A/N: Hello, after a read the summary for Cliff Hanger, I had a bit of an idea so I've written it out, I'm not sure whether this will be a one shot or a series but we'll see how many reviews it gets. Anyway I hope you enjoy!
The phone could be heard ringing in the distance. Walter with a pike of curiosity about who was calling approached the phone and lifted the receiver to his ear.
"Hello?" He asked into a phone
"Is this Walter O'Brien?"
"It is." Walter replied swallowing back, what did the person on the end of the line have to say?
"There's something I have to tell you."
"Is that so?" Walter asked his voice much colder than before "Alright, thank you for informing me." He said again before hanging up the phone. "Cabe, that son of a bitch." He replied under his breath.
The door swung open to reveal Cabe in his shades as usual as he replied "We have a new case..."
But before he could finish his statement Walter cut him off and replied "No, we don't"
The rest of the team had been huddled behind a desk afraid of what would happen next, they had hacked into the phone and heard everything the voice on the other line had said. How Cabe had betrayed Walter, well they already knew that part but how he had done it on purpose. That's what hurt him the most. Paige stood up to watch Walter give Cabe a deathly cold stare and she began to move towards him. Happy grabbed her sleeve "I wouldn't do that if I were you, Walter gets very irrational when he's mad there's no knowing what he will do."
"I'm sure he'll be fine, when I talk some sense into him." she replied
"Ok, well don't say I didn't tell you so." Happy replied as Paige stood up and approached Walter
"Walter?" she asked quietly.
He spun around and replied "Go! Leave Paige, leave now!" words he regretted immediately afterword when he saw tears flood Paige's eyes. "I'm sorry." he mumbled quietly as Paige headed back to where the rest of the team was.
"Told you so." Happy replied quietly as she watched Paige try not to sob. Sly gave Paige a quick hug as the team proceeded to watch what was playing out between Cabe and Walter. "Son..." Cabe replied backing away as Walter lifted a mug and smashed it hard against his desk.
"Your not my father!" Walter bellowed back.
"Let me explain..."
"What is there to explain? You know the technology I built for you was going to be used to bomb Baghdad!"
"Son..."
"It was bad enough when I saw the technology I built ending innocent lives and you said it was an accident, but you were the head of the operation!"
"Walter let me speak to you!" Cabe bellowed back to Walter who smashed another mug viciously against his desk.
"How could you do this to me?"
Paige rushed up to him before the situation got more brutal "Walter, please listen to him!" She yelled tears straining her vision.
"Son sit down." Cabe replied gesturing Walter towards the couch. Walter took a seat on the couch next to Cabe.
"Walter remember when you were little? Remember how we met?"
"I hacked into NASA and you were with the government trying to arrest me." Walter replied bluntly
"And then I realized, you were a genius. And we became friends."
"You hurt me Cabe..." Walter replied.
"Walter, they were going to fire me if I didn't do my job so I turned to you."
"My software killed innocent people and it's all your fault! Why didn't you tell me what the software was for, and why did you lie to me?"
"I knew you'd never agree so I did what I thought was the best."
"The best?" Walter replied angrily "The best?" He replied reaching for another mug to realize he'd already smashed them all. "Cabe, you lied to me."
"I'm sorry son." Walter stood up from the couch and took the mug shards before ascending the stairs. But before he closed his bedroom door he replied "No your not."
Walter sat in his room reconstructing the mugs piece by piece as he heard a knock on the door. He chose not to respond. "Walter it's me!" the voice said. Paige. He heard her knock on the door again and call to him again "Walter?"
"The door's unlocked." he mumbled before Paige opened the door then closed it again. She sat down on his bed and replied "You need to apologize to Cabe."
"He betrayed me."
"Walter, I know he hurt you, but he did it in your best interest."
"Paige, my software caused tons of deaths, how can I run a company that tries to save lives when I couldn't even have proper judgement?"
"Walter, you have amazing judgement..." then she looked towards his shattered mugs "I mean good judgement."
"No Paige I don't I can't do this anymore, I think I'm going to shut down Scorpion."
Paige's jaw dropped when she heard what Walter said. "Walter you can't..." Paige replied in shock.
"He isn't safe here anyway Paige just take him to Portland with Drew."
Paige could tell Walter was referring to the events that occurred yesterday.
Yesterday:
The team had a case where they had to find one of Ralph's classmates who was a member of a company that sent out scams causing people to give out personal information and lose valuable. The team had not fallen for one of these yet but the scammers kept emailing them, from a different email address each time.
Walter approached Ralph and ruffled his hair "Ralph, could you do the team a favor it's regarding a case."
Ralph clapped his hands together and grinned "I'd be happy to Walter, what do I have to do?"
"You know about the scammers right?"
"The ones who have been stealing personal information by email, mom has been telling me to delete anything with an unknown address."
Walter ruffled the boys hair again and smiled "Your mother has taught you well." he said with a laugh. "Anyway, it's come to our attention that one of your classmates plays a keep role in this organization once we locate them, we can locate the scammers. So we need you to form a fake alliance with whomever it is and get them to tell you there secrets. Sound good?"
Ralph smiled happy to be involved with a case. "Scoop."
Walter smiled back and replied "Scoop."
