Hide and seek.
Trains and sewing machines.
All those years they were here first.
Oily marks appear on walls
Where pleasure moments hung before.
The takeover, the sweeping insensitivity of this still life.
Hide and seek.
Trains and sewing machines. (Oh, you won't catch me around here)
Blood and tears (hearts),
They were here first.
Mmm, what you say?
Mm, that you only meant well? Well, of course you did.
Mmm, what you say?
Mm, that it's all for the best? Of course it is.
Mmm, what you say?
Mm, that it's just what we need? And you decided this.
What you say?
Mmm, what did She say?
Imogen Heap- Hide and Seek
Meredith's POV:
"Damn it, Gavin! Run faster!" I called to my friend.
"It's not fault you and Seth are much faster than me!" Gavin yelled back.
"Well we have to warn Hope about the raid!" Seth said.
The three of us were running to try and find Hope and warn them about the raid.
"Are you sure that she's even there?" Gavin asked.
"I heard her and a few of her friends playing hide and seek not long ago." I told him.
"Stop!" Seth yelled, grabbing my arm, and grabbing Gavin so he would stop yelling.
"What?" I asked.
"Look."
In a nearby clearing, a group of other Red Devils were huddling, speaking quietly.
"Hang on, I'll get closer and hear what they're saying." I told the brothers. I carefully tiptoed my way towards them and hid behind a tree quickly when I was in range of their talking.
"Okay so I spotted Damien's kid somewhere nearby." Said a short girl with a slight Puerto Rican accent. Maria I think her name is. "I sent Owen after her, but he hasn't come back yet."
"I saw him get knocked out by some blonde girl." One of the boys- Andrew- said. "Apparently they're also Fallen Angel kids."
"Well if we want this raid to be successful, we have to get rid of them, all of them." A third- Douglas- said. "But first we should try and take out the demon child since she poses the biggest threat."
"I wish Meredith was here." The fourth one, Oona said in her Hawaiian drawl. "She would wreck them all."
I cringed in disgust as they all made sounds of approval. They're delusional if they really think that.
"Let's go." Maria said.
The four all took out sharp daggers, and made their way out of the opposite end of the clearing.
"What did they say?"
I jumped and then whirled around. Seth and Gavin were standing behind me.
"Jesus Christ you guys gave me a heart attack." I grumbled.
"Sorry." They apologized in unison.
"Come on." I drew a knife from my black boot. "Let's go stop this raid before it's too late."
Elsa's POV:
"Wait, did you say your last name is Thorne?" Phoenix asked.
"Yes, why?" I questioned.
"As in Damien Thorne?" Orion asked.
"Yes, he's my father." I informed them. "Why do you ask?"
The twins exchanged a glance. "Well our father knows your father."
I blinked in surprise. "Oh really? What's his name?"
Phoenix pulled a picture out of her shorts pocket. "His name is Christophe Delorne." She showed me the picture. It was her, Orion, and two older men.
"This is dad, aka Christophe." She pointed to one of the men who had Orion's brown hair and Phoenix's gray eyes. Like Phoenix, he had a shovel slung over his shoulder. "And this is papa, aka, Gregory." She pointed to the other man, who had her blonde hair, and Orion's olive green eyes.
"Would one of them happen to be French?" I asked.
"Dad is." Orion told me.
"Oh, my daddy told me about him. He said he met someone and never saw him again."
"Yeah that was papa." Orion said.
"Um..." I wanted to ask a question, but I didn't want to offend them. "If you two have two dads, how were you two born?"
"Well it turns out zat papa is a hermaphrodite, and has the correct reproductive organs needed to reproduce." Phoenix informed me.
"Oh." I blinked. "Well, do you want to come back to the Fallen Angel community with me? I'm sure daddy would like to meet you two."
"We live there."
"Really?"
"Yes. Our dads are just a bit antisocial."
"Well let's go back, and you can get your dads and-" I was cut off when four figures ambushed us from a nearby clearing. Four Red Devils.
One of the male Devils pinned Orion to a tree.
"Eh! Get your filthy hands off my brother!" Phoenix yelled, smacking him in the side of the head. He went down faster than the other one did.
A female one grabbed me by the hair and threw me to the ground. I rolled over onto my back, and saw the flash of a blade in my vision.
Without hesitation, I took a deep breathe, and blew a thick jet of fire from my mouth. The girl's hair caught thee most of the flames. She screamed, and ran back to the clearing.
The other two descended on us with sharp daggers. The other male launched themself at Orion. Orion swiftly dodged him, and the Devil flew into a tree.
The Devil stood up, looking a bit dazed, and charged us again. Orion grabbed him forcefully, and delivered a hard punch to the face. The Devil went down.
The other female Devil let out a cry of rage. Before any of us could react, she charged us and drove her dagger into Phoenix's shoulder.
Phoenix whacked her with the shovel, and she collapsed out cold.
Phoenix pulled the dagger out of her shoulder. "Ow." She growled. "That hurts." She dropped the weapon, and rubbed the wound.
"Here." I said. "Let me help." I placed my hands over her wound, and closed my eyes. I focused all of my energy on healing her wound.
After a few seconds, I opened my eyes, and retracted my hands. The gash on Phoenix's shoulder was completely gone.
"Thank you, Elsa." Phoenix said. "Let's get back to the community and warn the others."
Hope's POV:
"Where's Elsa?" Vanessa asked. We had just finished playing hide and seek and no one could find the blonde girl.
"I don't know." Destiny shrugged.
"Ack- what if she got kidnapped?!" Crystal squealed.
"I don't think she got kidnapped." I shook my head. "Maybe she just got a bit turned around."
"Oh great, now we're gonna have to tell our parents we lost her!" Alice complained.
"I hope she's okay." Vanessa said.
"Yeah." Destiny agreed.
There was a rustling sound in the bushes. All five of us turned to look at it. There was a short silence, and then three figures burst out of the bushes.
"AHHHH!" Crystal screamed.
"Woah, calm down it's okay." Said a familiar voice. The voice belonged to...
Meredith.
"Meredith?" I said. "What are you doing here?"
"Warning you." Meredith told me. "You were about to be attacked by a group of Red Devils. Luckily, me and my friends here stopped them."
"Attacked?" I questioned. "Why?"
"They're planning a raid on the Fallen Angel community today." Meredith informed me. "We just took out a bunch of them, but a few got away. They think we're traitors now or something."
"Raid? Angel community? Today?!" I yelled. "What do we do?"
"Take us back to the community with you." Meredith told me. "You could all use some insight from the inside."
