Los Angeles, California

23rd February 2016, The Dorsey Residence

After a long day of shopping and running around with Naya, Josey fell into a deep slumber soon after he lay down.

Naya and Ryan crack open a couple ice cold Corona's and sit back to watch the late viewing of Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'n Out on MTV2 where rapper Fabulous is currently roasting Cannon - "I been to Mariah's house, I seen Nick's garage, there was a little pink Barbie car in there, he must be Nick Minaj."

The crowd jumped up off their seats laughing and yelling for a good 5 minutes, as well as the couple on the sofa.

"Ryan shhhh, we need to be quiet. If Josey wakes up you know there wont be any sleep for either of us tonight." says Naya abruptly.

"Aha you were screaming too! Plus the little monkey's had a long day, I'm sure he'll be out till the morning." Ryan replies.

The couple turn back to face the 50 inch flat screen and take a few sips of their drinks.

A loud knock echoes from the front door. Naya glanced at her watch "Its 2am, who'd be here at this time?"

*Ryan gets up from the sofa and walks towards the front door*

Ryan jokes, "Heather maybe? You two always meet up at crazy times and gossip."

Naya lets out a little laugh. "True, but she just gave birth to Owen, she's probably in bed snuggling with the little guy"

*Another loud knock comes from the heavy wooden door*

Ryan: "alright, alright I'm coming.. jheeze"

Ryan opened the door to an agitated LAPD officer.

"Sorry to disturb you in such late hours of the night sir but there's been an incident down the road. We've been ordered to go from house to house informing the residents in this neighbourhood."

*Naya slowly approached the door behind Ryan, laid her hand gently on his lower back and joined in with the conversation*

The officer continues "We advise you to lock all your windows and doo—" a silver 14 inch wheel trim came flying into the front yard, interrupting the conversation.

The three people looked down at the officer's feet where the wheel accessory had landed.

"GET INSIDE!" the officer vigorously yelled as he pulled out his 9mm pistol from the holster.

"NOW!"

Naya and Ryan briskly stepped back, tripping over each other's feet, and slammed the door shut, securely locking it from top to bottom.

"I'll check the house and lock the windows"

"I'll check on Jos—" Naya looked down to see her phone ringing. It was heather.

"Nay, we need to get out of here" Commanded the shaky voice on the other end.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean we need to leave, it's too crowded here. There's people smashing windows and going crazy. Everything's gone up in flames."

"Wha.. What?"

"Get Ryan and Josey in the Jeep and drive up to Taylor's lodge in the San Gabriel mountains. Its quiet up there, we'll be safer"

"Oh..kay, but tell me whats going on heather please"

"Theres no time, I'll see you at the lodge and then we can speak"

"Ok but—"

"Hey Naya" Heather interrupts, "I love you, please be careful", says the blonde before hanging up.

Rivera removed her phone from her ear and looked down. She didn't know what to feel. She was feeling a range of emotions; from a state of contentment after hearing Heather utter those three words, to confusion and fright.

"NAAAYYAAA ! "

Naya sprints upstairs to see Ryan cradling a distressed Josey whilst staring out the window in disbelief.

"Hey baby, you're gonna want to see this"

Naya hesitantly made her way the window to see people fleeing their homes in desperation for safety. There were trees and shrubs that had caught fire and smashed glass all over the road. Their street had been completely wrecked.

"Oh my god." She whispered as she watched the people wreaking havoc. "Get in the car, we're going up to Taylor's lodge"

"But that's all the way up in the mountains! It's a 2 hour drive from here"

"I know but Heather said it's the safest place right now, for Josey and for us."

"Okay take Josey and put him in the car, I'll grab the emergency kit and see you in 5"

Before grabbing the essentials for the road, Ryan gently passed the child over to Naya where she swaddled him up in his favourite blue blanket and gave him a reassuring kiss on the forehead. She walked over to the chest of draws and opened the second draw down to find the old matching paperclip necklace she had with Morris. She picked up the accessory and held it tightly in her fist before sliding it into her back pocket.

Josey let out a cry. "shh it's okay baby, we're going to be okay"