There, my computer has gone through surgery and recovered well enough to be able to get home, happy me! I've written the upcoming chapters by hand already so I just need to get it down onto the computer, but down worry, I type fast ;) Anywhere, here we go chapter 13! Thank you all out there for your positive reviews!

Lyrics: Rise Against - From Heads Unworthy

Chapter 13 – Save the Munroes

We are the children you reject and disregard
These aching cries come from the bottom of our hearts
You can't disown us now, we are your own flesh and blood
And we don't disappear just because your eyes are shut,
Now tell me

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Kelly and Sabrina hurried through the town, Kelly gritting her teeth as her body complained underneath Jill's weight. She had carried Kris not too long ago and the sister's were pretty much the same weight, but she had also hurt her shoulder again after carrying Kris and it was really sore right now. She winced as she rearranged Jill on her shoulder, knowing Jill was hurt she didn't want to drop her to the ground by accident.

"Can you make it?" Sabrina asked, worried about Kelly pushing herself too hard. She knew Kelly could push herself to do almost anything, but at the some time her body would tell her to rest. She was definitely going o hurt herself if she pushed herself too hard for too long, Sabrina knew that and their group as already hurt enough. The smart angel knew that if Kelly got badly hurt, none of them would make it. Sabrina had been called the leader of the group, and maybe she did like to take charge, but Kelly was definitely the glue in the group, she was the one to keep everyone together and she was the one who pushed all others to keep going even though they were completely exhausted. Kelly had some magical way of always getting them out of trouble, and Sabrina thanked God for that.

Without Kelly, where would they be today?

"It's fine, it's not too far to go." Kelly answered with her jaws clenched, gritting her teeth, fighting to keep going.

"We're almost there." Sabrina encouraged, her hand on Kelly's back.

But rounding the corner they suddenly knew that they had been correct earlier. Things would not go so easily, Farid would not just let them walk out of here. Although it wasn't Jahandar Farid in front of them, but the sight of the 6'11" Afghan man made both Kelly and Sabrina stop in their tracks. They knew him, they recognized his face even though the only light shining upon it was the dim light of the moon, but even so, it was easy to recognize the scarred face of Aamir Farid, Jahandar's younger brother and right hand man, a man just as dangerous as his brother. Kelly and Sabrina had been told that this man, along with Jahandar, killed their parents to be able to get control of the business and major part of their country. With their parents out of the picture they were able to change and form their world into how they wanted it to be, a world shaped by terror, pain and suffering. People fear terror, and when people are frightened, it's easier getting them to where you want them. Scare a man and you can use him to make sure your hands don't get any blood on them, you can force more people to do more than they ever thought was possible.

But you will never win their hearts.

As their castles crumble slowly
We watch them fall
The crown slips from heads unworthy
As we gain control

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Aamir was standing a few feet away from them when Kelly and Sabina saw him and both of them immediately stopped dead in their tracks. For a few seconds neither of them spoke, even breathed as the air was tense and filled with anger after the two worlds collecting in a loud, but yet completely silenced, crash. Aamir was standing next to Bano, her boy and their belongings. He was holding onto Kris, her hands appeared to be tied behind her back and he held onto her pigtail with one hand, forcing her head upright as he pressed a sharp knife towards her throat, putting pressure against her larynx. Kris' breathing was hard and labored, her eyes wide open in fear as tears streamed down her sunburned face, and Kelly could tell her dear friend was shaking out of fear. Aamir started talking, his voice raspy and hoarse, and even though Kelly didn't understand what he was saying, it was easy to tell the man was angry. Kelly heard Sabrina's breathing next to her change, and Kelly glanced over at her.

"What is he saying?"

"The boy you killed when they kidnapped Jill... It was his oldest son, Jahandar's nephew." Sabrina said, her voice trembling with worry, staring right into Aamir's black eyes. Aamir was pressing the knife so hard against Kris' throat that they could actually see small drops of blood slowly begun to drip as the sharp blade of the knife begun to rupture the sensitive skin. Kris were crying and Aamir was roaring something to her, but as she couldn't understand what he was saying, she cried even worse, resulting in him growing even more mad. Kelly slowly put Jill down into the sand, stepping in front of her lifeless form to protect her friend, and Sabrina quickly moved up in front of Jill too, still looking straight at Aamir. Sabrina then spoke to the man in a language neither Kelly nor Kris understood, but the man obviously did as he tensed his eyes, leaned forward towards Kelly and Sabrina, forcing Kris to bend forward as he spoke in a dark and chilling voice.

