the origin | part 2

   aurora 

   after the small adventure out, the trio decided to end the evening by getting some ice cream down by the local shop and were now waiting for their orders, while the girl was seated on one of the barstools. the two men looked dangerous next to the smaller girl, which caused anyone to back away or keep their distance automatically, the harsh stares of the guys quite intimidating. aurora found the concept fairly humorous, knowing her two old friends were such scary people to approach and warded off others, despite their harmlessness. 

leaning against the small round table, her hand intertwined with the youngest of the two, aurora found herself spacing out through the window. her eyes strained to the image of how the last strands of sunlight began fading along the horizon. there was a warm hue, red and orange tones spreading thin through with the skies, enchanting anyone who lay their eyes upon the sight. still invested with the beautiful view, aurora barely took notice of how the black-haired man seemed to be watching something else. 

   "here are your sundaes", grasping their attention away from their respective beauties, jihoon having been intently admiring the girl, the younger male removed his hand from her hold with a clear of his throat. 

aurora had been so comfortable with the fact that his touch was on her that she hadn't noticed when they'd even linked hands, but now her cheeks were burning in a shade of pink and she had to remove her eyes from his figure. the other of the two seemed to take notice to the tension between the girl and his team member but decided against wording it and instead, pushed the plate of ice cream over to aurora. 

   "thanks, hosh." 

   soon enough, they were on their way again and now they were taking the car back to the house. after the command of her father, aurora had not been granted with any moments alone and she knew that meant she'd be stuck with at least two bodyguards every time she wanted to leave anywhere. the only thing she disliked about this was the lack of personal space and that the boys usually traded off with one another every few hours, so another pair of boys would be by her side as soon as she got back to the house. 

there was no secret about the fact that aurora had her favorites, especially when it came to her father's men because some were simply just plain boring and a hassle to be around. those boys never let her leave unless granted permission from her father and they'd always have her home way too early, which in itself was such a mood killer. 

undoubtedly, aurora found the two present boys to be her favorite to be stuck with because they felt a lot more at ease around her. at least soonyoung and jihoon never treated her like the princess she was and instead of a normal person, like them and they'd never use honorifics with her because they knew she hated it. to say those two were practically family was an understatement, aurora and aella had practically grown up with several of the boys-- since their father was often too occupied with work. 

a huge downside to the success of their family business was the lack of actual family. the sisters only had each other when it came down to it and their father would barely be in the picture, let alone ever spend a moment alone with the youngest of the two, which did sadden aurora quite a bit. most likely that had been the reason for why she'd grown so close to those that are mainly meant to guard her. 

after all, they're paid for simply doing their job, but aurora still felt they cared more about her than her father ever had. 

   —

after the girl had returned from the small venture she'd gone on, she made her way into her bedroom and stationed herself in the computer room. the screens she used to roll with, to run through systems, hacking things every now and then, she always kept open to the sights of any red flags in the security systems of their family business. 

although aurora often wasn't allowed a chance to truly know the depths of what occurred behind the scenes, she still played somewhat of a vital part to handle the connections between transactions and to assure no one truly knew the secrets they held within their company. even kept from the truest intentions, she was still able to manage the security well and wouldn't even attempt to pry too much, knowing her father would somehow find out about it despite not being knowledgeable in technology. someone always watched her even when she preferred not to.

hearing a knock on the door, aurora swirled in the chair she was seated on and looked over at the person by the doorway, seeing the face of her sister. 

she felt a reluctance to give in to the care of her sister's eyes, as aurora still felt a little bummed out about how aella hadn't wanted to spend much time with her and held onto the stubbornness she had gotten from her father. 

   "what do you want?"

looking away, aurora's eyes strained to the screens in front of her and she mindlessly typed away at the keyboard, working on a new algorithm which she hadn't quite yet perfected to use, to fix the urgent security system breach a little while ago, in hopes that it would be a hint enough for her sister to leave her alone. 

much to her dismay, however, aella made her way into the room, taking a seat on the lounge chairs behind the working space. 

   "rora, i wanted to check up on you", with the way her sister spoke, aurora almost thought it sounded like she was worried about something. something that had yet to come. 

   "i'm fine." 

sighing, the older sister stood from her seat and walked over to the chair the younger was seated on, one of her hands landed on the shoulder of the blonde girl, startling her slightly and forcing her out of the state of mind she had been in. 

giving in to the kind nature of her sister, aurora turned to the brunette and wrapped her arms around her, hiding her face in her sister and hugging her tightly, hoping to ignore the sadness which had seemed to be building inside her for some time. 

ever since the evident cold shoulder from her father, aurora had begun feeling even more neglected and now worried that her sister would also follow in that sense, which is why aurora had attempted to shut out her sister before that could happen. however, her naturally gentle personality worked against her ever doing such a thing and instead, all she could do was fall victim to being weakened by her true emotions.

   "whatever will happen, i'll always be with you." 

the assuring words her sister spoke made aurora smile, aella's hand stroking her head gently and that only proved how the younger sister had been incorrect with her fears that her sister would be abounding her. 

parting from one another, aella's stare connected with the screens in front of them both and aurora also took notice to what her sister was watching. the security cameras picked up on commotion in the main hall, where a few new faces were showing themselves. 

   "aren't those dads bodyguards?", aurora released the grip she had on her sister and moved closer to her desk, typing away at the screen for a moment and zoomed in on the scene playing out. 

with their father nowhere in sight, the four men were clearly there for another purpose and it was surprising to the girls that they'd be away from their father, considering he'd always have those men around. 

without waiting for what the boys would do next, aurora was already out of her seat and to find out what was going on, headed in the direction of the four men, the footsteps of her sister hot on her heel. 

by the time the girls found the men dressed in black uniforms, aurora had taken notice to the messed up state they were in. their worn and bloody clothes were an obvious indication that they'd been in a fight and her mind instantly trained to the worst scenario. 

   "where's my dad?"

the one closest to her, that she vaguely remembered from a few visits to the offices, turned to her, she recognized him as the right-hand man of her fathers, choi seungcheol, and knew he'd always be by her father's side. the only other reason for why he'd be there without the girls' father-... her face dropped, eyes burning with the sudden urge to spill the tears that had swelled in them, her shaky hands fisted by her sides. 

   "where the fuck is my father!?" aurora lurched at the man, her hands clutching to the fabric of his shirt. the sudden surge of strength from her part caused the older male to stumble backward. 

his notably larger hands reached for hers, attempting to steady himself against the hold she had, all the while he struggled to find a way to bear his words. 

   "aurora!"

whisked away from the older male, aurora was forced back by the hand of her sister and only backed down when the emotions finally struck her, the stare within her fathers' workers eyes enough to tell her what had happened. 

   "i'm sorry, aurora", seungcheol voiced softly, his tone laced with evident regret.

the three other men stood somewhere behind him, silent and unsure how to handle the situation. they too were stale with shock, from what had occurred only a few moments ago, the blood on their hands a painful reminder to what they'd lost. what they would have to face now, with two orphaned girls at their mercy, because they hadn't been enough.

   the origin, part two

   mafia!au

Looking at the office walls and patiently waiting for her father to enter the door and inform her why he wanted to have this urgent meeting with her, the thoughts are playing around in her head. Maybe he wants her to take care of an important problem, or receive some shipments. She fiddles with her fingers as her patience slowly drains and she grows more anxious about this meeting by every second that passes.

Finally, the big black door flings open and her fathers figure slips through the door, he doesn't even care to give her a glimpse as she stands up quickly to respectfully bow. Once he sits on his seat he picks up his head and finally faces his daughter who's looking at his expressionless face with wonder and confusion.

"Dad, what is this meeting about? Is there something you need me to take care of?", the young girl still cannot make up her father's state as she sits back down, there's something in his eyes that makes her feel uncomfortable. He takes a deep breath and the look in his eyes have turned from an icy cold glare to a soft and warm greeting.

"Aella, my child, there is something you need to know, I am being targeted." The old mans tone doesn't hint to anger or fear, but more relief and sadness.

The girl just looks at her father in confusion, why is he saying it in that tone? This isn't the first time he's been targeted by a rival gang, he would usually laugh it off and take care of it. This time around things are different, it's as if he's made his peace and he's ready to let go. Trying to open her mouth to express her concerns the girl is interrupted by her father continuing to inform her.

"I need you to take over for me once it's my time to step down, I've never trusted anybody as much as I trust you, whether it's my life or this business you have shown yourself worthy and loyal. You're tougher than me and sure as hell tougher and braver than all of the guys out there, not only that but you're so much smarter than you would like to give yourself credit for. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I am proud of you and the woman you have become and you are more than worthy to sit on this throne."

The girl just stares at her father in disbelief, if this moment wasn't hinting at a more serious note Aella would be jumping out of happiness right now, she's been working her entire life to hear her father say those words but she never could've imagined that him actually saying it would be this unsatisfying and unsettling. Because it seems as if he's ready to step down, actually it's more as if he's ready to die, that's what's so unsettling.

"Dad, as grateful I am for your kind words I would appreciate it if you stopped speaking as if you're ready to leave us. No matter how worthy you think I am, I am not ready to sit on your throne. This is your business, your empire. And I'm not planning on watching you fall alongside it."

The girl gives her father a soft look but the cold tone of her voice tells a different story. She has not been this concerned for a long time, worried that her father might actually be murdered. She has never had to deal with those thoughts because her father is a powerful man and he will always make sure that a threat is eliminated, but now he's ready to be eliminated?

