Slade POV

Earth
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I sighed as the adoption staff freaks over my injured state. "Slade what happened? What is it a dog? Cat? Aghh! Blood! What happened to you fool! Your cut here, here and here. Geez Slade, you need to be more caref-oh and here-careful when you go out!"

Miss Wednesday was a nice, round woman with olive skin and light brown hair, streaked with grey. But she wouldn't let you answer a question she asked, instead she would pummel you with seventeen others. I keep quiet as she tends to my cuts and other wounds.

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The scar from that day is still there, I close my eyes and lower my shirt. I turn away from the shiny base of the oven as the scar across my back makes itself known to me again, by the ways of pain.

Ihear the tell-tale stops on the stairs that scream out to me where Coen and Jack are. Of course followed by a sigh, the word 'idiots' and a slower pace on the steps tells me to add Aria to that list. I trudge under to the table, now vacant of giants, and up to the stairs. "Ha, your not twice as tall as me!" I say triumphantly pointing to the first stair.

Jumping, I grab the corner of the stair and pull myself up. I pant and count 21 more stairs, well shit.

Ten minutes later? Well, I made it up another 3 steps. Thump. Thump! THUMP! My brother makes his glorious way down the stairs, jumping the last ones. So what do I see? A fine look upwards as he sails directly over my head. "Slade!" He yells at the top of his voice, deafening me in an instant. He proceeds to yell some more but it's not like I can really hear him.

I yell back up at my unaware idiot of a giant brother. He turns around to see me standing on the stairs behind him, yelling at him.

Coen POV

I gaze at my brother as he yells illegible gibberish at me. "Huh?" Is all I mange. Slade stops yelling at me and points to himself, shakes his head, points to his ears then finally points at me. "Oh, you can't hear me, right?" I ask...

...and wait...

...and wait... "Oh you can't hear me!" I realise, smacking the heel of my hand into my forehead.

I smile and hold my hand out to my brother for him to climb on, which he tries to do. I hold back laughter as my brother stumbles towards my hand, trips and falls face-first onto the palm of my hand. Once Slade corrects himself and sits in the middle of my hand, I carry him upstairs.

"Hi Slade." Aria says as soon as I enter my room, who's watching her brother playing on my XBOX.

"He can't hear us..." I say "I think I might've made him deaf when I yelled, he was right behind me."

"What, really?" Jack asks, looking away from the screen. He smiles.

Slade POV

I watch as the three giants talk to eachother, I think my ears were just busted and are getting better now. I can hear when someones talking but not what they're saying.

"He is kind of weird." I hear Jack say at the same time my ears completely heal themselves.

"Really?" I ask, making Coen freak out, falling off his bed and onto the floor. I shake my head at my brother's stupid reaction. Aria giggles and Jack laughs, and falls off as well.