Chapter 6: Brother

Garfield was sound asleep, it was the middle of the night. He knew Beast was sleeping in front of Raven's door for some reason, but he sort of missed the snoring dog under his bed.

It had been a week since the incident in the park and Garfield was now really careful where he took Raven. It seemed like even though she was from a different era, something was after her.

But then it was that guy. That guy who took away the shadow slime from Raven. He looked familiar, but more like someone told him about him than he had meet him. He had never meet a person with four colored eyes or the power to control the wind- Wait.

Garfield woke with to the smell of smoke. He sat up fast and looked around, his eyes fell on a person sitting in the chair across from his bed. It was the same male that removed the shadow slime.

He was sitting there with his hand out, fire living in his palm as he created the smoke that woke Garfield.

"Hey! It's you!" Garfield said as he rubbed his eyes. He knew that he had broken in, but he felt like he wasn't to fear.

"I'm here on business. I apologise for your rude awakening, but this is important." He moved forward and looked Garfield in the eyes. "Does Raven know about me?" He asked.

"Well, I don't know… I haven't told her." Garfield rubbed the back of his head. "Wait! You said she was your sister! That means you're Aaron!"

"Keep it down, yes I am Aaron. Raven's brother." He said.

"Sorry, you have to go tell her." Garfield said.

"No, she thinks I am dead. If I show up now, it'll throw her powers out of control." He said before he moved to the window. "I just want to know that's she's safe." He looked down. "Please, tell me she's safe."

"She's safe here, Beast sleeps in front of her door every night guarding her." Garfield smiled.

"Good. That creature she fought was a Shadow soul. There's many of them, they try to find us. That's another reason I need to stay away, if they find us…" He trailed off before looking at Garfield again. "They'll try to use us to give life to the shadow king, a cruel man. Crueler than our father."

"But Raven said your father wasn't that bad."

"She was raised to believe that, after the war and his death. I saw what he had really done to our people. I gave them the rights they deserved." Aaron looked away again.

"But history said you broke down." Garfield said.

"History is told by the winners Garfield Logan. Those who wrote down that in history didn't like our family and tried to make it sound bad. The Wilson family were the ones who probably wrote it, I didn't have a break down. Yes, I was depressed and sad for a long while and after our mother's death I became a lone soul." Aaron's eyes shone for a second.

He continued. "I don't care what others think of our family anymore, Raven has gotten a new chance to put her life right and earn love, trust and friends. Something she wouldn't have if she didn't fall asleep under the war."

"But what happened under the war?" Garfield asked.

"We won, the new empire was taken down. But it had been five years already, I went to Jump village to find Raven, when I found the village in ruins. Almost everyone was dead, I use my powers to clean the area, but the catacombs were ruined. I knew she was down there still asleep, but I couldn't reach her." A tear fell from Aaron's eye. "I watched from the outside for 9000 years waiting for someone to open the catacombs, finally someone did. Thank you really."

"Uhh… No problem I guess." Garfield said.

"I want Raven to find love, you did give her friends and people to trust. And I thank you for that too." Aaron bowed slightly.

"It's no problem really, she's a great person." Garfield smiled at the thought of Raven, she was a great person. She was gold, clear gold, people like her was rare.

"I am also here to inform you of the Shadow souls. Since the one Raven fought won and infected her it grew stronger. Luckily I removed it before it consumed her completely, but here's the signs you'll look for." He paused. "You noticed your dog's behaviour towards the shadow soul, your dog will sense it before you. And when he does, move, get away from that place as fast as you can." He said. "Seconds; Raven will sense it next and when she does, it will reveal itself. Don't let her battle it, she's too weak at the moment."

"Okay, run don't fight. I'll remember that." Garfield said.

"Also, if Raven happens to get caught by the souls." He threw a small device to Garfield, when he looked at it he noticed that it was a small communicator. It was about the same size of his phone with only three buttons and a mic. "Yell my name into it and I'll be there within minutes, I'm never far away from Rae." He looked to the window and opened them.

"Take care of her for me…" He said before he suddenly vanished with a powerful wind.

"I will… Garfield muttered as he held the communicator.

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Raven was having another nightmare.

She watched in horror as the world burned around her, she was bound by red glowing chains. She looked at the shadowy person in front of her.

Long white hair with bright blue eyes.

"You know Raven, your brothers powers were far more powerful than I thought. But your, wow… They're so dark…" He bent down and picked up her head, forcing her to look at him.

