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A Heroes Call
Chapter 1: Will you follow me Ebony Taylor?

In this dream of mine, I hear the screams of everyone I love. I never see their faces, but the screams are enough to send tears down my face and as I hear their screams grow to their climax, I know they died. And every time someone dies, a malicious male cackle overfills my dream.
"You will be next." He tauntingly warns me.
I never see this man's face either, but when he says this, I awaken with sweat dripping down my face.
"Ebony! You awake yet?!"
I groan at that comment and I groggily yell back, "Yea! What time is it?"
My older sister and guardian Angela pops her head in my door and says, "5:30 and your bus will be here at 6 so don't be late for it."
I slowly rise from my bed and I give my sister a quick kiss on the cheek and I reply, "I got it Ange, now go to work."
She smiles at me excitedly and remarks, "Aren't you going to wish me good luck?!"
Angela and I just moved to New Jersey for Angela's new job here as a P.I. Considering she dropped everything to raise me when she was just 18, I figured the least I can do is mutely drop my life in New York for my sister's career.
"Good luck sis."
She winks at me and then jokes, "Now get in the shower, you stink."
I shove her away, laughing, and Angela walks out the door, with her long black ponytail swaying with each movement. Unlike Angela, I am not half Mexican, so I am stuck with the pale skin and died black hair while she has naturally tan skin and naturally long black straight hair. No one ever guesses we are sisters because we have different fathers. Hers was obviously Mexican and mine is a master of vanishing.
I quickly jump into the shower and as the water washes over my face and down my body, I finally begin to relax for the five minute shower I got to enjoy. Within the thirty minutes I have my hair straightened, my makeup and outfit perfected, and running out the door with a piece of toast in my mouth and my backpack around my arm. The second I halt in front of the bus stop, I see the bus turning the corner towards me and another student.
"You new here?"
I look over at the other student and he is an extremely cute guy with slightly spiked blonde hair and these darting green eyes.
"Yea I am." I reply, making sure to smile sweetly and show off my dimples.
The bus halts to a stop and while I am walking onto the bus, the hot guy replies, "Well nice to meet you, I'm Trek."
I sit in the first seat, right behind the bus driver, and when Trek sits right next to me I ask him, "Are your parents Star Trek fans?"
He laughs and replies, "Yes, my mom is a major geek, but I think that's what made my dad so attracted to her. So what's your name?" He hesitates for a second and says, "Please don't say your name is Star."
I laugh sweetly and I reply, "No, my name's Ebony."
His eyes widen for a quick second and he smiles, "Unusual name as well Ebony."
"I got a creative mom as well."
He smiles at me, showing his pearly white teeth and when these two students jump onto the bus, one boy and one girl, Trek tenses up.
The girl, who has her dark brown hair parted in the middle and falling down to her stomach, maliciously smiles at Trek and then glances over at me. While she and the boy are walking, she takes his hand and squeezes it. He looks back towards Trek and I, sending chills down my spine as he smiles at me, he shows off fang like teeth.
I look over at Trek and I ask him, "Who are they?"
Trek groans and replies, "Dale and Mika Wilson, the two of them just like to freak others out. Don't mind them."
I look back at the two siblings, to see that they are staring directly at me, creepily smiling at me as if they are imagining how they are going to kill me. Both of them have dark brown hair that parts through the middle, followed with black eyes and absolutely no color in their lips.
I look up at Trek and I ask him, "Are you sure they don't do more than freak people out?"
He laughs at my comment and says, "Trust me, if they even thought of harming anyone, their asses would be off of this bus."
I smile at him and I remark, "Good to know."
The bus pulls to a stop and the bus driver screams, "Get out of my bus!"
We all quickly dismiss from her bus and I look up at the school building. Just by looking at it, I can tell it is at least three stories high and will be confusing as hell.
"So what's your first class Ebony?" Trek asks me.
"Algebra 2 with Mr. Kames."
"Want me to be your escort to that class?"
I look up at him and smile, "I would love that."
As soon as the bell rings, Trek and I begin walking around the school to my classroom.
"So what's your class?" I ask him.
"College Prep. I'm a senior this year."
"And I'm just a measly junior."
He laughs at my comment and he says, "Hey there's nothing wrong with that." He suddenly stops right where he is and says, "Room 303, Algebra 2."
I turn to him and I say, "Well thanks for helping me."
