Chapter 17: **One week later**
A little girl with blonde wavy hair stared out the window, watching for her father's late arrival from a meeting. She was only three and she knew there was something wrong. Her mother was very quiet and just holding her baby brother close. Her little green eyes turned to her brother who stood beside her at the age of four. He looked at her and smiled.
"Tiffany why do you go to bed. It's late," her brother said.
"No Andrew, I'se only one year younger then you and I don't wanna till daddy gets home. Leave me alone Andrew. I gonna go see Mama." Tiffany ran to her Mother. "Mama, are you alright?" Tiffany's mother looked at her. The little girl saw tear well up in her mother's green eyes. "Mama."
"Mama! Mama! Mama!" A ten year old boy came running into the house. "Its Daddy! He's hurt Mama! Men are hurting him Mama!" Their mother handed the baby to the seventeen year old girl.
"Stay here. Don't let anyone in or anyone out. Marissa darling, no matter what do not come out side. You either Michael." Theirs mothers slim figure made her way to the door before turning around one more time. "You all have to be very quiet. Not a peep." All nine out of her ten children nodded, since the baby couldn't.
"Mama?" Gabriela asked timidly. She was only seven. "Are you coming back?" Their mother looked around at all of them. All of them had blond hair, like her. She loved them so much. They all looked at her for an answer, but all she said was "I love you all and don't forget that," and was out the door. Michael locked the door behind his mother.
"Okay lets all play a game. Lets see who can pe quiet the longest. Who ever wins gets candy. On the count of three. 1.…2.…3." Everyone quieted at Marissa's cue. They herd a gunshot go off in the hallway and their mother's scream. Ginny, the baby started crying. They herd a laugh that would haunt them forever.
"What apartment is theirs?" a deep raspy voice asked. "I herd a baby."
"Please no anything but the children. Leave them alone. I'll do anything," they herd their mother plead.
"You shut up or you'll end up like your husband." Another voice said.
"Sal why don't we leave the child alone. They just kids, what are they gonna do?" a voice that belong to a women asked.
"There' oldest is seventeen. She ain't no little girl. Anyway I'd like to have some good timed with her, like I will her mother," Sal replied.
Marissa looked at Michael. "Get all the kids out of her. Now." Michael nodded right when someone started bagging against their door. The hinges on the old door were coming lose. "Hurry!" Michael ran to the window and opened it.
"Marissa there are men outside too. We're trapped." Marissa looked at the door. They were trapped. This was the end. "Johnny, Andrew, Tiffany, Gabriela, Ginny, Marissa, Conner, Rachel, Cassidy; I want you all to know I love you. I'm the man of the house and I'm not gonna do everything possible to protect you." At that moment the door flew off the hinges. Three men and a woman were standing there in the doorway.
"Hello kiddies." The tallest of the men said and pulled out a gun. "I really hate to do this but, your all witnesses. Now I want you to all know your father was very bad man and owed a lot of money to us. But we took care of him. You, the oldest, put the baby down and come over here."
"No. I will not come near you're awful figure." Marissa gave Ginny to Conner. Conner's big blue eyes looked at Marissa to Ginny and back to Marissa. "I have a family to protect. Where's my mother?"
"In the hallway. She's having a grand time." The man gave an snicker. "If you will not come here now, what if I take your little brother there." The man grabbed Andrew and threw him into the wall . Andrew looked at the man, tears refusing to fall. The man walked over to Andrew. Michael charged at the man knocking him over.
"Don't touch my brother." The gun flew out of the man's hand and landed at the woman's feet. Michael and the man wrestled for about ten minutes before blood poured out of Michael's stomach. Michael grabbed his stomach and fell in pain. Blood made a puddle where he was laying.
"Michael!" Tiffany yelled and ran form him. A man came form behind her and grabbed her. He lifted her up by the back of the shirt, choking her. Marissa saw this and walked towards the man.
"Take another step girlie and you'll have one more hole in your head. Marissa stopped walking and looked at the woman. "Back it up." Marissa looked at Tiffany then the lady.
"She's only three what can she do? Let all of them go. You killed my brother, let the rest go. Please." Tears spilled down Marissa's face. Marissa heard a cry form her left and saw the man beating Andrew. "Stop! He's just a baby! Please!" The man looked at Marissa and smiled. He turned back and continued punched Andrew. Andrew's face was cover in blood and cuts. His body was growing limp. Marissa noticed his breathing slowing. "Stop!" The man stopped pounding his fist into Andrew and dropped him. Andrew laid there not moving, but the rise and fall of his chest was visible. The man started at Marissa. Marissa kept backing away until she backed into the table and fell. The man towered over her as she sat on the glass table.
"Your turn." The man punched Marissa in the face and she fell backwards. "Awww just the way I wanted you." The man grabbed Marissa by the shirt collar and dragged her into the bedroom. They herd screaming, shrieks of pain, things being knocked over, and much more for there little ears
"Should we just kill the rest?" The woman asked the other men. They nodded and took out their guns. All the Children's eyes widened. One by one the children fell. Tiffany as the last to fall. "Sal come on!" Sal came out of the bedroom buttoning his pants.
"I slit her throat." With that they were gone. Andrew moved slightly. He opened his eyes and saw the scene before him. All of his brothers and sisters were dead, lying in their own blood. He herd a moan from the pile of bodies. He slowly stood up and made his way to the bodies. He saw Tiffany's eyes open slowly.
"Tiffy," He whispered. She looked at her with green questioning eyes." Tiffy it's me. Tiffy looked at him before passing out.
The door to the girls bunkroom opened slowly and Loons and Blink came in. Baby Doll opened her eyes and saw them looking at her.
"Andrew?"