Dani

While Mia went to take a shower I pulled out my photo screen and looked at all the pictures of my dad that I had gathered over the years. My blood boiled as I saw them all, how happy he had been before he had died. These people had killed my dad, I was going to get revenge. I put the photo screen down gently and then rushed out the door and slammed it behind me.

I ran to where I knew most of the scientists stayed to look at their research and study. The door was just within my reach, but someone grabbed me from behind and held me back.

"Let me go!" I yelled, kicking the person in the stomach and biting their arms and hands whenever I could.

"No Dani," Cole told me softly. "You'll just hurt yourself."

"They killed him! How am I supposed to sit by when they killed him!" I was in hysterics now. All the scientists inside had rushed out and were now watching the scene.

"Who? What happened?" Cole questioned.

"My dad. I never knew him because of them." I answered. I finally broke away and tackled one of them. It was funny how ironic it was, I would hurt them with the knowledge they had taught to me.

The scientist that I targeted was on his knees and I had given him a black eye already.

"Danica, get off or we're going to have to inject you with this." One of the scientists said. I only growled in response and then continued on.

Next thing I knew a needle was jabbed in my neck. I yelped partly grain surprise and pain. Then the world started to go black and I fell to the ground motionless.

"Did they kill her?" Conrad asked as I woke up.

"I don't think so bud." I told him groggily.

He jumped and then hugged me. "I thought you were dead."

"Well, obviously. You're just jealous you don't get to do the deed Shadowman." I replied smirking.

Everyone else was in the room too. Raidon was at the other side of my bed looking deathly pale. Id say the same for Conrad, but he always looks like that. Mia was looking a bit transparent, as was Astrid. Cole was clutching a pin and looking a bit murderous, but not at anyone in the room. His arms and hands were bandaged up from me biting him. Iris and Jade were crying slightly and and clutching each other in a hug. Gale had a hand on each of their shoulders watching me carefully. All in all, we looked like a family.

"Are you ok instructor Cole?" Jade asked innocently.

"Yes," he grumbled. "I just need to speak to Ms. Bodway alone for a minute." I winced at the sudden change in my name. The others gave me a look of sympathy and then left me alone with him.

"What did I do?" I blurted.

"Were you trying to get yourself killed?" He yelled.

"What are y-" I started, but he started screaming over me again.

"They could have killed you! What were you thinking?"

"You don't-"

"Do you have any idea what could have happened to you?"

"Listen!" I shouted. He became quiet then and listened to what I was trying to tell him. "You have to listen to me. My father died because of them. I can't just sit by and let them control my life when I know what they did to my fathers."

"What exactly happened to your father?" Cole asked me. He was much calmer now, he must have gotten all his pent up anger out.

I on the other hand was shaking with anger as I repeated everything my mom had told me about my father. He understood now, but he didn't look any less angry. In fact, he looked even more riled up, but then he composed himself and sat down beside me on the cot.

"That's terrible Dani." He have me a soft hug and kissed me on the forehead. When the others came in I didn't let go, I held onto him with a death grip. Soon Iris came and joined in the hug. Then Mia and Raidon, Astrid, then everyone else.

We were broke apart when the nurse and in, clipboard in hand. "All of you go to bed." She told the others. They all argued with her and eventually she let them stay to hear.

"You were injected with a calming serum and a sleeping serum from what I could tell. It shouldn't continue to affect you anymore other than some slight dizziness. You can go back to your room now." I walked out of there quickly as soon as she said I could go.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Mia asked me.

"The Dragon Lady freaks me out. I wanted to get away from her ASAP." I answered.

"Is that why Raidon won't go to the nurse for his cold?"

"Raidon has a cold?" I asked shocked. He almost never got sick, which had always made me jealous.

"Yep."

"I'm gonna go talk to him." I told her. Then I walked out of my room and across the hall to his. Not even bothering to knock, I just opened the door and dragged Raidon out by his ear after waving hi to Gale.

"What are you doing?" He questioned irritably.

"I'm taking you to the nurse whether you like it or not." I replied. He dug his heels in the floor as I tried pulling him along. Mia eventually had to come out and help me pull him to the nurse.

"I thought I told you all to go to bed." The nurse said as we walked in, her hands on her hips.

"Sorry ma'am," Mia told her. "But Raidon refused to go to the nurse. So we made him come."

"I see," The dragon lady said. "You two may leave. Raidon, sit on the cot for me so I can check your temperature."

We walked out of the room, but immediately put our ears to the door to hear what was happening.

"You have a bit of a fever, but I'd say you only have a cold." The nurse told him. I resisted the urge to say we know, what do we do about it?

"But what do I do about it?" Raidon asked irritably.

"Take this every day." She must have handed him some kind of medicine. "Now, off with you."

Raidon burst through the door, knocking Mia and I over. He blushed a bit and helped us up.

"See, it wasn't that bad." Mia told him.

"Well, you didn't get poked and prodded. I'm gonna have bruises tomorrow." Raidon replied.

"Man up." I told him, knocking my shoulder into his.

We got to our rooms and separated to go to bed. I slipped under my covers and stared at the ceiling.

"When do you think were gonna have to leave?" I asked. I had mixed feelings about leaving. On one hand I wanted to stay with Cole, but on the other, I just wanted to get it over with. The sitting still was starting to get to me. We should be getting the serum and high tailing our butts out of Australia.

"I don't know, I just hope it's soon." Mia shared the same longing I had. You could tell by the anxious and hopeful tone of voice she used.

"What if we fail?" I questioned.

"We'll figure it out when the time comes if we do, but I believe we're trained well enough to win."

"I hope so."