The sounds of multiple gunshots ripped through her memory, they had sounded like thunder, echoing through the display hall, as the sound had reverberated off the marble walls.

She stared up at the ceiling, there was a loose tile, and she just stared at it, not really focusing on it though.

In the course of only a few days, she had found out that her mysterious uncle Sebastian had two sons, her cousins, and they just happened to be the famous Cameron and Jonathan Black, but then, just in case that hadn't been enough of a family secret, she found out that her mother, a notorious jewel thief in her own right, who Kassy couldn't even remember having ever been around, it had been revealed that her mother had worked with Sebastian Black, and that she had another daughter, known as MW to Cameron, Jonathan, and the FBI.

"Was it all just a lie," Kassy wondered, as she rolled over on her side, and began staring at the wall.

…

She remembered the screams, they filled her mind, and she didn't think that they'd probably ever leave, the pleas to hang on, just...hang on.

"Now, just give me the diamond, dear, or the next bullet goes in his head," her mother had said, aiming the gun at Cameron, who was lying on the floor, Kay and Jonathan around him. Kay was cradling his head, which was in her lap, begging him to hold on, as his eyes began to flutter closed, Jonathan was trying to stop the bleeding with his jacket, all while encouraging his brother to hang on...stay awake, Cam!

"FINE...fine!" Kassy had yelled, throwing the beautiful pink diamond to her mother, and running past her.

The moment she reached Cam, and knelt down beside him, she glanced over her shoulder, only to see that her mother was gone.

…

"Come on, Kay," Jonathan said, as he paced back and forth.

"Jonathan, I tried, believe me, but my hands are tied," Kay told him, she knew how Jonathan felt, "It sure didn't help Kassy's case that she gave her mother the Himalayan Pink Diamond, and that now her mother, and the diamond are gone."

"That wasn't her fault, Kay, and you know it," Jonathan said, anger rising in his voice, "Cam was shot, he was bleeding on the floor, she...she did it to save him!"

"I'm sorry, Jonathan, I really am, but its not up to me, and don't forget, Kassy did help her father with a few heists, and those diamonds still haven't been recovered," Kay reminded him, as she got up from the couch, and walked across the room, to the door.

Jonathan watched, as Kay put on her jacket, and walked out of the Archive.

…

Jonathan entered the hospital, walked down the hall, and opened the door to his brother's room. He was greeted by the steady beeping of Cam's heart monitor.

Dina, at the sound of the door, looked up from her wedding magazine, she and Mike had finally decided on a wedding date.

"How is he today?" Jonathan asked, walking over to his brother's bedside.

"The doctor gave him something to help him sleep, apparently he had a restless night," Dina told Jonathan, she smiled down at Cameron, sleeping peacefully, and lovingly placed a gentle kiss on his forehead.

"I think I'll go down to the cafeteria and get some coffee," she said, grabbing her jacket, and her magazine, and turning to leave.

"Thanks Dina," Jonathan said.

…

Jonathan looked down at Cameron, he looked so small, sleeping peacefully in his hospital bed.

"You really scared me, little brother," Jonathan whispered, as a mischievous smile pulled at the corners of his mouth, even though they were twins, Cam was five minutes younger, and he had always hated it when Johnny would bring it up.

Then, as suddenly as the smile had appeared on his face, it disappeared, as a shadow cast him into a dark memory, a memory that wouldn't leave him anytime soon, and he saw Cam, lying there on the museum floor, so still, all Jonathan had been able to do was hold his brother's hand, lightly tapping his fingers into Cam's palm, until the ambulance had arrived.

Jonathan shook his head, dissolving the memory. He felt Cam's hand lightly squeeze his own, and he looked down. Cameron's eyes were slowly beginning to open, as he blinked against the harsh fluorescent light.

"Hey, Johnny," Cam whispered.

"Don't you, 'hey Johnny' me, you almost died, you almost left me alone, and…" Jonathan's voice cracked with emotion, and he looked away.

Cameron reached up and placed his hand atop his brother's.

"It's okay, I'm still here, and you're never going to lose me."

Jonathan looked down at his brother, and smiled.

Then, Cameron spoke again, "Hey, where's Kassy?"

"Cam, about Kassy…" Johnny was silent for a moment, he wasn't sure how to tell Cam that Kay had had to take Kassy back to jail.

But, from the silence, Cameron knew.

"Kay couldn't keep Kassy out of jail." Cameron sighed, his eyes fluttered closed again, as he drifted off to sleep, he was tired of all the secrets.

Jonathan pulled up a chair next to Cameron's bed, and began flipping through the nature magazine that he had brought with him.

After a few minutes of trying to read an article, Johnny threw the magazine across the room, and then let out a huff, as he got up to go get it, he hated this, he couldn't do anything for Cam, and he couldn't do anything for Kassy.

Dina came back, a few minutes later, with two cups of coffee, she handed one to Jonathan, and, seeing that Johnny was in no mood to talk, she just sat there with him, drinking her coffee.

~Note~

Well, what do you think, so many secrets, huh? ;)