Safe for Now....

On The Run

It was dark and rainy when my mother ran into my bedroom. "Get Up!! Get Up!!" She yelled. "You have to run you have to. Take your siblings keep them safe you know what to do."

I did know what to do, my mom had told me just a week before that this would happen one day. This day came sooner then I thought it would. It was the shadow. The shadow was said to come and kill all who his master had sent him to kill. Right now he is out to get my family. That was not ok. I had to take my sibings to a place where the shadows could not go. The Bermuda Triangle. It was the one place a shadow couldn't go.

"Why do we have to leave mommy?" Sydney my youngest sister(age 5) asked.

"Because its no longer safe for us to be with mommy." I said.

"But why?" Sydney asked.

"I'll tell you when you are old enough to understand." I said

We got in a taxi and started driving away. I had to get us all to Virginia from Kentucky as fast as I could or else the shadow will get us.

"Where to?" asked the taxi driver.

"Virginia beach." I said.

"That's a long ways away for a couple of kids are you sure you want to go there." He said.

"Just take us there and hurry. It's very important." I said sternly.

There was nothing but silence until.... BANG!!! Our house along with our mother exploded. Sydney and Zara (my other little sister age 6) jumped and looked back. When they saw it was our house they started to cry. Seth (My brother one year younger age 13) comforted them. He too knew what was going on and cared only about Sydney and Zaras safty. He knew I could take care of myself.

"What was that!?" asked the taxi driver.

"An explotion." I said sternly "Now keep driving we have to get to Virginia beach as soon as possible!"

Even though the shadow thought we were dead he will soon find out we are still alive and he will come for us so we must get to Burmuda as quickly as possible.

"Alice are we going to stop at a hotel?" Seth asked me, Yeah my name is Alice.

"Depends on where we are at and whether or not we are close to Viginia beach." I said.

Sydney and Zara stayed quiet and cryed for the entire ride until Sydney had to go to the bathroom.

"I have to go potty." She said.

"Well I have to get gas anyway so while I get gas you go to the bathroom." The taxi driver said.

"Ok, fine but make it fast. We are in a rush." I said.

"You are awfully moody." The taxi driver said.

"Ya, and?" I said.

"Nothing." The taxi driver said.

When we got to the gas station I took Sydney and Zara in to use the restroom, Seth went to. So did I. Hopefully we won't have any more interruptions. We were in Roanoke and we needed to get to Virginia Beach. It will take a few hours though. But we should have enough time. I hope.

When we got to Virginia Beach it was 4:00am. We left at about 11:30pm so that's not bad time. It was too early to go on a boat right now to Bermuda. We would have to wait until 7am. Gee I wish it would just hurry up and be morning! Since we couldn't go anywhere I got us a hotel room for a few hours. To get our minds off of our mother and the explosion I took them to the hotel's pool. We swam for about an hour. It was nice and not rainy here. The water sparkled in the moonlight. It also had an underwater light that made it look oh so dreamy. Zara and Sydney played with the pool toys, while Seth and I raced each other than just sat and watched them play and talked. We always loved to talk with each other. We told each other everything. He may be younger but to me he acts like a big brother. He is so comforting. He even confronted my old boyfriend when he broke my heart last summer. It will be nice still having someone to talk to now that mom is gone.

My dad on the other hand is an alcoholic. He left when I was 3 and Seth was 2. He never came to visit but once a year. I despised him. When he came to visit I didn't say anything but hello and goodbye. He was never there for me when I needed him. So why should he bother to help now? I wouldn't talk to him even if we were the last people on earth.

"What are we going to do about Sydney and Zara? They are so young, they wouldn't understand. They have so many questions but I don't know how to tell them what happened. I wish we still had a dad who cared or our mom. I don't know how I'm going to tell them when there're old enough to understand." I told Seth.

"Well I know you can do this I believe in you. They believe in you to. We have to become parent figures for them so they grow up like mom wanted them to. I will also make it easier to tell them stuff like this." Seth said comfortingly.

After swimming Sydney and Zara were super tired. We went up to our rooms where they fell asleep almost immediately. Seth fell asleep a little after them. I'm glad they can fall asleep because I couldn't. I kept thinking about Sydney and Zara and what Seth said. We have to be parent figures. I kept thinking what if I'm not going to be a good parent?" 14 year olds aren't meant to be parents! I want them to be nice and polite and great girls but I don't know how to be a parent. This is all very complex. I sat thinking about this for a while till I finally fell asleep.

A/N: hey y'all hope you like my new story I'm posting. I was a little iffy about posting it so post comments about mistakes and if u like it please read and tell others to read it!!! Thanks!!!