The clanging of the chains against the wall is the last thing that sixteen-year-old Nova hears before he’s sucked into unconsciousness. His memories whirl around in his head like a tornado. The one memory that slows down and starts playing is the memory about the night his sister, Kelsy, disappeared.
Nova wakes up in the middle of the night in the apartment his sister managed to rent using a fake ID. He shakes under the covers in his bed, and then looks across the dark room at the open door. The lights in the hall are off, so he’s in complete darkness. Nova moves the covers off him and drops his feet onto the floor. He scuttles towards his open door still shaking, cold. With his gleaming, green eyes, Nova looks out into the dark hallway. …show more content…
Nova inches out into the hallway, then runs towards his sister’s half-open door. Nova nudges open the door and stumbles backwards, shaking as a big gust of cold air pushes him back a few steps.
He pokes his head into Kelsy’s room and surveys it. The window is wide open, letting in snow and cold air from outside, but the snow’s not the only strange thing. Kelsy’s not in her bed.
The memory disappears and another one takes its place, the memory of when Nova was kidnapped.
Nova is sitting on his bed staring up at the cracked roof of an old motel in California. He tracked his sister’s whereabouts to this part of the country. He goes through the information in his head over and over again, until he hears the crash of a pot outside the door.
Nova leans up, kicks his feet over the side of the bed, and then walks over to the door. Nova looks through the peep-hole but sees no one. He then goes to turn around, but before he can move an inch, the door breaks open and hits his back, sending him crashing to the floor. Someone lands on top of him, and in the struggle, places a rag doused in chloroform over his mouth.
Nova finally breaks from unconsciousness to see the masked man in front of him. “What do you want?” Nova
Nova wakes up in the middle of the night in the apartment his sister managed to rent using a fake ID. He shakes under the covers in his bed, and then looks across the dark room at the open door. The lights in the hall are off, so he’s in complete darkness. Nova moves the covers off him and drops his feet onto the floor. He scuttles towards his open door still shaking, cold. With his gleaming, green eyes, Nova looks out into the dark hallway. …show more content…
Nova inches out into the hallway, then runs towards his sister’s half-open door. Nova nudges open the door and stumbles backwards, shaking as a big gust of cold air pushes him back a few steps.
He pokes his head into Kelsy’s room and surveys it. The window is wide open, letting in snow and cold air from outside, but the snow’s not the only strange thing. Kelsy’s not in her bed.
The memory disappears and another one takes its place, the memory of when Nova was kidnapped.
Nova is sitting on his bed staring up at the cracked roof of an old motel in California. He tracked his sister’s whereabouts to this part of the country. He goes through the information in his head over and over again, until he hears the crash of a pot outside the door.
Nova leans up, kicks his feet over the side of the bed, and then walks over to the door. Nova looks through the peep-hole but sees no one. He then goes to turn around, but before he can move an inch, the door breaks open and hits his back, sending him crashing to the floor. Someone lands on top of him, and in the struggle, places a rag doused in chloroform over his mouth.
Nova finally breaks from unconsciousness to see the masked man in front of him. “What do you want?” Nova