With the girls in tow, I raced back to Homer, who now had a shotgun out and was shooting back at the enemy. The only lockable room in the house was the bathroom, so instead of going to Homer, I gave him a gesture to the girls and then the bathroom. I hoped he clicked on, if not, too bad. I reached the door and put them in the bathtub. Locking the door behind me, I went straight to the boys' room. Knowing Gavin like the back of my hand, he had a rifle and was guarding the two boys. Good onya Gavin. He always surprises me, but this was tops. There were many times Gavin had surprised me and by god this was one time. There was no fear or panic in his eyes, just protectiveness. At that moment, I was so proud of him and to be honest, I never knew he had it in him.

"You alright?" I quickly asked. They each gave a nod.

"Where's my sisters?" Phillip asked me, fretting for the worst.

"They're safe. I locked them in the bathroom." I turned to Gavin, hoping he was looking at me. He was, but he was still concentrating on the door.

"I'll go and get them to safety, go and join Homer. Then we decide what to do. Got it?" he nodded, responding to the situation. I didn't feel the need to let him know the situation, so I took the boys by the wrist and carted them out the door and to the bathroom, locking the door behind them.

Gavin was already with Homer, shooting through the window. I gave them a signal to stop and they did just that. Crouched over I came up with out best possible solution.

"We have to get the kids and run. Go to Lee's work and then…" I gave a pause whilst thinking what our next move should be. "and then who knows." They looked at each other and looked at me. "Agreed?"

"Yes." They both replied in unison.

The three of us ran to the bathroom and I had the job taking the girls. All of a sudden, the guns stopped. At that moment, a soldier appeared in the doorway. I didn't have time to think, I raised my riffle and shot. The man's face drained of colour and he fell to the ground. The two girls gave a scream from behind me, but Homer was on the job of calming them. I really felt bad for our neighbours. If any of them were asleep, they sure were awake now.

Once again off we went, down the hallway and out through the door. Yet another man appeared with a gun and I put the girls down, standing directly in front of them. No one was going to get to them, not on my watch. Before I could do anything, Homer raised his gun and shot the man directly through the chest. I heard Pang whimper from behind me. I reached for her and found her small hand and tugged her towards me, hugging her until she was ok.

Unwillingly, I let go of her and took Intira by the hand and towed them to safety. I don't know how we got out, but it was rough. A few more shots were fired before we made it out. Something happened that still shocks me now. While defending us, Homer stayed at the front, shielding us from the enemy. A bullet had come out of nowhere and hit Homer in the shoulder. Homer gave out a cry and held his arm immediately. Shock and confused, I tried to fuss over him, but he pushed me away saying he was alright.

I knew it was a big tough macho act, but pulled away. Still holding his arm, he led us down the stairs and out the front door. This was a very risky move, but if we could pull it off and get into the car, than we could get to safety.

Surprisingly the coast was clear and we were out the door in no time. It wasn't hard to spot the car from our position. We decided on taking the four wheel drive and snuck around to the door. It wasn't long before we were spotted. The kids gave a shriek and I more or less pushed them in the car. I left Gavin to take care of seat belts and Homer and I jumped into the front. The keys still in the ignition, I started the car and sped off down the driveway just as the soldier reached where the car was moments before.

We sped down the street towards Lee's work. I was finally able to break down into tears. I really did think that after we moved to the city that everything would settle down. Boy was I wrong…again. To my shock, Gavin leant over and placed an understanding hand on my shoulder. I closed my eyes and sobbed harder. At that moment I knew if there was anyone in this world that gets me, its Gavin.

AN:~ I know its pretty short, but I updated quickly like I promised. Thank you Lilypadandprongs4eva and NotJustAnotherGirl for reviewing. I really appreciate it. Thanks for reading!

~GFDH1192~