Author's note Draft 2

If the story does not say draft 2, it's not the final draft.

I tried a new writing styles with the way I write the thoughts. Tell me do you like it or do you want me to go back to the old ways.

Foreshadowing = 14

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XXIV(Wednesday, 13 of November 1957. The Wards. New Orleans, United States of America)

Sitting in the living room in Louis house without it being ruined by the hurricane is nice. We have the hold family here today.

Luthor wants to introduce us to someone, and because we can't have that person on the community land everybody is at Louis' house today to meet this person.

I don't mind much. It gives me more time to think about what I want me and Andrei to do for our next job.

I told Andrei I wanted to do something big, but I have no idea what we are going to do. It has to be something beneficial for us and our own family.

It also has been something that has been good for the community. For Ista won't be too mad. But what fits all those qualities?

My thoughts were interrupted by the front door opening and closing loudly. Setting up from my bed and got out of my bed to see if Luthor was finally back with the person he wanted to introduce to the family.

Leaving my room I came face to face with Neil whose room was on the opposite side of mine. Both of us knowledge each other and we both started to head down the hall.

When we both got to the end of the hall we entered the living room. We could see that the rest of the family was already in the living room.

Lynda was reading one of her law books, laying on this wooden chair that could have sat three people at the same time. Halona and Ista were sitting in a similar chair and knitting sweaters for the winter. And Louis was doing the same as Lynda reading one of his books. I think it is an old copy of The Hobbit. I can tell it is not mine because its cover is of mountains that are blue and green. While mine is just green.

Eventually I look at the door and enter. And see Luthor standing with a pretty girl with blue hair.

If he was introducing us to a girl she must be his girlfriend. He confirmed it with his next few words.

I took a glimpse at Neil to see if he knew. By the grin I knew he knew. It makes me wonder why Neil didn't say any thing.

Luthor Pov

"This is Lisa Vivienne Rome my girlfriend" I told my family. This is the first time I introduce a girl to my family.

Since, I hit the age of 13 I realize I was growing up to be a Flutter bum, when the girls of my class started to talk me up. I'm not going to lie, that it did not hurt my male ego that the girls took the first move. But as I started to mature more and talk to the girls more, I soon realized that most girls these days don't like macho men.

What girls these days want to do is the new concept of casual dating or going steady, as more people starting to call it.

Therefore, begin my time of being a Casanova.

Most girls told me to razz their berries. So I did that for a while. Up until I questioned why I should razz their berries when most of them don't do that for me.

Hence, I became a true Casanova with five girlfriends at a time and dozens of girls to find satisfaction with.

But at the same time Lisa Rome whom I have been friends with since we both started to attend Holy Cross Academy became a classy chassis either with her fuzzy duck hair.

That moment I knew I had to tried to ask her out. She slapped me in the face and tolded me to stuff it.

Later, I heard from one other guy that she was a square when it came to relationships. Who would have thought when she walked around with that fuzzy duck hair?

It was not until when I saw her before my family evacuated with tons of goods for her family that she gave me a chance.

So whenever I was in the city not on an errand and not following my little sister around, I would go spend a little time with her.

Showing her my Casanova days are behind me.

Eventually we started to date.

I hope she can give a long with Louise… No, that Louise likes her because if she does Lynda takes an interest in getting to know Lisa. And Neil will not try to irritate her enough to get her away from the family.

And that will be half of the family liking her.

Getting out of the house was easy but hard. The lunch we sat down for was awkward. I spent most of my time eating the food Ista cooks and answering questions when they were directed my way.

I cannot say if I like Lisa or not. She was just…odd to me. It is like I want to give to know her, but I don't want to reach out.

It was not like when I didn't care for a person and just ignored their existence. Now that I am truly thinking about it. I don't care for her as a person but as my brother's girlfriend. I'm subconsciously labeling her as an object and not a person. And you don't try to get to know an object.

Was my thoughts as I walked up to Andrei's house.

I knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer. The door opened and it was not Andrei. It was Andrei dad who opened up.

He looked at me for a few seconds and spoke," Andrei will be back in a minute. Will it be ok for you to wait out here?"

