My Gladiator Family

Chapter 8

~ELLEN'S P.O.V.~

 Caramel, Grian, and I sat in the office at the police station, waiting silently for Sam. "Second time.." Caramel whispered to herself. "What happened the first time..?" I asked quietly. "He got in a fight with another hybrid.. Hybrids can easily change each other. Sam won, but he sent the hybrid and two bystanders to the hospital. He obviously wasn't himself. At the time, he was hurt, scared, bullied, lonely.. He had to let his feelings out somehow." Caramel stared at the floor. Me and Grian looked at each other. I whispered to him, "I told you he wasn't lying." After a few minutes, Sam walked through a door, and he walked up to us.

 "I'm a free man for the third time." he joked. "You're 13. You should be free for the first time still." I argued. He looked at his shoes, and looked back at me. Don't hurt me right now, ok? I rolled my eyes. We walked to the hospital to go see Taurtis.. NOT DOM. We saw Taurtis waiting by a nurse, his arm bandaged. He walked over to us. "Dom wants to see you, Sam and Ellen." the nurse said. Me and Sam looked at each other. "Why?" we both asked. "He said he has some explaining to do." We looked at each other once more, and followed the nurse through the hall. She stopped in front of a door, and me and Sam went in. We saw Dom watching TV with a bandaged stomach. "what do you want?" I asked. He looked at us miserably.

 "Sam, didn't you sense anything?" Dom asked Sam. Sam looked at the floor. I looked at Sam saying, "What does he mean?" Sam looked away. "Sam!" I said louder. He scratched his head, and Dom looked at me. "Ellen, come see." I stepped closer to Dom, curiously. He took his purple hat off to reveal wolf ears.

 That explains everything..

 "Y-you're a hybrid?" I asked. He nodded and said, "I have much better control of myself. I was able to keep my eyes from turning red. I was able to keep you from hearing my thoughts. Wolves tend to be very aggressive towards things that are important to them." "All those years and you never told me? Why?" I asked. "I have a hard time being myself."

 Silence.

 "Thanks.. for telling me." I finally told him. I hugged him lightly and me and Sam left.

 "You knew he was a hybrid and you never told me?!" I yelled quietly to him. He nodded slightly. I sighed, and we walked back to Caramel, Grian, and Taurtis. Taurtis wrapped his un-wounded arm around my shoulder and we walked to Sam's house.

 Sam's (also hybrid) dad opened the door for us, and the first person he looked at was me. "You finally got a girlfriend?" he asked laughing. "haha, ya, NO." Sam joked. Caramel and Grian laughed, and I blushed. Taurtis took his arm off me and said, "I'm Taurtis, and this is my sister-" "I know who she is. Sam won't stop talking about her!" he said laughing. Sam's face burned up with embarrassment and I laughed myself. I'm SO sorry.. I laughed even more. We walked in and Mr. Gladiator fixed us tea and cookies. We watched a movie as we continued to hear embarrassing stories about Sam when he was a baby, like apparently, he used to sneak carrots into the bathtub, and say he was making carrot stew. After a few hours, we decided to have a sleep over at Sam's house. I slept in Caramel's room, and the guys slept in Sam's room.

 ~TAURTIS'S P.O.V.~

 Ellen and Caramel were already asleep, and it was 3:00 and we were still up. "Let's play a prank on Ellen!" Grian said laughing quietly. "What are we gonna do?" I asked. "Is she a hard sleeper?" Grian asked. I nodded. "Let's set Caramel's alarm to 3:10, which is in 10 minutes, get Caramel, and let's all go to the garden and hide!" Grian said. We laughed and decided to do it. I wasn't so sure about it, but it's not that serious. We sneaked into Caramel's bedroom, set her alarm to 3:10, woke up Caramel, and we went to the garden. A few minutes later, the alarm went off.

