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have liked less than to never see the outside of the colony again. Olivia deemed it a strange world, full odd scents and even odder people but to appease her mother, she couldn't allow herself to refuse.
“I have freshly procured blood in the kitchen if you must feed,” she said as she buttoned the coat. “Natalie and I will be waiting in the car.”
Her mother opened the door and exited quickly, leaving Olivia alone. Dawdling just outside the kitchen, she asked herself if she was really thirsty. A startling moan deep in her gut confirmed her thirst and she walked inside grabbing a blood bag from the refrigerator. She preferred the taste of AB negative but none of the bags had been labeled. Olivia sighed as she closed the door and ripped it open, carefully drinking the blood. As she leaned against the wall, her sneakers making small taps on the floor, she heard the faintest sound of a heartbeat underneath her. It startled her enough that she almost choked on the blood. Her eyes narrowed as she looked down, her mouth still on the opening of the blood bag. It was like her house had come alive, a heart just barely palpitating and slithers of veins coursing beneath her and for a brief moment, she thought she heard a man's whimpers. Olivia shook her head as she thought back on her dream, a pleasant memory tainted and turned into a nightmare. It had to be that , she thought as she threw the empty bag in the trash and met the two women at the car.
Natalie flashed a quick smile before slipping into the passenger's seat, her long black waves swinging against her back as they followed her in. Perched against the open back door, Olivia looked back and saw Noah holding tightly to Allison and his green eyes burning, telling her to once again leave this place and this time, never to come back. She held his gaze firmly as if receiving his non-verbal message and then slipped into the car. Little did he know that she was always going to come back to her mother.
The sky was a dusky rose and dark blue as Olivia observed from the back of the quiet car. Miles of trees meshed into a blur of green and brown color against a canvas, flecks of golden and crimson trickling in before her eyes. As they drove further into town, she watched with curious eyes the signs of shops come in close and fade quickly. It was a short ride to their destination as her mother announced they had arrived less than twenty minutes later. Sandwiched between two cars in a full parking lot, Olivia fought to get her door open wide enough for even her tiny body to slip out. For a brief moment her eyes drifted from the building behind her to the scenery around her. In all of her seventeen years, she hadn't seen so much of the outside world as she saw in the past two evenings. From the beach to the Port Culligan Community Recreation Center, it was all new to Olivia and it amazed her as much as it frightened her. Gazing around, she wondered how she was supposed to escape to this foreign world in her friend's half baked scheme. To her, the plan didn't feel fully thought through but Noah was just as stubborn as he was loyal, which said a lot.
“Earth to Olivia, come in Olivia,” Natalie snapped her fingers, chuckling at her own inner comedian, that was anything but hilarious to her son.
Olivia looked into Natalie's bright blue eyes, tiny as her smile grew wider.
“I'm sorry; I was just taking this all in...”
“Amazing, right? Wait till you see what's inside,” Natalie grabbed her shoulders and walked alongside her as they followed behind Mar.
The inside of the building was massive in size and modest in looks, the dark paint of the walls chipped and the floors riddled with scuff marks. Natalie tapped her arm and pointed to the right, Olivia's eyes following her finger tip and widening as she stared at a rock climbing wall then to a glass room beside it, a net suspended in the middle of the court. To her left was another court, the floor of the room covered in patches
“I have freshly procured blood in the kitchen if you must feed,” she said as she buttoned the coat. “Natalie and I will be waiting in the car.”
Her mother opened the door and exited quickly, leaving Olivia alone. Dawdling just outside the kitchen, she asked herself if she was really thirsty. A startling moan deep in her gut confirmed her thirst and she walked inside grabbing a blood bag from the refrigerator. She preferred the taste of AB negative but none of the bags had been labeled. Olivia sighed as she closed the door and ripped it open, carefully drinking the blood. As she leaned against the wall, her sneakers making small taps on the floor, she heard the faintest sound of a heartbeat underneath her. It startled her enough that she almost choked on the blood. Her eyes narrowed as she looked down, her mouth still on the opening of the blood bag. It was like her house had come alive, a heart just barely palpitating and slithers of veins coursing beneath her and for a brief moment, she thought she heard a man's whimpers. Olivia shook her head as she thought back on her dream, a pleasant memory tainted and turned into a nightmare. It had to be that , she thought as she threw the empty bag in the trash and met the two women at the car.
Natalie flashed a quick smile before slipping into the passenger's seat, her long black waves swinging against her back as they followed her in. Perched against the open back door, Olivia looked back and saw Noah holding tightly to Allison and his green eyes burning, telling her to once again leave this place and this time, never to come back. She held his gaze firmly as if receiving his non-verbal message and then slipped into the car. Little did he know that she was always going to come back to her mother.
The sky was a dusky rose and dark blue as Olivia observed from the back of the quiet car. Miles of trees meshed into a blur of green and brown color against a canvas, flecks of golden and crimson trickling in before her eyes. As they drove further into town, she watched with curious eyes the signs of shops come in close and fade quickly. It was a short ride to their destination as her mother announced they had arrived less than twenty minutes later. Sandwiched between two cars in a full parking lot, Olivia fought to get her door open wide enough for even her tiny body to slip out. For a brief moment her eyes drifted from the building behind her to the scenery around her. In all of her seventeen years, she hadn't seen so much of the outside world as she saw in the past two evenings. From the beach to the Port Culligan Community Recreation Center, it was all new to Olivia and it amazed her as much as it frightened her. Gazing around, she wondered how she was supposed to escape to this foreign world in her friend's half baked scheme. To her, the plan didn't feel fully thought through but Noah was just as stubborn as he was loyal, which said a lot.
“Earth to Olivia, come in Olivia,” Natalie snapped her fingers, chuckling at her own inner comedian, that was anything but hilarious to her son.
Olivia looked into Natalie's bright blue eyes, tiny as her smile grew wider.
“I'm sorry; I was just taking this all in...”
“Amazing, right? Wait till you see what's inside,” Natalie grabbed her shoulders and walked alongside her as they followed behind Mar.
The inside of the building was massive in size and modest in looks, the dark paint of the walls chipped and the floors riddled with scuff marks. Natalie tapped her arm and pointed to the right, Olivia's eyes following her finger tip and widening as she stared at a rock climbing wall then to a glass room beside it, a net suspended in the middle of the court. To her left was another court, the floor of the room covered in patches
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