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He stood in front of me. All 6 foot of him and for a second I wondered who this guy was but then suddenly memories rushed my brain.

*Flashback*

I was sitting at the back of a dog crate curled up in a ball, like I was cowering away from them, I must have been about 3 or 4 and the room, the room was different, this must have been before I met Max and the rest then. Suddenly the cage door was yanked open and someone.. A boy.. Was thrown roughly thrown in before the door was slammed shut and the door swiftly locked leaving us alone in the room. I felt my young self inch closer to the boy, concern filling my young body as well as fear that he would leave me. He turned to face me slowly and I could clearly see the exhaustion on his face, his eyes cracked open and looking at me and a he did a small smile crept onto his face as he reached up to mess my hair but only managing a sort of hand move and pat.

" well fancy seeing you here," he whispered still smiling and I couldn't help the small smile that crept to my lips. He never let me be worried about him, always coming out with something he knew would make me smile. He shifted so he was leaning on the side of the crate, his eyes staring strait at me and the small smile still there but slight things, like the twitch of his lip when he moved and his hesitated breath when he moved let me know he was in pain. I touched his shoulder, feeling more concerned.

" You're hurt," I accused him my mouth moving into a frown. I hated when he was hurt it wasn't fair. He reached over and pulled me down so my head was in his lap and stoked my hair.

" Hey now, don't you worry about me. I'm fine see? Fit and healthy not a scratch anywhere I'm just a little tired that's all." He attempted to soothe me but I knew better, I knew he was lyng but I desperately wanted to believe it.

" What'id they do t'you this time?" I questioned while he continued stroking my head, I think it brought him some comfort, knowing he wasn't alone and that I was still here with him.

" Nothing I can't handle Lu, just a little maze to run that's all, you know how good I am at those," I knew that wasn't all. Nothing is ever that simple in this place. I let it slide this time, not really wanting to force him to telling me. His smile slipped and he shifted my head which had been facing the top of the crate to looking at him.

" They didn't hurt you today did they Luke?" he asked with worry. He doesn't think I know, but I do. He bargains with them. The white coats that is. So I have days off from the torture, he takes tests for me, won't let them get near and for it he gets poked and prodded, shocked and burned, so I don't have to endure it. I smile back at him. There was never a better person, who cared for me more than he did.

" Nope, not today. Hey, you think tomorrow they will let us out? Maybe we could go outside, you think they will let us?" Every night I asked that and every night, he told me the same thing.

" Maybe Lu, maybe. And hey maybe we could find some way to escape, and I could help you with your flying, and we could find a nice deserted place where it can just be us, and we can do whatever we want. We can go to a park, remember I told you about them? The place with the swings that make kids that aren't like us feel like they can fly and touch the sky and with the roundabouts where you spin and spin till your dizzy and stumble about? We can live in a nice house with a backyard and we can find a nice spot somewhere to catch some fish."

I smiled at the thought. I could see it, the two of us sitting on the bank of a river, wings out behind us catching the sun that was seeping through the trees as we laugh with our poles waiting to get a bite from the fish swimming happily below us.

" Yeah and we can have our own rooms, and have a secret room in the top with a window and from there we can get onto the roof and we can sit up there with no one seeing and watch the stars," I smiled at the thought, I have never seen them myself but Nick has. He told me before he came here, that he had sat out all night and watched them. That was the night he was taken. They saw him, he was 4 at the time, picked him up off the lawn where his mother had just left him moments before to fetch his cup, they threw him in a van and sped off to the school.

" Definitely Luke. Definitely." He smiled and hugged me closer.

"Now, I think its time you should get some sleep," I didn't want to but I could feel my eyes drooping and I let out a mighty yawn.

"M'k but will you sing?" I asked him. Every night he would sing to me, it was relaxing and a comfort.

" But of coarse sir, it would be an honour," He grinned cheekily at me and I myself smiled brightly up at him. Even with my eyes almost closed I could see the loving smile on his face.

" Goodnight my angel,

time to close your eyes,

And save these questions for another day.

I think I know what you've been asking me,

I think you know what I've been trying to say.

