I apologize for the long wait, but as a treat I give you a new chapter that is longer for this update.

Mind control; that was the only explanation Big Sister had about the current situation. Alpha was using some kind of mind control to make her do this. It would also explain the new voice in her head saying this was a good idea. Alpha kept himself from hearing Big Sister's thoughts after seeing how troubled she seemed. An idea popped into his head on how to deal with the problem. He moved a little closer to Big Sister and slowly placed a hand on her knee. The sudden contact brought Big Sister back to reality and slapped his hand away "What do you think you are doing?" Alpha forgot his explanation for a second "I thought that…you just needed reassurance for something," Big Sister's porthole glowed a blood red "I am not weak," Alpha held up his hand in defense "I didn't say you were," Big Sister's red gaze changed to a yellow glow "What else could it mean?" Alpha smiled behind his helmet "It means I'm a friend," Big Sister hated how he could confuse her "Why would I care for something like that?" Alpha hesitated when he heard Big Sister's threatening tone, but he had already made up his mind, he would get through to her no matter what "You can have help whenever you need it," Big Sister stood up "I DON'T!," Alpha felt small the way Big Sister stood above him like that. What more could he say to that? Alpha slowly stood reminding Big Sister of his true height "I always thought it was better knowing you are not alone," Big Sister was not about to feel small by him "Down here it means you are weak and death is soon to follow," Alpha was feeling like this conversation was a lost cause, but he did not want to give up just yet. Alpha fidgeted with his left hand a little "Well you and the other Big Sisters watch over the little ones and you seem to get along," Big Sister huffed "We do it for Little Sister's sake not for each other," Alpha shrugged "Either way you still help each other whether you want to or not,"

Before Big Sister could respond, a loud grown echoed from the nearby hallway. Little Sister shifted in her sleep, but did not wake up. Alpha walked toward the hallway following the sound losing his train of thought. Big Sister stood next to him "What is that?" Alpha's reaction was to place his hand on her shoulder and pushed her a few steps back "What are you doing!" Alpha didn't look back "Take Little Sister and hide," "I told you I don't take orders from…" Big Sister tried swiping Alpha's hand away again, but he wouldn't budge "…you," Alpha turned to Big Sister and his green porthole was red as blood "NOW!" Seeing his demeanor change so quickly made Big Sister think what exactly it was that he was expecting.

Alpha stood ready for what was coming. While he had taken out opponents like this a few times, he never has had to protect anyone other than himself which severely limited his choices on how to take it down. His only option would be to take the fight as far away from the sisters as possible. The next roar was loud enough to wake Little Sister from her slumber. Big Sister picked her up and jumped up onto the rafters where she first stood as look out. At the right moment she could make a break for the hallway and as far away from here as possible.

Alpha waited as the thundering steps grew closer. He took one last look at Big Sister holding Little Sister in her arm. Alpha turned his attention back to the hallway to meet the eyes of an Alpha Series. It was a shame to see the once proud defenders of little ones to be reduced to these mindless killing machines. At least splicers still have some form a thought process, while the only thing Alpha Series could do is scream until they were put out of their misery. The Big Daddy held a grenade launcher in its arm making Alpha rethink his plan on just getting the Big Daddy to chase after him. The Alpha Series held its head and let out a painful roar along with a wave of electricity and fire around him. Alpha revved up his drill preparing for a charge from the metal monstrosity. The Big Daddy charged, pointing the launcher at Alpha. The Big Brother charged as well knowing that evading that grenade would only put Big Sister in harm's way; he couldn't let that happen. He focused as much as possible to create a telekinetic field to push back the grenade as it shot toward him. Alpha prepared himself as the grenade exploded just a few inches from him with enough force to send him sliding a few meters back. The Big Daddy aimed his launcher at Alpha once more. Alpha quickly noticed the ground where the last grenade detonated was cracked and some parts of the floor sinking down. The protector charged once more, Get him to shoot another and take this fight down a level. Alpha knew no little sister would be wandering around this area yet and any splicers getting in the way was not his problem. The Alpha Series shot another grenade just above the cracked ground. Alpha focused all his effort into creating another telekinetic wall to block the blast. Big Sister watched as they both disappeared in a cloud of fire and smoke.

Little Sister shook Big Sister's shoulder "Big Sis, what happened to Big Brother?" Big Sister dropped down and cleared most of the hallway in one leap. Little Sister looked back hoping to see Big Brother come out and follow them like he did before. Little Sister's cheeks started to shine as tears began to flow.

