Lightning

1. Protector

"Help yourself." Travis said through a mouthful of pasta. I slapped him upside the head.

"Ow!" He yelled, pasta flying out of his mouth. "What was that for?"

"For talking with your mouth full. You know mom would have done it."

Travis went back to eating his pasta. "Whatever."

I just sighed and poured myself a large helping of my favourite food, right when the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it." I called, setting down my plate and running to answer the door. I look through the small window and see that it's mom. Dad's car is just pulling up in the driveway, since their work hours are around the same. It's kind of strange: mom doesn't really need to work, since dad's business makes enough money for us to live comfortably, but she actually likes her job and chooses to work. I think she's crazy.

I open the door and grab moms keys from her hand, hanging it on the key hook.

"Thanks honey." Mom says, kissing my forehead lightly and going to sit on the table after washing her hands. "Who made dinner?"

"Me!" Travis yelled. "Is it good?"

Mom nodded, taking a bite. "Delicious. Your wife will love you."

"Thank you."

"Hey dad!" I cried, looking towards the door to where my dad was standing. He washed his hands, and joined us for dinner.

"Hi, sweet pea. Oh, and hi, Acusio. You staying overnight?"

Acusio looked over to me, uncertain. I knew that he only planned on staying for dinner, but I also knew that he wanted to stay over and that his mom or my parents wouldn't mind. I nodded vigorously, telling him to stay over. Summer was so boring without him. Besides, we need to continue our FMA marathon. I'm dying to find out what happens next.

"Sure." He finally replies. "If it's okay with you guys."

"Oh Acusio, you're always so polite, you know we don't mind when you stay over. You don't even have to ask, just tell us."

Acusio nodded, getting kind of awkward with the situation. "Thanks, Mrs. Fire."

All of us went back to eating. A few minutes later, we heard the sound of a window shattering. All heads turned towards the noise. Just as my dad got up to investigate, a guy dressed in black came around the corner, fast as a cheetah, and had a knife pressed to moms neck in no time.

"Mom!" I screamed, right when dad yelled "Amy!" Travis and Acusio just sorta sat there, white faced and wide eyed, taking in the situation in front of us.

"I'll be taking her, if you don't mind. I will also be putting a small bomb here on the floor. If any of you survive, you'll have to do certain things to get her back. If you don't, we'll kill her."

The guy in black handed mom over to another guy, who took her away, and set a bomb right on the dinner table.

"It'll activate when I'm out of range." The guy said, and ran away.

Right when he left, my dad was in action. He shoved all three of us out the door and told us to get in the car, handing the keys to Travis.

"What about you?" I asked, tears streaming down my face. My mother had just gotten kidnapped and there was nothing I could do. On top of that, there was a bomb inside my house that would destroy everything.

"I'll be fine." My dad said. "Just go!"

I felt someone grab my hand and pull me towards my dad's car. Travis had his license, but he didn't have a car yet, so he was stuck with driving either my mom's or my dad's. I looked up to see Acusio, pulling me away from my dad who had disappeared back inside our bombed house, and towards the back seat of the car. Travis was already in the driver's seat, a sullen expression on his face.