"Aella, this empire will never fall as long as it has you and your sister. That is also another topic we need to discuss, Aurora is in an age now where she is ready to know more about our life and this business. As strong and powerful as I know you are, I also know you need someone trustworthy, loyal and intelligent by your side. To help you evolve this to something even more than what it already is, someone who isn't just incredibly intelligent but tough as nails. What I'm trying to say is that once it's time for me to go, you and Aurora have to take over."

Aella raises her brows in shock, her father surely must be in a good mood to crack up a joke like that. Because if he is serious then that must be the most ridiculous thing she's heard her father say. How can he have Aurora protected from this life her entire life and now he expects her older sister to be okay with letting her join the business and put her in the center of it.

"Dad, I had no idea you had humor. Because that is absolutely hilarious", she lets out a chuckle as her expression stiffens by her father's unhappy glare, it hits her. He is not joking, the old man is being deadly serious as he doesn't even flinch or crack a smile at his daughter who fails to realize the intensity of her father's statement.

"Forgive me for what I am about to say, but are you completely out of your mind?"

She has entertained her father's shenanigans for too long now, he can't seriously be this foolish. Whoever is targeting him most have struck real fear in him, for him to be accepting his own fall and being more than happy with his two daughters to take over for him, his younger daughter is the one who's been kept away from all of this her entire life.

"Do not ridicule me, child, I am still your father. And you will do as I say, whether you like it or not because this is not a joke and it is as serious as it can be."

The girl ran her hand through her dark locks in frustration, this is quite literally unbelievable. She stood up to protest against her father's insanity when there was a knock on the door and without any hesitation, the door flung open and in came this tall stranger with dark hair and boyish looks. If looks could kill that boy would not be standing right now, Aella is not happy to see this stranger just waltz in the room and in the middle of this conversation.

"Uhm- Sir, Miss!", he says with a stuttering voice as his eyes barely leave the marble floors.

"What?! Don't you see we are in the middle of something?"

"Oh, I-, uhh- I'm sorry. But sir, you are needed down at the docks."

The young boy finally looks up at them and gives them a sorry look as Aella let's out a loud sigh clearly stating her annoyance. But before she can tell the boy to scram her father gets up and calmly corrects his suit.

"It's okay Mark, we were just done here. I'll be down in a minute, you just wait for me at the car", her father gives the young guy a soft nod as the boy leaves as fast as he came.

She shakes her head as the old man lets her know that the conversation was over, he did not need to say it with words, the fire in his eyes was enough. Walking down the long hallway she can't help but let her thoughts devour her, but she's quickly snapped out of her head as the sound of Aurora's loud sigh fills the room. The little one makes sure to showcase her annoyance and boredom, the blonde slips off her seat which she's been sitting on and waiting for some time now and faces the older girl and their father.

"Rory."
Is all the old man says before quickly walking away from them. The man barely acknowledges his younger daughter yet he thinks it's a great idea to let her into the business, it's ridiculous.

The younger one threw her hands in the air, as she turned to Aella and silently asked her why father was ignoring her. The confusion was written all over her face, but before the older sister had the chance to reply, the girls were interrupted by the doorbell ringing through the house.
 
The sisters left the gathering room and started walking down the hallway with the little one leading the way, the girls were a little surprised to see some of the guys their father works with walk through the door. Although it's a sudden house call, it's nothing new and none of the men were unfamiliar as the girls have had these boys around them for a long while. Aella is definitely familiar with them, besides the fact that they are around a lot as protection, a few of them have joined her on business deals and receiving shipment.
 
   "Why are you here?"
the older girl crossed her arms and gave the group of boys in front of them a harsh stare. She did not even let them start to explain themselves as the previous conversation has left the girl in somewhat of an annoyed state of mind.

The taller one of the men, who were more or less the leader, lets out a chuckle which exposes his deep dimples as he takes a few steps forward, breaking away from the rest.
 
   "Your father called us, there are some pressing issues at hand. Calls for extra security", the man gives the older girl a slight smile that showcases his deep dimples, he slightly leans towards her as an attempt to use his charms with her.
 
  "Aella, you're coming to get coffee, right?", the younger girls voice breaks up the tension between Aella and the fella with the dimples. She turns around to face her little sister and gives her an apologetic look.

   "Sorry, Rora, I have some stuff to take care of that have come up", the older sister gives the younger girl a reassuring smile, hoping she'd not feel too saddened at the change of plans.

But it clearly didn't help as the little one turned on her heels and let herself out with two of the boys following her out. Yet again the older girl runs her hand through her hair due to frustration, she lets out a sigh and starts to walk down the hall with fast steps.

"Hey Aella, wait up", she slightly turns around to face the boy that was slightly sprinting towards her. The dimple boy catches up to her and gives her a slight nudge, leaving her head for a little she looks up at him with a questioning look.

"Namjoon, do you know who the person is? The one that's targeting my father", the boy looked a little taken back at her question.

"I was actually trying to see if you were okay, but sure we can talk business. Although I'm sorry, I actually don't know. Mr. Hwang did not give us that much info, he just told us that he's being targeted, and we need to increase security around the house and you and Aurora." he gives her a reassuring look, but it's not very effective since the girl rolls her eyes and lets out loud sigh in annoyance.

"From your reaction, I'm gonna assume that's not what you wanted to hear", she lets out an exasperated sigh as she throws her head back. Why is her father being so low profile about this? Even his men who are supposed to protect him in situations like this don't know anything.

"Let's go, I need to punch something", she picks up the fast pace again and walks down the hall as the anger and frustration build up inside her, she balls a fist as the thoughts of something happening to her father or sister takes over her.

"Okay, stop! What's going on? I've never seen you this worried and on edge." Namjoon grabs her wrist gently and looks at her softly. The two know each other pretty well, they practically grew up together and trained together. There's been a somewhat awkward tension between the two ever since last summer. She shifts uncomfortably as he gets closer to her and leans down slightly to her height, his eyes never leave the girls small figure as she fiddles with her fingers.

"Family and business stuff seem to be coming together and I'm not liking it at all. But please don't ask more, and let's just go train because I need to let some steam off", she tries to push past him only to be pulled back again, with her back against the wall the boy comes closer and slightly tucks her hair away from her face.

"We could do other things to blow off steam you know, fun things." He brushes his lips against her neck, sending shivers down her spine.

"Too bad we don't have time for any of that right now though, I gotta go take care of some business", from standing two inches away from her to walking fast down the hall leaving the girl behind as she shakes her head with a smirk playing on her lips.

'This man really wants to play.'

the origin| mafia!au

aurora

casting glances over to the time on the wall, everything moving slower than usual, hoping that would help speed the process, the girl pressed a small sigh past her parted lips. tugging her jacket closer to herself, she flipped her legs up and rested them against the top of the desk.

tapping her fingers against her own thigh, blowing some stray hairs from her eyes, she was finally happy to be greeted with the sound of people coming down the hallway. that meant only one thing, now would be the time that her father and her sister were finished with their "grown-up" meeting, that she for whatever reason was not allowed to be apart of, despite being well beyond a child.

   "finally", drawing an exasperated sigh from herself, to assure that her boredom came across fully, aurora slipped out of the seat she had been in only prior, to face her two family members.

   "rory."

greeting her shortly, the two girls' father was quick to leave the scene before the youngest of the two was able to voice any of her complaints. 

instead, the blonde one threw her hands in the air, disgruntled at the fact that her father still planned on not sparing her any attention.

turning to her sister, aurora gave the older girl a confused stare, silently asking what the whole 'ignoring her' thing was about but before she was able to put words to her worries, the two were interrupted by the sound of the doorbell ringing through the house. 

drawing the two out of the gathering room, aurora leading the hunt down the hallway, the two girls were surprised to see some of their father's men slipping through the front door when they arrived in the hall. glancing over the men, none of them were unfamiliar to either of the girls, as they had often been surrounded with one too many of their fathers business partners or those that worked directly for him, these faces no different. 

finding herself wandering with her eyes, aurora couldn't help but take in the men who were dressed in all black and looked like they could destroy anyone that came in their way. their expression blank, eyes hardened with some dark shadow, their hairs styled neatly-- she thought they almost looked a little too good to just be members of her fathers dark business. after all, why'd these men look like they were about to walk a fashion show; when aurora fully knew they all carried guns and other weapons to use on unsuspecting victims at command.

one of the shorter males, hair black and slicked back, shifted his stare over to her, causing aurora to quickly avert her eyes elsewhere, playing with the hem of her fancy dress. she knew he was still watching her, the two have a long history of the awkward tension that was currently present, however, it was mainly the girl who found the confusing tension to be bothersome-- after all, the man was a trained killer and barely batted an eye at such mundane things such as doubt.

   "why are you here?"

speaking before they were able to explain themselves, aurora's older sister crossed her arms and gave the group one of her harsh stares.

had they not known the girl was actually a sweetheart deep down, at least in certain times, perhaps she'd be a little more intimidating. one to the tallest men, who were more or less the leader, chuckled and stepped forward a little, breaking away from the rest.

   "your father called us, there are some pressing issues at hand. calls for extra security," speaking as if the youngest girl wasn't there, the man seemed to be almost leaning into the older one and clearly was, attempting, to use his charms on her sister.

rolling her eyes, aurora slipped past the group and ignored how their heads moved as she did, watching her every move. she turned to her older sister, an expectant look to her face.

