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I froze, breath catching painfully in my chest.

"What?" I asked, sure I had heard wrong. "Wh-where is she?"

Rain squirmed on my lap, uncomfortable with the piercing open-mouthed stairs, silence, and tension that permeated the room. "Well, I don't really know. Not for sure. But Grampa took her away after the bad men came."

I stared at her blankly. Grampa? Bad men? It was like she was speaking in riddles.

"Grampa? Who's 'Grampa'?"

"Your Daddy." She clarified, nodding at me. "He was nice. He said, he said, that he hadda take her away 'cause she was sick."

I felt sick. I thought I might just throw up. I looked around helplessly at no one in particular, uncertainly until my eyes landed on Logan's. His face was white, although he kept his face guarded.

"What…" it was the first time he'd spoken since the revelation. We had more than one child. But where was my baby? He was on his knees in front of my, one hand on my arm. It clenched painfully before he asked, "What'd she look like?"

"I don't know." Rain told him sadly, shrugging. "She wasn't out of Mommy's tummy yet."

Both of us gaped at her. She hadn't…I'd still been…Where was she? Had I gotten an abortion? If I had, why had I? And who was this Grampa? My father? And the bad men…

I groaned aloud, putting a voice to my frustration. Logan pulled both me and Rain off the chair and into his lap and he clung to us with a silent desperation that bordered on panic.

The room was silent for about a half a second before all hell broke loose. A huge explosion rocked the building and everyone was knocked off their feet.

"What the fu-…!"

"Logan! Get downstairs, see what's going on!"

Screams floated up and the sounds of powers being unleashed reached us. Another explosion, smaller this time. There weren't as many screams…

"No way, Scooter!" Logan gathered us closer to him and lifted us into the air. "I'm getting you guys outta here."

He set me down carefully, but kept Rain in his arms. She clung to him tightly as we ran down the hallways.

We emerged from the mansion at breakneck speed running towards the forest. Sounds of a battle flew through the air to us as we ran, fueling our desire to put as much space between us and the mansion as possible.

"Keep going!" Logan yelled as I tripped and fell. He skidded to a stop and turned back to grab me by the arm and pull me to my feet. I followed him deeper into the dim forest. We came to a stop in a clearing I'd never seen before. It seems Logan knew this place better than anyone.

Without warning a blood-chilling howl ripped through the air. I dropped to the ground, whimpering and cowering, without knowing why. I peeked up at Logan. He was sniffing the air, eyes darting around.

MAE!

Charlie! Charlie, please, help! HELP!

I felt a scream bubbling up from my toes. I clamped my mouth shut trying to keep it in. I started to cry.

Help, Charlie, please, oh God…

I started to sob uncontrollably. My power suddenly boosted and Logan and Rain's auras' were blinding. I covered my eyes with my arm.

"Mae, c'mon, get over here." I tried to look at Logan, but the light was too bright. I shook my head. I was petrified. I couldn't move an inch, except to shake in terror.

Don't stop! Keep moving! Get outta there! They can smell you, they can…they're practically on top of you! MOVE! MAE, NOW. MAE!

It was too late. A dark figure broke through the woods. I terrified scream ripped from my throat.

I sensed Logan, through his aura, take a few panicked steps backwards. I felt his and Rain's auras separate.

"No!" I shrieked. "Get her out of here! LOGAN, GET HER OUT OF HERE!"

I felt him pause indecisively.

"GO!" I screamed. I tried to urge my uncooperative limbs into working, but it was no use. The dark figure took a few heavy steps foreword.

On four paws.

I gasped breathlessly, scrambling away from the monster of my nightmares. Or at least trying to. I wasn't getting very far. The thing barked and I could virtually see the satisfied smirk on its muzzle and the blood-lust in its rotten little eyes. It howled and I gave another terrified shriek.

Suddenly, there was an arm wrapping around my waist. I sucked in a breath to scream, but stopped as I realized it was Logan. He took off, with the both us further into the forest. To my surprise, we broke through the forest not a minute later.

There were no sounds of pursuit so Logan set the both us down. Rain immediately wrapped her little arms around my waist and snuggled her face into my hip.

"Are you okay, mommy?"

I took a deep, shaking breath and let it out in a rush. I dropped to one knee to look her in the eyes.

"We're gonna be okay. Nobodies gonna hurt you."

"Yeah, but are you okay?"

