Hello dahlings. I'm... half asleep right now. I got back from disneyworld last night at like... 10. its now sunday, 11:22. It was a blast. Some of you said u wanted pics. Well, I have 463! doubt you want all of them. It was a pretty awesome week. You want to know how hot it was? Me and Lucas got one of those fan water bottle thingies. In the park. We dropped 17 bucks for that thing, where as we could have gotten one for... 5 maybe at CVS. and you know what? It was completely worth it. That puts it into perspective how hot it was. Sad, right? lol so how was your week? Anybody? Well, I'm hoping to get this thing done fast i'm TIRED! Plus I need to unpack, was everything, and then repack because on tuesday we're leaving for disneyland. Because I so can survive all that. But if any of you are gonna be down there around then, lemme know! haha

well, awesome pawesome thanks to::: xXGhOsTXx, Call me Mad, Crazy About Converse, Jamie Kay huntt, suzi1811, rayrayluvs2read, derekandchloex3, im from holland wtf u from, Leah Hunter (missed u glad ur back!), not- so- innocent011, and werewolfsgirl for the reviews and support! I luvs yew all! XD super huge welcome to scenegirl93! welcome to the KISA crew hope to hear from you! Oh and super special awesome welcome to d-e-s-t-i-n-e-e-l-e-d-u-c! welcome to the KISA crew and to the DP and overall fanfic community! hope to hear from you!

- im from holland wtf u from: well, since I couldn't reply... and I know this is kinda late... that advice helped with the airplane. But actually it was really fun. well, the take off/ first half hour was. Then I was all OM-MOTHEREFFING-GEE THIS IS BORING AND UNCOMFORTABLE. lol. ok since u mentioned cursing, if u say that my language makes you uncomfortable, I will tone it down. this is actually kinda toned down for me. But if anyone is uncomfortable I will tone it down more. and are you pissed spain won? Now, please correct me if i'm wrong, but didn't they technically win by default? It came down to free kicks, right? Srry, that was THE most boring game ever. after the first half of absolutely nothing happening I went and watched tv in lucas' room. Since it came down to all that, I was more upset that the worls cup ended like that. It sucked. I would have been REALLY upset if spain had totally kicked the Netherland's asses. Mainly because I watched it at lucas' house and his whole family (including grandparents) wanted spain to win and I was the only one rooting for the dutch. lol it was awkward. thanks for your review!

well... for this chapter... I want someone to die. (makes you question the vacation when i come back in the mood to off some people. multiple people.) so lets go off on this freaky tangent that will be chapter 9!

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Chapter 9

I woke up slowly, unsure of the time. My hair was a mess around my face, and my covers had been pushed to the ground. I sat up, reached blindly for the clock, and found it to be a little past 2:00 in the afternoon. Holy crap. When I saw that Rae and Tori were both still asleep, I decided to leave them there. I went off for a shower, left my hair wrapped in a towel after, got dressed and silently left the room with my mp3 which I had gratefully found. With Tori's things... I made my way slowly up the hill, looking around at the landscape in the afternoon sun. I was almost there and completely zoned out when someone came up behind me. I got picked up and spun around quickly, and I squeaked with surprise.

"You don't know that it's just me?" Derek asked, putting me down gently.

"It still surprised me. You're so quiet." I replied, laughing. He slipped his arm around my shoulders (my waist was a little too close to the ground for him) and we continued up the hill at my previous snail- like pace. "What are you doing up?"

"Just went out for a run. I've been up, I couldn't get back to sleep. We need to talk." he said. He gave me a serious look. I felt my heart dive bomb into my stomach. I guess he could tell I wasn't liking the sound of this. At all. "No, no! Not about us. It's about... something I overheard. That you'll want to know." he said.

"Oh, ok. When? Must have been bad to keep you up." I said.

"No, not bad... well, maybe bad. I'm not sure. It's just something really... interesting... that I can't quite figure out. I don't have all the facts. Maybe you could help me on it?" he asked, looking down at me. The light glinted off his eyes, showing off only a few hints of green.

"The super genious asking me for help? I'll remember this for a long time." I teased. I kissed his hand lightly. "Again, when are we going to be talking about whatever this is?"

"Uhm... When I explain it to you you'll understand why this is so complicated. Come with me. We don't want to be interrupted or overheard. And everyone's asleep, so we don't have to worry about this quite as much." he said. He took my hand and lead me off the path. After a few minutes of walking in silence we arrived at a barely there clearing, just a rock jutting from the ground. He sat me down and sat next to me.

"So what happened? It's really serious, isn't it?" I asked.

