He narrowed his eyes at her, laughing nervously. “What do you mean you’ve killed someone?”

“I’m dead serious babe. We need to get moving, pack your bags.”

She shuffled around their room grabbing clothes and stuffing them into a small duffle bag. Adam stood there and watched her. He was confused, he’d never seen her act like this.

“Hey what’s going on?” he said.

She payed no attention to him, she was breathing hard and he thought he saw a tear fall feom her eyes. She knelt on the ground and took in a deep breath, freezing in place.

Adam walked over, kneeling down beside her.

“Hey,” he tilted her chin up,” what is going on? You can tell me.”

She looked up at him, tears piled in her eyes, cheeks red. She was breathing hard, her chest rising and falling without rhythm. She wiped away her tears with her sleeve and stood up, brushing herself off.

“I’ll explain everything in the car, let’s go.”

Adam decided to trust her and he followed. They ran down the stairs, locking the door behind them. Their car was a black honda civic, brand new. Elyza threw their bag in the back seat and they drove off.

“There’s things i haven’t told you.” She said hesitantly.

“Like what?”

“Your being hunted. People, bad people are trying to find you.”

“Why?”

“Your father.”

Adam shifted positions, clearing his through. He never knew his father, all he knew was that he left before he could remember anything.

“Your father is a bad person adam, he hunts innocent children, experimenting on them. A group of rebels can’t seem

to stop him, so their next best idea is to find someone he loves and kill them.”

“But my father doesn’t love me, he doesn’t even know me.”

“That’s what i tried to tell them.”

“How do you know about this?”

Elyza glances at him then focuses back onto the road in front of them.

“Your father took my sister, torchered her, and sent her back, scars and bruises covering her body. She was 7 Adam, 7. Ever since then i’ve made it my mission to catch him, joined these rebels. Until i found out their new plan. Today a woman followed me home trying to find you, I pulled over and she followed. I got out of my car and so did she. I don’t know how she found out about you but she did. She came up to me and told me she knew my secret and that i needed to stop protecting you. She pulled a gun to my head Adam. So i show her. it was self defense but-“

She pulled over to the side of the road and started sobbing. Adam grabbed her, holding her tight to his chest.

“It’s okay, It’s going to be okay I promise. Nobody’s going to know, I’ll keep you safe, i swear.” Adam muttered.

Something rammed into their car and they looked back.

The hunt wasn’t over.