Kady's POV

"Was just asking myself the same question..."

My body instantly tensed up at the sound of that voice. When would he ever learn to mind his own god damn business? I was so tired of everyone snooping around in my personal life and trying to fix me. Did they ever think or realize that maybe I don't want to be fixed? I slowly turned around to find myself face-to-face with my asshole brother.

"What do you want, Caleb?" I asked through gritted teeth. Knowing that resistance was futile, I reached into my pocket and grabbed another cigarette. If I was going to have to listen to Caleb tell me how I was doing my life wrong again, I was going to need some nicotine to prevent me from killing him. Come to think of it, I might need that entire bottle of Jameson waiting for me on the bus.

My brother put his hands on his hips and looked down at the ground, shaking his head. "I just came to remind you that we have to shoot that bonus live track."

"Yeah, thanks. I was just going to change my clothes first. I'll be back in ten," I said, my eyes narrowed in on my brother as I blew out a cloud of smoke. Who is he trying to fool? I can read him like a book and I know he's got more to say to me than that. Slowly turning toward the bus I count down from five, waiting for the ticking time bomb know as Caleb Parker to explode. 5...4...3...2...

"I just don't fucking get it!" Bingo, there it is. I freeze, keeping my back to him as I take another drag. Oh, this should be good. I can't wait for this next little heart-to-heart.

"Don't get what, Cal?" I said lazily, looking at my nail beds. I was over this conversation before it even started. "That I'm not some little kid that needs your protection any more? I am twenty-three years old, god damn it!" Suddenly I was facing the red faced monster and losing my shit. "I'm going to have sex!" Oh, if looks could kill I would be three days dead right here and now. "Yes...lots of hot steamy sex with whomever I choose and guess what, Cal? You don't get a fucking say! Daddy's not here to hurt me anymore so back the fuck off and run your own life!"

"You mean the life that you fucking stole from me? That life, Kadence?" Caleb said venomously. He was inches away from my face and his sneered my full name. I scoffed and blew out a cloud of smoke in his face.

"Oh that's rich, Caleb! What they hell did I take from you?" I laughed cynically. "I've helped you to get everything you fucking wanted! Fame, fortune, drugs, woman, you name it!"

Suddenly he had ahold of my leather jacket and pulled me so hard that I was standing on my tip toes, causing me to be eye level with the green eyed monster in front of me. "You fucking cost me everything! My friends and the fucking fortune I wanted!" He hissed and I could smell the booze on his breath. How much had he had tonight? "I didn't want any of this nonsense!" He shoved me backwards and I fell hard on my ass in the dirt. "Fatal Facade should have never existed and I should be riding high and mighty with Avenged Sevenfold! But you flushed that dream down the toilet real quick, didn't you, Sis?" Caleb looked like a wilding animal as he closed in on his prey, stepping toward me as I fumbled to get up out of the dirt. I cowered away from him, having only seen this look in the eyes of my father before.

"What the hell are you talking about, Caleb?" I cried. The murderous look in his eyes was scaring the shit out of me. I had never seen him look this mad or this dangerous before. I was actually scared for my own safety right now and kept taking a step backwards to stay out of his reach.

"You fucking gave my demo to our dead beat dad for drugs!" He screamed, the sheer intensity of his breath blowing my hair. "You ruined any chance I had of getting famous the way I wanted to! You killed my friendship with the guys and made them hate me! All this is YOUR FUCKING FAULT!!! YOU RUINED MY LIFE!!!"

Suddenly, I had nowhere else to run. I was backed up against the side of the arena and my brain raced with thoughts. I didn't remember giving any kind of music to our father. Hell, I had tried to block him out of my memory completely. I refused to give that monster the satisfaction of knowing that he still scared me. But here he was, in the form of his son, ready to get back at me for one reason or another.

"I don't know what your talking about!" I whimpered as Caleb grabbed me by the hair, pulling me up to meet his eyes again.

