Chapter four

Maya was getting ready to leave when Libertus ran in. "Maya get out here fast." She followed him to see Nyx and Luche fighting. Her calm blue eyes turned silver and she warps in between them both. She used a power only she knew about and slammed them both to the ground. She looked at them both and they saw how pissed she really was. "Nyx, I love you even after you have hurt me like this. Your acting like a child." She saw him stand up and she tossed him back down. Then turned to Luche. "Luche I know you are trying to stand up for me but please don't fight with my hardheaded brother." She looked back at Nyx. "I hope you can move past this, but knowing you as well as I do, I know you won't so for once in your life get the hell over it Nyx. I'm not the same scared girl that needs her brother to protect her from the monsters of the world." She released them both her eyes going back to blue and walked away from them both. Before she left she turned to Nyx. "I will always love you Nyx."

It took a few mins before anyone moved. They were all stunned at what had just happened. "Nyx I will have her placed in my unit. At least then you will know she will be looked after well. I hope you get past this for her." Luche walked away from him. Libertus walks over to Nyx. "Nyx your sister is a grown woman." Nyx looked up at Libertus. "Why did she have to choose him." He asked his best friend. Libertus helped him stand up. "You can't help who your heart picks my brother." Nyx looks once more at her pendant in his hands and walks away.

Maya was sitting on Luche's window seat with her headphones in listening to music. She had her legs curled up and she looked out the window as the rain fell. Luche walked in to see her sitting there. He tapped her arm waiting till she removed her headphones. "I'm sorry I started a fight with your brother Maya." He tells her. "I understand why you did it but... he is still my brother Luche." He took her hand in his. "It won't happen again I promise." She nods to him. "Want me to start dinner?" he asked her. "No, I'm going for a run."

Before he could say anything, she was out the door. Last time he had seen her like this was the one-year anniversary of the attack on their home. Luche waited up for her, but as night fell, he hadn't heard from her. "Baby, where are you?" he texted her. "At home." He knew that was not good and headed out. Luche knocked on her door but got no response from her. Thankfully, she had given him a spare key, so he opened her door.

He walked in and found her in the kitchen passed out drunk. Luche kneeled in front of her brushing her hair off her face. She groaned but didn't wake up. "You are going to regret this tomorrow Maya." He said picking her up. "No, put me down." She mumbled. "Not happening baby and you're in no shape to stop me right now." He tells her as he carries her back to his place. Laying her down in bed he removes her wet coat and gets her in dry stuff before pulling the blankets over her.

The next day Maya woke up and groaned. "Yeah well, drinking two bottles of whiskey will do that to you baby." She didn't open her eyes. "Luche why are you so loud?" she asked earning a laugh from the very man. "Here this will help Maya." She slowly opened her eyes. She took the water and meds he gave her. "How did I get back here anyways?" she asked. "I came and got you." Luche sat next to her. "Luche I'm sorry." She said laying her head on his shoulder. "It's okay baby. Trust me I understand."

A few days later and she was sitting there talking to Libertus when Nyx walked by ignoring her. She rolled her eyes at him. "Don't worry Maya I will keep an eye on him. He will come around. He just needs time." She hugs him then heads to her new unit taking a seat while Luche briefed them on what they were doing. As they left to head out, she never saw Nyx give her the sign of protection from their homeland.

The mission went well, and they were back at home hanging out at the local dive. Nyx was watching her from where he sat seeing her laugh at something someone said. Her head was on Luche's shoulder. She was eating some fries as she joked with her new unit. He hated how happy she looked. "Dude just say you're sorry." He heard Libertus tell him. "I can't." "You mean your too proud to." Nyx just downed his drink as he watched his sister.

Maya was on her way to Luche's when someone came up behind her. "You better watch yourself Maya your running out of people to watch your back." She was pushed forward before she could turn to attack. She ran to Luche's. She told him what had happened as they ate.

