W.S.V
Chapter 4
"He Is No Hero"
The orphanage looked terrible. It was practically in ruins. The triplets stepped inside, searching for someone who looked in charge. But not a soul was there. The building had a feeling of loss. So many children. So many infants had died here. The only ones who lived. Triplets. The girls had never even thought about it until now. They had grown up thinking that they were Paiges. Mary Lids Paige was their mother. They had heard about the incident, but had never thought that they could have been the triplets who survived. Now they were on a mission. To find the documents. It had seemed impossible that triplet girls would have survived the fire. But they did, and maybe their documents did too. The girls searched for about an hour, before giving up for the night. As they turned to leave, at about 6:00, Silence went to go to the bathroom before they left. She made her way up the rickety stairs nervous for herself and for Vengeance, who is starting to become just a ball of rage. Dynamite that will explode any minute. Silence reached the top of the stairs and turned right. She had no idea why, but she knew that was the way to go. She turned to go into the bathroom, and was stopped by a figure standing in her way. A tall figure and her first guess was the talked about David. She was right. He stood there; they stood there for almost ten minutes, all the while Sisi's sisters calling for her. But she could barely hear them. She was just standing next to this man, thinking about how this was most likely her last moment to live. Then it happened. First, a shudder and a cracking noise. Then the floor began to fault. There was too much wait. Vengeance and Wonder started to scream at Silence to get down before it collapsed, but Silence was frozen in shock and fear. Then, it gave way. But before Silence realized what was happening, she felt a strong arm slide around her waist and lift her into the air. By then Sisi was nearly unconscious. She remembered year's later thinking that it was a fireman, or a guy in a helicopter. A hero, at the very least. It was really anything but. He was really anything but…
Silence woke up on a soft cushioned bed, surrounded by the aroma of peace, and wonder. Wonder….wonder…..WONDER! Silence leaped out of the bed so fast it made her dizzy. She was in a cave. Wait, she remembered Venny telling her that the Lost Boys stayed in a cave. This wasn't good. She looked around. It was freezing! She climbed slowly into bed still watching for any signs of life. But there were none. She covered herself with the blanket, warm but not rested anymore. Then, she remembered what had happened. She must have been saved by David. But how? And then Silence drifted to sleep.
Vengeance and Wonder hurried down the boardwalk. Ven was leading the way to the cave she had gone to with David. She was almost positive that was where he took Silence. Wonder wasn't talking, which was unusual. She was just thinking quietly to herself.
"You know Ven, he didn't do anything wrong."
"He took Silence."
"Sisi would've died. He saved her."
"He is no hero."
They hurried past the market at the end of the boardwalk, and strode through the sand on the beach. They reached the cave, and Wonder looked at it with a resentful glare. They made their way through the entrance.
Silence woke up to find a person taking up the other half of her bed. She jumped up at once, only to find that it was a small boy, who she had probably stolen a bed from. She giggled to herself and climbed back in. The cold was awful. Just then she saw Wonder and Vengeance stride through the entrance to the cave room. They both grimaced with the overwhelming cold. The triplets hugged, then began to make their way to the door. They left, whispering the whole way home. About a block from their street, reality hit them like a baseball in the face. They had no home. They couldn't go back there.
"We could go to Aunt Partridge in California." Silence suggested.
"Or Uncle Saje in Mexico." Wonder said.
"Don't you get it! We can't go there! Those people aren't our family! We gave no family!" Vengeance screamed.
They started to cry. Sisi rested her head on Ven's shoulder and began to weep. There really was no family. Or home. Ven stroked Sisi's hair lovingly. Silence looked at her sister admiringly. Wonder decided that it was time to have one last look in the orphanage. And this time nobody was going upstairs.
They searched for two hours and still nothing.
"Hey Vengeance, did it ever occur to you that David and the gang might have our info?" Wonder asked.
"It was a bit odd that David ended up being where we were…" Ven admitted.
"Maybe we should go back to the cave." Silence said.
"Ok, but we have to stick together." Wonder said.
The triplets agreed and started back towards the cave. They got there quicker then they would have. The thought of seeing who their family really was, was so exciting. All the boys were inside hanging out when they came in.
"Oh well, Marco look what your lust fairy gave us."
"Very funny David…"
"What Marco? You not planning to sleep with your own flesh and blood?"
"What's he talking about Wonder?" Silence asked quietly.
"I don't know Sisi." Wonder said.
"We have your documents." David said.
"And you might be surprised." Dwayne chuckled.
"YOU KILLED MY MOTHER YOU BASTARD!" Vengeance ran at Dwayne, attacking him with every piece of nail and fist. She pounded him good before he started to fight back. But the rage coming out of Vengeance's body and soul was too much even for Dwayne. Marco came over calmly and picked Vengeance off of her prey. She snarled at him. Marco faked shock, but tightened his grip around her waist. Silence backed up but was caught by Paul, who had been standing behind them. Wonder ran forward and flung her nails across Marco's face, giving Vengeance a chance to break free. Vengeance tried to run back at Dwayne but Wonder yelled at her to help Silence, who was slowly drifting out of consciousness. Paul saw Ven coming and quickly let go. Vengeance laughed at him. The three girls stood in the middle of the Lost Boys, slowly circling. Waiting for one of them to try and attack. Then, Star came from out of one of the other cave rooms. She screamed at the boys about being assholes, then came into the middle circle of girls.
"Come with me Silence, we don't have to stay here. We aren't like them."
"Why me?"
"Because you are not like them. We are different. We don't have to be here."
Silence nodded. Nobody else had any idea what was happening, but Silence left with Star, trailing behind her, hand in hand, in a trance-like daze. Wonder yelled after her, but Silence just kept walking. Wonder and Vengeance looked at each other. Then ran to the entrance. The boys didn't try and stop them this time. And as they were leaving, Wonder looked back and mouthed to David, "Thank You Hero."