I'm BACK! And I have the long-awaited sequel to Dreams, Betrayal! Please read this!

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Note: Tom, Ulrich, Odd, Aelita, and Jeremie are all 14 and Yumi is 15.

Prologue

Sector 5

Tom slowly breathed in the air (if you could call it that) around him into his lungs. He thought of many things. Sometimes he believed that everything was a dream; that he would wake up in some orphanage deep in the filth of the city he used to live in, but he knew that this was real. Tom didn't like waiting this long; he wanted to act now! He wanted so much to gain vengeance he felt he deserved.

Tom sometimes couldn't bear to remember what had happened to him. He wished he could wipe clean his memories of fear, hate, heartbreak, and betrayal. He was like a fallen angel. Tom was happy and content once, but the memories of this had almost deserted him. Tom looked at the endless data and remembered:

Tom's memory

Tom was sneaking out of his apartment, not that this was unusual. Whenever his dad had drunk himself into a stupor (which was often) he faded away into the night. Tom had always loved the night; it cloaked him and greeted him with the familiar touch of it cold. Like him, it was often misunderstood, but the world needed it for the general well-being of all creatures. At time Tom would lose himself in it and fall into a trancelike state.

Tom climbed down the stairs with extra caution, for he remembered the last time his father caught him sneaking out. His father had whipped, battered, and bruised down into the dirty floor of their apartment, all the while calling his mother a whore and when Tom finally broke down crying, his father called him weak and a coward.

Tom shook his head and looked around the hallways leading to his only exit. 'Good,' he thought, 'I don't need anyone stopping me to mug me or preaching to me about how God cared about "us poor people" and not to lose hope. Sarah sounded urgent in the note she left in their old hiding place.'

Tom and Sarah were best friends and had recently begun to date. Secretly, of course, they had to be careful about Tom's father and the gang or he had joined or "The Brotherhood" as they called themselves. Tom had protected Sarah and Sarah brought light in Tom's dark life, though she was poor and surrounded by gangs like Tom, she still remained hopeful and loving. This was because, she told him, she believed firmly in God and His Son Jesus Christ. Tom fingered the cross she managed to buy and give him and chuckled, she was the last person one would have expected to be friends with let alone date Tom.

Tom found his way into the alley he was supposed to meet his girlfriend and found her waiting for him. She had light brown hair and freckles that Tom would have thought to be that of an angel if he thought about religion that much. Tom smiled slightly and hugged her.

"It's good to see you Sarah," whispered Tom in the emotional voice he only used when they were together."

"It's good to see you too, Tom" replied Sarah gently and kissed him softly. Tom remembered that kiss after two long years. They had been 12 so it was brief, but it would have been enough to bring a tear to a sensitive person's eye.

"What was it you wanted to talk to me about," asked Tom in concern after they pulled apart.

"Nothing really," replied Sarah in the soft, kind voice that would always bring peace to Tom's mind, "I just had nightmares about you dieing and us being separated."

"I will never leave you," promised Tom firmly.

"And neither will I leave you," promised Sarah.

The two talked for a short time. They talked about their problems, their family, and the many problems,

"I love you," murmured Tom, "Though we're not supposed to find your soul mate while you're 12."

"And I love you," whispered Sarah.

"How touching," came a voice from the other end of the alley, "But unfortunately this has to end."

A figure emerged from the dark to reveal a man with a dark business-like suit and tie with a small beard growing down his face.

"What do you want Stan Rox?" asked Tom angrily as he held on tight to Sarah's hand, "Shouldn't you be robbing a harmless old man or bribing the police right now?"

"Oh very funny Tom," drawled the man, "You know perfectly well why I'm here. Your father tells me you no longer serve our Brotherhood thanks to your little girlfriend."

"Tom's a good person and he won't become a thug like you!" shouted Sarah.

Stan merely nodded with obvious contempt, "We are all thugs when it suits our purposes. You know, you are a spunky young lady, the Brotherhood could've used you, but we all know you'd refuse to do what we tell you to do and that is why you must die. This is your punishment, Tom. You must always serve the Brotherhood." Stan without much care, took out a handgun like it was just a wallet. And several men surrounded them, obviously under Stan's command

"No!" yelled Tom, "Please don't kill her! I'll do anything for you if you just let her live! Kill me instead!"

"Oh we cannot do that," replied Stan, "The only way we can be sure of your loyalty is to show you that we are serious." Things seemed to slow down as Stan pulled the trigger of his gun and Tom watched in horror as a bullet plunged into Sarah's heart and Sarah became limp in his arms. Her eyes were still wide with shock, but they contained no life.

"NO!" cried Tom as he felt his heart break and bitter tears roll down his face.

End Flashback

Tom felt tears roll down his cheeks back in Section 5. On that day he had lost the one person he loved the most. Not even when, two weeks later, he was left half-dead in the street by the Brotherhood had he felt so much pain. Not even on that same day when his father, whom Tom had always loved despite his bad choices joined in the beating and abandoned him like the rest of the gang.

When Xana had appeared he offered him three of the things he had longed for the most: A father figure (Xana), revenge on the Brotherhood, and most importantly to Tom, the girl he loved back.

"We will be together again Sarah," shouted Tom in the midst of Sector 5, "Xana will bring you back!" It was about time for Xana's newest plan to be put into action.

A/N. So now you know why Tom would do terrible things for Xana. Please Read and Review!