Chapter 5

"I know you. I know those eyes. Lillian."

The attacker looked up at Seth when he said the name Lillian. She looked right into Seth's eyes and for a moment Seth could see the pain and sorrow in her eyes giving the teenager all the confirmation that he needed to prove that this was Lillian. His eyes began to fill up with tears; he had finally found her. As he continued to stare at her,though, he noticed that her blue eyes had suddenly turned cold and icy. Seth could hear Shane yelling at him to follow Zoe upstairs and lock the door, but Shane seemed so far away. He saw Lillian pull a knife out of her pocket and he saw her throw it, but he didn't believe it. Had Seth stood still, like Lillian predicted he would, the knife would have missed him, but Seth moved at the last second, right into the path of knife. White hot, agonizing pain spread from his shoulder down his side and arm. His eyes filled with pain as he continued to stare at Lillian. Lillian began to walk forward slowly and menacingly; her blue eyes, now cold and dark, were piercing right through Seth who still held her gaze. She was ready to attack anyone that got in her way, even if that person was Seth. Zoe, noticing that Seth was distracted, took the opportunity to grab him and pull him upstairs away from the mysterious attacker, right as Lillian threw the first punch at Shane. Seth saw Lillian do a back flip over the top of the couch and then Zoe pulled him into the room and locked the door, cutting off his sight of Lillian and his mind to the present world.

Upon locking the door, Zoe made Seth sit downwhile she quickly applied pressure to the wound. She felt Seth flinch at the contact, but the pain did not register in his eyes. His eyes had a distant look to them and his mind was far away from the present situation. Zoe knew from past experiences that what ever Seth was dwelling on, it couldn't be good. She tried to reach him and pull him back to the present and away from his personal Hell. Zoe touched the side of Seth's face and looked straight into his blue eyes and called out his name, after a few seconds, recognition dawned on his face and he began to cry. All Zoe could do was cradle him in her arms still his sobs resided and pray that Shane was winning the fight downstairs.

Meanwhile, downstairs Shane wasn't sure who was winning the fight. For a teenager, his opponent was good and she knew what she was doing. Currently, neither one of them had the upper hand, until she finally made a mistake and Shane was able to pin her to the wall, but the girl was not going to let herself be defeated. With all the strength that she possessed, the teenager kneed Shane hard in the groin. Instinctively, Shane let go of the girl and she sidled past Shane and threw herself out the window. She would return another day when she knew she could win.

Shane, remembering that Red 2 had been injured, ran up the stairs, sincerely worried about the well being of the child.

Shane knocked on the door and Lulu let him in. Seth was sitting on the floor; blood was blossoming across his blue shirt despite the fact that Zoe was applying pressure to the wound. The boy did not look so hot either.

Seth looked up at Shane as the bodyguard approached him. His vision was starting to dim around the edges. He didn't think that he would be able to hold on any longer to consciousness. He heard Shane yell at Zoe to call an ambulance and he felt the pressure lift from his shoulder, but then he felt the pain return twofold when Shane took Zoe's place. The pain became too much for Seth to handle and he felt what little control he had over his consciousness slip as he surrendered to the darkness that beckoned him.