Chapter 4: Memories

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When June heard the shout, she was sucked into the past. She remembered something that had happened four years ago on her father's birthday. 
       The house is brimming with people chatting with each other. Laughter peeps its way across rooms. A phone rings in another place. June's father rushes to get it.
       June heard the sound of glass breaking, then shattering to the ground in little tiny pieces. Silence. A shout emerged from the crowd as suddenly as she heard glass crunching under the weight of the figure. 
       The strange person sprinted towards June. A quick flash of a moment, June's father jumped on the stranger just as it had reached for her. June saw her dad grab the intruder's hand and hit him on the head. 
       June heard a thud as the stranger’s head hit the floor. The mask cracked, revealing a slight glimpse of his eyes. They were blue and glistening because of the overhead lights. She also saw a bit of blonde though it looked like almost gold threads. He vanished just as quickly as he appeared. All that remained was one half of his mask.
       All the guests looked baffled. They looked at each other, and June knew what they were thinking. They were all thinking the same thing as her. If he had been able to find this place so quickly, were they all safe? 
       June didn't get a good look at him, but judging by his height, he looked like a kid. Now that she thought about it, the mask did look too small to fit any adults here. And so far, she and Derek were the only kids in the house. 
       Soon after the incident, the police taped her house from to bottom to find evidence. They found some evidence but not enough to figure out who broke in. 
       Not long after, the police stated that they would be interrogating everyone who was at the party. 
       June looked around. Even if she was ten years old, she could still see all the adults nervously fidgeting around trying to shake off what had happened. 
       From what she had heard, one person was injured. 
'Maybe that's where the shout came from.'
       Now that she thought about it, the sound of the shout seemed familiar.
       She heard more sirens in the distance. Ambulances came to check on people. One set of four nurses came and set someone on a stretcher. June saw his face.
       It was Derek. He was still shouting. 
       The memory disappeared. June shook her head and went outside to see what was happening.
       She saw Derek sprawled on the ground with Eric next to him. They seemed to be sleeping.
      That's when June saw it. It was too late to help them. She was hit with a sleeping dart like the other two.

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