I promised I would never leave you,

And you should always knowWherever you may go,

no matter where you areI never will be far my angel,

now it's time to sleep,

And still so many things I want to all the songs you sang for me,

When we went sailing on an emerald sea

like a boat out on the ocean,

I'm rocking you to sleep

The water's dark and deep,

inside this ancient heart

You'll always be a part of my angel,

now it's time to dream,

And dream how wonderful your life will your child may cry,

and if you sing this lullaby,

Then in your heart there will always be a part of me,

we'll all be gone

But lullabys go on and on

They never die

That's how you and I will be."

After he finished singing the song I had heard countless times I finally succumbed to sleep.

I was awoken to blaring white light and shouts and banging. Erasers and white coats had flooded the room and a couple of erasers swiftly threw our cage on a trolly and wheeled us out into the corridor past doors, some silent others loud blood curdling screams came from behind them. Nick held me closer, a steely expresion on his face showing only determination as we clung to each other, nails digging into our T-shirts. Suddenly we were outside in a big dirt yard. A big wire fence with razor wire weaved through it surrounded us as we were thrown from the cage. A concrete wall with a door was at the other of the yard and I had a bad feeling about it.

" Up you get Fang, sleep times over, time to show 'em what we got," he said picking me up and putting me slightly behind him all the while looking at me with a smile but the rest of his expression…. I couldn't work out. I looked at him and silently nodded a half smile coming to my face. We could do this. We could.

Just then the door opened and out flooded 10 big, ugly erasers but boy did they look riled up. They goaded us and tried to get us to attack first but we stood strong, ignoring their jibes not letting our fighting stances falter. Nick turned his head slightly and I leaned forward o hear what he would say.

" Ok Luke remember, you need me you shout casper, if I need you I'll shout Fang ok? Remember how we got those names? Remember to use them I'll be there in a heartbeat, don't take to much ok?" I nodded my head slightly so he could see it. He smiled a small smile.

" Good boy, we can do this its gonna be ok." he whispered again before turning back round and tilting his head slightly an amused smile on his face.

"BRING IT YOU MANEGY EXCUSES FOR EXPERIMENTS," he yelled. They started charging for us, snarling with spit flying everywhere.

" LETS DO THIS THING" he yelled to me even though I was next to him and he ran toward them and I followed, pumped and ready, adrenaline flowing through my veins as I punched and kicked madly. Whenever I could I would bite them and run between there legs, they weren't so smart so got confused and fell so I could swiftly kick them in the head and knock them out. I glanced at Nick to see how he was doing and he seemed to have it under control. That was a mistake. In a flash I found myself off the ground and being punched in the stomach. Hard. I couldn't catch breath as they started to shake me and suddenly I was flying. The little mutt threw me. I landed hard on the ground and I heard a crack. I tried to get up. I couldn't. I looked at my leg and all I saw was blood. I tried to move even a little but the pain was awful. The erasers must have notice because all 10 started to advance on me. Two held me down while another laughed and was about to slash my stomach when suddenly he was gone and howling in pain. One by one each eraser started throwing wild punches but each one began to howl in pain and some simply fell whimpering to the ground before limping off and collapsing. There was one left now. One of the biggest in this group. He was banged up but was still going. He was fighting what appeared to be air but I knew better. He was fighting Nick. Nick fought and fought moving so the eraser found it difficult to find him and managed to hit it in the head and appeared to nock it out. He reappeard next to me and lifted my head and looked at my leg with worry and pain in his eyes. He was covered in scratches and blood was dripping from a wound on his forehead but he didn't seem to notice. He was breathing heavily. He was weak now. Being invisible for that length of time drained his energy and his power.

" Fang, you al." he was suddenly tossed away. The eraser, the last one was back and boy he wasn't happy.

" Well looky here, a chicken all for me? Well wouldn't want to waste it even if it is a little scrawny," it sneered at me as it advanced towards me. I backed away until it grabbed me by the shoulder.

" your not going anywhere," it sneered at me. I bit him in the arm as hard as I could, hey, nick calls me fang for a reason. It howled and yelped in pain and started shaking me trying to loosen my jaws but I wouldn't relent. He shook me enough for me to get leverage and I managed to kick him hard in the forehead, effectively knocking him out. I let go and searched for Nick.

" No.." I gasped as I took him in. He had hit the fence. He was covered in blood. Feathers were lying around everywhere. I didn't care about my leg. I didn't care that every inch of me was screaming out in pain. All I cared about was Nick. I made my way over as quick as I could, all the while shouting his name.