   "aella, you're coming to get coffee, right?"

slipping her high heels on, aurora flipped her blonde locks over her shoulder, noticing how few of the boys seemed to catch the gesture and find it intriguing, judging by their warm eyes.

only her assigned, personal, bodyguards were already heading out the door with her-- the two having worked alongside the youngest daughter ever since she could remember. they'd met when she was just a kid and practically more or less been partially there to raise her, the two older boys almost like guardian angels to her.

seeing as a bodyguard needs to always be there for their mark, trust would play a big part in any relationship like this and that was why, even when aurora didn't necessarily need someone to accompany her to certain places, she preferred having at least one of the boys with her. they'd basically play it off like they were just close friends at most times, but still, she couldn't help but feel a little infatuated with the way they'd always care for her so deeply, even beyond their mere duties.

   "sorry, rora, i have some stuff to take care of that have come up", looking apologetic, aella gave the younger girl a reassuring smile, hoping she'd not feel too saddened at the change of plans.

sighing, aurora simply looked over at the two boys now in front of her, stepping over the doorframe and letting the door close by itself, not bothering a greeting to her sister due to feeling sour at her decision.

   "i guess it's just us today, boys", slipping her arms in either of theirs, aurora beamed up at the two males, knowing they were a little taken aback by her sudden act of closeness.

   "don't worry, aurora. i'm sure miss hwang will join you next time." sending a playful glare at the older boy, ignoring his adorably bright stare.

   "whatever, soonyoung", giving the male a light push, aurora giggled at the silly thought of how formal these people who worked for her father always was, despite the times they'd spend together.

   "you don't have to call her that, you know."

   "he's just awkward with every girl that isn't you, rory",

jihoon exposing his close friend caused the older one to in turn glare at him, exaggerated anger to his usually happy face.

it was a rare sight to ever find the older male truly angry with any of his partners, but most of the time, despite his serious job, soonyoung would never spare the time of day for any dull moments and would always work to have everyone laughing.

   "let's not forget, he was the most awkward with me when we first met."

chuckling at the memory, both of the boys couldn't help but think that time had been so far away and found themselves happy in the presence of the girl, despite it mainly being their job to spend time with her, even if that was in a sense of protecting herself against the dangers of their dark world around them.

multi | mafia!au

I opened my eyes to find myself on a black couch, I let out some grunts as I tried to sit up. I looked around in the room to see Nikki holding a tight grip around Seth's throat, I stirred in confusion and coughed slightly which made Nikki to let go of Seth's throat. And rush over to me. ??"Athena, are you okay?", She asked barely giving me space as she hugged me tightly. I let out a confused laugh as she pulled away. What happened when I was out? Why is she being nice to me now?
?"Did I miss something?", I said slightly while looking at all three of them in turns. ??"Your sister may be small, but she is damn strong when she needs to be", Seth complained and rubbed his sore throat while he sent a glare towards Nikki. She just smiled slightly as I looked at her with confusion.

"We're sisters now are we?", I joked, I honestly feel relieved that she accepts me as her sister. It feels like the weight of the world has been lifted off my shoulders.
?"Let's just say someone got me to a better sense", She admitted and glanced at Richard. I was out for five minutes and she already gets along with "Mr Psycho"? ??"So, what happened to you?", She asked me as she sat down next to me on the couch.

"I don't know, I was just talking to him and suddenly everything was spinning around and I couldn't stand on my feet. The last thing I remember is passing out.", I bite my lip unsure of what happened. I remember falling into Seth's arms and him carrying me down the stairs. But I won't ever say that to anyone, I don't want him to think that I remember that.

"Has this ever happened to you before?", Seth caught my attention as I looked over at him.

"No, not even when I've been shot several times. I don't remember ever passing out before.", they all just looked at me like if i was an alien from Mars.

"So you are telling me, that you have never passed out before?", Seth asked with quite a surprised yet confused expression on his face. I just shook my head as I looked around in the room, I couldn't look at them because they were literally staring at me like if I was some type of freak.

"Like ever?", Richard raised his eyebrows at me as I looked at him with an annoyed look on my face.

"Do y'all have some type of hearing problem? I just said that I never had passed out before. Ever. Now stop looking at me like if I'm a freak of nature, and if u want answers then I'm sorry, I'm just as clueless and confused as you are.", I lashed out, i looked down at my hands that were practically shaking as I let out a deep breath. That was a long sentence, or lash out to be exact.

"Sorry", I heard Seth mumble slightly and quietly, but it was loud enough for us to hear. I just gave him a reassuring smile.

"Am I the only that's starving?", Richard broke the uncomfortable silence, I let out a slight chuckle as I nodded.

"I feel like I could eat a freaking cow", I looked at Nikita and let out a little laugh. She is just as I remember her, awkward yet cute and funny. I never realized how much I have actually missed her. Did dad even know that she was alive?

"Okay, Richard you and blondie can go get some food. I'll look after her.", Seth said with a stern tone in his voice. Richard just nodded, I think he knew that there was no way of talking him self out of it. Nikki looked at me with a look that almost seems like she's asking for my permission. I just nodded with a slight smile.

"Hey lover boy, don't do anything to my sister-", I looked at Richard as he interrupted me.

"Or else you will kill me, I know. Don't worry, I won't do anything to her. I value my life a lot", Richard reassured me as I just shook my head with a smile playing on lips while they left the house and it was only me and Seth left.

"This isn't awkward at all", I said as I looked at Seth for a second to notice that he was actually shirtless. How didn't I notice this before, I looked down at myself to see that I'm actually wearing his shirt. I could feel my cheeks turn red as I looked back up at him, that's when I noticed the tattoo on his arm, I'm actually quite into tattoos and I just find them so fascinating and awesome.

"My eyes are up here", Seth's voiced snapped me back to reality and made me realize I was staring. And it gets more awkward.

"Sorry, your tattoo is quite cool", I said while he just chuckled.

"Yours too", he smirked as I just raised my eyebrow at him, of course he has seen it.

"You're a creep", I rolled my eyes as i rubbed my neck.

"Hey, did you seriously expect me to not look at it. You were practically naked. And no worries, it's only on your thigh... And half of your ass...", I looked at him with wide eyes as he tried to hold himself from laughing. I picked up the pillow from underneath my head and threw it right at his face.

"Shut up", I said as I let out a laugh that was suddenly cut short by me letting out a grunt because of this sudden pain in my neck. I tried to sit up but it only made it worse as I slowly fell off the couch and on the ground, I let out a scream making Seth rush over to my side as he grabbed my arm and lifted me back up on the couch.

"What the hell, what's wrong with you? What just happened?", he asked with panic in his voice.

"Nothing, I'm fine.", I lied hoping he wouldn't notice but I don't think he bought it since I was still in pain and just shivering and shifting on the couch.

"Stop lying to me, you aren't fine. You're cold as ice, and you've turned pale as snow", he said in a rather angry yet worried tone as he grabbed a blanket and threw it over me while stroking my hand with his to make me a bit warmer.

"I'm going to be fine", I said tiredly as my eyes were slowly shutting down again, but I felt Seth's hand grab my face as he pulled my head up.

" no no no, just keep your eyes open. Okay, just try to stay awake. Athena, don't close your eyes.", he held a tight grip of my face but it didn't hurt, he was being gentle and it made me open my eyes to meet his that were staring right at me.

"No need to worry love, it's probably nothing. Hopefully I'm dying.", I smiled as I let out a slight grunt.

"Just stop talking. I'm going to bring more blankets to keep you warm, just whatever you do, don't close your eyes.", he warned me as he slowly puts my head back down on the pillow that he has put back behind me head. I just nod at him and he ran upstairs to get more blankets. I was trying so hard to keep my eyes open, but it was harder than it seemed and for a couple of seconds everything went dark. "Keep your eyes open Athena!" I heard this scream inside of my head making my eyes open. Who is that? Before I could even take a guess of who that was Seth was back with about five blankets in his arm, he rushed down to my side as he put them all gently on me. I could feel myself get calmer and warmer by the minute as I let out a deep breath, letting go of the pain. I just looked at Seth that was sitting by my side with panic and worry in his eyes as he held my hand while stroking it with his thumb.

"Thank you", I managed to say as he let out a breath in relief. His head fell down on my hand as he let out an another breath, I could feel his breath tingling on my hand as I smiled slightly.

"You scared the crap out of me", he shut his eyes as he rubbed his forehead.

"I don't think you would mind me dying.", I joked as he gave me a glare.

"I would mind though", he said with a straight face making me just stare right into his eyes.

"Can you do one thing for me?", I looked at him as he nodded.

"Just name it", he smiled slightly, I could see in his eyes that he was quite tired.

"Don't tell Nikki or Richard about what happened with me right now. Can you promise me that?", he looked at me confused, as he lets go of my hand.

"Why not?", he said in confusion as I let out a sigh.

"I just got Nikki back and I don't want her to worry about me. And I know if you tell your brother, he will tell her. So just please?", he nodded in agreement as he looked at me with a worried look.

"Okay I promise.", he smiled as he his hand rested on my thigh.

"One more thing", he looked up at me with a questioning look.

"Go get some sleep, you look seriously tired. And don't worry about me, unfortunately I'm not dying just yet.", I chuckled as he sent an another glare towards me.

"First of, I'm not leaving your side. And second, don't joke about dying? Oh and thirdly, why do you say 'unfortunately' do you want to die?", he looked at me with worry in his eyes and I could feel how his hands were shaking. Why were they shaking. I just shrugged at his question. I slowly closed my eyes as he rested one of his hands on mine and the other one on my thigh, his head slowly falling down on my lap.

"Don't get too comfortable", I mumbled as he immediately lets go of me and raises his head back up.