Sabrina looked towards Kelly, not being able to meet her eyes since Kelly's eyes were locked with Kris', the two of them were staring at each other, their eyes telling a story no one else could read or understand. Kris looked Kelly into her green eyes who looked black in the dark night, trying to read into the battered soul, wondering what the brunette was planning, what was she going to do? Kris knew without doubt that Kelly's brain was frantically rambling, trying to come up with the best solution to get Kris out of here alive. Sabrina nudged Kelly's arm, getting her attention, knowing Kelly was listening even though Kelly's full attention seemed to be staring into Kris' frightened eyes.

"Kelly. He said you killed his son and he is going to kill Kris. An eye for an eye."

An eye for an eye. Old memories suddenly played out in front of her eyes and for a few seconds, everything around her seemed to disappear as old memories of being a young child and Beemish screaming at her came to her mind.

"Damn it, stand up for yourself! You're too weak!"

Little Kelly looked up at the angry matron who was obviously mad about something again, Kelly didn't have much idea what had made her matron go mad again, but it didn't take much to make Beemish angry with her. Usually a look was all it took. Beemish suddenly faded away for a second and was replaced with one of Kelly's favorite nuns.

"Everyone has someone they'd do anything for."

The vision of the nun was only there for a second before she was replaced with Beemish's ugly face again.

"Pick yourself up off the floor and go on! That is life, Garrett."

A child, not much older than Kelly was suddenly standing above her as she was on her stomach on the floor, trying hard not to cry after being badly beaten up. The child spat at her and grinned.

"You're just street scum! You will never be anything more than that. You'll never have a home."

Before Kelly could react, Beemish was blocking her view again.

"Those children, those VILE children, hate you. But you're better than them because you have guts that they don't. To do things that they would never think of. Hate me Garrett, hate me all you want, hate me enough to SPIT ON ME."

One of her many foster mothers suddenly took Beemish place. "All of us do things we never expect of ourselves."

Beemish again. This woman had certainly left a major mark in Kelly's mind. "Sometimes, when you're not looking, a monster develops inside of you. Then when the time is right, you let it take over."

Kelly gasped as Beemish killed Kelly's little rabbit that one of the foster parents had given her once. Beemish didn't even flinch as the rabbit drew a breath and died.

"An eye for an eye."

Kelly took a breath as she straightened her back, a darkness in her eyes as she prepared for what she would have to do. She knew that she had been told so many things in her life, and she realized a person must do certain things, and never look back and regret them. What happens to us shapes us for the future and at times, you have to stand up for what you love and be willing to fight for it.

Kelly's hand was trailing along the back of her pants, her fingers gripping the handle of a small knife she had tucked down before. The knife was small and thin, only half an inch in diameter. It as small enough for Kelly to be able to conceal it in her closed fist, but sharp and long enough to cause very serious damage if handled correctly. And if anyone in this group knew how to handle a knife, it was Kelly Garrett. As Aamir was shouting to them, words meaning noting to Kelly, he turned his head slightly to the side as he screamed something to a man next to him.

No one saw it coming before Aamir suddenly fell to the ground, Kris falling out of his grip in shock and stunned surprise. She immediately turned towards the man that had held her hostage and her eye widened as she saw the small knife sticking out from is temple. Kris looked up at Kelly and then quickly began to crawl towards her in the same time as both Sabrina and Kelly grabbed their guns, unsecured them and let the bullets whistle through the air before the loyal men of Aamir had time to shoot the angels. Kris reacted by lying down on her tummy, covering her head with her hands as lots of fires went off above her head.

It was all over within a matter of seconds.

This is the family that we crossed or never had
This is a war that was lost the day that it began
'Cause it's the race we run, but it keeps us at the start
And it's the song I sung from the bottom of heart

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Kelly was suddenly grabbing onto Kris' body, helping her up into sitting position, putting her hands at the lower jawline bones, forcing Kris' head up to get a look at the grasp where blood was coming from Kris' neck. Kelly gently pushed her thumb towards it, making sue it wasn't bleeding too much, but the blood flow was already getting lighter. Kris pulled her arms around Kelly, not even thinking about the pain the movement caused her. Kelly held her hard as Kris cried towards her shoulder. Kris let go o her emotions for a minute or two, letting Kelly comfort her as she broke down in tears. Kelly held her hand towards the back of Kris' head, rubbing her neck gently while she was whispering calming words into Kris' ear. As Kris' heartbeats began to calm down and her pulse went back to normal, Kris looked up from Kelly's shoulder and looked towards Sabrina and Jill who was down on her stomach on the ground. Kris slowly let of of Kelly and began to crawl to her sister's side, Kelly supporting her as Kris saw down next to Jill. Kris put her hands on top of her sister's back, looking over her bruised and blood soaked face, her swollen hands and arms and the back covered in blood and wounds.

"What... What have they done to her?" Kris whispered as the tears began to fall freely again, the sight of her battered sister in front of her made her heart ache.

"She's been beaten badly, but she is alive and breathing. We all are. Let's get out of here, let's get out of here now." Sabrina said, Kris and Kelly nodding in agreement.

