The Dragon Girl - The Beginning (English)

7.

"Whatte.." Anna said softly, scared. It wasn't that weird she was so scared. Why had this group of people broken into our home? Who were they anyways? And why did they have those scales, just like I had?!

I was so confused. Why did they need to have our home? Why did they have to have us?!

"Ah, there they are.." said one the people who stood in front. In total they were with 5 people, and looking at their looks, they all had to be at least 30 years old. The man who had spoken came walking towards us, together with the others. Quickly I looked around me while Anna slowly walked to the other end of her room because she was so scared, away from the group. 

There was a window in the roof through which we could flee, but what then? Then we would only be in an even more dangerous situation on the roof where we couldn't just jump from or anything. I looked around for any useful objects in Anna's room, and then grabbed a lamp she had standing on her nightstand.

The group laughed.

"A nightlamp? For real?" said one of the guys from the group, who then came running towards me to take the lamp away from me. I swung it at his head, but he quickly grabbed my arm with one of his hands, after which he grabbed the lamp away from me. "Tuttut, not so violent, little girl."

"We just need you for a bit, so if you could just come with us the easy way, then that would be very nice."

I shook my head. As if I would come with these men who just broke into our home and did who-knows-what to our dad! I walked towards Anna, my eyes still on the group, which was now standing in the middle of the room. Anna was really scared, just like me.

A third man sighed. "You really think you can escape us that easily?"

"Who are you guys anyways?!" I tried to sound confident, but my scaredness didn't allow me to.

"Who we are? Can't you see that?" said the man again, after which he lifted his arm and pointed at the scales on it. "We are the same as you, does that calm you down a bit?" He smiled a bit. But not that kind and calm smile, it was a mean smile, a fake one.

"Emma.. what are they talking about.." said Anna.

"I don't know.." I answered, which was mostly true. I did know I had had those scales as well, but that was it. I didn't know where they had come from, what their purpose was, why they were there, or what they even meant further.

The group calmly came walking in closer. There wasn't much room at the attic, and soon they were standing in a row in front of us. We had no way to go to. The group laughed a bit, after which one of them tried to grab me. But before he could do that, he suddenly feel unconsious on the ground. Behind him stood Eric with a frying pan. He had knocked the man down! I let out a relieved sigh, not just because he was here now as well, but also knowing he was alright.

"Leave my daughters alone!" he yelled out, after which he swung the pan at the head of the next man. The man however had already grabbed a big knife he whore with him, and swang it at the neck of Eric at the same time.

Luckily Eric was faster. He hid the head of the man, who then too fell unconsious to the ground. Only three left! Then suddenly the sound of sirens filled the house. The police was here! I had never thought I would be happy to hear that sound after that fire.

"But how?.." Before I could finish my question Anna had already lifted her phone. While I was busy with that lamp she had notified the cops! Amazing! I smiled, happy it would be over now.

The cops came running up the stairs, while the group stood in the middle of the room, scared, just like we were just a minute before.

"We're here!" Eric yelled at the cops, while he kept an eye on the group, pan ready to give out some extra hits if it were needed. The cops heard him and came running up the stairs, after which they captured the group and brought away. It was over! We were safe for whatever that group was!

"Is everything further alright here? No injuries?" one of the cops asked.

"Everything is fine. Just a small headache, but that will be gone soon enough." Eric said to him.

I smiled. "Thank you" I said, after which the cop smiled back and left the house with the rest of the cops and the group.

That was what I at least hoped for that had happened. A whole pile of scenarios filled my head in which we were safe and the group would be caughed in some way. But the realiteit however was all too real. 

Eric hadn't been faster. He hadn't knocked down the second man. No, in stead of that, Anna now screamed, while I looked shocked at what I had just seen happen. The man had been faster, and now Eric his head lay loose on the ground, while his body kept standing for one more second before it fell on the ground as well, while blood steadily left his body through the hole on his neck.