[center][h2][color=26619c]Leo Lapis Rooke[/color][/h2]
[sub][i]“I gave up trying to get my old life back a long time ago...”[/i][/sub][/center]
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All Leo could do was stare at the floor of his bed, eyes wide in disbelief that he was going to be taken... Taken by mysterious strangers, given away by his family... Isolated. He didn't want to accept it. He had worked so hard to be a child that his parents would care for, someone that they'd love and he would be happy from that love. An older brother who would eventually be really smart and be able to help his younger siblings... and yet everything around him was shattering and he could do nothing to defend himself against it. All he could do was stare at the ground, desperate to cry but no tears forming in his eyes. He closed them for a bit when he heard the rushing of footsteps...

There were kids who were handcuffed in the gym. Leo didn't recognize any of them, and those that had them looked battered and beaten. It terrified him. Was the same thing going to happen to him? Was it punishment for not protecting his siblings? All he knew was that he was not allowed to speak, to talk to anyone. Even with so many around him, he still felt lonely, trapped in his own thoughts and left helpless to stare. Leo didn't know how long he was there, numb and scared on the gymnasium floor before they finally began to move once more. 

The bus felt cramped and awful, but Leo dared not to move. He was too terrified to do so, having noticed those armed with guns. He didn't know what kind of guns, but he knew that they were weapons, and they weren't there for protecting him or any of the children. It made him think that they were just going to be driven off somewhere, towards a desert or something, and killed... It gave him shivers just thinking about it. His heart ached for those younger than him, whimpering behind him. He thought that they must be even more lost, scared, and confused than he was. They reminded him of Skyla, his sister who died while he was reading to her to try to calm her down. He wanted to try and comfort them, but his own sorrow planted him in his place, knowing fully well that he would most likely be hurt or dead if he even moved. So he stayed still as a statue, his eyes gazing out the window...

Leo froze when the electricity and fire went around the room. What was going on? Why was there electricity and fire? Why were people wanting to run? A small voice inside him said to do so as well, but then he realized he had nowhere to run to. Where would he go? How would they escape this place? Why would they want to escape it? So far, all that has happened was silence and a sinking feeling of despair, but was that really bad? At least they were alive. Or maybe they wanted to die... Did they have hope that things would be different away from here? Leo could not answer any of these questions, and in an instant he fell to the floor, attempting to cover his ears from the excruciating pain he felt inside his head. he didn't know what he had done wrong, but he was immediately sorry for it. He thought that it was for thinking of escaping, that they had somehow known his tiny thought and were punishing him for it. He wanted to plead for forgiveness, but all he could do was scream in pain on the ground.

They must have heard him again, for the pain finally subsided, leaving behind a shell of a boy. He didn't want to get up, but someone made him. He couldn't believe his eyes with what was ahead. Lieutenant Colonel Aiden Anderson, standing behind a group of 5 kids, one of which was shot, explaining the rules or guidelines of the place, one of which gave Leo a spark of hope. So long as he did what he was told, his time here wouldn't be that bad. Maybe it'd be like school, but with less talking and less death and despair...

The man was quite energetic, or maybe hyper? Leo wasn't sure, only that it was making his time in this strange room go awfully quick. 
"What do you do?"
[color=26619c]"I...I moved something?"[/color]
"Ah... so a blue..."
[color=26619c]"Um..."[/color]
"How old are you?"
[color=26619c]"13"[/color]
He was then in the machine...
"What's your name?" 
[color=26619c]"Leo Rooke."[/color]
"Good good, now get out."

He wasn't really sure what just happened, other than that he was classified as a blue with a blue x on him. They were separated... But it was here that Leo realized something. Nowhere else in the world wanted him, nowhere but this place. Here he was wanted, and a small, almost unseen smile arose, which quickly broke when someone spoke. Looking up, he hardly reacted to the kid's bruises and beaten up state. He was already in shock, and he didn't think it could get any worse.
[i]It... It may not be all that bad if we listen to them...[/i] He thought, remembering this was a kid who had slightly moved in line, only to be hit and fall to his knees. Leo wasn't sure what to think of him... He didn't seem like a bad kid, even if he was beaten... Maybe he was just misunderstood? But he didn't follow the rules, and that was slightly scary to Leo. He didn't want to look like that kid looked, and it only gave him more incentive to stay quiet for now.