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ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛs ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ...

𝟹ʀᴅ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ᴘᴏᴠ

Marie paces in her room, completely unsure of what to think about what just happened. She's sure that Tek Knight is probably going to crucify her and she's going to get expelled.

But at least she did the right thing. Or, Iliana did the right thing, and she just gave her the go ahead.

Which shocks her even more.

Iliana stood up for her. And got her out of the bad situation that wasn't even her doing to begin with.

Maybe Iliana isn't so bad...

Suddenly Emma bursts through the door causing Marie to gasp, pausing mid-step.

"Oh, my God. Emma." Marie rushes over to her. "Are you okay?"

"Uh-huh, yeah, Sam is going after Dr. Cardosa." Emma stammers out, hugging her back. "We have to stop him."

"Who?" Marie asks her, pulling back.

"Luke and Iliana's brother." Emma answers her. "He's actually kind of hot. Definitely runs in the family." She carries on.

"No, who's Cardosa." Marie reals her back in.

"Oh. I-I don't know." Emma lets out a deep breath. "But we have to stop him. Now."

"Okay." Marie nods. "Let's go find Iliana."

"Right, yes, right!" Emma rushes out. "Sorry, a lot is happening right now. Do you know her room?"

Marie pauses, haven't thought that far ahead. "Oh, no."

"It's okay, I do, let's go!" She grabs Marie's wrist and they take off, leaving no time for Marie to ask how she knows, but she reminds herself that Emma seems to know everything around here.

She's just so happy Emma's okay.

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They rush up to Iliana's room and Emma dives for the handle before Marie pulls her arm back. "Wait, shouldn't we knock?" Marie looks at her frantically.

"No, no time." Emma brushes past her throwing the door open and they walk in to find Iliana's legs wrapped around Jordan as they are sucking on her neck. "Ohhh, oh shit!" Emma exclaims, jaw dropping.

"Oh, my God." Marie lets out, turning away before looking right back at them. Emma insisted there was something going on between them after Marie told her they were kind of at each other's throats in Brink's office, and at the club, but wow—

Emma was practically bouncing in excitement that she was right before the entire mess of confusion breaks out and she explains to them about Sam. They get Andre and Cate before heading to Dr. Cardosa's house.

Though Iliana and Andre still haven't talked since earlier...

There was absolutely no time for that right now.

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Andre and Jordan head in one side of the kitchen as Andre quickly shoves the fridge into Sam's body, crashing him into the wall as Cate, Marie, Emma, and I come around the other side.

Just in time...

Sam pushes the fridge away.

"Sam. Sam, you don't want to this." Andre tries to talk him down as I remain frozen, staring at my baby brother in awe.

I haven't seen him in three years... the last time being when Luke, Cate, and I went to calm him down when he was at Sage Grove, right before he 'killed himself.'
He looked a bit taller, more filled out, less of a baby face...

My eyes tear up. I should've know. I should've known.

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The alarm blares so loudly I have to cover my ears as Luke, Cate, and I hurriedly make our way through the Sage Grove halls to Sam. The doctor buzzes us through into the East Wing, the door covered in warnings of what not to bring in.

"When did it start?" Luke asks the him.

"Four, five minutes ago." The doctor answers as someone bangs on one of the doors causing Cate and I's heads to snap over... and find a long-

"Egh." I let out and Cate locks arms with me, pulling us away as she picks up the pace.

A loud pounding sound rings out as we turn the corner and I scoff finding three security men with guns.

"Hey. Hey, hey." Luke rushes up to them, holding his hand out for the them to lower the weapons.

Cate and I look over Luke's shoulder into Sam's room to find him beating the metal door, that's off its hinges, with his fist. One of the security guards steps further into the room, his gun pointed to Sam's back.

"Sam." Luke speaks firmly. He continues punching. "Sam!" He raises his voice.

Sam grunts, punching harder before throwing himself back as he pants.

"Hey, Sammy." I smile at him, nodding gently to let him know it's okay. He looks at the guard with crazed-eyes.

"It's all right." Luke says quietly to the security guard before holding his hands up as he takes a step closer. "It's okay. We're here." He motions towards me.

"D-D-Did you guys know about this Compound V stuff?" He stutters out.

"No." Luke shuts his eyes for a moment. "No."

I shake my head quickly. "No. We had no idea."

It had just been announced that Compound V was given to babies as a drug rather than us being born with powers.... like we were lead to believe.

