Yeah yeah yeah, you know who owns what at this point I put it up every freaking chapter.

So... this was gonna be longer... I was going to get to a certain point but that has to wait. The end will stop abruptly because I had to leave and forgot was I was about to write. Sorry.

That evening we spent the night at a hotel. Just a run of the mill, hole in the wall, shabby, falling apart, two floor type of deal. That was the perfect place to be, no one could find us there. No one could hurt us, no one could scold us. I looked around at our rinky dink group of kids. We were nothings, just nothing at all. I understood. I knew what horrible things that the School did, lucky as I was not to ever be imprisoned there. They did that to my mother. She cried day in and day our through pregnancy, unable to feel me kicking, puking at random times with no particular reason. She had to ask my father if I was alive every morning after I started kicking. I even came late because she couldn't push me out. The nightmares she used to have that I would be as genetically screwed up as my precursors haunted her until the late afternoon. I hated the School for doing that to my mother, who tried so hard just to make a family for herself, and didn't even have the satisfaction of giving birth to her child naturally. She was the only one of both the flocks that had to have a C-section. She felt like an outcast a misfit. She wanted me to have everything she couldn't. She wanted me to be the happiest child in the world, and as loving as I often try to be, the only thing that will really make me happy is for the people that did that to my mother to die. I wanted the School burned to the ground. I'd never been very tolerant of whiners. Look at what you have, so so much and you're whining! My mother had money, but she didn't need it, didn't want it. Gave it up, even, just to save those around her from herself. She was willing to give up everything to make sure the people she loved wouldn't get hurt.

I glared at the disgusting green carpet under my bare feet. And here I was with a bunch of whiners that weren't willing to even pay attention to their family heritage. "Hey," I said, sounding calmer than I was, "I think… we should… give this flock thing a try." I suggested.

"What?!" Static scoffed, "Why?"

Raivin laughed, "Yeah, it's not our problem, we're out of there. Home free. We can put this whole thing behind us once we get home."

I frowned, "They'll find us."

There was silence. "Excuse me?" Lisa's voice was tensed, she sounded almost insulted.

"They will find us. They want us bad enough. They'll kill anyone that stands in they're way to get to us. We are, at the moment, the most incredible research project ever."

"Our parents will protect us," Static shrugged it off.

I spun around, furious, "Are you that selfish?!" I spat, "That you'd put your parents lives on the line for your own?!"

His eyes narrowed as the oxygen grew thick and my breath came in puffs. "My father is a skilled fighter. He'll be fine. You of all people should be fine. You've got Kisha as a mother. She can't feel pain. She'd just keep on fighting-"

"Till the end!" I hollered, "She'd fight until her body caved in on itself for me! And she wouldn't even know it was happening! She wouldn't have time for a final goodbye. No final will and testament. Just a surprised cry and then it's the end! Do you know how horrible that is?!"

He looked taken aback. "We'll be fine…"

"Will we? How do you know? How much of the School did you really see? The same Erasers everyday, that or their clones once the originals died. The same scientists or, once more, their clones in planted with their memories," I sneered at him. "I bet you didn't even know that they could do that. That cloning was nothing new to them. They could capture us! Kill us and no one would ever know! They'd just send out our clones! Does that scare you?! Even the least bit what kind of technology, what ruthless wretched people they are!"

Static turned away from me, snatching up the remote and turning on the news. The others just stared back at me in disbelief. Except for Kai, who was scowling as he scribbled heatedly on his notebook. He was writing about me.

"I am NOT bipolar!" I hissed at him. He looked up to give me a arrogant smirk and go back to his writing. I usually would be so outwardly about my feelings, I hated to make other people feel bad about their opinions but the least we could do was pretend we care about the situation!

The news was buzzing like white static in my ears. I read the headlines. The current story was about a boy that shot his teacher dead in the middle of gym class, the coming up story was about a girl that ran away from home. They flashed her picture on screen; her red hair drew attention away from everything else. The last story was on a tropical storm off the coast of India. I shook my head; the news was always so negative.

I turned back to stare out the window out at the bleak day, it looked like it was going to rain soon. "So…" I felt the eyes of the others burning into my back as I began once more, "Tomorrow... fun, we get to finally go home."

"Yeah," Lisa agreed quietly. A silent tear streaked my cheek. I looked for something to wipe my nose with so I wouldn't sniff loudly, but I couldn't find a way to get a tissue without revealing that I was crying.

