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Chapter 2: Revelations

"O God of Earth and Altar,

Bow down and hear our cry,

Our earthly rulers falter,

Our people drift and die,

The walls of gold entomb us,

The swords of scorn divide,

Take not thy thunder from us,

But take away our pride."

~Max POV~

I woke up in a white room, laying on a white bad, the room was festooned with only some flower.

Where am I? Why am I not at home? Where's my family? I tried to stand up but I couldn't, too much pain, why am I here? Is this a punishment for being a bad brother? I guess so? Wait a white room, a cardio detector, I am at hospital, am I not? Of course I am. But why am I there? I remembered the party. I remembered him. I remembered what he did to me. I tried to scream but there was something in my throat. A tube. Have I been intubated? Why? Why is this happening to me? I have to take this tube out of my throat. I lifted up my left arm but it hurt like hell even if it was plastered. Is it broken? I grabbed the tube with my right hand and I tried to took it away form my throat. The cardio detector started to bip and sound crazy.

~Justin POV~

The nurse ran into Max's room. Me and the whole family was waiting in the hall. No one said us what happend to Maxie yet. I'm so worried what's happening? Juliet saw my look and kissed me. Fortunately I called her and explained what happened and she came here in a second. Alex did the same with Harper and Mason. Noe she was sitting on the floor with a blanked look and Mason was hugging her tightly for about what? Thirty minutes? One hour? I don't know. Dad was following Theresa trying to calm her or at least don't let her walk randomly in the hall. Harper was sad for Maxie and she was being comforted by Zeke, who went there after he had been called for Harper.

The nurse went out from Max's room. "He's now awake, he tried to rip off his air tube, but he's fine. You can meet him in his room now." We stood up and ran in his room. I heard mom asking "Can we know what my little Maxie have been through now?" "I'm sorry, but you have to wait until the medic meet you and explain you the whole situation. Oh and please you should go in the room one at a time." We did as the nurse told us. I went in first while everybody was asking the nurse some questions or speaking to each other. I wanted to see Maxie so bad. "Oh shoot" I exclaimed quite loudly when I saw him. The hall went silent. They should have heard me I thought. "Maxie" I almost cried. He was a mess. What happened to him?

His face was swollen at the cheekbone and full of bruising, he had an horrible cut at the cheek. His arm was plastered and he has a bandage over the whole torso. What really shocked me was his look, painful, tearful and ashamed. I cannot look at him. In the morning we had a fight and although he was wrong I over reacted. Is this a punishment? Because he didn't deserve this.

"Hi little man" I said. He looked at me in the eyes for a moment then fastly he looked away. Was he mad at me? "I'm sorry really for what we had this morning, I over reacted, I'm so dumb, I don't think what I told you. I'm sorry Maxie." He pointed at the table which on was laying a notebook. I gave him that. He started to write " No, Justin, I'm the one who have to apologise" Such a bad calligraphy " I'm sorry for what I said to you, I was only jealous, it's hard to be no more a wizard, and what I said of you're broke up with Juliet, it was a lie. You didn't even broke up at least. I'm so sorry. I'm so dumb, I don't deserve your love" What is he saying? Of course he deserve my love " Can you forgive me?" He stopped writing and he looked at me, not in the eyes. His eyes were tearful. "Maxie what are you saying? " I said " I love you and I will always forgive you." I hugged him. Bad idea. I heard him groaning in pain. "Sorry" I apologised.

He writed down on the notebook "Yeah but I thought it was a punishment, for this morning, , for our fight. I thought that what they di-" His hand started shaking, he rapidly looked at me and closed hardly the notebook. He started crying, he shook his head, he tried to stood up but as soon as he tried, he touched his chest, his expression changed in a painful one. "Max, what are you doing" I said. I blocked him and he laid down. "What they did you? " I didn't understand. What they did him. So it means that someone did this to him. "Who did this to you? What happened to you?"

He shooked his head. "Max tell me" More tears went down his eyes. He pulles his hair, as like he would rip off them. I took his hand, I was almost crying. "Please buddy tell me who did this to you." He shooked his head again with a begging expression. We were interrupted by a voice. Mason came in the room and told me "Buddy, the doctor's here, you should return in the hall with us." I wasn't looking at him, I was staring at Max. His eyes went wild and fearful. I wanted to ask him what was happening, but I wanted to go talk to the doctor. "Mason can you keep an eye on Max while I'm away?" Max was shaking. "Sorry Justin, but it's way better that I'm with Alex. She's so scared" Max calmed down. We went out of the room.

"Family of Max Russo?" Asked Dr. Ross.

"Yes" Answered Dad "how's Max?"

"He's quite stable although he reported several internal injures. I don't know how to put this but he got sexually assaulted and beaten wildly. For the physical damages, his ribs got broken collapsing his lung so now he's attached to a respirator to help him breathe. His homer got broken so we plastered it. Also his cheekbone went broken in the beaten. He also had some damages at the stomach. Emotionally I don't know, nurse just told me he woke up. Tomorrow we'll remove him from the respirator and we'll send him the police officer and the psychologist to figure out his emotional damages." The doctor went away.

It was so unfair. Why my little brother had been through all of this? Why? Why do I have to look at him and see a fragile and feared person? I want the laugh and smiling brother that I loved back. Why all of this happened? I looked to my family, Alex broke down and was sobbing in Mason's shoulder, Mom was shocked and she had a blank look, dad hugging her tightly, trying to be strong. Harper was in tears and Zeke was comforting here. Juliet came to me and she hugged me tightly. I found my self sobbing in her neck.

Mom and dad were going home after visiting Max and I offered to be with him for the night although it was only four in the afternoon. They agreed and they went home with whole of the family.

I woke up for some noises coming from Max's bed. He wasn't asleep. He was writing something on the notebook. I stood up and I caressed his head. Poor little thing, what have you been through? After an hour he didn't fell asleep yet. It was two in the morning. "It's better that you sleep Maxie. You must be really tired. Why don't you rest a little? " He shooked his head and wrote on the notebook. "I'm too afraid Justin" I caressed his head. He wrote again "Please don't leave me never" I smiled at him and I repeated the word "Never". "Can you hold my hand? Please" He wrote. It's been almost ten years, since he was seven that I didn't hold his hand. I did as he asked. Soon he fell asleep, I followed him rapidly.

I woke up in the morning. Max's cheek were ripped apart by tears. "Little man, what's up?" I asked. "I don't want him to hurt you" he wrote down on a notebook's page. "I can't do it Justin"

"Do what?"

"Live."

I tried to don't break down for him but I couldn't. I started to cry.

"I'm a shame, I don't want to live anymore. It's my fault if all of you are in danger now."

"Maxie stop right now, you're not a shame, don't you dare say it."

"I love all of you, I'm sorry."

"Maxie who did this?"

Max's body started to shake. His face was reflecting his fear. Suddenly he calmed down. He wrote down a single word. "Mason."

A/N: Mason? Mason is the monster who did this to Max? Wait wasn't he at the Russo's family night when Max was assaulted? You'll see in the next chapter. Please review. Check out my other fanfic Sergeant, I will update both of my fanfiction after I start "Coming Down."