"What?" everyone said in surprise.

"It's a long story, so I guess I should start now." I sucked in a breath. Maybe this won't go as smoothly as I'd hoped. "Ok. When we were young, are parents were killed. We were so sad and didn't know what to do. We looked for anyone and everyone who could help. No one would. Until, one day, we got in a fight with some older kids…and our powers came in. we started fighting back with our powers and, had it gone one any longer, those other kids may have died. I had stopped before my sister, but she was so angry from everything, she kept going until I stopped her. Apparently, someone had been watching. This man with blue, long hair and red eyes came up to started talking and saying, "Brilliant. That was amazing, children. You two are amazing…where are your parents?" he asked and tears streamed down my sisters face. "Their...not here." I told him. "Ah." He said, as if he understood. He must have. "Well, would you two like to came with me?" my sister looked up, a spark of hope in her eyes, though my stomach was turning at the site of this man. "I can take care of you. Feed you. And with your powers, we could all have everything. What do you say?"

"Because I knew we had no where to go and most likely, no other choice, and because my sister wouldn't let me even think of having another choice, I went along with it. And from then on, we worked for him. He raised us and took care of us and in return, we did his bidding. When there was someone he wanted, we'd kidnap them. if someone defied him, we went to kill them. my sister feels as if we owe him everything, though I know we don't. and I hated it all. I hated every thing we did. And every time I said or did something about it, I'd be punished for it. No help from my sister."

"You wouldn't be punished if you'd just listen, idiot!" she hollered.

"She seems so mean to you." The human said with surprise.

"Yeah, tell me about it." I laughed and went on. "This mission made me realize it was time to stop. To stop doing everything Lanuncurus tells us to! I'm tired of it!"

"Who's Lanuncurus?" Mushra asked.

"He's the one I was talking about. The man who took us in. the man who's given us all our mission's. The man who is planning to kill all of you."

The human gasped.

"Well, if he wants a fight, he'll get one!" said Mushra in anger.

"Why would he want to kill us?" the human asked, a bit scared.

"He told us that all of you were his biggest threat, but mainly you. He said you have some sort of powers that he fears greatly. I don't know what they are and I don't know why."

"Why did he want you two to kill me?" sago asked.

"He said you were the smartest out of the group and that you posed a threat. I guess he was thinking that without the brains of the group, you guys might start to fall apart. Become weaker."

"No way anything could weaken me!" Mushra said. Cocky kid.

"Ok." I said.

"Ok. How are we supposed to trust you?" sago said.

"Because I saved your life by stopping my sister instead of helping her." I said and gave him a look.

He nodded, but still seemed unsure.

"Well, what do we do now?" the cat asked.

"I'm not sure. I know we need to keep her here with us."

"Why?!" Mushra asked.

"Because if we let her go, she could either wait around for a good moment to strike or she could run back to Lanuncurus and tell him what happened."

"Oh..." he said, feeling dumb.

"So, I guess we're staying with you guys!" I said enthusiastically.

Sago wasn't so comfortable with that, but he wasn't jumping out of his skin.

Mushra was glaring at me, but mostly my sister, who was still struggling, but not as much as before. She must realize it's a bit useless now. And, for once, I was glad I could hear Lanuncurus in my head when we contact him. That way, if she tries to talk to him, I'll know.

The human was just standing, watching everyone. After a few seconds, she knelt down and started playing with the kittens.

And the cat was fixing food. Even though they ate earlier. "Well, are you hungry…uh, um, what's your name?"

"My names Carson. And she's Lira." I said, pointing my thumb behind me towards my sister.

"Well, Carson, would you like something to eat?"

"Uh, sure."

"Fabulous!" he said happily and went back to cooking.

Now that everything was out, I felt self-conscious. Would they trust me or take me out while I was sleeping? Would they let me stay for a while happily or treat me like my sister? I didn't know. I just laid back and waited for food.

"So," the human started saying. "What kind of Enterran are you?"

"I'm a humanoid earth Enterran. Like my mom. And my sister's a humanoid fire Enterran like our father. What's ya'll names?"

"Why should we tell you?" Mushra barked. Him and sago still seemed on edge. They'd probably be like this for a while. Better get used to it.

"I was just starting a conversation. If you don't want to answer, you don't have to. I was just wondering." I said, trying to calm him down.

"Mushra, it's alright. I don't think they mean us any harm." The human said.

"I don't, but I got a feeling my sister does." I muttered under my breath. No one heard.

"Anyways. Its fine. I'm Yakumo." She smiled and came to shake my hand.

I sat up and shook it. "Nice to meet you, Yakumo."

"That's Sago." She said, pointing to sago. "And Mushra. He may be a little crazy and mean sometimes, but he's still a good person."

"My sisters the same way. Don't worry, I understand."

"The one cooking is kutaal. He's the chef in our group." She smiled. "Though, sometimes it's hard to refuse what he gives us. Just try your best." She giggled. She sat down in front of me. Wow, she seemed to trust me right away. Lanuncurus had said she could be a bit foolish, though I wouldn't do anything to her, I'm just saying she doesn't seem as worried as she should be.

