Chapter One

Tori's POV

'This house is fucking pointless.'

I threw the book I had been trying to read and strolled around the house, bored out of my mind. We had been here a good three weeks, and from what Kit and Lauren were saying, we'd be here a good long while, also. I saw Derek and Chloe, Chloe leaning against the wall while Derek had his arms pinned on either side of her, and turned a completely different direction. I didn't need anymore lovey-dovey bullshit in my life. I looked at my bedroom door, staring at it like it was it's fault I was stuck here. I saw a movement out of the corner of my eye and whipped around. I felt the sparks fly off my hand, but then they stopped as I realized it was just a flier. I moved and picked it up, reading what was on it.

Selma High School

Join The Football Team!

Looking For Every Position!

Cheerleaders Also Needed!

I smirked at the flier, not even caring how it had wondered up here on the second story. If we were staying here even longer than normal might as well go and get our precious education. I ran back across the hallway, past the making out Chloe and Derek, down the stairs, across the hallway, through the kitchen that held Simon eating a sandwich, out the back door to Lauren who was sitting with Kit on a bench against the forest edge, talking about something that wasn't of any importance to me.

"Lauren."

She lifted her head to me, looking to see what I wanted. I held out the flier. I waited, rather impatiently, as she read it, showed it to Kit, who also read it. She finally unglued her eyes from the flier and glued them back on me.

"I think it's a decent idea. What about you, Kit?"

He nodded in agreement, taking a sip of his coffee. I smiled, running back through the house to my room. I opened and slammed the door shut, jumping onto my bed.

"Tomorrow's gunna be a good day."

Aly-Kat's POV

"They're going to school. But they've got some people that look familiar to me, but I don't know who they are."

I nodded at my brother, looking out the window. I could see their house, but from the second story, that's not what mattered to me. I looked into the forest, waiting the arrival of Chad. He always came, every day at the same time. He'd be able to keep a lookout for me. I saw a glimpse of strawberry blonde hair, then it disappeared back into the forest. I waited, feeling the air around me shimmer slightly as my bother moved closer to the window to watch. We waited, patiently, as Chad came out of the forest, pulling his hood up, walking to the house. I heard the door open, as I kept staring out into the forest. I narrowed my eyes slightly as the darkness within moved. I saw bright green eyes looking up at me, then disappear quickly.

"What're you staring at, Aly?"

I turned slowly, keeping my eyes on the forest as long as possible. "I saw the darkness move, and bright green eyes, but it's whatever. How're you?"

He shrugged, obviously not wanting to get into his day. He nodded at Dean, then took a seat in the chair I had lying against the wall. "I need you to do me a favor, Chad."

He turned his bright baby blue eyes on me, raising an eyebrow. He looked intrigued, a small smile tugging at his lips.

"There will be four new students tomorrow, watch them, and somehow bring them to meet me."

He nodded, then relaxed in the chair, closing his eyes. His parents let him roam, even though he was only sixteen. They were foster parents and really didn't care that much about him. As long as he didn't end up in jail, they still got their money and that's all that mattered to them, so he just stayed with me most of the time. He was family, whether blood related or not. I couldn't be sure about my blood family, other than my brother, but he was dead, so that didn't really matter. I knew my mom was out there, somewhere, but she had left me for dead in the experiments. I could remember everything very well, even though I was only around eight or nine.

"Sweetie, I know I haven't been around that much, but these people will continue to take care of you."

I nodded at my mother, trusting her with all my heart. She left then, after having a few words with my brother, her curly red tented blonde hair bouncing as she walked. He looked at me, and I looked up at him. His bright blue/grey eyes showed nothing, obviously giving me warning signs.

"Dean!"

He looked down at me and held his arms out. I walked over to him, very gracefully, and jumped into his arms. He cradled me, very quietly whispering into my ear.

"Aly-kat, you've gotta listen to me and remember everything I say, okay?"

I nodded, moving so I was closer to him; able to hear better. "Tomorrow, at night, bad things are going to happen. I'm going to die," I whimpered, hearing this, "but I'm going to get you out of here first. You're going to be on your own, do you understand?"

