“Who are you people?” Monique asked, more determined than ever. Alec, otherwise known as Brain Game, groaned inwardly and communicated telepathically with his friend next to him. "When I said that I wanted to tell her at some point, I didn't mean today." An explosion outside made him grimace and he looked pointedly at his associate, also known as Camo. "She should be in the bomb shelter beneath th...

The smell of smoke burned my eyes and nose. I stared at my burning house as tears ran down my cheeks, though I hardly seemed to feel them. Almost everything I cared about had been turned to ashes; my dog, my books, and the house I had lived in for my whole life. My mother weakly squeezed my hand. She seemed just as stricken as me. My two year old brother sat in front of me throwing a horrendous ta...

A tense whisper echoed in the dimly lit alley, "We need to get out of here now!"

The voice startled Zander and he accidentally kicked an empty bottle. He'd come here alone. He turned to face the voice and was annoyed to see his "friend". Zander's face contorted into a sneer. Judas had once been his closest friend, but then he had become involved with the wrong people. Monsters, the lot of them. "...

“Honey! Where are the diapers?” Andra shouted.

“I was just about to ask you.”

Dave has been the last one to change the baby, he should know where the diapers were. Her stomach rumbled, then she smelled something burning. The acrid scent irritated her nose. The eggs! She bolted to the kitchen and coughed from the horrendous smell. She turned down the raging burner. A ear-piercing wail came from the...

My heart pounded furiously inside of my chest as I ran. “You know you can’t get away, Isla. Might as well just give up.” I ran faster. My lungs screamed for air, but I kept running. A shot rang out and my legs buckled. I grabbed my leg and my hand came away, sticky with blood. I felt sick to my stomach. I needed to get out of here. I needed to live. I somehow managed to get to my feet. I stumbled ...