A/N: *phew* It literally just took me an hour to reply to everybody's reviews. Not that I'm complaining. :p Anyway, thanks for the continuous support! You're all awesome! The power went out for a few hours today and I was flipping out because I hadn't updated. Luckily, it came back on. I was even about to handwrite all of it. :p Also, if I didn't reply to any reviews, tell me, please. I don't want anybody to feel left out! Hope you enjoy, even though this is a pretty short chapter. I didn't have a lot of time to make it longer. It was either make it longer and be about a day late on updating or leaving it to this and updating now. It should be longer next week, because I'll be on spring break and won't have to worry about school.

At first, Hiro didn't feel the pain of the bullet wound. His brain didn't seem to register that he had been shot instantly, instead it waited a little over a second for the pain to finally set in. With gritted teeth, the teen held his hands against the gaping hole in his leg, trying to stop the blood gushing from the wound. Tadashi swayed a little as he stood in front of his brother, shielding Hiro while trying to find a way out of the situation they were in.

Hiro still had the neurocranial transmitter around his head, but pain and exhaustion, both mental and physical, rendered the invention useless. The teen tried to order the microbots to hit the Boss, to put a shield in front of Tadashi, but they refused to obey him. His fifteen minutes with the microbots were gone. He had ran out of time.

Suddenly, the Boss slammed the end of the gun into the side of Tadashi's head, making the older Hamada stumble to the side. Already off balance, he caught himself against the wall and tried to lunge toward the man. However, the Boss simply aimed the gun at Tadashi, his finger threatening to tighten on the trigger. "You didn't answer my question."

Tadashi could feel the bruise begin to form from where he was hit, but he refused to show the pain he felt. He glared at the man, "Screw you."

"Now, now Tadashi. That's not nice. I might just pull the trigger." The Boss threatened and the men under his command smirked. They knew it was over. The Boss would kill those two people, find the woman that escaped, then kill the rest of the family. That was the way things worked here: you either lived or died.

The Boss laughed, "I made the mistake last time of underestimating your brother, Tadashi. The kid's smarter than any average human, a genius." The Boss aimed the gun at Hiro, "But not this time. This time, you're not getting away. Your little invention won't save you or anybody else. We're going to kill them all, your friends and family, until you're the last one. You'll die slowly and painfully knowing you were the cause of all this."

Hiro couldn't move as three men surrounded him. He remembered the nightmare he had a while back where everybody was killed in front of him and they spent their last words blaming him for everything. What if that was a premonition? Did this moment lead to that? Was it even possible? Hiro didn't even register that he was lying on his stomach, his back exposed to the cool air. He could barely hear Tadashi screaming at the men and the sound of the struggle as his brother was restrained. Hiro didn't come to his senses until the knife was placed against his skin, directly over the scars on his back.

The teen began to fight, the cold metal pulling him from his thoughts as he tried to get the knife away from his back. He couldn't go through what he did last time. He barely survived the first time, he definitely wouldn't live the second time. Fear began to slowly consume the teen and he soon found his heart felt like it was going to burst out of his chest. He couldn't breathe and was on the verge of a panic attack, tears beginning to form in his eyes.

Tadashi continued his attempt to fight the men, even though he was weak, injured, and restrained. He slammed his forehead into the nose of one of the men, yelling and cursing. "Let him go!" His words were cut off when somebody slammed their fist into his stomach and the older Hamada cursed, threatening the men with each breath he could manage.

An agonized cry from Hiro made Tadashi's heart break as the knife dug into the teen's back, tracing the lines that marred the skin. Hiro could feel his heart racing from fear and pain as he tried to break away from the people, but to no avail. His own screams echoed in his mind as the warm, fresh blood trickled down his back and sides.

'I can't do this again! I can't!' Hiro thought, wishing they would just kill him already. He hated being weak. He hated being broken. Another line was traced with the knife and the blade dug deeper into his skin, deeper than the wounds made the first time. Eventually, Hiro couldn't hear himself screaming. The sound had seemingly disappeared from the world. All that existed was pain.

"Hiro!" Tadashi yelled, his voice rough from yelling and lack of water. "Leave him alone! You can do whatever you want to me, just leave him alone!"