"Not a problem." He says smiling, "Now I got to go back to floor one, catcha later Ebony."
I walk into the classroom and suddenly all eyes are on me. Being the new kid at school is like being the only color in a black and white movie, you just don't belong. I find the first vacant seat I see and I sheepishly sit down.
"We have assigned seats here new girl."
I glance up and I see Mika, followed by another girl with platinum blonde hair covering half of her face.
"Sorry I didn't know." I go to stand up but Mika pushes me back to my desk.
I fall on the seat with a thud and Mika laughs and says, "Sure you didn't. Now get out of Kylie's seat new girl."
I go to stand up again but Mika pushes me right back down.
"Come on get out of my seat." The platinum blonde bitch Kylie replies.
But instead of getting up this time, I turn towards the whiteboard. Apparently this didn't please Mika or Kylie because with one quick swing, Mika is clutching me by my neck and growls.
"Put her down Mika. How many times have I told you to behave?"
Mika smiles sweetly and drops me, "Sorry Mr. Kames."
He scoffs and says, "Whatever Mika."
As her and Kylie skip away so innocently, I look back to thank Mr. Kames, but when I see him I didn't expect what I saw. Mr. Kames is about 40, with a tiny bald spot on the top of his otherwise luscious chocolate brown/grey hair. He has a little scruff of a beard, but nothing too severe, and Mr. Kames is in a wheelchair.
He strolls up to the front of the classroom and says, "Many of you figured this out by Mika's attitude but we have a new student here. Her name is Ebony Taylor and we will treat her better than Mika, who wins a detention along with Kylie for her actions."
I look over at them and both of them simultaneously roll their eyes and look back down at their phones.
Mr. Kames coughs and then continues class, "So today we will continue to be working on parabolas. Everyone partner up with someone and the two of you will be making your own parabolas." He smiles bright and says, "Partner up now!"
I sit there quietly, not knowing what to do, but luckily for me a student walks up to me.
"Want to work together new girl?"
"Sure and my name is Ebony."
He sits down next to me and takes out a piece of paper and pencil. While he is doing so, I begin inspecting him. He is slightly chubby, like myself, but has light brown shaggy hair to match with it. He is decently tan for it being October and he has Hello Kitty designed headphones around his neck.
"Sorry I wasn't listening to Mr. Kames when he said your name. I'm Walter."
"Nice to meet you Walter, now what is a parabola?"
By the end of class, Walter and I were no longer discussing math, but we were talking about anything but that.
"So top five songs by Aerosmith. Go."
I smile at his comment and I reply, "Sunshine, Crazy, Don't wanna miss a thing, Dream on and Last Child."
He laughs and says, "Very impressive."
I giggle and I remark, "Why thank you! Now favorite movie!"
"Texas Chainsaw Massacre without a doubt. Greatest movie ever."
"Psh please. Scream is so much better. You learn about the characters before they get butchered in that!" The bell jolts us from our conversation and I look at the time, "It's already time to leave?"
Walter stands up, collecting all of his stuff and shoving it in his backpack, "Apparently so."
I sling my backpack around my shoulder and Walter asks me, "So where's your next class?"
"I don't know where it is but I know its Theatre."
He laughs and says, "Well I'm going to the first floor as well, so let me show you where you are going."
We decide it would be more fun to race down the empty staircase all the way to the first floor and the race ended horrible for Walter, who scraped up his knees, but I managed to land victorious.
Laughing as I do so, I help Walter up and the two of us walk the rest of the way to my class.
"Do you know when you have lunch?" Walter asks me.
"Nope." I laughingly reply.
He laughs and says, "Well hopefully we have lunch together."
"I hope so too." I smile at him and he quickly walks to his next class while I enter my Theatre class.
My teacher smiles brightly at me and jumps up in joy, "Ebony! It's such a pleasure to see you here darling!"
She earnestly hugs me and a sudden chill goes through my body. She releases from the hug and smiles at me, displaying bright green eyes and glossy dirty blonde hair.
"We will be going out to the school pond today in class Ebony, so once the bell rings and the whole class is here we will get headed. Does that sound good?" I smile at her and nod my head, "Do you know my name Ebony?"
Embarrassingly I reply, "No sorry."
She giggles and says, "That's alright, it's your first day. I'm Miss. Hymn but you may call me Scarlett!"