~ELLEN'S P.O.V.~

 Caramel's alarm went off. I looked at the clock, and it read 3:10. Why did it go off? I looked around sleepily, and Caramel wasn't there. I'm terrified of the dark, and I was alone. I turned off the alarm so it wouldn't wake anyone. I got up and went searching for Caramel, but she wasn't anywhere to be seen. I looked in Sam's room, and no one was there. I thought I heard the floor creak, but no one was there. "Haha, funny guys. Seriously, come out." I said, not amused. I'm scared to death. It's dark, I don't see well in the dark, and everyone is hiding. It's just me and the darkness..

 I went downstairs and looked in every room. The bathrooms, kitchen, living room. No one was there. Ok, now I was extremely scared. "Guys, this isn't funny!" I said a little louder. I constantly looked behind myself, thinking I heard someone. I saw shadows of furniture, and I thought it was thieves or crooks breaking in..

 "Guys, come on!" I said angrily, but terrified. No one came out. Oh my gord.. had they been kidnapped or something?! I started frantically running around, looking for them or anyone. "Guys!!" I said louder. Everywhere I turned, I expected to see tied up friends, but no one was here. I was all alone. I found a flashlight and ran outside. I started crying in the darkness, terrified I was going to be all of a sudden picked up by a stranger. I went around to the garden in their backyard, and looked everywhere. "Guys?!" I screamed. I saw shadows, and knew someone was there. I ran into the small greenhouse to hide. I walked backwards towards the back of the greenhouse, and all of a sudden, someone grabbed my shoulders.

 " *SSSCCCRRREEEEAAAAMMMM* " I yelled for help. I felt myself having a panic attack. I was crying, scared for my life. Someone walked in front of me, but it was so dark, I couldn't see who. My heart raced, and it became harder and harder to breathe right. The person in front of me grabbed my arms, and I slid to the ground. "DON'T HURT ME!!!!" I screamed. "IT'S ME, TAURTIS!!" he screamed. "IT'S JUST US!!" Grian said behind me. I can't believe they did that to me..

 Taurtis helped me up, but I pushed him away. I hated him now. I couldn't trust any of them. "I TOLD YOU GUYS, THIS WASN'T A GOOD IDEA!!" Taurtis yelled at Grian. Sam walked in the greenhouse and I pushed him out the way. "Ellen, come on!" Taurtis said as he followed me. I ignored him out of anger and hurt. He grabbed my arm, and I shook him off. "Don't touch me!!" I yelled at him. I walked back inside, and Taurtis followed me. "Ellen-" "NO! I don't want to hear it!!" I ran in Caramel's room and closed the door. I continued to cry to myself, and Sam talked to me.

You ok?

I don't want to talk to you!

Ya, you do.

NO, I DON'T!!

Are you upset?

WHAT DO YOU THINK???!!!!!

You really don't want to talk to me?

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alright, fine..

No, wait..

What?

I hate Taurtis!

It wasn't his idea, it was Grian's. Taurtis had second thoughts about it, I did too. So did Caramel, even, but Grian didn't know you were that sensitive.

And you do?!

Sometimes I listen to your thoughts..

WHAT?!

I didn't know you thought I was funny.

...

Can I come in?

No.

I'm coming in.

NO YOUR NOT!!

 "Whatever." Sam said as he walked in. I turned to face him, and he saw I was crying. He sat by me on the bed. "Hey, hey." he whispered to me. "It's ok, we're all fine. No one broke in." He pulled me up so I sat on his lap. Taurtis and Grian walked in. "Hey, I'm sorry!!" Grian said pleadingly. "GET OUT." Sam said quietly as he rubbed my shoulder. I wiped my tears and Sam faced Grian. Grian scoffed and turned around to go to Sam's room. "Ellen.." Taurtis began to say. Sam stared at Taurtis as to tell him to get out, too. Taurtis let out a huge sigh and he walked out and followed Grian. "You're ok, your empathy won't bother you." Sam continued comforting me. I was so tired.. I eventually fell asleep on him.