Child
By LittleMissCrash
Chapter 9: Hanna
"Dawn," when I spoke, I could hear my voice tremble. "What are you doing here?" When I asked that question, he smirked as though the answer was as obvious as day.
"Well, my darling sister, I would imagine that we are both here to enjoy each other's company, yes? No I am here to shoot you through the head, you moron." His voice was taunting and made me want to punch him. Even in this situation he was still able to make jokes. Then I realized something.
"Aren't you sick?" I ask in pain for him, but I notice that his bruise colored patch was gone, and I realized that we have all been tricked. This was one sick reality. Annie is insane. He smiles again when I realize. "You tricked everybody in the family for your sick little game. Dawn this is out of control. I thought you hated Annie! You told me yourself!" I was literally screaming my head off. He made mom, dad, and I all so worried for him, especially Uncle Eden, because he knew what Dawn was going through. Or what he was supposed to go through.
"I've always loved Annie. She made me feel like I belonged here. All you guys ever did was making me feel not perfect. I agreed to her plan, because it means that I can finally be perfect and with nobody to compare to me." As he says this, I see the small trail of tears that begin to form, and it pulled on my heart strings. It pained me to think that he has always thought this about the rest of his family.
"You should have told me." I try, but Dawn was already set. He was reading to pull the trigger. Then somebody walks up behind him. It was Annie. Of course. She is sick. Even for such a young person, who anyone would expect to be innocent, she can take a seventeen-year-old into a torture chamber and beat her to near death.
"She still isn't dead? Don't you realize that this is your chance to gain your perfection? Come on Dawn." Annie says with a nonchalant voice.
Kalen, I need Kalen. I realized that he was the one who said we would never see each other again. Why would he come after you? The small voice at the back of my head questioned. Then I hear the sound of glass breaking and grunts of people. So Annie has body guards, does she? Annie whips back at the door and races down the hall to see what was going on. Dawn was eager to find out too, but he seemed to remember that I was ready to escape from this chamber. He turned towards me and pointed the gun at me once again. I just stood there as I was curious about what was disturbing their execution.
Then I saw Kalen and his dark hair and eyes standing at the door. We stared at each other for a second, and then he plucked the gun out of Dawn's shaking hands, as though Dawn was barely gripping on it. He punched my brother in the stomach, and Dawn collapsed. I was about to protest, but then I realized that he had almost killed me.
"Help me carry him." I say, and lift up Dawn's body.
"Why?" He says, and he seemed genuinely confused. Right. I haven't explained the story yet. I explain all that has happened, including that my brother just tried to kill me. Instead of understanding, he seemed even more confused. "You love him so much and he tried to kill you, but you are still willing to forgive him?" I just shake my head.
"I'm his sister, and I have a responsibility, even if he did try to kill. Besides, he thought that we were the ones that exploited him. Come on, help me carry him. He may be small looking, but he's sturdy." I say and attempt to carry him again. Kalen sighs and lifts Dawn over his shoulder as though he weighted nothing but a feather.
"So what do you supposed we do about the girl? She seemed like their ringleader." Kalen says, breaking the silence. We sat down earlier and he gave me this thing called a hunger pellet that is supposed to rid your hunger, and the thing actually works! It was already the middle of the day, meaning that my mother and father both are looking for us and probably Annie's parents too.
"I don't know." I finally say. I am truly out of ideas. What kind of problem is this? My brother tried to kill me, but I don't want to turn him in. If I don't turn him in I would have no way of proving Annie guilty. I feel as though I am caught in a repeating cycle. Then I remembered something I wanted to ask Kalen. "Why did you come for me?" I saw his face change color and he was fumbling for words. Somehow this comforted me.
"Er…well…I…I like you." He managed to say. Why did this statement make me so happy? He's from the Colonies!
How had I managed to get myself in so much confusion, when yesterday morning still seemed perfectly normal?