Survival Of The Fittest

Ch.1

***So my first try at writing :/ Hope you like it:)

"Trying is useless! When are you going to accept it?" Adrian stated.
Why did he have to talk in that inhumanly controled voice? Why couldn't he yell, rant, raise his voice even an octave?
I struggled to not let his words have an oppressing effect on me, there was no way I was letting him win.
Think about everything he has done..."You are going to escape, you are going to survive!" I whispered to myself.
"No you're not..surviving is about adapting and you gorgeous ...are not doing that! His sickly adoring voice entered my numb mind...as he continued, "At first, it was your spirit and unwillingness to give up that caught my attention, but now... Lia, now  it is growing tedious."
I let out a small anguished moan as I thought back to what his attention had cost me.

*Flashback

" You caught my attention". The words rung in my head over and over again. How I had managed to cause such a horrifying thing was beyond me...

My name is Lia Winters..I am 15 the oldest of four. My parents have been married for over 20 years and are a fairy tale couple. I have one sister and two brothers who torment me to death but I love them. Jay 12, April 9, and Lewis 5 we lived in a simple two story house with a dog, three cats and a chicken. I get A's in school but I never feel smart and as for my looks...well I don't have very much self esteem..I have classic length* brown hair it is just brown no honey no chocolate just a plain dull brown, honey brown eyes and an average teenagers complexion (I'm too fond of junk food to figure out if it's true that my skin will clear if I stop eating it) as for my weight I am not skinny but neither am I over weight..a size eight. At 5'4 I am neither tall not small...I am just all around awkward.

My best friend, Charlie Andrea Winters is also my cousin and she is my total opposite...with shimmering long blonde hair, a slender body, sapphire blue eyes and rosy cheeks she drew attention wherever she goes and she likes going everywhere ...and dragging me with her!

Now I truly hate shopping...unless it's shoes they are my one weakness but other than that..why can't I just wear black everyday? Usually I can come up with some ingenious excuse to not go shopping but on the day that changed my life forever ...I was guilt tripped into going ...you see it was her birthday and I felt like a true bitch refusing so I put on my big girl pants, smiled and doomed myself to a day at the mall. We have been shopping for forever or that's what it seemed like to me even though by the clock it has only been two or three. After thoroughly window shopping at all the shops Charlie picked which ones she wanted too go into, but I needed a break so I said, "Char I am getting kinda hungry k ...so I am going to go look for a bite to eat... Ok? You keep on shopping I'll be back in a bit" after which I blew her a kiss and walked off. Little did I know!

None of the food in the mall appealed to me..so I left the mall and walked down the street..now I knew this wasn't the best part of town but I really needed some air when all of a sudden said air left my body in a whoosh! I struggled against the arms that were holding me as I tried to remember what I had read in my self defense class, but before I could formulate a decent thought my world went black.

When I came to ...I was completely disoriented and in the dark ..literally. The smell of vomit, human waste, and sweat penetrated the stifling air causing me to gag...as I struggled to find my bearings in the inky darkness surrounding me. I felt a slight rolling motion as I blindly reached out brushing my fingers against a series of metal ridges...then my fingertips encountered something smooth and soft..a soft whimper left the thing beneath me, and I gasped in surprise as I realized the "thing" was actually a child. "Hey, hey," I crooked softly as I settled my back against the wall and gather the child into my arms..."My name is Lia," I whispered. "What's yours?" After a bit the tentative reply came,

"My name is Alice."
"How old are you, darling?" I whispered again. I felt her flinch and wondered why. She answered. "I am 5, Sorry I flinched it's just that's what my step dad called me before he abused me." I felt like I had been shot in the chest , I couldn't breathe...how could this happen? A five year old should never have to say something like that...I pulled her little form tighter into my arms as all the pieces fell together in my head. I was in a container on a ship in the ocean with a group of other women and children Destination: unknown

*classic length is just below the hips