He said all that while closing the door behind him. I found that to be weird in itself. As if he was trying to hide something.

"That's OK" I told him. Successing me for a moment state he looked at me for a few more seconds as if he was deciding something. Finally, he vocalized what he was deciding on "Andrei's birthday is on the 21st." Afterwards he opened the door to his house walked in, then shut the door in my face. I decided then and there Andrei dad was peculiar.

XXV(Thursday, 21 of November 1957. Seven Ward. New Orleans, United States of America)

Getting to Andrei's house was annoying today. Luthor's girlfriend wanted me, Lynda, and Halona to meet her sister. It was annoying how insistent she was about it.

Lately she has been coming over to Louis' house more to try to get to know the family. That would have been okay if she wasn't so assistant at getting to know me. Not Lynda not Halona me. Interrupting my reading time and directing my painting time interrupting my planning time. It's going to the point I've been going back to the Community Land just to not interact with her.

When she asked me the day to go meet her sister to play with her I told her no. And try to walk away. But she grabbed onto my wrist to ask me why. And I told her I had other things to do today. She asked me to cancel them and to do it tomorrow. I told her I wouldn't be able to. I told her I had to go to a birthday party. And that's when she asked me will it would be okay to bring her sister to my birthday party. Why would I want to have a stranger at my birthday party?

But then I remembered Luther liked this girl enough to bring her to meet the family, so I should try to get along better with her. So I told her yes.

Now I have to hurry to get to Andrei's house because his birthday party should be started by now.

As I finally reached the house I noticed there was not a lot of noise coming from there. And I found it odd because birthdays are usually loud.

Knocking on the door, I waited for someone to answer. I kind of hope it was not his dad.

My wish was granted to me because the woman I saw so long ago with the same hair color as Andrei opened the door.

I wish it wasn't granted because in a moment she started to tremble. Then she started to see the woman tents. Her breathing got heavier. Then she collapsed on the floor making a loud sound and it look like she having issues breathing .

It all happened in a terrifying few seconds.

I don't know why, but I didn't move not even a little. It was as if I was paralyzed. I just stood there staring at this woman struggling to breathe.

The sound of her collapsing must have been heard because three pairs of footsteps could be heard next. Taking my eyes off the fallen woman I looked up to see Andrei ran up to her followed by his dad and then a little girl.

Andrei dropped to the floor next to her and took hold of her hand. His dad came up right behind the woman and put the lady on his lap and started whispering in her ear. The little girl just stood by next to them well worry look on her face.

What ever Andrei Dad was saying must have worked because her breathing started to get better.

I took these moments to look at the small family. Andrei holding on to the woman's hand. He look just like how he looked when we first met. Not half starve way he looked after the hurricane. His dad with the woman on his lap. He was just as well-built as my dad. The little girl now kneeling next to Andrei and clutching on to him. She looks so young not more than three I bet.

The woman's breathing was back to normal and Andrei Dad started to pick the woman up. He rested her head on his shoulder. He took her to the next room.

Andrei stood down from the spot sitting. As he got up the girl got up with him. He said something in the girl's ear, and she left going into the next room. He then turned around to look at me. He had a despondent expression on his face.

Neil Pov

I sat down to wait and start to watching the scene from below. I didn't find it all that interesting, so I thought about my current problem that was going on with the family.

Luthor's girlfriend was irritating but sweet. The poor girl must have been told by Luthor to try to git on Louise good side after that first lunch she had with the family.

She wasn't like this during that lunch. She was happy to chat way with Halona. Now she was just becoming a nuisance to Louise.

But the real question is, should I tell her that or not. Should I help the poor girl?

Maybe I will tell the girl not to bring her sister to the party.

I peep back to the scene cross from me and got up to start walking and jumping again.

I sigh "I could be using this time to play with my new toy." I said as I took my hands out of my pocket and started getting ready to jump.

Ooh, Lynda, these last few weeks sending time with you have been fun when you are not sleeping. Seeing you struggle is so satisfying. And having you come to me instead of Luthor is even better.

