I'm woken up from my nap by Shauns' shuffling to get comfy. I still feel tired, producing the jelly used up a lot of energy, but I know I won't be able to get back to sleep.

'Finally, sister. We've been waiting for you to wake up,' Says one of my brother's, korath'et.

'Hello, brother.'

'I see that you've made a friend. A human friend.' His voice is filled with bitterness, he hates them more than any of the rest.

'He saved me. He-'

'He saved himself.'

'No he didn't! He cared for me. He fed me extra food, he cut out the others of their fun. Most importantly, he didn't hurt me.'

'He did it for his own gain. All humans are the same, finding amusement in the suffering of others and doing whatever they can to keep themselves alive.'

'No it isn't. There's pity in his eyes. He cares.' My brother is a Praetorian. And was separated from the rest of us and kept under tighter security. He never got to meet Shaun as only his keeper and the people above him are allowed to see him.

'Think what you will. It won't change the truth. If I find him alone, I'll kill him. So keep him close.' The coldness in his voice shocks me. He has always been particularly close to me. Why I don't know. And I never asked. I close the link, not wanting to talk anymore. With a sigh, I get up.

'I guess it's time to free my brethren now.' I look down at Shaun. I look down and push a lock of hair out of his eyes. He looks so cute when he's sleeping. 'Maybe. One day.'

With that, I approach the door, thinking about how I can get out. I notice people staring at me, terrified. With a threatening hiss, they flee. I look back to the door, deciding on my course of action. I step back, bending my legs to spring into the door. Once, I leave a sizeable dent. Two, it deepens. Three, even deeper. Four, I go hurtling through, knocking over some people. Alarms blare, sending people into a panic. They run this way and that, desperate to get away from me. I walk down the corridor, homing in on my brethrens' calls. I get to another door and again, smash through it. It doesn't take me long to find them, and an even shorter time to release them. Destroying all the buttons and switches on the panel does that. After that, chaos erupts. Armed humans come out of nowhere and start shooting. Obviously, their bullets do nothing to us and we tear through them. After that, we begin hunting down the ones who did us wrong. It doesn't take us long to find some of them and make their death slow, painful and enjoyable. Then, we feast on them before spreading out, eager to find the rest. And, finally, we free korath'et. Worried for my human, I return to find him gone. Worry spreads through me as I quickly look around. As fast as I can, I jump through the hole in the door and race through the corridors, desperate to find him before the others do as only I know his face. Still, I find a little reassurance in the fact that I rested with him, at least it might give him a few more moments for me to find him if that does happen. After an agonising few minutes, I hear shouting. I hear an unfamiliar voice, then the one whose owner I've been yearning to find.

"Where's Shane?" The unknown voice asks, clearly furious.

'Shane. The one who hurt Shaun,' I think.

"I-I don't know."

"Yes, you do. Everyone knows that he was going to put the beat on you. And then this happened. So, what happened to him." There's a long silence. By now, I'm already heading in the direction of the noise, but I'm very far away. "You killed him," He then says in a manner that can not be good.

"N-No, I didn't."

"YES, YOU DID! YOU KILLED MY FUCKING BROTHER!" At this, I double my speed. His brother is dead because of hi, and if Shauns' kind is anything like ours, he's going to make him pay. I glance up and spot a hole in the ceiling leading to a small tunnel. I quickly leap up into it as it'll allow me to traverse the space between Shaun and me much faster. After another few moments, I hear metal scraping off metal. And then the squelch of something heavy piercing straight through flesh. I hear Shaun scream out in agony and then feet fade into the distance. I stop for a moment, my mind struggling to process what I've just heard. Shain is in danger. He's dying. I speed off again, faster than ever before. I am NOT letting him die. After a moment, I hear him call out a name.

"Claire." And then, an answer.

"Shaun?" I hear something loudly banging off the floor. "SHAUN!" I hear the person, presumably, a woman, rush over to him. "Hang on." I hear her footsteps lead her somewhere else, then back. "Hang on, this won't take long." At this, I hear metal screech as it hastily cuts through another metal. Then, there's a massive clang and everything shakes.

b"Saber contingency activated. Station drop in t-minus thirty minutes."/b Even though I don't know what a station is, the drop part practically spells it out for me.

"Please don't," I hear Shaun plead.

"I'm sorry." At this, I hear the person flee, and then Shaun crying. After a while, I hear something that worries me immensely.

'Well, what do we have here?' I hear my brother say. "Looks like this is the one my sister has an eye for. Good thing she isn't here." I'm painfully close now, every second turns into a minute as I hope beyond hope that I don't hear the crunch of Shauns' head. I see an opening in front of me and I make my way out of the small space, which is surprisingly difficult. Once my feet touch the floor, I spin around to face my brother.

'Stop!'

'Well well sister, looks like you got here just in time.' There's no way that I'd be able to beat him in combat, my only hope is that I can plead for him to stop.

'Please don't kill him, brother.'

'Why not? I'm hungry, he's a filthy human. I think it's acceptable.'

'He's not like the others. He didn't hurt me, he cut the rest of his kind out of their fun and didn't care about the consequences. He doesn't deserve to die.'

'You want him for your own, don't you?' His question catches me off guard.

'Is it that obvious?'

'For me? Yes.' I can smell your scent from him and I doubt you'd let him get close enough for it to get on him enough that I can still smell it if you didn't.'

'Well, now that you know this, can you please let him go.' He ponders on his decision.

'Very well. If he means that much to you then I guess I can let him live.'

'THank you.' With that, he leaves and I get down to something much more important. I look over and my stomach drops at the sight. There's a long tube of metal sticking out of Shaun. I rush over to him before hissing softly in his face to calm him before I pull the pole out of his stomach. He screams in pain as I do. I quickly drop some hive resin on his wound, creating a seal. I then quickly but carefully turn him over, producing more jelly as I do. I let it drop out of my inner mouth and into the hole in him. I then seal it off with some more resin. I look at his face to see that he's no longer in pain. I start to feel sleepy and I lay down, pulling him up against me as I do. He quietly calls my name, to which I answer with a gentle squeeze. It doesn't take long to fall asleep.