"What do you mean Lilith's gone!?"

Marcus gulped as he stood beside Billy and Saya, the three opposite Lilith's older siblings, both with their fists clenched at the King Dominion students.

"It was your job to make sure she stayed safe!" Alec belted out, Tiana squeezing his arm, making the oldest sibling close his eyes, taking a deep breath.

"Who has her?" Tiana questioned, Marcus feeling somewhat on edge by her calmness compared to her brother as her fists unclenched. Marcus turned his head to Saya, the two looking at one another. "You better answer me, or I won't hesitate to throw you out of the bloody window right now." Billy mentally smiled as he noticed more of the similarities Lilith had with Alec and Tiana, the three having a quick temper, and the ability to throw out insults whenever they could.

They were stood in the Grey's warehouse, of where Lilith had been reunited with Tiana and Alec by Billy only days before. Billy had brought Marcus and Saya to Lilith's siblings as soon as he was informed on the news of Lilith being kidnapped an hour ago.

"Jason." Billy blurted out, not wanting to anger the Grey siblings further as neither Marcus nor Saya answered Tiana's question.

At the sound of their psychotic brother's name, Billy noticed Alec's knuckles turn white, his anger becoming even more noticeable. Tiana on the other hand, held her calmness but Billy could still see one of her eyes twitching, a trait Lilith too shared when she tried to hold in her anger.

"You're telling me... that Lilith was taken by our brother. Why on bloody earth would she be taken by him?!" Alec repeated, turning his body around, the sound of his fist colliding with the punching bag flooding the room.

"She may have had no choice."

The King Dominion students turned around to see an older man entering the room, Marcus noticing the tattoos on his neck, one of which matched Lilith's tattoo on her chest.

"Nice to see you Sam... I just wish it was under better circumstances." Billy greeted the man, Saya and Marcus looking at one another, wondering how Billy knew the man, and the close bond he had formed with Lilith's family.

"Good to see you too Billy, now..." Samuel nodded his head, walking past the King Dominion students, stationing himself in between Alec and Tiana. Alec sighed, Marcus noticing the vulnerability in Alec's eyes as he turned around, leaning his arm on the guys shoulder, Marcus now recognising that this must be the uncle Samuel Lilith had mentioned to him before.

"Billy... like to introduce me to your friends?" Samuel asked, folding his arms across his chest, Tiana smirking as she made eye contact with Marcus, of whom still looked on edge, his feet constantly fidgeting.

"Oh, right sorry... this is Saya." Saya waved her hand, Samuel returning the wave, a smile plastered onto his face. "And this is-"

"Marcus." Marcus interrupted, regretting his decision as he saw Samuel's eyebrows raise as he looked to Tiana and Alec, the two nodding their heads. Billy bit his lip as he avoided Marcus's and Saya's glare on him, not wanting to explain Lilith's uncle's reaction.

"Oh, you're Marcus?" Marcus took his glare off Billy, his eyes now falling onto the older man, his heart beating profusely. He nodded his head, making Samuel release a light laugh, stepping forward.

"You're the boy who hurt my niece?" Marcus shook his head, Saya and Billy shaking their heads either side of the boy, both of which made eye contact with Alec and Tiana, the two rolling their eyes.

"No?" Samuel asked casually, continuing to take step forwards towards the boy, of whom continued to gulp, Tiana noticing his Adams apple moving up and down.

"So, if you're not Marcus Lopez Arguello, who broke my Niece's heart by cheating on her with Maria Salazar, who the fuck could you be then?"

Marcus clamped his mouth shut, directing his eyes down to the floor, avoiding the hard glares Samuel was throwing his way.

"I'll take that as a yes." Samuel stated, noticing a faint nod of the head from Marcus, causing the man to sigh. "Don't look so down now kid, I will deal with you if I see you again, but my niece is the main priority here."

Marcus faintly smiled as Samuel patted his shoulder, Marcus watching the man focus his attention onto Saya.

"Now what happened?"

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Jason was thankful that he had soundproofed the walls surrounding the warehouse as Lilith continued to scream in pain at the top of her lungs. All over her body were burn marks, a deep burn covering her chest, covering half of the family ruin she had tattooed.

Tears fell down her face as she felt relieved to see Jason removing the metal rod off her skin, turning the electrical pack off, the sound of buzzing no longer being heard.

"Bloody hell you have a pair of lungs on you considering you like to smoke." Lilith eyebrows furrowed together as she used all her energy to spit in his face, causing Jason to groan, slapping the girl across the face.

After being kicked last time, Jason strapped Lilith's legs against the wooden chair, restricting her completely. Taking deep breaths, Lilith tried to stop the tears falling down her face, not wanting to show any further vulnerability to Jason, but she was vulnerable.