I smile at my teacher and I reply, "Thanks Scarlett."
I horrifically watch as Kylie, Mika, and Dale walk in, all three of them holding hands. They sit down beside each other, with all 6 of their eyes glued onto me.
A couple of other students quickly enter within the last thirty seconds and when the bell rings, Miss. Hymn screams, "Yay! Pond time!"
Other than me and one other student, everyone else sprints to the pond, practically leaving us in the dust.
I look over at the pale girl next to me and I ask, "Are they always this excited for a pond?"
The girl shrugs her shoulders and we continue walking until we meet the rest of our class by the pond.
Miss. Hymn smiles at me and says sweet fully, "I hope you enjoy this Ebony. It's to die for."
In the background I see Kylie, Dale and Mika walking backwards into the pond and the three of them begin to sing. Quickly surrounding me, everyone but the pale girl and I are singing this beautiful song. There are no real words in this song, but it's telling me everything I need to know, all of my deepest desires, and it's mainly telling me to join everyone in the pond.
The pale girl runs over to the pond, swimming in the luscious pond, staying underwater for far too long. I feel a hand touch my shoulder and I see Miss. Hymn, singing sweetly in my ear. I smile at her and begin to follow her into the pond, hearing her sweet voice and wanting nothing more than to follow it anywhere. Then in an instant, Miss. Hymn is gone, and leaving only a pile of guts. I try to continue walking towards the pond, but I feel hands around my waist, pulling me away.
"No!! Let me go!! I must get in the pond!!" I begin kicking and screaming, scratching any surface I can find.
"Stop it Ebony!" Trek screams, "This is a trick, don't listen to the music, hear my voice and nothing else."
He turns me to face him and as I watch the green in his eyes swirl around his eyes, no longer hearing the song and no longer having the urge to jump into the pond.
"Why can't I hear the song anymore?" I worryingly ask Trek.
"Because it's dangerous, now come with me."
Trek takes my arm and begins walking me inside, but then a shrill turns us back around. Mika and her brother Dale are 5 inches from our faces, smiling at us.
"Give her back Trek, she's ours." Mika purrs
In the back of my head, I continue to hear the song, drawing me towards it and I let go of Trek's arm and follow the tune I yearn more of.
Partially, I hear my name being yelled but all I feel is this song. As if it has gone through my veins, I am connected to this song, as it is to me. I feel the cold water hit my ankles and I take a deep breath as I enter the pond.
"Ebony, the powerful Ebony, how you fell so quickly."
I turn around and I see Dale smiling at me in the water. He takes my throat and before I can even think of getting out of the pond, he pins me to the bottom of the pond. My eyes begin bulging out of my body and I squirm for my life. I search around for answers, but all I see is Dale laughing as he takes my life. The water goes down my throat and I can feel myself dying. I begin resisting Dale's grip as the water washes over my body, taking my life, until I hear Trek screaming at me.
Water explodes from my mouth and I cough out the little of it left, finally knowing I am not going to die.
I look up at Trek, who is drenched in water as well, "Thank you Trek."
He stands up and takes my hand to help me up as well. I look around, remembering everyone that was just here, and now only seeing their dead bodies.
I look at Trek astonished and I force out a yell, "Did you kill them all?!"
Trek looks at me and replies, "They aren't human Ebony, they are Sirens. If I didn't kill them, I wouldn't have been able to save you."
"Sirens?"
I hear the door behind us burst open and I see Walter, with keys in his hands and a smile on his face, "I got the keys bro! Let's go!" He looks at me and smiles, "Hey, good to see they didn't kill you. Now let's hurry. It isn't going to be much longer until people see their bodies."
"Oh god…" I mutter and I look up at Trek and scream, "I'm not leaving with you! You are a killer!"
He groans and replies, "How many times do I have to tell you that if I didn't you would be dead? This is ridiculous, follow us Ebony or you got a lot of explaining to do."
"Then I will explain!" I scream, "I will tell the police how you killed them all to save me!"
"How are you going to explain the song then?" Trek asks with a smirk on his face.
I think about that for a second, not even knowing the answer for myself, and I reply, "I will tell them the truth."
"They will think you are crazy." He looks at me and says, "Ebony, you have got to follow us."
"No!"
He sighs in defeat and says, "Then you leave me no choice."
And the last thing I see is his elbow coming towards my face.

