Darkside 22 

“What did she mean?” Tina asked. Bette searched Phyllis’s pockets. “Bette what did she mean?” Tina asked again. The boy was clinging to her. 

“We have to get out of here. If they since us we’re dead.” Bette took Tina’s hand, flames erupted around them. Bette pulled them through fire. They stepped out onto the patio at the island house.

“Where the hell have you two been? Avery ditched Shane and the three of you have been off the grid.” Alice was frantic.

“Call the circle back. They’ve been kidnapped.” Bette went into the house. 

Tina followed close behind. 

“Bette where’s Avery?” Lil asked. 

“I don’t know, but I hoping this will tell us. It was in Phyllis’s pocket.” Bette held up a memory stick.

“Who’s kid?” Helena asked. 

“Ours” Bette said. 

“Ours?” Helena asked. 

“Mine and Tina’s.” Bette answered. 

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“Make sure you give her enough. We don’t need her waking before it’s all over.” A cloaked man said. 

“We gave her triple the dose. Any more and it will kill her instead of change her.” Another said. 

A baby cried in the background. 

“Can’t anyone shut that thing up.” A dark beautiful exotic woman yelled. 

“She hasn’t shut up since we caught them.” A weak man held the screaming baby. 

“Well do something to shut her up. She isn’t the one we wanted anyway.” The woman sat back on her throne. 

“I tried but she keeps zapping me.” He complained. 

“Just put that thing over next to Avery.” The Queen said. 

As soon as the man laid the baby down on the stone slab next to Avery she quit crying. 

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“Alice will you check him out just to make sure he’s okay?” Tina walked into Alice’s room. The boy had not let her go yet. 

“Sure, Do we know what his name is?” Alice asked. 

“No.” Tina looked down and brush the blonde curls out of the boys face. His gorgeous blue eyes looked up at her.