I Am Number 4 Movie の小説・ストーリー

I exhaled sharply, closing my eyes. “Don’t say it,” I whispered. I could feel someone trying to turn me, to guide me back toward the road. But it was too late. The speakers flared again. “…Rebecca Eevecina Geratine.” Silence tore through me like a blade but the crowd burst into celebratory cheers, fireworks already streaking overhead in a cruel, brilliant mockery of what that moment could have meant. I turned on my feet with closed eyes. I was sure if I opened them, I could see far enough, I could see Higan. So I did. I opened my lids to see him, to see her.

This time, there was no number. Only a photograph. Patricia opened it. Her blood ran cold. It showed a room inside Obadiah's house. A room she had never seen. In the center stood an old wooden table. On it lay a thick black ledger. Beside it was a handwritten note. Patricia zoomed in. Three words were visible. COME ALONE, NUMBER FOUR. Alex saw the photograph. “No.” Patricia looked at him. “They want me there.” “They want you isolated.” Bethwel stepped closer.

Lillian Cowfer, a human trafficker who had been on the run for ten years, was finally caught. On the day of her public trial, she listened to the charges against her. Then she suddenly smiled. "I object. The indictment says I kidnapped 23 people, but that's not true. I kidnapped 24." The entire courtroom fell silent. Lillian's smile grew more mysterious. "You all say I destroyed 23 families and that I'm guilty of the worst crimes imaginable. But this 24th victim didn't have a family to begin with. I even found her a new family. Isn't that a good thing?" The prosecutor leaned toward the judge and whispered, "Your Honor, there have only been 23 kidnapping cases over the years. She may be makin