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Iggy

I stared at Lupo for a long moment, watching as tears streamed down her precious face and violent sobs shook her whole body like an earthquake. Her eyes held nothing but sorrow in them, pulling over with a sadness I didn't quite understand.

"What do you mean, Lupo?" Ari asked quietly, walking over and kneeling down next to my broken girlfriend. Lupo had never been this emotional before, not even when we broke up.

"They… they took my baby," Lupo stuttered out once more before collapsing against me and soaking my shirt with her endless tears.

"She's never been pregnant," I mumbled to myself thinking for a moment as I hugged my girlfriend tight, wishing I could take all her pain away. "We always use protection…" My voice trailed off as I looked at Ari, who seemed absolutely livid at the news he had just heard.

"Those damn bastards. I'm going to kill them all," He mumbled, standing up straight and beginning to walk out of the kitchen.

"What the hell do you know about this?" I snapped, gently untangling myself from Lupo and letting Max take over for me as I turned to Ari.

"I- Uh… well, we might wanna go into another room," He mumbled, glancing towards Lupo wearily as horrible sounds left her throat in between the sobbing. So badly did I want to take her away from herself, pull her away from the sadness she felt and rewind to before she got taken away from me, before this kind of pain enveloped her. Although I couldn't, it was impossible. So I reluctantly followed Ari into the living room.

"Look," He started getting right to the point. "The School kinda wanted us to… um… reproduce for some reason, and they kinda forced us to… do that, and I think well it worked because Lupo must have gotten pregnant in order for her to be crying about what she's crying about. I think they like took the… whatever its called… out of her to raise it in a testube so they can experiment on it, like they did to other experiments," Ari explained quickly in a hushed voice.

I knew I shouldn't have been mad at him; it was the school's fault they did what they did. But, something inside of me just erupted. That anger I had silently been feeling towards Ari, that raw sense of rage that had never gone away, it all boiled over at this exact moment, as I stared at the guy my girlfriend had cheated on me with. Twice now. Something feral escaped my throat as I glared at him, something like a growl.

The confusion on Ari's face told me whatever sund I had just made wasn't human, but I didn't care. It took all my self control not to snap his neck right now and let somebody else take the body away. Instead I decided I'd just put him back in a coma… for a long time.

I lunged at Ari with so much strength I almost flew past him, barely getting my grip enough to tackle him to the ground and start throwing punches. "What! The! Hell! Is! Wrong! With! You!" I yelled, throwing a punch with every word. "First you kiss her, then you have sex with her!? What did I ever do to you?" I shrieked violently, pounding into him like he was a raw steak that needed to be tenderized.

For some odd reason, Ari never hit me back. Although all I could see was red, all I could focus on was the guy beneath me who held his hands up to his face as I threatened to beat him to death. Why wouldn't he hit me back?

"I'm sorry okay!" Ari yelled, obviously trying to get to my voice of reasoning, which seemed to be turned off at the moment. "You can't do this though! It's not our fault!"

"You're right! It's just yours!" I snarled, by now my knuckles were bleeding, but I didn't mind, not as long as I killed Ari. "You should've protected her!" I don't think I've ever hit somebody so hard in my life, especially not as many times in a row as I was now. I lifted my fist, breathing hard, sweat threatening to drip in my eyes, but I never ended up throwing the next punch.

"It's not worth it," I heard a hoarse voice speak, barely above a whisper. I spun around, getting to my feet only to find Lupo leaning heavily against the doorway, hugging herself together to keep from falling apart.

"Lupo, I-" I started, wanting to explain myself, but she didn't give me the chance.

"It's just not worth it," She repeating, something like comprehension shining through the pain in her eyes. She stumbled past the living room with Max right behind her, glaring at me.

"I'm going to talk to you later," Max sneered as she helped Lupo back to her room, whispering soothing lies into her ear as she did. That should have been me helping Lupo, but I was too busy breaking Ari's face to do anything. I sighed to myself, shaking my fist out and looking down at the bloody mess that Ari now was. He groaned halfheartedly, pulling his knees to his chest and laying on the ground in a puddle of his own blood, forcing himself to keep breathing. I wasn't necessarily proud of beating him up, although I felt a sense of satisfaction.

Fang walked over to us, glaring at me furiously. "What the hell, Igster? You can't just go around trying to beat people to death-"
"Oh like you wouldn't be mad in my position! For God's sakes he had sex with Lupo!" I snapped.

