Thank you, thank you for all of the kind reviews. So the end of Dark Waters is coming near. But have no fear a new story about Aaron and Lily is on its way. So enjoy.

Chapter Thirteen: Dark Waters Below

Lily's POV

Run up the cost line again was not Lily's idea of a good time. She was soaked because of the blinding rain that had started to fall, her head hurt from her fall and she was going between being angry at the whole situation and relived that Aaron had found her. She kept thinking it would never end. They would never get any piece and that there would always be someone like Alex always on their tails. Yes she understood Alex's anger however displaced. She had thought for a split moment of trying to convince Alex that working with Aaron and her would be for the best. She had thought that working with his brother would snap him out of his homicidal rage. That thought was quickly put to rest. Those who had taken him as a child, separated him from his family and raised him as a lab rat also created the very monster they feared. But a monster was what they had wanted and what they had gotten. They just didn't anticipate the fact that he would be uncontrollable. She had seen the anger and hatred in his eyes and he had scared her. She was afraid he couldn't be stopped and that Aaron would pay the price. Of the two brothers, Aaron was the one allowed to live in the outside world while Alex was being molded into a child- like soldier.

As Aaron dragged her up the beach, she took a quick minute to look behind her. She couldn't see anything very well because of the storm, but she could make out a fumbling shadow bearing down on them.

"Aaron, I think Alex is following us." She had to shout to hear above the shrieking wind that had started to pick up. Aaron nodded his head in response as his hand tightened in hers.

"I don't think the caves are a good idea again." He said as glanced behind her, squinting against the rain. "Come on, this way" He said as he led he to an overhang of rocks jutting out from the side of a cliff. Once out of the rain he turned to her.

"Aaron, should we be stopping here? Alex is not that far behind and I really don't want to face him again anytime soon." He tilted her chin up so that she was looking in his eyes.

"Are you okay." He asked her gently, searching her face, brushing her wet hair back and checking the bruise on her head.

"You were worried?!' She asked him

"Of course I was. Seeing you on the ground like that scared me half to death. First you get shot, and then you crack your pretty little head. You have got to stop scaring me like that. I hate that you are constantly being hurt because of me." She couldn't help the tears that came to her eyes.

"Aaron you wouldn't have had this happen to you if it wasn't for me. I'm the one who created the drugs in the first place." He grabbed her by the shoulders and shook his head.

"If anything you saved me. We have been over this Lily. They already were doing this. The only thing you are guilty of was trusting the wrong people. They already had a plan in place. Alex is a perfect example and who knows what else is on that disk. So my job is to keep you as safe as possible and we will find a way off this island and we will find a way to stop all of this." He wiped a tear that has escaped her eye and pulled her in close for a hug. As he did she could feel how tense he was. He whispered in her ear.

"Just remember, no matter what happens I love you and I will do whatever I have to, to protect you. So follow my lead a stay close, okay." She looked up at him

"I don't like what you're saying Aaron. What are you thinking?." Something behind her seemed to grab his attention.

"Come on" he said as he grabbed her hand once more and pulled her back out in the rain. As they moved she could suddenly hear someone coming and he started leading her up the hill that would lead to the top of the cliff. Once they were at the top he pushed her to the tree line. At that moment Alex came running out of the dark and into Aaron causing both of them to fall back into the mud.

"Aaron!" Lily screamed as they started to roll around. She didn't know what to do or how to stop it. She ran to the tree line to see if she could find a weapon. Anything, but since there were no frying pan a very large stick would have to do. Picking it up she ran over to where Aaron and Alex were still fighting. At first she had a hard time telling which one was which when they were on their feet and Aaron pushed him away. Seeing Lily from the corner of his eye he gestured to her.

"Swing that way! Hit him!" So he didn't want her hitting the wrong one. Fair enough, so she closed her eyes and swung. She connected and could hear Alex drop, she felt Aaron grab her and push her behind him. Alex slowly got to his feet, rain hitting him in the face, washing away the blood and mud. The hatred in his eyes was so much more sinister and it scared her.

"You don't get it Cross!" He yelled into the night. "There can only be one of us. They made a mistake in taking you in. You should have been finished when you were a child. Instead she took you away and I had to be the one!" He wasn't making a whole lot of sense. Aaron picked up on it to.

"Who, Alex?" He asked in a calm, yet threatening voice. Alex started to laugh

"Who do you think her?" He asked pointing at Lily. "She was just an end to a means." Lily started to shiver and she could feel the cold fury coming from Aaron. "Our mother! She chose you instead and left me to be tortured, to be created, to have my entire life controlled. You had a childhood, I lived in a lab and now I will be the one to end it. I will be the one in control. I choose who lives and who dies. Me!" Alex charged Aaron. Aaron pushed Lily to the ground and caught Alex mid attack. Alex however was so full of rage and adrenaline that he was able to move Aaron closer and closer to the edge of the cliff. Lily suddenly had a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach and she shouted.

"Aaron, the ledge!" If he heard her he made no notice of it. Just as suddenly as they were standing there, they had suddenly disappeared over the ledge. Lily screamed and pulled herself to the edge, hoping, praying that Aaron was somehow there. All she saw was the black, dark waters below, swirling in the mists of that terrible storm.

I know, I know I'm a terrible person but fear not an epilogue will follow.