A tourist's reveal Pt 2

POV:jane

"11 years ago i had a family who were on the wealthy side of life,we didn't lack a thing,we lived in a huge house or mansion should i say,three course meals were only the beginning of the food options we had,I had 3 amazing sisters,who outshone me,in every way,i wasn't the talkative type,i was introverted,shy, i was always embarrased having to talk to someone,I'd always lock my self in my room either playing games or talking to my shadow.

Shadows don't have faces,they don't judge you,they are with you when your down..... Honestly,i choose my shadow to a real person anyday."

"It started when i was five... or more accurately i started noticing it when i was five that our dad loved my other sisters more than me but i didn't really mind, I'm mostly in my room anyway.

Clara wisten my eldest sister who was 12 years old at the time,Lisa wisten (10), Yvonne wisten my third(8), and then there was me.....jane wisten(5).

"Wait,you name's not jane?!"victor said.

He looks more surprised than i thought he would.

"it's actually a long story do you want the short or the long version?"i asked

"You seem a little tired,how about you tell me the short version for today then later when we have more time together you can tell me the full version"he said

"Humph, boys are always in such a rush,well the short version is...."

"My family was killed by men of the people who my father owed money too,he gave us out to them as colleteral,they took us or more like kidnapped us and we were left in an abandoned store house,they put us in the same rooms,they barely feed us,they always beat us and kept saying 'You better hope your dad pays up' apparently he didn't took a loan from a loan shark because his business was about to go under and he needed some funds "

"We were there for about a year and each day was worst than the last, everyday I'd hear screaming of women, banging of bars, followed by men's laughter."

"I didn't know what to do,i....just cried and layed there chained to the wall, during high noon when the sun hit the right shadow appeared I'd always talk to it even if no reply it always soothed me,my sisters told me to stop that but i couldn't,there was nothing else to do"

"Then one night came when i heard one of the sayin' they were tired of keeping us around they had no need too anymore since my father fled and my mother captured so they decided to kill us off one by one."

"They had us kneel in ascending order side by side."

"My eldest sister clara begged them to spare us that they should only kill her and our mom."

"They laughed saying:it's not our job to decide that."

*BANG*

"They shot our mom"

"We all screamed and started praying,I fell to the ground losing all hope in life already,i just wanted to die,then i saw a feint flash of light,i thought my life was flashing before my eyes but then suddenly i got hopeful."

"SWOOSH"

"My shadow came to life,it let me enter it and it killed 5 of the men men,we got out of there as soon as we could, finally we were outside but one of the men escaped and called for backup."

"We tried to free some of the others held in there but we couldn't at best we freed just 12 people,my shadow that cloaked me like armour went back into being just a regular shadow and didn't come out anymore,i was confused and scared but now wasn't the time it."

"We reached a place by the like an empty road with a bridge up front field,my sisters clara and jane were at the front since they were the fastest me and lisa weren't that fast, but we tried our best to keep up,then i heard a gunshot that was too close,i saw lisa dropped with a blood rushing from her back, she told is to keep going don't turn back,we couldn't stop we had to listen,we heard four more gunshots from where she was...it was horrible."

"Then clara told Yvonne to keep going that she'll stall them"

"No way were leaving you"i said crying

"we can't out run guns but if i slow them down you both can run and hide somewhere" she said with look of conviction on her face.

"Why do you want to protect me anyways,you haven't paid any attention to me all my life why sacrifice yourself now?"i said while crying

She said:

"I DID pay attention,we all did but we wanted you to become your own person.

We also had our own ambitions too you know,i wanted to be a doctor, lisa wanted to be an artist and Yvonne wants to be an athlete,We wanted you to figure out what you wanted to do.

if we knew this was going to happen we would have looked after you more, I'm sorry,were all sorry"she said with tears in her eyes."

"Yvonne,pls take her and run"clara said

"Right!"Yvonne agreed.

"No out me down!!we can't leave her!!!!" i begged but Yvonne just kept running.

"we ran a few distance away from where clara was we saw of them shooting her,it was horrible sight,my shadow could have done something"

As she was narrating her past tears were streaming down her eyes, victor couldn't say a word.

"We reached an abandoned building where we hid, Yvonne said she would lure them from this direction by running the opposite way "

"No I'm not leaving you!" i yelled.

"She covered my mouth so they wouldn't find us."

"You just have to try and find a phone and then report to the police about this"Yvonne said.

"I-if i go then your gonna die too"i stammered"

"Don't worry I'm tougher than our sisters I'll survive it, just trust me, ."Yvonne said with a smile."

"O-okay"i said.*Sniffs*

"She left me and ran the opposite way,i desperately ran my the other way trying to follow my sister's instruction,An hour later i still couldn't find anyone,i heard a clatter of things falling down in an alley,it was Yvonne,she survived,i was so glad."

She told me she gave them the slip and cornered back."

"I was hugging her until she spinned me around,i thought she was just happy to see me until i heard a loud bang"

"She dropped down"

"It turns our she took a bullet for me,an undeserving younger sister"

"I lost my mind and later passed out i woke up with blood on me with corpses everywhere,i didn't even care i was just hugging my sister's corpse."

"A car drove close to us,it opened up and that's when i saw Ignatius,he came out of his car and walked towards me,i was hostile as he looked suspicious at first,he then hugged me and said he was sorry that he came late."

"If only he drove sooner your family wouldn't be dead"he said while looking at me with compassion in his eyes."

"I fell asleep in his arms,when i woke i was here in this building at least,he told me that i can stay here as long as i wanted."

"i was suspicious,but grateful,so i asked how did you find me?

He said he was planning to buy a building along that area and he wanted to check it out but heard a gunshot,he was lying and wating to see where it was coming from, that's where he saw me and Yvonne,but was too late to stop him from shooting."

"Later we went to pick up my sisters and mother from the area they died at and gave them a funeral,i wasn't sad anymore because they all helped me to live and being sad would mean i wasn't grateful."

"I've lived here since i was six and trained my powers and gone on missions up till this day,i can never repay what Ignatius did."

"and that's how i got here."teehee."