"Skai! Get up!" I slowly blinked open my eyes, and my scanners registered where I was. I couldn't pinpoint the exact address, but I was in a dark, desolate basement, locked in a cage, the bars made out of a material meant to send electricity down the spine of someone who wanted to escape. I looked up to see Douglas standing in front of the cage. He threw down a set of purple objects and deactivated the cage.
"Go change. You're going to school, and these are the clothes your replica is wearing." He gestured to the monitors that were carefully sweeping over the lab. I resisted the urge to punch him.
"You're sick. Why are you doing this?" His smirk grew wider.
"You'll find out soon enough. Now hurry up and change!" He stormed up the stairs and slammed the door that led down here. I prayed there were no cameras and rapidly slipped on the clothes I had been given, then used my visual manipulation to make my hair appear purple. Only a few minutes after I had finished changing, Marcus snuck down the stairs with a large breakfast. I looked at him in distaste.
"Skai, don't look so angry. I managed to sneak us down a nice breakfast. My dad wasn't planning on feeding you at all." I was still skeptical, but I took the food he was offering me and sat on the floor across from him.
"Why are you doing this?" I asked out of nowhere.
"What do you mean?"
"Why are you being so nice?"
"Do you think I was pretending when I said I loved you?" He inched a little bit closer. "I wasn't, Skai. I actually do love you, but my father would have killed you and used your dead body as bait if I didn't do this. It was the only way I could protect you."
"How can I trust you? You manipulated me, lied to me, drugged me, and then captured me. Do you see why I'm suspicious?"
"I can see how you would be apprehensive, but you have to trust me." He got even closer, face hovering a mere few inches from mine. "Skai, I wouldn't have saved you if I didn't care about you."
"Marcus, you're not-"
"Skai, listen to me. I love you, I really do. I went on that date with you because I love you. I asked you out before my dad told me to do this. It just happened to fall into place like that."
"Uh, I-I..." Before I could finish my sentence, Marcus kissed my lips gingerly. I was just about to kiss back, when he pulled away and looked up at the closed door.
"I have to go, so my dad doesn't get suspicious. I'll see you later." I kissed his cheek quickly. He gave me a goofy smile, then walked up the stairs, shutting the door behind him. I only had time to slip on the purple heels and glasses, then I heard Douglas' harsh voice.
"Skai, we're leaving. Get up here, now!" I sighed and grabbed my bag, then slowly made my way up the stairs, meeting eyes with Marcus for only a moment before I was ushered out the door.
"Chase wins!" Leo held up Chase's hand, then looked at him with a scared look. "Wait, which hand did you lick?"
"That one," Chase answered. Leo dropped his hand and wiped it on Chase's shirt. I was so happy to see all of them.
"Chase wins." Marcus and I casually strolled over to them, his hand linked in mine.
"Hey guys, how's it going?" Marcus asked them.
"Ooh, bundle up everyone. It just got partly creepy with a one-hundred percent chance of annoying. Oh, and Skai's back from the bathroom."
"Oof, am I going to need an umbrella for that?" Adam asked.
"So, you guys wanna hang out at my house after school? We just got a sick new flat screen." My eyes widened and I looked at them, slightly shaking my head to signal 'no.'
"Is it just as sick as you make me? That would be pretty sick."
"We'd love to hang out today, right Skai?"
"Chase it too polite to say it, so I'll say it for him: you're a lunatic, and we're leaving." Leo began ushering all of us out the door to leave, and I panicked slightly, knowing I would have to get back to Marcus'. I looked back at him in concern, and he made a face that said 'do something.' I turned to Leo.
"I forgot something in one of my classrooms. Can I go grab it?" Leo sighed but pointed behind him, indicating that I could go. I ran up the stairs, but I was not prepared for what I would witness next.
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Ooh, cliffhanger!!!!!
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We're Different
Fanfiction*rewrites pending* Skai was found on the Davenport's doorstep, confused and alone. She can't remember exactly where she came from, but she remembers she had an abusive master. The Davenport family takes her in, playing her off as Bree's best friend...
