Knock knock

That sound interrupted our family dinner. Amber and I look at one another quizzically, both silently questioning why we would have visitors at seven at night.

My Mum on the other hand, excused herself from the table and went around the corner to the living room and to the front door.

Amber, currently is 17 whilst I'm only 12, though I'll be turning 13 soon.

"Who are you?" We hear our mum say, but the sound of her voice, she was worried and confused.

"We're doing a house search, order by Renatus. We have reason to believe that your two children are Evo. They must be taken under arrest." A deep voice calls, and our eyes widen.

Ambers green eyes widen, and she mouths 'go' and she quietly stands from the kitchen table and moves to the screen door which leads to the back garden. I follow in her lead quickly.

There was shouting and yelling from the front door, is from both my mother and the person or people at the door. Is Mum ok? She hasn't come through yet.

We got outside into the calm, cool air, when my sister pointed me in the direction of a bush. Into the gap in the hedge actually, surrounded by hibiscus trees and small shrubs.

"Hey! Stop!" Another voice shouts towards my sister, and through the leaves a see a man charge at her, all dressed in formal, like a suit and tie. He had dark skin and had a gun at the ready, but Amber was faster. She had her hand on his and the colour literally drained from him face, leaving an almost grey look to his skin as he fell to the ground.

But more came. Like literally, more of the same guy showed up and Amber tried her best but they got her. They grabbed her arms and twisted them behind her back, pushing her onto her knees.

I stare in shock. My body was frozen with fear, but she just smiled at me through the bushes, mouthing he words 'stay hidden'

Smoke began to fill the air, and heat erupted from the house.

No! Mum! She can't be! She's using her powers. Flames poured from the windows and doors as they dragged Amber away, with her kicking and screaming with all her might, but to no avail.

Her screams rang in the night, almost as if to haunt me, I could hear my mother screaming before there was a gunshot, and silence.

My breath hitched in my throat as I knew what that meant, but I still stayed hidden, because there is still another guy searching the yard.

A twig snapped under my hand when I shifted my weight, and his head snapped this way, gun at the ready. He looked around, he even moved the bushes, and he was staring at me, and my general area, but he did nothing. It was like he couldn't see me. Though I did notice the shiny thing around his neck, I think it was a badge though.

So he left, and I waited for him to come back, but he never did. But now I have a big, burning problem. "Mum!" I shout to her, but I didn't get a response.

Without thinking I ran into the house, trying to find her, to pull her body from the wreck, but it was too intense.

The smoke made me cough, and he heat made my skin shrivel, and the random burns I would get from burnt prices of my home.

It got to the point where I couldn't breathe any more and I just kept coughing, and coughing and coughing.

"Elle!"

I don't know that voice, but it seems to know me.

"Elle! Wake up!"

Everything begins to fade, but the feelings were all still there. I was coughing and the heat was making my skin shrivel and burn.

In front of me was April, short covering her nose, shaking my shoulders, with her skin glowing orange.

"Elle! We need to get out of here! The place is on fire!"