4. Robbie
It was on Saturday when it happened. At 11:23 p.m. to be precise. Yin could hear her mother shouting from down the hall. Ever since the abusive Samuel had gotten out of Yin and Susie's lives, Yin slept at home.
"Yin! Yin!" screamed Susie. Yin could tell that she was in much pain.
"I'm coming!" said Yin.
As soon as Yin got down the hall, she was terrified at what she saw. Her mother was delivering a baby.
Yin had noticed that her mother was pregnant, but it had only been seven months that Susie had been pregnant. Yin quickly picked up the phone and dialed 911. After a five minute conversation, Yin hung up the phone and told her mother the horrid news.
"They…they turned us away. I, I didn't even know that was possible. I'm calling…dad."
Yin could not believe the words that she had just muttered. She was actually going to ask her father for help. Her father. The same man who tossed an infant, his daughter, his own child, out of his house after calling that infant a curse to the family. But sadly, Yin had no other choice. She picked up the phone and called.
"Hello. Who is speaking?" Robert said.
"Yin" Yin spoke in a whisper, so that her father could not hear her.
"Who?"
"Yin" Yin spoke louder this time, so that her father could hear her.
"I don't know a Yin"
"YinYang Lee Dannie!!! Your daughter!! Your child!! Who you kicked out of your home, along with your wife."
"Why did you call here?! I told you never to come back to this family again!"
"I'm not coming back! Trust me, I would never do that. I need help. Susie, your beloved wife, is giving birth. The hospital turned her away because she does not have enough money. We need money, so that someone may help her deliver her child. Robbie! Please…help."
"Never call me Robbie. That is not my name. Also, you are asking the wrong person."
And with that, Robert had hung up the phone. She told her mother the news, and than Yin ran outside to try to find help. No one was there. No one was anywhere. Yin sat on the bed beside her mother.
"I will help you deliver your child." Yin said
"Yin, no. You are too young."
"I know."
Yin ran into her room to get blankets. She sat by her mother and helped her to deliver the baby. Within the next five minutes, Yin had a new baby brother. But she also lost her mother. The baby was crying. So was Yin. But she knew that she could do nothing to help her mother now. She looked into the new born child's eyes.
"I will name you Robbie. Robbie Yang Dannie. Your mother always loved the name Yang, and your father hates the name Robbie. I will take care of you for as long as I can. I promise."
5. Gun Point
Three years had passed since Robbie was born. Yin was now six and Robbie was now three. After her mother died, Yin didn't have enough money to pay for the house, so the bank took it away. Yin and Robbie lived on the streets and struggled to get by. Yin looked to get a job, but no one would hire a six year old, no matter how educated that child was. The brother and sister had to live in the streets and shower at the local swimming pool. Yin was held at gun point many times, but she always scared the thieves away by showing them that she could control fire. Robbie was always scared when his sister was held at gun point. He was terrified for his sister's safety. Yin was always fearful about her brother's safety as well.
One night that Yin was being held at gun point, Robbie decided to try to play the hero and save his sister.
"Yin! I'm coming!"
"Robbie!? No! Just stay right there!"
But Robbie wouldn't listen. He ran to his sister. A gun shot. The bullet hit Robbie. Within a second, Yin had her brother in her arms, and the whole alley up in flames. She took Robbie out of the alley and onto the sidewalk. A trail of crimson liquid was following Robbie. He had a huge gash in his arm. Luckily, the bullet missed his chest.
"Robbie. Robbie!"
"Yin. I, I'm ok." He said weakly.
Suddenly, Yin's eyes started glowing. Not red like fire, but blue like water. Water began to spin around her injured brother. The water surrounded the gash on Robbie's arm. Yin touched the water, and her hand began to glow. When the water was gone, so was the gash on Robbie's arm. Robbie was ok.
The next day, Yin realized something. Robbie was not by any means living a normal life. Just because she didn't have a normal childhood, doesn't mean that Robbie shouldn't have one. Yin decided that it would be best if she gave Robbie up. That night, when Robbie was sleeping, she wrote him a note. She then took Robbie and wrapped him up in a blanket. The whole night, she looked up local families to see which one was the safest. In the middle of the night, Yin took Robbie to a house owned by a single woman named Ms. Elizabeth Smith. She put the note in the blanket, left him at the doorstep, rang the bell, and then ran away.
Yin watched from behind a bush as Ms. Smith opened the door and took the child inside. Yin was sad, but she realized that she did the right thing. Robbie could never live a normal life living with her, but that Ms. Smith would take good care of Robbie.
"'Robbie Yang D.' that's funny. There's no last name, only an initial. Well now your name is Robbie Yang Smith."
Yin watched as Ms. Smith took Robbie inside of her house. She left from behind the bush.
"Goodbye Robbie. I swear that this is not the last time I will see you."