"Yeah. Probably. I don't know for sure yet. You know how my parents and everyone else have been stuck inside Kit's cabin every day? Well, I actually overheard part of their conversation... earlier today. After Kit and Simon and me went by your room and all. They were all in there. And they were arguing. Then David started going on about someone named Jace... Jacinda... a girlfriend, I guess. And she had a connection to Jill, and both of them had a connection to Rae... Anyways, Rae is apparently really important to Jill. I'm not sure why, but she's also been acting weird... I've just got this nagging feeling that there's something up with all of it." he said.

I wasn't sure what to say. Jill? Rae? What? "Jacinda... is Rae's mom. What does she have to do with Jill? Rae has no werewolf in her at all." I said. i was confused.

"I don't know. I'm not sure if going to them about it is a good idea or not, which is what I need your help with. What do you think is a good idea?" he asked.

"I think maybe we should first go to Dulcie about it, because she and Rae got really close for a little while. She could tell us some stuff about Rae and if she's a normal half demon, too. She'd know about that. If they had to do anything to her to cover it up." I said, thinking about it.

"That's good. I hadn't thought about that. I hadn't really noticed, to tell you the truth. You want to go now?" he offered.

"Maybe can we just sit here for a little bit? I just woke up." I said. I leaned on his shoulder.

"You want to take the towel off?" he asked.

I felt my head. The towel was loosely wrapped around it in a mess. I quickly pulled it off, embarrassed. I combed my hair with my fingers as best as I could. He smiled. "Sorry..." I said, turning away. His hand ruffled my already messy wet hair.

"Don't be. Nothing to be sorry about." he held me against his side, leaning on his shoulder. I felt myself drifting back off to sleep. "How is it that you are more asleep than me?" he asked.

"I have no idea. But I am. You want to go now? I'm getting a weird feeling about this area. Must be something dead around." I said, standing up. He did the same.

"That bothers you?" he laughed.

"It's something big. I don't feel like messing with it..." I said. He nodded and we head back to the cabins hand in hand, walking close. After a little bit we were there, and knocked on Dulcie's door. She shared a room with Bianca and Taryn. Bianca opened the door and smiled and let us in.

"So whats up?" Taryn asked, smiling at me and her son.

"We wanted to talk to Dulcie... we had a few questions, actually... about Rae." I said. Instantaneously and simultaneously all their looks darkened. They knew that we'd overheard. Or that Derek overheard. And told me.

"Would you like for us to leave while you talk to her?" Bianca asked.

I looked to Derek, and his returned look seemed to say no. "No, it's fine. You guys might be able to help us. We were wodering if you knew what changes they made to Rae? She hasn't been getting along with the others really, maybe if someone else had something similar done she could connect. Or if you knew why she hasn't been getting along too well..." I said.

They all looked at a loss for words. Panic flooded their eyes, and it remained quiet. My pulse began pounding in my ears. This couldn't be good. Derek's hand tightened around mine. After almost a minute of awkward silence and exchanged looks Taryn spoke up.

"We should get David. And Kit." she said quietly. She left the room.

"Is there something wrong with Rae? What's her connection to Jill? Is she in danger being around Jill? What's going on?" I asked, becoming increasingly worried. It seemed that only bad scenarios entered my mind. And they only seemed to get worse as they continued to come to me.

It wasn't long that David and Kit were also sitting in the room with us. They locked the door behind them. Kit put a spell around the cabin to keep anybody from overhearing and deter them from interrupting. Derek and I sat on Dulcie's bed, and the adults sat across from us on Taryn's or stood or sat off to the side. David started.

"So... You overheard us talking? And about Rae and Jill and... Jace?" he asked. He again twisted the ring around his finger anxiously as her said the name, and shifted his weight. A worried sadness clouded his eyes and creased his forhead.

"Yeah. We want to know what's happening. Is Rae in danger or anything because of Jill?" Derek asked.

"Exact opposite. Rae's the only reason Jill is staying here. It might be more dangerous for you though. But I won't get into that right this second. You want to know what the hell I'm talking about probably..." he paused and took a deep breath. "Jill and Jace were sisters. Not by blood... it's a long story. You want to hear it?"

"Yes." I answered immediately. This intrigued me. (A/N: please don't analyze the timeline too close I think I've covered all the stops but I really have no clue so just go with it. Age is not something I'm good at.)

