The first attempt : Invasion

Chapter 3

Hadrian
I thought back to an hour ago . Her eyes were piercing grey . When she opened her eyes I  felt them pierce through me like knives . I looked down at the scarlet red carpet that made me feel safe . Everything here made me feel safe . Even the air some how engulfed me in safety and comfort. After I lost my home this was the only place where I had felt safe .

I turned the familiar metal door knob and entered into the room I knew much too well to be surprised by . Xavier was sitting on the edge of the bed patiently with a big grin plastered on his face . "You like her " he said suddenly . I was started panicking  inside , but of course put on my infamous poker face. How could he possibly have found out so fast ? "No I don't " I said frowning. Quick think up a good reason why , I thought
"she's really annoying ."

"Don't deny it. Anyone could see it . Except girls they are so oblivious. "

"Yeah you got that right ." I said . I was totally talking about how Anne was oblivious about Xavier's feelings. He still was smirking . "Now it's my turn to pester you "
he said putting his head down and looked up at me ,creepy grinning while gently tapping the tips of his fingers together .

I smiled "What are you going to pester me about ?, like I told you before I don't like her " .

"Sure you don't " he said obviously not believing me . I couldn't blame him he knows me well enough to pick it up when I like someone ."Whatever " I said plopping onto my bed and taking off my shoes . Somehow his grin grew wider at this . I took a quick shower deciding to ignore him .

As step under the piping hot water I automatically feel my muscles relax and my heart rate slowed down . Only then had I realised how tense I was . I closed  my eyes and plastered at the back of my my eyelids was a new image . Instead of the  gruesome images that I usually saw , I saw her . She looked at me innocently with big eyes. Her lips were trembling with fear and the smears of blood and dirt vanished from her face . Beautiful I thought before I opened my eyes and stepped out of the water .

I turned the shower off and watched as the last few drops of water fell out the shower head . When I came out he was already asleep. Then I got under the covers feeling like I just scraped off a layer of dirt.
I closed my eyes and thought about how things have changed so much in the past few years. My eyes started drooping and I was ready to surrender my thoughts to oblivion .
Unfortunately my subconscious decided against it and once again I was worrying about whether Henry would be kind enough to take them in . He wasn't but he was desperate enough. I closed my eyes and slowly drifted of into dreamless sleep . Thankfully it was dreamless .
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Sydney
I was woken up by the sound of the door closing. Must be the doctor I thought, hope it's the doctor . The lights turned on and I bolted up , rubbing slumber out of my eyes . As I threw my legs over the side of the bed , pain decided to revisit . "Hello " said a feminine voice .

I opened  my eyes and saw a tanned, blonde with bright sea blue eyes. She was so skinny and looked so breakable I had a hard time believing she was really a part of this 'program' where everyone was tough and indestructible. She was so perfect that the comparison to barbie was totally significant. She looked completely like a doll , except for the creepy eyes and smile .

Her smile on the contrary was friendly and heart warming . She was  wearing a doctor's uniform , the oversized white over coat almost completely covered  the full sleeve black crop top and and acid wash jeans she was wearing underneath .

She looked way too young to be doctor  . "Hey " I said  "Umm , I broke a few stitches." "A few ? "she asked with a note of sarcasm in her voice . "I'm Anne and you don't have to be so formal I am only a few years older than you ."
I smiled through the pain  and said  " I'm Syd ." "That's a nickname right ? " she asked opening a cupboard . "Yup my name is Sydney. " .