Rebellion (Sidemen AU) *UNDER EDITING*

Vik

This was a horrible idea.

Don't get me wrong, I loved Cara. Ever since she was born I promised my parents I would take care of her. Which is a silly notion, I know, since I was only one and had no idea what I had said. But as we got older, things started making sense to me. Like when she had her first boyfriend, and he started hurting her. I couldn't do much, as I was only a few inches taller than Cara and I was only a little bit stronger, but I knew then how much she meant to me.

I didn't want anything to happen to her.

So there I was, awake in the kitchen at god knows what time. I had never gotten much sleep after the bombings, but today was especially different.

Cara was known for being stubborn. That made it extremely hard for me to convince her to stay. We have had a nice thing going for the past five years. All of a sudden she wants to fight in the rebellion, and there was nothing I could do. The only thing to do would be to tag along and keep an eye on her.

They were right. She was good with a gun.

But I knew better than to think that that was the only reason the Valesteins wanted her. It didn't help one bit that she had brought Josh, a Valestein guard, back to our "home". Things just didn't add up.

Cara had always made fun of me for being the "nerd" of the family. I was the brains, she was the braun. Which, I understand, I should be the one to protect Cara, as I was her older brother, but some people just weren't born to be strong.

When I had woken up after yet another nightmare, I decided to double check that we had packed everything. I heard voices from the other side of the room, so I went to see who it was.

"I'm really sorry, Tobi." It was Cara's voice.

It was hard to hear the rest of the conversation. I looked outside to see the sun slowly come out over the horizon, though it was hard to see through the buildings that blocked the view. Sheffield was nearly a 3 day walk from London. It was unlikely we were going to make it without at least one encounter with Valestein soldiers.

And I didn't trust Josh one bit.

The fact that he was the only soldier on their side that wasn't brainwashed blew my mind. Even if someone had joined willingly, they would have taken measures to brainwash them anyway.

Being myself, I was always fascinated with how they managed to do it. I had never seen it be done, but I had seen the aftermath. It was full proof. The science behind it made no sense.

I went over to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. I had facial hair, similar to Josh's, but mine was less thick. I used to look so young, but my facial hair took some attention away from my thick eyebrows, making me look aged.

I walked back out into the main room, seeing the smallest bit of light seep through the blinds. I decided everyone had been asleep long enough.

I slowly walked over to the "living room", though it was really just two couches in the lobby of the store. Cara was asleep on the floor, and Tobi had made his way back onto the couch, which made me feel better. Josh was on the other couch; the one that was supposed to be mine. I grumbled to myself. Cara and I didn't have much. Now we had to not only feed ourselves for three days, but we had to feed two extra mouths.

I sighed, glancing at Cara. She was too trusting. Things ended badly the last time we brought someone in. This was the first year, while we were new to the whole survival thing. The guy had stabbed Cara in the side before I was finally able to shoot him. I thought he had killed her.

I wasn't going to let that happen again.

I glared at Josh before leaning down to shake Cara's shoulders.