"Well, my aunt- Jill's mom- had a genetic problem and she had a lot of trouble having children. Jill was her only. After enough persuasion- a lot of persuasion, you have no idea- she adopted. Jacinda. Jace..." he paused again. "I wasn't born yet. Neither was Jill. She got Jace as a baby. Normal baby. No crazy mixes. Don't worry. And my aunt is a normal person, not a supernatural. My mom and aunt are only half sisters. I have a twisted family tree, just go with it. So, years went by and I was born when Jace was... 11, I believe. Give or take a couple years. Then, a year later, her mom by some miracle got pregnant and had a baby. Jill. And now we have a werewolf cuz the guy... whatever. So, it all kinda worked out because they had the supernatural connections and all. Anyways, more years went by and the Edison Group became part of our lives and me, Jill, and Jace became close. Even though we were like, 4 and 5 and Jace was... 16. Jill also has a lot of trouble with fertility. Which, when it comes to werewolves, isn't good. That's why she is the way she is. She wants a kid. bad. So go a little easy on her, ok? Back to the story... So, one day, suddenly, Jace is pregnant. And we're all 'holy crap saintly Jace?' because Jace was a great person. Good girl and everything. Well, we figured it all out when tests were done and we had a half demon. But the whole experience changed Jace. She gave up Rae. She couldn't take care of her. But we learned later that the Edison Group still kept tabs on her. Years went by, I was 17, Jace was almost 30 and we... hooked up. Were together for almost a year. And... yeah. Fell in love, that whole string of crap..." he paused again, and looked sad. He fiddled with the ring again "So, since this is probably making no sense and all, I'll just tell you where we stand now because we're pretty much at the present. Jace died a year back. I'm begging you, don't make me go into that. Just... don't. Please. Jill and I... we didn't take it well. Jill found out about the edison Group knowing where Rae was. And she flipped. out. Completey. That's her niece that might be as close as she gets to a daughter in her entire life. So that's why she won't leave without Rae. And I know you're thinking 'well, Rae's inhuman too double standards much?' That's coming up. We're at the present. Any questions on that whole schpiel?"

"Let me get this straight. Jill is Rae's aunt?" I asked.

"Yes. Kinda."

"Ok. I think I have it. Continue."

"Rae was monitered by the Edison Group. When she was born they decided to use her in the experiment. But they didn't tell any of us. Rae had a very special part in the experiment, she was the only one. None of the other races, nothing. Only her. Every experiment has a control..." he stopped. "Rae's normal. She's a normal Exustio half demon. Dulcie did the check and everything. Every race comes into their powers relatively similarly. So they needed to watch one person as they came into their powers. Rae was... a bit strong, at first, but then her powers toned down and she was a late bloomer, I guess you could say. When she actually did come into her powers, it worked in conjunction with all of yours and her adoptive family wasn't handling well so for the first time the Edison Group stepped in and she was sent to Lyle. So they watched all of you together. I believe- I don't know, I believe- that she knows that she is a normal supernatural. I think Jill's point of view on you as Inhumans- that's what the supernatural world calls you now, by the way, inhumans- has been adopted by her. And that's why she hasn't really been getting along, any of it. Or, something happened in the lab and we need to help her. I'm not sure. But that's the big confusing twisted story." he said.

It stayed quiet for a little bit. I wasn't sure what to say. Rae being normal? Just a normal supernatural? Not like us? Did we tell her, did we confront her, did we tell the others, did we keep it a secret? What did we do now? That changed things. He thinks she's against inhumans. Wanted us dead. Wanted nothing to do with us. Why? Why did that have to change things?

"So... what do you want us to do?" Derek asked.

"We're not sure. Don't let any of them know yet. But could you just watch her? How she acts around all of you? For me? And Jill? We're worried." David said.

"Yeah. But she hasn't done really anything. She doesn't fit in. She's an outsider, pretty much." I said.

"We know. But still... Just keep an eye on her." he repeated. I nodded slowly.

"Well, now you know more of this crazy mess we have here. We're all pretty cornered on what to do. But for now... Let's just relax. Take it easy for the rest of the day... You ok, David?" Kit said, putting a hand on his friend's shoulder. David nodded quickly. Suddenly the door burst open. Quil stood there. He was spattered in blood.

"Get the hell out here some bastard's led a group of anti- inhuman activists here. They're looking for all the kids." he snapped. Everyone jumped up and ran out. he paused and stared at us. "You two stay here. I mean it." he slammed the door behind him.

We were quiet for a moment. "Like that'll really happen." Derek said quietly. He went to the window and looked out the corner. There were in fact ten people standing down there, beaten and bloody, facing the adults. It seemed to be a simple showdown of words at first, just confronting each other. We stayed hidden behind the curtains. I reached out to Ave, Alaric, and Rhett.

