The Gifted Ten

EVELYN

I woke up to a loud noise. My breathing was completely uneven. I strained my ears now as the noise had faded away but I couldn't hear anything.

I'm Evelyn - a regular sixteen year old teenage girl. I live in Rome,Italy . For the past few months I've been hearing these weird noises every night. I wake up and I feel like I'm drowning , but after five seconds everything is alright again . Maybe I'm dreaming, maybe I'm not. I can never be sure .

I decided to go down to grab a snack . It was 2 AM, Friday ,16th January , 2014. A new year had begun. I'd decided on several new year resolutions but I had upheld only about zero of them. As I was walking down the stairs , towards my tiny kitchen, I heard that noise again. Only this time I knew where it was coming from. I opened the window in the hall and peeped outside. No one was outside, the street was empty . Something was still nagging me , I couldn't shake it off. I was wearing my regular track pants and a ratty old hard rock t-shirt. I slipped on my shoes and stepped outside. It was a chilly night , the moon was shining bright. I tried to convince myself that no one was out there . Finally, I decided to go back to my room. I wasn't even really hungry . Suddenly I felt someone behind me. I swirled around to find just air . Out of the blue, two icy,strong hands clasped mine and twisted my wrist. I yowled in pain. My wrist felt broken. I tried squirming away to no avail. I felt a strong blow against the back of my knees. I fell down and screamed for help, hoping my brother would hear me.

I don't remember exactly what happened after that. All I knew was that someone hit me hard, right on the back of my head. After that ........darkness.