Hey guys. I've been getting a few emails from some people asking me what exactly Peter's doing in this story. I really thought I had put a chapter in for this, but rereading the fic, I didn't. So here it is. I'm really sorry I forgot this! Hopefully this answers some of your questions!

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(Peter's POV)

Have you ever read one of those 'Animorphs' books? You know the books I'm talking about. The ones where they people are taken over by little slimy parasites called yeerks? I used to love those books. Every time Jake saw his brother get infested by one of them, I used to laugh. I mean, back then, it was funny. A weak little mortal trying it's hardest to fight an obviously stronger being. It's always funny until the same thing happens to you... isn't it.

I'll never look at those books the same way again. I don't really feel like laughing at him anymore either. Now, I know exactly how Tom feels. How it feels to live each day, with someone else controlling every single thing you do. To be stuck in this tiny corner of my mind- not able to stop Shane from doing whatever the hell he wants to Fi, or my friends.

It hurts. Most people probably think I'm a wuss- sitting here, telling you it hurts. But it does. I doubt very much that you've had to sit there, watch some person passing off as you, con your friends, even the ones you love, into thinking that they're you, then watch him hurt them. And all the while, your helpless, stuck in the same spot, twiddling your thumbs.

Don't think I chose this job. Oh believe me, I'd never wish this on my worse enemy. No, this is my fate... to be stuck here, away once again from my mother, while my psycho ass brothers try once again to take over this world, and seek revenge on Fiona.

Fi. Poor Fi. She wanted someone to love her so much, she was the perfect victim. God how I wish I could shake some sense into her. Scream, 'RUN AWAY FROM ME!" But I can barely move. Sure, Shane does let me go free once in a while, but even when he does, i barely have enough strength to keep myself conscious, let alone go warn my friends.

The only one who really knows is Clu. And now, maybe even Kat knows. I've seen the stares the two give me. I've seen the way they sneak away from the group, exchange notes on my behavior. And it sucks. Because they don't know how much I wish I could help them. They don't know just how much in common we have. I know exactly what my brother holds over Clu's head. I know, because my brother's holding the same thing over mine.

It hurts so much to feel Fiona with me. To have her next to me- kissing me, and I cant even do anything. I've wished for so long to be close to her, but not like this. Not knowing that I'm just the fall guy. Knowing that she's fallen in love with my brother. Not me. Knowing that she doesn't really even love 'me'. I've seen the looks she gives Clu. Anyone with half of a brain could see she still holds feelings for him, she still loves him.

Yeah, so I've got a dysfunctional family. So my brother betrayed me and allowed me to be taken over by this long lost brother I'd never even heard of. But, I don't hate him. As mad as I should be at Brent, somehow, I can't be. Because at least he still had a conscience. At least he at the end tried to help me. But Shane. When I finally get free of this fucking asshole, he's going to wish he was down in Hell.

The way he blackmailed Clu, even me, was low. I have to hand it to my brother though. He has thought of everything. He knew just how to make it seem like I had survived that fire, he knew exactly how to make Fiona turn into putty into his hands when Clu rejected him.

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" Fi?" Peter asked, walking toward a girl, crying on a bench. " Fi is that you?"

" Peter?" The girl lifted her face from her hands, and Peter smiled, recognizing her.

" Yeah… it's me Fi."

" Your ok?"

" Yeah." Peter hugged her gingerly, feeling her cry on his shoulder.

" I thought you had died."

" I couldn't leave you Fi… I could never leave you."

" You couldn't?"

" No Fi…" Peter looked away, smiling to himself. " Why were you crying just now? You weren't upset over me, were you?"

" Huh? Oh… it was nothing."

" It didn't look like nothing… did some guy not want to dance with you?"

" You could say that." Fiona admitted, sitting back down, and Peter sat down beside her. " I… I really thought he liked me."

" Who is this guy? Want me to go beat him up?" Peter teased, causing the girl to smile a little.

" I don't think you would want to beat up Clu." Fiona smiled. " Besides… it was just a silly crush… I shouldn't have taken it so seriously- why would he like me?"

" Fi, there are a lot of guys that would do anything for you to like them."

" Name one." Fiona said, rolling her eyes. 'Peter' laughed inwardly, knowing the girl had just taken the cake.

" Me." Peter said softly, looking at her. Fiona stared at him for a moment, her mouth open in awe.

" You- no you don't. Your just saying-" Fiona began to protest but Peter cut her off, kissing her.

" I'm not just saying that." Peter whispered ending the kiss. " I came back because of you Fi… I couldn't leave you."

" I don't know what to say."

" Then say you'll go out with me."

" This isn't a trick, is it?" Fiona asked suspiciously. " You aren't doing this just to turn on me, are you? Because if you are-"

" I've changed Fi. I swear it. I got rid of Brent… he won't come back again. You've got to believe me, Brent was controlling me, I'd never do anything to hurt you- ever." Peter whispered, looking down. " I… I want to start over again. I know it won't be easy, and I know I'll never fully be normal like you guys, but if your willing to help me, I'd really like to give it a try. I'd like to start a new life… with you right there with me."

" I-" Fiona began to say, then stopped, not knowing what to say. " I'll do it. I'll help you Peter…"

" Thank you Fi." Peter whispered, giving the girl another kiss, this one longer.

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So here I am, stuck watching my brother take over my life. Stuck listening to him over and over again whenever he chooses to torment me, stuck watching memories of before and after he took over my life. And here I am, stuck listening to my brother explaining to me just how he'll kill her, just how he'll hurt them all.

" Nice memory, isn't it little brother?" Shane asked, grinning. Everyday it was the same. Everyday I'd go to 'sleep', and my dear brother would pay me a visit in my mind.

" Wonderful." I muttered, not bothering to stand. What was the point? He'd only leave anyway. I don't have the energy to stand anymore. Not with the way things are turning out.

" Why are you always so sad? I thought this was what you wanted. You should be happy Pete… not sad."

" Happy for what?" I asked, glaring at him. " Happy that you're ruining all of their lives? Happy that your just using them? Happy that your using ME to do this?"

" You make it sound so wrong Peter." Shane said softly, kneeling down so he was eyelevel with me. " I'm only doing what you couldn't do little bro. I'm helping your relationship blossom."

" By hurting me? Sure Shane… you're helping me a whole fucking bunch." I hissed. " If you wanted to help me, you'd leave us all alone."

" Your just like he was Peter. An ungrateful, unappreciative little brat. You don't even care do you? You don't care what they did to our father. All you care about is becoming mortal so you can be with your precious little Fiona. Newsflash little bro. Your never going to become mortal. And you're never, ever, going to be rid of me. I'll kill you before I let you ruin this for me. Not like that'll be a problem… you can't even stand." Shane laughed, standing. " I had such high hopes for you Pete… I thought you were different then Brent, I thought you'd be the one that would finally accomplish what I couldn't, what father couldn't. But you've let us all down. Your just like them. A pathetic, weak little failure." Shane sighed, and I glared at his disappearing body. I sighed, knowing he had gone back to doing whatever it was he planned on doing.

            All I ever do here is try and think of what I would do if I ever got free. Clu and I talked about it one time when Shane had let me go for a while to 'take care of some business', but all we had gotten to was some spell Kat had found. Clu had made me memorize it, and I had, storing it in one of the few places I kept hidden in my mind, knowing Shane could not get in.

" Hey Peter." Fiona's voice shook me out of my thoughts and I looked on as my brother/I gave her a kiss, and she giggled. Hearing that giggle, I've finally made up my mind. I'm not going to sit around anymore. I'm going to fight. And even if it kills me, I'll make sure my brother never hurts her- or any of them.