War after Death

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Okie, so before anyone asks, Shy and I are writing this together x]] So ya...let teh story begin!

A group of travelers ran through the forest. Ahead of them was a young girl, the age of thirteen. Her name-Brooke Oak.
She ran ahead of them all. She was eager to get out of this forest, eager to speak with her parents. A smile was painted along her face, a glow in her eyes. The next city was close. Very close. She could feel it.
I can't wait to talk to mom and dad! she thought with excitment. She hadn't talk to them in what seemed like years! But in fact, it had only been a month-the electricity had been out in the first city, it took two weeks to travel to the next city. There were no phones there at all, so it was another two weeks to the next city. I just hope there are phones here.
The glow in her eyes became stronger, as the outline of the next town came into view. "We're almost there!" she shouted with glee. Cheers from her friends could be heard in the background. But out of all the cheers, one voice sounded the best of all. And this voice belonged to a boy named Kyle Ketchem.
She and Kyle had been best friends for awhile. They'd always been close...in fact, they we're more then best friends...but they could never admit it to each other. Yet, in their hearts, they knew their feelings for each other. It had to come out some day.
As the group neared the city, a voice rang in her head. Don't call home. This confused her. It sounded soothing, and it in fact sounded like her own mother's. She ignored the voice. If her parents were too busy, she could call them later, right?

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Alex, the young pokemon trainer smiled as Brooke raced ahead. She cheered along the rest as Brooke announced they were almost there, but to Brooke, her voice just blended in with the rest, everyone in the small group knew the brown-headed girl was bestfriends, and had a crush, on Alex's triplet brother, Kyle. Growing up, Kyle had always had a softness for the coordinator, always running off to play house with her, without even making her beg, while Alex,Mitchie, Kaden, and Brandon had stayed behind to play Pokemon Master.
"Hey Brooke, wait for me!", Alex heard her brother call and run up to stand beside her. Brooke smiled, and Alex laughed to herself. Kaden came to stand beside her, and gave her a side-ways glance and said
"You think they could be a bit more obvious?", he asked. Alex shook her head. They were joined by Alex's other triplet sibling, Stella on the other side, she looked lovestruck.
"Brooke and Kyle?", Alex asked. Stella nodded, hearts still in her eyes. Kaden sighed.

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"We're here!" she squeaked in joy. She dashed into the Pokemon Center, and picked up the phone without hesitating.
As her followers raced in behind her, Kyle stopped without warning, causing Stella to bump into him. "Kyle! What's wrong with you?!?!?! Why do you just stop like that in the middle of nowhe-Kyle?" she stared at him. He had a blank look in his eyes, almost as if he wasn't there.
And it had all happened in a flash! Instead of being at the Pokemon Center, he saw his poor friend, crying hysterically for some reason. "Brooke! What's wrong?!" she didn't seem to hear him. Suddenly, he heard his voice echo the words he had just said. In shock, he turned to see himself chasing after Brooke! He tried to move out of the way, but it was impossible. His "reflection" or whatever it was was going to bump into him.
...but to Kyle's surprise, his "reflection" ran right through him. "What's happening to me?! What's going on?!"
And almost as quickly as he had left, he came back. "Kyle? Are you okay? Kyle!" this voice belonged to his sister, Stella. "Um...I'm okay." he said in a daze.
Brooke dialed the number to her parents house. She listen to to phone. It rang! She couldn't contain her excitement, she was jumping up and down squealing. Kyle couldn't help giggling slightly in the background, but Brooke took no notice.
"Hello?" a grim voice said.
"Dad?"
"Brooke?!"
"Dad!!! I haven't talked to you in ages!"
Her father let out a deep sigh. "Yeah, I know. I was worried something happened to you."
Brooke put her father on video chat so that didn't need to use the phone, and so they could each other as well. Brooke's father looked horribly depressed, and sounded it. Wasn't he glad to talk to her? Maybe he was just upset because he had worried about her.
After they got into conversation, Brooke noticed her father's tone hadn't changed. "Daddy, what's wrong?"
"..."
"I can talk to mom if you're busy. I want to talk to her anyways!"
"..."
"Dad?"
"...you can't talk to her." he said in the most saddest voice she had ever heard.
"Why not?"
"She's...gone."
"Gone? Gone where?" Brooke was getting nervous.
"Gone to...a better place. Your mother was killed, Brooke."
Brooke stared at her father. She didn't say a word, she listened only to everyone he said about how her mother was tortured and murdered for two hours. "...but she's okay now. She's in a place where there's no pain."
Brooke just keep staring at her father, not breaking the now awkward silence. Many thoughts we're processing through her head. "Brooke?"
"No..." she whispered. She hung up on her father. "No..." she turned towards the entrance of the Pokemon Center, staring through the glass outside to see the forest, the place she had just come from. "NO!" she screamed, tears instantly flowing down her face. "SHE'S GONE! SHE'S GONE!" Brooke raced out the door, towards the forest. She didn't know where she was going, she didn't care. Her mother was dead. Nothing mattered anymore.