"Sorry, I'm just going to put on a shirt", he cleared his throat as he stood up and started to walk up the stairs, I let out a chuckle. Okay, so I like messing around with him. I find it quite amusing and besides he isn't so bad looking so who knows what can happen.

I slowly closed my eyes as, I really needed to sleep actually. It feels like I haven't slept for a decade. I sunk down on the couch and cuddled up to the blanket as I drifted away.

2 Hours later

My eyes shut open and I felt my body flying off of the couch and in a matter of seconds I was standing up and trying to catch my breath. I felt how warm I had become and my head was actually spinning for a second. I looked around to see Nikki, Richard and Seth all looking at me with confused yet chocked eyes.

"Athena, what happened? Are you okay?", Nikki said as she helped me sit back down on the couch, even though I didn't really need help. I was feeling better than before.

"Nothing. Just a dream, actually nightmare. But it's okay, it's a regular one that I have all the time.", I shrugged it off as I put a string of my dark thick hair around my ear.

"What was is it about?", she asked with a soft voice, I could see the concern in her eyes.

"Mom.", I said shortly as I looked down at my hands and then back up at her.

"uh.. Where is the bite mark on your neck?" Suddenly Richard brought our attention to him, I looked at him with a questioning look on my face.

"What are you talking about?", I looked at him and then I gave Seth a confused look.

"When that thing bit you, you had a huge bruise looking bite mark on your neck. And now it's gone", Seth said as he handed me a mirror, wonder where he got the mirror from. I took a look at my neck and they were right, the bite mark was totally gone. Not a scratch on my neck, what the hell is going on.

"What the hell", I looked up at them just as confused as they were.

"Are you one of them?", Richards voice made the whole room go silent, no one was saying anything and all three of them were staring at me for an answer.

I don't even know the answer, am I?

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holy shit, it's been such a long time. I am so incredibly sorry, I've been waaaay too busy with school and exams.

But I hope you guys like this chapter :)

// Sara

Chapter 7

Culebras

 

Every moment that occurred after was left in a blur, all but a fading memory, barely even existent other than as a thought. The bar was left in chaos, these things came out from the darkness, all of us backed up towards the exits. I was brought back into reality and out of my thoughts when Athena pulled at me.

"We need to go", her voice echoed through my ears but barely registered into my mind. I followed her, still shocked of the sudden outburst, which made me more or less paralysed.

Richard and Seth set off after us and soon we all stood cramped in the corner of the locked front door. My heart was racing in my chest whilst observing the situation between Seth and Athena; my obliged sister.

I was left to think the situation out, although it seemed much to complicated, what were those things? Sure enough, they had fangs, which pointed toward one simple explanation - in fact, it would be rather irrational to not expect something like a vampire. Because after all, always expect the unexpected, that's what my uncle always told me.

The sudden roar of something from the back brought my attention over to the creatures, they seemed all to have lost interest in whatever was at the back, more now so; they had their sights upon us all.

"Guys.. we have a problem", I mumbled barely audible but they all seemed to register my words.

The situation accelerated roughly, blood and bullets flew at all directions, I did my best to keep behind the three of them. But another one of those creatures brought me down onto the floor, which caused me to let out a scream.
The thing hovered over me, fangs out and ready to strike at any given moment, I shut my eyes tightly while covering my face. But the impact never came and a weight was lifted from me with a sharp sound. I opened my eyes to see Richie standing closely to me, he had some sort of knife like object in his hand, there was dust beneath his feat.

"You okay there, sweetheart?", Richie let a grin form on his lips but I saw the distanced concern in his eyes while he reached a hand out for me. I grabbed it, without a word spoken and let out a small breath.

"Thanks", I managed while Athena and Seth came up to us both. I felt my mind race, almost spin, this didn't make any sense; why was this all happening?
Wasn't it enough for me to be reunited with my so called sister after years - it had to be during some sort of feeding ground? I felt chills run up my spine and had to rush my hands through my hair to brush away the thoughts.

"Hey.. are you okay?", Athena's voice brought me back into sanity.

No.

"I don't know. I don't know what's going on here or what those things are and what that dude from earlier was talking about and I don't know if I'm okay right now. I just don't know!", I rambled loudly without letting myself even breath. I let out a short huff, something resembling a laugh, but there was no emotion; no clarity; just emptiness. Richard let his stare fall upon me in a light way, there laid recognition in his eyes for a moment.

"Okay, relax. It's all good, just take a breath and sit down", Athena spoke calmly but her eyes showed all but calmness. Her hand landed on my shoulder gently but I tensed instantly; which caused her to take it off immediately. I distantly walked over to a seat and sat down silently.


20 minutes later

We were sat back in safety in the Gecko brothers car, Athena, Seth and Richard were all drained from head to toe with blood, fortunately I managed to keep myself away as much as possible. The air inside the car smelt of dried up blood from those creatures. It made me sick. I kept myself quiet and stared dreamingly through the window away at the bright daylight.

The others started up a conversation, but I had since the start tuned out, I couldn't deal with much more of this now. It just made me want to jump out the speeding car. I closed my eyes and let myself slowly drift off into some sort of rest; but I could still hear the chattering that went around in  the car between them all.

"Culebras. They are almost like vampires, except they are more snakelike than bats. The dancer girl, she's called 'Santanico Pandemonium', she's like their queen", Athena said even as she had no idea what she was saying herself. I opened my eyes and looked at her strangely confused.

"So you knew what they were? Wait, how do you know?", Seth questioned just as confused as the rest of us. Athena looked rather uncomfortable with all of our stares on her.

"Believe it or not, I don't know how I knew all of that", she admitted and shook her head slightly.


1 hour later

When we finally pulled up into the parking lot of a motel, I felt myself yawn, we then went into the motel. The man behind the desk stared at us, clearly startled and scared of our appearance. Athena, I and Seth awaited for Richard to return as he went up to the desk to get us rooms.

"You got us rooms?", Seth asked his brother.

"Better. The dude was so scared he gave us the key to a little villa just down the road. We are getting the beach view!", Richard declared with triumphing grin and a slight chuckle.

"Looks like we are on vacation", Athena said and opened the car door again. I followed her moves and slid into the car. I started playing with my fingers, not certain of why, but there was some confusion in the air around us.

"So... The Falkov sisters?", Seth started which instantly caught my attention; my head snapped up right when Athena was about to say something and the words poured out of my mouth.

"She is not my sister. My sister died when I was just a kid", I stated harsly but knew I shouldn?t have, the look that came across Athena's face made me want to take it all back. The car ride fell back into silence right away and I let out a short sigh before rubbing my temples with the use of my hands to rid of the headache that had occurred.

We arrived up at the villa only 10 minutes later, it looked amazing! You could see the light blue waves across the waters just a few meters away from the house; the fresh smell of the ocean struck my nose as I exited the vehicle and a small smile let itself onto my lips.

The others rushed over to the house but I stayed for a while, enjoying the moment and letting my mind at ease in the light calming winds around the area. I made my way slowly across the beach, the sand covering my converse as I walked, this place was peaceful. I could stay here for forever if I so had to. I walked closer to the waves, the sound of them hitting few rocks by one side brought me back a familiar feeling; had I been here before?

"Hey, gorgeous", someone spoke from behind me, although without turning around I could tell it was Richie. Soon enough, his frame came into view and I hinted a small smile upon his lips. We stood there for a while, silence between us, the only thing heard were the continuous crashing of the waves. But it felt comfortable. All until I remember all of the stuff we had gone through; the kiss.

"Hey, I just wanted to thank you, for you know saving my ass back there", I turned to him slightly with a unsure smile on my face. I didn't know what I felt at that moment, but something in his eyes when he looked at me made me feel safe.

"It's fine, anytime", Richie nodded with a serious tone. That was more of the man that I knew. Even when I didn't actually know him. But I knew he cared about his brother and would basically do anything for him; same for Seth. So why did their relationship bug me the slightest? Was it because I had dismissed the thought of having my sister back?

"Nikki?", Richie's voice broke through my thoughts and made me look at him; he stared at me with confusion and concern.

"Yeah, I'm fine", I mumbled and looked over at the ocean once more to try and hide away from his beautiful eyes.

"What's going on?", he asked and stepped closer which forced me, again, to look at him. I gave him my very best fake smile and shook my head; to confirm everything was alright, but unfortunately he didn't seem to buy it and placed a hand on my arm.

"You can tell me", he assured with a calming tone. I looked into his eyes, the sun shone across his face; which made his blue eyes glow even further under his framed glasses. They studied me intensely, clearly looking for a way into my head, he was desperate to know my mind; just as I was desperate to know his.

"The truth is.. I'm scared, scared that the girl inside there really is my sister, the sister I lost so long ago and that our father kept from me and me from her. I just don't understand why he would do that.. why would anyone keep us apart? I just don't understand", I breathed and felt the tears burn at the brink of my eyes; threatening to spill at any given moment.

 

Richard stood in silence, his arm still placed upon my arm, a gentle look crossed his face. He seemed to take in all of my words; unravelling them in his own mind; understanding them and making a conclusion to himself. He took a brief pause before he looked into my eyes again.

"I can't answer all of your questions, but what I do know from my own taking of this situation is that your father wouldn't have kept you two apart unless it was important", he said with a soft tone; a sweet smile came over his lips, one that I was yet to know before. I knew he was right.

We stood in silence once more and his hand had left mine while we both admired the view in front of us - it was certainly breathtaking.

"Thank you, Richard", I gently spoke which brought his eyes over to mine again.

"Anytime, sweetheart", he grinned and we both laughed lightly. It was real.

