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"Now Number Eight this task requires focus. All your focus." Dad said, jotting things down in his notebook.
"It's Natalia." I corrected, shooting dad a glare.
"Now Number Eight." Dad said sternly.
I rolled my eyes and walked over to the man sitting down in the chair. He was caught on one of our missions earlier this morning. He had barely any hair seeing as it was a buzz cut and wore a black suit with a suitcase he carried around. He kept whining about something about his partner will find him.
"No please, don't do this." The guy pleaded.
I stood beside the man, my hand glowing red.
"What are you waiting for Number Eight? Now!" Dad ordered.
I brought my hand to the guy's head, his yes glowing red. Screams erupted from the man as a white light filled my vision. The light slowly subsided taking the man's screams with it. The sound of crackling fire filled my ears and I looked around to see everything destroyed, broken to pieces. Ash floated in the air around me and panic filled me. What the hell is this. I spotted something buried in the rubble in front of me. A simple umbrella made of steel, the same one that marked the doors to the academy. My eyes widened and I ran towards the rubble. The first body of many I found was an older man who looked a lot like Luther. My eyes widened and I quickly ran through the rubble searching for anyone else.
"Klaus?! Allison?! Diego!? Vanya?!" I yelled, my voice echoing as I searched praying that maybe, just maybe one of them was okay.
Something caught my attention, a single curl over a brick. I quickly ran over to it and went to push off the block of cement over the head of the curl but my hand just went through it seeing as I was only here from that guy's memory. It had to be Allison, there was no way it was Vanya, Vanya didn't have curly hair.
"No, no, no, no." I mumbled.
I ran my hand through my hair, searching around for anyone else. I spotted Diego next he lay on top of cement, blood pooling under him from a giant crack in his head. My eyes widened and I put my hand over my mouth in horror, a few tears falling down my cheeks. I quickly ran away from the body and through the ruble when I noticed my half my foot was gone, vanishing through Klaus' figure that lay over the rubble.
"Klaus!" I yelled dropping down next to him.
Tears blurred my vision and I went to shake him but my hands only went through him.
"Klaus wake up!" I screamed.
Small sobs escaped my lips and I noticed something red in a pooling next to him. I looked to it confused realizing fairly quickly it was blood. I forced myself look to the next victim to whatever had happened here and when I had my eyes went wide and I stared at it in horror. It was me. I was laying on my back, a metal rod through my chest. I let out a gut wrenching scream before I found myself back at the academy my hand drawn back from the guy's head. I stared at the man breathing heavily, tears forming in my eyes.
"What did you see Number Eight? What was his worst fear?" Dad asked.
"Destruction. Utter destruction." I said, a single tear falling down my cheek.
_oOo_
I shot up, instantly regretting it as pain shot through my abdomen. I let out a small groan and held my side to see a bandage there. I stared at it confused for a second before I remembered what had happened. I got shot. I looked around to see I was laying down in my bed, alone. Where the hell is everyone? I mean I was shot for god sake! You think you'd wake up to a thank god you're not dead or oh my god you're awake from at least one of your seven siblings. I forced myself up out of my bed, pushing past all the pain that came with it. I walked over to my closet and changed into a new, not bloody, uniform. I combed out my hair before walking downstairs and towards the door. I want a doughnut, no, I deserve a doughnut.
"Miss Natalia I don't believe walking around in the wisest decision." Pogo said, appearing from the kitchen.
"Where is everyone?" I asked, folding my arms.
"They are all out." Pogo said.
"Some siblings I have." I muttered, slipping my shoes on.
"Five insisted that I give you a message when you wake up." Pogo said.
"What is it?" I asked.
"He is truly sorry for what had happened and wants you to know the pain of seeing you like that was to unbearable for him any longer. He hopes you feel better and that he's sorry for leaving you in a time like this." Pogo said.
"Where is he now?" I asked.
"I'm not sure." Pogo said with a small frown.
I nodded and opened up the door, walking out.
"Miss Natalia where are you going?" Pogo asked.
"To get a doughnut." I said, closing the door behind me.
_oOo_
I walked in the door of Griddy's Doughnuts and saw a man and a woman, both wearing black suits at the counter. I held back groans as I walked over to a stool.
"You said the girl had this tattoo too?" The man of the two asked.
Something told me to get the hell out of here, that I had known this guy's voice from somewhere and that whoever it belonged to wasn't good.
"Yeah, it's such an odd tattoo, an umbrella. And who would let their kids get a tattoo anyway." The woman behind the counter said.
I realized fairly quickly they were talking about the tattoo all eight of us worse on our wrists as a living reminder of our dark past and the horror the academy held behind closed doors. The woman behind the counter looked to me, a small smile forming on her face.
"There's the girl right now." She said, pointing to me.
The two people turned around and the minute I saw their body shape it clicked fairly quickly in my mind that these people were the two shooters from that damn store.
"You." I accused, pointing my finger at them.
"Hey you, you're family is looking for you. Where's your brother?" The guy asked.
"My family? Looking for me?" I asked, laughing after.
"That's rich." I said with a glare.
I walked past the two and over to the counter.
"Doughnut, frosted." I said looking to the lady.
She nodded and turned to grab it from the shelf.
"I'm fine, in case you were wondering. Bullet didn't hit anything major." I said, grabbing the doughnut from the lady.
I turned to face the two of them while taking a bite of my doughnut and looked to the guy.
"You have horrible aim by the way, I was right in front of you I mean come on how do you miss there?" I asked sending a red whisp at each of them.
"I don't know what you're talking about." The lady said, looking next to me confused.
Oh yeah, I used my manipulation so to them there's two of me.
"Mhmm." I hummed, walking past them.
I opened up the door, taking another bite of my doughnut.
"See you around assholes." I called before walking out the door to the car I hot wired.
