Chibiyu: Hey guys, I am sorry I am not updating any other stories. Life has got me down and this is my come to story when that happens. I always have one. Or do Who I Am and Not So Perfect mean nothing to you?

Nickare you alright?

Chibiyu: …not really. And sorry in advance for the excessive use of the 'F' word…and swearing. I was angry.

IF I OWNED JONAS, I WOULD BE ROLLING IN MONEY…which sadly I am not which is ok because that is overrated anyway.

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Nate shook his head. "Not in the slightest. Don't worry guys; Nick doesn't have a sister you don't know about…" He laughed, his eyes darting to Nick and he instantly was silenced. We all followed his gaze and gasped at the empty rock face and the hole we had failed to see before.

Oh Shitake mushrooms.

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NICK'S POV

I hate this fucking life! I escaped from that stupid cave only to realize I had nowhere to fucking go! Fuck my life!

I picked up another stone and chucked it at the ruins of the lab, no joy coming as I saw its smoldering remains. How could I feel joy when I only blew the damn place up so I could take my revenge! But again I freaking failed! I picked up another stone and threw it, and another, and another. Each time I imagined I was aiming at Eyra and Alexei's faces and a little bit lower for Joe, Kevin and Nate. Alexei's was a traitor and I had no respect for her anymore. She can rot with their corpses for all I care. Speaking of the five idiots, they would be looking for me now. But I wasn't exactly hiding.

"You went far." Alexei sarcastically stated and I ignored her and threw another rock. "Why didn't you run? Or is your revenge sweeter than freedom?"

It took all of my limited will power to not answer her and act like she wasn't there. I did that by throwing a rock and making a slight bang when it rebounded off one of still standing charred walls. I always thought Nightmare Corps bombs would be more…I don't know…explosive. But yes, my goal, my revenge was the better to the two, dare I call them evils? I still wanted the ones that royally screwed my life to be as cold as this rock and getting eaten by maggots and rodents. I wanted all of them dead…including Tyrone.

"They ditched me too you know." Alexei reminded me, disdain filled her quiet voice. She walked next to me but I did not look her way. "I'm not a traitor Nick. I wanted Tyrone dead almost as much as I want Nate six feet under."

I looked at her in surprise but this time, she ignored me. What had Nate done to her?

He is the reason she is an orphan. Joe whispered and I nodded slightly before looking away from her.

"He doesn't know this but I left him on my free will. After I found out the truth. I left to come here with Tyrone, to become this so I could kill him." She hissed malice now coating her voice. "Why haven't you killed them yet? You've had three openings so far." She asked suddenly and I sighed, breaking my silence.

"Because without them, I can't kill Tyrone. Without them I am lost in the hell hole. They are my best chance at getting out of here and to Tyrone." I lied but Lexi bought it and nodded. However, they weren't so easily fooled.

Aw, wittle Nicky doesn't want to be alone in the big bad desert. Joe cooed and I threw a rock at him but missed.

Isn't that just precious? Kevin laughed and the last rock in my hand cut into my skin as I tried squeezing it to dust.

Lexi starred at me oddly after seeing the tiny drops of blood forming on my palm. But she said nothing. And something told me I could trust her to not stop my revenge as long as I didn't stop hers. Hell, I'd even let her kill Eyra.

"You found him!" Joe and Kevin and Nate ran up to me. Something told me the courage Eyra stayed behind. I finally threw the bloodstained stone with such force that it impaled an unstable wall and knocked it down with a loud crash. Lexi smiled and tried not to laugh.

"He wasn't hiding." She told them as I continued my reign of silence. I examined my hurt hand with no interest and started picking out tiny rock bits. Kevin immediately ran over and took my hand in such a way that if I fought him, my wrist would break. Ass hole. So I endured the sting of Kevin attempting to clean out my cut as Nate supplied him with tweezers and tissue. My eyes never left his hands and I never once relaxed. He may be acting kind, but I knew his heart.

"What were you doing?" Kevin nosily inquired but I maintained my profound lack of speaking.

"Throwing rocks." Lexi replied, becoming my voice and I almost smiled. But not quite. The action was becoming more difficult with each breath the ones I hated took. She sent Nate a glare when no one but me was looking but she instantly smiled when he turned back. She was good.

"Why?" Joe asked confused, which wasn't surprising considering his brain was the size of a pea. And I am sorry to all of those peas that are now insulted.

"So I could imagine that I was hitting you in the-"

"Ok!" Joe cut across me and I rolled my eyes. I watched Lexi stifle another laugh before walking off, shoulders shaking in giggles .And then there were four. Three of which should be dead.