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Richard and I walked back up the stairs towards the small villa a while after when the sun had started to fade upon the soon dark skies. Richard opened the door for me and I smiled while we stepped into the warmth. I slipped off my shoes and walked into the living room to find Athena laid onto a couch and Seth by her side. She looked pale.

"What's going on? Is she okay?", I asked hurriedly and rushed over to her. Seth looked at his brother and they shared some sort of thought. I didn't bother it and bent down to Athena and grabbed onto her hand softly. I felt the guilt rip inside me.

"She passed out at a sudden, I'm not sure what happened", Seth stood up from where he had sat next to Athena and I felt a tear slip from my eyes as I looked at her. Her hands were cold.

"Athena", I mumbled softly trying to shake her slightly, to no avail Athena laid just as still, her chest rising and lowering in the slightest of ways; almost like she was peacefully asleep. I looked over at the two brothers who were speaking in hushed voices. I let go of Athena, stood up and practically ran across the room while I pushed Seth against the wall roughly; the rare rage inside me bubbling up and through my veins.

"What the hell did you do to her?", I practically shouted and pressed him further into the wall; Seth stared clearly shocked at me and at a loss of words. Sure, I wasn't one to lash out easily, but when I did; it was said to be rather bad.

"I didn't do anything to her, I told you!", Seth snapped back while trying to get out of my grip, but I had my hand around a very sensitive spot around his neck; which at the right amount of pressure would send him to the floor.

"Hey, calm down Nikita", Richie tried from beside us but he barely dared to touch me when I sent him an unrecognisable glare. We were all interrupted by grunts that came from the couch, Athena stirred in confusion and coughed slightly which made me drop my grip around Seth's throat.

"Athena, are you okay?", I asked barely giving her space as I hugged her tightly. She let out a confused laugh and I pulled away. 

"Did I miss something?", Athena looked at all of us in turns and I smiled gently at her.

"Your sister may be small, but she is damn strong when she needs to be", Seth complained and rubbed his sore throat while he sent a glare my way. I let a innocent smile onto my lips and Athena looked at me confused.

 

"We're sisters now are we?", she joked and I felt embarrassed.

"Let's just say someone got me to a better sense", I admitted and glanced at Richard who seemed occupied with his brother once more but I could see his slight grin.

"So, what happened to you?", I asked Athena and sat down next to her on the couch.

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Worst ending ever. But, hey, what can you do? Like this chapter for more.

Also I tried something different with the gifs. Not sure if it's a keeper. Let me know what you think.

— lovi

"It looks like we have something extra special for tonights show", the ugly dude from earlier said and two light turned on from above and shone straight on me and Nikki. I looked around confused as to what was about to happen, I looked at Nikki and she was just as confused as me, the anticipation grew amongst the crowd as they all stared at us.

"The Falkov sisters!", he shouted and the room went dead silent. My breathing stopped and I just stared right at Nikki. This wasn't how I wanted to tell her, but the question remains. How do they know who we are? All of the business men stared at us with something in their eyes. The entire room was silent, there was nothing there but tension and everyone's eyes were on me and Nikita. Even Seth and Richard looked chocked.

My attention suddenly got placed on the guy that was holding my arm, his grip loosened a bit and I looked at him for a second to see him staring right at me and I could see how pale he has became it almost looks like if he has seen a ghost. Or worse. All of sudden all the doors and windows got locked and I looked up to see all of the business men get out of the bar. That's when everyone started panicking as they all sat up from their seats and looked around among themselves searching for answers as to what was happening. But then music started blasting from a corner and this Mexican looking rock band started playing and the lights were off of me and Nikita and it started shining on stage, a half naked girl walks out with a snake around her and I just stare at her. She looks so freakishly familiar, I know I have seen her somewhere. She started dancing to the beat and every guy in the room stared at her like a bunch of hungry sharks, I couldn't stop staring at her. All of sudden the sound of a fired gun caught everyone's attention and I looked around to see where it was coming from, and I saw the ranger. The one I shot earlier, how is he still standing? But he didn't shoot at me, he shot at Richard and I guess he missed since Richard was still standing tall and fair. All of sudden the girl on the stage started running towards them, I stared at her as her eyes turned yellow and her skin started to look like snake scales. Everyone were in shock and suddenly a voice in my head started yelling
"get yourself out of here". I grabbed the dude that was holding me and kicked him straight were the sun shines and he crumbled to the floor. I ran towards Nikki that was still frozen and I grabbed her arm gently as I gave her slight smile.

"We need to go", she snapped back to reality and nodded at me as we ran towards the exit door. I pushed the door but it wouldn't open and I tried pulling it but nothing helped. I pulled out my gun to shoot it when someone put their hand on mine.

"There is no use, the door is badly locked. There is no way of opening it, so don't waste your bullets", I looked at Seth with a glare as I put down my gun. Richie was standing behind Nikki and we all just looked at each other with confusion.

"Then how the hell are we supposed to get out of here?", I snapped as I looked at Seth and Richard with annoyance and anger written all over my face.

"Guys... We got a big problem", Nikki spoke from the back and we all looked at her with confusion, we followed her eyes and that's when we saw these bizarre looking creatures. They were basically eating the people inside the bar, it was blood flying everywhere and and I saw how the ranger was thrown into a wall by the dancer girl. For just a "normal" girl she sure is strong as hell. Suddenly four of the creatures looked at us and they started running towards us in full speed, I looked at Seth and Richard as we all took our guns and started shooting, but nothing stopped them.

"What the hell are these things?", Seth shouted as we were shooting, but it didn't help much since they got closer and closer. Suddenly I get attacked by one of them and I fall in my back dropping my gun. The "thing" was so close to my face and I can swear I saw fangs, and scales all over her. I held my elbow at her throat and tried to push her off of me.

"You seem tasty, Falkov.", she kept coming closer and closer to my neck.

"You are one ugly bitch", I kicked her off of me and I stood up looking a round to find Nikki, one of those "things" we're on top of her, I grabbed my gun and started shooting at it to get its attention. And I guess I succeeded because before I even could blink the creature that at first looked like a girl was now in front of me and was pushing me up against the wall. I let out a loud agonizing scream as she sunk her fangs into my neck.

"Need some help", I heard Seth's speak behind her as he stabbed her with a knife and it went right through her chest, she screamed loudly and in a matter of seconds she turned into dust. Me and Seth looked at each other with a shock written all over our faces.

"What the hell are they?", I looked at him as my eyes widened, did that seriously happen?

"I can't believe I'm actually saying this and it actually makes sense to me. But I'm gonna go and guess they are vampires.", he spoke and I just looked at him with no emotion on my face. I just stared at him blankly while holding my neck since it was bleeding a little because of that 'thing' that bit me.

"You can't be serious? Vampires? Really? This isn't twilight.", I shook my head as I took my gun up from the ground.

"They have fangs and they are fast as hell and plus they die when u stab them in the heart. You got any other suggestion of what that could be?", he came closer to me, as I glared right at me like if I had offended his great ancestors.

"If that's a freaking vampire, does it mean I'm going to turn all vampy on everyone?", I said with amusement in my voice.

"Does it look like I'm a vampire expert?", he walked back to Richie as I walked up to Nikki.

"Hey... Are you okay?", I asked her unsure, I didn't know what more to tell her. I mean she just found out who she is and who I am to her. I'm not sure if she is taking it well.

"I don't know. I don't know what's going on here or what those things are and what that dude from earlier was talking about and I don't know if I'm okay right now. I just don't know!", she is talking so fast I think she might pass out.

"Okay, relax. It's all good, just take a breath and sit down.", I put my hand on her shoulder and I could feel how tense she got. I immediately took my hand away as she slowly sat down while taking some deep breaths.

20 minutes later ...

By now I was covered in so much blood you couldn't even tell if I was even human. Just cutting through those 'vampires' and using a damn chainsaw to tore them apart just covered me in their filthy and disgusting blood. We have killed about 15 or 20 of those things and I don't think any of us could go any further, none of us had energy left. Suddenly the sun was shining through the window and we heard the doors magically unlock. I looked around at Seth, Richard and Nikki as we all immediately ran towards the door, Richard and Seth pushed the doors open and we all ran towards the car. Seth opened the car doors and we all jumped in as he hit the gas pedal. I looked around at everyone in the car, Richard, Seth and me we were all covered in any type of blood by now. While Nikki only looked like someone might've accidentally bled on her, I didn't mind that. Because I don't want her to turn out like me, someone who has no trouble shooting or killing others.

"I need a damn shower", I groaned as I laid back on the car seat slowly closing my eyes.

"I think we all do", Richard said from the front as he let out a sigh.

"how about we talk about what the hell those things were back there", I opened my eyes and looked next to me at Nikki, and then I looked at Seth through the mirror.

"I don't think any of us knows-", Seth started but suddenly I heard my own voice interrupting him.

"Culebras. They are almost like vampires, except they are more snake like than bats. The dancer girl, she's called 'Santanico Pandemonium', she's like their queen.", was I the one saying that? It felt like someone else was talking for me and suddenly I was back up again. Everyone looked at me with wide eyes and question marks written all over their faces.

"So you knew what they were? Wait how do you know?...", Seth asked while looking at me trough the mirror. But I really don't know how I knew that.

"Believe it or not, I don't know how I knew all of that.", I said unsure as they all gave me a strange look, I just shook my head slight in confusion as I looked outside the window.

1 hour later ...