"You fucking ruined everything! And for what? So you could turn into some cocky self-centered bitch who thinks she's better then me. News flash, Kadence, you wouldn't fucking be alive if it weren't for me!" He raged as he pulled my hair up even tighter.

I whimpered under my brother's hand, feeling my head smack hard against the tall cement wall behind me. "Caleb please!" I screamed, trying to pull away but I was no match for my brother.

"You sold my dream and my life. Away. To. The. Fucking. Devil!" Caleb hissed out, slamming my head hard against the wall with each word. My head was throbbing and I knew I was starting to lose consciousness. Who was this person? This wasn't the Caleb that I knew! What the hell did he take?! "I. Fucking. Hate. You!" With that, he gave me one more hard shove before he let go and I collapsed to the ground.

"You've fucking turned into him!" I cried, shakily reaching up a hand to feel the warm wet liquid oozing from the back of my head. My vision was starting to blur and the darkness would be a welcome relief. "You're just as bad as he is! I'm your sister! Ive never done anything to intentionally screw you over! Didn't you teach me that we were each other's only family? What the hell happened to that?" I sobbed, pulling my hand away from my head to see my fingers covered in blood.

Through my glazed vision, I saw Caleb freeze with his arm up in the air. I cowered away from him, just as I had my father so many times in my youth. It was then that he finally looked at me and let out a shaky breath. The giant bulk of pure muscle fell to his knees, and buried his face in his hands. "I'm not him! I'm not him. I'M NOT HIM!" He cried, sinking down next to me.

I bit my lip and closed my eyes to prevent myself from screaming out in pain as I laid my throbbing head back against the wall. What had happened to us? We never used to be this way...I used to love my brother with all my heart and him me. But here we were, but sitting in the dirt outside of the area and me with my head bashed in.

"What the hell happened to us?" I asked in a weak voice, feeling my energy drain out of my body with each throb of my head. "This whole this has ruined us...the fame, the drugs, the environment..."

"No..." Caleb growled, his tear filled eyes meeting mine. "He ruined us! He made us into these self-destructive monsters! That bastard knew exactly what he was doing!" He hissed, just as I heard people rushing toward us. I'm sure there was a huge scene and blood sneered on the wall from my head.

"Just promise me you won't be him..." I said, reaching out for my brothers hand as the darkness started to take me. "You're not him, Cal....you're so much better and so much more....don't let him win..." My eyelids fluttered closed just as someone called my name.

"Kady!? Kady!? What the fuck did you do to her!!" A voice raged and a calloused hand caressed my cheek. "Come on, Kady. Keep your eyes open! Call 911!" My eyes fluttered open to see those beautiful chocolate brown orbs staring at me with a look of concern. "Please, Kad...please...HELP!"

"Relax, Haner," I mumble out, my eyes only strong enough to open part ways. I swallowed thickly, trying to push the pain in my head and neck away. "It's alright now....all one big misunderstanding..." I breathed shakily.

"A misunderstanding?" Brian raged. I could vaguely hear people behind him talking to my brother and sirens sounding in the distance. "You're covered in your own blood!" His voice shook with his words. "It's everywhere! What did that bastard do to you?"

I chuckled lightly and immediately regretted my movement. I closed my eyes again only to be shaken lightly. "Only what I had coming...." I mumbled, wanting nothing more than to accept the darkens they was coming for me. I just wanted all the pain to go away. "Guess we won't be having those drinks now..."
"You can have whatever drink you want as long as you keep your eyes on me," he breathed.

"Well someone's cocky now...are...nt ...they." My voice trailed off as my lids started to sink. I was so tired.

"Please, stay with me...."Brian's voice begged as he pulled me onto his lap. "I-I sorry I was an asshole....Kad please keep your eyes open....I-I love you..."

I felt a small smirk pull over my lips. "Like its that easy..." I feel my heart swell with his words as the darkness takes me captive.

"Kady! Kady!"

Notes

So that was a pretty intense chapter...

What caused Caleb to snap and hurt the one person he always promised to protect?
What is Brian going to do?
Is Fatal Facade over?