"Ashly!" exclaimed Ohm when he picked up the phone, "Where have you been? We've been calling you for hours."
"I'm fine Ohm,and it's Alexandra now" said Alexandra, secretly happy that she was right about her siblings and that Alexander was wrong.
"We're on our way to Alexander place right now," said Ohm, not believing that his sister was actually okay.
"I'm not at his mansion," said Alexandra, "I couldn't go back there."
"Where did you go? A hotel? Which one are you at?" asked Ohm urgently.
"Umm, I'm at the Don headquarter ," said Alexandra, waiting for the inevitable outburst.
"Ok, we're on our..wait, did you just say Don headquarter? As in the headquarters of OH MY GOD? I'm going to kill Alexander!" screamed Ohm, immediately assuming the worst.
"No! Ohm, I'm fine. I promise. I need you, Man, and Zia to come over here. I need to tell you something in perso
Alexandra opened the door. "Man! Ohm! Zia!" exclaimed Alexnadra, pulling her siblings and friend into the room. Alexnadra quickly thanked the two gurds before shutting the door.Man looked around the room, confused by the bright lights and decorations. While the rest of the place seemed to be dark and unkept, this room looked like it belonged in an actual room. Turning to look at his sister, he frowned when he noticed that Alexandra was pacing."What's going on Alexandra?" asked Man, "Why are you staying here?""I'm pregnant," Alexandra blurted out, avoiding the gazes of her fellow officer.Being the first to recover, Ohm reached out to place a hand on his sister shoulder, "He didn't used protection?"Alexandra shook her head and bit her lips in shame."Oh Alexandra," whispered Ohm, hugging his sister tightly."That still doesn't explain why you're h
"We don't usually get stared at when we eat here do we? Or have I just been extremely unobservant?" asked Zia, looking at all the weird looks their table was getting."In their defense, we do make an odd group," said Seth, pointing to each one of them, "Officer, Officer, Officer, Donna, and a criminal. We sound like one of those bad human jokes," said Seth, before looking back down at his food when Man glared at him."So, Seth, why are you not allowed to leave Alexandra out of your sight?" asked Ohm."Sam. Although I'm pretty sure those orders came from Alexander. I'm supposed to be Alexandra bodyguard," said Seth. He reached over and grabbed one of Zia french fries to throw at Man when the officer bursted out laughing."You? Guarding Alexandra? Putting aside that my sister doesn't need a bodyguard, what can you do?" asked Man, smirking at his girlfriend's best friend,"Do you know a
"Your fledgling was supposed to be watching her Win, not letting her run all over town with her siblings," exclaimed Alexander."According to Seth text, your girl is just getting dinner. Let them be Alexander," said Win, attempting to stop his friend from going to Taki's. "None of the people's there are going to have the nerve to touch your Donna.""It's not them I'm worried about. It's her siblings," said Alexander."Her siblings put their weapons down in order to see her . If they didn't care about her, they wouldn't have taken that risk," said Win, "You're blowing this out of proportion.""Am I?" asked Alexander, "Her own mother threatened to kill her and then kicked her out. Her father told her, her only duty was to spread her legs for me. We don't know that her sibling won't side with their parents.""They said all those things beacuse you make them Alexander" Win said with annoying f
"Damn it Alexander," exclaimed Win when he realized that they had came to the alley behind Taki's ."Peace, my bro. I just want to tell Alexandra the good news," said Alexander, making his way into the restaurant.Man spotted Alexander as soon as he stepped into the building. Instantly on alert, he got up to stand in front of his sister. Ohm, meanwhile, had his weapon ready. Alexnadra sent Seth a dirty look, knowing that he had informed Alexander of where they were. Seeing the cops prepare to fight their leader, the other security in the restaurant all got up."Can everybody please just relax? I'm only here to deliver some good news. I will leave afterwards," said Alexander , motioning for his people to sit back down. He was going to have to spread the word that his wife family was off limits as well as his wife. He knew Alexandra would never forgive him if one of his people's managed to harm Ohm or Man.
When Alexandra returned to the base that night, her room had been restored to the way it was. Feeling tired and nauseous, Alexandra laid down on her bed, thinking about the past day. She was so confused that she no longer knew how to feel. On one hand, Alexander had threatened and terrified her. The Don had also tried to keep her away from her siblings. On the other hand, the same Don had gone to the authority and gotten her position base back. Her husband was so full of contradictions that it was getting hard for Alexandra to keep up.*Knock*"Alexandra? Can I come in?" asked Man."Sure," replied Alexandra. Man walked in and closed the door behind him."How you feeling sis?" asked Man , sitting on an armchair. He looked at Alexandra worriedly, the dark-haired girl hadn't bothered to get off the bed when he had walked in."I'm fine," said Alexandra, "Just a little tired."
