Taken

Axel carefully sifted through the bright yellow box, searching intently for a red crayon. He squeezed it with his stubby five-year-old fingers and pushed it across the page, stopping every few seconds to feel the gap in his teeth with his tongue.

Resting the crayon gently on the paper, the little boy began to fish in the box once again. "Blue..." he said, pulling out a green crayon, "Orange...." he muttered, getting this one right, "Yellow...." He smiled as he began to color a sun.

Once again, he paused to feel the space of gum again, and his eyes widened with excitement, "Daddy! Daddy, da big kid toof grew in!" He bounced happily in his chair, spilling a few crayons on the floor. "Oops..." Alex giggled and picked them up.

"What you drawing kiddo?" Ace asked as he did one last pull up. His home was a make shift gym, much to his wifes displeasure but she soon got used to it. He'd kitted the house out so his equiptment could easily be hidden behind walls or in the ceiling or floor. It was the only way to keep Anastasia happy.

He pulled the towel up from the chair beside him and wiped his face. He was the muscle of their team so he had to stay in shape. The doorbell rang followed by the sound of his wives voice. "Ace get the door love, im cooking!" She called in her usual cheerful voice.

"It smells delicious love, did we hire a chef?" He chuckled giving Axel a wink as he headed for the front door. "Don't get crayon on the floor your mother will kill you." He called over his shoulder as he pulled the door open. It was that moment of distaction that caught him off guard.

"Crucio." The force of the spell had him flying back into the opposite wall, leaving him momentarily stunned. A second spell left him tied and gagged with no room to move or make a sound, leaving him hoping Ana would have heard something and took Axel and ran.

"Thought you could get away with killing our own did you? Karma is a bitch hunter." He smiled, pulling off his ski mask revealing his face. A big mistake on his part. However a searing pain pierced his abdomen and blurred his concentration as he gritted his teeth through the pain.

"Im gonna need that back." He smiled pulling the knife out and sticking it his chest, narrowly missing his lung.

However his worse fears were confirmed when an ear splitting scream filled his ears. He didn't even have chance to get out a warning before she was forced against the wall, her eyes thrown open wide in horror as blood began to pour from her chest.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Cried Ace as he looked on helpless. He struggled against hope to free himself against his bindings but not even his muscles could save him from this one. So he just watched as the woman he loved collapsed to the floor in a pool of her own blood.

"It's a picture for Mommy," He held up the drawing, his grin wide, "I even drew Nyx." Of course, he still didn't quite understand the concept of a daemon, but her fur was so soft, and she made him feel safe. Needless to say, she was part of the family in his mind.

Axel watched his father leave the room and returned to his drawing. "Yes, Daddy," he muttered while shading in a particularly tricky piece of his mother's golden hair. The boy's head snapped up as he heard a loud thud from the hallway, "Daddy?"

He was too young for the panic to set in before the curiosity, but he was still cautious. "Daddy?" he said with increased volume once he heard a strange, menacing voice through the wall.

Then there was the scream that filled the boy with terror. He ran out into the hallway, only to see his father tied up and yelling, and his mother covered in blood. Axel's eyes filled with tears. "Mommy?" he choked out, before two rough hands grabbed him and carried him away.

His eyes turned from his wifes lifeless ones. It was clear she was gone. Even through his tears he could see the lights had faded. "RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!" He cried, as the men ran towards his son. "AXXEEELLL RUNNNN!" He didn't know what he'd do if he lost him too. Life barely seemed worth living withough Ana as it was.

As Axel was taken off into the living room Ace contined to shout and struggle against his bounds. That was until Nyx came bounding through from the kitchen taking out the nearest man, tearing out his neck. Many of the men went down, until a single gun shot from the other room silenced the whole house.

"Axel!" He said, ordering Nyx to go search for his son and she returned with a shake of her head. "Go fetch Ric." He order to his reluctant daemon. He needed help before he bled to death.