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A Heroes Call
Chapter 1: Will you follow me Ebony Taylor?

In this dream of mine, I hear the screams of everyone I love. I never see their faces, but the screams are enough to send tears down my face and as I hear their screams grow to their climax, I know they died. And every time someone dies, a malicious male cackle overfills my dream.
"You will be next." He tauntingly warns me.
I never see this man's face either, but when he says this, I awaken with sweat dripping down my face.
"Ebony! You awake yet?!"
I groan at that comment and I groggily yell back, "Yea! What time is it?"
My older sister and guardian Angela pops her head in my door and says, "5:30 and your bus will be here at 6 so don't be late for it."
I slowly rise from my bed and I give my sister a quick kiss on the cheek and I reply, "I got it Ange, now go to work."
She smiles at me excitedly and remarks, "Aren't you going to wish me good luck?!"
Angela and I just moved to New Jersey for Angela's new job here as a P.I. Considering she dropped everything to raise me when she was just 18, I figured the least I can do is mutely drop my life in New York for my sister's career.
"Good luck sis."
She winks at me and then jokes, "Now get in the shower, you stink."
I shove her away, laughing, and Angela walks out the door, with her long black ponytail swaying with each movement. Unlike Angela, I am not half Mexican, so I am stuck with the pale skin and died black hair while she has naturally tan skin and naturally long black straight hair. No one ever guesses we are sisters because we have different fathers. Hers was obviously Mexican and mine is a master of vanishing.
I quickly jump into the shower and as the water washes over my face and down my body, I finally begin to relax for the five minute shower I got to enjoy. Within the thirty minutes I have my hair straightened, my makeup and outfit perfected, and running out the door with a piece of toast in my mouth and my backpack around my arm. The second I halt in front of the bus stop, I see the bus turning the corner towards me and another student.
"You new here?"
I look over at the other student and he is an extremely cute guy with slightly spiked blonde hair and these darting green eyes.
"Yea I am." I reply, making sure to smile sweetly and show off my dimples.
The bus halts to a stop and while I am walking onto the bus, the hot guy replies, "Well nice to meet you, I'm Trek."
I sit in the first seat, right behind the bus driver, and when Trek sits right next to me I ask him, "Are your parents Star Trek fans?"
He laughs and replies, "Yes, my mom is a major geek, but I think that's what made my dad so attracted to her. So what's your name?" He hesitates for a second and says, "Please don't say your name is Star."
I laugh sweetly and I reply, "No, my name's Ebony."
His eyes widen for a quick second and he smiles, "Unusual name as well Ebony."
"I got a creative mom as well."
He smiles at me, showing his pearly white teeth and when these two students jump onto the bus, one boy and one girl, Trek tenses up.
The girl, who has her dark brown hair parted in the middle and falling down to her stomach, maliciously smiles at Trek and then glances over at me. While she and the boy are walking, she takes his hand and squeezes it. He looks back towards Trek and I, sending chills down my spine as he smiles at me, he shows off fang like teeth.
I look over at Trek and I ask him, "Who are they?"
Trek groans and replies, "Dale and Mika Wilson, the two of them just like to freak others out. Don't mind them."
I look back at the two siblings, to see that they are staring directly at me, creepily smiling at me as if they are imagining how they are going to kill me. Both of them have dark brown hair that parts through the middle, followed with black eyes and absolutely no color in their lips.
I look up at Trek and I ask him, "Are you sure they don't do more than freak people out?"
He laughs at my comment and says, "Trust me, if they even thought of harming anyone, their asses would be off of this bus."
I smile at him and I remark, "Good to know."
The bus pulls to a stop and the bus driver screams, "Get out of my bus!"
We all quickly dismiss from her bus and I look up at the school building. Just by looking at it, I can tell it is at least three stories high and will be confusing as hell.
"So what's your first class Ebony?" Trek asks me.
"Algebra 2 with Mr. Kames."
"Want me to be your escort to that class?"
I look up at him and smile, "I would love that."
As soon as the bell rings, Trek and I begin walking around the school to my classroom.
"So what's your class?" I ask him.
"College Prep. I'm a senior this year."
"And I'm just a measly junior."
He laughs at my comment and he says, "Hey there's nothing wrong with that." He suddenly stops right where he is and says, "Room 303, Algebra 2."
I turn to him and I say, "Well thanks for helping me."