Well yeah we stayed. Kevin sneered. Let the insults begin.

We love you see you.

Your pain.

Your uncertainty.

Your insanity.

I blinked once and picked up a rather large stone and hurled it as hard as I could and it sailed over the decrepit smolders and hit the cliff face.

"Careful! Do you want to start a rock slide?" Nate instantly berated. Now there's an idea…a stupid one. But even with that single outburst, the silence was still untouched and dominated the night. I turned away from them and Nate started forward as I neared Joe. But I just brushed passed him and kept walking. "Where are you going?"

"For a walk. Sue me." I retorted, not looking back. And no one followed me. Well…almost no one.

Fuck. My. Life.

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TYRONE'S POV

So the bastard survived did he? I can't have that…oh look, the others are alive as well. And to think I thought tonight would be boring…

I had the captain turn around my ship as Jana wordlessly handed me my gun. She knew they needed to be killed. And she didn't care. She learned from the best.

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NICK'S POV

I had to figure this out before I went…wait…I already went insane…so where did I fall to now? Great another problem to answer, just what I needed.

What was going on? Why did they go away when Joe covered my ears and they stayed with mine? Why was the idea of killing them starting to loose its edge?

It is because you're weak. Joe told me, answering all of my questions in one answer. Too weak to continue with your goals.

You sicken us. Kevin informed me but I already knew that. But it still hurt. Stick and stone may break bones but words break the mind and soul. Whoever came up with that idiotic phrase can go rot in Hell.

Now we have a question for you Nicky. They both harmonized and I shivered, but it had nothing to do with the night chill. Why won't you die already like we've been telling you to do since day one?

"I don't want to die." I said and they laughed at something unknown.

"Well I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but…" The icy touch of a gun bit at my temple. "Your time is up."

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KEVIN'S POV

We hadn't moved since Nick walked off and I had that annoying feeling that wee should have followed him. And yet we stood here like statues.

"We should…"

But I couldn't finish. A scream cut through my words. A scream of pain, of fear, of my slightly insane brother. I ran in said brother's footsteps, Joe and Nate right behind me and we all screamed.

Tyrone was holding Nick roughly by the arm, a gun to Nick's temple, and a smile on his face. Nick was pale and shaking and breathing rather hard, only fears and pain existing in his wide eyes and his leg was bleeding freely.

"You have two choices." Tyrone calmly stated, smiling to us. "One, come with me for ransom and I let your brother live. Or two, move in attempts to save him or freedom, and he dies."

I opened my mouth but Nick cut across me, his voice shockingly steady and together.

"Don't. He will kill you as soon as you move. And I am as good as dead." He hissed to us, the fear being replaced with sheer determination. "Run. Save yourselves. There is no saving me." Why the sudden change?

Tyrone growled and aimed the gun lower, shooting Nick in the same leg again, and we saw the bullet shoot into the sand, burying itself as Nick screamed in agony.

"Go!" He begged but again we didn't move. Tears spilled down his face and all three of us watched the insanity creep back into Nick's eyes and Joe stiffened, wanting to run to Nick. But I held him back. Nick was literally bleeding to death and he was torturing himself. He needed us and yet we couldn't help him.

"Nick…" Joe whispered but Nick heard him.

"No. I'm done Joe." He growled, putting weight back on his hurt leg. "I'm done."

Tyrone smiled and Nick clenched his fists and suddenly, Tyrone went down. A figure sprang from his back and another grabbed Nick and pulled him along. Eyra and Lexi.

"We heard him scream." They explained as we ran up to them.

"DON'T MOVE!" Tyrone ordered, another pistol in his hands and Nick and Lexi both stiffened and growled. "This baby has seven shots. Poison filled darts. Have a fun death." He aimed but he never had time to fire. Lexi sprang forward and pushed us down. Nick ran to Tyrone, despite his leg and knocked into him full force. Lexi raced over to him and kicked him brutally in the ribs as Nick winced and his hand went to his left leg. But he still managed to get his hands around Tyrone's throat.

And then it all stopped as the sound of a jet engine approached. Nick and Lexi both looked up at the wrong moment. Tyrone kicked Lexi down and forced all of his weight onto Nick's hurt leg. His screamed was blood curdling. That was when we all ran forward, my heart racing my feet. Nate pushed Tyrone from him and Lexi held up the gun in triumph. I picked up Nick, who was now unconscious and we all took off running. The jet hanging overhead.

Please God, let us get out of this mess alive.

