Kayden

Waking up my body feels cold, Ellie must have woken before me. Although I don't ever remember this happening before. In my sleep muddled mind, I know something is wrong. Getting up off the bed, I get dressed and make my way outside.

Everything seems calm, I walk to her mother's tent. It's where Moyra, Liz, and Keith are sleeping. If anyone would know where Ellie is it would be the three of them. Opening the flap to their tent, I don't bother announcing myself. This all belongs to me; they don't have a say whether I come in or not.

Moyra is already up, doing stretches on the floor, Liz pops up from her laying position in the makeshift bed. There's a confused look upon her face. Her brows are scrunched, and her mouth is set in a straight line.

"Is something wrong?" Her voice is hoarse when she asks.

Now I have Moyra's attention as well. Both sets of eyes are looking at me. I walk over to the makeshift bed in which Keith is sleeping on and kick it with my foot. I get no response, having enough of this I whip the covers off his sleeping form. Only when the blankets are uncovered there are only pillows laid down, where Keith should be.

My heart starts pounding. I know something is seriously wrong. He's not here, and Ellie isn't either. Why would someone make it look as though they are in their bed asleep, when really, they are nowhere to be found?

"Where the fuck is he!" I ask the two of them as I turn around. The look on their faces is one I know well, pure fear.

"Your eyes are completely red." Liz whispers.

"Where the fuck is Keith!" I shout so loud I'm almost certain the ground on which we are standing on shakes.

I don't let them answer before I am stomping towards them. My hands are set into fists and are so tight my knuckles are turning white. Reaching Liz, I grab her by the neck with my hand, and pull her out of the bed.

Joshua, Martin, and Tony all run inside the tent. The scene that is playing out in front of them has them moving so fast I don't react in time. Joshua slams his body into me and catches Liz within his arms before she falls to the ground. Martin and Tony both have their hands along my shoulders holding me back.

"Calm down man, what is going on in here?" Tony shouts over my long growl.

I'm no longer a man. My beast is coming out to play. This can be deadly for anyone around me, including my closest friends. I see nothing but red. I want to annihilate the threat to Ellie, only problem is I'm not positive on who that threat is.

"I'm not sure what's going on," Liz says between breaths, her hands are around her neck, and she's coughing.

"He came in here without telling us what he was looking for, and then he went to Keith's bed." She points over to where the blankets and pillows are all muddled.

"I don't know what he found, he blocked my view, but he turned slowly and just kept yelling 'where is he? I don't know what is going on." She finishes on a cry.

Martin steps up to me, grabbing ahold of my head, he looks deep into my eyes "calm the fuck down. Or we won't be able to help you with whatever is happening." His own eyes plead with me to do as he asks.

Closing my eyes, I shake my head, and take a few deep breaths. Doing what I can to calm the rage that is still building inside of me. Martin is right if I don't get myself under control, I'll turn into my beast and everyone in the camp will be in danger. I could very well help my father out by killing some of our own.

When I open my eyes, Martin takes a calming breath. "The red is gone, your eyes are back to blue, that's good." He slowly removes his hands and steps away.

"Now care to tell us what the fuck is going on?" Looking to Joshua I see he is pissed off. I touched Liz in a way he is not happy with. Looking down at Liz, she's still a huddled ball on the floor. She's latched onto Joshua, her arms are around his neck, and she's too afraid to look at me.

"I'm sorry Liz, I didn't mean to lose it." She peaks up at me through her lashes.

"It's not an excuse, but Ellie is missing. She wasn't in our bed when I woke up this morning, and now Keith isn't here. I don't know where they could be."

That puts Liz and Moyra on high alert. They both jump up from the floor and walk over to Keith's bed. Seeing the pillows that are laid to look like a body under the covers, Liz's eyes bulge, and Moyra covers her mouth.

"No, no, no. Not my daughter. I thought it was a dream." Moyra whispers into her hands that are now covering her face.

"You thought what a dream was?" I step towards her.

Martin is right beside me, doing what he can to make sure I don't lose it again. I can see Tony is watching me from the corner of his eye from where he's standing. Can still feel Joshua's rage radiating from his body behind me.

She uncovers her face, takes a deep breath, and faces me. "Last night I had what I thought was a dream but must have been a vision." She pauses, looking up as though she's praying for help from the Gods.

"I saw Keith wake Ellie up. Knowing it was her brother she didn't seem afraid at all. She followed him out of the tent, and he grabbed her hand. Walked her to the woods, out of the safety bounds you have set up, and they talked."

She begins pacing in front of us. Her hands are in her hair, and she's yanking on the strands. "Well, talking is putting it lightly. He was more like yelling and shouting at her. What he was saying I couldn't make out, but I saw him eventually grab her on the arms and shake her body."

She stops her pacing and looks up at me with sadden eyes. "He was pacing, and then the next minute people wearing all black jumped from the trees. One of the men walked up to Ellie, smiled the coldest smile, and said something to her. Then she was hit on her head from behind, and it ended with them picking her up and walking off."

"Was it my father?" My voice is deadly quiet. If she tells me, it was him I'm going to lose it. I must run out of here and get away from everyone so no harm will come to any of them.

"No, but it was your other brother." She falls to the ground and begins to weep.

Martin places his hand on my arm, I turn towards him, and I can see just what he's thinking. It's time I wake up Mason and we have another chat. Whipping around, I don't pay attention to anyone else, I just make my way to where we have Mason tied to a chair.

Kicking the chair, he falls backwards, and his eyes pop open. He looks confused and pissed off. When he sees me, my body tight with emotion, my eyes red yet again, and my breaths coming fast his confusion is replaced with true fear.

"You will tell me everything you know; I'm not going to take 'I don't know' as an answer anymore. Do you understand me?"

He doesn't say a thing, which pisses me off even more. Before he knows what's happening, I have the chair back up, and him out of the rope, and in my arms shaking his entire body.

"They took her, and I want to know where and why?" I shout right in his face.

I hear knuckles cracking; out of the corner of my eye I see Joshua standing to my side. Tony is on the other, apparently, they want in on the action. "Was it part of his plan all along?"

My brother places his hands along my wrists, trying to stop the shaking. "Let me go, and I'll tell you everything I know." He looks me head on so I can see he's telling the truth.

I shove him away from me, and he falls to the ground. The three of us surround him, and he looks up at me with regret in his eyes. "I'll tell you everything that I know. Just remember he was going to have me killed, so I don't know everything."

Bending down, I place my elbows on my knees. Rubbing my chin with my hand I study my brother. He doesn't look like a man right now; he looks more like a lost little boy needing to be found. Coming to a decision I stand up and give him a nod.

"If you tell me everything, and do not lie to me, I'll let you free from the ropes." He looks up at me with hopeful eyes.

"Don't mistake this for kindness, I believe you could be an asset to our cause, and I'm sure you'd like a piece of our father and older brother." It's not a question more a statement, but he nods his head in answer anyway.

"However," I bend back down and get right up to his face. Grabbing his chin, I tell him "If you lie to me in anyway or leave anything out, you will end up like our eldest brother. A pile of ash in our campfire. Do I make myself clear?"

He looks at me for a moment. Studying me just as I did him. He gives me one nod, and I can see in his eyes he's ready to tell me everything. Standing I hold out my hand to him. Lifting him up off the ground, he pats down his dirty clothes.

With my arms folded over my chest, I spread my legs and stare him down. "Start talking."