me: i meant to update, but my friend stayed at my house for a long time and i didn't have time.

Thorn: Bubba! We all wanted to know what happened to me!

me: this and the last chapter shall be uploaded today! and Lord Death is so OOC in this!

Chapter 21: Gone

(Kid's P.O.V)

I jerked away from Father and looked at him, "How could you!?" He sighed and I restrained myself from screaming, "You locked up your own son! Do you even care!?" He looked at me, "Of course I care! I didn't want to lock him up! He brought this onto himself." I blocked him.

"You're wrong. You brought this onto him. Didn't you here the girl? She said he was just trying to get your attention, trying to make you proud. I always was there for him, he didn't need to do all that. But you were never there, so he thought he needed to be better." Father pushed past me. I shouted, "Don't you get it?! Because of how awful you are at parenting, you lost him! He never got to live a life! Most of it was spent being tortured and the last few months were just trying to become a Kishin!"

He ignored me and kept on walking. I wanted to go back and get Thorn, but I knew I wouldn't be able to open the doors. I didn't bother following him and went back to the house. I went into my room, passing by Liz and Patty without acknowledging them.

I lay on my bed, thinking one thing.

My brother was gone, and he was probably never going to be released…

(Lord Death's P.O.V)

I couldn't choose a single name for all the emotions surging through me.

Sorrowful, angry, shocked, disbelieving, mournful, defeated, and regretful were some of the things I felt.

I felt lost. I couldn't believe that just like that, Thorn was gone. I could hear his screams echoing through my head. His cries for me to come back. The way Kid had went off about what a horrible father I was and how it was my fault just crushed me. The song he and that girl had sung made my view as a parent change.

Children always had some hatred in them that needed to be expressed and released onto the world early. If it was kept balled up like that, it would lead to heartbreak or bloodshed.

It was my fault. Thorn had gone through so much awful torture; he needed someone to pay attention to him. Kid wasn't enough, he could give brotherly support, but Thorn needed someone with experience. I hadn't been there at all. I had ignored him completely.

I knew that if I went to the DWMA, they would be happy that Thorn was gone, and I wasn't ready to face that. I went to the Gallows house and entered silently. I could hear the girls talking.

"Patty, did you hear that song? It was amazing!"

"Liz, it was really sad. They were trying to kill each other."

"I know Patty, but her voice was amazing!"

"Liz, aren't you sad? Thorn was adorable, now we'll never see him again."

"Now I feel bad, the last thing I said to him was how his hood was disturbing and it made him look freaky…"

"The last thing I said to him was that his puppy should've turned into a giraffe!"

There must have been something seriously wrong with Patty. I was actually starting to question her sanity. I was still holding onto Thorn's dog. Wait, what?

I forgot to put the dog in with him! I felt even worse, now Thorn was alone. I really was a horrible father.

I put the dog down and it morphed into a girl. She screamed, "Where is my master!? Why did you take me away from him!?" She burst into tears. Kid came out of his room and glared at me, "You forgot to put Squeaks in the cage!? What kind of horrible father are you!? You're almost worse than Spirit!"

I felt awful. Liz and Patty came over to see what the screaming was about and when they saw the girl they gasped. The girl ran over to them and threw her arms around Liz. Liz returned the hug and tried to calm her down. Patty rubbed her head.

I knew what to do to the girl.

me: oooo... What's he gonna do?

Christine: when am i coming in?

Meg: And me!

Crikey: And me?

Bones: and me?

me: AHHH! YOU AREN'T IN THIS YET! GO AWAY!

Thorn: So review!

me: Or we'll eat your soul!