Olivia's POV
I am currently hiding under the table with Charlotte. Why? You may be asking? Well, it all started the day after the trip to the beach. We somehow woke up in our beds without a memory of walking into the house.
--This morning--
I just finished brushing my teeth and now I was going downstairs to join the rest of my family, who was laughing at my dad's joke, for breakfast.
"Morning, guys!" I smiled.
A chorus of good mornings was thrown at me which made my smile somehow bigger. I sat down and started eating and talking to my sister. We spoke about what school would be like after the break, and what that explosion was yesterday.
A knock at the door interrupted our meal and my dad stood up to open the door.
"Who is i-" Before he could finish his question, he was shot in the chest by a ray of light.
"Agh!" My mom, sister and I screamed in unison.
A bunch of people in white suits, black gloves, and weird masks barged into our house. Three of them carried my dad away, while the rest ran toward us.
"Olivia! Charlotte! Run!" My mom screamed as she grabbed us and ran up to her and Dad's room.
As we approached the entrance of her room, she pushed us in and slammed the door shut.
"Mom!" I cried, "What are you doing? Come in with us!"
"I told you, Olivia," she whispered, "Your life before anyone else's."
And with that, i saw a flash of white light through the crack of the door. My mother and father were dead.
The white suite men were ramming into the door.
"Olivia! What do we do? I'm scared.." panicked Charlotte.
The door was breaking, and we had no time to jump out the window that was over our parent's bed. Plus, that was too high of a jump, it would kill us. I started moving in circles, trying to find an appropriate place to hide my sister and myself. I saw a closet, the door was cracked. I made my way over to it, and fortunately, it was unlocked so there was a way to get in. I grabbed my sister and pushed her under the table that was in the corner.
Right, when I slammed the closet door shut, the bedroom door opened. About ten people barged into the room, knocking over things and breaking pictures and decorations. Ruining the neat bed, breaking furniture, and looking for us.
One man made his way over to the closet and yanked it open. He didn't see us yet, so they began tearing down clothing. He moved closer to us until he finally bumped into the table which caused Charlotte to let out a squeak of terror. I couldn't see the man's face because his head of covered in a scary mask, but for some reason... I could tell he was smirking.
-- Present Time --
"I found the children!" He informed the others.
"Charlotte, run!" I yelled as we both scrambled to get up.
We almost made it to the door, but somebody grabbed me by the hair and my sister by the arm. We were struggling to get free.
"We got 'em, boss," someone called out.
A pale, bald man, wearing a long gray overcoat and a patterned vest with frills stepped into the room, with a sinister smile aimed at me.
"Ah," he began, "Charlotte and..." He paused in front of me as I struggled against the grip of the person holding me, "Olivia Grey."
He chuckled, "What an honor to meet you both. My name is Korse. Olivia, darling, it has come to my attention that your parents have told you BL/ind's plan."
"Yeah, so what?" I sassed, trying to sound unfazed and confident.
"They should not have done that. I don't even know how they got the information about our corporation. Let me make you a deal."
"No deal." I spat
"Shut up!" Korse snapped and slapped me across the face.
The hit caused my sister to scream as loud as she can, "Don't touch her you, ugly bald man! What is wrong with you?"
Korse smirked at Charlotte, then turned to the person holding her, "Take her."
At that command, the man holding my sister left the room with everyone else besides me and Korse.
"Olivia! Help me!" Charlotte screeched, making me cry harder, "Please!"
"Stop! Give her back!" I begged, "I was supposed to protect her!"
"Well," Korse bent down to match my height, "looks like you failed your job."
Standing up, Korse kicked me in the face and left the room. I felt blood trickle down my nose, but that didn't stop me from running to the door and trying to escape. I grabbed the doorknob and turned it only to find out the door was locked. I screamed in frustration and fear. My mother and father were dead and my sister was taken from me.
The only way I could leave the house is through the window, but that was too high of a fall. I ran towards it anyway just to look outside. The city changed overnight. All color was drained from buildings, streets, and people. They were all wearing white clothing similar to each other. They all had smiles on their faces but they look forced.
I have to get out of here, I thought to myself, it's not safe
I quickly took the curtains off of the window and tied them together. Maybe, if I make a long enough rope out of it, I could carefully get to the ground. It wasn't long enough, so I took the sheets off the bed to tie them to the curtains. I decided it was long enough, so I tied my rope to the door since I know that the door wouldn't break with my weight. I grabbed the end of the rope and made my way toward the window and jumped. I was falling too close to the ground. I closed my eyes, thinking I was going to hit the ground and die but opened my eyes once I felt hands on my legs and back. I looked to see how close I was to the ground, and I was barely above it. I turned my head to see who had saved me and saw... some...thing?