"Not a problem." He says smiling, "Now I got to go back to floor one, catcha later Ebony."
I walk into the classroom and suddenly all eyes are on me. Being the new kid at school is like being the only color in a black and white movie, you just don't belong. I find the first vacant seat I see and I sheepishly sit down.
"We have assigned seats here new girl."
I glance up and I see Mika, followed by another girl with platinum blonde hair covering half of her face.
"Sorry I didn't know." I go to stand up but Mika pushes me back to my desk.
I fall on the seat with a thud and Mika laughs and says, "Sure you didn't. Now get out of Kylie's seat new girl."
I go to stand up again but Mika pushes me right back down.
"Come on get out of my seat." The platinum blonde bitch Kylie replies.
But instead of getting up this time, I turn towards the whiteboard. Apparently this didn't please Mika or Kylie because with one quick swing, Mika is clutching me by my neck and growls.
"Put her down Mika. How many times have I told you to behave?"
Mika smiles sweetly and drops me, "Sorry Mr. Kames."
He scoffs and says, "Whatever Mika."
As her and Kylie skip away so innocently, I look back to thank Mr. Kames, but when I see him I didn't expect what I saw. Mr. Kames is about 40, with a tiny bald spot on the top of his otherwise luscious chocolate brown/grey hair. He has a little scruff of a beard, but nothing too severe, and Mr. Kames is in a wheelchair.
He strolls up to the front of the classroom and says, "Many of you figured this out by Mika's attitude but we have a new student here. Her name is Ebony Taylor and we will treat her better than Mika, who wins a detention along with Kylie for her actions."
I look over at them and both of them simultaneously roll their eyes and look back down at their phones.
Mr. Kames coughs and then continues class, "So today we will continue to be working on parabolas. Everyone partner up with someone and the two of you will be making your own parabolas." He smiles bright and says, "Partner up now!"
I sit there quietly, not knowing what to do, but luckily for me a student walks up to me.
"Want to work together new girl?"
"Sure and my name is Ebony."
He sits down next to me and takes out a piece of paper and pencil. While he is doing so, I begin inspecting him. He is slightly chubby, like myself, but has light brown shaggy hair to match with it. He is decently tan for it being October and he has Hello Kitty designed headphones around his neck.
"Sorry I wasn't listening to Mr. Kames when he said your name. I'm Walter."
"Nice to meet you Walter, now what is a parabola?"
By the end of class, Walter and I were no longer discussing math, but we were talking about anything but that.
"So top five songs by Aerosmith. Go."
I smile at his comment and I reply, "Sunshine, Crazy, Don't wanna miss a thing, Dream on and Last Child."
He laughs and says, "Very impressive."
I giggle and I remark, "Why thank you! Now favorite movie!"
"Texas Chainsaw Massacre without a doubt. Greatest movie ever."
"Psh please. Scream is so much better. You learn about the characters before they get butchered in that!" The bell jolts us from our conversation and I look at the time, "It's already time to leave?"
Walter stands up, collecting all of his stuff and shoving it in his backpack, "Apparently so."
I sling my backpack around my shoulder and Walter asks me, "So where's your next class?"
"I don't know where it is but I know its Theatre."
He laughs and says, "Well I'm going to the first floor as well, so let me show you where you are going."
We decide it would be more fun to race down the empty staircase all the way to the first floor and the race ended horrible for Walter, who scraped up his knees, but I managed to land victorious.
Laughing as I do so, I help Walter up and the two of us walk the rest of the way to my class.
"Do you know when you have lunch?" Walter asks me.
"Nope." I laughingly reply.
He laughs and says, "Well hopefully we have lunch together."
"I hope so too." I smile at him and he quickly walks to his next class while I enter my Theatre class.
My teacher smiles brightly at me and jumps up in joy, "Ebony! It's such a pleasure to see you here darling!"
She earnestly hugs me and a sudden chill goes through my body. She releases from the hug and smiles at me, displaying bright green eyes and glossy dirty blonde hair.
"We will be going out to the school pond today in class Ebony, so once the bell rings and the whole class is here we will get headed. Does that sound good?" I smile at her and nod my head, "Do you know my name Ebony?"
Embarrassingly I reply, "No sorry."
She giggles and says, "That's alright, it's your first day. I'm Miss. Hymn but you may call me Scarlett!"
