DEFIANT

Chapter 1 Escape

She waited until the guards had made their rounds,until the lights were out until no sound could be heard through out the facility. She cautiously got up from her bed and made her way to the door. She was about to open the door when she heard a voice "Megan where r u going?"she turned around to face her roommate "I'm leaving this place, Trisha" Trisha walked up to Megan "Take me with you please" Trisha's face turned from ice cold to desperation "Take me with u I can't stay in this hell house again "Trisha clinged to Megan and raised her voice "Take me with you please " Megan stared at her coldly and head booted her knocking her out .

She opened the door quietly and checked if anyone was coming,when she made sure the coast was clear she exited the room .She reached the hallway and was about to break into a sprint when she saw a guard approaching she bent over and feigned a tummy ache causing the guard to stop and stare "Are you ok "he asked but she didn't reply ,he poked her with his baton "Hey ,I'm talking to you "he was about to poke her again when she grabbed the baton and hit his head with it .He groaned in pain and charged at her but she dodged and thrust the end of the baton into his back with so much strength that it pierced through his stomach,the guard lay there dead .

She took his gun and headed for the door when she got out she ran for her life. She didn't stop .... couldn't stop.She kept on running ,it was her only escape from the horrible things they did to her .She didn't know where she was going and she didn't care as long as she was leaving that terrible place behind .She was NEVER going back

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She woke up with in a cold sweat .She had had nightmares of her previous experiences,the drugs ,the guns ,the torture.....she didn't want to think about it so she got up ,she had slept on the streets but she thought it was way better than sleeping in the hell house again .She got up and started walking,no destination,and no idea where she was going . She stopped at a bookshop and stared into it through the glass she saw a tall thin woman with glasses holding a book and adjusting her glasses. The woman wore a fitted skirt that stopped at her knee and a t shirt, her blonde hair was packed in a neat bun and she had no ring. Megan waited for her to come out then walked up to her"M'am can u spare me some change" the woman looked at her with pity "Oh you poor little girl,what happened to your parents" "They died in a car accident and since then I've been on the street"Megan said and sniffled.

The woman looked at her with pity and hugged the child "why don't I take you home and clean you up" .Megan walked beside the woman who kept talking nonstop about her being a teacher and how she could adopt her"she's too nice to be a threat,but I can't let my guard down ..." Megan's thoughts were interrupted by the lady "Oh and by the way my name is miss Brent" . They stopped at a small house that was painted ash with a fence and a neat lawn ,miss Brent opened the door and Megan walked into the house to the smell of cookies and glade air freshener, in all it smelled like home to Megan.

For the first time in her life Megan felt teary eyed."This is my humble abode,what do you think of it?" Megan didn't answer her she just walked around observe in awe at how cosy the place was,the environment she grew up in was cold and full of betrayers she could trust no one, but this place warmed her heart and made her feel secure.Miss Brent interrupted her amusement "I have a spare room for you to sleep,is that ok?"Megan nodded in affirmative .

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The next day Miss Brent helped Megan washed her hair and dressed her up for school. Megan wore a T-shirt and an jumpsuit with sneakers a pink sandals,she didn't like the sandals . She continuously kept tugging at the clothes and shaking her feet in desperate measures to get rid of the clothes, Miss Brent stared at her becuase her confusing behaviors"Are u ok Megan ?" "Do I look ok !" Miss Brent was shocked by this outburst and stared at Megan for a while while she kept tugging at the clothes, miss Brent was offended and tried to hide the tears forming in her eyes "Well if you're not comfortable you should find clothes on your own !" Megan rolled her eyes in disgust "Stop being so childish" Miss Brent was taken aback "I'm being childish!,says the ten year old girl who can't wear clothes normally .

Megan stared at her coldly and said "Well I didn't ask u to bring me to your house!" " You know what if your parents didn't die they'd still leave you on the streets "Miss Brent was shocked by her own outburst "I'm so sorry ,I didn't want that" Megan just stared at her coldly and said nothing after that.

Even though they walked side by side Megan said nothing to miss Brent and stared straight ahead,she walked in a stoic manner and had an expressionless face,her demeanor was intimidating and those that passed by stared at her with curiosity and wondered what broke the kid. Miss Brent was taking Megan to the school where she worked in order to enroll Megan, and like a coincidence Megan was in the class she taught .

The kids in school stared at Megan too intimidated or nonchalant to talk to her. She was planning her class domination when a girl walked up to her. The girl wore a pink blouse,pink skirt,pink sneakers and a pink headband ,looking at her was like looking at the younger version of barbie.

"Hi my name is Matilda "

Megan's POV

She stretched out her hand for a hand shake and I noticed that her fingers were painted pink, I didn't accept the hand and bent my head to examine the textbook on the table, she bent her head and smiled "I'm Matilda " no reply, Matilda waved her hand in front of my face but still no reply."Hellooooo" she said getting annoyed suddenly the teacher walked in causing Matilda to go to her seat.I watched miss Brent walk in with a big smile on her face,her eyes sparkled when she saw me"Every one this is Megan, everyone say hi"

"Hii Megan" they all chorused like chipmunks "She's a new student here so I want you guys to be nice...." Matilda raised her hand and I rolled my eyes "Yes Matilda" "Does she talk"Matilda asked plastering the fakest smile on her face"Of course she does "miss Brent said surprised at the question Matilda had asked,she then stared at me "Megan introduce yourself, I sighed "My name is Megan I'm ten and I'm here to dominate and get rid of anyone in my way"every one stared at me wide eyed even miss brent stared at me in awe "Um that was .... interesting, u can sit now" it took a few moments for her text herself while I sat nonchalantly. After school miss Brent and I walked side by side again this time it wasn't silent it was full of her talking about school and class and many other things I wasn't prepared to listen to, suddenly it became silent and I stared at miss Brent "You really are something Megan" she then grabbed my hand and continued talking while I thought "I am something but you don't know how much I am" I said and smiled to myself