You guys are amazing! I cherish every vote, review, comment, follow so thank you so much! Sorry for the long wait! I had state English testing and after a grueling essay portion, I did not want to write for a while. But here we are now! This story is getting such positive responses. I hope you all liked my take on Erica finding Audrey and Ben kissing. I wasn’t totally sure how I wanted that to go but it didn’t totally fail so that’s good! I also realized I made Ben out to be a cheater and kinda a slut so… yeah. I don’t think there’s much I can do about that. It’s also kinda weird he kissed both sisters (even if they’re half sisters) but whatever! It’s also kinda funny to see some people wanting Audrey to get killed off or Erica to die!! Wow that’s great lol. Enjoy the chapter!

I swung my head around to give a baffled and angry glare at Erica. I'm sure Audrey’s face mirrored mine. Even Joshua and Mr. E looked very thrown off.

“You-what? Excuse me?” Joshua tried to look like he expected this, when he clearly didn't, “I'm not bluffing Erica. I will shoot your sister in the head, no questions asked. I'm not messing around here.”

Erica gave him a heartless stare, “I'm counting on it. I know you're not messing around. So do it, shoot her.”

“Erica!” I gasped. But the rest of my thought was cut off by Joshua.

“So you're willing to let your sister die,” Joshua’s plan at getting the folder was clearly not working.

“Yes,” Erica said, sounding impatient, “You don't need to keep recapping what I'm saying. Shoot her. Audrey’s still the enemy, despite the blood relationship between us. It will take the work out of it for me.”

I couldn't believe this was the same Erica I thought I knew. Was this the same Erica who risked her own life and career to save me from my own screw-ups?

“Erica!” Audrey cried out desperately. Erica shifted her hard stare to her sister, who still had a gun to her head.

“What?” Erica snarled, “Did you think that I forgot the fact you stole from Spy School, you released important government secrets, worked for a terrorist organization and played me as a fool? Do you think all is forgotten because of the tiny fact that you’re my half-sister I didn't even know existed until a few weeks ago? You thought you'd get out scot free?” Her words were harsh. Even I winced for Audrey’s sake. Joshua looked conflicted, seeing this was his plan to get the folder and it was failing. But Mr. E and Jacob looked very amused and intrigued, as if they were watching a cheesy soap opera. But Audrey looked the worse. She looked broken and sad. Her only hope was that Erica took her side against the CIA if we all returned, but Audrey finally realized Joshua was right. That the CIA would lock her up for good if she ever returned. Erica looked like she would never defend her. After all, Audrey’s own sister was telling Joshua to kill her.

“Erica,” Audrey said, close to tears, “I know I made mistakes in the past. I was bitter that Alexander left me and my mom to fend for ourselves. I wanted revenge and I found my way to get it through SPYDER. We needed the money and I young and ingorant. I joined a whole world of espionage that I had no idea existed when I was only thirteen. I was going in blind. When Joshua presented the idea to send me in to deceive the organization that hurt my mom, I jumped at the chance to get it. I wanted to hit the CIA and Alexander where it hurt. I met you and all I wanted to do at the time was kill you. But I didn't, because even I realized that wasn't right. I may had killed enemies of SPYDER in the past, but I couldn’t kill my sister, despite what Alexander did to me. I beg you, return the favor. I never meant to do the things I did but please, don't let them kill me. I pretend to be as strong as you, but I know I'm not. I don't want to die. Please, Erica, I'm still your little sister.” Finally, a tear rolled down her cheek. I felt my heartbreak for her. There was still a chance she was acting, but if she was and makes it out alive, she should become an actress. She could win an Oscar with that type of performance. But it seemed raw and real. That was Audrey’s real story.

I could see Erica knew that too. She was an expert at reading people to see if they're lying or not, but it seemed that Erica knew she was telling the truth. Next to me, Erica kept her cold facade on, but I saw her eyes soften. And under the expression, I could tell there was some empathy, sadness and maybe even… dare I say protective love? Like Audrey said, she was still her little sister, despite everything happening right now. Audrey's story wasn't a good, happy one. It was messy. But if anyone else was in that situation, joining SPYDER would probably be ideal. If I were in Audrey's shoes, I would have done the exact same thing. I could tell Erica would have too.

Joshua noticed the change in Erica’s face, “Aww what a cute story! I'll give you ten seconds to give me the folder or I'm shooting her. I swear.” He was giving Erica a lot more chances to hand over the thing than I'd normally expect out of him. Either the folder was super important, or he didn't fancy shooting Audrey. After all, he did date her for a while and she is still very pretty.

“No,” Erica drawled out, “I'm not giving you the dumb folder.”