" Nick! Nick speak to me! Nico please please don't leave me, the song remember our song? Please nico please!" I begged him, tears streaming down my face. He looked at me with pained eyes which were only half open. His lips quirked up slightly and he let out a breathy chuckle.

" I'm so proud of you, you did so good Luke…so good." he gulped and opened his mouth slightly and I could hear his laboured breathing.

" You saved me and I can save you, tell me how to help you please Nick…please we still have to get out of hear, remember our place? We can get there you and me and we can do anything, fishing you have to take me fishing still!" I said frantically, I knew this was the end but I couldn't give up. He looked pained and he moved so he was holding my hand and shakily brought it to his lips, gently kissing it and my sobs became more rampant.

" I'll always be here with you, somehow I always will be. Promise me Luke, you'll find a happy place. You'll find someone to be with , I know you will." I shakily nodded my head.

" I love you brother never forget that I always will,"

" I love you too Nick please brother please stay here with me don't leave me alone,"

" You'll never be alone I promise, till we meet again Fang," he said with a small smile before his eyes shut completely. He looked like he was falling asleep but his breathing was becoming slower.

" Goodnight Casper" I whispered. His mouth lifted slightly more after hearing that and I hugged him. I held my brother crying silently as I heard his last breath and after that. I couldn't let him go. Eventually the whitecoats tore me away from him, kicking, screaming and crying for my brother. For my protection. For my family. My friend.

*end flashback*

He stood there with that same rye smile on his face. His dark brown hair, shiny and fluffy fell over his near black eyes on one side. He was older now though he was about 8 when that happened. And then I did something un-fanglike. I took two large strides towards him and hugged him so tight if it was a cartoon, I'm sure his eyes would be bugging out of his head but he just chuckled and held me just as tight.

" I did tell you we would meet again, didn't have to mean you would be dead when it happened. God I missed you," he said all that with a chuckle. I felt kinda bad I had pushed him to the back of my head, I thought about him sure, that was when I was at my quietest but still.

" Hey don't feel bad Luke or should I say Fang, its not you're fault I told you to be happy and to be honest you wouldn't be seeing me right now if it didn't have to do with something threatening the happiness of my little brother," a menacing look in his eye.

" Whatever you wanna call me is fine I don't care, I can't believe I'm really seeing you this is amazing. So, what is it you have to tell me?" I enquired.

" Ok Lu it is…hey don't look at me like that you said anything," he said in response to the weird look I gave him. I'm no toilet! We sat on the sofa and he turned to face me, a serious expression on his face.

" Well as you may have guessed Fang those dreams are my doing, that voice was mine, it was an attempt at warning you in a hope that maybe the future could change and everything would right itself. But we aren't that lucky. Fang those dreams, they will come true. I'm sorry but…they are going to happen. And soon. I can't tell you much Fang I'm sorry but it's against the rules. Within the week one of the flock will be shot. God Fang I wish I could help but there's nothing I can do but warn you. You know what's going to happen. I tried Fang I tried. I thought she would ask you nd you would cotton on but she changed her mind. The manipulating little shrew!" he shouted the last part, losing his temper.

" Its ok Casper I know whose going to do it now, I know what's going to happen Are there no weak spots in her plan that I can get around? Can't I stop it?" He shook his head.

" Before yes, it would have been simple, but not now. The plan has been changed and it's happening. Soon very soon. But that's all I know. You need to be on the look out for anything Fang and I mean that. I'm sorry I can't tell you who gets shot. But one thing I do know is that who ever gets shot. Fang. They will die." He rubbed a hand through his hair a sombre expression on his face. He looked at the watch on his wrist.

" Times almost up Fang. I love you, till we meet again, good luck," everything started to fade away.

"Thank you brother, I love you," I whispered before there was nothing but black.


OK a couple of things I should explain,

Luke is from the italian name Luzio and means light, should have probably made fang something darker but I liked the name

Nico is an italian name meaning victory of the people but so it was easier i gave him the nickname Nick.

Also, Nicks nickname of casper is because he can dissapear and stay that way incase you didn't notice it when you read it and the song is lullaby by billy joel and I thought it went well.

Thank you for reading and please review and give me your thoughts on this chapter, they will be much appreciated =]

Emma x