Unaware

B L A C K O U T

{Larry}

The next morning I wake up to an empty room like usual. I sit up and stretch my arms and legs, preparing for them to be numb from having them curled in the sheets all night. I smile to myself, thinking of the day I had with Claire, she was fun and I really did enjoy my time with her and she actually opened up about her family which she didn't have to at all. She was so sweet and adorable who wouldn't love hanging around her even Lumen smiles, he never smiles unless she was around. I take a journey to the kitchen and notice Laurent sitting on the couch eating cereal.

"Yay you finally came out of your room, you scared me for a minute." He looked up from the tv and smiled waving me over.

"I was hungry and I missed you guys, you seen Claire?"

"Ah, no I thinks she's still upstairs there's a box... Over there with her name on it....."

"You don't think it's from Locale do you?"  Lau asked sitting up and glaring at the sparkly pink box with either bunny rabbits all around it.

"I bout it I mean it's been what, a month since we noticed his halt in harassment maybe he died of old age."

"Dad is the same age his not old."

"Yeah, yeah he's old bro, speaking of him I haven't seen him come home last night." Lau looked at the door as it opened and shut, when Claire came through looking completely different from yesterday. Instead of her usual cat ears, cute cartoon skirts or white dresses she had on a black skirt, black leather jacket and what looked like holsters on her thighs. She didn't bother to take off the shades when she walked past and didn't say anything. I called her and she stopped, turning towards me.

"Hey, there's a box over there that's addressed to you."

"Hey, hey Lau, When did it come?" She asked taking off her glasses.

"This morning." Lau says pointing in the direction of the box. She rushes over to it and opens it, picking up a white teddy bear with a card clipped to its ear. She looked frazzled, shaken like the bear meant something to her but I discarded the feeling when pounds came from the other side of my door.

"Don't answer that." She said harshly but I ignored her. I look at the counter and sighed realizing Lumen had left his set of keys. 

"Might be Lumen he didn't take his key." The door pounded once again and I rushed to open it, only to be greeted by a handgun rammed into my nose. By pure reaction move out the way of another blow when I see Claire out the corner of my eye, slamming her head into the unknown man's skull, grabbing the gun from his fingers, shooting him in the knee. Panic swarmed over my body as I scrambled back to the kitchen and found Laurent  now sitting in the dining room. He looks up and confusion struck his face.

"What happened?!."

"I don't know, we have to go, come on, right now."

"Where is she?!" Claire screamed at the man who gripped his knee crying in agony. I brushed Lau off and rushed back to the living room where a livid Claire stand over the man she shot. I reach for her and pull her towards me to try to get her to calm down. Her eyes wet with tears of anger.

"Claire baby calm down I'm sure whoever your looking for is just fine."

"Where is she!?!"