The Anchor

"What have we done, John? What have we done?" She sobbed loudly looking at her four years old daughter lying on her bed.Her heart was beating profusely knowing the danger they were about to be in.John sighed. "This is not the time for crying, Celeste." He tried to comfort her.But Celeste couldn't handle the fear rising in her. "What if, John? What if they send Gor..?""They won't. He kills everything he touches. They won't risk it." He dismissed.Celeste sighed shakily. "We've made things hard for them. They might get desperate, John. I'm scared. He's the one person even you can't fight." John shook her head, not liking how she was behaving. "This isn't the time to be pessimistic."She nodded without choice and looked at her daughter, and then she sighed. "We shouldn't have brought a child to this world, John. We shouldn't have. How are we gonna keep protecting ourselves, and our child? Where are we gonna go now? How long are we gonna keep hiding?" She kept on with her sobs gettin

"It's been sixteen years since you killed the Wests, Gordon, but you don't have it yet. What should I say of your incompetence?"Gordon bowed, disappointed at himself. "Makes me wonder where West hid it, King.""I'd never thought you would fail me.""Truth be told, King, the result was expected, and knowing how West is, his death is one thing he never feared. It was a mistake sending Gordon after them. He killed his family, and thereby not leaving any leverage against West."Gordon glared at Trick. "Why? You think your tricks would have worked against him?""My tricks are smart, Gordon. If his family was in my hands, he would have had no choice." Trick countered."You guys enough! You've argued about this forever. It's too late." King shunned them.Trick and Gordon bowed."I don't think it is, King. It is somewhere. We just need to know the location. We could find it the way we found West." Brainold suggested."How, Brainold? Sixteen years ago was the last favor the Eye owed us." One

Kara stared deeply at the newspaper byline. "Truck swept woman, and child to death."Apparently, it was already investigated why the woman died. She got herself into the ordeal. She wanted to die because she no longer had anything to live for.Kara scoffed. "What a woman! If only the child has a say on it." She uttered, although still deep in thoughts about everything."Horrible right?" Zoey commented getting a seat beside Kara.Kara looked at her as she sat down, and dropped the article on her desk. "Indeed.""Funny how it happened in front of the Daily Research," Zoey stated.Kara just nodded. "We need to find a scoop. Something to write about, 'cause I sure as hell wanna leave this basement." She said looking around with a slight frown on her face.Zoey nodded in agreement. "And you sure as hell ain't the only one thinking that way. Everyone wants to leave. It's a competition""Right from high school, we've ruled the journalist world, and it's all thanks to the fact that my mom is

"Mommy! Mommy! No mommy please!" The little girl cried aloud seeing her mom's head separated from her body, and blood gushing all over.Her cries were very loud knowing her mommy has left her. Her mommy is dead.In anger, she glared at the monster and stood up to pursue the monster away. It must go away. The fire monster must go away!!"You..."She sighted her dad shake his head in disapproval. "Ca.."But before she knew it, she found herself flying with her scream all over the room, and then she rose from the bed like someone with a heart attack. Her breathing was incredibly fast, and it made her wonder when she'll ever stop having nightmares about that unfortunate day.After a heavy gulp to completely steady her breathing, she got a glimpse of her surrounding, and her face scowled as she looked around.She got off her bed wondering why she was in the middle of the road, and a seem to be empty city.Funny thing is, no matter the time, Capital City is never empty.She kept looking aro

"Do you already have something you're researching about, cause I'm surprised you haven't met me for a scoop?" Nora asked looking at Kara as she stole a piece of cupcake her mom baked to give out to the orphanage tomorrow."Kara," Nora warned seeing she was disturbing her arrangement, and shortening the cakes."Last one," Kara promised with the food in her mouth and gulped it hard into her stomach."Be careful how you eat, Kara."Kara took water from the fridge and drank it."So answer my question."Kara nodded and closed the water. "Yes, kind of.""What kind? Not a dangerous kind, right?" Nora asked her.Kara sighed. "You are the one doing the dangerous work, mom, not me.""Tell me what you're researching about." Nora cajoled."Don't even know. Still working on loose ends, hoping it becomes something."Nora nodded. "I get that.""When is Sofia coming back?" Kara asked."Oh. She didn't tell you?""Tell me what?" Kara asked confused."She's sleeping over at Kate's. She won't be coming b