Runaway

Prologue

It's was Sunday afternoon I was just a little girl, maybe not even older then 4 or 5. I was in my house with my family that consisted of my big brother, my big sister, my twin, my little sister, my dad, and my mom. We were just getting home from church when everything went down hill.

"Honey, can you get dinner ready?" My dad asked my mother, who was trying to get us children out of the way.

"Of course honey," she smiles, turning and going into the kitchen to make us all dinner.

My little sister ran into the kitchen after our mother because she was "mommy's little helper". The rest of my family sat down in our living room watching TV while I went up stairs to my room. My room at the time when I was 5 was pink and purple with white stripes, I only had it that color because all my other friends did and of course we all had to be in fashion. I laid down on my bed which had a light pink comforter with red hearts all over it. My stuff animals were lined neatly along my bed by the wall and my bed was perfectly made, not even the slight wrinkle could be seen. 

"Makayla get down here so we can eat dinner," my father yells from downstairs. Of course me being the snotty 5 year old I am, I just roll my eyes and slump down the stairs. When I get into the dinning room where everyone else was, everyone was already sitting down at the table waiting for me. I sat down and then that's when it happened.... a loud crash came from our living room. 

My father got up to investigate which I would later learn was the worst thing he could have done. We all hold our breathe waiting for him to come back... but he doesn't. The youngest of us all starts to cry, scared for her life, which she would learn was the right thing to be at that moment and time.

My mother softly coos in my little sister's ear trying to calm her down. I turn my head the other way to see a black figure standing there staring at my family with my father in its claws. When the creature realizes I've seen it, it smiles at me.

"Hello Redden family," it says laughing creepily. My mother turns her head towards where the figure is (later in the future I would find out that its called a Shadow Zine). She screams as she sees my father in the thing's grasp, watching the blood ooze from my father's wounds and hitting our hardwood flooring.

"W-w-what are you!" She screams, hugging my little sister tight.

"You won't live to need to know that." It hisses and lunched towards my family. Before my mom could do anything my big brother jumps up blocking its path to us. Unfortunately for him though the creature sunk its claws into his body making a ripping noise as it happens. I watch in horror at the scene before me just wanting it to stop, but it doesn't. One after another my family is torn apart and ripped to pieces until its just me and my twin.

"B-b-bubby." I cry, hugging him tightly not wanting to die.

"We'll be okay sis, I promise." Danny replies to me, smiling even after what was happening to our family. Right after he said that some people stormed into the house and killed the Shadow Zine. They looked over to see Danny and me hugging each other tightly in the corner then they looked at the dead bodies of our family.

"You poor children." One whispers, looking at us.

"Commander says to get the kids out of here and she will talk to them later," One of them barked an order to the one in front of us. She nods her head and grabs our hands and leads us out of the only place we have known as home.

"Where are we going?" I ask the lady and she just looks at me pitifully and continues to walk. Danny looks at me smiling and mouths 'see I told ya sis'. I nod my head but not liking how the woman looked at me, I turn away from him.

*TIME SKIP TO AN HOUR LATER*

We get to a place that looks like an army base. It has high security (taking as it took 5 minutes just to get into this place) and all the people looked like they were about to go off on you or something. We finally reach a door and the woman lets us out and knocks on the door.

"Don't forget me kids, my name is Lily." Then the door opened and another woman stood in front of us and dragged us into the room.

"Listen here children, you will be shipped to homes where you will be staying." Commander says to us.

"Will we be together?" I asked her hopefully, looking over at Danny.

"No, you might not even see each other ever again." She replied. When I heard those words they went through my heart like knives. I just thought to myself, I might never get to see my brother ever again. I started to cry and cry like there was no tomorrow because really there wasn't for me. See I was one of those anti-social little kids, but Danny made it where I was at least a little bit talkative around others. And now this dumb and mean commander was telling me I might not ever see him again!!!!

"Shh, don't cry sissy everything will be alright." Danny whispered to me, those were the last words he said to me and after that I would never see him again.