Antoinette.

Charles.

Wendy.

That was the three of us. Except, there was no longer an 'us.' Those three names should never have been together again. Yet here we were, the past jumping out at me in a blink of an eye.

Suddenly, the door bursted opened and in came Allison in her white dress and a dozen covered armed men.

Allison Frances. 17 years old. Half French, Half Korean. Blood type A. A total chic and playgirl. Currently in a relationship with football team's captain Daniel Ordeon. Current daughter of Charles Lennon, stepsister of Jamie Lennon, daughter to Raelyn Frances.

Who was Raelyn Frances you asked?

My 7 years old form ran into my room and busted the door open to reveal a beautiful, young woman I've never seen before.

She dared to be naked in front of me, in my room, in my house, and for who?

My father?

"You're not mommy," I said to her startled face, "Get out of my room."

"Oh, sweetie, you won't understand," the woman began, trying to smile at me to lighten up my mood, "This is the adult world, and-"

"Don't try me," I informed her lowly, "If you think kids are merely nothing more than dumb animals running around with no brain and heart you can poop yourself out the door because you're not ready to be my mother in any way or form."

My father left with her.

She, was Raelyn Frances. Allison was her daughter. So, Allison was also my step-sister.

This doesn't make any fucking sense.

So the girl I've been trying to protect, turned out to be trying to capture me?

And for my father?

A longer thought at it and I realized a possible explanation to my father's actions.

He was trying to bring my mother back to him. I guess he'd never let go of her. And because there was only one other person he was close to that had her genes directly, he was out for that person.

And it just so happened that I was his daughter. It just so happened that I was Wendy's daughter. It just so happened that my middle name was Antoinette. It just so happened that Allison and I were bound together by my mission, and she by hers.

Maybe that was why the R.U. refused to give me further information about this mission. If I had known how deeply connected the girl I was protecting was to me, I would have never accepted it. I would have never met them. I would have never resolved my past.

I would have never met Liam or Kai, or resolved things with Axel, Helene, and Carlos.

Everything was a mess right now in my head. To others everything was fine, but to me I had to revisit my unwanted past.

I was in pain. I wanted to be alone. I wanted to rest. I wanted to stop thinking, stop knowing, stop everything.

But life was unfair. And being an agent meant sucking up your complaints and snapping back to reality. So that's exactly what I did.

"If you take one step closer," I exclaimed, frowning dully at Allison and the men behind her, "I will kill him."

"You wouldn't kill your own-" She began in a different tone then I was used with.

I scoffed silently and a tired smile appeared, "So you knew this whole time, didn't you Allison?"

She frowned at me and crossed her arms firmly as she stated, "Sure."

The man I was pinning down managed to kick up a random needle with an unknown liquid already inside and catch it. He started giggling and at that moment I knew something was wrong.

He twisted his hands so that the needle injected something into my left forearm. I felt something rushing into my blood and instantly pushed him away.

"Would you stop for one fucking moment!" I shouted in frustration, suddenly deciding to take matters into my own hand. I found his pressure point and knocked against it firmly, causing him to fall to the ground stunned.

Suddenly, five men were knocked down after a series of shots were fired.

Everyone's head snapped towards the door.

"Kai," I said under my breath.

"Kai!" Liam and the girl both said in unison.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS PLACE," Kai's familiar voice rang throughout the air.

"We're in her basement," Liam replied after Kai entered the room, "I was examining the area just now with Isla."

Isla. Good to know.

"What is Jamie doing here?" Kai asked, frowning at me.

"I should be asking all of you..." I let out tiredly.

Allison motioned for the men to start fighting and Kai, Liam, and Isla all charged forward to combat.

I started forward too, but Liam stopped midway and turned back to me, grabbing my arms and leveling his face with mine for a split second just to say, "Stay still and stop moving."

"I don't want to," I countered back.

"If you keep being stubborn that'll be your fate whether you like it or not." he growled angrily.

He meant death.

I stopped talking and looked at him in the eyes. Seeing that I had given up on disobeying him, he released me and went back to the brutal scene happening before me. They were all fighting, shots and punches being heard every second. I stayed still alright, but if one of those men came towards me, I did my best to ward them off with my own fighting abilities.

It was then I realized I was still in my dark blue dress. After knocking two men out, I looked back to all the agents I knew and realized everyone was still in their formal clothes.

I was getting tired, my mouth was dry, my dress was torn, and my wounds were agitated. It took everything in me, and I kid you not when I meant everything, to keep my body upright and conscious. I was strong-willed, even I acknowledged that, but there was a limit to my strength. I should be knocked out right now. I had no energy left.

Before I knew it, a strong hand wrapped securely around my right wrist and started pulling me for the door. Even though I didn't know who it was, I had a faint idea upon the warm feeing that came to my mind upon contact.

I ran. I ran with all my might. I ran until my lungs hurt, and kept running. I ran until my legs buckled out, but I picked myself up and kept moving forward. We ran up the stairs and around the back of the house. The music blasted through my ears and I resisted the urge to block it off. I saw some people who looked our way. We must look like lunatics running so fast. I'm sure everyone was smart enough to hide their weapons upon reaching this floor.

Soon, we were all out the door and running across the lawn. The music had stopped blasting so hard and I was dragged closer and closer into a car. It was Kai's car. Kai sat at the driver's seat, Isla next to him, I behind Kai, and Liam next to me. He started the car quickly and began driving down the road. I caught a glimpse of the sky before my head arched back into the car. It was pitch black outside.

The atmosphere soon became quiet with no one uttering a sound except for our now steady breathing.

"Auto-drive mode, initiate," I whispered weakly into the band around my left wrist. It was a command for Carlos's car to self-drive itself back to I.O. Academy. I heard Liam do the same for his car.

Breathing harder and faster than everyone else, I caught everyone's attention.

"What's wrong with her," Kai finally spoke up.

"She was shot," Isla replied indifferently, "I shot her."

"Why?" Kai pushed, turning a corner.

"She's our enemy," Isla snapped, suddenly raising her tone a slight bit, "I don't know why we're doing this at all. Who cares about her?"

Thanks, Isla. I agree with you.

"Why are you doing this," I came in, moaning at a sudden pain that erupted from my left forearm.

I let out a gasp of air and quickly became alert again, glancing down at my left arm. It had turned a strange color of orange and purple.

"Is this poison..." I muttered to myself.

"Poison..." Liam commented, confusion taking over, "That needle had poison in it?"

"Apparently," Isla replied back.

"I have a wound on my upper right arm," I began again and everyone hushed, "a bullet through my back, aching wrists and ankles, bruises all over my body and head, broken bones in my neck, and poison injected into my left forearm... when are we going to reach the hospital?" I asked softly.

I was losing it. The situation before had taken my mind mildly off of the pain that was inflicted onto my body. Now that there was nothing to do but pay attention to it, I don't think I could stay awake any longer. There was a moment of tensed silence before Kai replied back, "10 minutes. We'll be there in 10 minutes, Jamie."

"I'm so tired," I let out quietly, finding it hard to breathe, "... I want to sleep."

"No," Liam finally spoke to me, "Jamie, stay awake."

"Why do you even care," I croaked out, straining my eyes to look at him, "It's better if I just die."

He didn't reply.

It was my last straw. I fell into a deep sleep, not knowing when I would wake up again-

If I would wake up again.

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