AN: You will be happy to know that I have finished typing the story! It is a total of 13 chapers long, and I will get them up soon. For now, here's chapter ten!

CHAPTER TEN

"Don't touch my sister!" Hayden screamed, throwing a punch at the man's jaw. He obviously wasn't expecting Hayden to react like that, because he didn't duck, and Hayden connected solidly. The blow made the man stagger backwards, and sent Hayden wheeling backwards out of control. Remembering all of his mother's lessons, Hayden folded his wings in close to his back and dropped to the ground, bending his legs to absorb the impact. The man shook his head and recovered his balance, then turned to face Hayden, hatred and anger burning in his eyes.

Hayden glared right back and spread his wings like he was once again going to fly. The man also spread his wings, and was unprepared when, instead of taking to the air, Hayden soared at him low across the ground and hit the mans legs with his wings, knocking him over. But as he fell the man reached out and grabbed a handful of Hayden's feathers. He pulled, yanking out some feathers. Hayden screamed in pain and fell, folding his wings into to protect them. He shook his head and snarled at the man as the man threw his handful of Hayden's feathers onto the ground.

"You shouldn't have tried to fight." The man said with a chilling grin. He started to walk toward Haylynn's limp body.

"Get away from her!" Hayden yelled, jumping up onto the man's back and gripping his own handfuls of feathers. Then he jumped away, his hands gripping the feathers tightly. Hayden hit the ground and rolled, two handfuls of light blue and white feathers in his grip, and the man screamed in pain and anger as he spun around to face Hayden.

"You really shouldn't have tried to fight." The man repeated as he walked toward Hayden, who tried to back away, only the feel the cold stone of the wall at his back. He was backed into a corner and couldn't go anywhere. The man saw this and smiled again, making Hayden start to sweat with fear.

"And maybe if you hadn't, I wouldn't have to do this!" The man jumped forward suddenly and brought his fist down on the side of Hayden's neck. Hayden groaned, his eyes rolled up in his head and he fell limply to the ground.

The man smirked, then turned his back on the boy and crossed the cell. He stopped by Haylynn's limp body and picked it up, throwing it over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. Haylynn moaned. The man ignored her and headed towards the door, viciously kicking Hayden in the ribs as he passed him. Hayden regained consciousness when he did. Weakly, he grabbed the man's ankle. The man simply glared at the boy before kicking him in the jaw and flipping him onto his back. Hayden groaned, his eyes fluttering. The man smiled once evilly before aiming a kick at Hayden's head. Hayden barely rolled out of the way, and the man kicked his shoulder, sending Hayden's small body sliding across the floor. He hit the wall and moaned again.

He sat up and shook his head just as the door to the cell slammed shut.

"NO! HAYLYNN!" He yelled, throwing himself at the small window in the door and gripping the bars. "HAYLYNN! HAYLYNN!"

"HAYDEN!" Haylynn, who had finally regained consciousness yelled as she struggled to get away from the man. "NO! HAYDEN!"

"HAYLYNN!" Hayden screamed, finally losing strength and sliding to the floor. He lay there in a heap, cursing the man and crying for his twin sister.

Haylynn grunted in pain as the man threw her into a cell and she landed on her butt.

"OW! That hurt! You did that on purpose!" She accused, glaring at the man. He looked at her in confusion.

"What do you care? Your going to die soon. Then your unclean blood will be purged from my planet and I will take my rightful place as the ruler."

"Your nuts." Haylynn said bluntly. "My Mama and Daddy are going to come get me, you'll see."

"I told you, you little brat, I am your father!" The man yelled stepping into the cell, his fist balled. Haylynn back pedaled quickly.

"Okay! Okay! Chill out." Haylynn said, holding her hands up in the surrender position. The man stopped, then turned on his heel and stomped from the cell, slamming the door behind him. As soon as he was gone, Haylynn whispered a word under her breath that her Mama would prefer she didn't know yet and kicked the wall. Several times. On the last time she kicked at an angle and stubbed her toe. Haylynn gripped her foot and hopped around the room, swearing under her breath, finally falling backwards onto the narrow cot.

"I hate this." She muttered, crossing her arms behind her head and glaring up at the ceiling. Haylynn may have been brave, or at least too stubborn to be afraid, but she hated being separated from her brother. Haylynn and Hayden liked to fight, especially with each other, but in reality they were the best of friends, ready to jump to each other's defense at the drop of a hat. Unexpectedly, Haylynn felt tears start to fill her eyes. Angrily, Haylynn swiped at the tears. She hated crying. She never cried.

Unable to stop the tears, Haylynn rolled onto her side, facing the wall and wrapped her wings around herself. Haylynn wanted to go home. She wanted her Mama. She wanted to see Aunt Sara and Uncle Nick. Most of all, she wanted to meet her Daddy. She wanted to meet the Green Lantern in her dreams who said he was her daddy, who made her feel safe and warm, the one who's face she couldn't see clearly. Haylynn jumped to her feet, rubbing her eyes, trying to dispel the tears. She had to be strong. She was going to be a Green Lantern. She had to be brave. Green Lanterns were brave and strong. Green Lanterns didn't cry. Hayden didn't cry.

Hayden! Was he okay? The man who had taken her away from him had really hurt him! Sure, Hayden was stronger than most four year olds, but he was still small for his age, they both were! Unable to do anything else, Haylynn tried desperately to reach out to Hayden with her mind. Sometimes they could communicate like this, but it didn't always work, and Haylynn had never tried to do it over a greater distance than across their room. But she had to know if he was okay. If that man had hurt Hayden really bad. . .

'Hayden, are you okay? Can you hear me? Hayden?'

When there was no answer, Haylynn collapsed back on her cot, the tears threatening to overflow again.

'Haylynn? Is that you?'

'Hayden!' Haylynn sat straight up on her cot, mentally screaming her twins name.

'Don't yell Hay. I have a major headache.'

'I'm not surprised. The slime ball kind of kicked you into a BRICK WALL!'

'Haylynn! Stop yelling!'

'Sorry.' Haylynn was quiet for a while, simply laying on her bed and revealing in the knowledge that Hayden was okay.

'Haylynn?'

'Yeah.'

'I wanna go home.'

'So do I. I miss Mama.'

'So do I. I miss Aunt Sara and Uncle Nick too.'

'I know. I miss daddy.'

'We don't know daddy.' Hayden reminded his twin. 'How can you miss someone you don't know?'

'I saw him in my dreams Hayden.' Haylynn told her brother. 'I really saw him. He was THERE.'

'Okay, Haylynn, okay.' Hayden told his sister soothingly. 'I believe you, you know that. I always believe you, because you're my sister and I love you. But how do you know it was Daddy?'

'He told me.'

'But why did you believe him?'

'Because he was a Green Lantern.'

'There are lots of Green Lanterns Haylynn.'

'I could just feel it Hayden.'

'Explain it to me Haylynn, if you can.' Hayden coaxed his sister. Haylynn was silent for a moment, trying to come up with a way to describe the way the man in her dream had made her feel.

'He made me feel safe.' Haylynn finally told her twin. 'He made me feel very safe, just by holding me. And when he said he would protect me, I knew that he would do everything in his power to do that. I just felt comfortable with him.'