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Aaron and Sydney

2 days ago, the rescue squad came back. There were 5 people. A married couple in their early 40s, an old man in late 60s, and 2 kids part of our decade. Their names are Aaron and Sydney. They're siblings and are worse than Michael and Taylor. Aaron is 19 and Sydney is 18.

Aaron shares a room with Carter, Nikki, Emma, and I while Sydney stays with the others. Well, used to. Let me explain.

This morning, I woke up on the floor. When I got up, I realized Aaron was in my bed; sound asleep with a smirk. I shoved his shoulder trying to wake him up. He awoke quick and was mad at me.

"Hey what's your problem!?" he yelled at me, waking everyone else up. They stared at us.

"My problem? What's yours!? That's my bed!" I was to angry to care about the others.

"No it's not!"

"I've been sleeping there for the past few weeks!"

"It's mine now kid."

"Get out of my bed!"

"When I pushed you off last night, the floor seemed comfortable to you. You slept like a baby."

"I was unconscious!"

"Not my problem."

"Get out." I was losing my patience. My hands balled into fists.

"No" he smirks again.

"Get. Out."

He sits up on the edge of the bed. "Or what?"

"Just get ou-" he pushes me to the ground. I land beside Sparky's pillow. He jumps and growls at Aaron, who ignores the dog and starts to lay back down. Sparky barked at him and ran to the edge of the bed. Aaron got up and pushed him away. Sparky bit the bed sheets and pulled them off Aaron.

"Ugh. Damn mutt." he said then kicked Sparky to Nikki's bed. The dog was about to run at Aaron again but Nikki picked him up so he could calm down.

"Don't kick him!" She yelled. She really loved that dog.

"Whatever. Next time, let me sleep."

"It's my/Bryce's bed!" everyone in the room except Aaron stated.

He shrugged, "Mine now."

"You can't just take my bed!"

"Just did."

He walks past me. I grab his ankle and he trips falling face first. The room giggles including me. He quickly gets up and grabs me by the collar of my shirt. He frowned hard and blood leaked from his nose. I smirked at him and I heard the girls trying to hold back laughs.

He then grabs my throat and slams me to the floor. Pain shoots through my back and head. Aaron then pulls me by the arm puts me in a suffocating headlock. I kick him in his balls (I had no other defense). He let me go in pain and I fell, gasping for air. He then kicked my stomach, picked me up, slammed my back into the wall, and kneed me in my ribs. All the air was knocked out of me. I couldn't breathe. I could barely think. Right as I fell trying to can my breath, he picked up and threw me into wall. I heard things crack and break, not knowing if it was in the room or me.

I landed on my head and neck upside down. I watched in blurred vision as Aaron started walking to me. Sparky ran in front of him and started to bark angrily. Emma, Carter, and Nikki stood behind the dog.

"That's enough." says Emma.

"Leave." from Nikki.

"Now." and Carter.

Aaron grunted and cursed something. He gave us the finger and walked out, holding his fist in the air. He slammed the door shut and was gone.

Emma looked at me and said something I couldn't hear. I couldn't hear anything and my vision was fading. Everything went black and the last thing I remember is the door opening and 3 figures walking in. Then darkness.