"If I had actually been there for her she would probably still be alive. I apparently didn't learn from the first time. At least now nobody depends too much on me. I would hate having to watch someone else lose their life because of me..."

" One of you would of died no matter what.. I know it. Someone was going to die eventually. "

"Sure, but if I would have known, I wouldve sacrificed myself." He then said in a low voice: "and that wasn't what happened last time."

" You are very brave to say that Mav.. I am proud of you, ya know.. You always have cared so much for others. "

A weak smile crossed his lips. "Well, someone has to." Back in his family, his parents were always gone. He had to be parent-like, giving his siblings the love and attention they needed

" I know I have said it before but.. You would be an amazing dad. " When she said it, she wished at that very moment the ground would swallow her whole. She was so going to feel horrible later..

"Thanks, and I hope that I will be." He really wasn't sure that he would be a good dad. He wasn't really sure how he would act around children. He never really babysat back before the whole incident either.

" So uh.. Look I know it is a horrible time but Victor said something about shooting Lani in the head before she was buried and he seemed very serious.. "

Maveric just swallowed hard and nodded. "Yeah, that's probably best. I wouldn't want to have to kill her or watch any of us kill her."

" When we die... does that have to happen to us, too? " Rose asked with a weakened smile.