My eyes were closed but I felt warm liquid touch my hand, looking down there was blood slowly dripping under the table cover, I could feel his body slide down the table he groaned in pain, "you have two weeks to come back home or that cute girl your hiding gets a bullet in her head" with that I heard footsteps step over the glass before Manny and Noah ran to Atlas who was struggling to breath, "fuck here press down I'm getting our doctor".

I crawled out from under the table to see Atlas with a pale face and his hand was covering his his arm where he had been shot and blood covered his whole shirt. he grabbed my hand into his "I wont let anyone hurt you". Harsh knocking came from the front door Bear quickly opened it and a whole medic team came running in with their heads down. They quickly put Atlas on a stretcher i got up to follow them but Noah's hand reached out to stop me, "he's going to get operated in his room" roman and Zion were busy yelling to people on the phone while Bear began to call someone to clean up all the mess. "you don't need to worry about him Alas gets shot all the time he's going to be fine" the tears wouldn't stop falling down my face, his blood was on my hands and some on my clothes. 

i knew he was an ass but i didn't like seeing him in that state.

I could feel myself panicking, with the need to wash all the blood off me, Noah could sense that something was wrong and he took hold of my hand and we went upstairs to my room. "go take a shower and ill have some clothes ready for you to wear then come to the office" with that he left before giving me one last look, how did everyone stay calm in this situation,

I was getting tired of seeing happy moments end so quickly. I did as I was told but did not realise how hard I was scrubbing my skin, my wrists had a dark red tint to them.

Noah left a pink pair of fuzzy pyjamas on the bed for me to wear before i walked out of the room and headed towards the study, i could feel their hushed voices from within, the door was open and when i walked in everyone got quiet and stared as I came and sat down. to my surprise the twins were here as well "oh my gosh Alex Max I've missed you" they came around to hug me "yeah we had our break but now we are back on duty" max slightly crouched down in front of me "how are you feeling?

honestly I felt calmer now then before. "I'm okay now and I feel slightly better but is Atlas okay?" they all turned to each other briefly before Manny spoke "his surgery was successful Nia didn't intend to hit anything major" he never mentioned other siblings to me, "I thought it was just you and Atlas growing up together" he ran his hands through his hair and sighed in frustration before taking the big seat behind the desk. "she's technically our step sister but growing up we didn't see each other as much because she didn't live with us until we grew up" this was like a whole story that had too many plot twists. he carried on, "she does whatever our dad tells her to if he tells her to shoot Atlas then she will" wow and i thought my sister was bad. "since they know where we are once Atlas is a little better we will get the flight ready to go back home".

i could still remember her threat from earlier. "why do i have to go, this is my chance to go back home", Noah rolled his eyes before letting out a small laugh "you fucking kidding right now, when will you understand that you are never going back home" what the fuck is he saying "i didn't want any part of this to begin with" my frustration was clear and Noah better tread carefully, if i can throw a chair at Atlas i can throw a hit on him too. He soon stood in front of me but Manny spoke up again "now is not the time lets just leave it for later" no this is my chance i need to know.

 "no tell me know why i cannot leave from this fucking trapped place in the middle of nowhere, i never made an attempt to call the cops why can you just leave me out of your family mess why did she have to threaten my life" a certain look crossed Noah's face before he pointed his fingers at me "Atlas made a mistake he shouldn't have taken that bullet for you" he did what,

i could feel my chest tighten in pain. i didn't have my inhaler and was panicking. "whoa whoa breath Anisah its alright" Zion tried to comfort me but i was getting angry again, "NO I hate it here i want to go back home i would rather live my boring shit life then stay here and wait to get shot"

Noah clearly was a blind man who couldn't see i was close to attacking someone. " then fucking leave and see what happens your a target now with a bounty on your head so stay the fuck here and shut the fuck up or get the fuck out and go back, nobody even wants you back", that's all it took before i punched him across his face and stormed out, his painful groan could be heard as i walked away. fucking idiot deserved it.

i slammed my door shut and locked it. I hate my life nothing ever goes right and now i have no where to go other then stay with a bunch of strangers. who are these people why did they carry guns and knives. who is Atlas and why were people shooting at him. there were knocking noises as the hours passed I ignored them all after a little while everything went quiet.

i knew one thing that could cheer me up, the mango jelly i left behind. i got up to leave my room and was hoping not to run into anyone. The hallway was quiet and so was the kitchen, it was peaceful and i grabbed my jelly pot, everything was clean now not a single trace of blood anywhere and all the broken glass was removed and the windows restored, wow that was fast. Noah walked into the kitchen his eyes stared into me he looked like he had something to say but i moved past him and made my way back upstairs.

Atlas took a bullet for me which means Nia must have known I was under the table the entire time, I wanted to see him, I don't think anyone in my whole life ever cared about me enough to get hurt for me never mind take a bullet.

Manny was sat at the edge of my bed with his head down, I wonder what he must be going through right now, I sat down next to him and we both were sat in silence, he looked at me "Noah and atlas are really close they're almost like brothers and have had each other's backs since the start he's like another older brother to me" I stopped him from talking "you don't need to come here every time someone acts like a dick to me" to be frank I didn't care about what Noah said I had already forgotten but I like to be petty and I hope that punch will keep his big mouth shut.

"Later on tonight Atlas will be awake to eat dinner would you want to see him" I nod my head unable to speak at the moment I was tired and want to get some sleep and disappear "great you can feed him then" he got up with a smile on his face, "yah that's fine" it took me a minute  for things to settle in "wait what no way im not feeding anyone" he was smiling again , "you already said ok" with that he left me leaving me all alone.

It was almost 8 at night and I have to give Atlas his dinner since he couldn't come down to  eat with the rest of us. Walking to his bedroom with the tray of food, I was nervous to see him, Knocking on his door his deep voice answered from inside "come in" I let out a deep breath and stepped into the cold dark room.