"You never really got to use them, that's sad. But I could teach you how to use them." He suggested.

"N-Never, not after what you did to my brother!" Raven screamed.

"Your brother was weak, how do you think I got his powers!" He held out a crystal, the crystal glowed with Aaron's eye colours.

"Y-You MONSTER!" She screamed, he suddenly cut her on the cheek.

"Hehehe… His soul is mine Raven… And if you want it back, you know what I want…"

Her dream grew into darkness that let her wake up, she sat up with wide eyes. She was covered with sweat, tears and… Blood? She lifted her hand to her cheek. It was indeed bleeding.

She threw the covers to the side and walked shakily to the bathroom. She looked in the mirror and removed her now blood covered hand. Was that really a dream?

She heard a light whine from behind her and looked, Beast wasn't behind her so she looked out in the hallway. He wanted to go into Garfield's room, a minute later she heard Garfield walk to the door.

"Hey buddy, what's wrong?" He bent down to the dog, Beast looked towards Raven who had now gone back to the bathroom.

Garfield followed Beast into the bathroom and was shocked when he saw Raven trying to wash off the blood on her hand, her cheek was covered with blood.

"Raven! What happened?" He asked, he moved to the bleeding side of her face and looked close. She had been cut.

"I had a nightmare or vision… It was real whatever it was." She lifted her hand to her cheek again.

"Don't touch it, I'll clean it for you." He bent down into the cabin under the sink and pulled out a small first aid kit. He took out some bandages and some cotton and cleaner.

"This will sting." He said as he gently tapped the wound with the wet cotton, she hissed in pain. "Sorry." Beast placed his head on Raven's lap in an attempt to comfort her.

Half an hour later Garfield had cleaned the wound and bandaged it. He looked at the clock, 04:41 AM. "Want some breakfast?" He asked.

"Yes…" She muttered.

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After breakfast Garfield got a phone call from the lab and he was needed. He debated with himself whenever to take Raven or not, but he ended up taking her with him. Mostly since Aaron told him to watch her since he now knew of these Shadow souls.

"You ready?" He asked as he threw a bag over his shoulder. The bag was some simple files he got from Raven and some lunch.

"Yeah." She rose from the ground after giving Beast a good pat and cuddle.

They drove out of the garage and drove the way to the lab.

"Raven when we get to the lab, could you do me a favour?" He asked.

"Yeah sure…" She shrugged.

"Stay close to me while we're there, I don't want you to get in any trouble." He said, Raven nodded.

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Raven felt scared when they came to the lab, many was staring at her and she tried to keep up with Garfield.

"Dr. Logan, here's the result on the DNA test you ran a few weeks ago." A doctor said as he ran up to him with a small item. Raven glanced over his shoulder and almost gagged at the sight.

"What is that?" She asked.

"It's mold…" He said, he couldn't help but smile at her reaction. "I'm doing some research on them, it seems like they have grown over the weeks." He looked closer.

"Who's this Logan?" The doctor asked.

"This is Raven, I'm watching her and couldn't leave her alone at home. Don't worry, she won't touch anything." Garfield said.

"I don't think I want to touch anything if everything in here is as disgusting as that!" She pointed to the mold.

"Hehe… Relax it's not, just don't touch anything." Garfield smiled.

They walked down the hallway until they came to Garfield's lab. When they went inside Garfield said Raven could sit down in one if the chair, she did and became bored to death. Meanwhile Garfield was quiet and worked hard and fast.

He shot a glance over to Raven and saw that she had fallen asleep, he smiled. He picked up his pashe.

Two hours later he was done and it was now dark outside, he looked over to Raven, still asleep. He gently tapped her shoulder. "Raven?" He asked.

She didn't wake up so he smiled gently before placing his jacket over her and carefully lifted her up in his arms. He bumped his shoulder into the light switch to turn the light off. As he walked down the hallway to his car people stared at him.

Suddenly Rorek walked past him, he stopped and walked after Garfield fast. "Garfield there you are! I ne- what are you doing?" He asked when he saw Raven asleep in his arms.

"I'm taking her home, what does it look like?" He asked.

"Anyway, I need the files you got on her and soon I'll need her." He pointed to Raven right before Garfield turned her away.

"No, I won't let her become your lab rat." He said before stomping down the hallway. "I'll give you the files when you learn to treat people like people!" He yelled, a scream of pain tore through the building, showing Garfield's point.

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GAH! I have no idea who the villain really is! Is it Rorek or Malchior!?... Or both… :D