Ann slept peacefully in her washed clothes that actually belonged to Jack. Sure, they were both embarrassed when Jack had tended to her broken body, but they also both knew that Ann appreciated it. Jack smiled at the sleeping body, and then caught himself.

"What am I doing?" He whispered harshly to himself. "I don't even know this girl...and I'm watching her sleep… How creepy am I?" He sighed and closed the fridge door. He had grabbed a couple of cookies and was about to sit down to munch on them. Just then a harsh loud sound came from outside. A cross between the crash of wood and the yelps of humans. Jack stood quickly and dropped his cookies on the floor. They smashed into bits with a quiet splat as Jack opened the door of his house on his farm.

A structure that Jack had assumed was the chicken coup when he first arrived at the farm had collapsed! There was wood sprawled everywhere and he heard faint cries from beneath the wood pile. Jack sprinted over to it and heard the cries a bit better.

"Help! Help us!" "Agh!" Jack pulled some boards out of the way and saw a human figure. He pulled out another board and a plank hit the figure on the head. The whole wooden structure shuddered and fell even lower. The figure fell and stopped moving.

"AGH! SORRY!" Jack apologized quickly as he moved more planks. "Hold on in there!" Jack yelled as he pulled of five more planks. Jack usually grew tired easily and this was NOT helping. "Grrg" Jack grunted. He pulled off the final few pieces of wood and saw a pink-haired girl and a brown-haired boy. The girl looked up at him with huge eyes full of worry. "Hi…" Jack greeted. "I'm Jack." He extended a hand out to the girl, offering to help her onto her feet.

"…Popuri.." The girl said as she helped herself off, refusing Jack's hand. He awkwardly lowered his arm and asked.

"Excuse me?" He asked confused.

"It's my name doorknob. You gunna' help my boyfriend or what?" Popuri glared at Jack, glancing at the unconscious boy afterwards.

"Uh…yea…sorry about that Popuri." Jack quivered. He was very intimidated by this girl. She stuck her hands aggressively on her hips.

"Well?" She yelped, pointing to the boy.

"Oh yah. Sorry." Jack thought of a mean comeback to respond with but came up with nothing. He sighed in defeat and stepped into the matted mess of tacks, wood and dust. He picked up the boy, slung him over his shoulders and walked towards the house.

"Careful!" Popuri yelled. "He's a living thing!" Popuri exclaimed with great concern. Jack rolled his eyes. Like he didn't know that. He turned and raised one eye brow as he turned just in time to see Popuri stumble in the debris. He giggled under his breath, when she got up, her dress was greatly ripped and her underwear was clearly visible. Popuri suddenly screamed in pain.

"AUGH!" She shrilled. "Owy!" Tears started to flow out of her eyes. Jack panicked.

"Uh… Hold on!" Jack stammered. "I'll be right there to help you!" Popuri wept loudly and Jack could even hear her after he had stepped inside the house and closed the door. He set the boy next to the sleeping Ann, not thinking that she would mind, but Jack didn't know how wrong he was.

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In Dustwood City.

Elli screamed in horror, holding her child in her arms.

"Don't hurt us anymore than you already have!" She wept. Her daughter was curling up against her chest in fright.

"Momma!" The brown eyed girl yelped. Elli soothed her child by stroking her silky, short brown hair.

"I won't let him hurt you. I promise." She gently whispered into her daughter's ear. "Not again. I promise Ciar." Elli put the child onto a chair and stood up to her full height. "Leave." She bellowed. She pointed a finger at the doorway that was only a couple feet away from where she was standing.

"Make me. You have no authority over me." The male said.

"This is my house! You will leave! Now! Or I will report you!" Elli pointed to the phone now, which was a mistake because just then, the man smashed the phone to bits with his fist. Elli stared wide-eyed. "Why do you do this to us?" She screamed.

"Because I can." The male said, slowly inching closer to the child.

"Mommy!" Ciar cried. "Mommy stop him! Help mommy! I scared!" The man lunged for the child, aiming to hurt her but Elli dove in front of him, absorbing the pain meant for her daughter. "MOMMY!" Ciar screamed in a shrill young voice as her mother fell to the floor in pain.

"Good enough." The man mumbled. He slammed the door behind him and exited the house. Elli groaned and rolled over. Her young daughter was staring at her, wide-eyed and graciously whimpering as she hopped off of the chair.

"Sanks Momma." Ciar mumbled. She grabbed her mother's arm in attempt to pull her onto her feet. She failed and fell onto her back end instead. Elli giggled and got herself up. Surprisingly, she felt fine. She smiled and picked Ciar up and cooed her.

"You were so brave!" Ciar beamed. Elli smiled. "We have to leave." She said. Ciar frowned and looked very sad.

"But whatsabout Ghai?" Ciar whimpered. "He's gots no mommy!"

"Ghai?" Elli wondered. "Isn't he living with his uncle?" Ciar shook her tiny head. "What?"

"His uncle gotsed put inda big cage!" Ciar tried to explain how big the cage was with her little arms.

"You mean jail?" Ciar sadly nodded her head. "Oh." Elli smiled.

"Mommy!" Ciar squealed. "It's not a happy thing! He has no home!"

"Oh yes he does." Elli beamed. Ciar still looked angry and confused. "He's coming with us." Ciar's brown eyes opened wide in shock and amazement.

"Really mommy?" Ciar squealed Elli nodded her head happily and Ciar jumped out of her arms. "Let's get packed mommy!" Elli giggled as she saw her child struggle with opening Elli's suitcase. It was bigger than her and she couldn't reach the handle.

Elli wandered over to the window and saw the man walking to a dog. He kicked the dog and the poor puppy whimpered. Elli gasped and ran outside.

"Leave the poor thing alone!" Elli screamed at the man. "I thought you helped living things! Not hurt them and kill them!" Elli's mind flashed back to a year ago when she had witnessed this man kill a horse out of his terrible temper. She shook the memory away and stepped towards the young pup.

"Outta my way woman!" The man yelled as he kicked the dog's underbelly. It whimpered and showed it's frightened state by putting it's white tail between it's tiny legs. Elli gasped, then turned furious with the man. She ran over to the puppy and scooped it up into her arms. "I said outta' my way!" The man ran up to Elli and hit her across the face. Elli turned.

"Leave." She said sternly. "You have no place here." Elli's face was serious and stern. "We don't want you here. No one does." The man smirked and punched her in the stomach. Elli fell to the ground and dropped the puppy in the process. She grasped her stomach in pain as the man ran into the house. "No!" Elli groaned as she fell into the dirt. "Noooo." She sobbed quietly to herself as she heard her daughter yelp for help from inside the house.