Hidden System

Chapter 1: (Part 2)

*Sabrina Seabrooke*

   "Dominic, Sabrina, James!" Lucas yelled while holding my head. Dominic ran in the room and yelled at Sabrina to get the med kit.

   "What the hell did you do to her?!" he snapped at Lucas.

   "I didn't do anything she came in my room and fell."

   "We need to get her in my room." Dominic tried to pick me up but I screamed in pain.

   "No she'll be in too much pain. Just put her on my bed." they lifted me onto Lucas's bed.

   "Im so sorry." Dominic laid his head on mine.

   "Wait! You did this!"

   "I hurt her hip." Lucas pulled down my shorts enough to where you could see my hip. Blood dripped from a cut that was in a shape of a hand.

   "How are you going to protect her when you are the first to hurt." my eyes started to close.

   "Hey Emma, stay with us. Emma. Emma!" Dominic ran to get Sabrina. The last thing I saw was Lucas's blue eyes filled with tears.

   The sunlight from the window beamed in my face. I jolted upright. I was in a small bed with a radio.

   "Im still in Lucas's room." I sighed. A loud snore filled the room. I looked on the floor and a black animal was curled in a ball. I let out a blood curdling scream and back up against the wall. I stopped breathing and completely froze.
   "Crap." Lucas turns back into a human form. His t-shirt is covered in sweat stains. He touches my cheek and his face flushes. When I unfreeze my scream cracked.

   "Hey. Its ok. You just had a bad dream." he cooed

   "I..I saw."

   "Shhh I know. It was just a bad dream." he pulled me into a hug and stroked my hair.

   "I thought it was going to hurt me." no answer followed, just a long hug. He let out a deep sigh and put me at arms length.

   "Are you ok?" his tone a little more deeper.

   "I guess so." Lucas stood and walked into a small doorway disappearing from sight. I looked down and Im wearing a light blue shirt that's long enough to cover my back side.

   "Are you kidding me."I pulped the covers up over my bruised hip and Lucas walks out the closet. He throws me his hoodie.

   "No one else is in the house. Dominic and Sabrina went to tell your mom your here and James went to visit his dad." he walked out the door into the hallway and left me here. I grabbed his hoodie, ran down the stairs and into Sabrina's room. My hip roared as I limped towards one of her drawers. I pulled out a pair of blue leggings. What's up with this girl and the color blue? I force them on and slipped Lucas's hoodie over my head. A knock echoed through the room nearly sending me through the wall. I landed on my bad leg and fell on my butt.

   "Sorry. Didn't mean to scare you." Lucas lifted me up.

   "Its all good, just a few ripped stitches."

   "Why dont we go eat breakfast and ill stitch you up."

   "Sounds good." he scooped me up, carried me to the kitchen and placed me on the counter. He gave me that wicked smile and headed toward the refrigerator. He scrambled back and forth cooking eggs and bacon. I noticed how he carried himself; slouched, always wore black, had dark circles under his eyes. As if he was never getting any sleep.

   "Lucas. Are you ok?"

   "Yea Im perfectly fine."

   "Lucas, look at me." he set a plate down and stared dead in my eyes. I traced my hand over his cheek.

   "Emma, dont worry about me. You're safe if I do this and I will do anything to protect you."

   "I wont let you hurt yourself just to keep me safe." he never said anything he just sat there and with every second his face inched closer.

   "Did I walk in at a bad time?" James leaned against the wall and had a devilish grin slapped on his face.

   "No." Lucas backed up but he continued to eye me.

   "He was just getting ready to stitch up my hip actually." Lucas gets the memo and grabs the needle, thread, bandage, and vaseline.

   "Ohhh you made me breakfast." James rubbed his hands together.

   "No dummy. I made breakfast for her, so if you want food order some pizza." he glared at Lucas and walked to the couch. While James placed in a order Lucas carefully stitched my cut.

   "So what are we doing today. Running from the government,  killing special ops, or are we going to discuss that big black wolf in your bedroom." I said

   "You are doing nothing, because of your injury. After Dominic and Sabrina finish protecting your mom, they are going to go to a S.M.I. meeting. Im going to buy groceries and a dress for you. While James takes over babysitting duty." he said wiping off the blood.

   "Babysitting duty!?" James and I yelled

   "He watches you while the rest of us are gone and you stay on the couch."

   "Im not a baby and I dont need to be watched." I stated

   "Yea. She doesn't need to be watched she can take care of herself and I was planning on going to my girlfriend's house." James piped up.

   "Nope yall will stay here and you wont leave the house. Understood?" Lucas carried me to the chair and made me sit.

    "Yes sir." James slouched and turned the TV to a horror movie.

    "Please stay here," he said to me "and you. Be on your best behaviour." Lucas rubbed his fist in James hair and walked out the front door.

   "So what do you want to do since we're stuck here."

   "I want to sleep my hip is killing me."

   "While you do that Im going to get wasted." he ran into the kitchen and grabbed two wine bottles. I positioned a pillow under my head and closed my eyes letting my thoughts soar across the horizon. Little did I know I had made a terrible mistake.