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Brandon walked calmly in, playing his DS while talking to Mitchie, who was talking to Alex, who was talking to Kaden, who was talking to Tevin, who was talking to Stella... yea you get the idea! He arrived just long enough to see his little sister by 5 minutes run out, followed not 1 minute later by Kyle.
"What's going on?", Brandon asked. Stella shrugged
"Who knows, with those two!". The small group walked inside the center and gave their Pokeballs to the Nurse Joy. Alex decided to call her dad. The vidphone soon showed his image.
"Hey dad!", Alex said cheerly. Ash smiled faintly, and said
"Hey Alex, is Brooke OK?", he asked. Alex shrugged
"I saw her run out of the pokemon center... but I think so". Ash sighed sadly.
"Talk to her.Make sure she's OK", he said.
"Why?", Alex asked in confusion. Ash couldn't bring himself to answer her, so he said
"Ask her when you talk to her..I have to go", Alex nodded and hung up the phone.

Alex turned around and told the rest of the group what Ash had said. They all sat mystified in the Pokemon Center

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Kyle ran after his best friend. What was wrong? Why was she crying? "Brooke! What's wrong?!" She gave no answer. She went on, crying. She was crying so loud, she probably hadn't heard him anyways.
Hold it...why was this scene so familiar? Oh my gosh! I remember this! I saw this when we all got to the Pokemon Center!...what's going on?!
He shrugged it off. What was most important now was Brooke, and nothing else. He'd never in his life seen her this upset. Ever.
Something had to have happened. He remembered her screams as she left Pokemon Center. "NO!" she had screamed. "SHE'S GONE! SHE'S GONE!"
Who was gone? Maybe there Eevee had disappeared, and she figured she'd find her in the forest? But...wouldn't she ask for help? Perhaps she was too upset to think straight.
Surrounded by trees, branches, leaves, and of course, Pokemon he watched Brooke plunge forward, farther and farther into the woods. He couldn't keep up with her. But he was trying his best. All of a sudden, Kyle watched as Brooke fell forward. "Brooke!" He ran faster. His friend didn't even make an effort to get up from the place she had fallen. He hoped she wasn't hurt.
When he arrived at her side, he knelt down beside her. She had her face covered, and her crying had not ceased. "Brooke!" he repeated. "What's wrong?"
She seemed like she didn't hear him. Just when he was about to ask again, she lifted her head and looked him in the eye. "My mother's dead, Kyle! She's DEAD!"

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Kyle stared down at her. His bestfriend's mother...his MOTHER'S friend... dead? His brown eyes flickered with suprise.
"What..?How...?", were the only words the young boy could say. Without a word, he put his hand on Brooke's and said
"It'll be alright Brooke, we'll get through it, I promise", he said in a soothing voice. He ment every word of it, he would keep her safe, no matter what!

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His words were comforting, but they were not strong enough to destroy the utter sadness in her heart.
With her mother gone, she felt all alone. Her mother's life ended, and now...her world ended.
And then Kyle came. He was here with her. No matter how sad her world was, she wasn't alone, and it hadn't ended, though it truly felt that way.
"Kyle...she's d-ead...she's go-ne..." she stammered. Usually at times like this, she would go to her mother for support. But she couldn't. No, not anymore.
Instead, she went to Kyle for support. Though she was unaware of it, being in too much of a depressed state, she had found a shoulder to cry on.
Kyle's instant reaction was to put his arm around her and hold her close to him-so she'd feel safe, so she'd know that everything was okay. "Brooke, it's okay. She's in a better place now."
Kyle's words rang in her mind. They were the words her father had spoken not long ago. "Bu-but Dad said that..." her crying got harder and louder. "that she was murdered! Her said she suffered for two hours! Kyle, she died a slow, painful death!" Kyle stared at her as she continued crying in his arms. Imagine losing my mom like that... he shuddered at the thought. But Brooke didn't seem to notice.
Kyle could only try his best to comfort her. "Brooke, it's okay...she's in a better place now where she feels no pain at all...better yet, she probably doesn't even remember the pain she went through!"
Brooke could only hope he was right. But she cried on and on. She kept replaying the thought in her mind: that her mother was gone, and she would never see her or talk to her again.