"How could Mom and Dad do that to us?" Sam asks upsetly.

Luke and I share a look out of the corners of our eyes.

"They thought they were giving us powers." Luke tells him.

"Well, I got a lot more than powers." Sam breathes out, nostrils flaring. "I got a broken fucking brain!" He screams, slapping his head.

"Sam." I tilt my head as Luke slowly turns his head to Cate.

Sam cries, sighing as he looks off. "I could've just been...." He pauses, searching for the words. "Regular."

I look at Luke, biting the inside of my cheek as my heart shatters. He nods to me before looking back at Sam.

"I got news for you." Luke starts and Sam turns back to us. "Drug or no drug, you'd still be weird as fuck." He quips.

"You'd still be our pain in the ass little brother." I crack a smile and Sam starts to chuckle, causing Luke and I to laugh softly before the security behind us moves causing Sam's attention to snap to him. Damn it!

"None of that matters." Luke continues bringing Sam's focus back.

"We don't care about that." I say strongly.

"What matters is that we're your brother and sister and we love you." Luke continues.

"A lot." I nod.

"Okay?" Luke whispers, holding out his arms. I step closer motioning for him to come to us.

"Okay." Sam says, falling into our arms as I cradle his mop of curls.

A taser gun fires off between the gap of Luke and I, zapping him in the torso. He grunts.

"What the fuck?" I jump back.

"Sam! Sam! Stop it." Luke yells out, spinning around to the security guard. "Okay?! No! Woah!" Sam shoves past him up to the guard, pushing the gun away. "Sam! No!"

"Sam! Sam, wait!" I call out.

He shoves his fist into the guards chest into his mouth and blood flies everywhere. Cate jumps back, letting out a scream as I step back, my breath catching in my throat and Luke's mouth falls open.

"Oh, my God!" One of the other guards lets out.

I grab Luke's arm as Sam rips his fist out and the man's body crumples to the ground.

"Stand back! Yeah, stand down! Get him the fuck on the ground now!"

"Sam." Luke reaches out to Sam's shoulder. Sam yells, hitting Luke in the stomach and sends him flying to the wall.

"SAM!" I shout as Luke falls to the ground.

"Call for backup! Yeah, please. Call for backup!"

"Sammy, Sam! Look at me!" I rush up to him, grabbing both sides of his shoulders.

His face contorts as he looks around before looking up at me. "Illie?"

"Yeah." I say softly. "Yeah, it's me."

Cate walks up behind him, touching his shoulder. "Sam."

"Ca-" My brows furrow at her as Sam turns.

"Go to sleep." She orders and he falls to the ground.

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Sam spins around to look at Andre. "I know you. Y-you... I escaped and you caught me. Y-you're one of them!" He freaks out, snapping me out of the memory.

"We didn't know who you were then." Marie yells as Andre whips his head over to me, planted in the entryway.

"Sam, let us help you." Cate says.

"No!" Sam screams causing me to jump. "You are not touching me again, Cate! Get the fuck out of here!"

"Il!" Cate turns around to me.

"You're all fucking puppets!" Sam freaks out as Marie hastily grabs her knife and I rush down the steps.

"No, no!" I grab her arm quickly and she looks up at me. "Sammy." I swallow, finally stepping around Marie. He shakes his head, crying. I take another step and Andre and Jordan move forward before I hold my hand out to stop them.

"Sam?" I move in front of his face, taking his hand gently as I grab his shoulders, just like a did three years. "Sam, it's Iliana."

"Illie?" He lets out before his jerking his head side to side.

"Yes." I smile. "Yes, it's Illie."

"N-No, they're not!" He yells, grabbing his forehead.

"Sam, Sam, shh. It's okay." I coax. "You're okay."

"The fuck is his problem?" Andre mutters. Ughhh, why would he say that?!

My head immediately snaps in his direction. "Magnet!" I snap quietly. 'What the fuck?' I mouth.

"What did you just say?" Sam asks eerily calm, backing away from me.

"No, no, no, Sam!" I try to bring him back. Fuck, fuck, fuck—

Andre and Jordan take a step back. Sam breathes heavily before brushing past me before I can even blink and smacks Andre to the floor, then kicks him into the wall, breaking the fireplace mantel as he crashes into a glass table, shattering it.

I gasp, sprinting over to him, falling to my knees, not giving anything that happened today a second thought. "Magnet! Magnet look at me."

