"Oh my God," Ryan said. Erika and Summer ran over. "Isn't that the hospital where Oliver is?" Summer asked. "No. That's the hospital where he was," Marissa said. "They moved- Oh my God! He escaped?" Summer asked. Marissa nodded. She looked at Ryan and Erika. She might be adopted, but she's an Atwood, Marissa thought. "Hey Marissa, there's something that you should know," Erika said. Erika kept her eyes focused on the smoke. "I know who my real parents are. My real parents are the Cohens." Marissa stared at her. "I just thought you wanted to know," Erika said. Seth and Anna found them. "Oliver's not there. He escaped," Ryan said angrily before any of them could say anything. Seth just stared at him. Was that a tear? Seth thought to himself. As he looked at Ryan, he was a tear fall down his face.

"All students and faculty to the Gymnasium," an announcer said. "Lets go," Anna said. So they went to the gym. When they got there, not too many people were in there yet. They sat as far back as they could. "Ryan. Did you know someone in that hospital?" Seth asked. "No. But do you remember what was next to it?" Ryan said. "The prison oh my God Ryan. You have to call the prison," Seth said. Ryan nodded and took out his cell phone. He called the prison's main building. "Hello? Look. I don't have much time to talk. We must-"The line went dead. At the same time the line went dead, there was a rumble. Ryan ran out of the gym and out of the building. He saw twice as much smoke than before. "NO!" Ryan got down on his knees and started crying. Seth and Erika ran over to his side. Seth bent down to comfort him, but Erika just stood there staring. She had known who was in the prison, and she knew they were dead. She wanted to cry, but couldn't. She was born a Cohen, raised an Atwood in the toughest part of Chino where Ryan wouldn't even go.

She bent down to Ryan. Seth moved back and pushed the others back as well. Ryan looked at her. Erika never saw him cry before. His eyes were bloodshot and tears were streaming down his face. She wiped one of his tears away and hugged him. He started crying again. He was crying even harder than before. She didn't start crying. Ryan understood why. She lived the first 11 years of her life thinking Dawn was her mother. But she learned that she wasn't. She never really cared for Dawn, but loved her like she was her mother, even though she never showed it. Theresa was like the sister she never had. But she couldn't cry for Theresa. She was raised not to cry. Not by Ryan, or Trey, or Dawn, or Theresa, but by Alec. She loved Alec almost as much as Ryan. She loved the way that Alec was always there for her, just like Ryan.

But she loved Ryan more than Alec because Ryan knew what she went through. She didn't love her father, but she thought that he would always be in her life. When he left, you couldn't tell that she was upset on the outside, but on the inside, she felt torn apart that she no longer had a father figure in her life. She was able to tell when she saw Ryan that he was also torn apart. He didn't show it either, but she knew what was on his mind. She felt more connected to Ryan after that.

"Ryan. It's alright. Come on man, speak to me," Erika begged. He looked at her again. He looked even worse than before. "HOW CAN YOU NOT BE UPSET?" He was hollering. "Oh Erika. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to yell. But, how can you not be upset?" Ryan asked. Erika sighed. "Ryan. Remember when I would go away for a day or two at a time? Well, I would go out with Trey's friends. They would tell me stories and pump me up and make me stronger physically and emotionally. But the only reason I'm not crying is because Alec told me stories that made me cry. After a while, I would stop crying. I would get into fights and get beat badly remember? I wouldn't cry or even flinch. That's why I'm so strong." Ryan stopped crying and looked at her. His 12-year-old sister was stronger than he was. Emotionally and physically.