This chapter will be uh...shocking? Idk if I should describe it that way. Idk. It probably won't be that shocking. Disregard that. Whatevs, just read x3

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Chapter 9:

"Rosie."

She rolled over on her bed and buried her face in the pillow.

"Rosie. Wake up."

She put her pillow over her head and pulled the covers up higher.

"Wake up!"

He threw her covers and pillow off the bed. She sat up, rubbing her eyes, and glared at him. "What do you want, Finn? It's, like, 3:30 AM. Some people still like to sleep, you know."

He rolled his eyes and said, "Well Lucy wants us downstairs. She said it's important." Lucy and George (idk random names xD) were their new foster parents. The last ones didn't like having Rosie and her brothers with them since the three were "weird" and "different".

Rosie sighed and got up. She grabbed her glasses and put her hair up in a messy bun as she followed Finn downstairs without bothering to change out of the sweatpants and tank top she wore to bed.

Downstairs, Lucy and George sat on the couch, and Ryder stood beside them. Five Agents stood near them with their guns in hand.

"What's going on?" Finn asked, standing next to Ryder.

An Agent stepped forward. "We suspect that someone in this household owns this item." He held up an old iPod and earbuds.

Rosie mentally slapped herself. She was listening to dubstep out on the front steps a couple days ago, and must've left the iPod outside.

The Agent took a few steps closer to Rosie, Finn, and Ryder. He held up the iPod and calmly said, "Does this belong to any of you?" They said nothing. He stepped back. "We're not leaving until someone claims this."

Rosie looked at her brothers, then at the iPod. Just before she opened her mouth, Ryder said, "It's mine."

The Agents smirked and nodded to each other. One of them grabbed Ryder and held his hands behind his back, and then they just left.

"Ryder! No!" Finn yelled. Rosie held him back from lunging at the Agents while they left. He struggled in her grip, but gave up and just stood there, nearly crying.

She hugged her brother. "Dude, don't cry. You're fourteen," she said quietly, trying to comfort him. "Don't worry. Ryder's gonna be fine."

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Harold looked at the teenage boy standing in front of him, glaring with cold eyes. He could tell this boy wasn't afraid. He faced one of the Agents who had brought the boy in and said, "So the everything went as planned? Perfect. Wonderful work, gentlemen. You can leave." The Agents left while Harold brought him to a futuristic-looking room filled with high-tech machines and tools.

"So, Ryder--"

"How the fuck do you know my name? And why am I here anyway?" Ryder cut him off.

Harold closed and locked the door then made his way over to a table where some papers sat. "I guess I could tell you considering I'm practically about to wipe your memory. If you haven't noticed already, there's some sort of rebellion rising in your town. There are sixteen teenagers involved, and I've already taken three of them. I'm trying to get to the rest of them in various ways, most by finding their...weaknesses I guess you can call it." He paced around the room while Ryder just stood there. "I know for sure that your sister is one of those people involved. I also know that her weak spot is you and your younger brother. So, I'm using that to my advantage."

Ryder kept a straight face, and tried to stay tough. "Oh yeah? And how are you gonna do that?"

Harold sighed and rolled his eyes. "Those three from the rebellion along with five other potential threats are now part of a mind-controlled army I'm creating. I would do the same to you, but I see you're much more capable of better things. I've noticed you're a pretty good athlete. Strong, fast, agile. I'm going to make you even stronger." He smirked when Ryder finally noticed the robotic parts on the table in the center of the room.

"You're kidding, right?" Ryder asked, fear beginning to show. Harold shook his head slowly, that evil smirk still on his face.

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Everyone sat at their usual lunch table at school, but with three less people. It was quieter than it would be with them. Nothing was the same when they're short three people. All anyone could think of was what could be happening to them.

Tammy sat up straighter and tried to put on a smile. She hated it when people were sad. "Guys, come on. Maybe they're okay! Even if they're not, maybe we could find a way to save them!" She turned to Adam, and he smiled at her.

"Tammy's right. We can't just sit around and do nothing and act all depressed. That's boring! We don't want to end up like everyone else in this goddamn world!" he said. Some of their expressions changed. A couple people showed very faint smiles.

"Okay, did anyone else just feel the ground shake?" Firefly suddenly asked, looking around.

"No," Jason said.

The whole room began to shake, knocking some things over. The shaking became more violent, as if there was an earthquake.

"What about now?" Firefly said jokingly.

"What the fuck?!" Cry exclaimed. "There aren't supposed to be earthquakes like this in Connecticut!"

"What if it's not an earthquake?" Kiona suggested.

"Then what would it be? Jessie asked as the shaking got even more violent, and people began ducking under tables or just running out of the room, panicking.

They all ducked under their lunch table. "Maybe it's an alien attack," Rosie said with a laugh.

"This is not a time to be joking around!" Aleks yelled.

"Okay, geez," Rosie mumbled.

Lizzy buried her face in Seto's shoulder and he put his arms around her. "We're gonna die, we're gonna die, we're gonna fucking die!" Lizzy said.

"Everyone calm the fuck down!" Keala shouted. But through all the rumbling, they could barely hear her.

There was a flash of blinding blue light, and then everything went dead silent. It was pitch-black, until they saw a figure glowing blue in the distance. It approached them. A soft, calming woman's voice whispered, "Come with me. I'm here to tell you the truth."

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The possibly shocking part is gonna be in the next chapter bcuz I'm lazy x3 I decided that as I wrote the last sentence here lol.

Wow two cliff-hangers in one chapter :3 I'm so magical.

I kinda picture Ryder looking like D-Trix from YouTube. Anyone else? No? Just me? Ok. So I guess if you wanna know what Ryder is supposed to look like, look D-Trix up in google images or something. Omg he's so hawtttttttt bwaaaaah