Feliciano started crying loudly. He didn't like it here at all. He was in a small room with no windows, 2 doors, one for the outside and the other for a bathroom—which had no windows either. The always kept that door unlocked, but the other was locked at bolted on the outside. It was also metal, so you couldn't break through it.

But he guessed the metal door was nice, so you couldn't hear him loudly crying like a child for his brother, or for Antonio. Or for that really pretty lady that was Antonio's friend.

Would he ever see them again? He couldn't tell. That's what he was so worried about. He didn't want to die here, and he was surprised he didn't die from the stab wound, which was wrapped up.

That was probably the nicest thing they did for him here.

He had heard a few people talking when they were letting him inside. They were supposed to stab his neck, but they had missed terribly. So he was supposed to die. But he didn't which was a good thing.

But Dio, was he hungry! His stomach just wouldn't stop growling! All he could do was sit here and hope that somebody would come and get him something to eat.

But food wasn't the most important thing on his mind. Getting out of her was at the top of his list.

Feli went over to the corner of the room and sat down, hugging his knees to his chest.

"I want to leave here… I want to see my fratello again… I want to see Antonio and his pretty friend again…I want to…" He paused as he started to hear the bolts of the door start to bang and slide.

-x-x-x-

After crying so much, I guess I must have fell asleep. All I remember was closing my eyes for a minute from being just so tired. And now I had just opened my eyes to the sun, and Bella being gone.

But I heard cheerful—yet sad—humming coming from the kitchen.

I yawned and got up, rubbing my eyes as I walked into the kitchen and saw Bella cooking something happily. She turned to me and gave me a little smile. "Good morning sleepyhead! I called Lovino before to ask if I could use any food, and he said it was alright. He also said that he wanted to try to get out of the hospital."

I sighed. "I don't think it's a good idea for him to go. Even if it is his brother, like he said last night… I don't want him to come with me and Alessa to find him."

Bella turned back to focus on the pan. "So, wait. You never explained to me all of this, Toni. Who's Alessa, and how did Lovi get shot?"

I sighed again, looking away. And I had to explain it to her. I explained everything. Me joining the Mafia, how Lovi got shot, about when Lovi and Feli joined the Mafia…

It almost brought tears back to my eyes.

And then I heard four words that I never want to hear ever again.

"I want to join."

I stared at her. "No you don't."

She nods. "I don't want you alone in this, Toni."

"I'm not alone, Bella. I'm not going to let you join and get killed. I don't want you to get hurt."

She turns to me and frowns. "But I want to join, Antonio. I want to be with you in this."

I shake my head again. "Nope. Nu-uh. Not a chance."

"Come ooon, Antonio! I don't want you to die!"

"No Bella! D-Dios, don't make me do this." I hide my face in my hands. "I don't want to be in this position, Bella. Do you know how much it hurt to hear that I almost got Lovi killed? How much it hurt when I heard you scream and saw that Feli was gone? How much it hurt when you said you want to be in this life?"

She stares at me for a minute before setting the spoon in her hand down. She walked up to me, wrapping her arms around me.

"I'm so sorry, Toni. I-I just didn't understand how horrible this would be." She kissed me on the cheek and looked at me with a sad little face. "M-Maybe I should go back home today."

I nod slowly. "E-Even though I don't want you to… but I think it would be good so they don't try to go after you…?"

She agrees and finishes cooking. After we get done eating, we say our goodbyes, and she leaves for the airport.

The last thing she said to me?

"Happy early Birthday, Toni. I'll miss you a lot. Call me soon, okay?"

-x-x-x-

"So, beautiful decided to leave, huh?" Lovino was sitting straight in the hospital bed and let out a big yawn. "That's a shame."

"She didn't decide to leave, I told her to leave. But she agreed with me because I wouldn't want her to get targeted, too." I mumbled, looking away.

Did you notice how much I didn't want to be here? Alessa takes awhile to walk across town to the hospital. She should have been here so long ago.

I just want to go get Feliciano and go back to Lovi and his house, with everything back to normal.

Well, it won't be the total normal thing, but it will be close, I guess.

I look back over at Lovi who is looking down at his bed with sad-looking eyes.

"Are you okay Lovi?" I ask with a weak smile, shrugging a little.

