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Chapter 4: The Pit

"We have no choice, darling." Father placed a kiss to my forehead then looked up at the guards. "Do you really have to take them?"

"Yes," the guards answered with no emotion. Not a single ounce of pity or remorse for us was evident. Heartless bastards.

My father stood up and shoved mama, my brother and I behind him.

"You'll have to get through me first," he bravely said.

"What are you doing?!" I hissed, knowing this wouldn't end well.

"Okay," one of the guards replied with a shrug.

I watched in horror as they shot my father in cold blood. Mama and I dropped down to the floor and cradled him. I put pressure on the wound, but I knew he wasn't not going to make it.

"How DARE you!" Mother yelled, standing up, pointing an accusing finger at them. 

"Mom!" my brother screamed.

I screwed my eyes shut as I heard another 'bang' and a dull thud. I already knew what happened. I start shouting and crying, hugging my parents' limp bodies.

"I'LL KILL YOU!" I threatened as I was dragged away. "I WILL! YOU'LL PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID!"

Gally's Pov

I woke up because of someone screaming and crying. I saw it was Olivia. Was she having a nightmare? If so, it looked really bad.

A part of me was tempted to just let her stay asleep, but I ended up shaking her awake after debating it in my mind. I may hate her, but letting her carry on like that was too cruel, even for me.

"Olivia?" I said. She didn't wake up. "Olivia!" My tone was slightly harsher that time.

She shot up, distraught. Her breathing aaa ragged and she was shaking.

"What the shuck happened?" I asked.

All she could muster was a shrug.

"Come here," I cooed, pulling her into a hug which she reluctantly agreed to.

"I thought you hated me," she eventually croaked, her voice hoarse from crying.

"No, I still do hate you, don't you worry about that, but I'm not a monster. You're petrified and you were screaming and crying in your sleep. You were having a nightmare. Want to talk about it? Was it about Grievers?"

"It was just a dream?" She looked up at me, relief evident in her eyes.

"Well, what else could it be?" I questioned.

"I-it felt so...  so real, Gally. Like it actually happened. A memory of my past life." She seemed just as confused as I was.

"A memory? But I thought the Creators got rid of them all. How is that possible?"

"I don't know. But I really hope it's just a dream and nothing more. If that dream is true..." She trailed off.

"What happened? Talking about it might help," I offered. It was a strange feeling being friendly with her. Something I wasn't used to and would never, thank god, get used to.

"I was outside in the garden. And my brother came and said "they're here". They tried to take us away but my father... When he tried to stand up against them, they shot him. I watched him die. Then they shot my mama. They dragged me away. I..." I rocked her in my arms gently.

"What did you brother look like?"

"I never saw."

"How old were you?"

"I don't know. Seven, eight maybe. All I know about my brother is that he's a few years younger than me."

"You shouldn't have had to see that, whether it actually happened or not. And who's "they"?"

She shrugged. "Guards of some sort. Look, can we stop talking about it? I've told you what I know."

"Okay. You're safe now, though, yeah?" I paused. "Oh, and if you tell anyone about this, I'll feed you to the Grievers. Got it?"

Olivia laughed. "The real Gally is back. The world has reverted back to normal again."

I was pretty sure we fell asleep around the same time a little while later.

Olivia's Pov

"Well isn't this a sight?" I woke up to Newt's voice.

Gally was still holding me as he did when he comforted me last night. Shuck.

I roughly shook Gally awake and he instantly got off me when he realised what happened, a look of embarrassment and shame on his face.

"Knew you two would get along eventually." Newt had a satisfied smirk that I wanted to slap off his mouth.

"Slim it, Newt. It was an accident, for shuck's sake," I reasoned.

"You better not tell anyone, Newt," Gally warned with a threatening tone that Newt didn't deserve.

"I won't. Promise," Newt smiled.

"Can you get us out now?" I asked.

"But you two look so cosy in there! Imagine what another night could do," Newt teased, laughing as he let us come out.

A/n: sorry this is shorter than usual <3