I choked and pulled her into a hug. We broke apart and I looked up at Logan. He'd made his way to the top of a little hill and the sun was setting behind his back. It created a halo of light around him and I stood up, holding Rain's hand.

"We've got to keep mo-…!" he started, before being shoved violently. He tumbled down the hill and stopped at my feet. Our eyes met and we both looked up. The sun had finally gone down and the only illumination came from Logan and Rain's auras and the moon. Still, as dark as it was, I could see the man standing on the hill.

"I guess I should tell you," The man said glaring down at us with a malicious grin. "I always win at King of the Hill."

Ryan.

I whimpered, pushing Rain behind me.

Logan had gotten to his feet at some point and now he growled. He let his claws slide out slowly and the light of the moon glinted off them impressively.

"Ah, ah, ah." Ryan said as Logan started up the hill to him. "I wouldn't play this game with one as exultant as myself. Besides," he said with a strange look. "I play dirty."

It was then that a shadow darted out from behind him, zigzagging down the slope to Logan. Logan took a swipe at him, but missed. The shadow continued downwards towards me. I tried to backpedal, but had forgotten Rain behind me. I tripped and ended up bringing her down with me. The aura-less shadow stood over us. Suddenly it developed a face.

Aidan.

"Hello, little sister!" he crowed. He spotted Rain and crouched down to her level. "And hello to you, little one. Do you enjoy death?"

I put a hand around her shoulders. He turned his strangely empty smile on me. "Little sister." Then to Rain. "Little niece."

"Aidan!" Ryan called. As he turned a scrambled away from him started for the forest. But another shadow appeared in front of me. It growled and I recoiled. The giant wolf.

It gave a pained scream as it's bones snapped and skin tore to form a human skeleton.

Brantley.

He took hold of my shoulder in an iron grip and spun me around marching me back to the group. He shoved sending me face first into the dirt.

"Mommy!" Rain called. She started to run to me, but Brantley grabbed hold of her collar and pulled her back. She struggled against him twisting and pushing at his hand. He raised a hand to hit her.

"Don't you dare hurt my baby!" I screeched at him, from my knees.

"Very well." He said. His voice gave me chills. My eyes widened as he stalked foreword, dragging Rain with him. I saw his hand raise….

I blacked out for a second before I hit the ground.

"Hey!" I heard Logan shout. My equilibrium was shot so when I tried to get up the world spun frighteningly.

I put my forehead against the ground as I tried to get the earth to still.

"As much as I'd love to stay and catch up," I heard Ryan drawl. "We're actually on a schedule. Aidan, Brantley - let's wrap this up."

That sounded ominous…

Suddenly, I felt a steel toed boot connect with my stomach. Then another on my spine. Then stomping on my side, stepping on my fingers. I felt one settle on my head as Logan and Rain screamed in rage.

"Stay there, mutt." Ryan warned. "Or she dies."

The boot pressed down on my skull threatening to crush me. Then, to my surprise, they let up. I lifted my head carefully as I heard them walk away. The world had settled down enough for that, at least.

Logan looked positively livid. Rain…where was…

Oh my God.

"Logan, Logan stop them!" I shouted, pointing at my brothers. Brantley still had his hand on Rain's shoulder and was leading her away.

"Stop! Stop! No, don't, please! PLEASE!" I screamed. They ignored me, except to pick up their pace. I scrambled up, wobbling and falling on my face again. Logan was running up after them and paused to help me up.

"Don't worry about me!" I sobbed. "Get her, get Rain!"

They were at the top of the hill and Logan and I were almost there.

"No, please, Ryan, brother, don't do this. Please." I implored holding my hands out to him. "Please."

"Farewell, sister." He said before jumping and hovering three feet above the ground. I screamed in fury and jumped foreword reaching for Rain. They vanished as I snagged her sleeve. I fell heavily to the ground, empty handed. The air had been knocked out of me and I gasped fruitlessly. Eventually, I got oxygen back into my lungs.

Not that it mattered. She was gone. My God, Rain….my baby…

Logan howled. Like a clichéd movie it started to rain. Rain. Oh, the agony of irony. And as the rain poured down on us and Logan sunk to his knees I rolled over, facing my humiliation. I breathed in the darkness and the pain and the rain. Then I exhaled.

And with that breath, as it left my body, so did all my will to live. I didn't bother to breath in again. And as darkness finally came in and robbed the last of my consciousness I almost smiled.

Almost.