S.T.A.R.S

Eri

Amy Baxter
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Amy watched the child as she sat in the corner curled into a ball, she had only woken a few hours ago but after she had spilled everything she hadn't said a word

The child was odd, at times she seemed to understand what death was but at others seemed to be completely innocent of the concept

She was very different from other children that Amy had dealt with, the child still hadn't said her name or anything, she was a tiny thing with long white hair and eyes that we're nearly red in color

Very odd, she had seen plenty of irregular people but never a child

She looked away from the child turning her attention over to mark, he seemed to be messing with the radio that hadn't been working for maybe days, who knew how long all of them had been cooped up in here

She sighs and looks back to the girl before walking over to her and kneeling down

"Kid.....I'm gonna ask you again, what's your name? And please answer this time"

The girl looked down her face turning red
"I-I-I don't like it....the name mama and daddy gave me"

Amy tilted her head confused
"Why? What is it?"

Evelyn looks up listening as do jack and mark and the girl looks down miserably

"My name is....mistake ....."

"For fuck sake"
Jack whispers under his breath, his accent was harsher when he got angry making him difficult to understand

Evelyn hid her face
"That's horrible....we need to give her a new name, now"

Mark nods in agreement

They all thought and gave normal suggestions, Sara, Alex, Karen and many names that were boring

The kid said no to most of them, but they all had fun, the names got a little stranger as each of the group started throwing in names in their native tung

Evelyn thought hard before snapping her fingers
" I got it, how about 恵理, in American it would be pronounced Eri, it means blessing, and I say it's a blessing that she's still alive after all she's been through "

The all looked at the kid, she had tears welling up in her eyes

Evelyn covered her face Sorry if it was a bad sugge...."

The girl cut her off
"Yes! I like that name....please"

Everyone stared at her and Amy smiles
"Eri it is"

Eri
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The girl smiles, she had never had a name she could call her own, her old name was something that hurt every time she was called it

Her actual given name was mistake, it was on her birth certificate and everything

She looked at the one who had shot her in a different light now, Maybe these people were different.....maybe she could be happy

A loud boom nearby shook them all out of their thoughts

"We need to find a way to evacuate, we won't survive much longer here"
Mark said loading a gun