Rayen ambled down a cobble stoned corner. The rain poured down from the gray sky, and soaked her.
She had an umbrella with her, but it was protecting four small bodies walking in front of her, guarding them under a rainbow canopy.
Rayen herded them down the streets the way a sheepdog shepherds a flock of sheep. Her flock was a mix- match bunch of kids.
Two boys and two girls. Both boys had near black hair, and tanned skin, the only difference between them was eye color, one had flaming blue eyes and the other deep black eyes.
The girls were much the same, one had auburn hair and the other brunette, both had ivy green eyes.
A abnormal sight on the streets of Chicago, but that wasn’t the only unusual thing about them.
“Holly, where are they?” Rayen asked the auburn haired girl
“About 250 yards away from us and closing in,” Holly said with her green eyes squinting in concentration
“Silas, Skye, I need you to be ready, if they get us I want you two to run, okay?” Rayen whispered
“I will be ready.” The boy with blue eyes assured Rayen. The brunette nodded as he said that.
“200 yards,” Holly said under her breath
“Jack? Are you ready?” Rayen asked the last child
“I ca… can’t,” Jack stuttered
“Remember what happened last time you said that?” Silas said, “We lost Michael,”
“100 yards, they’re running now,” Holly said. They heard shouts coming closer
“Jack you need to try,” Rayen demanded
“Okay,” Jack said with tears and rain streaming down his face, “Look in my eyes,”
They all stared into his eyes, and then they were gone, the blackness had taken over them.
The umbrella danced in a puddle. The only reminder of the group, a splash of color in the gray.