Suddenly a tissue was thrust into my left hand. Kai stood next to me, his head turned away. "Thank you." I said quietly. He only nodded as I wiped the tear off my cheek and blew my nose. "I'm gonna go for a walk or something," I murmured to the group, turning and walking swiftly to the door.

"It's about to rain," Raivin informed, sounding worried.

I shrugged, "I like the rain."

"You don't have a key card," Static added.

I smiled secretly to myself, "I'll just kick down the door," I felt a little satisfaction in that I could crush something. Something seized my wrist. I looked over my shoulder at Kai. I shrugged carelessly, "You may come along if you wish it."

He gave me a look that had a mixture of "Oh, I wish it" and "You and I are going to have a little chit chat" in it. I shrugged once more; wrenching open the old water damaged door and exiting. When we came to the main entrance it was indeed raining out. I sighed and stepped out into the light drizzle. I listened contentedly to the pitter patter and occasional splish splash of Kai's and my footsteps as we trudged down the road. We soon came to an old play ground. It looked like it hadn't been played on for a long time. Out of the corner of my eye I saw what looked like a large cross. Kai and I went to check it out.

"Here lies the girl that donated all the money to create this park. Her large heart and sweet words blessed everyone around her with every minute she spent with them." My blood ran cold as I read the rest of the tombstone, "Natalie Lauren Rebecca Church 1995-2011"

I let out a quavering breath that I hadn't realized I was holding in. How… could they have… the remains of Backlash?! Mom… Mom ate her, she always considered keeping Lash with them was the worst mistake that they'd ever made. If she had just let Lash call her parents that day, she never would have died. I knew that Mom was only doing what she thought was right, that Lash would not have blamed her… but it was so hard… not to feel shame… when you know just how little mercy there had been in her death, just how much she deserved it but at the same time didn't.

Kai tugged at my sleeve. I glanced up at him with worried eyes. He gave me an understanding look then nodded to the swing set. I nodded, "Yes, we need to talk." He lead me over the tire swings, he spun me around a few times before hopping on as well. He gave me a stern look in spite of the surroundings. "I want to fight." I told him flatly. "I want to kill the people who have done this to us, murder those that deprived us of the normal lives we should be living." He leaved over and put a hand over mine, squeezing gently. "Getting to know you has been nice. It's one of the few positive effects of these wings." I pulled our entwined hands up to my mouth to kiss the back of his hand.

A nervous giggle rang through the playground. I looked up to see Lisa. "I'm sorry, am I interrupting something?"

Kai glowered at her as if to tell her she knew that this was to be a private conversation. "No, not at all, let me just…" I pushed my leg down through the hole and we skidded to a jerky halt.

She smiled sweetly at me, "Thank you," She muttered, taking the place to Kai's right. "So… what were we talking about over here?"

Well, it's not like she would really care to join the discussion we'd just been having. She, along with Static, had already voiced her opinion on the matter. "Nothing." I lied.

The corners of her mouth turned down. She scrutinized me suspiciously. "Didn't look like nothing… Are you sure you don't want to tell me?"

I tried to ignore the protective edge to her voice. I knew why she was being so nosy but she really didn't have any business in our debate. "No, really, you wouldn't find it very interesting."

She shrugged, "Oh, I don't know I probably would- Eek!"

"Kai!" I cried as he shoved her off the tire swing. He rolled his eyes as if to say, "Whoops…" I scowled at him, "That was rude." He shot me a look. "Well you're no better when you do things like that!" I jumped down from the swing and grabbed Lisa's hand to pull her up but she yanked it from my grip.

"I can see I'm not wanted here on my own, thank you!" She yelled, getting up on her own, brushing off her backside and stomping off towards the hotel once more.

"Lisa, wait!" I called after her, about to break into a run and follow but one of Kai's arms snaked around my waist while his other hand grabbed my arm and her pulled me back.

He buried his face in my hair and sighed into the nape of my neck. Slowly, his hand ran down my arm and wound itself into my own again. I wriggled out of his grasp. "Kai, that was so mean." I scolded, "How could you do that to your sister? She loves you so much!"

He shook his head, running a hand through his tousled mass of hair.

Dun dun dun! (Sarcasm) I know I know I know, but IF I get four reviews I will start right back up on this instead of working on my Vampire Knights fic like I was going to. Kisses!