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Phantom Rogue: It's a lot sadder for him in this chapter.

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Ch. 5 Hidden Past

"And what?" Zhane questioned when Andros stopped speaking. He could clearly see the fear on his little brother's face but didn't know how to take it away.

"My parents walked by," Andros whispered, his answer barely audible, even in the quite hospital.

"What! But they're supposed to be in jail!" Zhane yelled. He could tell that there was more to the story by the way Andros continued to stare at his feet, determined not to meet his eyes. "What did they do?"

"My dad said something about that they were going to get me back and I'd wish they would've killed me earlier," he whispered and then he broke into tears. Zhane quickly sank down on the floor beside him and wrapped his arms around the trembling little boy.

"Andros," he stated, "we won't let them take you back, I promise." Andros looked up at him, his eyes full of hope and Zhane could only pray that they could provide him with the protection he would need. As Andros began to calm down they walked back into the room and Andros walked over to the hospital bed where his mom was lying. She wore a pained expression and he wished there was something he could do to ease her pain as she had done for him.

"Mom," he whispered, "can you hold me please." Katerina's eyes had shot open when he had called her mom and just the look on his face told her that she couldn't deny his wish. Something in that expression told her that he had never been held by either of his parents, at least since he was a baby.

"Of course I will," she answered and was glad to see a smile on his face. She saw Zhane talking quietly to Zel and by the look in his eyes she could tell that the news wasn't good, but she wasn't going to ask yet. Right now she needed to take care of her baby boy and prove to him that they all cared for him more than anything else in the world.

It didn't take long for Andros to fall asleep in Katerina's arms, something that she was very glad of. She didn't know how much longer she could have stood the look of complete terror in his eyes even though he tried to hide it. She noticed that her other children, with the exception of Zhane had also went to sleep in the multiple chairs in the room.

"What happened?" she asked looking directly at her husband.

"His parents are out of jail," Zel answered, careful not to wake the sleeping children.

"They went by school today and told him that they would get him back and made several more threats," Zhane added quietly from his chair in the corner of the room. "I promised him that we would keep him safe. We're not going to let them have him and Karone back are we?" The fear that was present in her son's voice made Katerina all the madder as she shook her head.

"Of course we're not going to let them take them back," she replied determinedly. Suddenly, a contraction hit and she let out a scream. All the children woke up and Zel rushed over to get Andros out of the bed. "It's time!" she yelled just as the doctor came running in.

"She's right," the doctor replied. A nurse came and ushered the children to the waiting room while their little sister was brought into the world. It didn't take long for the sound of crying and a faint lullaby to reach their ears. They all waited anxiously around the door waiting for Kilee to be brought out for them to see. Zel walked out a few minutes later holding a small bundle in his arms.

"Guys," he began quietly, "I want you to meet your baby sister, Kilee." Just as Bryce reached out to touch her he added, "You can't touch her yet. She has to have some shots first that way she doesn't get sick." He didn't miss the hurt look that flashed across Bryce's face but they all nodded. Zel handed Kilee to the nurse and walked the children back to see their mother.

"Mommy!" Karone cried as she ran through the door, jumping on the bed. Katerina wrapped her arms around her daughter and kissed her forehead. "When do we get to hold Kilee?"

"As soon as the doctor gives her shots and they get all the information that they need," she answered, knowing that it wasn't what Karone wanted to hear but it was the truth. Several hours passed before a nurse brought Kilee back into the room. By then all the children and Katerina were asleep but when Kilee began crying they all woke up.

"I think someone's hungry," the nurse stated handing Katerina a bottle and Kilee. As soon as she was done eating she was passed over to Zel who helped each of his other children hold their new baby sister.

When it was Andros' turn he simply shook his head and Zel asked, "Why don't you want to hold her?"

"I just don't want to," Andros answered but they could hear the tears in his voice.

"Why?" Zhane questioned gently, knowing all to well that pushing Andros wasn't a good idea.

"I can't say," he whispered and Zhane wrapped his arms around the small boy.

"We won't tell anyone," he promised.

Andros nodded and began, "We had a baby sister. Her name was Cestra. One night she was crying really loud and I went to check on her. My daddy was standing there hitting her like he did me and I made him stop. My mommy came into the room and he told her that I was the one who had hit Cestra. They took her to the hospital but it was too late and she died. Nobody believed that I did it but they were too scared of my daddy to say anything about it." By the end of his story both he and Karone were in tears and their new parents were too.

"Listen," Zel stated finally, "we know you won't hurt Kilee. I'm even going to help you hold her, okay?" He nodded slowly, wiping the tears off his face, and climbed onto the bed. He sat in Zel's lap allowing him to place Kilee in his arms while keeping his hand under Andros'. After only a few minutes Kilee was asleep and Zel added, "See you're a great big brother." Andros smiled slightly and made a promise never to let anything happen to Kilee or any of his other siblings.

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