Kadaj looked down upon the unwanted and unwelcomed hostage that his brothers took. She was still unconscious, if not for her chest slowly rising and fallen he would have mistook her for being dead, her hair was splayed out around her, her face was covered. He knelt down and brushed it aside to reveal her face, it was a soft gentle face the faintest splash of freckles across her nose. Her lashes casting shadows down on her cheeks, there was a trail of blood coming out of her nose and mouth.

Her clothes were simple, a well-worn long-sleeved white cotton shirt that was now dirtied and bloodied from her fight, a soft satchel that had been patched by hand numerous times, it was now more patch work then the original satchel. Her pants were well worn and stained and her boots were horribly scuffed and in fact the sole was starting to separate from the boot, held in place by tape that was coloured with a brown marker to match the boot.

She shifted and groaned shifting on the floor of the truck bed, Forgive me brother, unforeseen circumstances forced us to take her with us… it appears the children knew her-they even called her their mother and one threatened to sacrifice himself for her, they were uncooperative. There was another one but we managed to leave him behind. Yazoo had reported to him when they met up at their base.

Kadaj tched in frustration at this predicament, they were now weighed down with a liability when he should be focused on searching for Mother. He was curious though about one detail his brothers mentioned-they said the children called her mother but there was no way that she could possibly be any of the children's mother because she was so young.

Her eyes fluttered before she jolted awake, she released a gasp and curled in on herself in pain wincing before noticing Kadaj and readying to strike him. He caught her hand in the air, her hand was delicate in his hands. If he applied any pressure he could snap her wrist-it wasn't her fault that she was just human and had no relation to Mother. In fact he found it curious that such a weak being was so desperate and willing to fight.

She struggled against him trying to pull her wrist free from his grasp, gritting her teeth in anger and frustration. She glowered at him and brought her other hand up digging her nails into his skin, he remembered seeing Yazoo's face, she had scratched him badly.

"Forgive me, I believe my brothers treated you rather roughly." He started.

"Let me go, I want to see my siblings where are they?" she demanded.

He still remained clamped down on her wrist, "You see, we want to help your siblings. They are my siblings as well, they are related to Mother but are rejecting her presence we will help them." He explained to her.

Aara tried to pull away looking at the silver haired man who had grabbed her, she brought her feet up trying to push against him trying to block out his words, They're lies, he's bad don't listen she coached herself. "You're not making any sense, there's no way that you're related to them-they're not even related to each other." She answered him.

Kadaj was losing his patience, he had other things to do then to try and convince her to be complacent and obedient to him, "It will make sense in time, but you must believe me we are going to cure these siblings of yours."

"I want to see them." She demanded and pushed against him with her feet again.

He clamped his other hand down on her ankles, she winced in pain and was unable to wriggle them free, "I'm on a very tight schedule right now-I have to find Mother. You wouldn't understand." He growled and noticed she stopped struggling.

"Mother?" she repeated and blinked at him confused, "Are you looking for your mother?" she asked him.

"Yes I'm looking for mother-what do you know something about her?" in his excitement he grabbed her shoulders and shook her violently, "Tell me all you know, what do you know about Mother?" he demanded pushing her again, she fell back slamming hard into the truck bed. He pinned her there slamming his hands into her shoulders.

"I don't know anything I swear!" she shouted in terror, her dark eyes locking onto his green eyes looking frightened, he stopped shaking her, "It's just I make it my job to find people." She whispered.

"Well you should have said that in the first place, I can't afford to be distracted, I must find Mother." He said in an angry rush in her face.

"I'm sorry for your loss." The girl stated, Aara knew she shouldn't be sympathizing with him, he forcibly kidnapped herself and her siblings. However, the sense of connection because of loss rung deeply with Aara.

"Excuse me?" he said confused by what she said.

"I lost my parents when I was young so I understand your loss." She stated sadly glancing away from his eyes embarrassedly. Don't sympathize with him Aara are you insane? Don't feel things for him, you have to hate his guts she coached herself.

