Chapter three: Recover of the deep wounds with scars that may never fade.

Silver and Nate have been trying to recover from losing their sister for the past few days.

The other villagers have been doing their best to be supportive but the twin boys didn't seem to be getting any better.

The two have also recently been discussing about pieces of the puzzle that make up the case. Both are slowly getting their minds out of the depression state even if they want it to hurry up so they can work on the case better.

Silver sighs looking at some photos of him and his two siblings. He's sitting on his bed in their room.

Their home isn't that big and that means that the three siblings have to share a room but Rai was allowed to change in privacy before…before what happened.

"How are you doing?" Nate asks peeking in the room.

Silver glances to him for a moment then looks away with sad eyes.

Nate looks sadly and worriedly at his brother. He walks into the room and stands by his brothers side. "Silver….." He gently reaches towards him.

Silver knocks Nate's hand away shocking Nate. Silver, Nate and Rai have always been really really close to one another and have never tried or thought about hitting either of their siblings. "Leave me alone." He says in a depressed tone.

Nate is frozen in shock for a few seconds then he recovers and hugs his brother. "Silver… We are family and family stick together no matter what." He says. "I wont just let you suffer alone not now not ever."

"Then what about Rai!" Silver snaps pushing Nate away harshly causing him to hit the wall hard. "You're just going to forget about her!? You're just going to give up on her just because those guys said she's dead!?" He runs over to Nate grabbing his slightly younger brother by his collar lifting him up making their faces close together. "Yeah sure. Some brother you are! You don't care do you!" He snarls.

"Silver!" Nate tries to snap his brother out of his anger fit. "You know none of that's true! Of course I didn't forget about her! I wont give up on her until I know for sure shes dead and that the whoever did it is behind bars! That's when I see her body and watch the one who did it get taken away! I care about both you and Rai very much. Please calm down Silver. If you do then we can search for Rai. The mor-" He is cut off by Silver punching him right on the cheek sending Nate to the ground.

"Lies!" Silver snarls. "L-Lies!" He shakes as tears come to his eyes, he shakes his head viperously then he looks back to his brother.

Nate is sitting up and flinches when he touches his cheek. He ignores it for now and looks up at Silver with his pained eyes. "Brother…. Do you just need someone to attack right now? Then its okay. Let out your anger even if its on me." He tenses waiting for an attack.

Silver pauses and his eyes are locked onto where the bruise is forming on Nates cheek. He's shaking a little and his chocolate brown eyes are clouded with an internal fight.

Nate stands up and hugs his brother not saying a word just hugging him.

Silver slams Nate against the wall and punches him hard in the stomach.

Nate clenches his teeth enduring the pain if it means helping his brother. He knows his brother is just so upset and angry he needs to take it out on someone or something before he loses his mind, this is the first time its ever happened though.

Silver slams his knee into Nates side knocking the younger over with a gasp of pain. Silver continues his beating on his brother for a few minutes before he calms down and pants no longer attacking.

Nate is on the floor laying there barely conscious, even though hes starting to fade into unconsciousness, with bruises and a few cuts. He doesn't want to move because his body hurts so much.

Silver forces himself to look up from his feet and at his brother. He stares wide eyed in horror seeing his brothers condition. "N-N-Nate?" He stutters and cant do anything but stare in horror at what hes done to his brother. "N-N-No!" He falls to his knees leaning over and shakily pulling his brother into a hug. "Im sorry!" He bursts into a river of tears. "Im so sorry! Please….Please don't hate me. I didn't mean to!" His sentences become incoherent with his sobs then they go back to where you can understand him. "Oh god I'm such an idiot! Please forgive me! I promise to never hurt you again! Oh god Nate I'm so sorry!" His crying makes his words go back to being incoherent.

Nate uses everything he has and raises his arms to wrap them around Silver. "It's okay." He says softly and weakly. "I understand."

Silver holds Nate close making sure to do his best to not hurt his younger twin more than he already has. He sobs and cries uncontrollably for the next ten minutes not noticing that Nate has gone unconscious until his cries calm down. "N-Nate?" He shakily says.

No answer.

His eyes wide in fear he quickly and desperately checks for a pulse.

Finding a soft pulse he relaxes a little.

Silver picks up Nate bridal style. "I'll make sure that you'll be okay." He races out the door and takes Nate to the medical center bursting through the doors and demanding that they heal Nate.

They try to take Nate from Silver but Silver pulls away saying he'll carry Nate and he wants to be there the whole time. The medical centers staff understands his worry and why he wants to do this.

Who wouldn't if this is your last family member not to mention your own twin.

The doctors lead Silver to a room so they can start healing Nates wounds.

