3 What happened?

Darwin stands up to walk over to Six, but Owen turns around and mouths for her to sit down. She does as told. Owen turns back to Six.

"Come, sit down here." He says kindly.

Six slowly moves to the chair across from where they were sitting and plops down.

"What did you want to talk about?" Darwin says, tapping her foot impatiently.

"O- Owen said I could come out if I wanted to talk about what happened..." Six replies.

"So you want to tell us now?" Darwin says leaning forward.

"Yes." Says Six, looking down.

"So...?" Owen says now also leaning forward In his seat.

"It was my birthday when he took me. I think it was...my sixth birthday. Yeah. My parents were inside making cake and setting up the house for my party, and I was in the front yard playing in the dirt. I remember it like it was yesterday. I had gotten bored and stood up to walk around, and saw my bike by the door. So I decided to ride around. I rode all around the neighborhood, and I started going faster, and faster. I pedaled so hard my bike chain came off. So I fell. I sat on the road crying for ten minutes when this guy came up to me asking if I was okay. My response was just more crying. So he picked me up, took me to his house and cleaned me up. He said he would take me home and I believed him. He put me in the back of his van, and it felt like we were driving for hours and hours. Once we got to wherever we were going, he put a blindfold on me and took me inside. Then, I never came out." Six said, her face blank.

"That's why he calls you Six? Because it was when you were six when he collected you?" Darwin asks.

"Yeah...I guess so." Six says looking down.

A long moment passes and Six shifts awkwardly.

"What's your real name then?" Owen asks.

"I- I don't know." She says

"But you were six years old that's old enough to remember things. you should remember." Darwin says confused.

"I don't! I was called Six for so long. He told me things. He brainwashed me. I'm lucky I even remember how I got there."

"You should still remember your own name... I wonder what he did.." Owen says.

"What were you doing there anyways??" Six asks Darwin.

"Nothing. That's none of your business anyway." Darwin says.

"She should know. She told us everything." Owen says, touching his sisters hand.

"Fine. I was there to kill O'Brien." She said.

"Who?" Six asks,

"The man who took you. Geez you don't even know his name?" Darwin asks irritated, "He killed our mother four years ago and I've been out to get revenge ever since. I've killed lots of his guards, stole supplies, lots of stuff. But this time I thought I was prepared to kill him, but I guess not." Darwin's says disappointed and a little mad.

"But, this time I know someone who can help and maybe you could too."

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