Alpha slowly got up as the shockwave from the blast finally faded. He looked up just in time to see the Big Daddy swing the rocket launcher aimed at his head and leap out of the way. The Alpha Series gave him no time to recuperate as it charged once more. Alpha jumped over its head causing the daddy to hit the wall behind at full force. Alpha took the few seconds he got to finally survey his surroundings. He found himself in an empty and very spacious room that as far as he could tell, could have once been used for storage. The dim lighting would make this a little more difficult, but then again he could use it to his advantage as well. The Big Daddy stumbled to face Alpha once more. Alpha charged first aiming his drill right over the daddy's cracked porthole. Alpha made contact pushing the daddy to the wall behind him and cracking the visor further, It ends now. Alpha started his drill to pierce the daddy's last defense and ending the miserable things life, but the motor churned and screeched soon followed by a trail of black smoke from his arm. No… as soon Alpha finished his thought the daddy grabbed his drill and smashed Alpha on the wall next to him. The Alpha Series took two large steps and swung Alpha over his head smashing him on the ground with a loud crack. Alpha felt pain from his left leg, It dislocated, the daddy released another wave of electricity from his body. Alpha's body screamed in pain as the current running through it was made easier in his metal suit. The Alpha Series flung the brother toward the ceiling, cracking it on impact. Alpha landed with a loud crash a few meters away from the screaming brute. Alpha managed to bring himself to his only working knee only to have the Alpha Series charge again throwing him to the opposite wall.

Big Sister found a vent for Little Sister a few ways away from the restaurant that was safe enough for her to make it back. When Little Sister was in the vent she turned to look at Big Sister "Big Sis you are going to help Big Brother right?" Big Sister looked away, That wasn't the plan. Little Sister leaned more out of the vent "Please..." Big Sister noticed a single tear roll down her sister's cheek. The protector wiped it away and patted Little Sister's head. Little Sister smiled and crawled into the vent. Big Sister ran back to where she last saw Alpha and the Big Daddy. If leaving Alpha to fight on his own meant hurting Little Sister, she would put her own emotions behind her sister's. Now where did I leave you?

Alpha struggled on the ground still recovering from the electric shock that was more powerful than anything he had been hit with before. He lifted himself as far as he could with his left hand and bent his right leg under him attempting to stand up again. Alpha stuck the end of his drill in the ground for support as he stood trembling on one leg. The daddy aimed his rocket launcher at Alpha only to have the launcher jam. Alpha did not want to call himself lucky just yet given that his own drill malfunctioned as well. The blast that brought them both down here was the most likely culprit. The daddy screamed and charged head on to the protector. Alpha's right hand flashed red for a second and in the place of his drill was a .50 caliber Gatling gun. He pointed the barrel over the daddy and pulled the trigger. The Alpha Series fell and slid to a halt on the floor as the first burst of gunfire hit his legs. Alpha charged a fire ball and blasted the Big Daddy. The daddy screamed in pain the echoed into the hallway above only for Alpha to fire a full belt of ammunition at him. The daddy shielded his porthole with his left hand to stop any real damage from occurring. As the hail of gunfire ended the daddy got a good look at his hand to see two fingers missing and his thumb hanging from the thread of his suit. The Alpha Series released a wave of electricity along with another ear piercing wail. Alpha reloaded his weapon preparing for the daddy to charge once more, but was cut short as a figure dropped from the hole in the ceiling, jumped on the daddy's back and pierced him clear through its chest.

Big Sister felt triumphant when the daddy stopped moving, but the victory was short lived as the daddy dropped his rocket launcher and held on to the end of the spear protruding from his chest. The Alpha Series charged forward leaning his shoulder to ram Big Sister into the wall. Alpha jumped out of the way just as the daddy crashed, cracking the wall. Alpha landed less than gracefully with his injured leg causing him to drop to his knee again. He looked up to see Big Sister create a fireball in her hand and brought it down into the daddy's cracked porthole. The daddy wailed in pain as he violently shook Big Sister off his back clutching his helmet. Big Sister composed herself midair and landed next Alpha "Is Little Sister alright?" Big Sister didn't take her eyes off the daddy "Yes and she asked me to help you, don't think I came because I wanted to," Alpha stood on his one good leg "Fine by me," The daddy had managed to put out most of the flames from his helmet and turned his attention to the protectors. Alpha's left hand sparked with blue electricity "This one is different than the ones I fought, we should be careful," Big Sister's porthole almost got a darker shade of red "It won't be a problem for me," Big Sister charged at the daddy keeping low to the ground. Alpha shot a bolt of lightning stunning the daddy giving Big Sister the opening she needed. She jumped and spun to connect her heel to the side of the daddy's head sending him flying to the center of the room.