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Brooke just sat crying, what was she supposed to say to Kyle? Kyle smiled softly down at her,
"We'd better get back, your brother still has no idea....", he said, still not able to talk about the terrible thing that had happened. He stood up and held out his hand for her to take. The brown headed girl with tearstains on her cheeks took the young boys hand and the two walked.

The red-topped building come into view not long after they began their solem walk. Neither had said a word the whole time. Through a window in the center, they saw Brandon's face crowded by Mitchies. The two were arguing....again! Brandon was the first to notice his twin sister and Kyle's return. He gave a delighted look, then opened his mouth and called something to the rest of the group, that had thier hands over their ears. They heard his loud shouting and the whole group came outside. Alex smiled at her brother.
"Hey bro!", she gave a cheeky grin "It was awful polite of you to hold Brooke's hand all the way back to the pokemon center!", she said again. Kyle looked down, and noticed he was indeed grasping Brooke's hand. He blushed and let go, putting both of his hands behind his head and saying
"What do you want, Alex?".Alex smiled.
"Only to welcome my favorite brother back!", she said innocently. Kyle looked at her
"I'm your only brother!", he said suspiciously. Alex rolled her eyes and gave a fake military salute.
"Thank you, Captain Obvious!", she said sarcastically. Kyle just stared at her. Brandon walked up to his sister.
"So, sis, why were you crying?", he asked. Brooke stare at her older brother.
"Brandon, Mom's dead...", she whispered. Brandon's eyes widened.
"No!", he exclaimed,"I don't believe it!". Brooke looked at him
"Well you better!Brandon, they tortured her for two hours before she died!", she said sharply. One silent tear fell down his cheek, and he ran off to his room in the pokemon center to cry. Mitchie started to follow him, but Alex held her back. She stared after him worriedly. Alex told Mitchie what had happened. Mitchie also had one tear falling down her cheek, but no more, she was stronger than that. She gave Brooke a hug, Alex did the same, and Stella soon after. The girls stood in a huddle for about a minute before letting go.
"Life must go on", Alex murmered. Kyle stood protectivly beside Brooke, and everyone understood in that moment he was going to be her protector, forever, even though the two themselves didn't. All Kyle understood is he wouldn't let anything happen to Brooke. All Brooke knew was that she was safe, for the time being. Mitchie said
"I'de better go make sure Brandon's alright.", she said. Alex nodded. Mitchie walkd casually off. Alex looked at Brooke
"Everything'll work out", she said determendly. Brooke nodded in unison with Kyle.

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After watching Brandon run to his room crying, the thoughts of her mother's passing once again flashed in her mind, and tears returned to her eyes. Without even looking at any of the others, she ran to her room and slammed the door. She put her head on the pillow of her bed, and lay down to cry. Eventually, she cried so much that her eyes became tired of it, and her own body and mind, tired from stress. Her cries became soft whimpers, as she drifted into sleep.
A similar scene applied to Brandon. But instead of crying normally, as Brooke had when she was in her room, he was wailing loudly in grief, similar to the way Brooke had when she had run out into the forest. "NO!!! SHE CAN'T BE GONE!!!" he cried. He stared out to window to the clear skies, and golden rays of sun. The skies did not cry with him. They were, in a way, mocking him with their own happiness. They did not share his grief. "You took her a way...why?" he said meekly. A realization came to him. "No...it wasn't you. It was the murderer." he said, his tears stopping, his voice so calm it would send chills up your spine. "I know you're out there." he whispered coldly. "And I won't forget what you did. I'll never forgive you. And I will get my revenge, I swear on it." (okie, I know nothing about Brandon's personality, but he's pretty evil here o.o)
A few hours had passed since Brooke went into her room. Maybe I should check up on her... Kyle thought with concern. Though he wasn't crying, he shared Brooke's grief. She wanted to talk to her mother for so long, and now she was gone.
He went into her room. It was quiet. She probably cried herself to sleep. He was about to leave, when he heard Brooke's whimpering-which quickly turned back into crying. His heart sank. He opened the door into her room. "Brooke?" he asked gently. She looked up at him. He closed the door behind him, and sat down on the bed next to her. "Like Alex said. Everything will work out, don't worry." he said as he held her close to him, just as he had done in the forest.