I smile at my teacher and I reply, "Thanks Scarlett."
I horrifically watch as Kylie, Mika, and Dale walk in, all three of them holding hands. They sit down beside each other, with all 6 of their eyes glued onto me.
A couple of other students quickly enter within the last thirty seconds and when the bell rings, Miss. Hymn screams, "Yay! Pond time!"
Other than me and one other student, everyone else sprints to the pond, practically leaving us in the dust.
I look over at the pale girl next to me and I ask, "Are they always this excited for a pond?"
The girl shrugs her shoulders and we continue walking until we meet the rest of our class by the pond.
Miss. Hymn smiles at me and says sweet fully, "I hope you enjoy this Ebony. It's to die for."
In the background I see Kylie, Dale and Mika walking backwards into the pond and the three of them begin to sing. Quickly surrounding me, everyone but the pale girl and I are singing this beautiful song. There are no real words in this song, but it's telling me everything I need to know, all of my deepest desires, and it's mainly telling me to join everyone in the pond.
The pale girl runs over to the pond, swimming in the luscious pond, staying underwater for far too long. I feel a hand touch my shoulder and I see Miss. Hymn, singing sweetly in my ear. I smile at her and begin to follow her into the pond, hearing her sweet voice and wanting nothing more than to follow it anywhere. Then in an instant, Miss. Hymn is gone, and leaving only a pile of guts. I try to continue walking towards the pond, but I feel hands around my waist, pulling me away.
"No!! Let me go!! I must get in the pond!!" I begin kicking and screaming, scratching any surface I can find.
"Stop it Ebony!" Trek screams, "This is a trick, don't listen to the music, hear my voice and nothing else."
He turns me to face him and as I watch the green in his eyes swirl around his eyes, no longer hearing the song and no longer having the urge to jump into the pond.
"Why can't I hear the song anymore?" I worryingly ask Trek.
"Because it's dangerous, now come with me."
Trek takes my arm and begins walking me inside, but then a shrill turns us back around. Mika and her brother Dale are 5 inches from our faces, smiling at us.
"Give her back Trek, she's ours." Mika purrs
In the back of my head, I continue to hear the song, drawing me towards it and I let go of Trek's arm and follow the tune I yearn more of.
Partially, I hear my name being yelled but all I feel is this song. As if it has gone through my veins, I am connected to this song, as it is to me. I feel the cold water hit my ankles and I take a deep breath as I enter the pond.
"Ebony, the powerful Ebony, how you fell so quickly."
I turn around and I see Dale smiling at me in the water. He takes my throat and before I can even think of getting out of the pond, he pins me to the bottom of the pond. My eyes begin bulging out of my body and I squirm for my life. I search around for answers, but all I see is Dale laughing as he takes my life. The water goes down my throat and I can feel myself dying. I begin resisting Dale's grip as the water washes over my body, taking my life, until I hear Trek screaming at me.
Water explodes from my mouth and I cough out the little of it left, finally knowing I am not going to die.
I look up at Trek, who is drenched in water as well, "Thank you Trek."
He stands up and takes my hand to help me up as well. I look around, remembering everyone that was just here, and now only seeing their dead bodies.
I look at Trek astonished and I force out a yell, "Did you kill them all?!"
Trek looks at me and replies, "They aren't human Ebony, they are Sirens. If I didn't kill them, I wouldn't have been able to save you."
"Sirens?"
I hear the door behind us burst open and I see Walter, with keys in his hands and a smile on his face, "I got the keys bro! Let's go!" He looks at me and smiles, "Hey, good to see they didn't kill you. Now let's hurry. It isn't going to be much longer until people see their bodies."
"Oh god…" I mutter and I look up at Trek and scream, "I'm not leaving with you! You are a killer!"
He groans and replies, "How many times do I have to tell you that if I didn't you would be dead? This is ridiculous, follow us Ebony or you got a lot of explaining to do."
"Then I will explain!" I scream, "I will tell the police how you killed them all to save me!"
"How are you going to explain the song then?" Trek asks with a smirk on his face.
I think about that for a second, not even knowing the answer for myself, and I reply, "I will tell them the truth."
"They will think you are crazy." He looks at me and says, "Ebony, you have got to follow us."
"No!"
He sighs in defeat and says, "Then you leave me no choice."
And the last thing I see is his elbow coming towards my face.