Chapter 13: Rest of the Weary. Pain of the Past?

He was bandaged up by nurses and doctors. His wounds were a bit deep at parts but for the most part he would be fine. Logan was crying as Ethan was next to him typing away,

'Clones huh? This just got a hell of a lot more complicated.'

Logan nodded to him and Maka had her hand in his. She nearly lost him. Her heart was still beating hard even though Logan was soundly asleep after everyone left. The sedatives had knocked him out even though he was resisting. His dream was of him walking in a liquid that lightly covered the ground. He turned looking for anyone in sight. He was shivering without his own clothes to cover him. Nothing but darkness surrounded him. He continued to walk towards nothing. He stopped when he felt arms wrap around him. He moved his head to see a pale skinned woman with inky hair holding him. Her voice was sweet and seductive,

"Logan my sweet Logan. I'm am here for you. Let me take your pain away."

"W-who are you?"

"A friend, a lover, your salvation. I am what you crave in this world. Maka could never give you the power you need, the love you need. She could never save you from this cruel world."

"Maka? Wait I….Maka. She saved me. You are wrong."

He pulled away from her embrace and turned to face her. She was crying and completely undressed. He felt liquid run in between his toes and he shifted his gaze down to see what appeared to be ink climbing up his legs. In every direction the liquid rose. It stopped at about his knees. She was weeping and he started,

"Hey don't cry. I didn't mean anything by it. We can be friends if you want."

He smiled and she wrapped her arms back around him. Her voice was soft,

"I'll never let you go."

Logan woke from the dream and to Maka's smiling face. Even though she was sleeping her face was happy. Logan squeezed her hand enough to wake her. Once her eyes were fixed on him his voice came out,

"I should tell you just who that woman is."

"The one that attacked you?"

"Yes. The very one. When I was settling down with Liz and Patty, Ethan and Lily became more and more agitated with each other."

"Damn it Ethan, we all need to work together to keep this place tidy. You need to pick up after yourself."

"There are three other people besides us living here. You blame me for everything. Your soap is lower than you thought, you turn to me to blame. Your snacks are missing, I'm your target. Well what about you? Are you aware that you eat in your sleep? All of us have seen it. Logan wanted to keep it a secret from you. You do other things in your sleep too."

"Lily Ethan, enough!"

Logan turned his voice stern and ridged. His first date with Liz was about to start and he was getting sick of the constant arguing. He kept quiet most of the time but now he was tired. Ethan just kept going,

"No don't you defend her. All of this is her damn fault! We wouldn't have to struggle like this if she didn't fuck up!"

Logan responded,

"Ethan s-"

"Shut your damn face. You aren't dad okay. You aren't going to just replace him. You just can't. Not since she killed them both. They are gone because of her. They are gone because she wouldn't listen. How many times did they tell her not to leave the stove unattended? They are gone because. Of. Her."

The door slammed as he finished. Lily had left with tears streaming from her eyes. Ethan turned to see the locket hit the ground after it hit him. Logan sprinted after her but stopped before he left after Lily,

"Damn it all Ethan. Your words do more damage than your actions ever could. You should think of what your next words will be. If there is any malice or anything less than a begging apology to her, I swear I will kick your ass. I am your brother and all we have is family and friends you are about to ruin both. Like I said your actions may do damage, hell we are Death weapons. If our actions can hurt people imagine what our words can do. We love you bro, don't ever doubt that."

He ran out after her throwing his hood on his hoodie over his hair. A thunderclap rang out and rain came crashing to the ground. Ethan picked the locket up and realized it was different than the one their mother carried. Lily had made it herself. He opened it and saw a picture of himself and Logan.

"Damn Lily where are you?"

An explosion ripped like thunder. Logan saw smoke bellowing out of some random building. He kept running in the direction he was going in. The building that had the smoke was coming into view. Logan caught a scream through the heavy rain. His heart jumped and he made his way to the building. A hole in the side of the building gave a passageway to Logan. His eyes widened as he saw what was awaiting him. A woman holding Lily by the roots of her hair. His sister was dripping blood onto the ground. The nameless woman was holding a stained blade. Rose's throat was cut and her body was thrown to the ground. Logan's voice rang out,

"ROSE!"

The woman cackled out as she flicked her blade. Logan tried to stop his sister's bleeding but it kept pouring out onto the ground. Logan couldn't even see through his own tears as his sister faded away. Her voice was weak,

"Tell Ethan….I'm sorry. Brother I'll miss you…don't let her take my soul."

"Rose no. I won't. Please don't."

Her eyes lost their light and her soul emerged from her chest. He held it in his hands and saw the woman for a split second before she sent him flying. He held on to her soul as she kicked him around trying to capture it. She held him up and she demanded it.

"So that's what happened. The rest is a bit fuzzy but I know that Ethan came and we were barely able to fend her off."

"Logan I am so sorry. Come here."

She wrapped her arms around him and he let out a few sobs.