'Kai put down the gun, Tala right behind him, opened the plastic magnet closet doors only to find…
The young girl they'd been looking for. She was curled up in a ball holding some objects and sobbing. Both Kai and Tala knew that she knew what had happened. Kai now felt terrible about pulling the trigger, but it was an order and he had to follow orders. Alexandria looked up, tears still falling from her eyes, only to meet those that belonged to her sister's killer.
Tala bent down next to Kai. "Come on. Grab her and let's get the heck outta here, kay? Come on Kai!" Tala tried not to yell, but he couldn't help it. Kai was just sitting there staring at the girl. Kai couldn't keep his eyes off her, noticing that she ears and a tail belonging to a fox. Finally Kai snapped out of it and back to reality. When he reached for the girl, Alexandria turned away so that her right side was facing him. Alexandria was still sobbing, thinking, 'How could someone do this to me? Why would they do this?'
Moving closer, Kai slipped his arms under her legs and behind her back. Picking her up, he looked at Tala. "Tala, grab her blanket and wrap it around her," Kai said and Tala taking Alexandria's baby blanket from her, which she reached for, only to have Tala placed it back on her.
Bryan and Spencer, coming into the room, saw that they had found her. Kai looked at Bryan. "You have the suitcase?" he asked.
"Yup, right here." After all she was going to be living with them. Kai gave him a nod, which gave him the ok. Bryan gave Tala the suitcase. Tala opened the top drawer and placed some socks and other garments in the case. Then, moving back to the closet, he placed some jeans, long-sleeved shirts, skirts, and took out her heavy winter coat. "Bryan, look under the bed. I saw some sneakers and a small backpack. Can you grab those please?" Bryan nodded back.
Seeing all this only confused Alexandria. She couldn't understand why they killed her family, but spared her. And now they were packing some of her stuff like they were packing for some kind of trip. And why did the one boy want her small back-pack? It had nothing of importance to them. Just the usual teen stuff: an iPod with USB cable (never know when the batteries will die), all her CD's in two cases, headphones, a cell phone that didn't work, keys to the house, along with her school i.d., CD player and two books.
When they tried to leave, she reached for the bottom drawer in her desk. Kai looked puzzled as to what she wanted in there. Looking at her, he asked, "What is it? Is there something in there you want?" She gave him the "no really" look and nodded "yes." Kai made a head movement to signal that there was more.
"How much stuff does she need?" Spencer asked.
"She's a woman. What do you expect?" Tala remarked. Spencer opened the drawer only to find a couple of reading books. There weren't a lot, just enough to fill a small backpack. Spencer sighed and placed them in another small case.
Now that she had seen that they had acquired all her stuff (needed to survive), Alexandria had no choice but to go with them. Seeing how everyone was dead, where else was she to go?
Carrying the girl and heading down the stairs, Kai turned her head into his chest so she wouldn't lay eyes on her dead father, sister, or stepmother. They loaded her along with her belongings into a van. Spencer drove while Boris was in the passenger seat. Ian, Tala, and Bryan were in the far back with all her stuff. Kai was in the seat behind Spencer, with Alexandria fast asleep, waiting to see what happens next.