YO! DKD here and so is Eza...but she's probably gonna be unresponsive *looks at Eza, whom is somewhere on the internet that I am not*

okay, please review, mmkay? Much appreicated. Mkay? Thanks! And...here. we. go!!

Disclaimer: Don't own Untouched, The Veronicas do, don't own the song Xhae sings....idk who does but can someone tell me?

~Start~

"I messed up a chance to see some files about our parents." He said slowly, regretfully. "And yes, that's how you bug him." Serena nodded, "uh-huh. Why were you looking for files for you parents?" she asked. He shifted his weight uncomfortably. "I uh..wanted to find out some reason why the people killed them. I didn't think 'Just Because' was a good enough reason." He cracked the knuckles of one hand. "I think our act was justified, right?"

"i think so"she said her ear twitched. Xhae was quiet for a long time, then murmured out loud, even though he half speaking to himself. "I want to check out the ruins of the lab...I'll do that when Endev wakes up." He turned halfway toward her. Serena thought for a minute. "How much trouble could you get in? If it's alot count me in! I like getting in trouble...well I'm good at it. It wouldn't hurt to get in trouble more than I already am in. So can I help you?" she asked.

He grinned at her. "Well, unfortunately, probably not much, but you can still help. The old lab may have something about their experiments and staff...I wanna know what we're up against." Serena smiled, "WHAT?? NO TROUBLE?? I'm out. Okay maybe not, I want adventure." She gave hima cocky grin. /I hope he is trustworthy...otherwise i might have to get rid of him...and he's too cute for that...hmmm.../ She began muttering things about murder and death and killing. Then she chuckled

"Yeah, I know it stinks right? It's just something I have to check out." Xhae laughed, then reached into his pocket and pulled out a cell phone. "My idiot 'cousin' just woke up. What time is it, 2 am? Jeez." He put the phone to his ear. "Morning, sunshine. It's 2, aren't you a little late?....Yeah, really...For you maybe. No, Endev's asleep....I'm afraid your the weird one...You up for a trip later?" He sighed and rolled his eyes. "Sure, whatever...I'm hanging out with Serena...my new friend...No, Orison, god, shut up." He growled at Orison, then handed the phone to Serena. "He wants to talk to you." "uh...hello?" She asked knowing this had something to do with the "cousin" on the other line probably thinking that she was dating Xhae. Well, most likely what he was thinking.

"Hey...Serena, right?" The voice on the other line said. After this, he muttered something to himself, though it still came through the line. "Where's my stinking coffee? I'm dying here." He spoke louder. "Sorry about that. Um...My name's Orison. I'm Xhae's mother's godmother's grandson. So basically a cousin of sorts...Oh, shoot." There was a crash on the other line. "Ouch. Stupid glass...thing...Hi." His voice was quiet and sort of drawn out, dreamy. Like his mind would float off to some other subject any moment now.

"Uh...yeah." She looked at Xhae with a what the heck look, "I mean, yeah I'm Serena Harper. Uh..." she looked at Xhae and crossed her eyes. "So your Xhae's cousin? That's interesting." she said then smiled at Xhae. "Not really," He answered. "So, are you coming on this 'trip' with us?" Xhae just shrugged and mouthed, 'He's a bit of a dreamer...A little random.' Orison was silent for a moment, then continued. "So can you hold on a sec? I've got to find a shirt..." His voice trailed off into a several minute-long silence. "Okay, Orison is back."

"..."she replied then yelped an "ouch" "stupid safety pin...OUCH! Oh...huh...hi..eh heh sorry. I gnore anything you just mighta heard and yeah i am...I need some adventure...i missed adventure."she said then glared at the safety pin she had in her hand as she was pinning her pants so she could walk without the dragging of her pants on the ground.

"Nice." There was a muffled yawn. "Hey, Xhae, you might want to start heading back. I on my way to your house," He said even though the phone was still to Serena's ear. Serena wasn't really paying attention to anything at the moment..she was kinda spaceing out completely. She yawned and looked at Xhae trying to hand him the phone, "Take it i need to finish pinnning up my pants." she said as she struggled to pin up her pants, hand Xhae the phone, and walk.