Looking down at her exposed arms, she felt her skin continue to burn from the multiple new burns from the metal rod had been formed. Down her right arm, Lilith noticed Jason had burned out his initials on the inside of her elbow, making the girl imagine the pain she will face once she bends her arm, whether for self-defence or to hold a bow properly. Her hands felt the same treatment, the palms of her hands burnt, Lilith becoming worried if she'll ever be able to feel objects in her hands again.

"You've had your fun Jason, now let me go." The screaming for the last hour, made Lilith's voice croaky and quiet, making her words not heard by Jason as he pushed away the trolley, the sound of it banging against the wall made Lilith flinch.

"Lilith Adelaide Grey flinching? Jesus I must have affected you." Jason teased, kneeling in between her legs, knowing this time he won't be faced with a kick to the stomach. Jason admired his work on his sister, his hand trailing across the burns, Lilith wincing every time he placed his hand on a newly made burn wound.

"I'm going to rip your throat out when I get the chance." Lilith snarled, coughing as she felt blood in her mouth. Jason rose an eyebrow, falling back onto the floor, his feet next to Lilith's as he stretched out his legs.

"Is that so? Well I don't like no one will be coming for you."

"Oh, is that right?" Lilith hit back.

"You know... considering the pain you've just inflicted... you can still make those snarky comments." Lilith shrugged, heaviness coming over her eyes as she shook her head, focusing her attention onto Jason.

"It shows I'm stronger than you think." Jason scoffed, jumping up from the floor.

"Let's put that to the test, again shall we?"

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Marcus sat in the office of Samuel Grey, the students of Kings Dominion and the Grey family sat around a glass table, drinks of water all by their side.

"We need to find Jason." Marcus started, Alec scoffing as he leaned back in his chair.

"No shit Sherlock." Billy and Tiana snickered, earning a glare from Marcus as Samuel shook his head.

"Save the comments for later Alec, you will have all the time in the world to cause pain upon Marcus, but now all we care about is Lilith and the pain she could be facing." The group nodded their heads, agreeing with Samuel as he leaned his arms against the glass table.

"None of this would have happened if we would have just stayed with her from the start." Tiana mumbled, Alec darting his eyes to his sister. Marcus and Saya looked at one another, Marcus noticing Tiana's fist clenching under the table, it being glass, allowed him and Saya to notice her knuckles turning white.

"Tiana I kno-"

"None of this would have happened in the first place if you would have just come home when me and Jason did!" Alec flinched as Tiana shouted in his face, Samuel getting up from his chair, pulling Tiana out of the room, not wanting his niece and nephew to carry on fighting, eventually leading them to saying something they will regret.

The four sat in silence, watching Tiana and Samuel shout to one another, the glass walls silencing the shouts as Marcus watched Tiana throw her hands in the air before walking away. Alec stood up from his chair, heading towards the door when he was pushed back in by Samuel, directing his nephew back to his seat.

"Let her cool off Alec." He nodded, taking a deep breath as he looked at the three Kings Dominion students.

"Right... Jason must be around here somewhere." Alec caught the three student's attention was he stood up from his chair, pointing to the map of San Francisco on the wall. Billy nodded, joining Alec next to the map.

"He can't be too far away from school as he had walked from where Lilith attacked him when she was scouting the area." Saya nodded, agreeing with Billy as she looked at arcus of whom was looking down at his hands, a frown on his face.

Samuel also noticed the sad demeanour on the boys face, causing him to tap the boy on the shoulder. Looking up, Samuel tilted his head to the door, Marcus nodded before the two stood up from their chairs.

"You three carry on... we will be right back." The three nodded their heads, Saya joining Billy and Alec once Marcus and Samuel had left the room, Samuel closely door firmly behind him before directing Marcus down the hall.

"So... Marcus..." Samuel started the conversation, pointing Marcus into the a room, directing him to one of the arm chairs that made up the room. "Why are you looking so down?"

Marcus scoffed, shaking his head profusely at the man sitting opposite him.

"Why am I looking down?" Samuel nodded his head. "Maybe because Lilith has been kidnapped and probably being tortured and I did nothing to stop it!"

"Why do you care if she gets tortured Marcus?" Marcus scoffed once again, jumping up from his seat, anger visible on his face.

"Are you fucking serious right now?! Why wouldn't I care about the girl I love being tortured?"

Samuel smirked as Marcus's eyes widened at his words as he fell back into his seat, his hands covering his face. Samuel leaned over, patting Marcus's shoulder, giving him a reassuring smile.

"That's the answer I was looking for."