Even if you're not Louise that's okay you have your own charms to you. I thought as I took the jump to the next house.

Andrei Pov

Louise and my mom meeting today was somewhat of a surprise today but not really. I think I was waiting for this moment since the first time Louise saw her.

Taking Louise to the park. I thought about what to say to her.

Most members of the vistas think we should put her an insane asylum. And these are the same people my mom grew up with.

"Andrei" Before she could even say anything else I cut her off.

"My Madre was raped when I was six" I lamentably said.

"My Madre was a private household worker. She got sexually touched every single day she went to work. Madre didn't stop it because it was one of the few ways we could make money. One day Madre came home. She was shaking. She went to the bathroom. When I walked into the bathroom to see why she was in there when she usual come home and start cooking dinner. She was scrubbing herself...I remember her skin was red...I tried to stop her but she just threw me out of the bathroom. Padre came home and ask me where is Madre? I told him that she was in the bathroom. He went to the bathroom and then there was screaming and shouting and loud noises. I was scared of all the noises so I did not see what happened but he got her out of the bathroom and stop her from scrubbing herself. At the time I did not know what happened to Madre. I just knew Madre stop working." I said all in a rush not looking at her. I didn't want to see the pity she would give me.

"It became known that my Madre was pregnant with my sister… My Padre stuck by my Madre side…even when the whispers started. It's not his they would say. He is a fool other would whispers. With my Madre not working it became hard to live and with a baby on the way. I knew it was going to get harder. So I asked the community members can I could do small chores around their house to make money." I said clutching my fist.

"You know that's how I found out that she was rape. Not that I know what it meant at the time. I just knew that everybody thought my Madre was damaged goods… It became worse when she had her first episode. Mom saw someone not a member and had her first episode. They said it was violent. She was screaming they said. So everybody began to isolate us." I told her as I started to look at her. She also had her head down not looking at me.

"Our Voivode Orchilo told everybody that we are Roma. That we take great value in our blood ties. So my Madre was not banned from the neighborhood. And we've been treated like dirt ever since… Don't you think it's funny that they only keep us around because we are blood related and not because they know her as a person?" I asked her with a despairing laugh.

"That's why I stopped working for them and I started to steal. Because my family needed the money." Louise finally raised her heads to look at me.

Instead of responding to me and said someting about what I all told her she's just walked up to me and hugged me.

After a few seconds that felt like an eternity, she finally spoke. "My birthday is two days from now. Come to my house, and we'll celebrate yours and mine together since I'm ruining yours."

Then she gave me my birthday gift. I stared at the small package in my hand for a few seconds then I looked at her and gave her my answer. "Ok"

XXVI(Saturday, 23 of November Ward. New Orleans, United States of America)

Getting up and out of my bed, I move to my armoire and start to get dress. It was time to make a decision.

After putting on a brownish red circle dress and put on my low heel black Mary Jane, I start to put my hair into a crown braid. I looked at myself in the mirror on my vanity and I thought I looked like a porcelain doll. Opening the bottom drawer of my armoireI, I took out Lynda present from where I keep all the other presents. It was such a hassle when the hurricane came to try to hide them in the truck we were in. Closing the dresser I walk to the bedroom door and out of my room and walk to Lynda's room that was to the right of mine.

I walk into her room to see her in a purple jumper dress. She was sitting at her vanity putting her hair into a ponytail. Different from my hair that was braided in the shape of a crown, but that most likely side effects from my past life. Of me always having to dress like a princess.

Walking towards her, I set the gift on the vanity.

Lynda Pov

Looking at the purple wrapped gift with a green bow. I look up at Louise. She looked as always, like a lady of those leading ladies in the movies.

Looking back down at the gift. I reached for it to open it. Taking the green bow off. I set it to the side to keep for later. Like I have always done with every other green bow she has put on my gift send the age of four. When we started to learn to make things from scratch from the tribe.

Next I took off the purple wrapping paper. This year the color of the wrapping paper is Heliotrope purple. Last year it was Iris purple.

Finally, came the brown box. Opening the box laid a silver bracelet.