"Where are all of you? Is everyone ok?" I asked.

Rhett was the first to answer. "They found Quill and Alec and some others somewhere. They split up, herded us all into Ave's cabin. We're all here together. Everyone's fine. Door's locked though we can't get out. Where are you guys?" he asked.

"Me and Derek are in Dulcie's cabin. we're watching them now. There's ten. No signs of race or anything yet. They're just anti-Inhuman activists. And they found us. Hopefully they can handle it. Are you guys planning to go out and help them?" I said. Derek continued to watch carefully.

"Duh." Alaric said. I rolled my eyes. "But we need to break the lock. You can get some help over here, maybe?"

"Yeah. Let me see if I can see your cabin. That'll make it easier. Give me a few minutes... I might have to have something open your window." I said. I moved over to the other side of the cabin to look out the window. I saw Ave's cabin, which was perfect.

I quickly focused, and pulled Xavier up next to me, and summoned a bird. But it was small, useless. I released it Xavier watched me as I worked, silent. He also checked across the room out the window with Derek. They were still in a face off. I called him over and he rushed to my side.

"What's up?" he asked.

"Go down to Aveline's cabin and open their window. They need to be let out so they can help. They got locked in." I told him. He nodded and left.

"They're starting to fight." Derek said. A ghunshot rang out. "They've got guns. Guns and no aim."

"Well I knew that wasn't us." I said sarcastically. "Erin willbe happy. Xavier just got them out. When do you want to go?" I asked.

"Get down!" he snapped, pulling me to the floor. A bullet flew through the window and crashed into the wall.

"Did they see us? Or are they just shotting for the sake of shooting?" I whispered.

"They seem to be trigger happy. Stay down. Make sure Rhett and them know." he said. I did, and they were ducking behind trees as they were told.

We peeked cautiously over the window. If there were as bullet crazy as they appeared to be, the moment we tried to do anything we'd be full of holes. This didn't look good. The adults didn't look willing to try anything. I wondered why. Maybe they knew if they moved they'd also be turned into swiss cheese. I noticed something behind all of them suddenly. That familiar quickly growing ball of light. Then in it's place stood Erin. Not exact, but close enough. The replica called out to them.

"Hey!" They jumped and turned to it.

"Erin what the hell are you doing?" Alec snapped.

The activists raised their guns and after a few steps toward them by the replica they fired. They hit her, and she didn't look phased. By now our guardians knew what was going on, and they didn't interfere or look happy with it. The trigger- happy activists continued to rain down bullets on the replica that still didn't respond to the hits, until slowly they ran out of bullets.

"You guys are dumbasses!" we heard from the bushes. The real Erin stood there.

The group stared at her, then back to the replica. it fizzled away. They quickly switched back to Erin. They reached into their pockets, and pulled out more guns.

"Ooh, toys!" she said happily. "Cover up, guys!" she took a deep breath and I quickly threw my hands over my ears. Even still, a high pitched wailing shriek set my head ringing. When it stopped I hesitantly sat up and peaked back over the window sill. "This is why they gave me this job. My power sucks." I heard her say as she went to them and started picking up the guns. The rest of our friends came out slowly, looking dazed.

"Damn, Erin. You said you'd be right for the job and holy crap were you right." Aveline said.

Derek and I left the cabin and rushed down to them. They all gave us some looks.

"Why'd you stay in there?" Simon asked.

"Because we weren't going to risk another narrow miss. Ducked the first one just in time." Derek said. They looked a little surprised, but understood.

"Are you guys crazy?" Kit snapped, coming up to us.

"Yes. Yes we are." Austin smiled.

"Go back to your cabins and this time stay there. Got it? I'm not risking any of you again." Kit siad. Poor, naive Kit. Yeah right. "And Erin, put those down!"

"Whyyyyy?" she whined. She looked at the firearms longlingly. Simon went and put an arm around her waist.

"You don't need them." he said.

"Eventually I will though!" he gave her a look. I smiled slightly. "Fine..." she dropped them, the ones in her pockets, hooked on 4 of her beltloops, and the two in the back of her pants.

"Dear lord." Rhett said absently. "All of them?"

"They're nice! Stop it!" she said, giving him a dirty look. She turned and looked at all of the men in front of us on the ground. her eyes widened a little. "Him. The tall built one. He dies. Soon."

"That's not creepy." Alaric said. Quill went over to the man, rolled him over, and stared him in the eye.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"Why the hell should I tell you stupid mutant?" he replied. Quill kicked him in the gut.

