p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Note: I forgot that the manor was destroyed, in my story the manor still exists. I have my reasons. I have received my first comment the other day, I am so happy. I would love to give credit to the person who did so. I'm not going to name them until I have their permission./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"I still need comments/ ideas to keep this going. I have no schedule, one because we all have lives, two because of lack of inspiration or my inspiration is in some other fandom tying the bat family with it. There's a lot of crossover, but most aren't written. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"strongspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Abigail /span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"I still refused to eat. I would not be accepting food from those I don't fully trust, even if one of them has tried to save me. Daniel should understand this. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"I picked at the food in front of me, Daniel said it was toast. I could feel Damian's glare, his heart was beating in a different rhythm than I was used style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanem'Da Thump. Da thump. Da thump.'/em Steady, yet there was something that told me that he was uncertain. Though his glare was saying he didn't believe one thing I had said about that woman. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"In my own way, I knew Damian, though we never spent any time together. Back at the fortress, I heard this heartbeat. I saw him trying to prove himself to… him. emWhat did Damian have to prove to a man like him? A man who caused so much harm?/em emDaniel once told me that Damian was raised differently. He was treated as a weapon yes, however, to follow his orders willingly. This made no sense to me. Though Damian followed his orders, I can still tell that Damian was his own person. He was making his own way./em /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Jason spoke, shaking me out of my thoughts. "Kid you need to eat something." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""I'm fine." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""Ab's. You need strength." Daniel said. I shook my head. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Jason sighed. "Well, you sure are stubborn. I guess it runs in the family." He looked at a circle on the wall, ticking. "I guess we should go now, before traffic hits. I'll just tell golden boy to pick something up to eat, other than cereal." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""Golden boy?" I asked. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""You'll meet him soon enough." span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanJason threw coats at me and Daniel. "Come on." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"The coat I was given was huge, it felt like animal skin, but I couldn't be sure, Daniel had a similar coat. We followed Jason downstairs, Daniel had grabbed our bag, Damian was carrying his own bag too. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanJason took something out of his back pocket, tapped it a couple of times, and brought it up next to his ear and talked to it. A voice came from the object, clearly a man's voice, but I had to cover my ears because it was giving me a headache. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Daniel frowned at me. 'You, ok?' he mouthed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""The thing he is talking to is giving me a headache." I whispered back. He looked at Jason, then back to me. After a minute he seemed to understand. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Damian was behind all of us, watching me and Daniel. Shoulders tense, as if we were sharing dark secrets. I don't doubt Damian can read lips. Daniel, Ruby, Dean, and David were all taught to do so. I don't need to read lips, as I can hear everything anyway, though I know some words. For example, when someone is mouthing./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"We were led to a type of storage area. There were tools on the walls, the tables were covered in small bits and bobs, a heater in the corner. A thick liquid covered pretty much everything, though it wasn't blood, it smelled odd but not terrible. To the left was a buffed-up bike, it had two wheels, but it was much bulker than any bike I've seen before, a helmet rests on the handles, it was obviously well tended. To the right, was a car, long, tall, and built well. On the front grate was an odd inscription, 'Subaru'. Not a clue what that means. Nor do I care right now, too many other things to learn. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Jason stopped talking to the object and placed it back in his pocket. He went to the wall covered in tools, and picked up a set of keys and pressed a button. A door lifted, rolling into the ceiling. 'emGrrrn'/em I stepped back, breathing hard. emuGears moving, opening the door for the next person to be slaughtered, awaiting orders to…/u/em/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Daniel grabbed my shoulder. "Hey, breathe. Five, four, three, two, one. Five, four, three, two, one." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"I pinched myself, the small prick of pain woke me up from the past. After another shaky breath, I gave Daniel a small smile. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Jason didn't seem to be aware of my panic. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanHe turned and clicked the keys, the car clicked twice. "Come on, get in." Jason opened a door, and got in, Damian went for the seat next to his up front. Me and Daniel climbed in the back, me behind Jason, I knew that Daniel didn't want to be in Damian's eyesight right now. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"I couldn't see out of the car. Yes, the car had win- windows, but I couldn't hear anything clearly outside. emuTrapped. Caged. Waiting for him to…/u/em/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"I flinched. When Daniel touched my shoulder. He was counting down from five again, but this time, I couldn't control my breathing. emuHe is going to make me hurt people. No. No. I don't want to. /u/em/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Suddenly my window came down slightly. Cars passing to the left, going in the opposite direction. People walking down either side of the road, going into buildings. The weight lifted from my chest; I could breathe again. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"I noticed that Daniel was still talking. "Are you ok?" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"I nodded. Still shaken. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""Kid, what was that?" Jason asked. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""Couldn't see." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""But you said-"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""Tt. Todd, her hearing was muffled due to your insufferable car. With her hearing limited to a very confined space, she proceeded to have a panic attack." Damian defended. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""Kid, is the demon brat telling the truth?" Jason asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"I wrinkled my nose at 'demon brat'. emspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI am sure Damian isn't a demon, that's the evil man. Some words from Damian I didn't understand. Insufferable, confined, proceeded/em. "Y- Yes, even if I don't understand some words he said." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Jason waited, then he spoke again. "Does it help with the window down?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""Yes". /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Jason nodded. The rest of the ride was in spoken silence. Not one word, the hum and noises of cars passing, and the thump of heartbeats were the only noises. Three heartbeats surrounded me. This time it was in a car, instead of a cave. Three rhythms I know, but in a different way./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"emspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Daniel and Damian. In looks, they seemed the same. The same scowl, height, voice, tells, and face. So much like Dean and David. Though they acted differently, yet the same. /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"emspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"From what I could tell, Damian was defensive, quick to talk back, like being feared. A kindness is also in Damian, though I haven't seen much of it yet. /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"emspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Daniel was kind of like Damian. Defensive, a want to prove himself, yet Daniel was used to living in fear like me. Used to the pain, being seen as an object. Daniel is more open with kindness, at least to me. He knows when I need help. /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"emspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Dean was actually a little taller than the rest, more muscles, overall, his body looked kind of like Jason's. Stronger, yet he seemed the most style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanLoud, which got us style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanProtective, to the point of death. /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"emspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"David. He was quiet, open to care, wanting to learn, and taught me what family meant. From what I've seen, he was the fastest. He figured out many things, how to set traps, make weapons from nature, make fire. Also very protective, though he waited, didn't rush to action. /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"emspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Damian is overall the most like Ruby. Ruby was quick to act, but she thought things through. She tried to school her emotions, though she could never fool me. She had a harder time with caring. In the open scene. She always did little things to show she cared. Her words and tone sound so much like Damian. Damian is just using… not simple words. /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"emuspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"span style="text-decoration: none;" /span/span/u/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"emuspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Before my sight was changed, Ruby, Dean, Daivd, and I managed to get to a little town. In the main part was an odd tall box, it had a curtain on one side, and writing on the metal. David said the word was 'Photobooth'. We had some change and discovered that the thing took our likeness. We took a few pho- photos. Outside the box spit out a few strips of paper, with our likeness. We each kept one, so we would never forget what we looked like. /span/u/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"emuspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"After my sight was changed, and we managed to escape again, Ruby, Dean and David knew I couldn't see the ph-photo anymore. Again, we managed to get to a town different from the last and gave me a locket. How they got it I don't know. It's a simple one with an 'A' on the outside. Somehow, they managed to scar the metal on the inside with their likeness. /span/u/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"emuspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"span style="text-decoration: none;" /span/span/u/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"I touched the locket on my neck, and the old strip of paper with our likenesses. How I was able to keep them, I don't know. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"The car finally stopped, and the window went up. "Time to get out." Jason said. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"We did and were met with a huge building. At least as tall as some hills, possibly trees. We stepped onto gravel, and cars that went back, to a gate we just passed through, which is currently closing. emTrap/em. There are four other cars, all on the outside of the circle, to let other cars pass. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""Well, looks like almost everyone is here." Jason said, "Only Bab's car is missing, Duke was probably already in the manor."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"We followed Jason and Damian up to the steps. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""TT, put your hoods on. We don't want to ruin the surprise." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"I still need comments/ ideas to keep this going. I have no schedule, one because we all have lives, two because of lack of inspiration or my inspiration is in some other fandom tying the bat family with it. There's a lot of crossover, but most aren't written. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"strongspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Abigail /span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"I still refused to eat. I would not be accepting food from those I don't fully trust, even if one of them has tried to save me. Daniel should understand this. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"I picked at the food in front of me, Daniel said it was toast. I could feel Damian's glare, his heart was beating in a different rhythm than I was used style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanem'Da Thump. Da thump. Da thump.'/em Steady, yet there was something that told me that he was uncertain. Though his glare was saying he didn't believe one thing I had said about that woman. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"In my own way, I knew Damian, though we never spent any time together. Back at the fortress, I heard this heartbeat. I saw him trying to prove himself to… him. emWhat did Damian have to prove to a man like him? A man who caused so much harm?/em emDaniel once told me that Damian was raised differently. He was treated as a weapon yes, however, to follow his orders willingly. This made no sense to me. Though Damian followed his orders, I can still tell that Damian was his own person. He was making his own way./em /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Jason spoke, shaking me out of my thoughts. "Kid you need to eat something." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""I'm fine." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""Ab's. You need strength." Daniel said. I shook my head. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Jason sighed. "Well, you sure are stubborn. I guess it runs in the family." He looked at a circle on the wall, ticking. "I guess we should go now, before traffic hits. I'll just tell golden boy to pick something up to eat, other than cereal." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""Golden boy?" I asked. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""You'll meet him soon enough." span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanJason threw coats at me and Daniel. "Come on." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"The coat I was given was huge, it felt like animal skin, but I couldn't be sure, Daniel had a similar coat. We followed Jason downstairs, Daniel had grabbed our bag, Damian was carrying his own bag too. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanJason took something out of his back pocket, tapped it a couple of times, and brought it up next to his ear and talked to it. A voice came from the object, clearly a man's voice, but I had to cover my ears because it was giving me a headache. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Daniel frowned at me. 'You, ok?' he mouthed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""The thing he is talking to is giving me a headache." I whispered back. He looked at Jason, then back to me. After a minute he seemed to understand. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Damian was behind all of us, watching me and Daniel. Shoulders tense, as if we were sharing dark secrets. I don't doubt Damian can read lips. Daniel, Ruby, Dean, and David were all taught to do so. I don't need to read lips, as I can hear everything anyway, though I know some words. For example, when someone is mouthing./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"We were led to a type of storage area. There were tools on the walls, the tables were covered in small bits and bobs, a heater in the corner. A thick liquid covered pretty much everything, though it wasn't blood, it smelled odd but not terrible. To the left was a buffed-up bike, it had two wheels, but it was much bulker than any bike I've seen before, a helmet rests on the handles, it was obviously well tended. To the right, was a car, long, tall, and built well. On the front grate was an odd inscription, 'Subaru'. Not a clue what that means. Nor do I care right now, too many other things to learn. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Jason stopped talking to the object and placed it back in his pocket. He went to the wall covered in tools, and picked up a set of keys and pressed a button. A door lifted, rolling into the ceiling. 'emGrrrn'/em I stepped back, breathing hard. emuGears moving, opening the door for the next person to be slaughtered, awaiting orders to…/u/em/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Daniel grabbed my shoulder. "Hey, breathe. Five, four, three, two, one. Five, four, three, two, one." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"I pinched myself, the small prick of pain woke me up from the past. After another shaky breath, I gave Daniel a small smile. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Jason didn't seem to be aware of my panic. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanHe turned and clicked the keys, the car clicked twice. "Come on, get in." Jason opened a door, and got in, Damian went for the seat next to his up front. Me and Daniel climbed in the back, me behind Jason, I knew that Daniel didn't want to be in Damian's eyesight right now. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"I couldn't see out of the car. Yes, the car had win- windows, but I couldn't hear anything clearly outside. emuTrapped. Caged. Waiting for him to…/u/em/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"I flinched. When Daniel touched my shoulder. He was counting down from five again, but this time, I couldn't control my breathing. emuHe is going to make me hurt people. No. No. I don't want to. /u/em/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Suddenly my window came down slightly. Cars passing to the left, going in the opposite direction. People walking down either side of the road, going into buildings. The weight lifted from my chest; I could breathe again. