A/N; Hi guys :0 I know you're gonna shoot me for not updating, and feel free. Life has been insane! Here's chapter thirteen, I'll probably upload fourteen now and if I get my other homeworks done fifteen but don't hold out hope! As always, R&R! Follow me on Tumblr divineherondales xx

STAN'S POV

She does not speak as we walk back to the car, eyes distant and glassy. I feel like I should ask her if she's alright, comfort her, but I get the feeling somehow she's not in the mood. We hop into the car and she looks over to me, nervously drumming her fingers on the leather of the steering wheel.

"You know what this means?" She asks timidly after a while of silence penetrating the space.

"They'll know where we are?" I guess, looking down.

"Precisely." I look over to her.

"Are you worried?"

"I'd rather have my mother out of the way first so I don't have to worry about both of them."

"You shouldn't have to worry about her."

"She's a psychopath, Stan. So is my sister. And they're trying to kill one of my closest friends."

"Can't Leon deal with them? Don't you have enough to worry about?" She starts the engine.

"If only it were that easy."

"Soo." I say slowly, awkwardly. "You're Zach's sister?"

"Yeah. That's going to be hard to explain."

"How long have you known?" I frown.

"About twenty one minutes."

"Seriously?"

"Yeah. We must be the luckiest family on Lorien- the only one who actually died in the invasion was my father." She pulls out of the car park.

"Wonder how he's going to take it."

"It's not him I'm worried about."

"Who, then?"

"My other brother."

"Leon? Why?"

"I never told you how he came to Earth, did I?"

"No."

"There's a branch of the government dedicated to helping and hiding the Loric, set up three years before the destruction of Lorien. He was fifteen when he came here."

"And?"
"He, Agent Cameron and Agent Townsend all work there. They work to hide us. And I just sent out a bloody flare. Every mogadorian on this planet will be descending on Roseville. We have to leave."

She drives so fast we arrive at the school less than five minutes later. She throws open the car door and storms inside. I follow her as fast as possible.

"What was that for!" Leon roars at her as she storms up the stairs. Cammie and Zach are standing at the balcony looking on nervously. Headmistress Morgan, Agent Cameron and Agent Townsend are on their left.

"Do not address me as you would a child, Leon. You know that I had no choice!"

"I know that you could've let it go, Kate!" He sneers.

"And what? Let Lana kill an innocent human being! You're beginning to remind me of her!" They're roaring in each other's faces now, and I move forward a little.

"Hardly!"

"All that's ever mattered to you Leon was keeping the nine safe, and you couldn't even do that! Now one, two and three are dead and so is Lana! You couldn't stop them being killed, so now I take matters into my own hands."

"It is not your place-"

"Both of you." Headmistress Morgan interrupts sternly. "Shut up." Their heads turn slowly to her. "What's done is done. Now, we do damage control. I'll call the networks to us immediately." She pulls out her compact and initiates code red. "All of you, back in your uniforms. Leon, follow me." Kate spins on her heel and storms up towards her room, tears in her eyes.

"Kate!" I call, running after her. Cammie holds out a hand to stop me. She shakes her head.

"I'll go." I stop dead as she disappears after her. Zach looks pale, and swallows hard, looking up at me.

"Does this mean I'm like you?"

"I hope so, dude." I say absently, "We can use all the help we can get"

"But why wouldn't she tell me?"

"She's known for about six minutes more than you have. Don't sweat it." I lay a hand on his shoulder. "And besides, at least this way you know you can protect Cammie." I laugh, "Your mother's insane." He looks glumly down the corridor.

"Tell me about it."

Just as the school finishes entering code red, the doors are opened and a crowd of people walk in. I recognize all of them from the fair. Zach pulls on my sleeve.

"We have to get changed."

We go back to the room and get back into the uniform and walk slowly towards the grand hall. A small podium has been set up, and the room is full. Behind the headmistress stand the others as well as the agents. I walk over but Zach hangs back. Mr Solomon nods at me.

