Chapter 1 - Hungry in the Dark

It's been 2 weeks since the FAYZ ended. All the kids in the FAYZ came back to their homes, finding friends and family from the FAYZ who poofed and died sitting safely at home. Most kids went back to their normal lives. But not Caine and Sam. When they got out, they looked at each other and walked to their mother, Connie Temple. She greeted them both with hugs and kisses. Connie told Caine that he will now live with her and Sam, that they could be a family again. Caine felt uneasy about this, especially since he's went through a lot with Sam. Sam, on the other hand, thought it would be great to have a fresh start with Caine and put his arm around the shoulder of his "little" brother. Everyone kept their mutations. Even Drake. Drake was sent off somewhere secret, everyone guessed he would be imprisoned for life. Astrid and Sam kept close contact, as they were still in a relationship. Caine and Diana were a little shaken up from what happened in the FAYZ, but stayed in a relationship as well. Sam rekindled his relationship with Quinn, while Caine tried not to come in contact with anyone but Sam and Diana. He avoided Connie most of the time, he never forgave her for what she did when he was born. Many people moved away, including Zil and his family. Everyone was grateful for that. Coates opened up again, but many of the mutants who used to go there transferred to the school Astrid, Sam, and Quinn go to. That one hasn't opened yet. And now, we begin the story...

"Hungry in the dark..." Sam heard whispering.

This usually happened every night. Caine would mumble things about the darkness in his sleep, and it was worse when he had nightmares. Oh, when he had nightmares bad things could happen. He could start to scream, or worse, he would unconsciously use his power to move things around, not always being gentle. And the worst thing was Caine crying. Sam and Caine had been getting closer, and a link between the twins had been forming. So when Caine was crying, it broke Sam's heart. The only way to stop him was to wake him up. Which was very hard.

Sam got up.

"Caine...Caine, wake up!" he whispered while softly shaking his shoulder.

"WHAT WHAT WHAT'S GOING ON?!" Caine sat up immediately.

"Oh Sam..did I have another nightmare tonight?" he asked.

Sam wanted to lie and say no, but he couldn't lie to his brother.

"Yes" he replied.

"Oh god not again! Why do I always have these stupid nightmares?!" Caine whimpered.

Sometimes he would lose it even after he woke up.

"What happened this time?" Sam asked.

"Oh..um well it involved the Darkness as usual..but you were in it too..and Diana..and...and.." Caine couldn't seem to say the word.

"And...Gaia..?" Sam asked.

Caine couldn't look at Sam. He couldn't look at anything at the moment. He was just sitting there thinking about her.

"Caine, it's ok if you want to talk" Sam started but got cut off when Caine said "NO! NO SAM I WILL NOT TALK ABOUT HER WITH YOU! ONLY DIANA AND I DON'T WANT TO BRING THAT UP WITH HER!".

"But Caine..talking might make you feel better.." Sam started.

He turned to look at Caine, who was silently crying and looking down at his hands.

"Why me? Why Diana? Why did this happen to us?..." Caine whimpered and trailed off.

This was new. Sam never saw him like this, nor did he ever talk about anything that had to do with Gaia, but he asked a new question

"Does mom know about her?".

"No..she doesn't know anything about that or about how that happened with me and Diana, but I don't think she knows what you did with Astrid either".

Sam gulped, "How do you know we did something Caine?".

"It's not that hard to guess Sam, also I could sense it in your head somehow, must be some twin thing" Caine answered.

This made Sam wonder if they had some sort of twin telepathy or empathy link, and that made him wonder if he would ever know what the Darkness was like from Caine. He thought about it, Caine never liked to talk about the Darkness, but neither did Lana, another girl from the FAYZ who had the power to heal and was also used by the Darkness. Only Drake didn't mind it, but he was out of the picture. Sam still wanted to know what happened in Caine's dream, but instead suggested that they should go back to sleep.

Then, Caine quietly asked "Can I sleep in your bed with you?".

This happened sometimes. And Sam wasn't surprised that it happened today because Caine looked awful. Sam felt awful just looking at him. As always, he said yes and they went back to sleep.

A few hours later they both got up and did their morning rituals (getting dressed, freshening up, etc). Then they went to the kitchen and checked the time - 6:30 a.m., so they fixed themselves up with some small portions of cereal. It was no surprise they liked the same food and amounts and other things. The only reason they ate small portions now was because their stomachs couldn't handle too much food at once since they mostly starved for a long time in the FAYZ.

Connie Temple woke up to see her sons eating breakfast in the kitchen. This was something she could get used to, her boys sitting together, eating together, at peace with each other. She wondered if Caine had had another nightmare tonight. She usually couldn't hear him. He never really complained to her either. As much as Connie wanted to know about the FAYZ and what happened there, she didn't want to upset the boys with her questions. They were sometimes very delicate, especially Caine, but sometimes even Sam was. She got them diaries to write about the FAYZ, and their feelings, what they thought they did well and bad, and other things they wanted to say, just not out loud. Everyday they would write a few pages in their diaries. After that, they would lock their books and hide them someplace. Based on her observations, she always caught Caine writing the most and thought that must be why he is more delicate than Sam, although Sam wrote a lot in his book too. Even though they were born just a few minutes apart, she could tell there was a small difference in them. For example, Sam acted as the older brother since he was born first, and Caine acted as the younger brother who needed support from his big brother. She really wanted to make up time with Caine, but 15 years was a long time and she wasn't surprised as to why he would give her the cold shoulder. It will only take some time for him to warm up and get used to her, she kept telling themselves.

"Good Morning boys" their mother said as she entered the kitchen.

Weird, Caine thought, has she been watching us?

"What are your plans for today?" she asked.

Sam answered that he was going to go to the park with Astrid. Caine said nothing.

"Caine, what about you dear?" Connie went up to her son and looked at him.

"I'm..uh" Caine thought, then said "I'm going to go look for ..someone".

That made Sam look at him worryingly.

Connie didn't want to seem too persistent, but she was wondering who Caine would want to look for and so she asked him "Who exactly are you looking for?".

"Oh..just this girl I met in the FAYZ" Caine replied.

Now Sam dropped his spoon in his bowl and looked seriously worried.

Connie seemed confused and said "I thought you were with Diana?".

"Of course I'm with Diana, I'm just looking for a ..friend..that I made in the last few months.".

Sam was about to say something when Connie interrupted and said "Oh that's great sweetie. It's great that you're getting out of the house and going to meet with a friend!".

Yes, Caine thought to himself, she was a friend.

* a few hours later *

"We have to see what he's going to do" Sam said.

Astrid nodded, "Yeah, we should see who he's looking for and where and make sure he doesn't get himself in trouble".

"Except.." Sam hesitated, "I think I do know who he's looking for. He had another nightmare last night. I've never seen him this bad before. He was crying and couldn't get a hold of himself. He said Diana and I were in the dream too..".

Astrid could see where this was going, "You think he's out looking for Gaia. You think he thinks there was a way she got out of the FAYZ too?".

It took no time for Sam to answer. "I don't know what he thinks, but I want to find out", and with that they went looking for Caine.

Hi readers, this is my first fan fiction and I will update this soon enough, please review it and tell me what I should do to make it better and what I should add? Thanks! I really love the gone series and Caine and this was really fun so I will keep updating this! I will add some POVs in the upcoming chapters, sorry I didn't add them here!