This being was covered in black feathers and wore a heavy beaded necklace, and a carved mask, with a purple light surrounding it.
"Who.. who are you?" I asked shocked as it put me down.
"ίՇร กѻՇ ฯѻપɼ Շί๓ε," it's voice sounded female, "ᛕεερ ցѻίกց."
Then, it disappeared.
"Wait! Who are you?" I called to nothing, "Who are you?"
After not getting an answer, I decided to give up on trying to figure out who that was and think of my next move.
For some reason, the word "run" kept playing over and over in my head. It was the voices of my parents and the being that saved me from falling. I decided to listen and ran in the direction that had fewer people.
I would run. As fast as I can. No stopping. Just run until I get out of this city.
<Four hours later>
I don't even know how long I was running, but my legs need a break. I made it to what seemed like the edge of the city since beyond this line there was nothing but a desert. I looked at the city behind me and tried to think if this was the right decision. I was about to turn back to continue my journey into the desert when I felt a very hot pain hit my back.
"Gah!" I screamed and fell.
I turned to see the same people who broke into my house, killed my parents, and took my sister. Well, they may have been different people given that I can't see under their masks.
"Get her!" One screamed as they ran towards me.
Ignoring the pain in my body, I got up and ran further into the desert with a white van with the letter BL/Industries on it. The chase went on for a while, but I somehow managed to escape them. I guess they got tired of chasing me. The pain and exhaustion finally caught up with me, and I collapsed onto the sand. I was about to give up and lay there forever until I heard a sound. The sound of a cat meowing.
I lifted my head and saw a black cat sitting in front of me.
"Oh," I said, reaching over to pet the cat, "Hello! Where'd you come from?"
The cat meows once again, then turns to walk away.
"W-wait!" I said tiredly, "Let me tag along."
I walked behind the cat, wondering where it was taking me.
"Where are we going?" I asked and was answered with the cat's meow, "Alright."
So this is how I'm living now... with a cat.
***2 days later***
It's been two days since I have eaten, drank, or slept. I was beyond exhausted and the hole in my back and blood loss were not helping at all. My vision was getting blurry, and I could barely walk straight. The cat seemed perfectly fine somehow.
"W..wait," I called to the cat which seemed forty steps ahead of me, "I-I can't."
Without even noticing, I was on all fours and breathing heavily. I started gasping for air, which brought the attention of the cat towards me. The cat ran towards me and started nudging my head with its head. Black spots were consuming my vision.
I looked up one last time and saw a car speeding toward me. Before I could get up and run away, the car parked beside me and four men hopped out. I couldn't properly see but I felt one person pick me up carefully.
Scared that they were trying to hurt me, I pleaded very weakly, "No, wait, please."
I passed out before I could hear their response.
:::Party Poison's POV:::
I was driving the Trans AM with Fun Ghoul, Jet Star, and my little brother, Kobra Kid. Jet was in the passenger's seat, while Ghoul and Kobra were in the back. I wasn't paying attention to anything in particular and was zoning out, which I know was dangerous since I was driving. I was taken out of my daydream by Jet's voice calling me to pull over.
"Party," he started, "what's that over there? Pull over!"
I did as he told me and pulled over close to the thing laying on the sand.
"Is that a.." Kobra started, "Little girl? And a cat?"
"Grab 'er, we can help her," Jet ordered.
"Someone get the cat, I don't think she'll like it to stay here," I said.
Jet went to pick up the cat, but it jumped out of his arms and ran out to the desert.
As I picked up the girl, I heard her whisper, "No, wait, please."
"Don't worry," I whispered back, "We're helping."
I felt my hand touch something wet. I brought it up so I could see, and my hand was covered in red liquid.
"She's bleeding!" I exclaimed, "The Dracs shot her, probably."
"We better hurry back to the diner," Ghoul said and rushed into the car.
"Jet," I called the man with the afro, "Can you drive while I hold the kid?"
"Are you sure you don't want me to hold her?" He asked.
"I got her," I said.
We all got back into the car, me in the passenger's seat holding the girl, Jet in the driver's seat, and Kobra and Ghoul in the back. We drove in silence until Ghoul broke it.
"Party?" He called for my attention.
"Yeah?" I called back.
"Are we gonna keep her?"
"Only if she wants to stay. We can't force her to stay with us if she feels uncomfortable, but I'd like for her to stay."
The rest of the guys hummed in agreement.
"We taking her to Cherri's?" Jet asked.
I nodded my head in confirmation.
I guess we have a kid now. Something else to protect with my life.
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