Chapter 6: To protect the family

When the lights had gone out in the Logan house, she moved. Rose snuck around the house looking for a way in. Even though she liked a good fight, the family was mostly innocent, not even she hurt the innocent.

She was lucky one of the windows was open, maybe she could sneak in, grab The Subject and get out. She climbed inside the window on the second floor, she came into a hallway.

She knew she was breaking law right now, but it was necessary… Right?

Carefully she opened the first door. She peeked inside, Mark and Marie lay asleep in their bed, she closed the door again. The next door was a bathroom. After that came Garfield's room, where he laid asleep, then the last door. As she placed her hand on the handle, it opened. She just managed jump behind the curtains.

Raven stepped out of the room yawning, she walked downstairs, not knowing that someone was following her.

Rose drew a scarf from her pocket ready to blindfold the girl. She stepped out of the shadows of the hallway when-

"Rose?" Rose turned to the staircase, facing Mark. "Rose, what are you doing here?" He asked, trying to draw out time. If he could get Rose out of the house fast, maybe she could live.

"I'm here to collect what my father wanted." She said, her fist tightened on the scarf. "And I will not fail him."

Mark walked past her and over to Raven, who stared at them confused. "Raven, why don't you go back to bed, I will talk to our guest a little bit." Raven nodded before going towards the stairs.

Mark stared at her as Raven passed, he could see her fighting not to jump on her. When Raven had made it up the stairs and they heard the door close, Mark held out his hand to the dining table. "Take a seat."

Rose hesitated before sitting down.

"Do you want something to drink?" He looked over his shoulder at the white haired girl as he poured himself a cup of milk. "Milk? Water? Anything?" Rose shook her head. "Suit yourself." Mark sat down on the other side of the table. "Why are you here?" He asked.

Rose was surprised at how calm he was, others trembled and shook in fear under her gaze. But not him, nor The Subject, but she didn't really know who she was.

"My father ordered me to bring The Subject back to the lab, and I think he'll be more than happy to see I found the traitor too." Rose said as she narrowed her eyes trying to be intimidating.

"Why? Do you know what your father has done to her?" He asked calmly, well he tried to be calm as his anger was building up.

"She is weapon to be delivered, she isn't a child you can raise." Rose spat.

"No, she is not my child. But she is human, her DNA started as human and like any human, she deserve to know what love is." Mark took a sip of his milk. "Your father has torturing her to get her to obey him. I know you didn't have the best childhood either, but if you could give someone who had it worse than you, would you give them something to love?" He asked.

Rose was shocked, she had never thought about that, that other could be having it worse than her.

"Hold on, I want to show you something." Mark went upstairs and for a moment Rose thought about running, but Mark came back with Raven again. "I was lucky she hadn't fallen asleep yet." He laughed.

Mark lead Raven to the chair next to him, he turned her around so her back was towards Rose. Gently he lifted the T-shirt she was wearing, exposing her back to Rose. The sight was almost freaky.

Nobody had really seen much of her body, Mark had had the task the wash her from time to time and so he discovered her back was covered in scales.

Now her back was half covered in scales. "Your father punished her when she didn't obey, he pulled out a scale each time she disobeyed. It should have healed, but her scales… I don't know, she told me she doesn't feel any pain anymore, but the scales will come back over time." Mark looked at Rose's huge eyes. "Not only this, he used electricity at high power when she tried to escape. Could you blame her for wanting to escape that pain?"

Rose shook her head. "No, I guess…"

"Then don't take her back, please…" He begged.

"I'm sorry, but I can't… I have to, I don't have choice." She began. "He…"

"Rose, I understand that you're scared of him." He said. "Slade is a cruel man, to anyone, even family. Did you know you have half brother?"

Rose looked at him again. "What?"

"A half brother. His name is Joseph Wilson. Slade doesn't know about him, but I know Joseph's mother. She, like your mother, tried or tries to hide him. Luckily Joseph's mother escaped the land, I think she lives somewhere in Asia now." Mark shook his head. "Don't tell your father. But if you could just let Raven go, we'll be in your depth."

