"You're awake," Amy whispered, shocked. Usually injections like that can knock out someone for days. And here he was, awake after only a few hours. Maybe they didn't give him that much... or maybe it was a weaker form than I thought.

"Of course," he snapped, not bothering to look at her. "We go through many training sessions building up stronger immunities to those shots. I know men who can totally withstand those shots altogether."

"Creepy," Dan muttered from his cell, the one on the left side. Amy's was in the middle, while Ian's was on the right.

"I can't believe it," Ian continued, ranting more to himself than anyone else. "I've been with them for my whole life, and I have never questioned them. Then, suddenly, they accuse me of conspiracy - with Cahills, no less." He scowled in disgust as if the name itself repelled him.

"He really doesn't remember," Dan murmured in awe.

"Remember what?" Ian snapped, turning to look at Dan's shadowy figure in the dark. "That you two are actually Cahills? I've gotten that much now." He turned around, angry at himself for not knowing that earlier. "I doubt your names are even as you said they were."

"Obviously not," Dan said, rolling his eyes.

Amy flashed him a look that said, "Shut up."

But he ignored her. "You're not that smart for a Vesper, are you?" he continued, his eyes challenging meeting his when Ian turned around.

Ian growled. "You watch that mouth of yours, boy."

"If you were, you would've seen through our juvenille lies the first time," he said without faltering. "Are you sure you're even a Vesper? I mean, any other Vesper would've known the truth. Any other Vesper wouldn't have spared us."

Amy glared at her brother now. "What are you doing?" she asked incredulously. "Are you trying to get us killed?"

"Listen to your girlfriend," Ian warned, his voice low. "She's obviously the smarter one."

Dan almost gagged, while Amy flushed in embarrassment. It was disguting, being called her brother's boyfriend. "I thought I was done calling you stupid, but apparently not. If you were smart enough, you would've realized that you were right that first day we met." Dan paused, waiting for a reaction, but recieved only uneven breaths. "We're siblings. Our eyes gave that away, didn't they? But you ignored them... you stupid Vesper."

The last three words rang through the cell, reaching Ian's ears with a shock.

"SHUT UP!" he exploded. "I'M A VESPER! Do you understand that? A VESPER! And I will destroy you and your weak family! And you will be the first I destroy, then your weak sister! Once I get out, YOU ARE DEAD!" He stopped, his breathing quick and short.

Amy gulped, hoping her brother would just shut up so they'd have a better chance of surviving.

But apparently that was wishful thinking. "If you ever get out," Dan muttered, leaning against the wall.

There was a loud thud from Ian's side that made Amy cringe. "AGH!" Ian's yell came, echoing through the walls.

Worried despite every other warning going off teling her to not care about the ENEMY, she leaned over to his side and asked, her voice soft, "Are you okay?"

"Do I sound okay?" he snapped, holding his hand. He had just pounded his fist into the stone wall as hard as he could.

"No," she whispered, leaning against the steel bars. "You're going to bruise very badly."

"As if I don't know that," he sneered, glaring at her through the steel bars. Her face looked eerily familiar as the moonlight highlighted her eyes. He shook off the thought uneasily.

"Can -" she paused, as if she felt embarrassed. "Can I see it?" she asked quietly, not wanting to sound 'weird'. During her training, she excelled in the medical area. She tried to outstretch her arm to see it, but he pulled away quickly.

"Don't touch me," he growled, glaring at her. For some reason, he wanted to avoid all contact with her - and her brother, if the time ever came. He thought it was simply his sheer hatred for the Cahills then.

"I-I just want to help," she stammered, pulling back hesitantly. With a sigh, she moved back towards the middle of her cell, farther from Ian's.

"You don't have to be such a jerk," Dan snapped, less patient than his sister.

"I swear -" Ian started threatening again before the door in front him slammed open. A dim light streamed into the room behind the two guards who were standing shoulder-to-shoulder.

"Come with us," one of them said in a low voice.

"Finally," he muttered, obviously annoyed. "Realize I'm innocent?"

They ignored him, though. "You two - come with us, too."

"What?" Ian snapped. "I'm called a traitor for talking with them and here you two are, breaking them out? You two are -"

"Shut up," the other scowled.

"What do you two want?" Dan asked bravely.

"It's not what we want," one answered. "Our Master is the one who called for you three."

A/N: You guys are probably wondering why Amy and Dan won't tell Ian why he's a Cahill quite yet. Well, if Ian's sure that he's a Vesper, he has a better chance of pleading innocent. And why does that matter? Well, think about it.

Um, yeah. So, Ian DID wake up in the last chapter, but he didn't hear anything. He just woke up to hear Dan's last statement...

Ah, I love your reviews and all, but I would appreciate it if you guys would stop 'demanding' updates. I will update, with or without demands. I don't mind if you don't review at all, but I really don't appreciate reviews that tell me to update 'now'. Obviously, I won't, because I actually have other things to do.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter, and please point out any mistakes. Thanks for reading.

I just realized that this story isn't neccesarily AU o.O This could happen after the hunt, if you think about. I should go change some things then...