I can't imagine my life without her.

We both go downstairs and meet my mom and Brooke waiting at the kitchen table for us. Brooke,like always is hunched over a plate of food and not even paying attention just looking on her phone. To be annoying , I go right up to her and snatch her phone out of her hands . "hey! What are you doing?! Are you crazy?!" she stands up in a panic and try to snatch her phone back but failed miserably.

" Brooke who the hell is Marcus?! Is he your boyfriend" at this point her face is beat red "your such a bitch!" she says out of anger and snatches back her phone . all I do is laugh. Mom rolls her eyes. Me and Jennifer sit down . Not soon after that Mom comes over with the pan of eggs and bacon and put some on our plates.

Always love my mom's cooking,breakfast lunch, and dinner. Again I don't imagine my life without her either she's always been there . I love that I have such a good relationship with my mom . I'm always there for her about dad. I don't really remember much about him because I was so young. But what I gather is he was a really good man , and Mom love him very much . Sadly , he had got shot while on the job, right infront of her. It surely traumatized her, that's why she goes to therapy and needs medication for the dreams. Of course still hiding our secret.

We're not ever supposed to tell people what we do. No matter what side we're on good or bad. In other people's eyes it's all super bad. Shadows men are terrible people . Shadow has never revealed his face to anybody, and he runs what we like to think is a cult. He likes to control people an overpower them. Pretty much no one is free everyone does his bidding , and it's dirty work. He thinks he's the king of it all. We are one of the few people who don't work for him. Most of the people who didn't work for him are dead.

That's why he wants me and my family . Because he's literally the eyes and the ears . he knows everything that goes on . So he knows that we're pretty good at cleaning up and getting out. My mom used to work for him . But after she found out he killed innocent people for no apparent reason , she left. He's been trying to get his hands on us for a long time now.

That's why we must be careful , and never keep our guard down.

After I finished my breakfast I stand up and take my plate over to the sink. My mom is by the stove cooking the rest of the bacon. " hey Mom I got to go out for a few" " oh? What for." she says " oh just a couple more clothes, my clothes keep on ripping from the job." I respond. " oh okay dear be careful." i wave and get out the door and get in my car.

It doesnt take long after i got in to Turn on the music and put my shades on. I love driving alone it was the best part of my day. I do it a lot actually, keeps my mind off of the bad things in life.

I finally arrived at the mall. I get in the store quickly. Weirdly enough I don't really like shopping, there's way too many people, so pretty much I just really want to be in and out.

I got to the first clothing store I found and looked around for a few . I found a two pairs of pants that I found nice . I go check them out and go out the doors, just then my phone goes off , but before I could even check it I find myself bumping into a complete stranger. I hit my head on the stranger shoulder I grabbed my head in pain.

" oh my God I'm so sorry, I wasn't paying attention to what I was doing." " all good , I wasn't the one that got hit by your shoulder, you okay by the way?" I look up , to a guy with a cheeky smile , black hair and bright green eyes.

he finally breaks the silence after a while of staring at each other " Asher" he says " Ella" I respond. I continue after I catch myself staring again" sorry for bumping into you." " it's fine with me." he says. I don't even noticed that I had dropped my phone , but he decides to pick it up and start typing in it for a few seconds, and turns it off and gives it back to me.

" have a good day Ella" he says and walks off. I watch him walk away until he was out of my sight. And then remember that he was typing into my phone and I go and check it. It was open to my notes app with a phone number on it And nothing else.

An excitement and rushed threw my body and i hurry home. I get into the doorway and yell Jennifer's name. She comes running down the stairs. " what's wrong is everything okay ?"

" a boy put his number in my phone and I don't how to feel about it.."
" was he cute?" she responded. " yes very, very so hot."

She laugh out loud " you got this girl you should just call him one of these nights."
" I don't know I'll wait a few. I just really don't want to seem creepy."
" okay whatever , not to be rude but you don't get a lot of boys because how busy you are so.." she says shrugging her shoulders I roll my eyes " okay whatever. You are right."

we both laugh and I Rush upstairs to try my new clothes. They'll fit which is good.
I spent the rest of the day pretty much just making cups with my clay . Until I got super tired and got ready for bed , I didn't notice the time was already 8:00 so I get into the covers and I try to rest.

Slowly I start dozing off into a deep sleep. A few hours of me sleeping it didn't take long for something to wake me up. I heard noises coming from my backyard. They weren't quiet they were mostly loud , like someone trying to get up to my window. Since I was turned on to my left away from my window I didn't see what was happening . And before I know it someone was opening up my window , I get kind of scared and pretend I'm sleeping. The Stranger started walking to my door.

So I act fast and I grabbed the hardest object I could find, which weirdly enough it was my glass lamp. "hold it" I say . The Stranger Than whips around. He was holding a gun but his face was covered so I had no idea who this person was.

He slowly starts putting the gun down like he recognized me . but I had no idea who he was so I just threw the lamp. " hey watch it!" " what the hell do you mean you're the one that's pointing a gun at my face." I say screaming back. "shhh" he responds with .

" tell me what the hell you're doing in my house or I'll scream." I didn't know what else to say or do considering I had no weapons and I was pretty much helpless considering he also has a gun. Looking at his belt a lot more gadgets than I can take.

" I was sent here on a mission okay.. I didn't know this was your house maybe I got the wrong one." "you think." he rolls his eyes " I'm new to this okay" he snaps. " no really I couldn't tell dipshit." "im the one with the gun here." he waves the gun in the air.

"sit." for some reason I obey him and I sit on my bed. " I got to take you." I looked at him shocked " no you're not..." " look I have to you know that I'm looking for someone. I can be mean if I want to." in my mind I didn't think he was lying for a second. The dude look like he had a lot of training . and I didn't really want to mess with that I was only 17 and only been doing what I do for a year. He looks like he has years on me.

And before I know it I was climbing out my window with him. I just hope that they try and find me soon , I don't know where I'd end up.