A/N: We changed the name of this chapter from Trouble Maker to Dark Chicago because an event that was planned for this chapter didn't get put in because we liked it the way it ended.

Dark Chicago

Mariana stared at Alexandria before saying, "S-Sergei r-raped you?"

Alexandria wiped the tears away from her face. "Yeah."

"Where's that bastard?" Mariana shouted pacing around the room. "W-wait! We're here now. Why didn't you tell me in Croatia? Why did you wait till there was an ocean separating us?"

Alexandria looked away. "I-I don't know. I guess…I guess I don't want you to kill him."

"Why!?" Mariana yelled.

"I-I don't know."

"You're a nice person, Al," Mariana said hugging her. "And someday I'm gonna kill that bastard for doing this to you."

Abby was sitting by Luka's suitcase on the bed while Luka unpacked. He stopped folding clothes and looked at her. Smiling he pushed the suitcase off the bed and sat down by her, taking her face in his hands and kissing her deeply.

"I love you, Abby," he whispered. "I love you more than anyone else."

Abby smiled back at him. "I love you too, Luka."

For the first time since the twins had entered their eyes, Luka and Abby were able to spend time together in peace.

Mrs. Evan's answered the door soon after Mariana rang the bell. She smiled widely at her son's girlfriend. "Mariana! How are you doing, sweetie? I've been so worried about you, and your sister."

Mariana smiled at Mrs. Evans. "I'm fine, I guess. Is Mitchell home?"

Mrs. Evans nodded her head. "Yeah, he's in his room. Go right on up."

"Thanks," Mariana said as she walked past Mrs. Evans into the house.

She ran up the grand staircase in the middle of the floor in front of her. Mitchell and his family had money, a lot of money. She ran into his father when she got to the top.

"Mariana!" he exclaimed. "It's great to see you."

"It's nice to see you too Mr. Evans," she smiled at him as she passed.

"You doing okay?" he asked her.

Mariana nodded, turning around and smiling again. "I'm fine."

"That's good," he said as he began walking down the stairs. Mariana turned back around and found the door that opened up to reveal a staircase, leading her to the attic where Mitchell's room was. Knocking on the door she leaned against the wall as she waited for him to answer.

He opened the door and smiled. "Hey baby," he greeted her as he wrapped his arms around her, pulling her tightly to him in a hug.

"Hi Mitchell," she whispered, her voice breaking.

He pulled back slightly and eyed her worriedly. "You all right?"

"I'm, I'm…" her voice broke off as she tried to reassure him that she was fine. She was tired of lying to everyone!

"What's wrong, Ana?" he asked, pulling her into his room. Shutting the door behind them he led her to his bed and sat her down on it. He sat down next to her, turning to face her. "You can tell me."

"W-when we were in Croatia, Al met this guy and…" she looked towards the window. The sun had once been shining in the spring April weather, but now clouds were beginning to cover. "…And he, he raped her."

Mitchell closed his eyes, digesting the news. He cared for his girlfriend's sister tremendously; he loved her like a sister, something he hoped she would be to him one day. Hearing this news cut him to the core. "When?"

"The first day we were there," she answered.

"When did you find out?"

"Today."

He looked out the window, where clouds were accumulating faster and faster, blocking out all the suns rays.

"Is there anything I can do?" he asked, whispering.

"Go with me back to Croatia so I can kill him," Mariana said closing her eyes against the tears building up before opening them again. Tears fell down her cheeks like a damn bursting.

Mitchell rubbed his thumbs across her tears, trying to remove them from her face. "It's going to be okay, sweetie."

Mariana shook her head. "No, no it's not going to be okay!"

Mitchell stared at her intently. "What's wrong baby? I mean…what else is wrong?"

Mariana shook her head. "I don't know! But, but first I'm stabbed and then we're adopted and its like, everything's going to be okay again! But then dad dies and we're kidnapped and taken to Colombia. But Luka came to get us and he brought us back and we continued our lives like normal. And then he suggested that we get away from Chicago and the hell we live in and have a fun vacation. But then this bastard has to rape Alexandria!

"We need a break! We're only sixteen-year old girls!" Mariana yelled. "I can't handle this anymore. And you know…you know…"

Luka stared at the sky. The sun had just a moment ago been shining brightly, and now it wasn't. Now clouds were beginning to take over the sky. And he couldn't get rid of this feeling that something was wrong. That something was wrong with the twins.

He shook his head, dropping his cigarette down to the ground and stepping on it.

"I didn't know you smoke," he heard a voice behind him. He turned around to see Carter standing behind him.

"I don't," he said looking at the pack and the lighter in his hand. "It's just, something doesn't feel right at home and I know people smoke to relieve tension so I thought I'd give it a try. But you know," he threw the pack into the garbage can at the entrance of the ER. "These things suck!"

Carter grinned, "I couldn't agree with you more."

Luka stared at the man before him, noticing that he was leaving. "You heading out for the day?"

Carter nodded, "Yep. Anything you need me to do for you at all? Besides taking your shift for you."

Luka smiled, "Yeah, would you mind stopping by the apartment and checking on the girls for me. Just to make sure everything's okay with them."

Carter nodded, "No problem Luka."

"My address is…wait! You know where my apartment! From that time you broke in with Abby and the fish tank…"Luka said making Carter laugh self-consciously.

"Yeah, I know where you live," Carter said.

Luka smiled at him again, "Thanks for going for me."

