Why?
I cheered along but I didn't really care which team would win. My brother's gift for my birthday was actually more for himself than for me but I appreciated it anyway, it was nice to be together as a family. My aunts, uncles and cousins were all standing beside me, cheering along. I heard a sound among the cheering that didn't really fit it, I looked up and saw sparks like firework. I thought of it as a special effect and turned back to the game. After a while I heard a loud creaking sound of metal ripping. I looked up and saw that the roof of the stadium, a mixture of concrete and metal, came crashing down. I yelled and ducked, holding my hands over my head. A deafening noise, screams and the cracking of bones seemed to crush my ears. Then there was a silence, an uninterrupted silence that really terrified me. A silence that told me that I was the only one left alive even though I knew that there could be people like me left, waiting in silence.
I opened my eyes and saw darkness, I reached out to what was in front of me and felt stone along with something cold and wet. I pulled my hand back and wiped it on my shirt as I looked up, seeing nothing but darkness. 'Is anybody there?' Someone yelled, but the words only reached my ears as a whisper. I opened my mouth but no sound came out. I reached out to the stone in front of my again and pushed but it didn't budge. I pushed again and again for half an hour until my arms were about to fall off. I tried once more and to my relief it moved, letting in a small ray of sunlight. 'Did you see that?' I heard a woman say. 'Yeah, maybe there's someone behind there.' A man said. I pushed again and the stone fell over, breaking apart as it hit the ground. 'Are you okay?' The woman asked as she crouched by my side. I looked at her. Her hair was middlelong and brown, the same as her eyes. Behind her stood a man of about the same age as her, his hair was short and brown and he looked at me with pity and worry in his eyes. 'I'm fine…' I said at last as I crawled past the woman and stood up, trying to keep my legs from shaking.
'What about my-.' I turned around to my family's seats and saw nothing but blood coming from underneath a huge concrete block. 'Your family was with you?' The man asked. I nodded as I looked up at him. 'My mom, dad and my little brother. My aunts, uncles and cousins.' I said coldly as I looked at where they once stood cheering. 'Are you hurt anywhere?' She asked. I looked at my hands and arms and realised that the wet substance on the stone was blood. I shook my head and wiped my hands off on my shirt again. 'Come on, let's get you someplace else.' The woman said as she grabbed my shoulders and steered me towards the exit. Countless people with cameras took pictures and made videos of me while saying things like: 'The only survivor.' and 'miracle child.'. She sat me down in the back of a car, got in along with the man and drove away.
She stopped at the police station and got out, I followed her example and got out as well. She waited for me to walk inside and came after me with the man close behind her. She made me sit down in a chair beside a desk and walked off into an office a little further away. The man sat down in the chair and smiled at me. 'Want something to drink? Hot chocolote or tea maybe?' He asked as he stood up. 'Some water, please.' I said, trying to sound polite and humble. 'Coming right up.' He said as he walked away. I appreciated that he tried to sound happy but it didn't come very close to real happiness. The woman came back and sat down as she looked around, presumably for the man. 'I'm detective Kate Beckett. What's your name?' She asked it on a normal tone, not with any pity in her voice. 'Haylee Sade, nice to meet you detective.' I answered as I held out my hand. She smiled and shook it, surprised at my politeness.
'So you were at the stadium with your family, sorry to ask but why?' 'My father and brotehr gave me tickets for my birthday. Tickets so that the whole family could go see the game.' I answered, remembering how my little brother laughed as he gave me the box with tickets. 'When was your birthday?' She asked, I couldn't tell whether she was really interested or just asked me random questions to pass the time. 'Today's my birthday, 05-11-1995.' I saw how she struggled to find the right words, trying to come up with something else than 'happy birthday'. 'Here's a bottle of fresh water for you.' The man said as he held the bottle in front of me, I gratefully took it and drank half of it in a few gulps. 'Thanks.' I said as I put the plastic bottle down on the desk. 'Did you see or hear anything unusual? Someone who acted suspicious maybe?' She asked. 'I heard a strange sound, something that didn't fit in with the cheering. Something like a sharp, high pitched noise. I looked up and saw sparks like firework. I thought they were special effects so I payed it no mind.' I explained.
'Did you see anyone on the roof maybe?' I shook my head, cursing at myself for not looking better. 'Do you have any family we can contact so that you can stay with them?' She asked as she wrote something down on a little note pad. 'No, everyone was at the game.' I answered. She glanced at the man and looked back at me. 'Any friends then?' I shook my head again. 'We just moved here from the Netherlands.' I fiddled with the edge of my shirt and saw how dirty it actually was, I looked up at the woman with a worried expression on my face. 'I'm sorry to ask but do I have to go to an orphanage now?' The words came from my mouth as if it were a torture and I had to try my best not the let my voice shake. 'Well-.' She said. 'No.' The man interrupted her. 'You don't have to go to an orphanage.' Beckett turned to him, part angry and part worried. 'You can stay at my place.' He said, ignoring her. 'Are you sure? I mean maybe I'll be a bother…' I said. 'No, don't worry. You can't be a bother.' He said as he smiled. 'Castle? Can I have a word with you?' Kate said as she stood up. 'Ofcourse.' The man, Castle said as he stood up as well and followed her.
'Hello there.' Two men walked up to me and smiled. One of them was tanned and the other was plain white, the white guy had more hair than the tanned one but it was still short. 'I'm detective Ryan and this is Eposito.' The white one, Ryan said. 'Nice to meet you, detectives.' I saida s I stood up and helt out my hand. They shook it and looked over my shoulder, I followed their gaze and saw that Beckett and Castle were having an argument. 'She already asked you the questions?' Esposito asked as he looked back at me. I nodded. 'How are you feeling?' As Ryan said it Esposito glared at him, indicating that he was asking the wrong questions. 'It's fine, I don't mind.' I quickly said. 'I'm feeling okay. A little tired and,' I gestured at my clothes. 'dirty.' I lied about feeling okay and they knew, how could someone who'd just lost her entire family be okay?
They nodded with a smile and looked over my shoulder again. I turned around and saw Beckett and Castle coming my way. 'Okay, it's settled You can stay with me for the time being.' He said as he smiled. I looked at Beckett, she nodded halfheartedly. 'Come on, I'll take you there so you can take a shower and put on some clean clothes.' He said as he gestured me to come along. I nodded and followed him out.
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