Marie throws out her hands, wrapping blood around Sam's face.

"Marie, don't!" I warn.

Sam turns, grabbing the blood strand and yanks Marie across the kitchen, dropping the blood to splatter on the ground. Oh, fuck. I leave Andre, hurrying back into the kitchen.

"Sam, stop!" I throw myself in front of him.

"You're not real." He slaps his head, looking away from me. "You were gone." He says.

"No- No, Sam, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." I rush out. "Please." I reach out for his arm and he rips away, grabbing it tightly.

"You're not real!" He screams. "Illie's not here."

I grunt as he squeezes. "Yes." I grit through my teeth as my body heats up. "I am. And you don't wanna do this." I tilt my head, looking at his grip on my arm. I don't- I can't hurt him.

"No, stop!" He looks up in the air yelling before he swings at me and I duck.

He goes to take another step but Jordan jumps in front of me and Sam punches them in the abs, causing Jordan to stomp their foot into the floor, ripping it up.

Sam then socks them in the face, not moving them an inch.

My brain starts to spin and I blink rapidly. I grab my chest, finding it hard to breathe.

Sam takes another swing which Jordan duck before he punches them in the stomach again and Jordan switches to their female form before shoving Sam back. He blinks before swinging again, which Jordan ducks both times before they blast him outside, sending him flying through the glass doors.

I sprint outside, Jordan hovering immediately behind me as I feel their hand on my lower back, and Marie and Andre trail behind.

I throw up my hands, shining beams on either side of Sam as he stands to daze him.

"Sam. Sam. We loved Luke." Andre rushes out, holding out his hands. "When we found out he was trying to rescue you, we tried to help."

Sam only screams.

"Sam, as soon as I found out where you were we sent Emma to get you out." I tell him, lower my hands.

As if right on cue Emma steps out. "Sam!" She hollers and I turn to find her— woahhh... My eyes widen as she's now ginormous. Literally.

"Emma?" Marie's jaw drops as she looks up at her.

Oh! My ga— And she's completely naked... alright, sure.

She marches over to Sam and pins his face into the ground and I can't help but snort. Damnnn, look at her arms! She looks good!

"Let me go!" Sam shouts, though it comes out muffled.

"Sam, you're all right." Emma tells him. "I'm here, your sister's here. You're okay." She speaks softly.

"They're gonna put us back in The Woods." He cries out. Andre glances over his shoulder. "I have to stop them." Jordan's gaze snaps to me and I nod.

"No." I speak up. "No, I will not let them hurt you anymore." I shut my eyes for a moment. Luke paid the price for it, and I will not have let him die in vein.

"I have to stop them. Why don't you let me stop them?" Sam panics.

"Hey." Emma snaps. "Wherever we go, we promised we're in this together." I turn to Marie with a raised brow, before looking back at my brother and Emma. Uh... did- did they-? Nooo... ew. Did they—?

"Sam, we're gpnna make this right." Marie declares, looking at me with a strong nod. "I promise." I nod back, taking a step forward.

"Sam, Luke loves you, and I lo-"

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I let out a soft groan as I turn my head to the side, snuggling further into the pillow. An arm tightens around my waist as I lean further into the warm body.

Warm body... Warm body?!

My heart speeds up as I snap my eyes open, quickly looking down to find my naked body covered by a comforter. My breath quickens as I jerk my head back to see who's wrapped around me and my mouth falls open at who I find.

Jordan. Fucking. Li.

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𝟶ʙᴜᴛᴛᴇʀʙɪsᴄᴜɪᴛ𝟽 sᴘᴇᴀᴋs!

And with that... episode 4 is complete! I remember watching this episode and literally being so confused and gob smacked at the ending... I was in utter shock and like what the fuck is happening??? Hahaha.

As I said already lol, this was my FAV episode to write so far ahhh, & it's the episode with the most parts so far!! Omg!!

Happy 6 ! Yes, 6 ! Months to Golden Facade <333 I cannot beleive it's already been published this long! And I am so sad I am now half way through writing it...

But anyways, I hope y'all enjoyed this chapter & all the parts!! Don't forget to comment your thoughts, questions, & reactions!! Also I'm posting THE ultimate Ilordan edit on TikTok rn, so if you're interested... 0butterbiscuit7! ;)

Until next time, thank y'all so much for all the love & support, mauh!! <3