'Guys, I really feel this is unnecessary!' Ashley protested, trying to wriggle out of Lillie and Rose's grasp as they pulled her into Lillie's bedroom. I was sitting on the bed with Dana curled up on my lap, watching the whole scene with a smirk on my face.

'Nonsense!' Lillie scoffed 'You haven't had a single day to relax since this entire fiasco! This is totally necessary!'

'B-But I-'

'No buts!' Rose cut her off while closing the door behind them, since they finally got the caramel haired woman inside 'We're having this girl's night, Megan's gonna unwind from work and her newfound pregnancy,' - She turned to wink at me - 'And you're going to relax! Seriously you look more zombified than Meg and Edgelord did when they pulled off that research marathon!'

'Hey!' I perked up 'We weren't that bad!'

Rose snorted, Lillie averted her gaze and Ashe coughed nervously. I pouted 'Gee, thanks for the love and support, guys...'

Lillie laughed 'You know we love you, Meg. You can just be a bit... immature sometimes.'

I rolled my eyes.

'Anyways. Guys I'm fine, really. You don't have to do this for me. Besides, I have a baby to look afte-'

'Oh you don't need to worry about that!' I cut in rather loudly, spooking Dana and causing her to scramble off my lap. I rubbed the back of my neck in embarrassment. 'Whoops...'

'It's alright.' Lillie assured 'But Megs right. We have my brother, Sun and Hau taking care of Emilee for you.'

Ashe's eyes widened, and she gulped slightly 'Are... You sure that's a good idea?'

'Of course!' I laughed, standing up and slinging an arm over her shoulder 'You don't have to worry about a thing! After all, Gladion's great with kids!'

(Meanwhile - Gladion POV)

'Um...' I blinked, as Sun, Hau and I crouched down and stared at the two year old sitting on my bed. She stared back at us, hugging a Teddiursa plush close to her chest.

'Soooo... What exactly are we supposed to do?' Hau asked, cocking an eyebrow at the child.

Sun shrugged 'I don't know, man. Megan just blackmailed us into doing this and shoved the kid and a bunch of baby supplies into us. No instructions included.'

'You make it sound like she's a toy...'

'Well we gotta do something!' I barked, turning to the two boys 'If we can't take care of this kid, what makes you think I'll be able to take care of my own?!'

'That's your problem, dude.' Sun glared 'You didn't put on the glove.'

'Shut up!'

Emilee sneezed, causing us to whip our heads round towards her. She had a string of snot hanging from her nose.

...

...

'Not it!'

'Not it!'

'Not- Dang it!'

Sun laughed evilly at me 'Go on, you'll be a dad soon anyway~'

'Nine months is not soon!' I fumed, wiping Emilee's nose with a tissue 'And why are you holding a grudge against me?'

'YOU F*CKED MY SISTER!'

'Okay, one, I had her full consent. Two, she's not your sister!'

'She is in my eyes!'

'Ew, that's-'

'GUYS!' Hau yelled, causing Sun and I to stare at him wide-eyed. He sighed and softened his voice 'Guys. I know tension is high between you right now, but the girls have put their trust in us to take care of Emilee. I don't want a silly feud to get in the way of that. Sun, I know you're not happy about this. And Gladion, I know you're stressed about Megan. But right now... We need to put aside our troubles and take care of this baby.'

Sun and I blinked and our gazes fell to the floor, ashamed at our actions.

'Oopsie~'

A small giggle came from Emilee, and once again all attention was on her. A wet patch of some kind seemed to be forming under her... OH CRAP!

'EMILEE!'

'Hehehe~'

(Megan POV)

'I'M BOOOOOORED!' I groaned as I lay upside down, my torso hanging off Lillie's bed. Ashley was in the room too, sitting on a beanbag chair... sound asleep. Dang she must've been tired if she didn't wake up from my constant complaining. Anyway, Rose and Lillie were out at the moment, buying stuff for our 'girl's night'.

I swear, if they come back with facials, I'll be out of that window so fast!

I don't care if it's a three story drop! My Silvally form can take it!

I scanned the room in hopes for things to do, and my eyes landed on the white dresser across the room. It was extremely neat, and the drawers were neatly pushed in. Unlike mine... Heh. Curiously I did a backwards roll off the bed, like a boss, and walked over to see what clothes she had in there.

Her fashion sense was far from her brother's, that's for sure. Baby blues and whites and pinks folded neatly, in COLOUR CODED PILES! Yeesh. I went down to the second drawer, same again. Down to the third. There seemed to be a lump of some kind under one of the shirts, causing me to raise an eyebrow. I reached under and wrapped my fingers around something leathery and pulled it out.

It was a blue notebook. One labeled 'Lillie's diary'. I smirked.

'So Lillie has one too, eh?'

I debated on whether to read it or not. On one hand I can remain oblivious and a good friend, while on the other I can gain good blackmail material... as well as a slap.

In the end curiosity got the best of me, again, and so I opened the diary and began reading.

Dear Diary...

Today Hau and I-

I read further down the page, before slamming the book shut and inhaling through my nose 'Nope!'

Quickly I placed the diary back where I found it, my face slowly going back to its original colour, and closed the drawer before making my way back to the bed. I fell backwards and stared at the ceiling.

'Aether's sure have... creative fantasies...' I muttered.

(Meanwhile - Luke POV)

I stared through the bars of the cell, waiting for the sound of footsteps or a heavy door opening. Why? Because my sister had been dragged off after running her smart mouth at some of the scientists. That was over half an hour ago...

Suddenly though, a girl with midnight blue hair and yellow eyes walked to the cell door and opened it. And she was followed by a man with blonde hair and blue eyes, who was carrying someone over his shoulder. Wait... Oh my-

'Laura!'

