Angela’s POV “Were you able to reach Miranda?” I ask Marcus. “Yeah.” He says. I wait for him to say more, but he doesn’t. “Marcus, what’s wrong?” I ask. “My dad, he.. he’s dead.” Marcus says. “Oh Marcus, I’m so sorry.” I pull him into a hug. There has been so much death, he’s too young to have his parents die. Marcus hugs me back. I don’t hear him cry, but I feel him squeeze me. “AHHH!” We hear I cry come from the front room. We pull back and rush to find the source of the cry. We walk into the front room and see Liam on the floor writhing in pain. Mia is next to him trying to help. “I don’t know what’s wrong, one minute he’s showing me the crystals they brought back and now he’s on the floor. I don’t know what happened!” Mia says to us. I get next to him and look him over, I do

