Chapter Four

"Can you tell us what you and Drake were talking about last night?" Robert asked.

"He stole my sword" I mumbled eating the eggs we were having for breakfast.

"What?" he asked.

"He stole my sword!" I said a little too loudly causing heads to look up and immediatley back down. "Are you happy?"

Robert and Silvia sat beside me with their mouths hanging open. "I'm sorry, I didn't know" he said. Having your sword lost or stolen is like having your identity stolen.

"But I did steal his parents' swords" I said pushing my plate away.

"You didn't" Robert and Silvia said.

"Did what?" Ryan asked.

I ignored him and said, "Yeah, that's what he gets"

"So that's why you two won't kill each other" Silvia said. Robert was catching Ryan up much to my annoyance.

"So? He jacked your sword and you jacked his folk's. Why don't you just kill him already?" I wanted to kill Ryan right now.

"You wouldn't understand, now go run some laps" I said through a deep breath. Miraculously he did as he was told.

"So, do you mind if I ask a couple of questions?" Ryan asked when I met him in the training facility.

"Knock yourself out, but you have to keep training"

He started punching the bag I was holding. "So who was Billy?"

"My cousin"

"Sorry"

"Don't be"

He stopped punching and headed over to the treadmills. "Question birgade over?" I asked.

"Yeah" he mumbled.

"Don't start running yet, you're going to fight"

He perked up, "With who?"

"Me, duh"

"Oh, I do-"

"Don't start that crap with me, now get over here"

He reluctantly made his way over to the center of the floor. "Are we usi-"

"No, bare knuckles" I said cutting him off again. He didn't look too happy about that. I rolled my eyes, guys!

After I assured him for the third time that it wouldn't hurt if he hit me, we started the fight. I punched him in the stomach, causing him to back up a bit. I moved again so that I was behind him. He turned just as my foot came up, kicking him in the throat. He fell to the ground and was working on getting up. I grabbed the rope and tried to get behind him again. He was getting better, but he still hasn't struck me yet.

"Come one, hit me. I dare you" I taunted him, "Hitting me won't make you any less of a man, it only makes you a fraidy cat"

He grabbed both my wrists and pinned me to the wall. Ouch, didn't see that coming. His lips suddenly crushed mine, and I was responding. Get ahold of yourself! I started to wiggle my way out from under him and pinned him to the floor. I bound his feet and wrists with the rope. I then left him there to get out of the binds himself as a warning.

The next time I saw Ryan was during lunch. He had a huge smile on his face dispite the many threats I threw his way. I motioned for him to meet me in the hallway. He met me out there and leaned casually against the wall with that smile still plastered on his face.

"So, why did you want to see me?" he asked.

"Don't ever do that again or I'll kick you out"

"Why? You said you want your brother and sister to be safe, so it doesn't matter if you have a little fun"

"Well..I...I made the rule, so I'll follow it to be an example to them. Besides if I was involved with anyone, it'd interfere with my concentration on keeping them alive"

"You hesitated"

"You're incompitant" I said and stalked off.

"Remember, I'm guarding with you tonight" I almost stopped, but I didn't want him to know he trumped me, so I acted like I didn't hear him and went to my room.

He was there before me and claimed the bench. "I don't think so" I said looking down at him.

"Why not?"

"Because that's my bench"

"Does it have your name on it?"

"As a matter of fact, yes it does" I said and started to kneel down to show him but thought better of it and shoved him off. I sat down and mentally started going over the plan of tracking Drake and getting my sword back. During that time, I didn't notice that Ryan had sat beside me.

"Why?" I asked.

"Excuse me?" he replied.

"I threaten you, but you won't leave me alone"

"Because you let him shoot me"

"I'm not responsible for any bodily harm for anyone other than my own blood, besides, I didn't let him, we were both trying to get the gun"

"You left me there to die"

"Again, I'm not responsible for anyone other than-"

"Yeah, I know, but they're good, they could've taken him"

"Sometimes we slack off"

"Well if it was you who got hurt, I'd make sure you were okay"

I threw a stony glare his way, "No you wouldn't, you'd help Silvia and Robert"

"Whatever you say" I got up and started pacing. "Sit down" he said patting the spot beside him. I ignored him and continued to finilze my plan. He grabbed my wrists and pulled me down beside him.

"Excuse you" I said trying to get back up.

"I don't like it when you ignore me"

"Get used to it"

"What are you planning?"

"None of your business" I said wishing I had traded him for Pete. "Shawn will be training with us again tomorrow so you can bug him" I said yanking my wrists free.

"I want to bug you"

"Mission accomplished"

"Come on, what can it hurt?"

"That's it, I've had enough" I said pulling him up by his collar. "Stop it right now or I swear I'll kill you"

"No"

"Fine" I said taking his head between my hands. He pulled my hands of his head and spun me around. I blindly kicked him and grabbed his throat and pushed him to the wall. He started to grab my hand but I put my knee up to his banana cannon and growled, "Do it and I knee you as hard as I can" He finally looked scared of me. Good, maybe now he'll leave me alone. I let him go, "Silvia!" Not long after she came, "You can guard with me tonight, Ryan get some sleep"

Ryan was all smiles when he left, oh crap, what did I do now?"

Author's Note

I'm not gonna lie, ya'll may get confused. That's a good thing. Some questions will get answered, others(hopefully) will be left for you to ponder forever! Mwuhahaha, just kidding, but yeah. And that doesn't only apply to this chapter >:)

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