It was 3 'o clock in the morning. Mr and Mrs Perkins were asleep, and so was their daughter Melissa. But Elektra wasn't. Elektra had just woken up again. And even though she was tired, she knew she had to get up as it was for the greater good.

She put on the clothes she was wearing before she went to bed, but her phone in her pocket and took her suitcase downstairs. The suitcase was rather heavy, but it couldn't touch the floor because her parents would hear that. She entered the leaving room and walked towards the front door on her toes. She was about to open the door when she heard a toilet flushing.

There were two things she could do in that moment. She could either hide with the possibilty of being seen or she could leave as fast as she could, but then whoever that was could definitely see or hear her. What risk was she going to take?

Elektra opened the door and ran out with her suitcase.

"Mandy, where are you going?" She heard Melissa saying behind her.

The suitcase was too heavy to run with so she hid behind a car and heard Melissa shouting: "Mum, dad! Mandy is trying to run away!"

Elektra hid her suitcase under the car and ran for it. Unfortunately Melissa had seen her and she followed her younger sister. It got worse. Her parents' bedroom lights were switched on and Elektra knew they were coming down to get her too. She knew she was safe now though, Melissa would never catch up with her, so if she was quick and smart she could get away or hide. But she wasn't quick or smart enough. Bernarnd started running after Elektra too and Marilyn called social services or the police. Elektra had no idea which one she was calling, but she knew it was serious and she was in big trouble, even if she did get away.

But she didn't. Bernard aggressively put his arms around Elektra and tried to drag her back to the house. Elektra tried to resist, but her father was a pretty strong man and he eventually got her back to the house.

Melissa was sitting on the pavement crying and Marilyn was trying to comfort her. Elektra didn't know what to say. She ruined it again.

"I'm sorry..." She whispered after staring at Melissa for a while.

"You're evil!" Marilyn said.

Elektra looked at her dad, who seemed to agree with Marilyn.

"Come on now, inside." He said, and he pushed Elektra through the door.

Elektra sat down on the couch and said: "I am so sorry. Really. I am."

"I'm very disappointed in you. You know what your mum has done? She's called Jon and asked them to come as soon as possible. You're going to regret this, Mandy. You are."

Elektra shrugged. She already regretted it but how could she feel worse anyway.

"Did you hear me? I said, you are going to regret this."

"Yes yes... I heard you." Elektra sighed.

A few moments later Marilyn walked in with Melissa, who was still crying.

"Melissa dear, it's alright. You sit down now, okay?" She said to her.

Melissa nodded and sat down on the couch across the one Elektra was sitting on.

"How are we supposed to trust you, Mandy? If you let us down like this every time?" Marilyn asked.

Elektra shrugged again.

"I've just spoken to Jon from social services. They'll be here any minute now. And they're not going to take you to a nice place. You know that, don't you? They wanted to do their best for you but nothing had been arranged yet. He said they're going to take you somewhere far away. But you did that to yourself. Don't blame us. You did this to yourself."

Elektra knew what she did. And she knew she didn't do this to herself. The situation had become unbearable and her parents didn't even know most of it. They didn't want to accept anything she said to them. So she didn't say anything, besides: "My suitcase is still outside."

"We'll take care of that. You're staying inside until they arrive." Bernard said, and he went out to get it.

But only seconds later he came back inside and said: "Marilyn, they're here."