She was running down the battlefield dodging monsters and Niffs like it was nothing. She saw her brother in trouble and sighed. She warped blocking an attack that would have killed him. "Listen here brother get your head out of your ass and start paying attention." He looked up at her. "Maya look I'm." she stopped him and smiled. "I know big brother I already forgave you." She took off to her unit. She was just about to Luche when a sharp pain tore through her leg dropping her.

Luche turned to see her fall. As she stood up another shot tore into her arm tossing her back. She looked up to see a behemoth coming at her. She tried to stand but couldn't. just then two blue flashes were seen and the behemoth was dead at Luche and Nyx's feet. "Get my sister out of here. Luche." The man looked at him. "Her life is in your heads." He raised his arm. Luche did the same in a sign of respect. "I will protect her with my life."

Luche picks her up as she cries out. "Be careful hero." She tells her brother. "Will do sis. See you soon" they got to the safe zone and Luche got her a potion. He checked her out. "The good news is the bullets went through. The bad news is you will be out of work for a while." He saw her looking over at Tredd. "Maya did you hear me?" she looked down at him. "I was shot by a Glaive Luche." His head snapped up to her. "What how do you know that?" he asked. She hands him a bullet it is the one from my leg. Only Glaives are given these." He took it and looked at her she looked pissed. "We need to tell your brother." She looked down at him. "Not here though." She says.

She was sitting on the sofa as Luche propped a pillow under her leg. Then went to get the door when he heard a knock. "She's in the living room." He tells both Nyx and Libertus. Luche goes to the kitchen real fast then walks back to the living room. Maya sits up so she can lay on him. "Here baby." He gives her the ice cream making her laugh. When she takes it and puts some on a spoon she puts it up to his mouth.

Nyx had to laugh at the sight of this badass glaive being feed cotton candy ice cream by his girlfriend. "Shut up Ulric. You're still in my house" Luche says smiling at Maya. He shakes his head. Luche looks up at him. "Nyx your sister was shot by a Glaive" This got Nyx's attention. Luche hands him a bullet. "It's the one from her leg." Nyx was pissed. "Who the hell would shot her?" he asked making her flinch. "I don't know but I plan on finding out.

They saw Maya drift off to sleep. Nyx saw how happy she was and how well Luche took care of her. "Luche... Look me and you will never be best friends. I see how well you take care of her and how happy you make her. You ever hurt her, and I will kill you. Just don't do all that lovey dove shit around me." The man laughed. "Thant's all her Ulric."

Maya woke up a few days later to pain in her leg she looked around to see Luche was gone at work. She grabbed her phone.

Maya: "Please come home."

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Luche: "What's wrong?"

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Maya: Somethings wrong. Baby, please hurry it hurts so bad.

Luche called her and heard the pain in her voice. "I'm on my way now Maya keep talking to me." He could hear her struggling to talk and it worried him. He ran as fast as he could. "Luche I..." he heard her phone drop. "Maya." He ran faster. As he walked in, he saw her passed out in their bed. He lifted her head trying to get her to wake up. "Luche what's going on?" he turned to see Nyx standing in the doorway.

"Get me a bowl and clean towel. I need to check her leg." He yelled at Nyx who turned and ran to do just that. Luche removed the bandage and saw her leg was infected and what was worse he saw the bullet had torn a muscle in her leg. She groaned as her eyes slowly opened. "Make it stop please." She begged him. She was running a fever.

Nyx hands him the stuff he asked for then went to hold his sister's hand. Once he was finished, he called the Glaive doctor to inform him of what had happened the man called her in some new meds. Nyx left to go pick them up as he watched over her. She was crying out in pain in her sleep. It was killing him to see her like this.

Nyx comes back with her meds and sees Luche in the kitchen he was looking at his hands. Nyx walked over and saw them covered in his sisters blood. "Dude you saved her leg and life," Nyx tells him. Luche looks up and washes his hands. "You hungry Ulric?" Nyx laughed. "Yeah, I could eat."