I nodded, wiping my face on his shoulder. He continued, "Lauren, I mean, your mother, our mother.. She left both of us. Here, with the cabbals. They've tested on us, made us not normal. You and I, we already had abnormal powers, okay? But, they made them even weirder. They're calling us copykats, but they don't trust our abilities. Do you understand?"

I nodded again, quickly processing this information. Mom left us with bad people?

"They're killing off the people you grew up with, Aly-kat. They're saving you for last, I think out of respect for Lauren, but you'll be out of here before they can touch you, okay?"

I nodded, then pulled away from him, looking into his eyes. "No, we can't save the others. I'm sorry, kiddo."

I sighed, but nodded, understanding that I was his main priority. He set me down, then walked out of my room. I got up and layed down on my bed, staring at the ceiling. I didn't sleep because I could hear the destruction going on to my friends, the only family I had. The agonizing screams as they were killed, murdered. I heard footsteps coming closer to my room, and the fear slowly started spreading through me. I leapt up onto my knees, getting ready to pounce on whoever was trying to harm me. I tensed, my muscles ready to spring. The door opened and I launched myself, only to be caught in midair, strong arms wrapping around me in a familiarity I would know anywhere. I snuggled into Dean, trying to ignore the screams of pain I heard coming everywhere. Dean got us out of the building in record time, noone even noticed we'd escaped. He took me to a building with a bunch of kids in it. I knew what this place was from the sign it had. Child Protective Services.

"You're leaving." I stated, dropping his hand that I'd been holding.

He nodded, kneeling down quickly to hug me. "I've got to go do the bad things that will happen tonight, but I will be watching over you, I promise. Aly-kat, you have to lie and say your name is Alice Hernandez, okay? I don't want Lauren finding you and trying to kill you. I will not die in vain, alright?"

I nodded, hugging him as tightly as my small body could muster. He kissed my forehead before hugging me tightly again. I watched as he walked away, tears threatening to spill over as I realized it was the last time I would see my brother.

Alive, atleast.

"What're you thinking about, Aly-kat?"

I felt the need to jump, but I stiffled the urge. I turned to look at my brother, smiling slightly. "You look exactly the same."

He nodded, frowning. He hated when I brought this up. My brother was eighteen when he died in a car crash. The Cabbals had found his body and labeled it a hit and run even though he ended up killing another person. He was six foot two, with brown silky hair, blue/grey eyes, and slightly tan skin. I looked nothing like him, at the moment, but that was only because, being a copykat, I could change my appearance at will.

"What were you thinking about, kiddo?"

I shrugged slightly. "The day Lauren left us for dead. You saved me, and died. I honestly didn't think I would see you again, ya know?"

"Well, you were only like eight or nine, so yeah, I understand, but who knew I'd be able to come and get you, still use my powers, be seen by everyone, if I wanted them too, and be able to touch everyone."

I could still hear the excitement in his voice, even as he stated it for the kamillionth time. He lapsed into silence, letting me go back into my thoughts.

It'd been twenty-four hours since Dean left me. I was sitting in the CPS office, staring straight at the wall. Some lady was trying to ask me my name, but I refused to answer, let alone look at her. She sighed, then looked up as she heard footsteps coming down the hall. She smiled warmly, and I couldn't help but look. I gasped, and jumped up, running towards my brother. He scooped me up, holding me close in his chilled embrace. He looked at the lady, setting me back down on my feet, and started talking to her, explaining he was my brother, how we wanted me to live with him, etc. After a while, I was completely in his care. That's how we lived after that. We would change our appearance when needed, switch towns, etc. He trained me in what he knew of our powers, then if we need to know more, he would go and steal the information from the cabbals, all while trying to keep an eye out for Lauren and whoever made the deal with him.

I looked at him peculiarly, and he scowled, knowing this was going to be a repeat of a conversation we've already had. "No, I'm not telling you."

"It's been almost ten years, yet you still haven't told me." I whined.

"Aly, go to bed, this is pointless. I'm not telling you until I find them. It's hard enough to remember."

I sighed, walking over to the bed. I glanced at Chad, but he was already asleep, small snores coming from him. I crawled into bed, lifting the covers up to my chin, before closing my eyes and drifting to sleep.