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Sophie, Janet and Vanessa made their way to the Family home. They had to stop for a breather on the way there, but they finally knocked on the door, having reached their destination. Grandma Sophia opened the door, smiling she said, "Sophie, Janet, Vanessa! Just in time, we were just talking in the living room." She let them in.

Going inside she found Gracey, her father, uncle and aunt, uncle Mark, uncle Jack, Aunt Tenenbaum and butler Stanley Poole in the room, they seemed to be enjoying themselves.

Secretly Sophie always though Tenenbaum and Jack Ryan would make a good couple. Looking around she saw Grandpa Daniel alone outside, she decided to leave him alone. He hadn't spoken to either of his sons since what had happened. Sophie wanted to laugh and cry. Laugh because they believe Jacob was in Rapture. Yeah... right, there was no such thing. Cry because he was gone, she was sure of that. Everybody in the family believed in that place. Feared it even, but not Sophie. She never believed in it. Why should she?

Eleanor brought the cake over and set it on the table. They sang happy birthday before Delta, blew the flames off the candles. It was a good party, Gracey didn't even criticize Delta about his sweet tooth, probably because it was his birthday.

"Okay people. We've got some great news for all of you." said both Ryan and Roan, they gave each-other an annoyed glance. It was a well known fact they hated speaking at the same time as much as everyone else did, but with their powers it made it difficult not to. Nonetheless, everybody quieted down.

"As you all know, we've been here for a long time. Its time we all celebrate it, so tomorrow we're all taking a road trip to the beaches of long island. It'll be just us... and the cars." said Ryan. Everybody laughed as they raised their glasses for a toast. It has been so long since they had taken a trip. There was nothing stopping them. Mark's daughter had long since moved away and graduated. It hurt, but he knew the time would come. All of the Little Sisters had grown up and left, the only little girls left we're Janet and Vanessa who are Roan's daughters. Sophie looked at Bridget Tenenbaum. She had a son named Mathew, but it had been years and she hadn't seen the boy. Her mother never talked about him either.

Either way they were exited to go.

The Next Morning

The Entire Andrew family woke up extra early to beat traffic. It was a huge problem getting their things packed and into their cars.

"HURRY UP! WE GOT TO BEAT TRAF-UGH, OOF, AH, OUCH!" Stanley tried to warn everyone, but regretted it halfway through the sentence as everybody came barreling down the stairs, trampling him underfoot. It had happened so often he was just used to it.

Ryan was going to drive, but... "Oh no you don't Ryan Andrew, I'm driving." said Eleanor as she took the key's before he did, "Why not?" asked Ryan.

"I don't want you getting another vision and running us off the road" said Eleanor.

"It was one time! Let it go woman." Ryan whined.

It was a short argument. One that Eleanor won. Getting into the car Eleanor sat in the back with Janet and Vanessa who wanted to go with her.

Somewhere On The Coast of Connecticut, 11:00pm

Sitting in the back of the car inbetween Janet and Vanessa wasn't exactly Sophie's ideal place to be. They both tried to play a game of guess what she was looking at, which ended up with them trying to hit one another because the other "cheated".

Then they began to bug Sophie about her not having a boyfriend and proceeded with pestering her about why. Finally they began to fight about the Big Daddy Doll Vanessa had.

"Mine!" yelled Janet as she pulled on one arm of the doll.

"No, it's mine!" Vanessa yelled back as she pulled on it.

It was torture sitting in the back seat. By the looks Eleanor and Ryan had they were having enough of the argument Janet and Vanessa had.

*RIP!* And the arm Janet was pulling ripped off. "You're right, its yours." Janet said.

Vanessa's eyes began to water before, "!" She cried loudly. So loudly it threatened to break their ear drums. At least that was what Sophie thought. Having enough Eleanor parked in a hotel, the rest of the Andrew family caravan followed.

"Is everything okay?" Delta asked worried as he, Mark, Tenenbaum, Jack, and Sophia got out of the car. "Yeah bro, what's up?" Roan said as he, Eliana, Gracie, and Stanley got out of the other car.

"We got a little situation." Ryan said as he pointed at Eleanor, who was trying to calm Vanessa down. They all groaned, it seemed that all the stress of driving for so long was getting to them.

"You go and rent a few rooms, i'll take care of Vanessa." Roan said after taking a deep breath. Nodding, Ryan left for the hotel. Sophie took a deep breath and decided a walk sounded perfect.

"Be careful there girlie." A voice suddenly spoke, catching her by surprise. Looking back she saw an old man. He wore a navy outfit and was smoking a pipe.