"It's a charm bracelet" Louise said bringing my attention back to her.

"I thought it was a good gift for you. It means I can add to it for years. Showing you that I will always be with you no matter what as the years go by." She said grinning from ear to ear.

Sitting outside here at the bottom of the stairs to my house as my birthday party goes on. I couldn't be any happier.

Andrei came to my birthday party with a swollen lip, wearing my birthday gift to him a silver lip piercing.

Introducing him to Lynda was okay. They didn't get along but the house wasn't on fire. She was trying to be civil with him. I was delighted that Andrei notice that she didn't like him and did not comment on it.

But I think the most surprising event so far was Neil and Andrei being amenable together and being on the same wavelength.

It was interesting to watch them together. When I first introduced them to each other they just scrutinise each other. Then they both just nodded their heads as if they had just come to some sort of agreement. Then they just both started talking as if they knew each other they hold life.

Seeing that Neil was entertaining Andrei. I left out of the house to get some fresh air. So here finds me sitting at the bottom of the stairs to our house watching the sunset.

I hear the front door open and someone coming down the stairs. The person was Andrei. He sits down to the right behind me.

The only reason I know it is him is that he has not said a word for the past few seconds we have been sitting here.

Making my decision I spoke, "My mother is Native American. And because of that she and my sister Halona should be living on a reservation. Halona because of her's looks and mother being Native. But 19 years ago my mom decided to leave it."

Leaning back to the point that my back was resting on his left leg. I spoke again, " Me, Luthor, Neil and Lynda take after our dad in look, so we will not have been put on a reservation… ...When World War II started my mom needed help raising my brother. So she went back to the reservation and took a lot of its members from there. Before that my mom and my dad and Luthor were living on the land we own in the bayou. Starting the Cypress Community is my mom's greatest accomplishment. It her's pride. It is what she worked mostly on their past years… but being Native American and not living on a reservation is illegal. So we got to keep the community hidden."

After I ended talking we sat in silence for a few seconds, and then he finally spoke.

Andrei Pov

"This house" I asked her for a reason for it.

"It was easy for me, Lynda, Luthor, and Neil to git to school. So we stay here in the school year and go back to the community on weekends and holidays." She said with a grin that did not reach her eyes.

"Halona" I query of her.

"We have a school in the community, so she goes there."

"Numbers" I question her

"As of this time we have 223 members. Forty kids between the ages of 0 and 4. Seventy-eight kids and teens between the ages of 5 and 18. Seventy-two adults between the age of 19 and 43. And 33 elders between the ages of 44 and 69." She said.

That a lot of people, "The food" I request next.

"Yeah, it helps and that's why I needed so much of it" She said throwing her hands up to show me the length of how much she needed. And help me think of the next question.

"Your role" I demand of her.

She gave a hollow laugh and said "I'm the leader daughter. So members come to me for guidance even if I'm younger than them. Cuz I should know what we're going to be doing next right. My family should have the answers right. Cuz we're the ones leading them... But in true my role given to me by my mother was to look after the kids of my age with Lynda...It strange you know for me and Lynda to look after a bunch of kids that don't even like us."

After that confession she made. We set in tranquility. In a way she has been holding on to that fact, it has been weighing on her. And now that she have confessed her thoughts she can let go.

I put my hand in her hair to give comfort. To tell her it's going to be all right. Then I asked her.

"Louise do you want to learn the Romani Language?"

XXVII (Wednesday, 25 of December 1957. Abandoned Shed. New Orleans, United States of America)

Giting out of the house to where we are keeping the go-kart was not as hard I thought it would be because it was Christmas.

But Louis told me as long as I'm back before 2:00 pm he doesn't mind if I'm going out. It must have to do with Luthor also wanting to go out to meet his girlfriend.

Giting to the spot I look at the abandoned shed that was fifth four yards away from community land, we have been hiding the go-kart at. I perceived while looking for a place to hide the go-kart that it would be hard to keep the go-kart. If Andrei and I are not watching the go-kart all the time. So I looked while I was giving away from Luthor girlfriend for some places close to the community land but not on the land. I was lucky to find this old abandoned hunting shed.

