Leo

Me, Tio, Manuel, and Alencio all sit in Alvaros office, waiting for him to pull up the security cameras.

My mind wanders back to Elias

He was smiling...

Why was he smiling?...

Something doesn't feel right about this situation at all, family members told us that Tio Fransisco was tense and agitated all night, like he knew something we didn't. Like he was nervous.

Then all of a sudden he's leaving the room, not telling anyone anything. He didn't even tell his wife what was going on.

And now she's disappeared.

"The camera footage was wiped." Alvaro says angrily.

"What do you mean it was wiped??" Tio Emilio asks.

"I mean it's gone, someone wiped the all of the footage from that time. There's no camera footage besides him walking away, the hallway camera isn't showing anything."

Alencio stands up and starts pacing the office. "What do we know then? Was this a targeted attack? Was it planned? Who are they planning to attack next?" He asks.

"From what I saw it looked like a planned attack, like he was lured away so he could be murdered. There were words carved into his back, words like whore, slut, pedophile, asshole." Tio Emilio said, tears in his eyes.

He's the last one standing. Both of his brothers are dead, the family he grew up with is gone. Yeah Fransisco was an asshole, and a liar but he was still family.

"Could Anya have done this?" Manuel asks.

"No, she was in the room with everyone else when he left. She never left the room until one of the house clearers screamed." I tell him.

"Could the Russians have done this? Anya might not have done it but she could've been a part of the plan. We all know she hated Fransisco." Alencio asks.

Alvaro rubs his jaw, "She could have. It's no secret Fransisco was abusive towards her, and she didn't want to marry him."

We all nod at his words, the only issue is Fransisco was very controlling he didn't allow her any contact outside of anyone he knew.

"We can't stay here, the house is compromised, we will head to one of our safe houses." Alvaro said. I nod immediately and go to tell my brothers to pack, Tio Emilio and his family may or may not come, they have other safe houses they could go to but they won't be staying in their house anymore. If someone murdered Fransisco we are all at risk.

We will see how this goes.

Elias

I was sitting next to my Tia Lucia, everyone was talking in whispers trying to discuss the next step.

But I wasn't paying attention to them.

I wasn't really paying attention to anything.

I was dissociating and I knew I needed to snap out of it before someone notices.

I saw movement out of the corner of my eye and my head snapped over towards it.

A kid in a blue and orange striped shirt was giggling to himself while playing with his stuffed animal.

What is a kid doing here?...

I want to go ask him if he's okay but he just laughs at nothing, everything is funny to him. Another guy walks into the room and goes to talk to him, laughing with him before his eyes snap to mine.

"Why are you staring at us?" He asks.

I just slightly shrug my shoulders, I'm too nervous to respond. I don't think they're supposed to be here.

Nobody notices them in the corner, talking. If they do then they're acting like it's normal. Maybe it is...

I kept staring at them, waiting for something to happen. I stood up, about to walk over and join them when someone grabbed my hand.

Leo

"Hey Elias, what are you seeing right now?" Leo asks me.

"there's a little boy in the corner playing, he's laughing and having fun with his brother. I wanted to play with them.." i say quietly.

"Well can we do that later? We need to go pack, we're leaving to go to a safe house." Leo says calmly.

I look back at the brothers and they're staring at me. The little boy keeps telling me to come join them.

"no, I want to go play with them." I tell him Leo.

"Why do't you ask if they can follow you up to your room, you can talk while you pack." Leo suggests.

I look back over to the brothers and they're staring shake their head no before getting up and leaving.

My eyes well with tears, "they don't want to play with me anymore. They just left." I tell him trying to follow them out of the room.

"Oh baby I'm sorry. Why don't we go pack and see if we can find them? I don't think they're mad at you, they're probably upset with me." Leo says calmly.

I just nod my head, wiping away my tears before staring at my family. They're looking at me with...pity?...

"Leo are your hallucinations more frequent now?" Leo asks.

I nod my head at him.

"How long has the medicine not been working?" Leo asks me.

"For a few days, sometimes I forget to take it, but I've been keeping up with it. I've even been taking more than one to try and get them to stop."I tell Leo as I look back at him.

"Oh sweetheart why didn't you tell me, or any of your brothers?" He asks with a small smile.

"Cause I didn't want you to worry..." I tell him sheepishly. My face turning hot.

"We will always worry about you, your family, thats what we do, thats our job." Leo says before leading me into the kitchen.

"Have you taken your medicine today?" He asks while grabbing my pill bottle.

I nod my head before he grabs it and a few other medicines before shoving them in a bag. "Go upstairs and start packing, bring a little bit of everything, I don't know how long we will be gone for." He tells me as he moves out of the kitchen.

I walk through the halls and into my room. I grab my duffle bag and start shoving clothes in the bag, hoodies, tshirts, pants,anything that will fit.

All of a sudden a loud alarm blares through the house.

Wtf?

I run out of my room and walk into all of my brother's rooms but none of them are inside.

Maybe this is all in my head...

I don't hear any other sounds, the alarm having gone away.

I just shake my head and continue packing.

I hear a sound similar to a gun go off.

I tense immediately.

Maybe this isn't in my head...

I make use my knife is in my pocket and I feel the little dagger I used on Fransisco.

I look out my bedroom and see nobody in the hallway, I run towards Alvaro's office. My body freezing at corners and my head tilted to see if anyone's coming.

Eventually I make it to Alvaros office and see papers scattered everywhere, chairs pushed over and the bookshelf pushed over. I quickly run to Alvaros desk, trying to open the drawers but they're all locked. I feel under the desk, trying to see if there's a key but my hand finds cold metal instead.

I grasp the gun in my hand. It's a heavy weight in my hands.

I hear footsteps coming towards the office and I duck under the desk hiding.

I quietly check the ammo and see it full, the chamber loaded.

Liam made sure I knew how to handle a gun, made me practice with it. He made sure I knew how to aim, reload it and shoot it.

Well I think I need to thank him later...

I freeze as I hear voices outside the office, with a thick Russian accent...

Oh fuck...

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