So this chapter is another one in Ty's POV. If you guys are like me then you will like the next few chapters. I said that I would try and update more, but that was said right as all of my teachers decided to give me twice the amount of work they were giving.

Chapter 7

Once I was done dancing with Emily, one of the Selected, I decided I needed to take a break. I walked down the hall and saw Luke pressing a girl up against the wall. Great! I thought. Luke is using another girl. I started to walk away when I heard a scream,

'HELP' I know that voice… Charlie.

I made a dead stop and ran towards Luke. I saw Charlie struggle in his arms. He was grabbing her in ways that I would never allow anyone to touch her. Nobody could do that to her.

I felt all of my anger built up. I stomped over to them and hit him square in the jaw. Luke fell to the floor. I hit him a couple more times just to be safe.

Charlie was still against the wall crying. She continued crying as I scooped her up in my arms. I felt her snuggle into my arms. That comforted me more than you would think. The place closest, where I knew she would feel safe, to where we were was the garden. I walked there as fast as I could. I told a guard what had happened, so her could take care of Luke. Even if Luke is a Crown Prince, he still broke the law in the country he is in.

When I got to the gardens, I sat down on her parents' bench. I finally decided to say something,

'Charlie, are you okay?' My heart was breaking seeing her upset. My job was to protect her, well until she finds somebody. For some reason that broke me.

She turned her head into my chest even more, I heard her cry faintly,

'Thank you' She sobbed even harder. The only thing I could think to do was hold her tighter to me.

After about 5 minutes, I heard a commotion in the hall. I picked Charlie up, making sure to keep her close to me. I found an unconscious Luke with two guards holding him. There were two more holding back Matt. I could tell how he felt. The second he saw us he calmed down and ran over to me and Charlie. I vaguely saw the guards taking Luke away.

'Oh my gosh, Charlie' Matt took her out of my arms. They suddenly felt empty.

I watched as Charlie sobbed into Matt's arms. Something pawed at me where I thought that the only thing that would stop it, was my best friend in my arms and close to me. I heard angry footsteps, which I could only think could be Uncle Maxon's. I heard him before I saw him,

'WHERE IS MY LITTLE GIRL?!' I knew he would be upset from this, as we all are.

The second he saw Charlie, he ran to her and grabbed her out of Matt's arms. He hugged her to her as he smoothed her hair against her head. I betting all three of us looked heartbroken to see her like this, but I didn't have the courage to look away from the girl that- is my best friend.

Uncle Maxon looked at me in the eyes, dead serious,

'What happened?' He practically growled it out.

'Well, I… uh… I was walking down the hall to take a break from the ball. I saw Luke with a girl, but I just ignored it…' I looked down at the ground, disappointed in myself.

'Why did you do that?' Uncle Maxon was not having this. Also by this point Aunt America had come and was holding her little girl, who had passed out.

'I just thought that it was another one of Luke's girls that had fallen for his tricks. I swear I didn't know it was her at first.' I think my aunt could tell how upset I was, she came up and hugged me. 'But I heard her scream for help and I knew it was her. She was struggling to get away. So I punched Luke a couple of time. She was against the wall sobbing, so the only thing I could think of was to pick her up and bring her to the gardens. On the way, I told a guard that her tried to rape her.'

Aunt America just hugged me tighter, by this point we had settled onto some couches. When she let go, I ran a hand through my hair. I was really stressed by this point.

'Oh, Tyler. You saved her. If you weren't there then it would have gone farther.'

'I know but that doesn't stop the fact that I could have stopped it-' That was the moment the alarm went off. The rebels had settled down, but they still attacked every once and awhile.

The four of us jumped up. Uncle Maxon seemed to be having a little trouble with carrying Charlie, so I gladly took her out of her arms. My aunt stopped quick,

'Elliot, Arabella they don't know how to get to the safe room. They might have wondered out of the ballroom.' Uncle Maxon was quick to comfort her.

'My dear, they couldn't have gone far away from any guards if they did. They will be fine. Everybody will be fine' That didn't seem to calm her as much as hoped.

Once we got to the safe room I sat down on a cot. I made sure to keep Charlie as close as I could. I am so happy that she slept on the way here. I'm not sure she could take another disruptant event right now.

My eyes were on the door, I was not going to let my eyes leave the door until my little sister was safe in my arms. All the Selected were in the room, but Eli and Bella were yet to arrive. Some of the girls were crying but there were girls comforting each other so Matt didn't have to have 20 clones.

The view I had on the door was clear, but my eyes were getting tired. After 5 minutes there was still no sign of the two kids. Then finally I saw the door open, in walked Eli and Bella. Aunt America and Uncle Maxon were immediately over to the two of them. Bella ran right over to me, seeing as I couldn't get up with Charlie in my arms. Bella looked at Charlie and then me,

'Is Charlie okay?' Her eyes were filled with fear.

'She will be.' I answered that hopefully. Uncle Maxon and Aunt America brought Eli over. Aunt America started,

'So I would like you too to explain what happened.' Eli started because Bella still seemed scared.

'When we heard the alarm we kinda freaked out. I knew it was the rebel alarm, so I tried to find a guard. We couldn't find one. So we tried to get the… the… here. I took my time figuring out a path here.'

'Elliot, my son, you remembered where the entrance to the safe room was.' Uncle Maxon asked this carefully.

'Of course, you told me that this is where safety is if I'm ever in danger.'

'Oh, my baby' Aunt America took him into a hug. I put my left arm around my little sister. She immediately snuggled into my side. Comfort settled into me knowing that my two girls were with me. No, my little sister and best friend were with me. I fell asleep after Bella soon dozed off with Eli on her left.

I woke up again when guards came in and told us that we could go up to our rooms. I took Charlie up, since she was still in my arms. Matt volunteered to take Eli and Bella, who were both asleep. I was skeptical about that, since I thought that the Selected would need help. He reassured me that they were good.

I walked up to the third floor to Charlie's room. When I tried to lay her down in her bed, her arms stayed around me. I decided that since all this happened she would not want to be alone when she wakes up. I carefully took off my suit jacket and pants, I would just sleep in my boxers and shirt. It wasn't anything that Charlie hadn't seen before. I have been wearing this to be since we were around the age of 10, and we would have sleepovers. I didn't know what to do about Charlie, but I assumed she was wearing a slip. I carefully undid the dress. Once we were all set, I laid down in the bed with her still curled up to me.

When I woke up, Charlie was stirring. She woke up minutes later. She looked at me,

'What happened?'

'What do you remember up til?'

'I remember up til being in my dad's arms'

'Well, after that there was a rebel attack'

'Omg is everybody okay?'

'Yeah, you slept through the whole thing. But Eli and Bella were late. But everybody was eventually fine. Nothing happened.'

'I'm sorry I wasn't awake to help everybody.'

'No, you went through too much. We are the ones that help you. Do you need anything?'

'Can you just stay with me?'

'Of course Charlie.'

'Thank you again.'

'You didn't deserve that. I would do anything for you.' With that we both stopped talking. There was a longing in my chest to pull her closer to me. I did that and gave her a kiss on her forehead. I wanted to comfort her as much as possible.

Hope you enjoyed;p

~cari