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Alex watched Brandon and Brooke run away, then her brother run after Brooke. Mitchie looked worriedly at her.
"Alex, I know this sounds crazy, but I think Brandon's going to try and get revenge..", she whispered. Alex looked at her
"If he doesn't know who did it, he can't get revenge.", she pointed out. Mitchie looked relieved.
"You worried about him?", Alex asked. Mitchie shrugged
"Same way you'd be worried about Kaden if his mom died and he wnted to plot revenge, I guess, he's been my bestfriend since ever!", she answered. Alex nodded.

Brandon sat planning his revenge while laying on the bed.
"I'll poison his drink......no I'll suffocate him!", he murmered to himself. He gave a sly grin. Then a thought occured to him, he had no idea who had done the horrible crime. He frowned, he would have to call someone and find out!

Secretly, the brown-headed boy snuck from his room, not wanting anyone to know his plan...yet! Brooke would be so happy when he told her of the plan to get rid of the horrible man that caused their mother's death. He dialed his dad's number. His dad answered after one ring, and his picture showed on the sceen. Brandon noticed he looked very tired.
"Dad, I need to know who killed Mom", Brandon said, determination hardening in his eye. Gary's gaze flicked back and forth, as if he expected someone to jump out from behind the couch or something. He had a one word answer for his son.
"Giovanni", he said. Then he shut the sceen off without saying bye, which was something in anyother situation Brandon would've consitered rude. Brandon nodded to himself.

Kyle and Brooke sat like that for a good ten minutes before Brooke said
"Kyle, I don't know what to do anymore! My mom ment everything to me!". Kyle nodded
"I know", he said softly. Brooke looked at Kyle.
"Kyle?", she asked.
"Yea?", Kyle answered.
"Thanks for always being there for me, it's awful nice of you..", she said. Kyle shrugged
"It's nothin", he replied. Brooke smiled, then her weariness set in and she fell asleep, tired from so much crying. Kyle layed her on the bad and softly shut the door and walked into the main room, where everyone was sitting and talking as if nothing had happened.

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"How is she?" Alex asked as Kyle came out of Brooke's room. It was obvious that the death of Brooke and Brandon's mom affected Kyle as well. He seemed as upset as the two, yet he seemed to be trying to hide it.
"She's resting right now," he said. "All of this has definitely tired her out."
Alex nodded. I can't believe she lost her mother... this brought her to think of her own. I wonder how mom's taking this... Misty, Alex's mom, had been best friends with Laura, who was Brooke's mom.
Brandon past by as quiet and as mysterious as a shadow. He stared at Kyle with narrowed eyes. After Kyle was done talking with his sister, he turned around and noticed this. "What?!" This caused Brandon to come over to him. "It's my job to take care of my sister, not yours."
Kyle was taken aback. "Yeah, well it's my job to take care of my friend!" he replied angrily. He had totally forgotten that Brandon had lost his mother as well, otherwise he might've been nicer.
"I don't want you near her. She's upset-leave her alone." Before Kyle could protest, Brandon went into his room and locked the door. That jerk. Doesn't he realize that I'm making her feel better?

(and so, the rivalry between Kyle and Brandon begins! xD After losing his mom, you'd expect Brandon to be overly protective of his sister, no?)

Brandon was locked away in his room, thinking. So, it was Giovanni, was it? Giovanni attacked us last time...tried to kill Brooke, too. What does he have against us?! he thought in rage.
It doesn't matter. I'll kill him. He'll never hurt my family again.

