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Fuse

Chapter 1

Chris

Whoosh. My eyes flew open to the scent of burning wood. I jolted up in my bed and sniffed the air again. I leaped out of bed and ran to my pink door. As I yanked the door open, I ran into the hallway screaming. I bumped into Falon, my 11 yr old sister. She was crying and she pulled away from me and ran.

"Come back Falon!" I yelled at her, "We have to get outside!". Why was she running away? I ran after her trying to find the others as well. I tripped over a jacket and hit the linoleum floor hard.

"Dang." I murmured. When I staggered up I saw Hunter, my younger brother who was about eight.

He looked scared of me. As if I was being controlled, I turned to look in the small mirror in the room. I let out a scream as I realized the house wasn't on fire. I was. Then I awoke.

"Ugh nightmares." I said with disgust. I walked down the hallway into the dining room. Falon was sitting at the table waiting for breakfast and she looked up at me and smiled.

"Morning," I said as sweet as sugar.

"Morning," she replied softly brushing back her blond hair gently, so I could see her left eye that was usually covered.

"Breakfast is almost done," Isaiah called from the kitchen.

"And remind me why you're cooking?" I giggled.

"'Cause I don't burn the bacon," he replied with a smile. I turned my head dramatically. All three of us laughed then the room got colder.

"Why so serious?" Jude's voice said from behind me and his hands flew over my eyes, splashing me into the darkness.

"Stop," I laughed, "or I'll die of laughing."

I heard a cry come from up the hallway. "Oh, crap, someone go get Josie."

You see since we love our baby sister so much and we think she's special we named her Josie. Simple as that.

"I'll go get her," Isaiah muttered. I just smiled at him in reply. Celeste entered just then in a pink Hello Kitty nightgown.

"Bacon?" she mumbled sleepily in her adorable four year old voice. I scooped her up and set her on her special pink chair. Everyone else pulled out chairs and sat down at the table. I grabbed a chair too and sat next to Jude. Then Isaiah came in the doorway carrying Josie with Hunter following close behind. As they sat down, we started to pass around food and eat And that's how the normal day started. Man, I wish it had stayed that way. But oh well.

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It all happened so fast. Isaiah slid off his chair and he took Hunter and Josie down with him. When he hit the floor he layed flat on his back with Hunter copying him. Josie was clutched on Isaiah's chest. At the same time, Jude snatched Celeste and they dropped to the ground. Fallon dropped off her chair to the floor.

Bang! Smash! Something burst through the kitchen window and hit me square in the chest. I flopped off my chair onto the cold linoleum. I groaned as a color darker than black swept over my eyesight, and then I lost it. You wanna know what I lost? My conciseness.

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Jude

"Come here, Isaiah," I mumbled. He sauntered over and sat next to me, studying Chris's damaged face. He started to cry a little and the little kids were all hugging each other, crying hard.

"Jude, what if…" his voice trailed off to silence when Chris twitched. I grabbed her and lifted her into my arms. My fingers touched her icy cheek. I kept whispering prayers to myself, and hoped she lived. Isaiah grab the first aide kit and grabbed a pair of pliers and plucked out the bullet, luckily it wasn't deep. Then he snipped some surgical thread and sewed up the hole. We had practice at this, too much practice. Suddenly she jolted up, her lips touching my nose for a second then she flinched back a little. "Am I alive?" she whispered to me.

"Yes, yes you are," Isaiah put in quietly.

"Good," she mumbled, then all the little ones tackled her, "Oh hi kids." she said after a humph, as she looked around. I smiled and thought to myself, she's cute when she's surprised. Falon looked at me super quick then away. Almost as if she'd read my mind.

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