Lots of you have been asking for a chapter from Lou's P.O.V. I'm trying, but it might not be amazing. I've also updated End of the World, Leo's settled down and Tobias's story so please read and review on those as well! Thanks! :D

Louisa woke up to Annabeth's wretched alarm clock buzzing demandingly at her. She snatched it up and lobbed it across the room.

"That's the fifth one this month." Annabeth mumbled sleepily, a hint of annoyance in her tone. Louisa shrugged and hid under her covers. "You've got work, Lou. Get up." Louisa threw a pillow at her, but got up reluctantly.

It was five in the morning, dammit, and she had to be ready to go by half past, otherwise the truck would drive off without her and she would have to walk to work. It wasn't ideal to walk to work this early in the morning as it had been known for girls to be attacked by guys at this time. That hadn't happened to her, seeing as she was normally on time, but she didn't want to go through that.

Her mind wandered to Leo as she poured herself some cereal. He was a strange guy. She had heard of loners snapping to the desperate phase in less than a week and forcing themselves on their girls. Leo wasn't like that. He was generally sweet, but talked a lot when he was nervous. He kept asking her questions, wanting to know why she didn't talk.

Her mood soured instantly and she forgot to put the usual amount of three tablespoons of sugar on the cornflakes. To distract herself from dark thoughts, she hurriedly ate the cereal, put the kettle on and prepared a coffee for herself and for Annabeth. The second that girl smelt coffee, she was up.

Louisa was pouring the hot water into the mugs when her mind flash-backed to that day…

It was Louisa's thirteenth birthday and Jessica had taken her out for pizza as a treat. They weren't the richest family, but they didn't care. They had each other and that was all they needed. To Louisa's surprise, Jessica had hired push bikes for the day. Louisa had only ridden a bike once or twice in her life before and was really wobbly to start off with. Jessica helped her get in the swing of things, showing her how to do a wheelie and neat little bunny hops.

They came out of nowhere. One second, they were happily racing through the city and the next; a giant, bat-like creature swooped down and snatched Jessica up. Louisa screamed for her, following Jessica and the creature like crazy on the bike, but it was no use. Two more bat-like creatures appeared and grabbed Jessica's legs.

"Lou!" She was pulled away from the counter running with boiling water and the memory. Louisa turned round and saw Annabeth briefly before moving to the sink and bringing up her breakfast. "Was it that memory again?" Louisa nodded, rinsing the vomit away and spitting out the disgusting taste. Annabeth held Louisa's hair back as she vomited again. "Are you sure you're OK to go in today?" Louisa managed a nod again, pouring herself a glass of water. She saw Annabeth watching her worriedly, but ignored her, staring at the lights until they burned her eyes. She drained the water in one go, moved around Annabeth and continued getting ready for work.

Annabeth followed her. "I don't think you should go in, Lou." Louisa ignored her, snatching up her boots by the door. "Especially if it's greens today. Just stay here." Louisa shook her head, pulled on her uniform outer jacket and walked out. Annabeth followed, still in her pyjamas. "Lou, come back!" The truck had pulled into the driveway that ran the length of their blocks of buildings and the defence wall of the girls' side of the city. "Lou!" Annabeth shouted, probably waking their neighbours.

Louisa was already gone, hurrying down the steps two at a time and jumping the last three. The back doors of the truck opened and she clambered into the back, sitting next to her Lieutenant.

"Corporal Smith." The Lieutenant addressed. Louisa saluted formally. The Lieutenant returned the salute and dismissed her. She sat down and strapped herself in, looking around at her colleagues.

She was outnumbered on the male to female ratio by nineteen to one. She was the only female here.

Actually, she was the only female in the legions.

So, what'd you think?

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