We finally arrived at a motel and we all stepped out of the car, as we entered the motel the guy at the desk looked at us with fear in his eyes as he gulped. I don't blame him, four people that are covered in blood just walked into his hotel and he probably thinks we are serial killers. I guess we kinda are. We stood behind as Richard went up to the desk to get us a room that was big enough for all of us. After a few minutes of Spanish talking he came back with a key and I just let out a breath in relief. I was gonna take a shower soon.

"You got us rooms?", Seth asked Richard as Richard gave me a slight smirk.

"Better. The dude was so scared he just gave us the key to a little villa that's just down the road. We are getting the beach view", he chuckled slightly as we walked out. A villa? Even better.

"Looks like we are on vacation", I said as I opened the car door and sat back in the car with Nikki by my side.

"So.. The Falkov sisters?", Seth started and just like that the air was full of tension, as I went to open my mouth I got interrupted by Nikki.

"She is not my sister. My sister died when I was a kid.", I just stared at her long and hard, why would she say that? I'm sitting right next to her, does she not believe it or is she ashamed to call me her sister? I just looked outside the window as I tried to control my emotions like I usually do.

We arrived at the villa after ten minutes of driving and no lies, it looked amazing. We were right next to the beach and it almost looked like we were in a movie.

"this is what I'm talking about Rich!", Seth said with excitement as I let out a little laugh.

"I got dibs on the shower", I said as I immediately ran into the house as Richard opened the door. I started to look for the bathroom and the shower. I need to get out of these cloths asap. I final found the bathroom but unfortunately Seth was already standing at the door.

"Too slow", he smirked as I rolled my eyes at him.

"I ain't in the mood for this, so just get the hell out.", I shook my head as I walked up to him.

"Make me", he smirked again, oh how much I want to slap that smirk off his face. I grabbed him by the arm to drag him out but he just grabbed me hard and pushed my against the door as he came real close to my face with a spark in his eyes and smile playing on his lips. He came closer and closer, he pushed a bit of my hair away from my face and tucked it behind my ear, he came close to my ear and whispered.

"It so fun having you around right now", I felt a shiver go through my body as he lets me go and starts walking down the stairs.

"Why?", I said behind him as he lets out a laugh.

"You're fun to mess with", he laughed as he walked down the stairs, I just shook my head with a slight smile. So he want to play games? I like games.

I closed the bathroom door behind me and locked it, I put on the hot water and I started to take of my bloody cloths. I looked into one of the drawers and thankfully there were towels in there so I just took one out and put on a hook. I stepped into the shower the hot water hit my back and I felt relaxation come over me as I let out a deep breath. This is exactly what I need right now after the longest and weirdest week ever. I closed my eyes as the water ran down from the top of my head, but that's when I heard the voice again.

'Athena...' I looked around to see if there was anyone in the bathroom but there was no one there, the voice was coming from the inside of my head. Who is that? Why is that voice so similar? I snapped out of my thoughts as I ran my hand through my wet hair, but there was one thing I couldn't stop thinking about. Why would Nikki say what she said in the car? I couldn't help but get emotional, the sister I finally found again after believing she was dead for all these years didn't want me as a sister. Even though I was in the shower and already wet I could feel a tear escape my eye and slowly go down my face. I close my eyes and let out a deep breath, I need to control myself. I can't let things get to me, that's what dad taught me.

After almost an hour I was finally done showering and honestly I feel like a burden was lifted off my shoulders, that's how relaxed I felt. I remembered that my clothes were in the trunk so just shrugged and wrapped a towel around me as I stepped out of the bathroom, yet again I was face to face with Seth. Why is he standing outside of the bathroom?

"Waiting for some magical fairy to pop out of the toilet or what?", I said sarcastically as he rolled his eyes at me. But I noticed how his eyes started to take in every inch of my body, he looked at me from head to toe as water was dripping down from my hair. And I swear I could see him bite his lip for a second.

" so what's with you and your sister?", I looked at him as I my smirk dropped, I just looked down for a minute before looking back at him.

"You heard her, I'm not her sis-", I grabbed onto Seth's arm as I almost fell backwards, suddenly my head was spinning around and I couldn't hear Seth clearly, it almost sounded like if his voice was echoing.

"Wow... You okay?", he looks me in the eyes as he helps me to maintain my balance.

"Yeah I'm fine", I lied, my head was spinning and I honestly could see three Seth's talking in front of me.

"You sure? Because you look like you are about to pass out.", he holds unto my arm slightly as he looks at me with slight concern in his eyes.

"Yeah, I'm sure-", I almost loose my balance again but Seth's holds onto me tight so don't fall backwards.

"You know, you're probably right. I'm going to pass out.", and just like that I fell down to the floor as everything went dark and Seth's voice faded.

Am I dying?...

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I am so so SO sorry for the wait friends, I've been going through some stuff with life and school and I didn't have time to write. But I hope you like this chapter :)

Like & comment ^~^

// Sara

 

We sat cramped in the Geckos car, Athena was on my left with her hands tied together in her lap, which was for safety measures according to Seth, the day was winding to an end as we traveled across the landscape. The unsettling mood of silence was swiftly suffocated by the radio, there was some type of tune which filled the car, although my mind was settled on millions of thoughts.

Why would they need to get to Mexico?

Perhaps another job awaited them; or this would be their escape away from the stirred up madness caused, of course leaving the country wouldn't bury the issue, more rather increase it. The Geckos certainly lived up to their name, especially now, this wouldn't die down very easily.

What does bug me though, why would they need us?

I scribbled down the thoughts into my notebook and glanced up just to see Richie watching me with intense eyes through the rearview mirror.

Who am I? Who is Athena? We are connected, that is a certainty, but is she my long lost sister? She must be. The why do I get the overwhelming feeling that this situation is all wrong?


1 hour earlier, The Hotel

I was running up the staircase that would lead me to the rooms upstairs, somehow I had managed to get away from Mr Crazy himself, although I had a feeling he wasn't far behind. There was another two pairs of footsteps in front and I almost ran straight into Athena and Seth.

"Nikki, are you okay? Did he hurt you?", Athena asked while worriedly examining my face.

"Uh, no, he didn't, I sort of managed to escape by pushing him into the pool", I said simply trying to explain myself while a smile covered my lips.

"Now that you guys are done talking, how about you start walking with us or I will kill the both of you. Slowly and painfully", a angered voice spoke behind me, I knew it was Richie.

"Why should I take orders from a washed up rat?", Athena spat with a smile on her lips. But her smile faded when a gun was pointed to her head, it was Seth.

"You talk too much sweetheart, just start walking", Seth said. Before I could do anything Richie grabbed a hold of my upper arm and started to drag me after Seth and Athena.

They took us to their hotel room and quite literally pushed us inside, not really carefully either, I slumped down on the bed in silence.

"Well aren't y'all bunch of sunshines", Athena muttered in a joking tone.

"You know you talk too much", Seth said in an annoyed tone and once again Athena smiled.

"Okay, am I the only wondering what the hell I'm doing here?", I let my words slip and everyone looked at me, Athena smiled slightly at me.

"You girls are going to be our ticket to Mexico", Richie explained simply. Athena let out a laugh. I had to agree with her expression, are they out of their minds?

"What? Did you find something funny?", Seth glared at her.

"Yeah, the fact that your brother is a whole other level of crazy", she said and looked at them both. Practically in the speed of lightning she was pushed against the wall with Seth just inches away from her face, he glared right into her eyes.

"I am for once not in the mood for jokes. And for the fact that you shot my brother and hit me in head with a gun and also attacking me at the shop earlier makes me want to kill you slowly and painfully. So how about you shut the hell up", Seth warned with a dangerous tone. It looked like he was making it hard for her to breath. I held my breath.

"I guess what the say is true, the Geckos are very temperamental", she managed to say and pushed him away.

"You are supposed to be the brain but it looks like you have derailed. And you are supposed to be the street smart one, but all I've seen so far is how much you guys have been fucking shit up. Starting with the fact you killed a ranger, which means the entire state is currently looking for you two. As we speak", Athena barked and rubbed her throat. She knew awfully lot about them.

"Whoever you are, they are probably looking for you too. Since you shot a ranger, three times", Seth reminded her. Odd.

"Look, I can help you both get in and out of Mexico without a problem. You just have to do something for me first?, Athena continued like nothing.

"We don't do favours for-", Seth started but got interrupted by Richard.

"What do you want?", he looked at Athena with serious eyes.

"You let her go and I get my damn car back", they both looked at her with raised eyebrows, Athena glanced my way for a second and I nervously played with my fingers to try and stay calm. I barely noticed what they were doing and stared into the distance.

"Sorry can't do that, we need the both of you. But you can get your car back, it's in the parking at the back. Seth liked it and decided to take it with him. I guess that's one good thing out of this", Richard stated as he sat on of the chairs in the room, Seth mouthed something to him but I didn't pay attention as to what. Suddenly my mind snapped.

"Why do you need me? I swear I won't tell anyone about you guys, and I promise you I'm no good use for you", I felt the words flow out of my mouth like fluid, my eyes scanned around in the room, furiously my mind kept going blank with any means of escape.

"Well we can't be a bunch of happy couples without you can we?", Seth smiled sarcastically.

"We can't let you go. We need you for our plan and besides, that ranger she shot. He did see you run away with her which means they are after her and you. Since they probably think you are helping the suspect", Richard explained with an empathic expression.

"I guess we are all going to Mexico", Athena stated after a while of silence.


Present Time

"So, let's say for arguments sake that we do make it to Mexico, what will you do with us there?", I questioned and leaned forward in the leather seat. Athena glanced at me with worried eyes, perhaps she was worried I would ask the wrong questions, but I know what I'm doing.