"What race? What are you?" Quill spat, crouching down closer to the man, Derek went up behind his father.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" he said again. He looked to his partners, and they were all being pinned by anybody. I was standing next to Derek, already calling up anything that would come fast enough, and had summoned Xavier again. Another kick.

"Taryn. go get rope. Call the Assembly. Tell them to come down here as soon as possible and pick them up. Derek. Watch him. Look out for the others." Quill said, standing up straight. He gave the man one last look, then walked away, following Taryn leave.

We all stood over the group of relatively pathetic men, waiting for Taryn and Quill to come back. I realized how in charge Quill seemed to be. Kit appeared to be in charge of all of us, but Quill seemed to run everything. kit was... like the organizer. Sort of. It was quiet as we watched them laying on the ground closely, looking out for any signs of movement, anything that might be them trying to make a quick grab at anyone else, or of getting away. After a few moments in the bright afternoon sun, (a scene too cheery for the event) we all jumped roughly a mile as gunshots rang out from somewhere far away. we all hit the ground and seemed to move away from wherevere each individual thought the shots were coming from. There was a pause, and another blasted through the silence. Then another. More... 7... then 10. We sat in shocked silence for about a minute. We would have sat there longer if Quill and taryn didn't run down the hill at scary break neck speeds and come to a skidding halt in front of us.

"What happened? Is everyone ok?" Taryn asked, first going to Derek then making the rounds to everyone. We all stood up, shocked, but fine. We looked to our captives. They all lay in their places. Dead.

"Don't say I didn't tell you. The dude died." Erin said, waving it off automatically.

"What about the rest of them?" Simon asked, staring.

"I got the strongest sense about him. everyone has a faint sense of death about them. We're all going to die eventually. He must have gone first, because it was going insane around him. Guess I didn't even have a chance to notice it on the others..." she replied.

"Oh well... All of you, up to the hall. In the hallway. Lock all doors, close the blinds, don't you dare make a peep outside. I want this place on complete lockdown. Understand? Dulcie, Brahm, Taryn, David, go with them. Me, Kit, and Jill are going to go out and look for whoever that was. Bianca, Alec, you stay here and watch over the bodies until The Assembly gets here. Then you both fill them in. Everyone, go." Quill said.


I said people would die, right? Well... not much to say about this chapter, huh? It speaks for itslef. But in case it doesn't, I have a feeling that family tree thing was a little hard to understand. So heres a lil quickie version: Jacinda was adopted by Jill's mom, who was a normal person. Jacinda was also normal. bout 12 years later she had Jill, which is a miracle because she was pretty much infertile. jill has the same problem (and as a werewolf thats bad so shes all knock me up I need a kid- less hatable? eh) Then when Jill was 3, David was 4, and Jace was 16 or so Jace turns out pregnant by a demon and she has Rae, whom is given up for adoption. The edison group keeps tabs on rae, and they use her as the control for the genisis. Rae is a normal supernatural. No experiment, no inhuman. So, Jill, Jace, and David are tight. David and Jace hook up. Jace dies. Jill and David find out about Rae and eveything. Jill wants to be with Rae, David wants to be with Jill, the rest I'm pretty sure you know. If some of the ages dont work with the story... this should be the most timeline- correct version...

well, lemme know what you think! I leave in... 3 hours for disneyland. I'm gonna die. But don't worry, I actually do get to bring my laptop this time. I checked. I promise. It's coming. And I'm sorry I checked out for almost a week, damn smartphones meant that lucas' parents didn't have to bring their laptop. no fanfic... no writing... so sad... XC... but now I have it! so I can check in every afternoon, maybe get a chapter or 2 out.

so, seriously, let me know what you think. really. I'm not kidding. Questions posed to you all for next chapter.
1) pairing vote! pick your favorite: Rhett x Ave, Alaric x Alexys, Austin x Lanie, Skylar x Tanner, Quill x Taryn. most popular goes next. (for all of you, not- so- innocent REALLY wants SxT, maybe you should be nice and vote for them. but I'm impartial. They're gonna happen eventually.)
2) whenever quill and taryn get put together, what do you think of just a cute father/ son date? Quill and Taryn and Derek and Chloe go on a double date! I'm thinking of opening ghostly romance to other pairings...
3) pick. PRANK -vs- SOMETHING IN THE HALLWAY ON LOCKDOWN. or both... I'm thinking a truth or dare game in the hallway would be funny. Been done... but funny. if you like that, send in questions, I fail at truth or dare.
4) uhm... I had something else... dammit!

so, people, thanks for reading! thank you all for the support, you're all amazing! luv you!

XOXOXOXOXO
~Amanda