"Thank you Lisa, I'll handle it," said Alexander when he and Lisa came back to Alexandra room, turning to Man, "Man, can you walk Lisa out? I need to talk with Alexandra alone.""Alexandra, may I sit?" asked Alexander, gesturing to the arm chair by the window. When Alexandra nodded, he sat down and looked at his wife. Alexandra was pale and her hair was covered in sweat. "I'm very sorry darling, I didn't think the things would become that worse. I've heard of these things happening before, but this usually only happens when one you are in your 5 or 6 month . With what happened and it being so new, I thought space would be better for you. Obviously, I was wrong.""You didn't know. You were only trying to respect my wishes, which I appreciate," said Alexandra, "So does this mean I have to move back in with you? Frankly, I'm getting tired of moving. It'll be what? My fifth move in two days?""It's either that or I move in h
Two months after Alexandra moved in with Alexander, the Don was starting to go crazy. He had thought he'd have a chance to properly get to know his wife, but he had barely seen the her at all. His wife seemed to have perfect the art of avoiding him. He left for the base before Alexander was even up and wouldn't return to the loft until late. Alexander had only managed to have breakfast with his wife a handful of times and dinner twice."Good morning Alexandra," said Alexander, walking into his kitchen and breathing a sigh of relief that he had managed to catch his wife this morning."Good morning," Alexandra mumbled ."How are you feeling? Lisa said your morning sickness has been getting worse," said Alexander."I'm fine. Just a little nauseous in the mornings," replied Alexandra . Just as Alexandra was going to make an excuse to leave, his phone rang, "Hey Ohm! I'll be heading to the base.. What? Damn it! Is
"Do you think Alexandra would mind if I moved his brother's lessons to a more reasonable hour? Like after 12 at the very earliest?" asked Alexander, putting his head on Lisa shoulder and shutting his eyes."She won't, but then you wouldn't get to her drive in to the base with her every morning," said Lisa, "Or was that not the plan?""It was precisely the reason I suggested it. But after a month of waking up at the crack of dawn, I'm starting to regret it," said Alexander, "I need my beauty rest.""You can't have things both ways Alexander," said Sam, "At least this way you seem to be making progress with Alexandra.""That I am. Sam ,she cares a lot for his siblings so he appreciates that I'm teaching Sammy," said Alexander."Is the brat at least manageable?" asked Win, "I still can't believe you volunteered to teach a kid.""Sammy is delightful," said Alexan
Pheuk& WinI know it's not real. It all feels too good to be true. I look up into his eyes and I know he can't see past the way. He has a smile on his face, so big and without a worry. How should I tell him? That this isn't real and he needs to open his eyes and remember what happened. That we were in Adom's apartment and then we just appeared here. In this perfect life were everyone is happy and the people we loved and were close to us who we lost are alive. No authority, no underworld, no Don, no Alexander, no pain and misery, just a family and a life that could never and will never be. But how do I tell him? That Mike- his best friend- is a solider and not a civilian being. That he is a solider, born to defend the civilian against everything bad. That the man standing beside his grandmothermother- the one he called grandpa- is actually the man he hates the most in his life. Or that the boy with brown hair and thick gla
Prea& MikeI woke up feeling raindrops fall on my face. My head hurt and I opened my eyes to see that indeed there were raindrops falling right on me. Above me I could see the dark cloudy sky of ciry. I sat up straight and looked around me to find I was laying in the middle of the street but there were no cars or any people around, it was completely quiet. I could see something in the distance and I squint my eyes to get a better view. It was a figure, sprawled on the ground, it was a boy, brown hair an- "Mike!" I screamed and bolted up on my feet to run to his side. By the time I kneeled down beside him he was already opening his eyes and adjusting them to the blinding street lamp."Prea?" He asked, looking straight into my eyes. His eyes widened in realisation and he sat up so fast I had to move back to avoid him crashing into me. "What happened?! How did we get here?? And the others?!"He glanced around and frowned. "Are
Alexandra awoke in a forest. There was fog everywhere and she could hardly see the pines and trees let alone her feet where also hard to see. She looked around, trying hard to find Adom and her family. Instead she heard a loud roar, followed by another, and another. Then the pounding of feet and the birds shrieked."Win! Prea!!" Her heart was beating fast and her lungs felt like they were being compressed together making it hard to breath. "Adom! Adom where are you?!!" The noise got louder Alexandra could hardly hear herself scream. Then she saw a coated man walking in her direction. "Adom!! Over here!" But after she said that she noticed the figure had red hair. She couldn't see his face due to his coat covering it but she didn't need to see to know who it was. That's when Alexandra turned around and took off in a run.~~~~~~~~~~
It was 3 am and Alexandra has barely finished telling Prea, Mike, and Adom the same story she had told Win about her past. It would make everything easier to explain if they knew. They were in Adom's apartment and Mike and Pheuk had decided to stay and leave for the ceremony the next day with them."I'm glad you finally told them Alexandra." Prea smiled softly, her eyes red and teary. "But why now? You haven't told us what happened to mom yet and I know you know." Alexandra sighed and closed her eyes before continuing her explanation."Turns out the back blood in me is not gone. It's been inactive you could say. If I have one more dose of that blood, I don't know what would happen.""But that's not gonna happen." Mike- said. "Why would anyone want to continue what that guy did to you?""And how do you even know the blood is still in you?" Prea gasped. "I- is that how mom-? Did you..?"
