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Chapter 9

"T-two…hoose holed…" Edrear stammered. He and Dinah were poring over that night's reading assignment, Romeo and Juliet.

"Households." Dinah corrected.

"We're reading this why?" Edaniel whined, holding the book in front of him like it was covered in unidentified green slimy stuff.

"Because we were told to." Dinah sighed for the umpteenth time.

"What is this story about anyway?" Edrear inquired, unable to read the summary to find out.

"It's basically the story of James and Rebecca down in vault 14." Edaniel shrugged.

"Who?" Dinah raised an eyebrow.

"AH yes, James and Rebecca were born to warring families, and fell in love. Eventually they killed themselves to eternally be together. Slightly alike to Ironbound's story as well come to think of it." Edrear mused.

"Yeah I know the story or Romeo and Juliet! What I was asking about was the fact you called them James and Rebecca and said you had them here in the vault." She fumed.

"Yeah, world's most mushy and tragic couple." Edaniel shook his blonde head. "I told him not to settle down so quickly."

"You told him?"

"Well his cousin or whatever, Ronan, was a contractor for us way, way, way, way, waaaaaaaaay, back, when we worked for a Mausoleum in Italy."

"How I miss the Vatican sometimes." Edrear mused.

"The Vatican's a Mausoleum?"

"Anyway, James Cupezza helped Ronan empty the Mausoleum like Vincent did for you. Only they completely emptied it. After that we were diagnosed as obsolete and sent to Neptune's Gold for storage."

"I believe you mean we completed our job and were thus useless to the Vatican, not diagnosed obsolete, brother." Edrear cut in.

"Coming from the guy who can't even read the words diagnosed obsolete." Edaniel retorted.

"I find that it is best to just shut up and listen because maybe you guys will eventually make sense. It's not a realistic expectation but a girl can hope." Dinah sighed.

"Why did we get those ghosts anyway?" Edaniel kept talking, totally ignoring Dinah's comment.

"Because it seemed like a waste to create new guardians to reopen the Vatican as a Mausoleum when there would only be one vault occupied." Edrear stated simply.

"Sure makes sense. Ha, do you remember when I was created?"

"Brother, that day was probably the worst day of my life, how could I forget?"

"Hey when I first started out how was I supposed to know Elala and Eniri were my sisters? They look nothing like me. You look nothing like me!"

"I believe that's beside the point" Edrear sighed.

"You can't blame me. I mean really, who wears a dress that low cut and expects not to be hit on? Yeah only Elala, and Eniri, well the way she reacted was just uncalled for." Edaniel huffed.

"You guys really can't stick to one topic of conversation can you?" Dinah tried to ask.

"I believe you got what you deserved."

"Whatever, you always were a sissy. Not like I knew you before you were a guardian 'cause you're older than me and whatnot. But I'll bet a million bazillion bucks you were a weenie."

"Sure, the village idiot who happen to stumble on a mausoleum and almost empty its contents only to be killed on the last vault and turned into a guardian for who really knows what reason. Or me, the proud son of a family of warriors, who fought in the wars of Rome and came back victorious. Which one of us is truly the 'weenie'?" Edrear crossed his arms.

"Yeah sure you fought in wars blahdy blah, you forget that you only became a guardian because you, of all the idiots, fell in love with a ghost you were supposed to free from your last vault and ended up getting dragged out by your ear by your guardians after your 'true love' stabbed you repeatedly. You didn't even fight back! So dude, you are definitely the weenie. I at least went out swinging."

"I believe you are mistaken brother, as I remember it the woman I was meant to free as my last vault had depicted herself as a siren and I was merely possessed."

"Proves you're a weenie."

Edrear forced a smile but anyone could see he was about to rip Edaniel's 'pretty little head' clean off. "I beg your pardon…" he replied tersely.

"You. Are. A. Total. Weenie. Brother." Edaniel said slowly, as if he were talking to someone who was mentally disabled.

"Are you calling me weak?" Edrear growled, shifting from his sitting position to a crouch."

"Took you long enough to figure it out. Not only are you weak, you're stupid too." Edaniel teased, also shifting to a crouch. With a battle cry Edrear leaped at his younger brother. For about ten minutes they rolled around, hollering, growling, breaking things, basically what usually happens when boys go at it.

"HEY IDIOTS! KNOCK IT OFF!" Dinah yelled. Her voice echoed through the almost empty Mausoleum. The boys broke apart, panting.

"Sorry toots." Edaniel gasped now sporting a black eye and a bloody lip.

"My sincerest apologies Dinah." Edrear puffed unharmed but a little sweaty.

"Okay so now back to our homework…" Dinah smiled as if nothing had happened.

Dinah finished her homework shortly after Edaniel. Edrear struggled with his. Dinah attempted to help him. At least till about midnight, by that time she had fallen asleep on Edrear's shoulder.

"Should we wake her or just move her?" Edaniel whispered.

"She looks so comfortable. I'd hate to do either." Edrear breathed.

"You only hate to do either 'cause you're in love with her." Edaniel gave his brother a sad smile. "You know it can never work out."

"I know, but…"

"But nothing. If you keep this up you'll end up hurting her. You can't break her heart again, she'd die."

"I know brother," Edrear huffed, furious. "I can't help how I feel."

"We don't feel." Edaniel said dryly.

Edrear sighed, "Just let her sleep. She's exhausted."

"You sure we can protect her from this thing?"

"We have to…" Edrear sucked in a breath through his teeth as Dinah shifted slightly but didn't wake up.