The Boss ordered the men torturing Hiro to stop and they did. Nobody moved as the Boss smiled at the older Hamada. "Isn't it funny how older brothers will do anything for their younger brothers? My older brother was the same as you. He had a family of his own, a house, a job, but he had a dangerous hobby. About a year ago, my brother and I were in this building botfighting."

(Flashback)

"Look at the turnout! We're definitely making a lot of money from these botfights!" The Boss' older brother stated, "You have a good thing going here, kid."

The Boss glared, "How many times do I have to tell you to stop calling me 'kid'? And, we always make a lot of money because I always win, Jensen."

Jensen laughed, "I tihnk somebody's getting cocky."

"Right... The day somebody beats me is the day pigs fly." The Boss stated.

"Pigs may fly sometime, Vin..." Jensen pondered the thought, teasing.

Vincent (Vin) ignored his older brother and focused on the botfight he was involved in. His robot was fighting a larger one with swords for arms, but it didn't take long for Vin's robot to demolish the opponent, little pieces of metal scattering across the arena. The man smiled victoriously, "Who's next?"

"Can I try?" A voice questioned from the crowd as the figure stepped forward. The figure looked to be around the age of a teenager with black, untamed hair and nervous eyes. Immediately, everybody in the arena laughed believing there was no way the kid could be serious.

"Get out of here, kid!" One yelled.

"Go back to Toys-R-Us!" Another mocked.

"You don't belong here!" Somebody joined.

Vin held up a hand to silence the crowd, "Okay, kid, let's see what you've got."

The boy placed a small robot in the middle of the arena and at cross-legged at the edge of the arena. Vin's robot destroyed the child's creation immediately, sending the robot into a couple pieces with one hit.

Wide-eyed, the boy stared, "That was my first fight. Can I try again?"

Vin agreed to another fight, enjoying humiliating the kid. After all, it wasn't every day a mere child challenged him. The child's robot reassembled itself, looking as if it was never hit. The controls in the boy's hand extended and a serious look etched across his face. "Megaabot, destory." The little robot's painted smiley face switched to an angry one, confusing Vin. Then, Megabot began to attack Vin's robot, destroying it in less than a minute. Nobody spoke as Vin, Jensen, and the rest of the crowd stared at the scene in front of them.

Vin's robot was disassembled, the parts scattered across the arena floor. Rage filled the defeated bot fighter as he watched the child collect the money. "Get him!" Vin yelled, not wanting the child to take the money. Immediately, people in the crowd surged forward, trying to reach the boy, who began to run. Jensen pursued him immediately, chasing him out the door and into the alley.

Before reaching the road, the child tripped over something lying on the ground. Immediately, Jensen attacked the teen, trying to get the money back. Jensen wrapped his hands around the child's throat and began to squeeze, preventing any oxygen from passing. Determined to break free, the teen grabbed a rock lying beside him and slammed it into the man's head, making Jensen lose his grip. Seeing an opportunity, the child kicked the man away and directly onto the road.

Vin had just emerged from the alley when he saw his brother get hit by the truck driving along the road. A loud thud echoed in the air and immediately sickened Vin, who watched in shock as his brother's body rolled along the road a few feet before coming to a complete stop and the truck sped away. Fear made Vin run toward his brother and he fell to his knees beside his older brother. "Jensen... Please... No!" Vin stared at his brother's broken, dead body. Tears fell from his eyes as he tried to wipe away the blood from Jensen's face. His brother, the only family he ever had, was dead.

And it was all the child's fault.

(End Flashback)


Honey Lemon didn't know what to think when she ran outside. A part of her was terrified. The other part of her recognized one thing: she was almost free. She wouldn't be free until she knew her family was safe and they were far away from the horrifying situation. Suddenly, a voice called out to her and grabbed her arm. "Are you okay?"

Honey Lemon jumped, startled as she looked at the three figures standing before her. She nodded, "I'm okay."

"You're bleeding." Fred stated, pointing the blood streaming from where the bullet grazed her leg.

"I'm fine, but we have to figure out a way to get Tadashi and Hiro out of there." Honey Lemon stated and grew concerned when her friends began to look at the ground. "What is it?"

Wasabi tried to explain, "Hiro came up with a plan in case something like this happened... He... Well, he..."