I first make sure to check if their animal live in the shed and to chase them away. Then make sure it does not collapse on us while we use it. While occupy of cleaning the place up I register that we could use this place as a base. I grasp that Andrei will have a problem of giting to the shed. So I took a bike from one of the other kids in the community and gave it to Andrei the next time I saw him. We eventually bought the go-kart to their abandoned shed then started fixing it up to be more comfortable for us to spend time at.

See Andrei today. It lightens my mood when I see him wearing one of Neil's old sweaters. It was a black sweater with a golden desert meeting an aquamarine sea with an arctic blue glacier in it meeting another golden desert picture on it.

I'm content that he is trying to keep warm, even when it is not cold out to the point he will truly need it.

Louis Pov

Luthor is out on a date with Lisa. A nice girl even if she annoyed the hell out of Louise because of the advice Luthor gave her.

And Louise out to meet that boy Andrei. The boy is the same age as Neil. I think I would like him a lot more if he was friends with Neil. But I can see the loyalty, care, and the willingness to follow that boy had for Louise. So he was a satisfying pick for a first friend for Louise with her oddities and stand-off nature.

And Neil taking Lynda out with him. It was surprising and not so surprising with how much time they have been spending with each other. It's good for those two not to be so focused on Louise all the time.

I and Ista could have some alone time, if only Halona decided to go out. That girl needs more of a life.

Today was my first lesson in the Romani Language. Andrei copied my teaching style by telling me a word and showing me the English and Romani way of writing it.

I recognize that Romani is just mainly Latin with a few other languages thrown in. But that's not all that surprising when you think about how often they have to travel around. And the development of the language with the development of the language they had to where they went. It also made me wonder if I met another Romani group, whether they have the same way of writing or speaking the Romani language.

XXVIII (Thursday, 27 of December 1957. Cypree Community. New Orleans, United States of America)

Sitting on top of a tree branch looking over the celebration of my mom 35th birthday is nice.

Soon I hear the sound of someone climbing up a tree. Not looking down to see who is climbing, I wait for them to make their self known.

It was Neil who sat down next to me. We sat there for a few minutes in tranquility.

When Neil in a peacefully mood, and he is not creating some new masterpiece. It means he wants to talk, but I will have to take the lead.

"Things have changed in these few months" I notify him in despondency. I am not certain if I like the changes in the family. In spite of that I try not to show it to my family.

Suchlike it not being Louise and Lynda anymore it simply Louise and Andrei and... Lynda and Neil. Despite it being my decision to make my relationship with Lynda like this. To make Lynda independent.

My unconscious wants to fill that Lynda shape hole with the need to have a friend.

Only I don't feel remorse about filling that hole with Andrei. I feel in debt to Andrei for being able to be there in my time of need. So I should not be depressed about the change that has been happening lately.

I should be delighted, but I cannot identify myself with being overly joyful. In a way I think it will be a long time for me to be gleeful and accepting of this change.

In the future I'll be so full of joy that I thank God for this change. But I will curse his name in blasphemy for the hell we when through for me to be thankful.

So lost in my thoughts I didn't notice when I started crying, Neil took a tear. Then his left hand took a hold of my right hand, and we started holding hands. Him giving me comfort.

We sat there holding hands until it was time to go to bed.

Ista Pov

Laying in bed naked to my husband laying behind with his arms around me, I was listening to the sound of my house at night, which is very peaceful.

A moments like this I think my life is perfect. It's like this I wish my dad was here for me to show him. Yet we don't always give what we want.

All the same life is perfect in these moments.

I turned around to snuggle into my husband. His arms around me tighter.

Yes, moments like these are perfect.

XXIX(Friday, 28 of December 1957. Montelepre Hospital . New Orleans, United States of America)

Waking up I stared for a few minutes at my burgundy ceiling. Today is an important day. Today is the day. The day is the day I become a fool.

Setting up I stared at my hands. The hands of a fool. The hands of a child. It seems like my rational thinking is finally coming back to me. It is trying to make me remember that I am in the body of a 7-year-old child.