Richard and Seth shared a look, almost as if they were speaking soundlessly, but then Richard looked at me once more. There was a spark of interest in his eyes that glimmered when his eyes met mine. Even the worlds thorough evaluation of this man wouldn't explain what his mind consisted of. That was simple knowledge.

"We will get there, you will come with us", Richie answered calmly, but I could tell there was something burrowed in his voice, like a hidden agenda. I hear a second voice behind his tongue somehow.

Richard set me free.

Am I going crazy?

I took a deep breath and broke the eye contact hurriedly while scribbling the words into my book again. They're going to Mexico, so save someone, but who? A woman.

A sudden wave of heat wash over me, the sweat start to form at the line of my hair and it gets really warm. The anxiety set through my bones and I dropped the book suddenly, that's always how it starts, the hands. My hands start to tremble and shake violently. Athena notice and I know she was worried.

"Nikita, are you okay?", she asked softly. I bit my bottom lip and intertwined both of my hands so the shaking would die down. But it didn?t help and the trouble breathing started to erupt from the bottom of my lungs. I reached for my jacket pocket and tried my best to unzip the pocket.

The familiar whispers started. I could never tell what they said.

"Nikita", I heard, someone shouted, I could no longer tell who while focusing fully on getting my meds out. The car slowed down, someone opened a door, I pushed my hair out of my sweaty face with a unsteady hand and finally managed to get the zip open.

The whispers became louder.

"Nikita!", someone shouted again. I grabbed the small orange bottle and popped it open while getting two pills and practically shoving them into my mouth. I swallowed and pressed my back against the car seat. The whispers died down and my heartbeat had steadied inside my ribcage.

First now I felt the hands on each of my shoulders. I opened my eyes, knowing the drugs had stored me back to reality. Athena looked horrified, scared for me, her restraints had loosened. Richards hands slowly lifted from my shoulders. He stood silently in front of the car seat I sat in.

"Are you okay?", he asked still with worried eyes. I nod shortly.

"What the hell was that?", Seth asked strangely confused.

"Get these stupid things off my hands!", Athena demanded loudly, Richie cut her loose and she instantly reached for me. Her hands landed on mine and her eyes looked more sad than ever.

I knew I would have to explain this. But how do you explain insanity to someone who isn't insane?

"I'm fine, can we just-, please, just go", I plead in a small voice. I can't bring this up now. There was a long silence but finally Richie went back to his seat. The car filled with thick silence. But more out of respect. Seth started up the car and the engine roared.

Soon we had started up toward Mexico once more.

"Nikki, you don't have to tell me everything, but..", Athena said in a low tone just for me to hear. She stopped herself and glanced at me. We had sat in my corner of the backseat for a good while.

"It's okay", I answered more willingly and smiled.

"I get these attacks sometimes, they started after the fire, the doctors say I'm traumatised, the pills help a lot", I tried explaining as simple as possible without bringing up too much of the things that happened. Athena smiled sympathetically.

"Thank you, for telling me", she said and squeezed the one of my hands she was holding. I nodded and shared her smile. I knew she cared, but some things are truly better left unsaid.

The moment was interrupted when the car stopped.

"Here we are", Seth informed. I looked out the window to see some type of bar, there were bikers outside, something told me that this wasn't everything it looked to be. Me and Athena shared a look. The door was opened, Richie opened my door for me, I stepped out.

"Thanks", I smiled slightly and he smiled back. I pulled on my jacket and felt awfully uncomfortable in the clothes I was wearing, shorts and a tanktop. Not the best.

Athena grabbed my hand and we walked after the brothers up to the doors. There was a man at the top of the stairs shouting stuff about beautiful women being inside. Oh. It was that kind of club. He stopped when he saw the group of us.

"Step inside Gentlemen for all the best women", he said with big gestures toward the bar/club behind him. I raised my eyebrows at the place and knew Athena thought weirdly about the place as well. Seth was about to answer when the man interrupted.

"Oh, theres going to be something special on the menu tonight!", he shouted referring to me and Athena. I looked up at him with confused eyes.

"No. They're not going to be on any type of menu!", Seth practically shouted and surprised the both of us as he pushed past the man. Richard followed and very noticeably glared at the man when he passed him. I looked over at Athena but she only went after the brothers and brought me with her.

Inside the bar there were many various types of people, from very lightly dressed women to weird hillbillies and more sophisticated business men. Although those men sat behind the mass of others on the dance floors.

The music inside was loud, tacky, which only made the unsettling feeling of something wrong grow inside my chest. Athena seemed to share my worries as she looked around at all of the people. It seemed strange.

What is this place really?

The only bar for miles and it would be everything a man would desire. That is definitely strange. Athena pulled my hand slightly and nodded towards the business men.

"What do you think their deal is?", she asked with squinted eyes. I looked at them and noticed one of them with dark hair and facial hair was staring straight at us. The man leaned over to another one in a bluer suit and whispered something.

"The owner and business partners?", I guessed and she nodded thoughtfully. I kept my eyes on the men and knew they were observant of us. There laid almost a recognition in the man's eyes, who I presumed to be the owner, when he looked at us.

"Weird", I muttered mostly for myself.

"Where did Seth and Richie go?", Athena asked over the blasting music. I searched the area and saw one of their heads over at the bar. I nodded towards there and knew it was Seth.

"I'll go talk to him, see if you can find Richie", she informed and disappeared in the sea of many people before I could protest.

"Right. Leave the anxious one all by herself in a room full of drunk strangers", I muttered for myself again and started moving though the crowd. Oh how I hate crowds. I felt myself getting warmer and pulled my jacket off and tied it around my waist.

I looked behind me up to where all the business men sat but didn't see the owner. I shrugged it off and turned around but suddenly crashed into someone. I looked up as I stumbled slightly backwards. It was the man who I had made out to be the owner. Although he didn?t look very surprised at all.

"I'm sorry, I didn't look where I was going", I apologised hurriedly and tried to walk past him.

"Don't worry, that was my fault", he spoke in some type of calmness. It was almost like he was using his voice to burst through the walls of my mind. Like manipulation.

"I'm just gonna go", I said again and something in his eyes flashed, he was surprised, perhaps that kind of thing usually worked his way. I went past him and could feel his stare on me all the way to the other side of the bar.

"Okay, that was weird..", I mumbled and walked into another room.

In there sat Richard, he had one of the girls dancing, or more like grinding, in front of him. I cleared my throat and scratched the back of my head. Richard looked at me and dismissed the woman.

"Nikita", he started but I interrupted him.

"You don't have to explain yourself Richie", I assured with a small smile, he nodded.

"I was just wondering what we're supposed to do here and Athena told me to go talk to you", I explained myself with way too many fast words. Why was I nervous? Richard let out a short chuckle but waved me over.

"Seth and me are here for a deal, the man who owns this place, Carlos, is in business with us", Richard informed and I sat down next to him.

Richard.

There it was again. The voice behind his. His facial expression switched, like he had heard the voice too. Suddenly his eyes glimmered when he looked at mine. Before I even knew the word of it the space between us had subsided. Our lips were inches apart.

Set me free.

And his lips brushed against mine in the lightest of kisses. But it was filled with emotion. Almost like electricity. The kiss made us lean forward into each other but before anything else happened I snapped myself out of it. Richard stared wide eyed at me, he must have been as chocked as me, I stood up and left the room hurriedly.

Why did that happened? Oh, why did I do that?

"So stupid", I muttered for myself and rushed a hand through my blonde hair. I need to find Athena and we need to get out of here. There is something strangely wrong with this place. I just don't know what.

"And where are you going missy?", someone said and brought my attention into the crowd. There stood Athena with some weird creep holding onto her arm which kept her there. I went up to them just as Athena was about to beat the man down. But before we managed to do anything else the lights turned onto the stage.

"This is the moment we have all been waiting for", spoke the guy who had been outside before. We all turned our heads towards the stage. But before he could continue, the man who owned the place, Carlos, waved him over. They exchanged words shortly.

"It looks like we have something extra special for tonights show", he said and two light turned on from above and shone straight onto me and Athena. We shared a confused stare and the anticipation grew amongst the crowd as they all stared at us.

"The Falkov sisters!", he shouted and the room went dead silent. Carlos and the other business men stared at us with something in their eyes. Even Seth and Richard looked chocked.

What did we get ourselves into this time?

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Interesting, hopefully this leads somewhere good, enjoy my frens.

//lovi

I open my eyes and find myself in this darkness, I tried to move my body but it was way too little space for me to move. I tried to see through this thick darkness, and after a while I noticed where I was. I was at the back of a stupid trunk, and that's when I remembered what happened. And suddenly this rage came upon me and I started kicking and banging on the trunk and trying to get it open.

"Hey, are you okay?", I heard this girl shout and I knew it was Nikki. When I was out cold I had these memories flashing through my head like a dream and that's when I knew this is my long lost sister that I thought died. But why was she hidden away from me? And my dad? I snapped out of my thoughts and decided to answer her so she doesn't think I'm dead.

"I'm fine, it's just bloody small and dark in here", I mumbled as I let out an annoyed sigh.

"Hold on, I'll get you out!", I heard her shout back, I just kept looking into the darkness. I didn't know what and how to tell her who I am and who she is to me. She is supposed to be dead. I got snapped out of my thoughts when I heard the cars engine start, how did she make it start? After a few seconds the trunk popped open and I couldn't open my eyes for a second, being in the dark for that long and then having the sun shine straight into your eyes makes it a bit hard to see normally for a minute. I jumped out of the trunk and walked towards Nikki with an impressed impression on my face, I was trying hard to not show her how surprised I was to even see her alive.

