"I bet you were really skeptical about Kanan and Zeb," I spoke up, healing my wound. Sabine finally burn't the whole skull off my ankle.

I now know why she hated being seen as vulnerable and weak. The reason why she didn't trust and despised me when we first met. She just spilled some of the most painful parts of her past to me. Now, I had show her that I'm not like those guys in her past.

"Yeah, but Hera being Hera somehow convinced me that they weren't bad. I treated them sorta the same way as I did to you. Eventually, they had proven that even if I did show weakness, they would still care," Sabine said.

I smiled a little and looked at my wound to see it fully healed.

"You two are adorkable," Cornelius spoke, "You know that?" He woke up awhile ago and just laid there listening to us talk.

I rolled my eyes in a huff as did Sabine. He was annoying but useful for us with everything he knows. Valuable information.

"You want me to knock him out again or just gag him?" Sabine asked. I actually began to think over it.

"Knocked out? Ha! I was taking a power nap. For someone my age, power naps are very important to re-energize oneself!" Cornelius exclaimed, a giant grin on his face.

"Well now that you're awake, you can tell me how and what you know about my family," I snipped. Cornelius wasn't bad but wasn't good either. He loved showing off what he knew. Yet, his reaction was something I wasn't expecting.

His grin turned into a frown and I could feel serious eyes linger. Something was very odd with the oddest person I've ever met. What did he know that I didn't? What secrets were hidden?

"Ezra...there is much you need to know and lots you can never know about your family," he said.

I blinked and felt fear swell into my chest. I didn't think my heart could beat this much. I wonder if Sabine could hear it?

"What does that mean?" I quietly asked, nervous about the answer.

   "Your family has many secrets. Some the world can never hear because of the dark mark it had left in the history of the Togruta Clan," Cornelius said darkly. Well that wasn't making me feel any better.

   "Dark mark?" Sabine questioned, "There are many bad things that has been done on Earth. What's another going to do but prove just how bad people can be?"

   Cornelius looked out into the darkness in thought.

   "There are two kinds of people on Earth, the bad and the evil. You forgot about the evil, Subject Hothead. Very disappointing," He said, shaking his head.

   My eye widen in realization.

   "The Whispering Woods, is that what you mean by evil?" I answered. Cornelius gave me a cocky smirk.

   "It may be the place where everything changed...but it's also the place of hidden stories and secrets that has to stay within the forest. Nothing on the outside is prepared for what's coming that lies within the core of these trees," he explained.

   Was this old, crazy scientist talking about the end of the world? End of all humanity. Is Earth really just slowly dying and no one has noticed?

"What could be worse than what we've already seen?" Sabine asked, shrugging.

Cornelius gave a weary-eyed look over at her and purses his lips in thought. He kept silent but didn't need to speak to tell us how bad the outcome could be. I took a quick look at my wound to see that it was fully healed.

"No more messing around," I spoke up, slipping the bag onto my back.

"We need to get out of here, asap."

Sabine nodded in agreement and stood up. The both of us lifted Cornelius to his feet seeing how he was trapped on his back like a turtle.

We walked for awhile until coming up to a fork in the road. Sabine and I stopped but Dr. Crazy kept walking into a tunnel to the left. I shrugged and caught up with Cornelius with Sabine not far behind.

   "Do you even know where you're going?" Sabine asked suddenly.

   "Hothead, why do you think so little of me?" Cornelius asks with a surprised tone.

   "Cause, I do," she muttered, rolling her eyes. He gave her an offended look before sarcastically replying, "I've been researching theses catacombs longer than you have walked the Earth. Of course, I know where to go."

   "You must really have a grudge with him," I commented.

   "Don't get involved in this conversation unless you want to end up like those dead guys back there. I may have told you about my past but that doesn't mean I'm still not mad about you separating and almost killing us," Sabine snapped, glaring my way. I raised my hands in surrender and bowed my head a little. I didn't want to get on her bad side again so did the smart thing and kept my mouth shut. Plus, I didn't want to end up like the burn't food that restaurants throw out.

   The rest of the walk was drearily silent. No one dared to speak or even try to spark up some conversation. There was to much on my mind as is and the distraction was nice while it lasted, just not enough to forget.

"See, I told you," Cornelius said, cutting through the thick silence. I snapped back into reality and looked ahead to see a soft glow manifesting in the distance. Sabine sighed. I wasn't sure if it was in relief or annoyance.

"Come on, kiddies. To the surface!" Cornelius spoke excitedly, moving faster than before. I raised an eyebrow but soon followed. As we were getting closer, a small figure appeared ahead. Something grabbed at my shoulder making me jump back to defend myself to only see a confused Sabine. I sighed and calmed my racing heart.

"You don't just sneak up on people like that after what just happened in the catacombs," I said a little annoyed. She rolled her eyes and said, "Do you really trust this guy? I mean, he knows you and your family but you don't know anything about him."

I began to think over what she said. I had a very good reasons why I should trust Cornelius but there were things that didn't seem to fully connect.

"I just...I don't exactly know. Maybe I believe he may know what my parents were hiding from...me," I hesitated on the last part. Did my sister know about any of this? She was older but...

I want to believe that we were on the same page. And honestly, I didn't want Sabine to know about my sister unless she already does know since seeing the picture.

"What aren't you telling me?" She questioned. I stayed silent and shook my head before catching up with Cornelius. Sabine was left in the tunnel...very disappointed.

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