His head snaps up before he looks away. 'Yeah, I'm fine I guess." He mumbled.

But then I see tears on the brim of his eyes, and I know he's not okay. He starts to cry quickly, rubbing his eyes and mumbling Italian words under his breath.

I sigh, going over to him and patting him on the back.

"I just want to get my damn brother back." He cried, grabbing a hold of my shirt and pulled me closer so he could cry on me. "Damn it! Why couldn't they just come after me or something?"

I shook my head. "I don't know, Lovi. They wanted Feli more than you. I'm just afraid they'll come after you next."

"I don't care if they come after me! I just want my younger brother back!" He almost screamed, his body starting to shake violently.

I took a deep breath, now rubbing him on the back. "Calm down, okay Lovino? We're going to get your brother back. And if we don't, he'll be able to get out. He was afraid of this happening, so I'm sure right now, while we're talking, he's probably finding a way to get out."

Still shaking, Lovi tried to get it together. He nodded, rubbing his eyes again and inhaled deeply. "You're right."

I smiled. "Feliciano is strong and smart, like you said. Whoever took him most likely saw him as a weak, scrawny kid. He'll be just fine."

Lovi stayed quiet, nodding and had a little smile after awhile.

"Thank you Antonio." He said quietly.

"Aaaand, I'm here!" Alessa called as she walked through the door with a cheery face on. She already knew what happened, Lovi had called her earlier. So what makes her so happy like this?

"Hey Alessa." I said with wide eyes.

"Hey," Lovi called, trying his best to not look like he was crying a few moments ago.

Alessa laughed a little, sitting up on the bed. "So, I have a whole plan figured out now." She said with a wide grin. "I got some boys that wanted to help us. They say that they can distract everyone and we could find a way to get inside. They'll most likely have little Feli locked up, So we can sneak a key that opens all the doors and check every one. There isn't that many rooms that they have to lock people up-maybe like 10 at the most—so this will be easy."

"But what if someone notices us opening up all the cells?" Lovi asks.

"We tell them that we just joined the gang and we were told to check if everyone was inside their cell." She yawned

"But they will notice that it's us, wouldn't they?" He pointed out.

Alessa tilted her head. "Disguises, my friend."

"But what if we find Feli and try to take him out of the cell? Wouldn't they notice us leaving with him?"

"We were told to go and kill him in the middle of town, duh!" She laughed. 'Trust me guys! I got this all planned out. Nothing will go wrong!"

I nod. "But we still need to get Lovi out of the hospital…"

Lovi picks the phone up next to the bed. 'I'll call and tell them it's real important to leave." He says and dials a number, holding the phone to his ear.

Alessa holds her pointer finger up to quiet me, grabbing my wrist and pulling me out of the room.

2 boys stood there; well could I really say boys? They looked a lot older than me, so I should really say men.

Alessa closes the door for the room as soon as she hears Lovi, quite the angered person.

"I guess things aren't going well in there." She says, hushed.

I shrug. "He'll make sure to get out. I mean, he'll be really pissed if he can't get out. This is his brother were talking about.

Alessa stares at me quietly before nodding with a little smile. "You really like the Vargas brothers, don't you?"

I nod with a little shrug. "You get used to Lovi's yelling. And Feli's just really sweet and nice."

She giggles. "They are really nice. I remember when they were all little. Of course, I was little then too." She shrugged. "Lovi always used to just push his brother away while Feli tried to hold him close. I guess Lovi realized he really needs his little bro."

I agree.

The door opens quickly, with Lovi looking from left to right. "Alright, lets go." He says.

I look past him to the room. He took all the needles out of his arm, took the wristband off, and changed back into his regular clothes that were laying on the table next to the bed.

He starts to leave really quickly, looking for an exit. 'Did they say you could leave?" I ask loudly.

He smiled and turns back to me, a hand where his wrapped up wound is.

"No."

-x-x-x-x-x-

Translations~:

Dio- God (Italian)

Dios- God (Spanish)

Ugh. Sorry for taking awhile. I got a lot of chapters to update, plus I got School Final tests and I'm currently working on 2 doujinshi's. –sighs- Well, Here's the next chapter! –rubs her tired eye- Now to go work on more!