Kadaj stared down at the girl beneath him curious, "I haven't lost her, I need to find Mother." He insisted.

"Kadaj." Yazoo called trying to find his brother, he had left him alone for a long time with the hostage. He padded around the truck to find Kadaj in a very… interesting position Yazoo settled for describing the situation, he never once thought that his brother would well… attack a girl. He came around to find Kadaj straddling the girl pinning her shoulders down to the truck bed.

Kadaj looked up over at his brother, "Brother." He greeted, "I have been talking with the hostage, she says that she looks for people. Perhaps we can use her to find Mother." Kadaj suggested.

The girl beneath him shifted trying to wriggle free and Yazoo realised that he mistook the situation, she looked over at him and flushed bright red. Well at least one of the two understood that the situation was awkward, however she really had nothing to fear from Kadaj except for her life, he was not interested in her.

"I can help with your search." She volunteered, Let them trust you then maybe you can get away or at least get the kids away Aara thought to herself.

Kadaj got off of her and she released a sigh of relief sitting up and moving away from her, her cheeks were still warm and she was certain that her face was still red from being pinned in such a compromising position.

"So you're looking for your mother?" she asked to clarify.

"Yes we must find Mother." Kadaj insisted to the mysterious girl that his brothers had brought in, he was suddenly very happy that she was brought in his earlier irritation dissipated.

"Alright, I understand. First things first, we need to thoroughly search the last place you saw her, if she's not there, chances are there are clues to where she could be." She started trying to calm her racing heart and remain calm, she had to help them now that she volunteered and she had to get away hoping cooperation would be the key, "Next, you need to question anyone she was close to or would have seen her last." She continued.

Kadaj nodded, he had searched thoroughly where mother had last been seen, but he didn't think to question people, he glanced over to Yazoo, "Perhaps we should question brother." He proposed.

The girl looked up glancing over at him and nodding her head, "That sounds like an excellent idea to ask your brother." The two silver hared brothers stared at the girl, she had proven to be unexpectedly beneficial.

She got to her feet, "So where are we going and when are we leaving?" she asked putting her hands on her hips.

The two brothers stared at her, Kadaj shaking his head, "You're not coming." He stated firmly.

"What?" Aara asked.

"You'll only get in our way, we must find Mother as soon as possible." Kadaj insisted growing impatient with her now.

Aara's mind was spinning with thought, she couldn't decide whether this was beneficial or not. If she got to go with them she could earn their trust and hopefully convince them to let her go, but then again being left alone may give her the opportunity to escape.

"Fine then." She stated, but if I use now to escape I have no idea who these people are… how am I supposed to track them down, "What are your names?" she blurted out in a sudden rush and then flushed in embarrassment.

"Kadaj." The one who pinned her stated, she glanced over to the one with the long hair that remained silent. She looked him in the eye but he simply stared back at her not offering an answer, "Yazoo." Kadaj answered for her and she nodded her head.

"Aara." She stated locking eye with Kadaj, his eyes were odd, cat like and a hypnotic green blue. Kadaj got to his feet and grabbed her by the shoulder. Reflexively Aara jerked away trying to get free.

He grabbed her more roughly, "Hey, we're taking you to see your siblings." He growled and she instantly stopped struggling. She allowed the brothers to drag her to their base of operations. It looked like old ruins that Aara was unfamiliar with, panic set in because she realised that even if she could manage to escape with the children that she had no idea where to go they would inevitably catch her again and when that time came they would not be kind.

They showed her to an old abandoned building and opened the door, lined along the walls on the floor were mattresses with sheets thrown upon them and children seated on the mattresses closest to the doors. Several familiar faces glanced up at Aara and lit up, they leapt to their feet and dashed for her but stopped in their tracks when they saw Kadaj freezing in place.

Their feelings for the silver haired trio were a confusing mix, they wanted to trust the brothers because of the offer for a cure. But at the same time they had an instinctual urge to flee from the brothers