A/N: Sorry it took me so long to upload, my teachers thought it would be fun to give me a bunch of homework. All month long. Again, I'm sorry. I don't own Alphas and I probably never will. Please review.

Last time: I drove down the winding road that lead to the small house that Liam owned. I pulled into the driveway and idled a moment before putting the car in park and walking to the front door. I had only knocked once when the door was yanked open. Liam stood in front of me, his sandy blonde hair rumpled and his blue eyes annoyed. When he noticed it was me, he seemed a bit calmer. "Hey, Kira. Did Mack send you?"

I bit my lip, feeling rather embarrassed. I didn't know how to ask this. "No, he didn't. Look, I'm in a bit of trouble and I could use some help."

Liam raised an eyebrow. "Why exactly do you need my help?" We both knew the reason behind the question.

I frowned and fixed my stare on the wall next to Liam, almost unable to stop the tears I felt coming on. "I'm kind of in a bad place right now. There are people that I can't let find me and I thought maybe you'd help me. I'll pay however much you need."

He frowned. "Who exactly is following you? If you need help we can go to the police or something. You know that running isn't always the best option."

"It's my only option, Liam. If these people find me, I might as well just jump off a cliff. That's how great a chance I have." The tears spilled over and I felt the weight of what had just happened. I'd been tortured for my ability, forced to hurt people to escape, and forced to steal a car to save myself.

Liam muttered something and pulled me into a hug. "Hey, it's okay. I can call Mack if you'd like."

I shook my head. "No, that's the first place they'll look for me. If I want Mack to be okay, I have to stay far away."

"Um, how about we go inside and talk this over."

I wrapped my hands around the mug of hot tea and stared at my hands. Liam sat down next to me. "Now, I need you to tell me everything. I promise I won't breathe a word of it to anyone, but you need to trust me if you want help. I need to know how bad this is."

I sighed inwardly. Something told me that I should just up and leave but something else said that maybe I could trust Liam. I contemplated it before saying "A few months ago I realized that I was special. I can do something that no one else can." I held up a finger and for once my gift obeyed me and a small flame appeared. "I thought I had it under control until a couple of nights ago when I accidentally caused an office building to explode. No one was hurt but shortly after, a van came around the corner and people came out and took me somewhere. I was told that I was going to be sent to a facility because of what I'd done. At the facility, they said they were going to help me learn to control my ability. They threw objects at me and tried to force me to burn them. When the tests were unsuccessful, they… they tied me to a chair and electrocuted me until I made the ropes burn."

More tears fell and Liam laid an arm around my shoulders. "You'll be fine. I'll help you out free of charge. I think you deserve it."

I leaned into him slightly and we began to talk about what we would do.

The phone shook in Clay's hand. "What do you mean 'she escaped'?"

The guard on the other end said "Well, we were running a series of tests to try to jumpstart her ability when she went completely nuts and ran out of here after setting fire to two people and burning a hole in the fence."

"And why didn't someone stop her?"

"She stole a car, Sir."

"I see."

Clay shook his head and marched back into the meeting room where what was left of the alpha team sat. Nina had left soon after Dr. Rosen had been taken away, Gary was with the NSA, and Rachel was to come back to work the next day. That left him only Hicks and Harken to work with. Clay took the picture of the teenager Kira and taped it to a board in the office. "This is our new escapee. Kira Monroe, age sixteen, has pyrokinesis. She injured two people down at Binghamton by setting them on fire. She is considered armed and dangerous. Use whatever force necessary to bring her in. We need to get her back to the facility before she can hurt anyone else.

Hicks spoke up. "She's just a kid and she can't even control her ability. If she set anyone on fire, it wasn't on purpose."

"That's all the more reason to get her back to Binghamton quickly. She's unstable."

Bill looked thoughtful. "Okay. We'll go talk to her brother. From what she told me, he's locked up somewhere. I'll have someone check around."

Clay nodded and left the room. Cameron folded his arms over his chest and sat back. "What have we gotten ourselves into? Rosen never would have gone for this. She's not dangerous if you ask me. Just someone new to their ability."

Bill stood to leave. "No one asked you."