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"I noticed that Daniel was still talking. "Are you ok?" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"I nodded. Still shaken. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""Kid, what was that?" Jason asked. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""Couldn't see." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""But you said-"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""Tt. Todd, her hearing was muffled due to your insufferable car. With her hearing limited to a very confined space, she proceeded to have a panic attack." Damian defended. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""Kid, is the demon brat telling the truth?" Jason asked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"I wrinkled my nose at 'demon brat'. emspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI am sure Damian isn't a demon, that's the evil man. Some words from Damian I didn't understand. Insufferable, confined, proceeded/em. "Y- Yes, even if I don't understand some words he said." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Jason waited, then he spoke again. "Does it help with the window down?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""Yes". /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Jason nodded. The rest of the ride was in spoken silence. Not one word, the hum and noises of cars passing, and the thump of heartbeats were the only noises. Three heartbeats surrounded me. This time it was in a car, instead of a cave. Three rhythms I know, but in a different way./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"emspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Daniel and Damian. In looks, they seemed the same. The same scowl, height, voice, tells, and face. So much like Dean and David. Though they acted differently, yet the same. /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"emspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"From what I could tell, Damian was defensive, quick to talk back, like being feared. A kindness is also in Damian, though I haven't seen much of it yet. /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"emspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Daniel was kind of like Damian. Defensive, a want to prove himself, yet Daniel was used to living in fear like me. Used to the pain, being seen as an object. Daniel is more open with kindness, at least to me. He knows when I need help. /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"emspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Dean was actually a little taller than the rest, more muscles, overall, his body looked kind of like Jason's. Stronger, yet he seemed the most style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanLoud, which got us style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanProtective, to the point of death. /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"emspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"David. He was quiet, open to care, wanting to learn, and taught me what family meant. From what I've seen, he was the fastest. He figured out many things, how to set traps, make weapons from nature, make fire. Also very protective, though he waited, didn't rush to action. /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"emspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Damian is overall the most like Ruby. Ruby was quick to act, but she thought things through. She tried to school her emotions, though she could never fool me. She had a harder time with caring. In the open scene. She always did little things to show she cared. Her words and tone sound so much like Damian. Damian is just using… not simple words. /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"emuspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"span style="text-decoration: none;" /span/span/u/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"emuspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"Before my sight was changed, Ruby, Dean, Daivd, and I managed to get to a little town. In the main part was an odd tall box, it had a curtain on one side, and writing on the metal. David said the word was 'Photobooth'. We had some change and discovered that the thing took our likeness. We took a few pho- photos. Outside the box spit out a few strips of paper, with our likeness. We each kept one, so we would never forget what we looked like. /span/u/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"emuspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"After my sight was changed, and we managed to escape again, Ruby, Dean and David knew I couldn't see the ph-photo anymore. Again, we managed to get to a town different from the last and gave me a locket. How they got it I don't know. It's a simple one with an 'A' on the outside. Somehow, they managed to scar the metal on the inside with their likeness. /span/u/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"emuspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"span style="text-decoration: none;" /span/span/u/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"I touched the locket on my neck, and the old strip of paper with our likenesses. How I was able to keep them, I don't know. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"The car finally stopped, and the window went up. "Time to get out." Jason said. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"We did and were met with a huge building. At least as tall as some hills, possibly trees. We stepped onto gravel, and cars that went back, to a gate we just passed through, which is currently closing. emTrap/em. There are four other cars, all on the outside of the circle, to let other cars pass. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""Well, looks like almost everyone is here." Jason said, "Only Bab's car is missing, Duke was probably already in the manor."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"We followed Jason and Damian up to the steps. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 112%;"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 112%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;""TT, put your hoods on. We don't want to ruin the surprise." /span/p