Broken

t w e n t y // f o u r

The fear really hits you. That's what you feel first. And then it's the anger and frustration. Part of the problem is how little we understand about the ultimate betrayal of the body when it rebels against itself.

Scarlet POV-

"Its about your parents."

Oh my god. Are they dead? Hurt? What is going on?

"W-what about them Louis." I stutter.

"Something happened. We found out something that makes us a step closer to x, but puts your parents in a very bad place." He continued, "We found out that when your parents were younger, just starting out of high school, didn't know what to do to get into college, needed money, needed a way to the top. They came across bad people, the mafia. Your parents had a way to certain people the mafia didn't. So they made a compromise, if your parents would kill these people and make it look accidental, they would make sure your parents got to the top, quick. And they agreed, killed a lot of innocent people." Louis calmly, steadily spoke.

"I-I don't get it." I said.

"Scarlet, X is after your parents as well, and will kill." Louis said

I felt everything slowly spin, then everything went black.

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Louis was shaking me awake, and I shot up instantly.

"So, if X is after my family, then why is X mainly attacking me? Why hasn't he tried my parents?" I questioned.

"See, that's what we wondered, but we came upon a hypothesis that sounds pretty well fitted." I nodded, and he continued. "Since your parents had to do those certain things, he probably killed someone from X's family, someone he cared about. So, simply, he's just getting revenge."

"So before he makes his next move, We have to find out who he is, which will take someone from the inside." Zayn said.

He must have walked in during a part in this conversation.

"I am not going back in there." I said.

"You and sarah are." Louis demanded.

"Hah. Funny. No." I sassed.

"Scarlet, you and Sarah have to, Sarah is going to keep you safe, so you two can figure out who X is, in 4 days or less." Zayn added, again forgot he was here.

"Then I want jello." I said, and earned a chuckle from both Louis and Zayn.

"But in order for you to be able to stay with sarah, you have to take a different identity." Zayn started.

"What he means, is you have to not look like you, because, if we bring you back, they will put you in a different ward than Sarah. So we will have to cut and dye your hair, and buy other clothes." Louis concluded.

"No." My hair is my baby."  I growled.

"Scarlet, Sarah will meet us here tomorrow night. Tomorrow, we shop and get your hair done, and we drive you two there the next morning. This is the only way we will know for sure." Zayn added.

"Fine. But when I come back, I'll be going back to red." I said, getting a nod from Louis and Zayn.

"Well, I'm going to go to bed, see you two in the mornin'" Zayn piped up.

He exited the room, leaving Louis and I alone.

"Why do I have to cut my hair?" I whined.

"Well, you just have to style it differently. I don't know the technical terms. But you have to dye it." he answered. "Don't worry, I'll still like you with different colored hair, love."