Take Me Home

Chapter 16: Home Alone

What's up?! Yeah, I know it's the sky. I hope you guys like my new cover. I like this one better than the other one. And I got a new chapter! Enjoy!!!

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*two weeks later*

Ezra's P.O.V

Mom and dad gave me a choice to go get a substitute, then go to school later on or be home schooled. Ever since they adopted me, I've been calling them mom and dad. They were fine with it and it made me happy. Dad said that I would have time to think about my choice. So, I waited and started deciding on going or staying.

Right now, I'm drawing a picture of my family but something didn't feel right. I was also, home alone for the first time with Chopper and Phantom. Mom and dad were going shopping for groceries and thought that it would be a good idea to leave me home by myself. Everything was fine, until my instincts were telling me to hide. I shook off the thought, probably just being paranoid because it was my first time being home without anyone except the dogs. I kept drawing my picture which looked like a 7 year old drew it. Of course, that was the last time I drew. The feeling stayed with me and it made me more anxious. I stopped working on my picture and looked around the area for anything suspicious. "Ezra, there is nothing to be afraid of," I told myself.

A knock on the door made me jump and I calmed my racing heart. I got up and went to see who it was. Peeking through the peek whole, I thought I felt that nagging feeling getting stronger. There, at the front of the door was the guy I saved from the collapsed house. 'What was his name, again? Parker? Paul?' I thought and opened the door. Mom told me not to answer the door unless I knew who it was. I didn't really know him that well but maybe if I get to know him...

The man smiled deviously at me with his arms wrapped behind his back, already making me uncomfortable. "Um hi, did you need something?" I asked as politely as possible. For a second, his eyes turned a cold yellow that gave me a chill down my spine. "Why yes, I do need something," he said. "That would be?" I said, about to slam the door and bolt.

"You dead," he pulled out a gun from behind his back and pointed it right at my forehead. "Come with me boy and I think I might let you and your family live," he said slyly. My eyes widen and my body froze to the spot. Phantom came from behind Paul and jumped on him. The sound of gun fire snapped me out of my thoughts and checked to see.....

Phantom lay on the grass not moving. "P-phantom?" I yelled with tears and horror building inside of me. Paul got up and held his arm. He kicked Phantom with all his might, "go to where you came from, mutt!". Then , he turned my way and with the same creepy smile. I quickly shut the door and locked it. Chopper came down the stairs to see what was all the ruckus was about. "Ch-chopper," I stuttered whispering to him, "we need to hide and call for help". Bang! Bang! Bang! The guy was trying to break the door down! I went into the kitchen and grabbed a knife. Me and Chopper ran upstairs and finally heard the door break off of its hinges.

We hide in my room in my secret spot in my closet. Chopper grabbed a necklace looking thing with a button on it and pressed it. The button glowed a crimson color in the dark closet. "Come with me to Empire City, boy!" Paul yelled, "I will train you to be like me or be killed!". I shrunk some more into the closest, wishing I could disappear from out of sight with Chopper. "I will kill everyone you love!" He shouted, getting closer to my room, "and you will be the one to do it". BANG! BANG! BANG! Paul was trying to knock the door down, again! A few minutes later, the door was still up but smoke started to fill the air.

Kanan's P.O.V

I knew we shouldn't have felt him alone by himself! I was driving a little recklessly ever since Hera told me that the emergency button was pushed. "Kanan! Be careful," Hera shouted, irritated with my driving. I stopped at a light and then a police car and ambulance zoom toward the direction of our house.

I looked at Hera and she did the same. The light changed and I drove crazy again to our house. When we got back, me and Hera almost had a heart attack at the sight. There, where our house was, now is in a pile of ash and burn't wood. Squad cars, ambulances, and fire trucks were spread out in the area. Hera and I got out of the car and ran over to Zeb. "What happened and where's Ezra, Chopper, and Phantom?!" I asked Zeb quickly, worried about my son's safety. "Relax Kanan, he's sitting in an ambulance with Choppa'" Zeb said and walked off to help carry something in a bag so big that it could fit a child's body in it. We rushed over to an ambulance and found Ezra and Chopper sitting on the back of the car. "Ezra!" Me and Hera yelled, running over to him in relief. When we were close enough, I saw fear and a hint of guilt in my son's eyes. "Ezra, baby! Are you ok?" Hera asked hugging him to death and she gave him a small kiss on the head.

He began to shake and tears fell from his eyes. Ezra wrapped his arms around Hera and didn't look like he wanted to let go. "Ssshhhh........sssshhhh...... You are ok, everything will be alright," Hera cooed. "No," I heard him whisper. "Why?" I asked him and now am standing next to him. The next three words he said shocked me, "I killed him".

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