The kittens came up to Yakumo and sat in her lap, looking at me. The two boys were just staring, but the girl was hiding behind them, trying to sneak glances.

"Oh, and this is Ray, Zen and Estee. They're Kutaal's niece and nephews and the kids of the bunch. And they're the sweetest things." She said and cuddled them close.

"Nice to met you guys." I said, waving.

"It's…it's nice to meet you, too." The girl, Estee, said to me.

After I heard her speak, I knew there was no way anyone could get me to hurt this sweet child. Her voice was so tiny and beautiful.

I smiled at her.

"Foods done!" Kutaal announced with pride. "Fish soup!"

"Oh, sounds good!" I said and got up to get a bowl.

As I passed them, Mushra and Sago glared. It was going to be a long night.

I grabbed the bowl Kutaal handed to me. "Thanks, dude." and headed back to my spot.

Oh, man, was that first bowl good?!! It was so freaking delicious, I got another bowl…ok, two more bowls. By then, I was full, lying on the ground and ready to pass out. "Wow. That's the best food I ever had. Thanks, man."

"It was my pleasure." Kutaal said, pleased that I liked it.

"Uh, should we feed your sister?" sago asked. He probably didn't want, fearing she'd bit his hand off if he handed her a bowl, but also wasn't used to being mean and making people starve.

"Maybe one bowl. And only a little. I don't want her to starve, but I also don't want her to regain any strength. Don't want her breaking out of the ropes." Don't I know how brotherly that sounded. But, it was true. We had to do this.

Sago grabbed a bowl and walked over to my sister. Her head was hanging down as if she was asleep, but I knew she was awake. He bowed over and placed her bowl in front of her. And in that second, she looked up to glare at him. Her glare was so cold, I wouldn't be amazed if sago turned to ice. Sago seemed frozen where he was, locked in her gaze. There was something in the expression on his face. I could easily tell the surprise and the inch of fear on his face, but there was something else. Something else that kept him there, staring back at her. Worrying that she might break through and attack, I got up.

I put my hand on sago's back and he straightened up. He looked at me and then walked back to where he was, shaking his head. "You ok?" I asked him, a little worried, though I barely knew him.

"Y-yeah. I'm fine." He said and went to sit against a tree. He pulled out a coin and started flipping it in the air. He didn't seem to really be focusing on it. He just kept flipping it.

I turned back to Lira. "If I where you, I'd treat these people nicely. They letting you stay here and letting you eat. Eat more then one serving a day, unlike Lanuncurus. So you should cooperate."

"Not likely, brother." She said, still glaring at sago. She was probably trying to scare him.

I snapped my fingers in front of her and she looked back at me. "Look! You need to get in into your head that there is no way your going back to Lanuncurus unless we all are going to bring him down. Get used to not taking orders from a dark lord." I said and went back to my resting place. I lay down, as everyone else did. They all fell asleep (I could tell because their snoring and one person fighting in their sleep), but I stayed awake. Just incase my sister got loose in the middle of the night.

I looked at her and saw she was actually knocked out. I could tell because her face was calm. It never really was when she was awake. But I still wasn't going to sleep. I couldn't take any chances. And I had stuff to think about anyways.

Like, what exactly was I going to do now? I saved sago, who was once my target. I've got my sister under control. Now, I have no idea of what I'm supposed to be doing. If we're able to keep quiet and not contact Lanuncurus, we'll be undetected. But if we don't come back or give him news soon, he'll come for us to see what the problem is. We could try and hide, but Lira may give up our location.

I had to do something about her. I had to try and get her to forget about Lanuncurus. Loose faith in him. Anything! She just needs to stop following him. That way, everyone will be safe and…I could finally get my sister back.

Well, on the uglier side. If he did find out what was going on, then we'd have to fight him. I don't completely and totally know how well these guy's can fight, but if Lanuncurus see's them and a pretty big threat, then that should mean they'd good enough in a fight. If I couldn't turn Lira, then we'd have to keep her held somewhere. There's no way I'd fight her. We may be able to injure Lanuncurus, but I'm not so sure about beating him right off the bat.

And on a (possibly) much more uglier side. What if these guy's never came to trust me fully? What if they thought I would turn on them and they either tried to fight me or banished me? It would be much harder to help them if they were trying to kill me too. I could be hiding and helping. And if it came to a fight with Lanuncurus, then I could some how figure out a way to get them to leave.

Well, isn't it cheerful to be up in the middle of the night, trying to figure out how your going to keep yourself and others, alive.

I looked around at everyone. Yakumo, the human, was sleeping in that robot with the kittens cuddled up with her. I had to admit, that was kind of cute. Mushra, the fire Enterran, was sprawled out, snoring loudly. He seemed to have stopped sleep fighting…for now. Kutaal, the cat Enterran with power over earth, like me, was lying his side…and it seemed like he was…cuddling something. Was…was that a pot? I don't know. And sago, the water Enterran and the guy we were supposed to kill that I saved, was sleeping on his back. He had a confused look on his face. Maybe he was still thinking about the look he and my sister exchanged. It was probably still creeping him out, even in sleep. I didn't blame him.