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Alex watched the whole scene between her brother and Brandon. After Brandon slammed his door, the young tom-boy told her brother.
"Welcome to the world of rivals!". Sarcasm was defenetly in her tone, and she rolled her brown eyes. She crossed her arms when she realized her brother wasn't paying attention.
"Earth to Kyle!", she shouted in his ear. Kyle's attention snapped back to her and she gave a confused
"Wha...?". Alex rolled her eyes
"Your a pathetic listener!". Kyle's blue eyes flashed dangerously as she rounded on his sister.
"YOU KNOW WHAT! YOU'RE PATHETIC! YOU HAVEN'T SHOWN ONE SCRAP OF SYPATHY SINCE BROOK'S MOM DIED! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE MY SISTER!!!!", he exploded. Alex's eyes hardened, and her fits curled into balls as she dished out some of what Kyle had.
"WELL GUESS WHAT, SMART ONE, YOU AREN'T EXACTLY THE BEST BROTHER ON EARTH EITHER! I MEAN COME ON! BROOKE CAN DEFEND HERSELF WITHOUT YOU BY HER SIDE ALL THE TIME! WHAT ABOUT ME AND STELL! WE'RE FAMILY! IF YOU WEREN'T SO BLINDED BY LOVE, YOU'D SEE THAT!",she shot back in the same tone, then proceded to punch her brother, hard, in the stomach, she was sorry for it, but he was going ot have to learn a lesson! And the only way Kyle Chance Ketchum learned was the hard way!

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The young boy's eyes were blazing blue flames of rage. He was too angry too feel the pain of her punch, or to blush at her comment. "You wanna' fight?!" he snarled at her.
Usually, Alex would be looking forward to a fight. But this time was different. She put her fists down and gave him one of the coldest stares he had ever seen. "Brooke turned you into a monster.", she said, her voice expressionless.
"What did you say?!"
"You heard me." Alex turned away from her brother. For now there would be even more rivalry, though this one would be silent-Alex would not raise her voice at her brother. Instead, she wouldn't say a word. She'd ignore him. If the punch didn't teach him a lesson, this would.

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The next day, Brooke awake to more tears, though they weren't as bad as they day before, and they were much quieter. She stared at the clock in her room. 11: 34 AM?!? Man she'd overslept!
She decided she'd stay in her room a bit, until she was calm enough to face her friends. Yesterday she'd thought she'd be crying her whole life...but perhaps it wasn't the case.

After being in her room for about half an hour, she came out. Usually, there would be a lot of talk in the air, but it seemed much quieter. She observed her surroundings. Brandon, Alex, and Kyle were no where to be found.

(Brooke's gonna' get upset since no one's talking to each other. She'll blame it on herself -__-)

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Brooke looked from side to side. Why weren't Alex and Kyle talking or even looking at eachother? Why weren't Alex and Brandon talking? And why weren't Brandon and Kyle even looking at eachother? She walked up to one of her clostest friends in the group, besides Kyle, Stella.
"Stell, what happened?", she asked uneasily. The girl gave her a blank stare and said
"Well, after Brandon came out, he started hating Kyle for being nice to you, then Kyle did something to Alex, and Alex slugged him", she answered.

Brooke's eyes widened.
"IT'S ALL MY FAULT!", she screamed (hormoes R out of balance..)

Stella looked at her friend
"How do you figure?", she asked. Brooke answered her to the best of her abilities
"Kyle was taking care of me, and if he wasn't doing that, Brandon wouldn't have got mad at him, and Alex wouldn't have hit him!". Stella nodded understandingly,
"Oh..", she replied. Brooke ran off to her room again, and Stella shrugged.

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Alex sat with her arms crossed by the window of the Pokemon Center. How could Kyle be so stupid! She wasn't talking to him, ever again! Her brown eyes were lit up in fury, she didn't hate her brother...but she stronly disliked him at that moment! Her bestfriend, Mitchie, came running up to her.
"Alex, what happened?!?" (lets say Mitchie wasn't there)

Alex rolled her eyes.
"I taught that brother of mine a hard lesson about family! Family comes first! Well...I'm in the process of teaching him that...", she said. Mitchie nodded. She didn't question Alex's method of teaching, everyone learned in the end. That's why the two were bestfriends. They had the same method of teaching people things.