"How did you do that?", I asked with a impressed tone in my voice, trying hard not to just hug her, I stretched my body real quick because my body was just hurting.

"I just know how things work", She answered easily as she shrug, of course she knew how to do that because deep inside she is still a "Falkov". But our chat was cut short when the two brothers stepped out of the building.

"Hey!", Seth shouted and they went for us, 'Shit' I mumbled under my breath as I grabbed her hand and we started running towards the opposite direction. I really didn't knew where I was going, but honestly anywhere would be better than with those two lunatics. Not that I'm more sane, but the one with the glasses 'Richard" is pretty weird.

"Where are they?", I heard Nikki shout behind, I couldn't see them behind us either so I just tried to ignore her question.

"Come on", I said as I saw a little store down the road. I pushed her inside as I made sure the "Geckos" weren't behind us before I walked inside the store. Yes, I now know who those two guys are. My dad knew their uncle Eddie and I remember when my dad talked about them once. I looked at Nikki as I tried to take in all of her appearance, she actually looked a lot like mom.

"Call me Athena", I said as I smiled at her, I turned around and went up to the guy behind the desk.

"can I have a bottle of jack and some of those sour patch kids and a bag of bacon sandwiches.", I was pretty hungry and I'm sure Nikki is too, the guy nodded with a this creepy looking smirk on his face as I noticed him eyeing my body. I rolled my eyes as I tried to keep my cool.

"Here you go sexy, you know I got something else you can have but this one is for free", he said as he kept eyeing my body, I glared at him as I kept my psychotic smile on my lips.

"Oh let me guess, you are talking about your penis.", I rolled my eyes as I looked around.

"All I'm saying is that we could have some fun darling. Me, you and that sexy little friend of yours", that was it, I lost my temper. I turned at him and smiled as I grabbed his head and smashed it on the desk, I chuckled slightly as his body slightly fell over the desk.

I turned around facing Nikki who was looking at me with raised eyebrows and confused look on her face, I just shrugged with a smirk on my face as I nodded towards the back door.

"Come on, we have to get away from these crazies", I simply stated as I started to walk towards the door with Nikki following behind me.

"Through here", I said as I passed through a long dusty corridor, I stopped in front of this other door that seemed to be the door to a storage room. I turned around to get a one more look at Nikki, to be sure it's my long lost little sister. I looked at her from top till toe, gold-ish blonde hair and those beautiful sea blue eyes were not something I could miss. I remember ever since we were kids I was always jealous of her looks, even though she was younger than me and it should've been all the way around but I guess she was the kid with all the good looks gene.

"I think I know you now, Nikki", I said with a slight smile, I think it's time for me to tell her. Even though this might be hard to believe. But before she even could respond my eyes got caught by Seth, why do these two dumbasses of brothers always have to interrupt us. I pushed Nikki inside the storage room and closed the door behind me as Seth started to walk towards me.

"ah, your getting on my damn nerves", I groaned as I ran toward him and attacked him, he flew backwards as we ended up back into the shop with me sitting on top of him. I started to hit him repeatedly in the face.

"if you want the girl to live you have to come with me", he shouted and I stopped with my fist in the air.

"What?", I breathed out as I kept him down with my elbow pressed against his throat.

"My brother got you little friend and if you don't listen to me right now, he will kill her", he said under his breath, rage started to fill inside of me as I reached for my gun and held it against his head as I removed my elbow away from him.

"I really hate liars, and you are very close to dying. Now tell me the truth.", I said between gritted teeth and glared at him.

"I swear, he has her! There is always an another door to a storage room. If you don't believe me go look inside the storage room. If my brother has taken her then there is a black tie covered in blood somewhere in there.", he breathed out as he stared right into my eyes, there was something in his eyes and this little feeling of fear started to creep up on me. I stood up and yanked him up from the ground and pressed the gun against his back and pushed him towards the door to the storage room. He opened the door and I pushed him inside and started to look around the big storage room, I couldn't see her anywhere and that's when I saw the other door was open, I walked towards it and there was a black tie covered in blood hanging by the door knob. I rushed up to the Seth guy and held the gun pointed straight at his face, my finger playing with the trigger as my eyes were fixated on him.

"I swear on everything I love if he hurts her I will skin both of you and bury you alive!", I shouted as I pressed the gun against his forehead.

"my brother is a bit insane and if we don't hurry up soon he will gouge out her eyes. So you either put your god damn gun away from my face or your pretty little friend dies", he breathed out as he looked straight at me as he clenched his jaw. I put down my gun and looked at him, waiting for him to lead the way.

"just need to take this or you might just kill me", he grabbed the gun out of my hand and started to push me out of the store.

"I swear if you're lying I will make you pay", I glared at him as he pointed the gun at me.

"Stop talking sweetheart, I might not hit you because you're a girl but I don't have any trouble shooting you in that pretty face.", he grabbed my arm tight making sure I couldn't escape and he started to drag me to this motel down the road.

As we got closer to the motel i spot Nikki walking around confused, it looks like she's looking for someone. Is she looking for me? I thought
'Mr psycho' had her, I yanked myself away from Seth's grip and run up to her and grabbed her arm slightly.

"Nikki, are you okey? Did he hurt you?", I looked at her with a concerned looks on my face as I checked to see any type of marks or scars on her.

"uhm, no. He didn't, I sort of managed to escape by pushing him into the pool", she said with ease as a little smile played on her lips.

"Now that you guys are done talking, how about you start walking with us or I will kill both of you. Slowly and painfully.", a very wet and mad Richie showed behind Nikki, I tried hard not to laugh but he looked pretty funny.

"Why should I take orders from a washed up rat?", I chuckled as I glared at him with a smile on my lips. I could see in his eyes how mad he was becoming. But my smile was cut short when I felt a gun being pressed at the back of my head, I had forgotten all about Seth.

"you talk to much sweetheart, just start walking", he grabbed my arm and held the gun still pressed at my head and Richie grabbed Nikki and started to drag her with him and Seth started to push me forward.

We walked for about three minutes or so before we stopped in front of this motel room door, I rolled my eyes as Richie opened the door and the guys pushed me and Nikki inside.

"Well aren't y'all bunch of sunshines", I joked as I looked around the little dark room that only let in a little bit of sunlight through the window.

"You know you talk too much", Seth said in an annoyed tone as he glared at me. I slightly smirked, I loved seeing how much I was getting on his nerve.

"Okey, am I the only wondering what the hell i'm doing here?", Nikki spat out turning everyone's attention to her, I slightly smiled at her. I wish I could just tell her everything.

"You girls are going to be our ticket to Mexico", my attention turned to 'Mr. Psycho' , I let out a laugh as I sat down on one of the beds.

"What? Did you find something funny?", Seth glared at me as I tried to stop laughing, I took a deep breath and stared at him.

"Yeah, the fact that your brother is whole another level of crazy", I chuckled as I looked at Seth and Richard. Suddenly I was pushed against the wall with Seth just inches away from my face, he glared right into my eyes and I felt like I was frozen because I didn't know how to move.

"I am for once not in the mood for jokes. And for the fact that you shot my brother and hit me in head with a gun and also attacking me at the shop earlier makes me want to kill you slowly and painfully. So how about you shut the hell up", he pressed his arm against my throat and made it a bit harder for me to breath but he didn't move away from my face, he was so close I could feel the warmth of his breath.

"I guess what the say is true, the geckos are very temperamental", I managed to get out as I pushed him away from me and took a deep breath.

"You are supposed to be the brain but it looks like you have derailed. And you are supposed to be the street smart one, but all I've seen so far is how much you guys has been fucking shit up. Starting with the fact you killed a ranger, which means the entire state is currently looking for you two. As we speak.", I rubbed my hand around my neck as I looked at both of them, they looked a bit surprised by the fact that I knew so much about them.

"Whoever you are, they are probably looking for you too. Since you shot a ranger, three times.", Seth looked at me with this weird look on his face, I couldn't describe it. It was just weird.

"Look, I can help you both get in and out of Mexico without a problem. You just have to do something for me first.", I looked at both of the brothers as they exchanged a look with each other.

"We don't do favors for-" Seth started but got interrupted by Richard.

"What do you want?", he looked at me with a serious look on his face.

"You let her go and I get my damn car back", they both looked at me with raised eyebrows and I just stood in the middle of the room with my arms folded as I looked at Nikki for a second and she seemed a bit nervous.

"Sorry can't do that, we need the both of you. But you can get your car back, it's in the parking at the back. Seth liked it and decided to take it with him. I guess thats one good thing out of this.", Richard stated as he sat on of the chairs in the room, Seth mouthed a 'what the fuck' to him as I smiled slightly, I was glad I knew my car is okey.

"Why do you need me? I swear I won't tell anyone about you guys, and I promise you I'm no good use for you.", Nikki said nervously as she looked around in the room, I felt bad for her. She seemed so fragile and innocent.

"Well we can't be a bunch of happy couples without you can we?", Seth smiled sarcastically.

"We can't let you go. We need you for our plan and besides, that ranger she shot. He did see you run away with her which means they are after her and you. Since they probably think you are helping the suspect.", Richard looked at her with this sorry look on his face and that's when I remembered. I dragged her into this mess, but I couldn't leave her there with these idiots.

"I guess we are all going to Mexico", i stated as I shook my head.

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Sorry for the wait, I suck at remembering stuff. And I just started school again so I've been a bit busy.

But hopefully you guys will like this chapter :)

// sara