As I sat there for hours, I got an idea. It didn't feel real safe to have all of us in an open space with trees for anyone to hide hide in. I stood.

"Flying earth." I whispered. I usually used this for attacks and what creations I made with the earth, I would usually throw through the air. That's why the attack is called flying earth. But right now, I was creating walls of protection.

I tried to create it as silently and softly as I could. I didn't want to wake anyone. They all twitched and rolled over some times, but didn't wake. Thank god.

I finally finish and gazed at what I did. The walls had surrounded everyone. There was plenty of space and I left a few feet open near the river. Also, I made my sister her own personal room. And guess what else she won, people? A special made door that can only open from outside!!!! Yay, for Lira!!

After that, I headed to the river to wash my self. Mostly my face to keep me awake. Nothing like cold water to wake you up!

I slowly slide in. I would have yelled, "Cowabunga!!" and did a belly flop if everyone wasn't asleep. Anyways, I stood in the water for a while, letting it only go to my knees, and then went under, letting my face get wet. I came back up fast because, well, damn that was freaking cold!!

Me and my sister never really cussed unless it was an extreme experience. And this was one. I swear (no pun intended), I felt like and ice cube!

After I finished cussing under my breath a little, I came out of the water and went to my spot, shaking of as much water as possible. Shivering, I started to think this could have been a stupid idea.

I looked around for anything and then saw an extra cover. I ain't kidding. I pretty much jumped to that thing and jump back, feeling extreme relief as I started to warm.

I wanted so bad to lie back, but I couldn't. I may fade in unconsciousness. So, I just checked out our surroundings. Made sure I didn't leave any part of the area uncovered.

I checked five times and didn't see any cracks or crevasses. So, I had no idea of what to do now. So, I just sat there and thought. And thought. And thought. I wonder if anyone could die from boredom…

"What? What the-?" I heard and realized it was one of the others, though I had stood immediately, thinking it cold have been my sister waking or some intruder coming.

I looked to see Mushra getting up and then quickly looking at me.

"What I this?!" he said, waving his arms to the walls.

Ok…I should have told them before I did this. There gonna think I'm trying to close them in here.

"Are you trying to trap us?!" he asked and he stretched his arm out, seeming to grab something, then separated his hands as a golden staff appeared.

Yeah, should have told them. I raised my hands up, as if saying, 'there's nothing o worry about'. "Mushra, calm down, dude. All I did is create a protective wall around us incase of intruders."

"I'll believe that when sago stops gambling and Kutaal says he hats food!" he said. He moved into a battle stance and waited.

"Mushra. I'm not lying, ok? I know Lanuncurus better than you and I know that, soon, if we don't report, he'll either send other lackeys or he'll come himself. We need to be protected."

He seemed to almost understand, but he still didn't fully believe me.

"What's going on?" said Yakumo, sounding as if she just got up.

I looked over and saw her rubbing her eyes and coming over. Once she'd opened her eyes all the way, she saw the walls. "What's going on?"

"This guy's trying to trap us here!!" Mushra yelled, waking up the others.

"No, I'm not Mushra. I was just putting up protective walls. Calm down." This wasn't going to go too well.

"Maybe he's telling the truth, Mushra." Yakumo said, pushing down his staff.

Mushra looked at Yakumo, who was a right beside him. Eh back away from her and I could swear that I saw him blush. Anyways, he'd calmed, but he was still holding his staff and staring at me.

I stood up straight, hoping he would attack. "I am. I've been awake this whole time and, while thinking, I decided that we may need protection. So I made all this. For protection. Nothing else."

Sago and Kutaal came up beside Mushra. Kutaal seemed surprised and sago…well, he had the same distrusting look Mushra did.

"Ok, if I wasn't telling the truth, then why would I trap my sister in a room with a door that only opens from the outside? I'd need her help if I was going to attack, but I'm not, ok?"

"…I believe him." Sago said, surprising me.

"Thank you." I said, relieved.

"But I still don't trust you."

Well, at least he believed me right now. I nodded.

Kutaal looked at everyone. "Well, now that we're al awake! Who's hungry?!"

Everyone groaned a bit (annoyed by his continuous cooking), but since they were apparently hungry, they all said, "Me."

They all surrounded Kutaal, waiting for the food. I would have join them, but there was too much tension with the other guys, so I stay in between them and my sisters room…well, it was more like a cell. A feeling of guiltiness started to creep its way, but I told my self that I had to do this to her. She'd hurt them if I didn't.

Compelled by my guilt, I went to check on her. She was just sitting there. Her head was laid back against the wall and her eyes were closed. She wasn't sleeping and, thank god, she wasn't contacting anyone. I wondered what in the world she could be thinking now. What could she be planning right now…actually, I didn't want to now that much. Didn't want any pictures in my head. Yeah, it's sad that she's become so much a monster that I don't even want to be in her head at all for any reason…

"Carson, your plate is ready!" Kutaal said and I went to grab my bowl. And, thanks to an offer by Yakumo, I ended up sitting with everyone. The guys were still edgy, but they tried to hide it. For the human, not me I could tell. And I didn't mind. I was just glad I wasn't closed off like my sister.