Hey readers! It's been forever since I've posted, I know, but I promise you I will NEVER give up on any of the stories I write, unless it's a total train wreck and I can't revive it. Anyway, read on please! And enjoy!

Lierah looked me dead in the eyes. "Because my uncle is still alive."

At that moment, the ground vibrated and there was a loud rumbling sound. I ran over to my kids in the corner, and Gale came over to us too. I tried to look out a window, but the only thing I could see was the vast garden.

Lierah, however, was walking casually over to the door. She opened it and gestured us to follow her outside.

"Are you crazy?" I yelled. "What's even happening? I'm not going to put my children in danger."

"Don't worry. You'll be safe. I know exactly what's happening. Come with me now. I don't want you to be hurt." Lierah said back, then she glanced at the other door in the room. Five grown men walked out then and shut the door behind them.

I backed up to the wall, Maddy and Jemiah behind me. "What are you doing, Lierah? Tell me what's happening and I might cooperate."

"See," she responded and looked at the men, who started walking towards us. "I know I can't do that. Either way, you won't cooperate, so I'm just going to have to force you."

I reached behind my back to grab my bow and aimed it at Lierah. "Stop right there! I'll shoot her, I swear I will." I told the men setting an arrow in the bow and pulling it taught. They backed up slightly.

Lierah just laughed. "And what would you do afterwards? I could have these men kill you in an instant." She started walking towards me slowly. "You wouldn't want that now, would you? With your friend, your children, your husband… and your baby."

I flinched at that. I almost brought my hand to my stomach, but I wouldn't let my guard down.

"Ah, I see that got to you. Of course, if you die, your baby would die too. But you can prevent that. All you have to do is put down that bow and come outside with me." She had reached me now, but was completely nonchalant, arms dangling at her sides and her shoulders back. "Just put that bow down," she whispered, "and come with me."

Not a chance, I thought, and pulled the bow tighter, ready to shoot.

A second later, in the blink of an eye, I was on the ground convulsing from the shock someone gave me. I looked up to see Nick standing in the doorway, a gun-type devise in his hand.

"Mom! Are you okay?" Jemiah and Maddy were above me now, looking down on me with worried eyes. Maddy was shaking my shoulder.

"Sorry, I usually respect pregnant women, unless they're threatening my sister," Nick said, looking down at me.

"What did you do to her?" Gale asked him desperately, looking between me on the ground and the big men approaching us now. "She's pregnant, for crying out loud! What did you do to her?"

"Oh, I just shocked her a little bit. She'll be fine in a couple of minutes." He turned his back to us and walked back out the door. Lierah cam to pick up the bow that I dropped.

The men had finally reached us. I saw two of them grab Gale's arms, while he was still holding on to Caleb, one each grabbed my children, and one came to scoop me up off the ground.

"Please," I whispered, but I was sure they could hear me, "don't hurt my children."

Nobody struggled against their hold. After seeing what was done to me, I'm sure they didn't want to take another chance.

They walked us through the village towards the large town square opening in the middle. Plenty of sound was coming from the square, so I was sure that the entire village was over there, considering it was a ghost town everywhere else.

When we walked into the open space, I wanted to jump out of this man's arms, but my body was still partially paralyzed. It was so shocking and terrifying, I could have sworn I was dreaming it.

All the citizens were standing at the edge of the large circle, and they looked just as scared as I felt, but none of them were shocked. They looked like they were expecting this to happen. The only people who didn't look scared at all were Nick and Lierah (still holding my bow), who were standing closest to us.

And in the middle, very hard to miss, was a small hovercraft.

Yay! Fun chapter. I was thinking about letting them get situated in this little village first, but I was like "No, that's too boring to write and to read" so I started the next exciting part! If you have any ideas that you want to happen later in the story, please post them. My goal is to get at least 100 reviews for this story, please! And if I reach that number, I want to shoot for 150! Help make my dreams come true!

Also, about my chapters, there is no longer any length that I'm aiming for. So every chapter is going to be a different length and stuff, so don't be excited for a long chapter every time I post. I'm just going to write and however long it is, that's what I'll post. Thanks for reading! I'll try to post soon, but no promises! Remember, I'll never give up on this story! ;D