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by Ori1

I still do not own.

Cassie's thoughts about Nick and what could have been.

It had been three months since they discovered they were siblings and the only thing that changed was that Nick had become even more insanely overprotective.

Cassie was surprised to find that she only offered the occasional token protest since it felt nice to have someone care for her again. Making sure that she ate and that she was safe at night. Though he really needed to let her have caffeine. She had given up the whole drinking thing after he made her drink some scotch. Never going there again.

They were in London now having spent a some time roaming Germany and then Belgium. Nick was teaching her various ways to gamble and a few other skills that would help them in their quest to get their mother out of Division.

And it was strangely great. Yes they were roaming the world with no true plan,trying to destroy Goliath when they really did not have a slingshot. But they were not alone. And that was enough for them.

Sometimes when Nick leaves her alone in whatever crappy motel they are staying at (with instructions to keep the doors fully locked and to shoot whoever tries to come in) She imagines what life would have been like without Division and their powers.


Mom and Dad would still be alive and they would be sickeningly in love. Something she would pretend would gross her out but would make her happy. Because they would love her and her big brother just as much.


She would be good in school. Have friends her own age and do things like go to the mall and flirt with boys.

Her big brother would still be close to them, at least in at his home base, the place he would come back to after roaming the world. He would always bring her little gifts which made her smile. Then he would tease her to the point she would want to scream.

That possible life was sickeningly sweet and not a chance of surviving in the world Cassie knew truly existed. But it was nice to think about as she pulled Nick's sweater around her for warmth.

All Cassie wished for was that her mother could be here now. But they would be together soon, the visions told her that. And once her family was together, stronger than ever, nothing would ever tear them apart again.