It was mere minutes before dark when we arrived in front of DeFleurs home for children. The Doctor and I headed up the steps; Pete and Steve were left in the car with strict instructions to come only if trouble occurred.
Ringing the bell proved futile as did knocking. The Doctor was ready to sonic the lock, when the door clicked and slowly inched open. I shouldered the door open some more, "Hello? Is anyone here?" there was no answer except for some scurrying upstairs. "The children must be sleeping."
We stepped into the foyer and the door closed behind us. "Does this place seem ominous or is it just me?" The Doctor asked by the front desk.
"Not just you." I replied grabbing my tesla from its holster. I tried flipping the light switch to no avail. "Lights are out."
"Strange." The Doctor mumbled. Sounds of pages being flipped could be heard from his direction.
"What is it?" I used the wall to walk towards him.
"All of the victims have been here." More pages flipping. "Do you have a light?"
I reached for my locket and opened it, sending the room in a green light. "Is this good?"
"More than good. It seems they were all here to see one of the children." He got closer to the page and squinted. "A Zoey Hoppus."
"She must be the one with the artifact then. Does it say what room?"
"Yes, 117. Artifacts?"
"No time to explain Doctor, but if she has it she may not know she's hurting people." I ran down the hall, searching for the room. I could hear the Doctors footsteps nearly right behind me as I skidded to a halt right outside the room.
Quietly I pushed the door open and used my free hand to lift the locket through the door way. "Zoey?" I whispered.
A figure moved in the corner. I turned my locket towards it and was startled to see a little girl glaring at me; she was sitting in a rocking chair clutching an old stuffed bear. "I don't want to go!" as she yelled the bear begun to spark.
"I'm not going to take you anywhere. I just want to talk, okay?" I tried to get closer, but the sparks flew out toward me and the door slammed shut leaving the Doctor on the other side.
"That's what they all said, but they killed me, them, us!" Zoey's eyes began to flash different colors. She stood and her eyes weren't the only things changing. Her height, hair and weight kept fluctuating.
"Zoey, I'm here to help you." reaching out I grabbed her ever changing arm.
"We don't want it!" she pushed me off of here and a blue light encircled the room.
My body first began to tingle, and then I screamed as volts of electricity went through me. I could barely hear anything around me; I fell to the floor hitting my head. Before I lost consciousness I saw Zoey return to her normal self and that she was crying.