'Run Grace run'
Grace could only hear her mother's voice echoing in her head, even though her eyes was closed the presence of her parents was everywhere. Murmuring in her sleep, it attracted those around.
"Sir the girl is awake", A man dressed in a police uniform informed his chief who sat on a chair looking at a necklace in a evidence bag.
They were waiting for her to wake up, after finding her in a fish box at night it was something they could not go. The chief nodded staring at the the girl who slowly open her eyes. Grace eyes moved around, not knowing where she was, she pushed herself up from the bed.
"Mommy!!", She called out.
The chief rose handing over the necklace to his colleague walking to her, he lay his hand on her shoulder, startling her she screamed. He could see fear in her eyes, it only made him to wonder why she was so afraid.
"It's ok. You're safe", He assured,"What's your name?"
Grace moved a little as if to tell him to go away, her body shivered in fear. She can't recall what happened after that explosion, all she saw her mother smile. Immediately she burst into tears hugging her knees with her face in between them. The chief looked at his colleague, he could understand the poor girl tears.
"It's ok", He patted her back just before the doctor walked in.
"She's awake?", The doctor questioned.
"She is", The chief answered,"Can you tell me what happened?"
Grace rose her head wiping the tears that rolled down her cheeks looking around the room, a man dressed in white and another dressed in a police uniform, are they worth trusting?. This is the question she has to ask herself first, will they hurt her?.
"Who are you?", She asked firmly and the chief was amazed, children was has been in a accident never ask questions, some how this child is something more.
"My name is David, you can call me Dave. I'm a police officer"
Grace moved a little bit further away, her mother always had this hate for the police calling them greedy puncks who always fight for themselves not caring for others, she has a reason for saying that so she should be alarmed.
"I don't trust you", She said looking straight into his eyes.
David nodded,"I understand. But i need you to tell me what happened, there must be something you must know. Why were you in a fisherman's boat?, why were you hinding?"
Grace looked at the man in the police uniform, noticing something the necklace. Desperation filled her eyes.
"My necklace!", She almost yelled.
David instructed his colleague to hand over the necklace to her. And like a lost puppy who just found a new playmate. She grabbed it.
"What's your name?. Let's start from that"
"Grace", She nearly whispered,"Grace Donald"
"Ok, Grace tell us what happened last night?"
She took a deep breath, it worth trying. Her mom will come for her, she always do, her parents will never let her go she has that faith. It has always been that way. Soon, she stared to talk from the moment they started running. Everything except her parents names and where they are from. The truth is she doesn't know where she's from her parents never told her all they did was run. While she told him everything, David wondered why they were they running and who they were running away from.
"You don't have any idea?", He asked. And she nodded.
Something wasn't right for him, since the last few years there has being death although the globe. Each and every one of the has lead to a name called 'Slayers', and back at the scene there was a man neck twisted, just floating in the water, his tattoo matched the others around the globe. And other killings of other groups, 'Spies'.
He stood and strolling to his colleague,"We'll keep the girl in an orphanage. Until her relatives come to get her. If they don't she has to go to a foster home".
His colleague understood his decision, she might be linked to the chaos happening around the world now.
"Grace, we'll be back", David said walking out with the doctor and his colleague.
Again she was alone, she around. There is no explanation someone can give her now, something is happening and it is linked to her or her family. She didn't get it, coming down from the hospital bed, she walked to the window, it was already morning. She clenched the necklace refusing the tears to fall.
"No, mommy is alive she's just waiting for the right moment to come and get you, while daddy is in the waiting for us. They are coming for me"
"Poor child"
She jumped immediately, turning to see she who was that. A woman dressed in black head to toe looked at her, she could see hatred in her eyes.
"Who are you?", She asked.
The woman chuckled darkly walking to her, Grace stepped back. Wait how did she get in?. Is she a ghost?.
"I'm not a ghost, but i am going to be the last person you'll see"
That word carried a lot of meaning, Grace knew that. Instantly the women grabbed her by the neck lifting her from her feet. Grace hands clenched on the woman's, gasping for air.
"You rats. Always trying to run, but we can play along. It's like hind and seek,do you love hind and seek, 357?", She increase her pressure on her grip,"How's it?, how is the pain, 357?"
Grace stretched her hand towards the woman faces as she hit her chest, her lungs were burning, her face was already red.
"Die rat"
Grace reached for the woman ears, before realising what she was about to do Grace pull out her earrings. Immediately she let her go, finding strength Grace was about to run only being grab from her hair, she yelped.
"I'll kill you rat", The woman was about to stab her, who knows where she got the knife. Grace held her necklace tight stabbing her with it on her lap, kicking the back of the woman knee, a sound could be heard from the impact. In pain the woman let her go as she her knee, Grace found her escape and fled.
"BRAT!!!!"
Grace ran as fast as she could, even though she didn't know where to go. She hid in the ladies room, locking the door. Her heart pounded, who was that woman?, why did she call her 357?.
"Mommy where are you?", She asked aloud.
"KNOCK, KNOCK".
"I know you're in there 357, c'mon i just want to play that's all".
Her heart skipped the beat, she looked at the window. Immediately she climb a toilet pushing one of the window open, the breeze blew her hair back, she looked down, now she knows how high a building can be.
"BANG.... BANG" .
"Open for and I'll be your friend"
"BANG".
The door was pushed open, she was gone.
"Where did that brat go?", Sighting the open window, she cursed swiftly bringing out her phone from her pocket, dialing a number, "357 just climbed out of the window....she's not going to die easily , she is more that meets the eye", She hanged up.
Grace climbed out of the window, walking on the edge of the building avoiding to look down, her heart race fast. Her body was shaking, glancing down, fear gripped her.
People down noticed a small figure, they screamed. Grace at the other hand, her body refused to move, the height was threatening. For the first time, her heart beating, memories flashed their was no happy ones like death called for her she closed her eyes slipping off the edge.