Alex’s babies

The drive home was frighteningly silent. After Alex's outburst, Xander has been quiet and well behaved but that isn't what she wanted. All Alex wanted was her strong brother back. Xander leaned his head on the cool window going through those memories over and over again. Nightmares from that night and the venom that spread afterwards.

The car stopped at the dark villa. Two stepped into the villa, the six foot man behind.

"Yang, Yin, Fu, lock down the villa"

"No one comes in, not even my mother" Alex steeled her heart. She was going to dig the truth out today and no one was going to stop her. Xander who thought it was the security procedure went into the kitchen to fix himself dinner. Alex on the other hand went in to prepare her instruments.

No sooner had Xander finished his meal was he carried effortlessly by the two guards that had beaten him black and blue 'Five and Ying'. Just like the white plastic chair he was seated on, everything was white and without a speck of dust. It seems Alex OCD played a part.

Before him were belts of different textures and sizes, 5 canes each thinner than the other, a rubber slippers, horse whips, a tennis racket and all others. He gulped nervously and his eyes darted between the nonchalant Alex and the two burly men guarding the door.

"We were talking about your sudden change in character"

"But before you start, pick a weapon" she motioned him to pick one.

"Don't worry as long as you tell me the truth we won't need it" she added seeing him hesitate. Xander felt his blood boil, "Do you think I'm a child you can discipline however you want?"

"You are acting like one so why not? Spare the rod and spoil the child"

"In your case you are acting spoilt I just have to make sure you don't rotten" She replied dryly.

"Or you can try bursting out, your choice?"

Reluctantly he closed his eyes and chose, "five bring the belt will you?"

"Now let's talk business, sit down brother"

Their blue orbs started each other down. Xander's filled with anger, reluctance and restrained and Alex's blank as she stroked the belt lightly. Minutes passed yet Xander wasn't ready to talk.

"Please bring in my babies, it's too boring"

"Brother can take his time" his silence was making him wonder how big the secret is. Whatever it was happened when they were eighteen. Alex was to busy dealing with her father's cheating scandals and dropping hints for her mom. During that period she noticed some changes, her brother was acting weird for a few days and he suddenly changed during their vacation. Since he was acting all cute, she brushed it off. Now that she thinks of it Chen Jing also disappeared during this period, the last she heard was he was in some training to take over the Chen conglomerate.

Two black cat strolled in, the pup jumped into Alex's laps, asking for a rub while the big one circled around Xander intently like he was watching a prey. He remembered this pet. During an holiday in India, Alex found it injured and badly beaten so she brought it to the vet. It was treated and kept with the other abandoned cats. For some reason Alex threw a tantrum and refused to let it go. With no choice their parents had to adopt the cat and bring it home.

The cat healed and stuck to Alex like a glue. They would play together and sleep on the same bed. But the cat continued to grow bigger and bigger and showed similarities with another animal in the cat family.