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slowly regaining
as well.”
    I smiled weakly at her.
    Rhea made her way to my bed and sat, she
tapped the spot beside her and I took my place.
    “ I’m sorry you had to go through this
Ellie, as soon as those foul creatures took you I didn’t stop until
I found you. I failed you. I should not have let this
happen.”
    I took both of her hands into mine and a
surge of power flowed through me, fueling my once beaten body. I
forgot how good it felt to touch her.
    “ Rhea, you saved me.” I said to her “I
almost gave up.”
    “ I’m just relieved that I got to you in
time.” Rhea pulled me close.
    It felt good being in her arms; my once
troubled thoughts were gone.
    “ Can I leave now?” I asked
her.
    She took her time before answering. “Well you
seem to have your powers back.”
    “ Well I feel fine, but it was a rough
night.” I replied.
    “ Then I think you’re ready to join
us.”
    “ Us?” I was confused.
    Rhea led me from my room and out into a long
corridor filled with other rooms on either side. I walked passed
each of them expecting to see them locked up like I was, but inside
were people of every age inside reading or listening to music. The
rooms looked like bedrooms. Some of them were decorated with
personal affects and posters of famous singers and shelf’s crammed
with various kinds of books.
    “ Rhea, who are these people?” I asked
her.
    “ They are guests here, looking for
refuge.” She answered softly.
    “ Refuge from what? Leaches?”
    “ Yes and no. This is a place where everyone
can feel safe, runaway or not.”
    I passed others in the corridor, some of
them only kids. They looked scared and uncertain but as soon as
Rhea passed their faces lit up. What were they doing here didn’t
they have families to go home to?
    We left the rooms behind us and turned a
corner into large seated area. It looked like a living room with
sofas, TV’s, and electronic gadgets. It felt warm, comforting, like
a real home. A feeling of guilt ran through me but I ignored it as
best as I could and carried on with Rhea.
    “ This is the living room.” she
said.
    She left me to look around. Sitting on the
sofa were a few people, they chatted amongst themselves, but as
soon as they spotted us they stopped and stared. Without saying a
word to them, I turned and caught up Rhea. At the next stop she
showed me a small kitchen area. Inside was a small fridge at the
side and a medium size table made of thick wood, it took its place
in the center of the room and sitting at the table was Sophia
eating her breakfast. Sophia’s eyes lit up once she saw me and gave
a little wave. We then moved on throughout to see what else this
place had to offer but Rhea came to a stop and turned to
me.
    “ I think you’ll want to use our next
facility.” Rhea commented.
    Rhea pushed open the door to reveal a
shower area that held small cubicles on either side. I didn’t know
what she was showing me until I could hear flowing of water. I
could not remember when it was the last time I had a
shower.
    “ I’ll leave you too it then.” she
smiled.
    I jumped straight into the shower. It was
small but I wasn’t complaining if it had hot running water. I
pulled the lever towards myself and out jetted a stream of warm
water. I stood there basked in the warm calming water. As I stood
in the water I could feel everything being washed away like it was
all a bad dream.
    I felt so much better after the shower it
was like I was a new person. I dried myself with some fluffy towels
and changed into the clothes Rhea kindly laid out for me. There was
pair of black loose jeans and a tight cream coloured top, it wasn’t
much but at least they were clean. I had been wearing the same
stained torn clothes for weeks and they needed to go, badly. I
threw my ragged clothes into the nearest bin and continued out of
the shower area. My stomach started to growl with hunger so I
decided to go and find the kitchen, if I could remember where it
was. I