Walter went back the his desk and continued looking at a list of Ralph's classmates for suspicious actions that some had done in the past or looks. He had placed a small com chip in Ralph's ear so he could communicate with the boy, and in turn Ralph could communicate with the team. Paige who was fully aware of Ralph's participation in the case smiled and walked over to her son they walked out the door and got into the car. A bit of static came through the com device as Ralph replied "We're here."
Walter lifted a speaker to his lips and spoke into it "Alright, Ralph our current main suspect is a boy who is your age with a slick black cap covering his head, his hair appears to be blonde..."
"You mean Robbie?" Ralph asked, as Walter could here Ralph's footsteps shuffling over. "Perfect now just get him to trust you and remember do not tell him you are involved in CSI case work promise?"
"Scoop."
"Scoop."
Ralph walked towards Robbie and smiled "Hey Robbie!"
"Hey pointdexter." Robbie replied laughing. Ralph stood a little shocked how was he going to befriend the class bully.
He was about to speak before Sloan ran up, thank goodness she did "Robbie be nice." she replied.
"Hey Sloan."
"Hi Ralph." she replied grinning a big grin, she did have a crush on Ralph and as did he on her. "I don't know if you know but Robbie is my brother's friend, so he's grown to respect me."
"Who's your brother?"
"Thomas, he's over there coming into the school yard, we never leave home at the same time." Thomas had blonde hair just like Sloan but it was a dirty blond very different than Robbie's bleached blonde hair. He was wearing a black tattered jacket and and light blue jeans if he wasn't her brother he wouldn't be surprised if like the other girls Sloan would be swooning over him. Thomas approached Robbie. "Hey bruh! Sup!" Thomas replied high fiving and continuing a strange handshake with Robbie.
"Nothing much bruh." Ralph pulled Sloan away from to the two boys "Sloan I need to be honest with you."
"Honest?! What do you mean Ralph?"
"I have feeling you brother and his friend are members of a dangerous criminal organization."
"What do you mean?!" Sloan asked a little shocked.
"You know about the scammers right?"
"Yes I do."
"Well, I was told to watch out for someone fitting Robbie's complexion."
"You're with the government." Sloan replied her mouth forming a big O.
"I need to gain their trust."
Ralph could see Sloan was a little hesitant at first but then she smiled taking his hand then releasing it when Ralph froze at her touch "I have an idea."
Sloan ran up to her brother and Robbie "Hey, my friend Ralph is having a truth or dare party at his house and he asked me to invite you guys cause he only wants to be with kids in the hood." Sloan replied masking her voice so she sounded like an evil villain.
Robbie and Thomas went over to Ralph and each put a hand on his shoulder. "Sounds like fun bruh." And Sloan gave him a big smile.
After school ended Sloan ran through the plan with Ralph they were playing a game of truth or dare and since she knew her brother didn't like dares and neither did Robbie the truth would come out easily. When they got to the garage Paige had fixed the children snacks and Ralph covered the activities of Walter and the rest of the team. He pretended Walter was coding and Sylvester was doing accounting. The four kids sat in a circle and Robbie removed his slick black cap to reveal his bleached blonde hair. First it was Ralph's turn "Truth or Dare?" Sloan asked him.
"Truth." He replied quietly
"What happened to you dad?" Sloan asked, she knew little of Ralph's history but from a little bit of information, she knew Ralph's mother was a single mom.
"He went to movies one day when I was little and never came back, well he does occasionally and he tries to bond with my mom, but my mom likes Walter..." Ralph continued to ramble on about his life and after that the game proceeded. They went around the circle asking truth or dare and just as Sloan had helpfully predicted, the boy gave out all the information about the organization and Walter was recording everything they were saying so he could send it to agent Gallo. Paige was bringing the group of four some more snacks as they continued their game. They watched Robbie and Thomas, the two boys were getting bored this game was much to tame for them. So when it came to Robbie's turn he asked for a dare from Thomas. Ralph grew nervous as he watched Thomas glance around for a little and noticed Thomas was staring at him, at his ear more precisely. The com device, he'd recognized it. "I dare you to stab the rat." Thomas hissed under his breath. Thomas removed a knife from his pocket and lunged forward towards Ralph, the knife was pointed at his neck as it pierced it blood began to well out.
"Ralph!" Paige cried running towards her son trying to protect him. It was no use, the two boys stabbed Ralph is the neck and then left Thomas grabbed his sisters hand and dragged her along with them. At this point, Ralph was on the floor and the entire team rushed forward. Toby had a medical kit as he quickly removed the knife.
"Lucky, he didn't strike an artery right pal?" Ralph simply moaned as the pain surging through him intensified. Toby wrapped the wound in bandages and applied huge amounts of pressure to stop the blood. Paige lifted her son and placed him on the couch he began to pale. "He'll be alright." Toby replied "But that was a close call."
Walter gave a glance towards Ralph and towards the single mom before murmuring "I'm sorry."
"Walter, you know that wasn't your fault."
"It was Paige, I gave him the idea of getting involved in the case, it's my fault."
"Walter..." Paige replied trying to snap the genius back into reality.
"No Paige, I think I'm shutting down Scorpion, for good."