"Yeah, and he was also at the school, where they could have easily chipped him to make him do it." Fang shoved me back and helped Ari to his feet. I stared in confusion at Max's boyfriend as he helped Ari. He's starting to get more aggressive. That might not necessarily be a good thing.

"Fang he's right. I should have never let it happen," Ari mumbled and I felt a tinge of guilt course through my veins even though I tried to stop it. He really did feel bad, that much I was sure about- but that didn't make up for the fact that he had royally screwed up big time and any possibility of our friendship was now over.

"Yeah Fang, I'm right," I sneered, crossing my arms over my chest.

"You know what Iggy? Screw you. Stop being such an idiot and open those two eyes of yours. The School is not a place for saints- although I'm guessing you wouldn't know that with your perfect vision." Fang growled as Ari leaned on him.

"Fang, don't get mad at him," Ari mumbled, wiping a long strand of blood off the corner of his mouth.

"No, Ari, you are not allowed to-"

"Would you guys shut up!" Max yelled from somewhere upstairs. We all went silent, waiting. For what, I'm not really sure, but we were waiting. One minute ticked by, then two, then three.

Ten minutes passed before any of us moved. Fang was first, taking a step forward and pulling Ari along with him. They began heading towards the spare room on the bottom floor. I watched as Ari tripped over his own two feet, trying to stay standing, with Fang making sure he didn't face plant as they disappeared into the room.

I let out a huff, letting my arms dangle to my sides as I sat on the couch in the living room. Was a horrible person for what I had just done? Was I really the bad guy? All I had been feeling these past weeks with Max and the rest of the crew was this sense of defeat; of wariness.

I was terrified that something would happen to Lupo, and all I had been focusing on was the fear, not what I could do to fix it. I had been so afraid Max's life would drag her into a mess, and when it finally did, what did I do? Nothing. I let her get swallowed up; I let her get taken away from me.

And because of my lack of preparedness she had fallen into the arms of Ari.

Ari.

The only guy in this world who loved Lupo as unconditionally as I did; maybe even more sometimes. As the thought ran through my brain so did another one, something that felt like the last puzzle piece finally being slapped into its spot.

Ari. It wasn't Max. She wasn't the reason for my fear, it was him. I had been so scared that he would steal her from me, that he would take her away and make her love him. I had been so scared and I didn't even talk to her about it.

I wondered for a long time if Lupo had wanted to do what they had done while they were trapped. Did Ari force her? Was he chipped? Was she chipped? I sighed in frustration, tangling my fingers into my strawberry blonde hair and letting out a groan. Why did Ari have to exist? Why did he have to love Lupo of all girls? Why couldn't he love somebody else? Why did it have to be Lupo?

I sighed, and sat on the couch even as Fang walked out of the room and sat next to me. "Iggy, I've known Ari less than a year, and even I know he would never do anything to hurt you or Lupo. You guys are just as much his family as Max is. I know it's hard to believe, but sometimes we all do things we regret because it's for the best.

"I'm sorry for what I said, you know," Fang added gruffly, "It's not like you asked them to fix you. They just did. Honestly? I don't know what came over me. Maybe I'm just jealous of your life, I don't know. But that's not the point, the point is Ari didn't do that with Lupo because he wanted to, he did it because the alternative was… bad. He had to. Trust me, I know it's hard to understand now," Fang rested his hand on my shoulder and squeezed a little too hard before ruffling up my hair in a brotherly way. "But maybe it's not Ari's, or my, place to make you understand. Give Lupo some time, and maybe she'll help you out with that." Fang stood and I watched him head upstairs, passing Max as she headed straight for me.

Before she could completely get downstairs though, Fang grabbed her arm and whispered something in her ear, and she nodded once, the fire in her eyes dimming down. I watched as she went directly to where Ari was, not even sparing me a second glance. I knew I deserved her anger, her hatred, but I didn't want it. I guessed, whether I liked it or not, I'd have to find a way to apologize.

However, everybody was too fired up for me to do anything now, so I headed upstairs for the night, and crawled into bed next to Lupo, who was sleeping now, or so I thought. As soon as I laid down her eyes open and she snuggled into me, silent tears streaming down her face. "I'm sorry," she whispered, those two words barely audible as she spoke them against my chest. I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her closer to me, kissing her forehead gently and letting her cry herself to sleep in my arms, where she was safe from anyone and anything that could harm her.

"Me too,"

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