Xhae nodded and took the phone. "Yeah, I heard you. Hey, Orison, don't eat my entire-" He growled and snapped the phone shut, sliding it into his back pocket. "He hung up." He murmured, then glanced toward the door. "You want to join me on the exciting quest to wake up my brother?" Serena nodded and hop-followed Xhae. "yeah, I'm coming." she said as she finished with her pants problem. He hopped into the driver's seat of his shiny black convertible. "I think you'll like Orison." He said, revving the engine into a smooth purr. "He's sweet. You'll see, he's not totally random."

Serena nodded. She seemed a little too quiet, like she was remembering something gore-like gruesome. She made a face and said "Really?" Xhae nodded. "He pretty much falls in love with every pretty girl he sees though. I hope you like endless attention.." he laughed. "He really is sweet, though." He was quiet for a long moment, finally turning onto one of the streets leading to his house. "You okay? You're a little quiet."

"I'm not that pretty..."she said. "Oh...eh heh. You see there's this ex-boyfriend of mine, his name is Lore, Lore Valentine, and he said that he ever saw me with another guy...well, let's say, i hope that the place we're going is far far FAR away from anywhere downtown...otherwise we're all dead." she said with a serious look. He scowled at her. "You act as if we're completely helpless." He was quiet for a long moment as he parked the car and got out. He crossed around to the other side and let her out as well. With a completely unexpectated change of subject, he said, "I wish I knew more about Dad, and Leif and Uncle Dare. Mom used to say they were her whole reason for living, but I can't remember anything about them." He stared thoughtfully at the ground while walking toward the door.

Serena winced a t his gaze. "Sorry, I just don't like seeing people hurt is all. I hate it. I MAY be a vampire but i hate people who get hurt by others." Then she got out of the car. "I understand how you must feel. I never knew my parents well, i knew my mother was a vampiric songtress and that my dad was the Captain of the Royal Devil Guard but that is about it." She said as she followed him. Then she whispered something about her adopted father being a devil/vampire hunter and how he taught her not to drink blood.

He sighed and felt around his pockets for the ever-elusive house keys. "I know, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have took it that way." His hands migrated to his back pockets, still searching. "Besides the place we're going isn't even /in/ town. Hope you're ready for a little car trip." Finally he seemed to conjure up a house key out of his coat pocket, and let them in. As they walked into the living room, they could see Endev completely asleep on the couch. He had used his shirt as a pillow. Endev looked so much younger when he slept, too young to have all of those scars and injuries etched into his back. His arm was hanging off the side, fingers hovering just centimeters over a pale colored file on the carpet.

Serena TRIED to stifle a giggle at the sight of Endev sleping (even though she failed...miserably). She muttered a sorry. And began to look around the house. Her face was a bright red and she looked unbareingly embarassed about what just happened. /How could i giggle like that! Well, he is a guy, i never seen a guy sleep before. but still!/ she thought Xhae was just about to ask what that was all about, but was promptly tackled by a blonde guy who seemed to come out of nowhere (more like the ktichen). "Hey, little buddy!" He kidded, which Xhae growled at. "That is so unfair. You only say that because Endev is older. Like I could choose what order we would be born in." He huffed irritably, pushing the stranger off of him. That wasn't much of a problem, seeing as he was fawning over Serena now. "Hey," he stuttered, "I'm Orison." He had shook her hand, but now wouldn't let go of it. "What's your name, angel?" He stared in awe at her with honey brown eyes. Xhae rolled his eyes and mouthed, 'what did I tell you? EVERY girl he meets.'

Serena giggled. "Um, I am Serena Harper. Um...i hate to break this to every guy that drools over me but i have a boyfriend. His name is Lore Valentine. And no he is NOT related to VINCENT Valentine. Um, can you be so kind as to let go of my hand please?" she asked so politely it might have come from a victorian princess from 1880. She smiled. Her eyes looking around the house. "No." He said in mock irritance, still refusing to let go. "So when are we going on this trip, Xhae?" Orison asked, brushing light blonde hair out of his face. Xhae picked up the file in the floor and sat down. "I guess when we can get Sleeping Beauty up and going." He grabbed his black and green guitar, playing a few fast but soft riffs.

