Disclaimer: still not the guys...OCs yes...

I'm borrowing a quote from the movie "Signs" by M. Night Shamalon (I know I spelled his name wrong don't kill me...)

Warning: sad chapter...

Chapter 18:Choices

Leo's POV

After seeing my brothers off for the night I do the dishes and check in on the kids before heading to bed. My head aches a little but nothing serious, I'll be out in a few minutes anyway. I don't even remember laying down before I'm asleep. I wake to the felling that someone is watching me. I hear someone crying and roll over. Jimmy is sitting beside me looking terrified.

"Jim'y? Waz wrong?" I slur, still slightly asleep.

"Dares a mon'ser ow'sid my win'ow, can I hav a glass of wa'er?" he whimpers. I sigh and get up. He has nightmares a lot from what Sarah told me.

"Yeah bud come on," I sigh as I pick him up. He clings to me and sobs softly, I rub his back a little and then set him on the counter as I grab him a glass and fill it. He drinks it and then does the whole grabbing motionsthing to me until I pick him up. I hold him close as I take him back to his room, he's half asleep by the time we get there. I try to lay him down but he has his arms wrapped around my neck in a death grip, won't let go. I start to pull his arms off but he wakes up and begs me tolet him sleep with me. I sigh and relent. He curls up on my bed and I lay next to him. Jimmy snuggles close and I open one eye to check on him. He's fast asleep.

The old paranoia I grew up with won't let me sleep now though. After I'm sure Jimmy's asleep I grab my swords and slip out into the hall. There are a few monsters I don't want to see around here. I make my rounds and search carefully for any sign of a ninja in the darkness. I notice that the alarm has been turned off...I know I activated it before I laid down...now I'm nervous...

Suddenly all the lights flip on and I whirl around, Sarah is standing with a Foot ninja holding a blade to her throat, the kids are clinging to each other surounded by more ninjas. Jimmy is next to Sarah, looking terrified. i realize i've whipped my swords out and I'm in a defensive stance.

A ninja steps forward, draggind Jimmy with him. Jimmy is crying and is definatly scared. My grip on my swords tightens. I don't need this.

"Mistress Karai requests your attendence to a meeting," He says firmly. I growl and tense.

The ninja moves fast, too fast, his blade flashes quick and blood spurts, Jimmy gags and tries to scream. Blood is everywhere. Jimmy sinks to the ground.

"You are coming with us, or more die," he hisses. Something snaps in me, the sight of Jimmy writhling on the ground, struggling to breathe.

I charge the ninja with a scream and attack him with everything I have.

"Thwy will die if you don't come," the ninja laughs. My blade catches his throat and I feel his blood spray onto me. I twist toward the others, the kids look scared, Sarah has the blade pressed against her throat, a thin line of blood trickling down. Realization slams into me. I'm shaking now...

"Drop your swords or she dies," hisses the ninja behind Sarah. My swords hit the ground, I'm terrifingly calm.

"Bind him," the ninja hisses. My arms are dragged behind me and tied so tight I can barely feel my fingers. the last hing I see is Jimmy's body, the blood on the ground around him, and Sarah crying. A black hood drops over my head and something hard hits the back of my head. I hear the kids crying and Sarah say my name...then nothing.

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Whew...Ok I will be gone from he 16th to the 18th...and school starts on the 20th for me so my updates will not be as often...most likely they will be weekly or bi-weekly....

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