"There was a time, when I was alone,

Nowhere to go and no place to call home,

My only friend was the man in the moon,

and even sometimes he would go away to."


Prologue

I looked up to the night sky, and watched the stars shine. It was a clear night, and I could see a million stars in the sky. The night was cool to the touch, telling me that fall had at last arrived. After stargazing for a while I went back to my tent. I went to sleep, enjoying a night of bliss.

The next morning I went to the stream to wash off the grime that had been building up on my body. I prodded the stream with my toe, shivering. Boy it was

cold. I was about to get in when I heard voices. I shoved on my shoes and creeped to the edge of my camp. Men were everywhere, searching through my

stuff. I crept away, keeping low and silent. I looked back. They were totally oblivious. I took another step and CRACK a twig snapped underneath me, making

me jump. I turned to run,. But I heard from behind me, "There she is!" At that, I sprinted through the woods, tripping over roots and rocks and slipping in the

stream. Behind me I could hear the men shouting, "Find her, by any means necessary!" I ran kept running, pushed on by the shouts and gunshots behind me

. I heard gunshot, a loud crack, and then felt pain soaring up my leg. I took another step and tripped on a root. The world spun as I fell, and as I made impact

with the rocky trail, I lost consciousness.


Chapter 1

I awoke with scream and pain searing through my body. My body seemed to burn as i tried to move my limbs. As I tried to sit up, a figure moved over me and

pushed me back down roughly. "She's up. What are my orders sir?,the man said. I sat up, ignoring both the almost debilitating pain and the man. "Yes sir, will

do," he continued. As I surveyed my surroundings, the man addressed me. " My orders are to keep you from getting hurt until the boss gets here, so lay

down." "And if I do?," I asked sitting up more despite the burning pain. "You are only hurting yourself" I rolled my eyes and and looked down to find that my left

ankle had swollen to two times its normal size and my left thigh was bandaged and bleeding. "You were shot and broke your ankle, along with several other

injuries." he told me. I looked at him. he kept talking, " a fractured wrist, three bruised ribs and a concussion. You aren't going to be able to go anywhere

anytime soon, " he said with a smirk, "so why don't you lie down." I stood up and promptly collapsed in a heap on the floor with a yelp of pain. Seeing my

grimace, he smirked. "I told you," He said as he gently placed me back on the bed, "Stay put, the boss will be here soon."

The door opened. and a man walked in. "Good to see you up and well," he said as he glanced at the man. "Leave us." There was a few seconds of awkward

silence before he said, "I'm sorry, we haven't been introduced. I'm Grant Ward, head of this organization. " I didn't answer. The man didn't look like he was in

charge of anything. He wore a black T-shirt and trouser pants, dressed like a average mid 20s guy."You should be lying down, you had quite a incident." He

continued. He looked at me. "Where am I..," I trailed off as I saw a symbol on the door. It was an octopus with a skull for a head. The symbol on the men who

killed my parents.

" Hey. Kid. Snap out of it." he said He looked at me with concern. "You sure that you don't want to lie down?" I shot him an evil eye." Are you

still bleeding?," he asked, putting pressure on my thigh. "What's your name?" he asked as I winced in pain. I know that names can be tracked, looked up. So I

gave him my nickname, Ali. He didn't seem to believe me, but continued anyway. He how he found me. After I was shot they sneaked me under the men who

were chasing me. I was about to speak when gunshots rang out. "Dammit," he said, " we are out of time." He looked around before looking at me. "We have

to leave, now," he spoke with urgency in his voice. "Who is out there?" I asked. He didn't answer. "Are those the people who were chasing me?" I persisted,

unable to hide the fear in my voice. "We have to go," he stated. I stood up, and pain spiked as I let my legs bare my weight. I stood for about five seconds, and

then collapsed. He caught me right before I hit the floor. He placed me gently on the ground. He opened his mouth to speak but got cut off.

The door flew

open behind him and a man walked in. "Give me the girl Ward," he ordered, pointing a gun at him. "No," he responded simply, "I found her first." The man

smiled. "I hope you would say that," he told Ward as he approached. From the door, I could hear more gunshots and yelling, the fighting getting closer to where

we were. The two men fought for what seemed like an eternity. Punches flew back and forth until the Ward went down. The man pulled something out of his

pocket, what looked like a needle, and approached me. He grabbed me and put his hand over my mouth to keep me silent. I looked over to Ward, who was

getting up to reengage in his fight , but it was too late. I felt a pinch in the back of my neck and was now fighting to stay awake. In the doorway, a group had

appeared. "Let her go!" they shouted with guns trained on my captor. The man released me and I slumped to the floor, no longer able to hold out against the

substance he had injected in to me.


Thank you so much for reading! This is my first fanfic so PLEASE REVIEW. I don't really know where the plot is going so if you have any ideas let me know.