Sabrina and Kelly both helped out to move Jill to the bed Kris had been in earlier. As Sabrina watched Jill over quickly, Kelly went back a couple of feet and supported Kris back to her sister who was in her side, showing up the badly beaten face, making Kris gasp again. Kelly rubbed her back, knowing how close Kris and Jill was and how hard it was for the sisters to see each other hurt.

"Kris, lie down next to Jill and we'll get out of here. When we're somewhere safe we'll help Jill and talk about what happened, okay?"

Kris nodded towards Kelly who had spoken and moved close to her sister, carefully lying down next to her on the makeshift bed as Sabrina moved away. Kelly walked up to Bano who had gotten to her feet along with her boy as the gunfight had broken out. Kelly gently patted the big head of the animal and the camel leaned her head towards Kelly, giving her a small affectionate shove before the gang begun moving away from this location, leaving seven dead bodies behind, letting them bleed out into the sand as dawn begun to approach them.

By the time sun was up again, the angels and the camels had reached another destroyed town. Most parts of the town was completely destroyed by bombs, people from here had fled a long time ago and left their homes behind, seeking shelter at another location, trying their luck somewhere else. The angels had found a building in the town that was still standing up, a house with a well outside the door and several old rundown mattresses on the floor in one of the rooms. Sabrina and Kelly helped to carry Jill to one of them and Kelly then supported a very exhausted Kris to another bed. Kris' fever was going down but as Kelly put the back of her hand towards Kris' forehead, she could feel that Kris was still very hot. Tonight had been exhausting and Kelly knew it had taken a great deal of energy from Kris.

"Close your eyes and rest Kris. We'll watch over Jill, you just take it easy and get some sleep, gather up some energy." Kelly smiled, stroking Kris' cheek with her hand, and Kris nodded, closing her eyes as she did, and it didn't take long before the youngest angel fell into a stressed slumber.

Sabrina came inside after fishing up some water from the well and she out the bucket next to Jill who was still unconscious in the bed, a state she had remained in since they found her the previous night, something that was worrying both Kelly and Sabrina. The two of them grabbed a blanket from Bano and Kelly begun cleaning Jill's back as Sabrina tore a shawl into several pieces, using it to bandage Jill's arms and fingers.

"Broken?" Kelly asked as she looked over to Sabrina, the older angel shrugging her shoulders.

"Some fingers certainly are, but I don't know about her wrists. If she's lucky, they are "just" badly sprained. I can't tell without an x-ray, but I'll bandage them anyway to keep them still and give some support. Bandaging will also help to keep the swelling down." Sabrina said, more to herself than to Kelly, but none the less, Sabrina was still talking as Kelly was wincing as she saw the deep lacerations covering Jill's muscular back.

"Woah! Ya must've been in so much pain!"

"I was Peggy, but I don't remember this. I was out for quite some time and you haven't even heard about what hurt me the most yet." Jill said as she looked over towards the teen with the over sized hair.

"We stayed at that building for several days. By then, Kris' fever was pretty much gone and Jill was recovering. But it wasn't until she fully woke up about 48 hours after saving her that we found out about the major source of her pain." Kelly explained, looking over towards Jill who was fingering lightly towards her hip, at a location where Kelly knew there was definitely scars to remind them all of the sight they had seen.

"Something was worse than crushed fingers and being beaten with a whiplash?" Janet said in surprise, not even wanting to imagine what kind of pain they had put Jill through.

"A lot worse." Jill sighed, her fingers tangling together with Damien's.

"The minute Jill woke up, we knew something was really wrong." Kris said, looking over at her sister and meeting her eyes.

Kelly, Kris and Sabrina were all sitting around the old table in the house where they were hiding out. Kelly had gone hunting earlier and managed to shoot a rabbit, all three of them being very happy with getting some fresh meet into them. They hadn't eaten much the last days. Sabrina had found an old casserole in the half standing building and after creating a fire with some old and dry wood, they were now happily eating some warm meet.

They were all eating in silence, enjoying the food as they heard Jill moan loudly in pain in the other room, and all three of them immediately went there, kneeling next to her. Kris put her hand on top of her sister's head and gently brushed some hair away from her sweaty face that was twisted in pain, her entire body tensed and her breathing labored.

"Jill, sweetie, can you hear me?" Kris asked, wanting to hold onto her hand, but got reminded of what kind of treatment and hospitality her sister had been getting as she saw the temporary bandages.

"Hurt…" Jill whispered as a steady stream of tears came from her eyes.

"You're back? Or your arms?" Sabrina asked, resulting in Jill shaking her head.

"Hip." She whispered, meeting her sister's eyes.