"Take out your pendant." He says, "There's little point in hiding anymore." I nod and pull it out, letting it hang proud over my shirt. Marina hums nervously, ringing her hands and nervously running her hand over her pendant. John leans against a wall, watching the chatting people with an amused in his eyes. Kelly stands with Evan, Cammie and Joseph, but Kate is nowhere to be found.

"Ladies and gentlemen." The headmistress' begins, speaking into the microphone. In the crowd I see the group of teenagers from the fair. "My name is Rachel Morgan, and I am headmistress of the Gallagher academy. You all know why you're here, so I'll skip the introductions." She swallows, looking over the crowd. "What you witnessed today was no doubt strange, and I think you all know how it happened. The Nine," She pauses, "As most of you will remember, nine children and their protectors took refuge here eleven years ago when their planet was destroyed. They went into hiding so they could stay alive. Flash forward to today and they have become six, then seven with the arrival of the final Aeternus, Evan." He inclines his head. A flash goes off. "Today, it has become even more vital that they remain hidden. The Mogadorian threat is very much alive and kicking. And it is for that reason that you have all been called here. It is not for their benefit but for yours that I ask you keep all that you have witnessed to yourselves; that the footage be deleted, that it only be spoken about in whispers in houses at night."

"But people have been waiting for this for years!" A reporter shouts.

"I understand that-"

"Why should we? We can make a fortune!" The man from the television channel shouts. I roll my eyes.

"Because," A voice comes, "You're lives will depend on it." The crowd parts to reveal Kate, standing at the back of the room. Her pendant hangs on the front of her shirt, her scars are on full display and her lips are pursed.

"They wouldn't hurt us." He says indignantly. She raises an eyebrow, hands on hips.

"Wouldn't they? They didn't hesitate to torture and kill my cêpan and to torture me. What makes you so special?"

"B-but-" he stutters nervously, "I'm only a human."

"They intend on taking over your planet, sweetie. I'm sure part of their plan already includes killing the entire population."

"Is that likely?" The boy who Marina healed shouts.

"Likely?" She laughs, "I suppose to them it is. But I don't intend on letting that happen."

"Well we can't just leave this story." Another, female, reporter says nervously. "I'll get fired."

"Humans." She sighs, "I'll never understand them. Yes, I get that." Her eyes meet mine over the crowd and she speaks in my mind.

We'll have to leave eventually.

"It's inevitable." I say aloud. People turn and glance at me curiously.

The sooner the better. I won't let my sisterhood be damaged because of me.

"I understand. There has to be something we can do."

I was thinking TV interview Thursday night. They can film us training tomorrow and interview us and stuff. I can prepare a safe house in that time. But Leon and Townsend will have a fit.

"Who gives a crap? It's not their choice." She smiles at me.

"Let's make a deal, shall we? We'll come on your talk show on Thursday night and you can film us training tomorrow. I need five days to prepare a safe house." She sighs, "Can you at least give us that?" The reporter nods. She spins on her heel. "Stan!" She calls, exiting the room. I follow after her into the empty and cold foyer. She sits on the bottom stair and I sit next to her. For a while we stay silent, and she stares at the doors of the school. I take her hand.

"Are you alright?" I ask quietly. She sighs and leans her head on my shoulder. I try not to shake with nervousness.

"I've messed everything up, haven't I?" Her voice is quiet, shaky for the first time since I met her.

"No." I say softly. "No you haven't." Don't you see? I want to say, that you've changed everything? I swallow hard.

"You're supposed to say that." She laughs weakly. "Give me the truth."

"That was the truth." I say honestly, "You've changed everything, that's all. And it would've happened soon anyway."

"I've made a mess. I'm going to get someone killed." Her voice cracks and I look into her eyes.

"No." I say firmly, "You have saved more lives than you could possibly have killed. You need to stop putting yourself down so much- it just makes it so much easier for them to do it." For a moment, she stares at me, lips slightly parted. Then she jumps to her feet, pulling me with her with twice the strength I have. She tugs me up the stairs and down a dark corridor. She slides her hand behind a tapestry and presses something in the stone. The wall slides back and sideways and she steps into the darkness behind it. I wait a minute, then, breathing deeply, follow.