That I live in the 50s and I have brown skin. That Andrei lives in the 50s, he has brown skin, and he's a boy.

Even so Andrei knew these things, but he still trusted me to go through with my half-witted plan.

I am sincerely grateful I am friends with him. And I will reward that trust today by making sure we do not get caught.

Signing I removed my purple covers from off me and got out of bed. I want to go to my closet and pull out the clothes I plan to in work today. The winter weather started to kick in a few days ago, so I was going to wear winter clothes.

I got undressed until I just had my under clothes on before putting on the day clothes. I put one of Neil old black jeans, black shirt, a long sleeve black sweater, a long sleeve black winter coat, so long black socks, and my black winter boots.

I didn't go over to my vanity and started putting my hair into one long braid. I then put that braid into a bun. Finally, I want to put my winter hat on covering my braid and then my winter gloves on.

I tried to decide if I should stay for breakfast or I'll just go to the shed.

They both have benefits, so it was a hard decision. If I stay for breakfast I'm going to have a hot meal before I do all the stuff I have to do today. But the catch would be my family asking me what I'll be doing and why I was dressing away I was. Going straight to the shed means I avoid all the questions. But I'll be hungry since I haven't started stocking the place with food.

I went to my bedroom door and remembered I had to bring a bag. So I went back to my closet to look at all the bags I had. I chose the darkest one I had. It was a nice dark burgundy.

I went back to my bedroom door and opened it. I listen for the sound of my family. It was quiet, so my decision was made.

Walking into the hallways towards the living room I try to be as quiet as I can. When I walked into the living room I stopped and walked over to the table we had in there. On the table with a pen and some paper. I wrote my family a fast note. Then walk to the front door and open it as quietly as we can then shut it quiet.

Standing on the front porch I took a deep breath and thought about how cold it was going to be later in the day. I still on the porch for a few more seconds waiting to see if anybody in my family would come to the front door to see who had left the house. Nobody came, so I knew I was in the all clear.

I took a quick look at all the houses near our house in the see if anybody was out yet. There is nobody. I figured the day was going to be a slow day because nobody was up yet working outside.

Walking to the edge of the porch I headed down the porch stairs. When I got on the ground I went to the side of the house to get my bike. I'm glad I asked for a black bike when my parents asked us what color we wanted for our bikes. Because it would have been hard to not be seen with a bright burgundy bike that my parents originally wanted me to get.

Putting in the backpack on my back I got on the bike and I started pedaling to the entrance of the Community Land.

Exiting the Community Land I started to pedal towards the shed.

Andrei Pov

Riding up to the shed on the dark blue bike that Louise gave me. I can already see that she was here with her black bike outside.

Riding closer to the shed I got off the bike and set it next to Louise's bike. Walking over to the shed door I open it to see Louise wrapped around in two old blankets she bought for the shed.

Walking over to her, I reached into my pocket and grabbed the apple. I took out the apple from my black coat pocket. And showed it to her.

She took her left arm out of the blanket she had wrapped up in and grabbed for the apple. Feeling playful I snatched it back. Then I asked, "What are we going to do before it's time?"

"We are going to sit here until it is two hour before it is time to go into action" I replied.

"Make room I want to be warm too" I told her even though we have more blankets stashed here. Nonetheless, she made room for me and I sat down and wrapped the surrounding blankets.

Then I gave her the apple. And she took a big bite. Soon I fell asleep to the sound of her eating the apple.

As time give closer to 5:00pm I was filled with worry that my plan would not work. But I tried to quiet those thoughts.

Looking over to Andrei I checked to see if every single part of him that was recognizable and covered.

He wore the outfit similar to mine, the only difference to how you looked earlier this morning was now he was wearing a face mask I made for both of us. To make sure they don't recognize our faces.

As the clock hit 5:00pm me and Andrei got off our bike and walked towards the back entrance door. That was for black people. As we got to the door before walking in, we took a peek inside to see if there was anybody in the hall.

There were three people in the hall. So we waited for them all to leave. I hope that no other black person will come to the hospital. Because the fewer people know we are here, the fewer questions we would get. And more importantly the safety we will have, would be.