I stood in shock. Even after Audrey poured her heart out, Erica is still not going to help her. Maybe I was wrong about the type of person she is.

“Enough!” Mr. E snapped, “Erica, you have ten seconds. Joshua, in ten, nine, eight…”

“Fine!” Erica called out, surprising all of us from the abruptness.

“Fine what?” Mr. E stopped counting.

“I'll give it to you.” Erica took a thin, black backpack (that I didn't even notice) off her back and started to unzip it. Mr. E, Jacob and Joshua looked at the backpack greedily. But my concern was that Joshua never let Audrey out of her choke-hold and still had a gun to her head.

When it was unzipped, I was expecting a yellow/gold mailing folder. The same folder that started all of this mess.

But instead, a gun and coin was removed. Before anyone could react, Erica dropped the coin, which released a type of smoke that made it incapable for me to see. But apparently, Erica could see perfectly fine as I heard a gun click and a dart go right into the neck of Jacob Evanstein. I heard him cry out and fall in a heap on the ground.

I also heard a groan of pain from Joshua. Whether it was Audrey or Erica, I couldn't tell, but the result was the same. He was out of commission.

Right near my head, I felt a whoosh of air and a fist connecting with the cheek of Audrey, who crashed to the ground a second later.

Some shuffling let me know Erica went into attack against Mr. E so I went to help Audrey.

Or, I tried. Since the smoke obscured my whole vision, I had to feel around to find her. My callused hand felt some soft skin and kept feeling around for her face.

“Get your gross fingers out of my nose, you idiot!” was the indication that I had found her.

The fight between Erica and Mr. E was still happening, but I heard her get in a couple more punches repeatedly, telling me Erica was winning.

The thick smoke was clearing up enough for me to see. Jacob was on the ground with a dart sticking out of his neck. Joshua was rendered unconscious in a more traditional style of a well-placed karate chop and a punch in the face. He was also sporting some very new bruises.

But they weren't important. Audrey lay in front of me, groaning and moaning. Her neck was littered with purple and green bruises and squeeze marks. Obviously, Joshua's choke hold was stronger than I thought. Her jaw was also super red and becoming more bruised. She reached out to touch her injuries gingerly. Audrey winced when her fingers came in contact.

I had no idea what to do to help her, “Um… are you okay?” I tried.

She gave me an annoyed stare, “Does it look like it?” But then she grinned in good humor.

I gave a weak smile back. The fight between Erica and Mr. E was almost over. It was evident Mr. E was used to a whole security force around him, since he wasn't very adapt in fighting. Because he went rogue against his own organization, a full security guard wasn't part of the deal and he was paying the price for it.

Erica was straddling and pinning him down, punching different parts of his face repeatedly. I saw her give a little grin as she punched him right in the teeth, knocking some out. She was enjoying herself a little too much.

“That was for hurting my sister,” Erica smirked as she watched him swallow some of his own teeth.

I gave a disgusted gag and Audrey, finally standing, cleared her throat.

Erica reluctantly got off Mr. E and lugged him over to a pipe. Producing two sets of handcuffs from God knows where, she slapped one together on his wrists and connected the other one from the handcuffs to the pipe. Then she promptly slammed his head against the pipe, effectively knocking him out and leaving him with a little dent in his head.

With Joshua, she connected one hand to the pipe and cuffed the other hand to Mr. E's handcuff. And with Jacob, she connected one hand to Joshua’s cuff and the other to Mr. E's. They were in a giant pretzel.

Erica turned to us and said, “We have to get out of here.” I saw a little glint of excitement, but nerves in it. She was probably still cautious and sympathetic about Audrey and her situation. I know I was.

Audrey gave Erica a look I could only describe it as a loving family look and, without warning, Audrey sprung forward. Erica immediately put her fists up but they were useless. Audrey wrapped her arms around her sister and hugged her hard. At first, Erica was stiff with the sudden touch but eventually eased up and hugged her back. I never saw Erica voluntarily touch someone. I felt very much like a third wheel in this situation, but it was a very sweet sister moment.

There was a whisper, barely audible in the room that said, “Thank you, Erica.”

Softly, muffled by Audrey’s shoulder, I heard her reply, “That's what family’s for.”

And I smiled to myself.

I'm sorry to all those who wanted Audrey to die. (But geez people haha ;)

I wanted their relationship to patch up because, in the end, they are still blood related.

I also sorta wanted them to have a Gamora/Nebula Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 moment (shout out to all the Marvel fans) because they too had to figure out some family issues.

Plus, I hope Erica didn't act you weird/OOC in that chapter. I felt like it was kinda iffy there. Sorry it took awhile but I hope it was worth it.

Until next time.