Maxs PoV

Fang and I exchanged a worried glance, then he swung me off the counter. It wasn't really necessary, but I wasn't going to argue with him. "Iggy, what's-" I cut myself off as we stepped into the living room. Angel was sitting in front of the TV, happily chattering. Except this time, we could see who she was talking to. Sitting next to her on the floor was a teenage girl. Her back was to us, so all we could see was her long deep red hair. She wasn't speaking to Angel, just nodding her head, but my little sister seemed to be responding to questions the girl was asking that we couldn't hear.

I glanced at Fang, then back at the girl. As though she could feel us all staring at her, she slowly turned to smile at us. It sent chills down my spine. Her eyes were bright green, unnaturally bright green. She got to her feet, wearing a funny expression. She wore a loose cotton dress, tank top sleeves, purple on the top and green on the bottom. She was barefoot. She had a starfish clip in her hair. Angel looked up at her, then looked back at us with a grin. "Hey guys, you finally get to meet Ariel!" she said, bouncing to her feet. None of us said anything, we just watched her.

Slowly, Ariel reached down and took Angels hand, and Angel beamed up at her. "Ariel, this is Max, Fang, and Iggy." Angel introduced. Ariel focused her freaky eyes on us one by one, taking in our features. "Ange." I said slowly. "Can you come over here please?" Angel glared at me, making my blood run cold. "No!" she snapped. "I don't want to!" "Angel, please." I didn't like how she clung to Ariel or how she was looking at me. She had something burning in her eyes, something I've never seen before from her. "No!" she shouted yet again. "I like Ariel better than you! It's your fault Mommy and Ari and Gazzy are dead! I hate you!"

My eyes widened, and I bit back a pained gasp. Her words sliced like knives, right to my heart. I closed my eyes and fought out, "You don't mean that Angel." I opened my eyes just to see hatred burning in her bright blue orbs. "I do. I hate you, Maxie." I looked at Ariel. She wore a smug expression, and I knew this was all her doing. I felt fury course through me, and opened my mouth. Before I could make a single sound, Ariels hand made a weird gesture. Before I knew what was happening, I was flung against the opposite wall with enough force to make me see double. I hit the ground hard. I groaned and rolled onto my back, blinking a few times. The first thing I noticed was the hall in the wall where I hit it. The second thing I noticed was Fang leaning over me, looking worried.

The third thing I noticed was Angel saying, "Ariel! I didn't want you to hurt them!" "I'm ok." I mouthed to Fang, starting to sit up. Fang took my arm and helped me stand upright. Ariel ignored my sister and gestured again, this time making Fang slam up onto the ceiling, then crash back down onto the coffee table. It splintered and broke, the glass top shattering. Angel cried out again while I ran forward to Fang. "You ok?" I whispered to him. He nodded, but his jaw was clenched. When he sat up, something dark and red was staining the back of his shirt.

"Fang, you're bleeding." "I'm fine." I knew he was lying, but hopefully it could wait until after this whole thing played out. I glanced back at Ariel as she was raising her hand again. But Angel, my baby sister, grabbed her arm before she could send any of us flying into more furniture. "Stop it! Stop hurting them!" she shouted in her little girl voice. "Angel!" Ariel shoved her against a wall just as I was getting to my feet, then whirled around and held her out towards me, palm out. I flew back five feet and felt my back smack against the wall. This time, however, she held me there.

Her face was twisted in anger, much like the girl's with the broken glass. "Ariel!" Angel shrieked, sounding close to tears. Ariel stopped, then slowly turned to face Angel. She let her hand drop, and I was placed back on my feet. I stumbled, but stayed upright. Then to my horror, Ariel slowly reach out and hugged Angel. Angel was crying into her neck, saying, "Why did you hurt them Ariel? Why?" I didn't hear Ariel answer, but Angel sniffled and said, "Ok. I forgive you." Tears were starting in my eyes, but I forced them back. Fang appeared at my side and gently rubbed my arm. Ariel picked up Angel and started to move towards the door.

Just like that, I was full of adrenaline. I leapt towards the two. They couldn't take my only family from me. Ariel stepped to the side to avoid me, but that gave me to opportunity to grab a poker from the fire place. I lunged again, nearly clipping Ariel in the head. She shot me an angry look, and she teleported right to the door, like the girl with the glass had. The door swung open, just as I was running forward, planning on impaling the bitch. Angel was staring at me over Ariel's shoulder with wide eyes. Ariel stepped through the door, and Angel gave me a little wave and said cheerfully, "Bye Maxie."

Just as I reached them, the door slammed shut in my face. "Angel!" I screamed. I yanked on the doorknob, but all I got was an electric shock that made my hair stand on end. I ignored the pain and swung the poker against the door over and over with all my strength. It didn't even scratch the paint. "Bring my sister back you son of a bitch!" I hit the door harder, grinding out with each hit, "Bring. My. Sister. Back!" I swung again, but to my surprise, Fang caught it before it hit the door. He winced a little from whatever happened to his back, but he wouldn't release the poker.

"Max, stop." He said quietly. "it's no use." I tried to yank the poker away, but he maintained his grip. I looked back at the door, then shook my head and let the poker bang to the floor. "I'm sorry Angel." I whispered, then looked at Fang. "Come on, let's go get you cleaned up." I said. "I'm fi-" "Don't say it." I warned sternly, then grabbed his arm to pull him up the stairs. "We'll be down in a minute to help with clean up." I told Iggy, who still looked stunned. He nodded numbly.

Fang was right, it's no use. My family is gone.

(A/N Yay, an actiony chapter! Enjoy and review!

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