Adopted by . . . Jeffrey Dean Morgan?

10

The Same Night

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"Kita" Misha said breathlessly "there you are, we've been looking for you" he rushed over to me, taking my hand in his "come on"

He pulled me through the doors, away from Steven and pulled me through the crowd of people, we met up with dad and Jared, both of them instructing Misha to take me behind the stage where I was forced to change in another gown. <~media~>. They had me keep my black high heels on, as well as letting me leave my head chain and jewelry on as well.

"Does anyone want to tell me what's going on?" I asked no one in particular

"We're going on stage" Blake said as he walked out of a dressing room

"Blake?" I asked in shock, "I thought you guys were going to Vegas"

"We have all the time in the world" Jake added as he walked out "plus, we wanted to take you with us"

"I don't think I can do this" I said, my breathing picking up "I have really bad anxiety when it comes to large crowds like this. I can't go on stage, I doing even know what to do, I didn't even know this was happening"

"The routine" they said in unison

"The one we do at home and school?" I asked "that's not even a real thing, we just mess around"

"Just trust your voice" Blake said softly, grasping my shoulders "we got this, and we will be with you every step of the way"

"Guys its time" Jake said

We were led behind the curtains, earpieces were put in our ears, a headset was put on my head but I was also stood in front of a microphone, the boys getting into position.

'Ladies and gentlemen, our first performance of the night' what sounded like Johnny Depp 'we actually don't know what they're called'

The curtain spread open, the large crowd of people clapping as they sat in their assigned seats, my anxiety spiking even more now that I looked at everyone. Their clapping soon died down, leaving us three on the stage in silence,

". . . um . . . hello" I said nervously in the microphone "for those who don't know me, my name is Kita Morgan and I didn't even know I was doing this until ten minutes ago" causing some of the crowd to chuckle, letting my anxiety calm a bit, taking my heels off and setting them to the side, standing straight "we call ourselves Phoenix Empire. And this song basically describes us and our past, we became stronger. We became fighters. We became. . . warriors"

The lights dimmed a bit, causing me to close my eyes as the music began and i took a calming breath

"This is a story that I have never told
I gotta get this off my chest to let it go
I need to take back the light inside you stole
You're a criminal
And you steal like you're a pro"

The twins started the routine we practiced at school and home, I looked back at the crowd, then looking to the sidelines, seeing Demi Lovato smiling at me,

"All the pain and the truth
I wear like a battle wound
So ashamed, so confused
I was broken and bruised"

I looked at the crowd, backing away from the microphone and I felt my headset turn on,

"Now I'm a warrior
Now I've got thicker skin
I'm a warrior
I'm stronger than I've ever been
And my armor, is made of steel, you can't get in
I'm a warrior
And you can never hurt me again"