Serena basically sweat dropped. You could see her just going ^^'''. ((haha)) "Hey, Xhae...umm...i could wake him up. I just need that guitar and a very loud amp...and a stick...a very sharp pointy stick." she said muttering to herself the last few words. She then gave Xhae the "get him off my hand please, if Lore even thinks that a guy has been touching my hand i am gonna die a painful, bloody, sadistic death" look. Xhae grinned at her and said, "Sorry Serena, but #1 this is /my/ guitar, #2 I don't have a stick, and #3 if you wake him up like that, he'll probably kill you. May I suggest something more gentle?" He almost laughed at her following expression. "Hey, Orison, let's play a few tunes." Orison grinned, and promptly ditched Serena for the large bass in the corner. He picked it up like it was the most precious thing in the world. Xhae played a few notes (which seemed to be part of a heavy intro, but he was playing softer than he should be), then Orison joined in. Xhae began to sing softly, "Lose control, with increasing pace...Warped and bewitched, intend to erase...Whatever they say,
these people are torn...Wild and bereft, assassin is born."

Serena forwned, "well, that stinks i like waking people up the evil way but okay. Nice song by the way." she smiled then went over to Endev. "Endev, hey wake up sleeping beauty. IF you don't i'll start speaking VERY fluent Vampiric in your ear. It sounds like i will be trying to chew your ear off, literally." she said in his ear. Xhae just winked at her and smiled, and they switched over to something a lot more beautiful rather than heavy. This time, Orison sang the chorus. "Hey, girl, can't you see the downfall? You know we can't do this forever, it's gotta be me or him." Xhae sang softly in the background, "Can't you see us crash, crash, crashing down?" They moved into a pretty acoustic solo.
Endev, despite her rousings, wasn't being very quick. He cracked one eye open, glancing dully in her direction. He closed it again, mumbling drowsily something along the lines of "You're kidding." He rolled over onto his side, unconscious to the fact that his face was now within an inch and a half away from hers. He crossed his arms over his stomach, arching his back, and pulling his knees up. The fingers of his left hand rested on a gash scar, probably by force of habit, that looked fairly recent by it's color and marked a spot over two ribs of his right side.

Serena blinked, "kidding what? Um...Endev...can you kindly get out of my face...or...or i'll...um...sing my song "Untouched" "She said with a studder. She backed away a little and fell on her butt. She criss-crossed her legs so she could sit on the floor. She bore her eyes into Endev. Serena blinked, "kidding what? Um...Endev...can you kindly get out of my face...or...or i'll...um...sing my song "Untouched" "She said with a studder. She backed away a little and fell on her butt. She criss-crossed her legs so she could sit on the floor. She bore her eyes into Endev. Endev groaned and ignored her for a few minutes, then finally sat up. "What the heck is "Untouched"? He mumbled drowsily. He ran his free hand, that wasn't velcro-ed to a scar over his rib cage, through his hair, which was now a pleasant mess of black and neon green streaks, the majority of which was falling in his face. "What's so important that you couldn't leave me alone? Gah, I feel like a haven't slept in a week and that knife-fight wasn't exactly beneficial. He had several marks like that over his abs(Eza: six-pack =O He's alot more buff than Xhae :DKD: Eza...please.) and side, but none quite as deep as the first, which seemed like more of a stab wound.

"Xhae gave me the oppurtunity to wake you up. You were sleeping so cutely i just HAD to wake you up. Haha. Untouched is a song that i wrote, it combined rock pop classical and electronica together into a new type of music. It's good, well in my opinion." she said, "Hey uh...Xhae ((did i spell that right)) um...do you have a violin and a guitar?" she asked. "Thank you, dear little brother," Endev snarled, blinking lazily. Xhae just gave them both a Chesire cat grin. "Well, uh...There's my guitar, and I think I might still have Mom's old violin her brother gave her, even though she never used it. Always spent the majority of her time chasing after Dad." His voice got softer toward the end. "I think..."He mused remorsefully.