The Million Dollar Man
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I nodded in understanding, << I haven't even thought of where I'm going to stay. In fact, I decided I was going to America only just today. >>

Her brows rose up in surprise before she bit her lip and looked away. After a few moments, she turned back to me, her eyes bright with excitement.

<< How about you stay with me? >> She asked, grinning at me.

My jaw dropped at her question, and I looked around the airport cautiously as though this was all a trick. « Are you kidding me? >> I asked, << We barely know each other! >>

She laughed, before holding out her hand. << My name is Kate Preston. Nice to meet you. >>

I bit back a smile before I shook her hand, << Evie S-<< I hesitated. Could she possibly recognize my name? After all, she hadn't recognized my face, so maybe she hasn't heard of my god-forsaken reputation and me.

<< Evie King. >> I spat out, after taking far too long to respond.

Kate's eyes widened before she smiled again, << Would you look at that? Looks like I'll be rooming with royalty. >>

I couldn't help but laugh, although my shoulders were still tense.

Evie King? What the hell, Evelyn? What were you thinking? I inwardly scolded myself before turning my attention to the man who was announcing for us to board now.

<< So are you sure about this? >> I asked, looking at her uncertainly.

She shrugged and laughed, << Why not? Now I won't be swimming in dept and I'll have a super cool and super hot roommate? That's a win-win for me. >>

I stared at her for a bit, taken aback by how trusting she was. Kate caught my stare and instantly began backtracking.

<< No, no, I'm straight I swear! >> She said quickly, making me laugh loudly. << Let me tell you one thing, the only thing hotter than American summers are their men. >>

With a joking wink we walked through the hallway that led to the plane, and without another word I found myself buckled up and ready to go. Kate, being the crazy girl that she was, had bought herself a first class ticket last minute. She claimed that while she suffered from dept, she should be able to treat herself whenever she wanted. I guess I couldn't argue with that.

Kate never gave me the chance to be sad about leaving my home, because she took my silence as her chance to tell me her back story, and everything that has ever happened to her.

She was nineteen, attending an arts school in the heart of the city and barely had a social life-Something she liked to make a lot of jokes about.

After a few hours, Kate collapsed with exhaustion, and I was able to relax in silence.

Without warning, an image of Sebastian flooded my mind, just as a man stood up and made his way past me and into the middle class section. My heart sped up as he passed by, his dark eyes meeting mine for only a second. My heart dropped into my stomach as fear racked my body.

He's here.

I shot out of my seat and pushed the curtain aside, watching the man make his way to the bathroom.

Just before he entered, he turned back to look at me. A large breath of relief left me as I realized there was no way in hell this man was Sebastian King.

This looming tension and anxiety was something that would be hard to shake. The fear that embedded itself within my skin made me sick and light headed.

I felt myself feel faint as the repulsive realization showered down onto me.

If you had the chance to put an end to your misery, wouldn't you?

My words had come back to haunt me. I had the opportunity to be rid of the Kings once and for all. But what did I do?

I gave them a fucking chance.

By driving that small key into Sebastian's leg, I gave them the chance to escape, all the while reminding them that I was no longer going to be a part of their gang. It was my last goodbye, yet I couldn't shake the feeling that it was not all over. It's not like they were given a goodchance to escape, but a chance nonetheless.

Whether or not they survived was in their own hands, and was something that I could not be burdened with.

I needed to move on, and start a new life for myself, one without guns, without bloodshed, and without gangs-

But most importantly, a life without Sebastian King.

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<< Are you ready? »

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I was pulled away from my thoughts as Kate nudged me with her arm. We stood outside the airport, on the busy sidewalk of New York City, where people were angrily pushing by without a second glance back. I stared at the orange taxi cab before me, and forced a grin onto my face. << I'm ready as I'll ever be. >>

I wasn't ready at all.

But here I was, in a new country, surrounded by people, with not a trace of my past to surround me.

The bruises would fade, and the cuts would heal, but the scars would always remind me of the girl I once was. The girl who was so scared of being weak that she let herself be destroyed. That girl has faded into oblivion.

In her place stands Evie King. A young, bright eyed girl who is ready to take on the world along side her new friend, Kate Preston.

She won't have to fake any more smiles, because she'll finally be happy. She won't ever feel hopeless or worthless, because she will never give anyone the power to do that again.

Evie King is a girl who overcame hell and back, which is not something many can do and live to talk about.

She did the impossible.

She walked away from her Million Dollar Man.

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Fire and smoke surrounded screaming people as everyone tried to avoid death. Gunshots rang out throughout the rooms and wails of pain echoed within his ears. But Sebastian didn't care.

His finger was poised on the trigger, aching to bring an end to this monster's life. With her brown eyes wet with fear, she found it in herself to spit out a few more words. << You will never win, Sebastian. You've lost her and you're never getting her back. >>

The sound of the single gunshot was Sebastian's only response. He watched as the life leaked from Chief Carter's eyes, and the bullet hole in the middle of her forehead.

He limped out of the room, and with the help of Mason and Callum, he exited the building just as the last bomb went off, killing any remaining survivors.

<< What's the plan now, Sebastian ? » Callum asked as he wiped the soot off his face.

The three boys were covering in ash and filth, not to mention a shit ton of blood from all the victims that came in contact with their wrath.

<< I'm going to get my leg fixed, »> Sebastian spat out, << And then I say we pay London's Eyes a little visit, you know, see if they know where she has gone. >>

There was silence after that, and the silence was deafening.

<< Sebastian, >> Mason said, after shifting a bit, << What do you plan on doing if you replace her? >>

A growl erupted from Sebastian's chest, << When I replace her, wherever she is, I'm going to tie her up and torture her until she loves me again. >>

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Evie awoke with a scream. You would think that after nine months, she would be okay and the nightmares would be over.

But that was not the case, according to the cold sweat that soaked her. She held her head in her hands as she rocked her body back and forth.

He still haunted her. No matter how far away she was, he would always be in her head, reminding her of her past.

The past she's worked so hard to forget.

Evie's head snapped up, and she scanned her dark room. Kate was already fast asleep in the room right across, and with their trusty alarm system Evie knew that no one could have possibly gotten into their apartment. But she couldn't shake the nerves that were sending waves of nausea throughout her being.

I knew it deep in my gut, the nightmare told me all I needed to know.

They were coming, and he was going to replace me.

The end.