The man smirked before throwing my sister at me, forcing me to use my body as a cushion to break her fall. She was conscious, but seemed to be in a daze. I sat up with her in my arms, feeling her flinch as soon as my hand came into contact with her back. I retracted it quickly and brought it into vision. It was covered in red liquid.

Blood.

Anger boiled inside me as I glared at the two scientists 'What did you do to her?!'

The girl giggled 'We only gave her what she deserved.'

'Maybe now she'll think twice before running her mouth!' The man added before pointing at me 'You'll be next if you're not careful!'

They both left, leaving Laura and I in silence once again. I gently gripped her shoulders and pulled her up to face me. 'Laura, what did they do to you?'

She didn't answer.

'Laura?'

This time she responded, with a bitter chuckle as her shoulders began to shake 'So that's what it feels like...' She muttered, eyes fixed to the floor.

'What?'

'And to think, with every flick of my wrist I inflicted that much pain on Megan...'

My eyes widened 'They didn't-!'

Her chuckles quickly turned to sobs, and she buried her head into my chest 'I cannot believe she went through that much pain every day! FROM THAT GODDAMN WHIP!'

I flinched, and tears began forming in my eyes. It was true then. Those evil f*ckers did whip her!'

I breathed angrily through my gritted teeth before wrapping my arms around Laura, careful not to inflict anymore pain on her. 'I'm gonna kill them... I'M GONNA KILL THOSE HEARTLESS SH*TS!'

'You might wanna focus on getting out of there, first.' A male's voice stated 'Of course if you're planning to kill someone, you'll need skills, weapons, oh and a plan since this place is filled with security.'

I slowly lifted my head to look at the person on the other side of the bars. He was in fact male, about twenty, which is one year younger than Laura. He had longish caramel hair, with a side fringe covering half of his left eye. His irises were a charcoal grey colour, and his skin was pale. He stared at us quizzically, hands in his labcoat pockets.

'What the hell do you want?!' I spat.

'Woah, calm down buddy.' The man held his hands up in surrender 'I'm just here to make sure whatever injuries she has don't get infected.'

'Why? You guys are the reason she's like this in the first place!'

He sighed 'One, it's my job you two don't get sick. And two, I held no part in what happened in the 'punishment room'. I wasn't even there to see it, though judging from her shape it must've been pretty bad.' He explained as he pressed his hand on the scanner, causing the door to open and close behind him. I held my sister protectively.

'I swear if you touch her I'll-'

'You'll ruin her chances of healing.' He finished with a stern expression, while kneeling down in front of me. 'Stop being extra and let me take a look at her injuries.'

I glared at him for a moment, but obliged and shifted Laura so her back faced him. By now she was too weak to object.

'Could you help me lift off her shirt?' the man asked, pulling on some white disposable gloves.

'What?! So you're wanting to feel her up now, you f*cking pedophile!'

'No. I can't get to the wounds with the shirt on, jackass.' he replied monotonously. 'Why else would I put the gloves on?'

'Oh...'

Wearily I lifted Laura's shirt up so the wounds were exposed, and my eyes widened. 'Oh my Arceus!'

Even the dude next to me seemed shocked 'Jeez... they really went all out on this one. What exactly did she say to Aries?'

'Aries?'

'The gentleman who brought her back here? Blonde hair? Blue eyes? Always on his period?'

'Oh him!' I snapped my fingers 'Yeah she shot a bunch of insults at him, and got a bit too cocky.'

'Oh yeah?'

'Yep. 'Is your ass jealous of all the sh*t that just came out of your mouth?' she said' I told him, putting on the most feminine voice I could.

The man laughed, while cleaning the blood from Laura's back with a wet towel 'Well she's not wrong. Aries does say a lot of r*tarded things, despite being a top scientist.'

'I can tell.' I smirked.

'Oh, the name's Leo by the way.' 'Leo' stated, his eyes focused on what he was doing.

'Luke. Though you probably knew that.'

'That I did, Luke. That I did.'

Leo wrapped bandages around Laura's torso after treating them, before helping me carry her to her bed and laying her on her side. 'Okay, just keep an eye on her and make sure she stays off her back, got it?'

I nodded.

'Good.' he began walking towards the door 'Oh, and dude?'

'What?'

'Next time stop her before she does anything stupid. This could've turned out much worse.' and with that he left, leaving me alone with my now unconscious sister.

'Well... he was, less d*ckish than some of the other assholes here.' my eyes traveled down to Laura, making me sigh deeply 'You're a handful...'

(Gladion POV)

'Fiiiinally, she's asleep!' Sun whispered, falling backwards into the bed while Hau cared for a sleeping Emilee in his arms.

'You seem to know what you're doing, Hau.' I stated, raising an eyebrow at the boy.

Hau shrugged 'It's not that hard once you get the hang of it.'

'Maybe you should be a dad instead of Gladion.' Sun suggested while still staring at the ceiling.

'What you try'na say, Sunny boy?' I asked in a menacing tone. 'Who exactly is Hau with right now?'

Sun paused '...Lillie?'

'And how are babies made?'

'Well if that does happen, at least you'll know my feelings on this matter!' Sun shot up.

'Oh please! I see how you eye-rape your boyfriend! At least Meg and I don't do that!'

Sun scoffed 'You're right! You guys eye-f*ck instead!'

'Damn, someone's sassy today!'

'Well at least I-'

We were cut off by yelling down the hall, which seemed to be getting louder each second.

'Are... those the girls?' Hau asked, raising an eyebrow.

'LIKE QUIZNACK I'LL LET THAT HAPPEN!'

'Yep...' I replied blankly.