Nico

AS HE WATCHED THE WHOLE PLACE BEING engulfed by fire, Nico couldn't help but cry. His mother, his mother he loved so much, sacrificed her life for them. For the country. For the world.

He heard his siblings sob. He glanced at them and saw them crying too, just like he was. He looked at Nica's direction and saw tears falling from her eyes despite being unconscious. And Caleb looked like he was about to cry.

"Carmen!" he heard Dad shout. The woman he loved, his wife, just died.

Nico, Nis and Niche went to their dad and hugged him. They were all crying in grief.

But suddenly,

"NOOO!!!!!!" all heads turned to Dr. Crazy who was watching the fire in disbelief. "My facility! My researches and pride!"

They all wiped their tears and calmed down. Nico wondered how Dr. Crazy was back to normal, but Nis answered his unasked question.

"The explosion of the facility destroyed the transmitter that transmits codes and messages to the satellite orbiting on earth. And that satellite conveys the orders to the Astil anywhere in the planet. It got destroyed so all Astils are now useless." he explained.

"It's all over Dr. Crazy." Niche said.

"Your evilness stops now." Nis seconded.

"You are under arrest Dr. Collusus." Nico said lastly.

"Under the laws and jurisdiction of the United States of America-" but their dad was cut off.

"Shut up! Shut the f*ck up!" he yelled. "This is all your fault! All of you! I swear, I will kill all of you, Warrens!"

He suddenly pulled a gun from Jason's unconscious body and shot Nico and Dad on the arm and, Nis and Niche on the leg. He pointed the gun at Caleb, who was still carrying the unconscious Nica. He shot him on the leg too which made him kneel and drop Nica to the ground.

"I will rebuild Libero! I will succeed!" he exclaimed. "And I'll make sure to get rid of anyone in the way. And I'll start with this little traitor."

He pointed the gun at Nica.

Everything seemed to slow down in Nico's eyes. Dr. Crazy pulled the trigger, there was no way of stopping it. Suddenly, Dad was in front of Nica and he was the one hit in the chest. Right at where the heart should be.

"Dad!" they all yelled in unison.

Their father, with his last strength, shot Dr. Crazy in the head. The Warren siblings went to their dad.

"I can't believe I'm following Carmen so soon." he said.

"No, dad, you can't leave us too." Niche also said, tears streaming down her face.

"Caleb! Please save our dad!" Nis yelled. He dragged Caleb to where they were.

Caleb inspected the wound. Nico saw his uncertainty.

"I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do."

"No!" Nico cried harder. "No, Dad!"

"Kids, live your life to the fullest. And I'm so sorry your mother and I have to leave so soon. Say I'm sorry to Nica for me, would you?"

And dad took his last breath.

The Warren siblings lost both mother and father at the same day. They were now orphans, and they had nowhere to go.

A few minutes later, sirens can be heard. Police cruisers, black vans, fire trucks and ambulances came. Firemen doused the flames, police officers secured the area and the paramedics attended the wounded. Government agents were also on the site, even Six and Seven.

The last thing Nico remembered before going unconscious, was an oxygen mask on his face, somebody saying he got a broken rib and being loaded to an ambulance. Then everything went black.

When he woke up, he was in a white room. The scent of medicine and chemicals filled his nose. He was in a hospital. The oxygen mask was still on his face, and an IV drip was attached to his hand. He took the oxygen mask from his face and looked around.

He was on a private room. A big one, because four other beds were on it. He saw his siblings and Caleb on the beds, still asleep. One by one, they woke up. The last one was Nica, who woke up screaming.

They tried to go to her, but only Nico was able to reach her, being the only one with no injured leg.

"Nica. We're fine. Calm down." he said.

"What about mom and dad?"

He didn't answer.

"No. No!" she cried and cried. The Warren siblings started to cry again. "Nico, I can't feel my legs."

"What?"

"I can't feel my legs."

It had been three days since the incident and a day since they woke up. They all had wounds that would take time to heal. And of course, the hospital bills would be taken care of by the government.

Also, Nica still couldn't walk and wouldn't talk.

The door suddenly opened and revealed Six and Seven.

"Nica's legs will work again after a week. It's only a side effect of the drug Dr. Collusus made which was injected on you. It seemed to be a very potent drug to subdue you, Nica. Or should I call you Arrow?" Six announced.

Everone was silent.

"I knew it would come to this. Are you here to take me away? To lock me up in a maximum security facility, never to see the sun again?" Nica smiled bitterly. "I guess that's what will happen considering I've killed a lot of people. Even I myself lost count of them."

"We're not here for that. Today is the day your parents will be honored and buried."