Her Truths Untold

A Deal Made

Third-Person POV.

“Damn what was she thinking,” Thalia said while arm in arm with Layla.

“ Look, we can’t know what is going on, we just have to wait till we get the mission done and then talk to Kallia about it. Got it guys?” Vincent says with a smooth, gruff, deep voice. He turns his head while looking at Anna, waiting for her to respond, knowing once she agrees, the rest of them will too.

“ Yeah, we’ll do that. Besides, Lia’s never steered us wrong.” Anna says with a sigh, having no choice but to go through with it.

“Soo what do we do about those three little rascals?? They look absolutely scared out of their wits.” Layla said while shoving a piece of candy in her mouth.

Anna decides to pull Mikey along with her, considering he’s the friendliest of everyone with kids. She crouches down to meet their eye level and shows each child her gentle smile that shows off her dimples.

“Hi there, my name is Annalesea, but you can call me Anna. We were sent here to make sure you guys were safe and to bring you back with us. Do you think you guys would be okay with coming back with us??” She offered the three little kids pieces of candy she secretly took from Layla to the children. The oldest one seems to be about 11 and speaks up for the rest of them.

“We’ll go, but only if you don’t hurt us and give us food and a bed for the smaller kids.” He says nervously while playing with the candy wrapper.

“ What about you?? Won’t you need a bed too?? A growing boy like yourself will need a place to sleep. No?” Anna asked him curiously to see what his answer would be.

“I’ll be okay as long as the younger ones have a bed. Besides, I can sleep on the floor. I’m a big kid. So do we have a deal??” His hands are shaking because of how nervous he is, but he remains making eye contact with the little bit of courage he has.

“Only if you tell me your name. I can’t make deals unless I know the names of the people I’m making deals with.” Anna says, spreading a small smile on her face and stretching out her small danty hands. The boy's face lit up with a smile soo big and bright it made everyone else smile at him.

“ My name is Oliver. I’m the oldest, and this” he gestures behind him to the little boy on his right“ is Carter. He’s my little brother. He’s only nine years old." Then he nudged the smallest kid to his left. "And last but not least, this is Valentine he’s 8 years old. Please don't make fun of his name because he gets pretty upset by it."

"Shut up Oliver, no I don't." The sweet bright blue-eyed little boy, Valentine replies

"Hi there Valentine. I promise not to make fun of your name and if any of those goofballs behind me do, then I'll make sure to beat them up nice and good for you. How does that sound?? Plus, I also happen to love the name Valentine. I think it's unique." Anna smiles sweetly at him holding out her hand towards him in hopes he’ll shake it.

“ Thank you. And I’d like that very much.” Val steps forward and shakes her hand nervously but flashes her a smile. As the children go to follow Anna towards the door she signals to the team to make sure the coast is all clear before they head out.

“Alright kids stay close to me. Mikey is going to be behind you guys to make sure you stay safe just follow my lead. Okay?”

“Yes ma’am” all three little kids say while they huddle up next to Anna. Following her down the stairs, hoping to make it to the same back door, they went in without getting caught. Obi checks the security system to see that it is still down, making sure not to trigger an alarm. They head out the back door over the grass, into the bushes that lead into the forest and continue going till they see a clearing with a helicopter in the middle.

“Okay, everybody loaded up. Make sure the kids and Anna get on first, considering they made a deal together.” Vincent says, watching our backs, scanning the area for any potential threats.

Everyone follows suit till the last person to get in the helicopter is Vincent, still watching the area. Xzavian takes hold of the handles, getting the helicopter ready to take off.

“Hey, we need to hurry. I see lights slowly heading this way. I’m guessing because of the noise the heli is making. I’m counting about 5 heads to the left of us.” Xzavier says, as the helicopter begins to take flight.

“ I’ve got 8 on my right. We need to move faster!!!!” Vincent yells, getting his ammo ready.

“ Up up and away we go!!!” Xzavian shouts as we take off high into the air. As we’re about 50 feet in the air we begin to hear shouts and gunfire going off down below us. As they are flying high in the sky, the oldest boy, Oliver, closes his eyes, trying his best not to peek.

“Hey, it’s OK, I’ll tell you when we land. Just take deep breaths, OK?” Oliver nodded his head at his brother Clark’s words, which seemed to calm him down a bit. Anna nudges Clark a bit and whispers to him.

“ Is everything okay??” Anna asks, concerned, worried about something being wrong with Oliver.

“Yeah he’s okay, he’s just really scared of heights for a certain reason, but that’s a story for another time.” He says, casually turning his head towards the window.

“Oh okay well let me know if you need anything, I’m here,” Anna says.

Making it to the top of the building for the helicopter to land. Steadily landing it down on the roof and turning it off. Everyone gets down and follows Vincent through the doors, walking down the stairwell to the elevator. Everyobe climbs in. Anna walks in holding Val because he fell asleep in the helicopter while getting to the building. The triplets give loving looks unbeknownst to her. Seemingly, she seems to be the only one unaware of all the guys' affections towards her. Vincent looks over at her with a small smile tugging at his lips, staring at her while she's holding the young boy. He presses the button to take them to the penthouse floor after making sure everyone is in the elevator.

"Is the person we're going to meet that had you guys help us a nice person?? What does she want us for?" Oliver asks, seemingly just curious as every other child is. He seemed so nervous while holding Clark's hand with one hand and with the other clinging to Anna's leg.

" Oh sweetie. She's a really nice lady. We're not too sure why she wanted us to save you guys or what's really going on, but we're very positive you and your brothers will be okay. Plus, you also made a deal with Anna, and she never goes back on her word. If it helps you feel better, the lady you're going to see also helped my friends and I when we were in unfortunate trouble too." Thalia says, bending down to meet the child at eye level, hoping her worries help ease his worries. He gave her a curt nod, straightening up more with confidence..... Ding!....Ding!..., goes the elevator signaling the doors are about to open,