Alpha fired another belt at the downed daddy with Big Sister throwing a powerful fire blast. The daddy roared in pain and thrashed as the fire entered the openings made by Alphas bullets. Alpha moved as fast as he could to the discarded launcher the daddy had dropped. Big Sister noticed where he was headed and moved away from the wailing beast. Alpha tore the ammo compartment and picked up one of the grenades. Alpha lifted it from his hand with his telekinesis and aimed it at the daddy. The fading fire gave the daddy enough time to look for his attacker and set his sights on the brother once again. Alpha fired the grenade finding its mark, the daddy's porthole. The blast ripped open his helmet like a flower leaving a plume of black smoke behind. Big Sister and Alpha slowly made their way to the twitching body that smelled of burned fabric and skin. Alpha then noticed the twitching was not involuntary, but the daddy's attempt to stay conscious. Alpha pointed his gun at what little remained of the daddy's face and fired three rounds finally ending his life.

Big Sister looked at Alpha and noticed his awkward stance then down at his leg which was bending at an unusual angle "How bad did it beat you?" Alpha looked down at his leg and shook his left arm that was still sore from the flailing he received "The only serious thing is my leg…" He hobbled over to the part of the collapsed ceiling "…and I thought you didn't help others?" Big Sister walked over to him and placed a hand on his chest. Alpha thought the move was odd, but was quickly thrown to the floor above them followed closely by Big Sister. Alpha landed with a thud and rolled over to sit up and start some kind of first aid on his leg "You could have warned me," Big Sister shrugged it off as she could fully see the extent of the damage. How he could still put any sort of weight on his leg was a mystery to her. Alpha tried to place his leg back into place, but found it harder than it should "It feels like the leg healed wrong…" Big Sister walked over to him and kneeled down "I have fixed injuries like this many times," Before Alpha could ask, she punched where the leg was set improperly and broke it once more. Alpha only winced as Big Sister pulled his leg out and set it back to normal. Alpha pumped a pack of first aid into his blood to help heal it faster "You know I would have eventually healed with first aid kits right?" Big Sister stood and placed a hand on her hip "Yeah, but it would take too long and this way I could also hurt you," Alpha tried to respond, but found it to be mildly amusing as well. Alpha then remembered why this all started in the first place "Why did you come back?" Big Sister took a few steps away "Little Sister wanted me to… I wouldn't have come back had she not asked," Alpha felt happy "She was worried about me?" Big Sister folded her arms together "I guess," Alpha smiled behind his helmet.

Little Sister crawled out of the vent into Mother Lamb's office. She was expecting Big Sister and Big Brother to come back any time now. She knew how strong they are and no monster was going to stop them. As she skipped into the next room, Little Sister bumped into a man in a suit. He looked down at her and smiled which she happily returned. The man kneeled down to see her at eye level "Where have you been?" Little Sister laughed "Big Brother and Big Sister took care of me for a little bit," The man laughed "Really?... Did they get along?" Little Sister bit her lip "Big Brother wants to be friends… honest, but Big Sister doesn't like him very much," The man patted her head "Give it time, I'm sure you could help them become friends," Little Sister beamed "Ok!" and skipped away to find her sisters to play. The man stood up and headed into the Lamb's office flipping through some of the security cameras. It looked like Siren Alley was still the most active place between the Big Sister guarding the area and if he remembered correctly, Epsilon. The monitors switched images to that of Dionysus Park "Where are you Alpha…" he wondered.

Big Sister felt she should have left a long time ago, yet she still found herself with Alpha in that empty room. Alpha looked up at her "Thank you for helping me back there," Big Sister turned away "Like I said, Little Sister asked me to help you so I did," Alpha was about to remind her that she does not take orders from anyone, but decided that Little Sisters were an exception. Alpha opted to talk about the dead daddy that attacked them "You haven't fought an Alpha Series have you?" Big Sister remained silent for a while before answering "…no" Alpha leaned back a little "I could tell…anyone that has fought them before knows anything short of blowing their brains out won't work," Big Sister tightened her hand into a fist "Does it matter anymore? We killed it, that's the end of it," Alpha smiled at Big Sister's use of the word "we" rather than "I". It could have just been a slip, but either way she would at least think of him as an ally. Big Sister felt anger and for once it wasn't directed at Alpha, but at the Big Daddy Eleanor called her father. He was the same type of Big Daddy like the one they just killed which made her think exactly what could have happened back then with Delta had the Big Brothers been there. Big Sister shook her head, there she went saying "they" as if the brothers help was needed.

Alpha bent his leg testing it to see how it was coming along. He still felt some discomfort, but it was not enough to keep him grounded anymore. Big Sister saw as Alpha slowly got up and tested his leg with a few jumps. Knowing he was better Big Sister turned and made her way out of the room. Alpha followed her close behind much to her displeasure, Why do I get the feeling this will be a stain I won't be able to get rid of. Fortunately for her Alpha hadn't heard her otherwise he would have started talking again.

Well here is the next chapter and I apologize for the long wait. Some computer problems had made it difficult to write and upload.

SpectorChris- About your first review it is amazing to know someone would use my story in some of their work, I welcome it and maybe this will make up for the long wait.