I laid on my bed looking at nothing. It was like each step forward we took we were knocked back ten steps. I thought for sure Nanda Parbat was our destination and it was wrong. The shadow man had been watching us for a long while and none of us had noticed. I would find him and make him pay.

I sat up on my bed and looked at myself in the mirror. A pink haired, natural as weird as it may sound, and green eyes. My mom always told me that I was born special because I was special. I thought all moms said that but now I'm wondering if she meant more by it. I thought about how I was trying not to be noticed and pink hair and green eyes stood out pretty well. I knew I had to change up my look but didn't want to dye my hair or wear color contacts. I looked thru the bag Sara left in my room and found a wig that was perfect. It was a long, brown haired wig. I put it on and put the mask over it and it held it down perfectly. I styled it so it looked natural. If I didn't know who I was, I wouldn't be able to tell it was still me.

I put the wig and mask in my bag and sat back down. I looked at the mirror again and wasn't looking at me but at my parents again or just my dad. It was back to the present because my dad was still chained but I didn't see my mom. I started to panic. "Please bring her back" my dad screamed loudly. I panicked even more. Then the shadow man appeared pulling my mother by the chain around her neck. She was bleeding from the side of her head badly, her top was torn and raggedy, barely even there, and when I could see her back it was torn up with whip and knife marks. "You shall give your secrets up pretty bird" the man said in Russian which I knew because my father had taught it to me. "It's me you want leave my wife alone" my dad begged. "Shut up Queen, we all know your pretty little canary holds powers only some could imagine and she will spill her secret or I will spill all of her blood" the man said laughing and chaining my mother back against the wall, just out of my dad's reach.

I screamed, but in my mind my scream was focused at the man and something strange happened. The mirror rippled and the man covered his ears and looked around. I watched as he called out for whomever was there to come out. And then it happened. I could swear my mother, as broken and hurt as she was, smiled in my direction. And the she closed her eyes, mouthed "I love you" and then the picture went dark. I couldn't see them anymore just my pink, green eyed self. I fell backwards onto the bed staring at the ceiling of the airplane.

I must've fallen asleep because at the moment I'm floating on a cloud high above the city. At Least I thought I was floating on a cloud but when I reached down to touch the cloud nothing was their. I was floating on my back in the air like one would do in a swimming pool.

It was relaxing for sure even though rather strange but something about it felt natural. I could feel the gentle breeze pass above and below me and a flock of ducks flew past me heading south for the winter. One of them looked like they were waving so I waved back.

All of a sudden I was unsteady. The world seemed to be shaking and I seemed to be falling. I was trying desperately to stay in the air but I couldn't. I was heading for the ground and as it came closer I closed my eyes and wished I would wake up.

As I lay on the hot sand semi-conscious I heard someone calling my name. It sounded like my mom but it couldn't be. She was being tortured. I had to get to her. I heard my name again and forced myself to open my eyes.

I opened my eyes slowly. My body was wracked in pain and it hurt to move my right leg. I tried to sit up and I felt someone trying to lay me gently back down. I looked to my left and say Jacob. He smiled softly at me. "I guess even condors crash sometimes. I'm just glad you're alive. You were thrown out of the plane when we crashed" he said almost in tears.

"We crashed?" I asked more confused than ever. "Ya, we were hit by a land to air missile and we crash landed on this island" Jacob said once again holding me down when I tried to get up. "Don't move. My mom is getting the supplies she needs to put a splint on your leg. It's broken and will need held in place so it will heal" Jacob said running his hand through my hair. I felt my face flush. If he noticed he didn't say.

Sara and Nyssa binded my leg and checked on the others. Thankfully nobody was seriously hurt just some bumps, scrapes and broken bones. Ray and Sara started putting together a makeshift hut so we would be safe from the elements. I wanted to help but they wouldn't let me stand. I groaned and watched. I hated feeling useless. I always have even when I was small. I always wanted to help or do what my parents were doing and if they said it was too dangerous it would upset me.

I asked LJ if she could safely get my bag from the wreckage if anything survived. She smiled and went and got it. She was so quick and quiet I didn't even hear her come back. "Thanks" I said hugging her. She nodded and went to help find food. I opened my bag and dug out my diary. I would start a log of our island adventures. Which hopefully won't be that long with the connections Nyssa has.

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