"The hip?" Kris asked, looking up towards Sabrina and Kelly who looked just as confused as she did. Sabrina gently unbuttoned Jill's thick pants and gently moved them away to take a look at her hip. All three of them gasped loudly as they saw the big wound, by the right side of Jill's hip was a big infected wound.

"What… What's that from?" Kris whispered, swallowing hard as she did. The wound was smelling bad from the infection and all of them knew it would take a lot on Jill's body to heal this by itself.

"It… it looks like she's been branded." Sabrina whispered, clenching her jaw.

"Holy crap." Kelly whispered as she rose to her feet, getting some fabric and water, getting back inside she gave it to Sabrina before leaning down over Jill's face. "Jill, sweetie. It looks bad and we're going to clean it okay? I'm sure it will hurt but you're strong enough to handle it, I know you are."

"Just… do it." Jill whispered, her jaws clenched and her eyes looked with Kris'.

The second the first drops of water touched Jill's hips, her head lulled back for a long second as she cried out in pain, before her eyes rolled back into her head and Jill passed out.

"Jill? Jill!" Kris cried, shaking her sister as much as her own body allowed her to.

"Kris, calm down, passing out is just the body's way of controlling the pain. It's better for her if she doesn't feel anything." Kelly said, reaching over and putting her hand on Kris' shoulder.

Sabrina took advantage of Jill being out cold and used the time to neatly clean the heavy burn wound, making sure there were no dirt or gravel in it, before getting the medic bad and what was left in it. It had been attached to Bano as they rescued Jill and even though there wasn't much left in it, they did have some antiseptic fluid and some compresses and tape.

"How can anyone do something like this?" Kris whispered, not really seeking for an answer. Her voice was filled with anger and hate, wondering how people could be so harsh and rootless to beat and brand a young woman.

"Jill is insanely strong." Sabrina said, earning looks from both Kelly and Kris. Not looks of distrust, they knew very well that Jill was, just like them, a very strong character and it would take a lot to shake her foundations. They had worked hard on her, but she was still alive.

"I mean…" Sabrina continued. "This kind of treatment could have killed anyone else. She might be bad, but she is still alive and that's really all that matters at the moment. She will recover, I'm sure of it, she is strong enough to fight it off. We will hide out and give her some time to recover and when she's strong enough to continue, we'll get back to the base."

Everyone sat in silence for a while after Sabrina finished talking. They all know Sabrina was trying to keep their hopes up, but they had a feeling it wouldn't be just that easy or go just that smoothly. Hell, they didn't even know in what direction the base was located. Making a mistake, they could walk straight into the embrace of Jahandar Farid and his men.

"How long have we been out?" Kris suddenly asked, breaking the tensed silence as she leaned back towards the wall, but quickly rearranged her body to be able to sit more comfortable. She closed her eyes a bit, her back still felt like it had been torn into pieces and set on fire, and she still wasn't able to lift her left arm. Sabrina had told her that the bullet had gone into the shoulder blade and the bone had cracked. Sabrina couldn't of course tell how bad the shoulder blade was without x-ray or other medical machines, but she guessed that the injured shoulder blade had saved Kris' life. If the blade hadn't stopped the bullet, the road to her heart had been a short one for a bullet to travel.

"About a week I think." Kelly sighed. "I've lost count of the days."

"Do you think anyone is searching for us?" Kris whispered, wincing as she moved her arm into a more comfortable position.

"Probably not." Kelly said, her voice dark and filled with anger. "Getting home alive is up to none other than us and I promise you, I will make sure all of us gets back to California. This is not our time to die."

The room was once again filled with a tense silence for a while, all of them lost in their own thoughts for a few minutes, before Kelly moved over to Kris, helping her to lie down in a comfortable position.

"Rest Kris, you'll need your energy for later. Close your eyes and charge your batteries, okay?" Kelly whispered, comforting Kris as Sabrina took care of Jill.

It didn't take long before Kris once again fell asleep towards Kelly's arm and as she did, Kelly gently put her body down onto the mattress before moving over to Sabrina and Jill.

"Can I do anything?" Kelly asked as she put her hand on top of Jill's forehead as Sabrina was cleaning the best she could.

"Not really. All antibiotics that survived the explosion were given to Kris, Jill's gonna have to fight this off herself."

"So, by giving Kris it all, we… we've doomed Jill?" Kelly asked, dread in her voice as she met Sabrina's eyes. Sabrina didn't answer, but Kelly could easily see the worry in Sabrina's eyes.

"We need to get both of them some clothes." Sabrina said instead, rising to her feet, beginning to search through the closets and drawers. Kelly stayed next to Jill, holding her head, just looking over and observing her, whispering to her to stay strong. They needed her more now than ever.

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I'm not after fame and fortune
I'm after you
When I've served my time I swear I
will come back for you

As their castles crumble slowly
We watch them fall
The crown slips from heads unworthy
Right on to ours, but I'm after you