Chapter 8: investigations

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Why did jack do that? I dont know. Do I let him in? No. You said it yourself, you're never letting anyone else into your heart. Not after what happened last time. Great! Now I'm responding to my own thoughts, I've truly lost it! I continue to pace back and forth across my room and I stop at the window. "What do I do?" I stare out at the people walking in the street holy sh*t!! and there's Maximus asking around with a picture of Ally Parker I run out to the halls "Alec?!?!" I pound on his door "Alec????" Corey opens the door "He's asking around town..come here!" I pull Corey to his window and point at Maximus

"Wow, hes changed a lot"

"What am I going to do? Hes going to find me! He'll take me away! I cant go back! And I just found you again!" I start hyper venilating and Corey pulls me into a hug

"You'll be fine Ally, I promise" He strokes my hair softly "I wont let him hurt you anymore"

"But what if he sees me?" I ask, my head buried in Coreys shoulder

"Then we attack him with his own tests. I have lots of crazy abilities that I unlock every day"

"But I haven't unlocked anything new, All I have is-" Someone knocks on the door and we separate

"Hello?" Corey asks

"There's a man here, he requires a meeting" We open the door and slowly walk to the meeting hall.

"Stay strong and confident, he expects a tiny girl who's scared" I nod and straighten my posture. As we walk in I see Max with loads of keepers "No doubt he paid them all to be here" I smile a little then put my poker face back on. Max and Blackheart talk at the podium until I am gestured to come down from the stands

"Tia, this is Maximus Parker. He would like to ask you a few questions" I nod and turn on my voice modifier "You can speak out in the hall if you like" Maximus nods

"That would be great thank you" I follow Max out into the hallway "Please have a seat" I sit down on a bench and Max does the same "So tell me Tia, how long have you been here?"

"A few days, a week maybe" wow, I got a southern accent. really? Are you kidding me?

"And where were you after that?"

"With my mother and father"

"And where do they live?"

"We moved around a lot. Our car was packed up and we were leaving in the morning but I ran in the middle of the night and came upon here. I never really liked moving every so often you know. You make some friends then after a while, poof! your gone and your the new kid all over again"

"Sooo you don't know where they are?" I shake my head "Ok have you seen this woman?" He shows me a picture of Ally with the word WANTED over it.

"No sir, whys she wanted? If you don't mind me asking"

"Not at all, you see, this woman, Ally Parker, lives with me and someone or something took her from me"

"Does she work for you? Ive never heard of a man looking for an employee"

"No miss. We are dating and I love her. I had made some mistakes in my past and I drove her away, but now I realize everyone makes mistakes and I want her back"

"Then I'm sure that you'll find each other"

"Thank you, now I have one more question" I nod "Is Tia Rose your giving name?"

I nod "You may not find a record of me, my parents kept me a secret because they couldn't afford to pay for a docter or certificates and they didn't want me taken away, now mind you those things aren't very cheap and my parents live in a car"

"Thank you. That's all" I nod and wander off to the woods, climb up a tree, and sing one of my favorite songs, open your eyes by bea miller

"Water and light This is us. History falling down, Hope rising up We're the here and now, All that came before, Can not stay asleep We're not children anymore

We can fight the dark This is who we are There's a new light coming Finally had enough Finally waking up To who we are becoming Open your eyes!

Will you be my love Will you go with me Are you who I dreamed? Or just a memory Will you understand What I have to do Will you be the man The one I thought I knew

We can fight the dark This is who we are There's a new light coming Finally had enough Finally waking up To who we are becoming Open your eyes!

Into the deep blue We'll do this together Water and fire Reach higher There's no turning back

We can fight the dark This is who we are There's a new light coming Finally had enough Finally waking up To who we are becoming Open your eyes!"

"Has anyone told you that you have a magnificent voice?" I turn around to find Max leaning against a tree and I turn my voice modifier back on

"oh um..n-no they haven't, thank you though" He nods "I should really get going, I have training after this" I walk past Max but he grabs my wrist

"What's the rush? Besides Ms.Matthews cancelled everything today because of that meeting I had scheduled" I begin to freak out at how close max is to me

"Well then I should go find my friends, they're probably looking for me as we speak" I get my arm out of Max's grasp and walk back inside.

"There you are Tia!! We were looking all over for you!" Ian runs up and hugs me

"Um ok, let go now"

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