"I wish I could…" Rose was almost crying, it was so much she wanted to know now. But she didn't want to bring someone back in her father's care. "I don't have a choice… I'm so sorry…"

A second flashed by before Mark found himself on the kitchen floor. He looked up and saw a horror. Raven had reacted immediately when Rose pushed him, her hand was stretched out towards Rose and Rose was gripping her throat and gasping against the wall.

"Raven stop!" Mark cried. She didn't.

"Mark!" Marie ran over to him, she and Garfield had heard the yell and had run down the stairs in panic.

"Garfield, get Raven to stop." Mark clinged to his wife in pain.

Garfield nodded and looked towards Raven, her eyes was glowing red again. He took a step forward, but stopped when Marie said: "Mark, you broke your leg." Gar looked at Rose and saw her struggling even more to breathe.

Garfield quickly jumped on Raven, wrapping his arms around her waist and bringing her down to the floor. For a second she seem to consider the thought of killing him, but it vanished just as fast as it appeared. Rose fell to the floor and gasped.

Garfield held Raven close, he didn't dare let her go, he didn't dare let her kill, he didn't dare let her become the monster everyone said she was.

He felt Raven's face against his chest, it lasted for a minute before he felt his t-shirt get wet. He looked down at her and found her crying. It broke him, seeing her cry like this, he hugged her tighter.

"Y-You see?" Everyone turned to Rose, who now had gotten to her feet. "She is a monster…" Rose hissed.

"She isn't a monster! You attacked us!" Garfield yelled.

"Just hand her over and I won't have to hurt you!"

Garfield felt Raven stir under him. Just hand her over and I won't have to hurt you. Hurt. His mind clicked. Raven didn't have a family, they were the only ones in the world that had ever given her something, something to hold onto, something to love. And to have someone threatening it…

Garfield loosened his grip which made Raven look up at him. He smiled. "Don't be afraid to lose me… I'll always be there Raven…" He placed his hand over her heart, or where her heart should be. "Here, just remember me, and I'll be there." Her eyes narrowed in fear. "I won't let you go. Just play along now…" He whispered. Garfield looked towards his parents and Rose. They were engaged in a loud argument.

"Take her, Rose." Gar said.

"What?" Mark turned to Garfield. "How can you be so-!" He was cut off.

"I wasn't finished." He paused. "Take her with you back to the lab. Take her there and you will all pay the price." Rose took a step back, her hand traced her throat. "You know just as well as I that Raven now values this family, our family, her family. Take her with you and away from us and she will not hesitate to kill. You saw and felt what she could do, we're the only ones that can stop her." He paused again. "Now do it… I dare you…"

Raven's eyes flashed red at Rose and she took a step back. "You win, but I can come back."

"We'll be waiting." Rose ran out the door.

"Garfield…" Mark started when he felt Raven's hands trace his broken leg. While she healed him he spoke to Garfield. "What was that? She will come back with more people."

"No, I saw it in her eyes that she wanted to prove herself to her father, she wanted to do this alone." Gar sat down next to Raven. "I felt Raven shake at the thought of losing us, she is scared of going back there, I don't blame her, but…" He looked at her again.

"I don't want to lose you…" Raven whispered as her hand fell from Mark's healed leg.

"You won't lose us, Raven. You're family now, nothing is going to stop us from protecting you." Garfield wrapped his arms around her again. Both Mark and Marie chuckled when they noticed the two teen's red cheeks.

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Rose cursed to herself as she picked up the phone. She couldn't do it alone, even though she hated to admit it, she needed help. She looked at the phone before dialing in the number.

"Hello, Wilson Laboratory. You're speaking to Jenna."

"It's Rose Wilson, put my father on… I need something or someone…"

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Sorry for the wait, I'm having a hard time writing stuff. I have four other stories with only one chapter and I'm trying to decide who is better.

Help me a little, what title sound better?

I'm not giving spoilers, but from the title… PM me if you wish, I don't like the Reviews full of these suckers...

Corrupted bird - AU

Cursed Cat - Normal-ish teen AU

The Raven from Azarath - Medieval-ish AU

May the best prince win - Medieval AU