Gogo finished explaining, "Hiro wanted us to get you out of here if he and Tadashi didn't make it out in time." She heard Wasabi's watch began to beep. "They're too late." She grabbed an object from her pocket and began to walk toward a dilapidated part of the wall.

"What are you doing?" Honey Lemon asked, even though she knew. "Don't!"

Gogo let the flame on the lighter roar to life, illuminating her face. "I'm following through with the plan." She threw the Zippo lighter to the ground and the group of friends could only watch as the flames crawled along the trail of gasoline they had poured out around the building earlier. In moments, a wall of fire surrounded the building and they all felt their stomachs twist.

There was no way anybody could escape.


Sophie hated to go to sleep. She didn't want the nightmares to come, but they came anyway.

"Mommy, daddy? Where are you? Hiro?" She walked in a building with white walls, a strong metallic smell making her sick to her stomach. She looked into a room and saw Great Aunt Cass with bloodshot eyes, rocking back and forth muttering under her breath. "Where's mommy and daddy?"

The woman continued to mutter something Sophie couldn't understand. Afriad, the small child backed out the room and ran down the hallways. Tears streamed down her face as she called out to her mom, dad, and uncle. Suddenly, the lights in the hallway went out, leaving Sophie in the dark. She whimpered, looking around for any source of light. She saw a figure standing at the end of the hallway, moving toward her.

Terrified, the child screamed and began to run away. Sobs made her gasp for breath and her heart hammered in her chest. She looked over her shoulder and saw the figure was getting closer. When she faced forward again, she found a wall blocking her way. Sophie looked around for a way to escape, but didn't find anything. The child pressed her back against the wall and slid down it as the figure closed in on her.

"Go away! Mommy! Daddy! Hiro! Somebody, help me!" Sophie cried, trembling from terror. "Please! Help!" The figure stopped in front of her, towering over her like a monster. "Help me." Sophie whispered as the man slowly reached toward her.

Sophie woke up screaming in Great Aunt Cass' arms. The woman held the child close, running a hand through her hair as Sophie cried. "Shhh, it was a nightmare. It wasn't real."

"I want to wake up." Sophie hiccuped.

Confusion crossed the woman's face, "Sweetie, you are awake."

More tears trickled down the child's face, "Then why do I feel like I'm still dreaming?"


Tadashi listened to the Boss tell the story, unable to do anything else. He couldn't imagine the pain the man went through losing his brother, but going to this extreme was ridiculous! After all, the Boss had already commented on what an older brother would do for their younger sibling. Tadashi had came to the conclusion a long time ago that he would do anything for his brother, even if it meant dying. The only problem was Hiro had the same intentions as well.

Hiro spoke, his voice weak. "I didn't mean to. It just happened. I didn't mean to hurt him."

The Boss whirled around to face Hiro, "He's dead because of you... My brother is dead because of you!"

"I'm sorry he was killed, but Hiro didn't cause it! He wasn't the one driving the truck! He wasn't the one that-" Tadashi began, but found himself lying on his back and staring at the ceiling. Then, pain radiated throughout his shoulder and the older Hamada gritted his teeth to not focus on the gunshot wound.

"Tadashi!" Hiro yelled, his eyes wide and fearful as he tried to break free, but only aggarvated the wounds in his back and leg more, making him exhale a painful breath.

The Boss stared at the younger Hamada, "I'm going to make you suffer the same pain I felt. You're going to see what it's like to lose your brother." The Boss aimed the gun at Tadashi's chest, "I'm going to put you through the Hell I've been in."

"Tadashi!"

Bang.


Guest Reviews:

DisneyPrincess: Yeah, they are crazy, but will they actually give up? :p Yep, Hiro's a genius, hopefully he'll get out of there with Tadashi. Thanks for reviewing!

Guest (Reviewed on March 26): Bahaha! Did it happen? :p Thanks for reviewing!

fyphoniex: Thanks! I hope you like this chapter!

Willow: Haha, be afraid, be very afraid! :p And, sounds great, just tell me when you're going to translate it!

Guest (Reviewed on March 26): Thanks! Whether they make it out alive will be answered soon. ;) I hope you like this chapter!

Luma Dome: Thanks, I'm glad you like it! I'm glad you find it so great! Your private messaging is disabled, so I'm just going to reply to your review here. ;)