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JOE'S POV

Nick looked bad and this situation looked bad and right now, life looked bad. But it wasn't bad. Life I mean. The other two were REALLY bad. I mean Nick laying limp and pale and bleeding in Kevin's arms, pain on his face even in his unconscious state. And a freaking jet flying over us and…great…it had guns.

"Keep going!" Lexi yelled as she stopped and aimed the dart gun. She was crazy?

No, she wasn't. She fired and the jet groaned as the darts hit the propellers. One stopped and the jet sank but we were almost too far away by then to hear the crash. Lexi bolted up to us a few seconds later and smiled but frowned at Nick.

"Joe, call them. You do have the whistle…right?" Nate panted and it suddenly struck me. I should have done this hours ago! I pulled out the Tiffly whistle Eyra had made on the island but never tested. And I blew it, but heard nothing. I just could only hope that somehow, they heard it and would come. But I highly doubted they would.

We got to the cave and Kevin instantly set Nick down near the fire as Eyra and Lexi bent over him took off his pants. Awkward. Nate and Kevin went to the two entrances and stood guard. All I could do was watch, wait and worry.

Nick woke up a bit and groaned in pain as Lexi's fingers touched both wounds. I gathered the courage to look and saw one grazed the side of his leg and the other…I looked away, feeling sick. It was lodged in his leg, an inch or two under the knee. I grabbed Nick's hand gently and looked at him, his eyes misted over in pain but he looked at me anyway. And he squeezed my hand lightly before looking away and refusing to meet my gaze again.

He yelped and we all looked to the girls. Eyra had taken off her arm…weird…and had pulled out various medical tools and was now digging into Nick's leg to get the bullet out. Lexi was holding his leg down but it wasn't enough. Nick was freaking out.

"Hold him!" Lexi screamed and I forced his torso still by helping him sit up and hugging him tightly. He trembled in my hold and whimpered in pain, and I felt his grip vice like on my shirt.

"Got it!" Eyra exclaimed, pulling it out.

"FUCK!" Nick screamed in agony, but thankfully it was muffled, but everyone understood him and Nate actually laughed.

"I agree Nick. Had the same thing happen to me years back." For some reason, Lexi darkened at that statement but I made no comment. I was too busy focusing on my crying and nearly hyperventilating brother. I felt his heart thunder, nearly in sync with mine and his shudders were not as violent considering I was shaking violently as well.

But he raised his head to watch Eyra and Lexi pull needle and medical string from Eyra's arm…still weird…and he flinched away and buried his head in my chest. And I couldn't blame him. He hissed out in a new pain every time they made a stitch and I tried my best to calm him. But nothing I did worked. Not rubbing his back, not playing with his curls, not talking softly; nothing. So I just held him and wished I could take his pain from him. I would gladly endure it because insane or not, he is still my brother.

I looked to Kevin and I saw him watching Nick, tears on his face and I reached over and patted his ankle, aware Nick was watching. Nick cried out again as they made sure their handiwork was tight enough and the girls both bandaged up his leg and took over for Kevin. Nick relaxed in my arms, too tired to stay on the edge or move, but he did eye Kevin warily as he approached.

"Hey." Kevin whispered and Nick blinked once. He was fading fast. How much blood did he lose?

"Nick…I know you're tired but why did you tell us to run?" I asked him and he shrugged.

"You know we weren't lying to back there. We didn't cause that. We don't want you hurt Nick. We only want to help." Kevin whispered and Nick looked back up to him. But he didn't say anything.

"Nick?" He didn't respond, he just starred off into space, but I knew it wasn't from thought by the growing look of murder on his face. Kevin noticed and covered Nick's ears swiftly like I had done in the past and to my surprise, Nick relaxed again, but his eyes didn't lose the hate.

"Don't listen to their lies anymore Nick." Kevin pleaded as Nick looked to him. I wish I could see his face.

"Lying to yourself will only make it worse little brother." I whispered and Nick started shaking again. "We don't hate you or blame you for anything."

"We don't want you to suffer."

"We want to see you smile."

"We love you."

"Always have."

"And always will." We both finished softly.

Nick shook and he turned to me, and I was surprised to see the new tears on his face. He looked back over to Kevin. And this time I saw his face. I saw him smile small as he reached with one arm towards Kevin, who instantly hugged Nick. Nick's other arm wrapped around me and I hugged him back all the tighter.

"I'm sorry." Nick whispered. "I…I love you guys too."

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Chibiyu: Ok you can say it: awww. Or you can scream because I wrote an 'aw' moment when I am spitting fire stressed and livid, which means the worlds end again. Yeah…the world ends a lot these days. Until Next Update!