[h2][b]Alex and Emma[/b][/h2] __________________________________________________________________________ [b]Emma[/b] The young girl did not have to be a mind reader to know that something was very off. She stood up immediately, making Alex grab her wrist rather instinctively. "Alex," She said in a hushed voice, glancing down at him. "I think we should go." This whole situation had created a knot in her stomach. Every fiber of her was telling her they were in danger. Emma moved her gaze to the guardians for a moment, mentally counting off five of them. There were four men and one woman from what she could tell. They all looked strangely similar with the same dark, emotionless eyes and dark hair. Their clothes were the standard guardian uniforms donned with long cloaks. She had never seen any of the guardians wear hooded cloaks like that. The hoods were all down and they were all surrounding the police officer in a circle. Looking back down, she tried to determine what her brother was thinking. He had yet to say anything nor had he loosened his grip on her wrist. His skin had paled slightly, and his eyes were focused on the door outside as if he was listening to something. He looked afraid.(edited) “Alex.” She repeated, urgency rising in her tone. “What the heck?” She shook his shoulder with her free hand. He finally drew his gaze away to look at her. “Don’t speak.” He whispered finally, then stood up slowly and silently. His hand lowered from her wrist to her hand rapidly and he began tugging her with sudden haste toward the door. She stumbled but managed to catch up with his pace. Looking over her shoulder through her fair hair, she saw blood staining the officer’s shirt. The blood stain led up to his neck where a long, deep slash separated the skin and muscles of his neck. Blood had poured out like a waterfall from the wound, trickling down his shirt in rapid patches of red. The man’s head hung back over the chair, eyes lifeless. Her scream caught in her throat as they all began to turn in unison toward them. She tore her eyes away as she fixated them back up on Alex through her eyelashes. She could barely think with her heart racing this fast. He was busy with getting the locked door open, jamming a paper clip into the lock with trembling hands. Where he had got it was over her head. “That door will not open, Alexander.” The woman’s voice coolly rang from behind them. Emma didn’t want to look back again and see if they had moved closer to them or not. She gripped the fabric of her brother’s shirt as she hugged his waist. They weren’t going to die here, were they? Alex was ignoring the woman, trying anyway. He kneeled suddenly and eyed inside the keyhole. Emma was about to question what good that would do when the door flew open. He straightened and picked her up faster than she could process, making a run for it. hihihihi pinned a message to this channel. See all the pins. [b]Alexander[/b] The boy must die. The voice had made Alex look at the door in alarm. The nearby so-called guardians still had their minds blocked. Someone else’s thoughts were coming from outside. He swallowed hard, trying to get anything else that could clue him into what was happening but nothing else was coming through. Emma’s voice brought him back to reality and he looked down at her. She was shaking his shoulder, a look of sheer terror on her face. The one person had been able to receive thoughts from clearly was the police officer in this room. However, they had come to an abrupt stop. He was dead. Alex swallowed, too terrified to look and confirm his observation. "Don't speak."He whispered to Emma and did his best to stand up without alerting the attention of the others. Quickly, he grabbed her hand and tugged her along toward the door. Kneeling beside it, he jiggled the door knob hopelessly to find it locked. He racked his mind for a way to open it. Roughly checking his pockets, some small plastic item touched his fingertips. He pulled out a paperclip and undid it's loop to shove the end in the keyhole.(edited) "The door will not open, Alexander." Oh it'll open. He could feel Emma clutching the fabric of his shirt as she hugged him. Alex could feel her tiny body trembling with fear. They had to get out of here. No one was going to hurt her. Dropping the paperclip, he looked inside the keyhole. He could just make out the inside of it and began moving the mechanism from the inside in order to unlock the door. It flew open and he knew better than to waste any time. He grabbed Emma and tossed her over his shoulder less gently than he usually would. Alex bolted out of there as fast as he could, not looking back. Alex bolted into the street, moving swiftly through the empty road toward the sidewalk to run down it. He had an idea where they were and if they just followed upward they'd reach the school. The road went up on a hill and and he scaled up the elevation to the top. Over the hill, all the buildings were in flames, smoke rising into the air. The school had smoke rising up from it in the distance. The sky was actually tinted red and blackened with smoke. It was a scene out of a movie. Everything was red and bright. People were screaming and crying over the roar of the flames. Some were knelt by bodies sobbing, others screaming for help. "Oh my God."(edited) He set Emma down, who stared with wide, watering eyes. "Alex what's happening.."She whispered in disbelief. He held her to him under his arm, trembling, "I don't know. " He admitted. "I-.." With a hard swallow he took her hand, "We can't get to the school. We have to go a different way." He began running her into the trees. This would be a decent shortcut to the school. What the fuck was going on? How could this have happened so quickly? "Alex-. Alex wait stop!"Emma cried, her voice raising with each word. Alex skidded to a halt as the sudden growling of wolves filled the air. "Fuck."He muttered and looked around. They were coming from all areas. He darted again in a random direction and fell, Emma also falling to her knees with a cry. Rushing back to his feet, he helped Emma up quickly and stared as he came face to face with a boy with bright yellow eyes. He was standing there, essentially staring into his soul with them. The boy wasn't very tall and he had very messy black hair that was slightly longer than average. His facial features were rather cold. Alex felt like he had come out of a horror movie. He grinned slightly and grabbed Alex's hand tightly, glaring at him. "What the fuck? Let me go!"Alex snapped and pulled his hand free. The boy did not give much effort to keep holding his hand and simply moved backward to allow them to pass. "Weirdo!"Emma yelled at him as the two continued running. Once they went through the thicket of trees back to the school area, they found that there were no fires at all. There was no evidence of there being a fire either. The two looked at each other in confusion for a moment and then Emma pointed to his hand, "Alex..." He glanced down at it to find his hand to be completely blackened. It was not burnt but the skin was definitely as dark as charcoal. There was an almost invisible energy force radiating from it. "What did he do to me?" Emma stared at it with fear, shaking her head. "I don't know... I wanna to go to sleep I don't understand what's happening." Alex took a deep breathe and put his other untainted arm around her, "It's okay sissy, I got you. I'll take you to your dorm. "