A long moment passed when no one moved, most of all Mum and Dad. They’d never move again. All eyes went to the two orphaned children. ‘Grab them both, dammit,’ one of the men finally said. ‘They can use the other one as a control subject.’ The way the man pointed at him, so casually, like he was finally settling on a random can of soup in the pantry. He would never forget it. He scrambled for Lizzy, pulled her into his arms. And the strangers took them away.
