"Where are we?"
"Home!"
"You lived here?"
"This is where I trained."
"These bullets look fresh."
I traced the walls and they were truly fresh holes here and there.
"Someone was here!"
"GET DOWN!!!!"
The two girls hit the deck and Xavier pushed Sky along the wall and shielded her as bullets ricocheted off the walls and bounced off the ceiling.
Sky screamed and squirmed and Xavier hugged her close to him to help keep her quiet.
"Silver! WE could use another shield just about now!"
"I can't. I'm still trying to master it. I can't control it. I need to focus."
"Focus harder Sis or else we'll never get out of her alive."
"I CAN'T!!"
The bullets stopped and everything was still. *creaaaak* the door downstairs quietly closed. Someone was here. The lights went out and the footsteps got quieter.
Guns reloaded and changed direction. Shade crawled to the corner and poked her head out even though the others tried motioning to her to stay hidden. She inched closer.