Girl in the shadows

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Dec's POV
"Get away from me!" I cried. I started to panic again. Breathing heavily in and out. I felt like I was going to be sick again. Only Ant was the person who could calm me down but he wasn't here at the moment. The person took of their balaclava and I opened my mouth in shock.
"Melissa?' I said about to burst into tears. How could she do this to me? I thought she loved me but I guess I thought wrong. My heart had been ripped to pieces. She didn't reply to me. She ran to switch the lights off and locked the door.
"Hey! What are you doing?" I yelled at her. I didn't know what to do now. I couldn't see anything because the lights were off and my legs are obviously paralysed so I can't really walk across the room to put the lights on. So I'm pretty much stuck. Then I could smell something horrible coming from the other side of the room. Then I realised what it was. Suddenly a massive flame burst out in front of my face. The whole room was light up in flames and I didn't know what to do. I was trapped in here and that's all I knew. My head slowly slumped on the pillow and I fell off the bed. I felt lightheaded and my head started to kill me. Everything went black....

Sophia's POV
"Mummy! My head is killing me!" I said. I turned around but she wasn't there anymore. But she was just there?
"Mummy! Daddy!" I shouted, incase they couldn't hear me. Still no answer. I got up from bed and walked around the house, checking every single room.
"Ok! If your playing some sort of game, it's not funny because I'm actually panicking at the moment!" I bellowed. Nothing happened, no reply. I started to think of everything that could have happened. I had a feeling it had something to do with Stephen but he was in prison, right? I decided that it might just be me and that they would be home soon so I decided to watch TV for a bit. I grabbed the remote control and switched it on.
"Now for the breaking news! Stephen Mulhern has escaped from prison." Said the news reporter. I couldn't believe what I just heard. Now I know this, I feel like I could die. Suddenly the phone started to ring and someone was knocking on the door.
"Mummy and Daddy!" I said out loud. I walked over to the door and I was about to open the door. And I stopped. I had a bad feeling about this. I slowly crept to the window and looked through it. My heart started to pound and my legs turned into jelly. Stephen was at the door and he had an envelope in his hand. Eventually he left and took the envelope with him. The phone started to ring again and I started to panic again. The person just kept ringing and ringing. I walked up to the phone and gave a sigh of relief. It was Ashely. I picked up the phone.
Me- Ashely?
Ashely- where's you mum and dad? I need to speak to them.
Me- that's the thing. I don't know where they are.
Ashely- what do you mean?
Me- I don't know where they are! I woke up and there're gone.
Ashely- I'll be over as soon as I can love. We'll find you mummy and daddy, ok?
Me- Ok, Ashely. I'm scared.
Ashely- I understand sweetie. This must terrifying for you, I'm literally on your street right now.
Me- Ok.

And before I knew it Ashely was here to help me. I opened the door for her.
"Oh, you've got mail, it says it's for Dec so I'll just leave it here." Said Ashely as she picked it up and put it on the side.
"Mail?" I asked confused. I thought that Stephen took it with him but maybe not.
"Yep. Anyway that's not important. We need to find out where you mum and dad are." She said back to me.
"I think Stephen took them and Melissa has hurt Dec." I said back. She looked at me confused.
"Where is Dec?" She said.
"Haven't you heard? He tried to kill himself and has ended up in hospital with his legs being paralysed and he goes into panic mode when someone sees him. Now his hospital room is on fire because of Melissa." Just realising that my parents weren't the only ones in danger.
"So one of us go to mum and dad and the other goes to Dec." Said Ashely and I nodded. Suddenly someone started to knock on the door then it opened. Suddenly my dad came rushing in with mummy in his arms. He had blood all over his hands and clothes and so did mum.
"Ant! Lisa! What happened?" Asked Ashely, helping out my dad.
"Stephen.....kidnapped us.. And hurt us... especially Lisa." Said my dad panting for breath.
"What about Dec?" I asked. I had now idea what was going on at the moment. Then out from no where, an ambulance came in with Dec in a wheelchair. Then they left and left him at the door.
"I swear to God,this day is just messed up." I whispered under my breath. Dec just looked at us blankly.

3rd Person POV
"I thought we where collecting you later." Said Lisa, sitting up. But Dec still kept quite.
"Speak up!" Blurted out Sophia.
"Melissa set fire to my hospital bed. Around 6 hours later, they decided to chuck me out because apparently I caused it when I didn't." Said Dec.
"I'm so confused." Said Ashely, still not knowing what had happened.
"I need to have a word with you." Said Dec as he pointed at Ant. He wheeled himself into the other room and Ant followed him in.
"What is it?" Asked Ant, closing the door.
"I don't understand why Melissa would do something like that to me!" Said Dec.
"Are you sure it was her and not someone else?" Said Ant.
"No, I'm positive that it was her." Said Dec.
"Listen, you've got Ashely. At lest you now know who's right for you." Said Ant, cuddling up to Dec.
"I guess so." Said Dec, leaning closer to Ant. Suddenly Dec placed his lips onto Ant's. Ant back away from Dec and wiped his lips with his sleeves.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that!" Said Dec almost in tears. But kind of did mean it. He had kind of found a new likeness to Ant.
"It's fine. I don't mind, it was kind of cute of you to do that." Said Ant blushing, noticing what he just said. This made Dec blush as well. Ant opened the door slightly.
"Dec's my cousin! I just found out!' Yelled Stephen to Sophia, Lisa and Ashely. Ant and Dec looked at each other in shock....