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Kyle heard Brooke's scream, and came an instant reaction. To come to her aid.
He left his room and went outside, and, just as luck would have it, so did Brandon. He sent Kyle a deadly glare. "Have you already forgotten what I told you?"
Kyle sent the glare back. "I'm her friend!"
"And I'm her brother."
Both boys eyed each other as an eerie silence took over. You'd think that war had happened here, and Brandon and Kyle were frozen, dead corpses of captains (=P)
Finally, an actual war did break out, starting from Brandon's side. He raced forward, his right fist in the air, ready to strike the first blow. Kyle dodged, and fought back. Both rivals, like savage Pokemon, went at each other, almost trying to kill one another. One fought for his sister, another for his friend, and yet they both fought for the same person. Little did they know, that person was watching, wide-eyed, from a distance.
After only a few minutes, Kyle had a few bruises, which Brandon had as well. Brandon raised his foot in the air, ready to kick Kyle in the face (it makes you wonder if he took karate...). Kyle managed to dodged just before it his his face, sending Brandon's foot crashing into a wall. He let out a quick yelp of pain, and was sent plummeting down to the floor. "Ow..." he whimpered, not moving. Even if Kyle was angry at him, it was still his job to help his rival. "Brandon?" he asked. "You okay?" he aid it almost as if the battle had never happened.
Brandon didn't answer. Instead, he got up, and aimed another blow with his fist, but stopped in mid-punch. He cringed, and sat back down on the floor. His ankle had twisted, he couldn't put any weight on it. "Well isn't that nice.", sail Kyle sarcastically. "I offer to help you, and yet you still attack me." He stared at Brandon siting on the cold floor, holding his ankle close to him, gazing at it as if it would escape his grasp at any moment. "Should I get Nurse Joy? Or should I let you-"
"I don't want your help."
Brandon got up, and limped his way to where he'd find help from someone else. He gave one last glance at Kyle. "I'll let them know it's your fault. I'll tell them you started this, I'll tell them you twisted my ankle on purpose. And your bruises, oh, I'll tell them it was self-defense."
Kyle stared at him, saying nothing. Get the blame for defending myself. Great.
Brandon turned around and carried on, when a voice, not Kyle's, called out to him. "Brandon, you liar." it hissed.
Brandon turned in an entire different direction to see his sister, Brooke. "I saw the whole thing. You started it. Kyle fought in self-defense, not you. And when you got hurt, he still offer to help, in the midst of your fighting and rivalry. And you still tried to fight. I can't believe you."

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Alex, being Alex, decided after what she had heard Brooke say, she took both boys by their ears.

"Now listen here you idiots!", she said dangerously.

"Brandon, Kyle comforts Brooke because he likes her, OK? Kyle, you are totally not letting Brandon be the big brother, how about trying to be Stella and me's big bro every once in a while, huh?". Her brown eyes were flaring
"I've had enough of this!", she growled, and before the two boys could say anything, she drug them to the counter and said
"Nurse Joy, there two got in a fight over something stupid, would you please put them in a room to recover, they both look pretty beaten up. Please put them in the same room, so I can watch them both", she requested. She glared at the two boys. Nurse Joy nodded and said

"Room 218, there are two beds in there, I'm afraid you'll have to find another room...". She gave Alex the key. Alex smiled
"Thank You, and I already have one", she replied, taking the key. Nurse Joy looked slightly confused, but shrugged it off.

5 minutes later, Alex led the two misbeahaving boys in room 218 by their ears. She locked the door behind them, and thre them each onto a seperate bed.
"It's guidence time now!", she said dangerously. Kyle started

"It's all Brandon's fault!", he began "If he would've just let me comfort Brooke, we wouldn't be here right now! It's all his fault! I refuse to say more!". Alex smiled

"You'll do what I say", she said simply. She looked at Brandon.

"This jerk's not letting me be a big brother! And he's not being a big brother to you!", she said accusingly. Alex nodded.

"You both are right! Now stay in here and talk it out", and she walked out, and locked the door behind her.

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Mitchie awaited Alex's reappearence. Kaden and Tevin were betting eachother on who Alex would beat up worse, Kaden said Brandon, because Kyle was her brother, while Tecin said Kyle because Brandon was Mitchie's crush, and Mitchie was her bestfriend, and Kyle didn't act like much of a brother to her.

While the two eagerly debated, Mitchie spotted Alex and waved. Kadne rushed over to the orange-headed 10 year old.
"So," he asked "Who did you beat up worse?". Alex shook her head
"I didn't beat them up!", she said proudly. Kaden clapped fo rher
"Good self-restraint, Alex!", he praised, and Alex shot him death glares.

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