"There's a beach out there, but don't swim alone or at night. The sea can be a cruel yet mysterious mistress, she can either drown ya or bring you what you need." The old man said mysteriously.

Sophie rolled her eyes, he was probably an old superstitions sea dog. Like most sailors seemed to be.

"Ye don't believe me girlie?" He asked.

"I don't believe there's anything to be afraid of at the beach except drowning... or sharks." Sophie added that last bit as an afterthought.

The sailor sighed and shook his head, "She who doesn't learn her history is doomed to repeat it."

"Excuse me?" asked Sophie confused, the sailor just took one more drag of his pipe before leaving.

'She who doesn't learn her history... is doomed to repeat it. What does he mean by that?' Sophie thought.

"Sophie, come over here!" She heard her mother call. Placing her hands in her pockets Sophie walked back to the Hotel, deep in thought

Connecticut Coast Line, 4:00am

Sophie tossed about in her bed. She moaned and got up, rubbing her hands against her nightgown she looked back at the place she was laying. wait a minute! Laying there on her bed was another Sophie! Or at least she thought it was another her... Staring more she tried to make up a reason to explain what she was seeing. Suddenly her sights settled next to her, where her cousins were supposed to be sleeping.

They weren't there.

"Where are they!" Sophie asked herself, panic starting to take hold of her. She left the room to look for them. It wasn't dark, but the sun hadn't risen yet. "JANET! VANESSA!" She called.

"Hello." She heard. It was Vanessa's voice, but who was she talking to?

"JANET! VANESSA! DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS!" Sophie shouted as she followed their voices. They were coming from the beach. Sprinting there she saw them talking to strangers. They wore armor, but what worried Sophie was the needle that they had on their arm. She could see it from where she was.

"Rapture is real?" Asked Janet. Sophie never heard both of them answer, but she guessed he did answer them because Vanessa said "Really? I want to go there!"

"No, I want to go there." Janet insisted. The strangers patted their heads. "Of course we want to." Vanessa said after a short pause. "Yeah!" Janet added.

And suddenly the armored figure grabbed them and disappeared into the ocean. "No! Janet! Vanessa!" shouted Sophie as she ran to where they were, but it was too late. They were gone. They had disappeared beneath the waves of the ocean already.

Sophie began to hyperventilate. Trying in vain to digest what was going on.

"He he he, I told ya girlie." A familiar voice said. Sophie jumped and spun around, right before screaming in terror. The sailor was back, only he had a gun shot wound, it was bleeding. A bullet went right through his head...

"Those who don't learn their history are doomed to repeat it." He said before he began to laugh insanely.

Sophie screamed and screamed. Darkness eventually overwhelmed her.

Hotel Room

Sophie was laying on her side of the bed screaming. Her screams woke her parents up. When they went to check on her they discovered her like that, still screaming.

"Sophie! SOPHIE!" Ryan shouted as he tried to wake up his daughter. Something he'd been trying to do for the past five minutes.

Bolting upright Sophie suddenly screamed, "Janet and Vanessa were kidnapped!"

"We know!" Roan said.

"We looked everywhere! Where could they have gone?" Eliana yelled as she burst into the room in tears.

The rest was a blur for Sophie. She knew they called the cops, who were now asking a few questions. "So is there anybody who you saw that could be linked to your daughters disappearance?" The cop asked, before either any of the family could answer Sophie spoke up, "I saw a man earlier."

Everyone turned to look at her. "Can you please give us a description?" The Officer asked. Taking a deep breath Sophie continued, "He was old, in his sixties. White hair. Wore this... this navy soldier outfit, and he smoked a pipe."

The cops stared at her for a few moments, "There must be some mistake. The man you're describing can't be behind the girls disappearances..." He said.

"Why not?" Sophie demanded.

"The man you described is named Gregory Smith. He died seven years ago. A man shot him in the head." The cop said.

Sophie felt cold all of a sudden. How could this be possible? She saw the man. He talked to her. She wasn't crazy! She stormed out of the room, not wanting to hear any more.

Retracing her steps Sophie went to the beach in hope of finding a clue. There was nothing. The footprints had been washed away by the waves. But Sophie kept on looking. Finally she saw something. Being pushed around by the waves was a Big daddy doll. It was Vanessa's doll.

Picking it up fury mounted in Sophie's chest. Rapture was real, there was no denying it now. It took her brother, and now her cousins.

Taking out her anger she yelled, "Hey you, whoever's in charge of Rapture now! You'd better watch it because i'm going to find you and kill you! Dead! You hear me!"

To Be Continued...