Adom wrapped his hand around Alexandra. Their fingers interlocked and at first, Alexandra hand was limp until Adom gave her a reassuring squeeze and Alexandra tightened her grip. The headquarter was full of soldiers and authority members- including Dean.Alexnadea hasn't spoken a word since it happened. When Win and Prea had entered the living room, Yanyan was gone. It was Win who called for Adom. A simple message later, Adom walked through a door followed by his father Dean and Samnatha. He hasn't left Alexandra side since then."Alexandra." Alexandra didn't move. They were outside, Win had to physically take Alexandra away from Nora and drag her outside along with Prea who was on the stairs crying her eyes out. Beside her was Pheuk and Mike- Mike parents had arrived soon after Win called them. "If you don't tell me what happened, we won't be able to find whoever was responsible for this.""You won't find
Win left to his date with Pheuk after that. Alexandra had to drag him all the way to the door for him to leave, reassuring her friend that she will be fine and that she would help Nora sort some papers in the library.It was 5 minutes past midnight. Alexandra was in her room when she heard Nora calling for her. It was rare since Alexandra had thought Nora was asleep and she was calling for her from downstairs. Despite that he walked to the living room, knowing that was were she would most likely be at.And sure enough, there she was. A hand on her throat and her face bloody. The same boy from Alexander stood in the middle of the living room holding Nora by the throat. He had the same red gear on with the hood up.Nora stared at Alexander wide eyed, confused to what was going on but also seemed weak and unable to move."Alexandra- go, run." She shook her head incredulously at her.
"Back when I was 15, I always seeked out- I would go out all the time for long hours." Win nodded, surprised that Alexandra was even telling him. "My brothers thought I was having some fun. I wasn't, I was dating someone. He- was nice at first, but after he met Prea he was abusive. I never did anything, couldn't use my weapons because he was a civilian- I thought he was a civilian. After a while, one night-""One night we disappeared. Me and Prea." Win nodded."He locked us up in the basement. He had these eyes, they were all black. I don't remember much of what happened then, Prea would know, but I never asked her. All I remember was this agonizing pain. He injected balcl blood in me. After a while I would black out, and when I came back, he was on the ground, twisting in pain and a pile of blood around him. Prea would stare at me with fear in her eyes. And the next thing I remember was hearing loud howls and I knew i
Words can't describe what Adom felt when he left Alexandra behind. He had to ignore every inch of himself telling him to stay beside Alexandra, to fight for her. But he didn't. He doesn't know why he didn't. He trusts Alexandra, he believes in her. Alexandra felt like that was the right thing to do, even though Adom believed there could be another way - that there had to be another way. But there wasn't another way. Alexander had an army who would've barged in the room the second he called for them, he had an unusually powerful boy on his side, and he wouldn't have stopped. And in the end, Alexandra did it. He came back to her.When Alexandra woke up, it had been three days after. Adom- who was by her side every second of the day- had been so excited and relieved. The day after that, Alexandra spoke to Samnatha and everyone else how she managed to get back to city. And then they all left back to town with Samantha's promise to keep a look out for the mysterious powe
Whoever the boy in the red gear was, he was powerful enough to take Alexandra all the way back to headquarter. She had wanted to confront him but when Alexandra was bent on his knees gasping for breath he looked up in panic only to realise the boy was gone.The worst part of it all was that Alexandra had been dropped off in Forest, with short breaths and seeming about ready to collapse in exhaustion. Alexandra didn't know what was causing her such a headache but she bet it was due to the teleportation. That must be something.Alexandra had to walk all the way back to her home. It took her several hours but by the time she arrived, all the roads were empty and the only light she spotted came from the Gard. Shw contemplated whether to go there or someplace else. Hee family was most likely at the Gard along with everyone else or maybe they were in the part of the Gard they had taken residence in. Despite it all she will have to go there, may