Carter smiled back at him, "No problem. I admire you for the way you've taken the girls in, made them your daughters. It takes a strong person to take in two teenage girls who've had a rough upbringing."

Luka smiled, "Thanks."

Carter nodded, "I wish you luck. With the girls…and with Abby."

Luka's smile widened, "Wow. Thanks again Carter."

"No problem," he said walking to his car.

Sobs shook her small body as she lay curled up on the couch. Her mind was a hurricane of thoughts, as the possible outcomes of the rape whirled through her mind. But the biggest, scariest thought was beginning to become more and more real.

What would happen if she became pregnant? She knew that he had gone all the way with her. Through all the pain while he had taken advantage of her, she had felt him when he had released his seed into her. He had not worn a condom, and she had had no protection at all. Was it possible that at the very moment she was lying here, crying over her loss of innocence, her loss of virginity that a new life was forming within her?

There was a knock at the door and Alexandria looked up. She grabbed a Kleenex and blew her nose, wiping the tears from her face before dropping the used tissue into the large pile that was lying beside the couch.

Getting off the couch she stumbled towards the door in her large sweat pants and sweat shirt. Peering through the peep hole she saw the doctor, Carter, that she had danced with when life was hard, but before it became unbearable.

Slowly she opened the door. His smile immediately disappeared from his face when he saw her. "Alexandria! What's wrong?"

Do I let him come in? He seems like a nice enough guy, but then again, Sergei seemed nice enough too. Will Carter hurt me, like Sergei did? Some guys like to take advantage of girls when they're in a state like mine. But, will Carter? I can trust him right? Of course I trusted Sergei. Ahhh! I'm going to go insane!

"Alexandria?" Carter asked his heartbeat quickening. What's wrong? Oh, God! What's wrong with Mariana?

"Come in," Alexandria said stepping out of his way so that he could enter the apartment.

Luka walked back to the Lounge to put his jacket away and get his stethoscope out. Jing-mei smiled over her coffee mug when he walked up. He opened the locker and took the stethoscope out, his hands shaking.

"Luka, are you all right?" Jing-mei eyed him cautiously.

"I'm fine," Luka sighed.

"You sure? You're shaking like crazy!" she stated the obvious.

"I'm fine," he said again, not quite believing it himself.

"Maybe you should get some sugar into your system," Jing-mei suggested.

Luka placed his stethoscope around his neck and grabbed some money from the top shelf. He nodded, "Yeah."

Walking out to the vending machines, he ignored his co-workers as they all called out to him. But one of them followed.

He put his money into the slot and then surveyed the contents of the machine. He pressed the buttons that would deliver the candy with the most sugar. He leaned his forehead against the machine, closing his eyes until he heard the clunk.

Opening them back up he pulled away from the machine and reached back down to pull the candy out. Opening the box of the sour candy he poured half the box into his mouth, chewing and swallowing quickly he finished the box, crushing it in his hands as tears came to his eyes, the sourness getting to his taste buds. He opened them up and saw Abby watching him.

"Come here sweetie," she opened her arms. He walked into them and she held him until his shaking subsided and he rested peacefully in her arms for the moment.

"What's wrong? Is it Mariana?" Carter asked the minute he heard the door slam. He searched the living room for Alexandria's sister, but couldn't find her. He turned around and saw Alexandria shaking her head.

Carter grabbed her arm and led her to the couch, seeing a large pile of tissues on the floor. Sitting her down on the couch he sat on the coffee table directly in front of her. "What's wrong?"

Alexandria stared at him and she felt a little peace come over her, a little, but not much. She'd always wanted an uncle who loved and cared for her, and now she realized that she had one.

"I was raped."

"What?" Carter asked his eyes widening in rage. "Who, where?"

"In Croatia, this kid I met on the beach," Alexandria said, tears pouring from her eyes. "He was nice, and then he…he…"

Carter pulled her closer to him in a hug, "It's okay Alexandria. It's going to be okay."

"Are you sure?" she asked him.

He pulled away from her and stared at her. "I promise you, that no matter what happens; I will always be here for you. If you ever have a problem you can talk to me, and I will help you out. I promise you that."

Alexandria wiped the tears from her eyes and whispered, "Thank you," before the tears began pouring down her cheeks again.

Carter moved so that he was sitting by her on the couch. He hugged her and rocked her as the tears fell down her cheeks, soaking the shoulder of his shirt. But still, Alexandria felt her heart breaking inside her.

Mitchell closed his eyes as he ingested the pain he heard in her voice. His heart broke as he heard the pain building in her voice as she talked about the hell she and her sister had endured the past few weeks. And her pained shout echoed in his mind, "And you know…you know…"

He opened his eyes and saw that silent sobs shook her body. He didn't want to ask, didn't want to hear the voice that proved how much she was hurting, but he had to know.

"What Ana?" he choked out.

"You know," she whispered shakily. "I don't think things are going to get better. Things are only going to get worse."

Her whispered prediction echoed eerily around his room. And as she uttered the last words staring strangely at a picture of the two hugging each other and smiling, a clap of thunder echoed outside, shaking the windows of his room. Following was the patter of rain and hail as it hit the roof and the ground around his house, as it hit all of Chicago. Lightning flashed, and a daytime darkness descended on the city.

Coming Soon: Twin Trouble…Alexandria starts to realize just how much her life is going to be affected by the rape, and Mariana finds something besides her sister and her boyfriend to drown her sorrows away in.