EDEN [Reign Of The Light Streak]

Chapter Three: Lockdown

"I don't think I can do this dad-"

"Just do it!! You have backup." A male voice ordered through an ear comm device to a lady who sat in a car parked close to Redwood Prison.

She had long black hair dyed with a sparse of sunset yellow at the ends, eyes as blue as the mid-day sky, and an innocent gleam of nervousness serving as a parasite to her full beauty.

In her blue hoodie tagged 'Music4Life' in white, she folded up the sleeves and plugged in a headphone to her MP3 player for some tunes. After stepping out of the Range with her fine white Adidas sneakers, she looked up at the armed guards on the top side of the building and the ones standing before the gate.

Before she moved on, she took a deep breath and muttered "For Daddy."

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In the home of the Woods somewhere in Bane Town, they were packing up their belongings to a family caravan. Martin Woods; the father, in his devastated mood, passed by the room of his daughter with a TV set in hand, announcing "Are you done packing sweetie?"

There was no reply.

Out of anxiety, Martin placed the TV down and knocked on the door, adding "We're waiting for you dear... Herty?"

"I'm not going anywhere Dad!" Herty screamed in anger.

It fumed Martin with rage, causing him to force open the locked door with his strength. "Open the door Herty!! Don't you dare ignore me or you'll be grounded-"

"I'm already grounded!!"

"Alright, that's it." Martin muttered and held the knob with his right hand. With concentration, the door knob finally melted by the heat of his burning hand.

The moment he entered the room, she pointed a pocket knife at him, ordering "Get out of my room Dad. There's no way I'm moving from this house!"

Martin didn't hesitate to melt away the knife from her hands using his vision, but it didn't solve his problem.

Martin jolted ahead and successfully grabbed her hand with force, saying in a deep tone "I'm not asking dear. Now let's go." Reluctant as she was, she kept pulling herself back, spitting insults at Martin in anger until a slap was delivered right on her cheek.

"Shut the FUCK up and follow me-"

"NO!!" Herty shrieked in tears. Her sonic scream hit her dad so hard, he ended up bleeding from his nose after creating a dent on the wall.

Before she could utter any word, Martin stood up from the Impact and stared at her in grimace, wiping the blood running down his nose using his thumb. He remained silent and scurried out of the room in anger.

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"Where's Herty?"

"Where she wants to be." Martin replied to his wife after placing the vehicle key in the ignition.

May; Martin's wife, sighed in disbelief, telling Martin to confess with the looks he disliked.

"Look May, I'm not going to risk forcing another super child of mine to stay with me and do whatever they want. She's just like her brother... they both don't listen. All they do is scream for what they like. I'm done listening to that!"

Immediately when the engine started, the radio played.

It was a news report derived from a State Address made by the Vice President; Edward Mink.