Near's P.O.V.

I am standing on what seems to be a field. I look around wondering where I am.

"Brother?" Rai's soft voice says behind me.

I spin around and there she stands looking at me with hopeful eyes. "Rai!" I run over to her giving her a big hug which she returns.

"Nate! I'm so happy to see you!" She hugs me tightly.

"I'm really happy to see you too." I tell her feeling overwhelmed with joy at the moment.

She suddenly chuckles, something Rai has never done before. "Too bad."

I jump away from her and see her change by the digital disguise fading falling off then disappearing starting from head to toe.

The one underneath it is a man with a hat on that casts shadows over his face and hes kind of blurry but I can see a sick twisted grin on his lips.

An unknown girl or teen's voice whispers in my ear that echoes through my head. "Beware."

My eyes snap open and I see the roof of the medical center? I feel like I'm laying on a bed and I no longer feel the pain of where I was hit. I feel someone holding one of my hands in theirs.

Soft sobbing and "I'm sorry" 's along with some "I wont do it again." 's.

I look to Silver and I see him sitting in a chair beside the medical centers bed that I'm laying on, he is crying into the sheets beside where his hand is holding mine.

His sobbing is making his voice so raspy.

I shift my hand so we are holding each other's hands and I give his a comforting squeeze.

His sobbing and repeated words are cut off and he snaps his head up to look at me with a sniffle.

I give him a loving and comforting smile. "It's okay." I tell him.

"B-But I hurt you… you could have died….." His eyes widen with despair at the thought. "If you died I wouldn't be able to live. Everything and everyone that I live for would be gone." He jumps to his feet and hugs me chocking a little on tears and sobs that wont come since hes cried all his tears.

I hug him back. "I know." I say softly. "But I'm ok."

"T-then why? Why did you let me hurt you like that?" He asks burring his face into my shoulder.

"Because I knew you weren't going to kill me and I knew you needed something to take your anger and despair out on. I couldn't leave you to hold onto the weight of it without doing anything." I tell him.

"I swear on my life I wont ever ever hurt you again! I'm so sorry!" His hands move to my shirt clutching it in fists.

"Its alright Silver." I tell him trying to calm him. "I'm okay and alive right? Don't worry about it." I pet his hair and let my other hand rest on the middle of his back.

We continue like this for a few minutes before Silver calms down and pulls away to sit back down in the chair beside the bed. His soft slight smile is full of gratitude. "Thank you brother. For doing that for me." He says. "You're the best brother in the entire universe."

"I wouldn't go that far." I say twirling my hair and softly blushing in embarrassment.

"I'm sorry I was a bad brother." Silver mummers.

I shake my head. "You weren't a bad brother." I tell him. "You are a very wonderful brother that cares a lot about his siblings, enough to go to whatever lengths for them. Remember the time the out of town kid was picking on me and you beat him up for it then bullied him the whole time he was there? Or the time that you jumped in the fast flowing river to save Rai even if it meant sacrificing yourself luckily that didn't happen and both of you got out safe but anyways. There has been many many times that you have gone to great lengths to protect the ones you love. I could search the universe until the end of time and never find a better brother than you."

Now its Silver's turn to blush in embarrassment.

A doctor knocks on the door peeking inside.

Both me and Sin look to him.

"Good news is that you're injuries weren't too bad and you'll be fine soon. Bad news is that you wont be able to do too much activity. You need at least a weeks worth of rest but make sure to not get too lazy. If your injuries start hurting again then you need to take it easy. Alright?" The doctor says looking at me and Silver.

Me and Silver nod in unison. "Yes doctor." We say in unison as well, its not uncommon at all for us to be in unison at times.

"Okay. I'm sorry to report but your mother has passed away. I'm sorry you have to go through so many loses." He bows slightly.

Me and Silver share a look then look back to him.

"Thank you for this information. Though we barely knew our mother we will still mourn." I explain.

"Yes. She was a good mom in the time we knew her." Silver adds.

The doctor nods. "You can leave whenever you're ready. Don't worry about any sort of payment, its on us." He smiles gently at us then he turns and leaves the room.

I don't understand these doctors.

They let us keep mom in the centers care for free all the way till her death and now this?

Why? Is it because we aren't rich or even have a lot of money or is it because both times are troubled times for us.

They never explain why themselves but if I had to guess then I would say that it's because both now and back then are both troubling times…. The doctors are normally nice unless you find a way to piss them off or something.

"We'll solve Rais case." Silver vows. "We'll find out what happened to her and who did it putting the one who did it behind bars."

I smile looking at his serious face. "Agreed."

We'll put the pieces together and solve Rais case!