The three people who were in the hallway have finally left. And we waited a few more seconds before going in. Finally, we went inside, and we started to walk down the hallway.

Being cautious, we peek around every single hallway before we walk through. Already been here a few times before so we knew our way around. We knew a way to our destination. I didn't want to make the same mistakes I did in our first job. About not knowing the layout.

Reaching the stairwell we went inside and walked up to the second floor. Giving to the second floor door we peeked inside. See if there was anybody in the area. Seeing nobody we were in the all clear.

Walking on to the second floor we did the same thing we did on the first floor check in each hallway. Until we finally got to the hallway with a door on the end that says do not enter.

That door was one of the doors that held the medicine in the hospital. It was also the only one that was not watched carefully.

We walked up to the door and opened it. Every single time me and Andrei came to get the layout of the building and we watch to see where the nurses and doctor get the medicine from. We always check to see if the door is locked when we realize that it was the door to our goal.

Going into the room, we just started shoving different medicines into our bags, but I notice it's in particular Andrei who went to this one medicine. Thorazine was the name on the bottle.

He started to push all the ones he could reach into his bag until it was finally full.

He looked over at me and at my bag to see that I was done. It was time to leave.

Peeking outside we didn't see anybody in the hall we left out of the room. In a hurry we didn't close the door silently. So it made a loud sound in the quiet hall.

Realizing our mistake we started moving heavily to the stairwell. Then we heard somebody shout "Hey you stop!"

Now we knew it was time to make a run for it.

Halona Pov

The whole family was sitting in the living room to music from the radio in the kitchen waiting for Louise to get home.

She left a note this morning for the family that she wouldn't get back until after at least six. So Mom and Dad have been worrying all day about what she could be up to.

She's such a brat for making mom worry right after mom's birthday.

'This is breaking news

At the Montelepre Hospital there was a robbery.

You heard me right there was a robbery.

At the time of the robbery, doctors in the hospital at the time heard the slam of a door. Walking out of a patient's room. He seemed two suspicious characters in all black holding black bags near a room that they held a significant amount of medicine in.

He said the two suspicious characters are the size of children.

There have already been phone calls reporting that people have seen two children in all black riding bikes with black bags on their backs being reported to the police as we speak.

What has the world been turned into for children to be stealing from the hospital?

Do you think these are the same people responsible for stealing the food from the government all those months ago?'

Someone must have turned off the radio because the room was and absolute silence after that last sentence.

That person turned out to be Luthor because his voice broke the silence.

"She stole medicine from the hospital"

Seeing cop cars drive past the alley I was hiding in makes me worry about Andrei's safety.

I realized very quickly that it was no longer safe for us to be together, so I told him we would be going our separate ways.

I really hope he didn't go straight home either. But I think he's smart enough to realize that's a bad idea. Wearing black was a good idea because it's pitch dark outside now. It also makes us very noticeable.

When Andrei and I were together we quickly noticed that people were pointing us out and running towards the near payphone.

It didn't take me long to figure out that they were calling the police. And that's what the police use to keep finding us even when we go through smaller alleyways that they couldn't follow us through.

Riding my bike a little more I hide into another alleyway as soon as I hear the sounds of a police car nearby. When this group passed I was about to leave the alleyway, but before I could do that, something grabbed me from the back and threw me off my bike.

I rolled on the ground for a bit landing on my front. I was a little dizzy from that role, but not dizzy enough to not turn around quickly to see who grabbed me.

Seeing the person who grabbed me and threw me I took notice of their appearance.

The man was also dressed in all black, but you could see sea green in some places. He has long blonde hair even though he is dark skinned. He was tall around the same height as Louis. Also like Louis he was well-built.

I finally took notice of his face, and I was terrified.

Author's Note

The next update hopefully is 12/25/21

Now on to facts

Flutter man = An attractive guy

Razz their berries or Razz my Berries = Impress me

Classy chassis = An attractive female.

Fuzzy duck = A female with a short haircut.

Square = A person who confirms to traditional.

Padre = father

Madre = Mother