A brother's love is… a brother's love
Summary: Everyone knows that the best way to get to Don is through his family, right? Unfortunately, someone has taken this literally and Don finds himself racing against time to save his brother!
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters...
Chapter One: Car Troubles
Don Eppes arrived at his office early. Based on routine, Don found that he could predict with fair accuracy the order in which his workmates would walk through the door. Megan would be the first after himself; followed by David and Colby who would usually arrive within milliseconds of each other. He went about booting all the computers so that they would be ready for his friends to use upon arrival.
"Morning." Megan Reeves came in smiling like she had just won the lottery.
"Morning Megan. You look very happy today." Don observed.
"And why shouldn't I be?" She sat happily typing away at her computer.
Oh dear, thought Don. It's not that Megan isn't a person of cheerful disposition, it's just that it's been a while since he'd last seen her grinning from ear to ear, completely oblivious to the fact that her make up was a little smudged around the corner of her mouth and just under the left eye. Not that it mattered to Don, who normally wouldn't have noticed anyway; were it not for the fact that the room was fairly quiet.
"I have never been in a car that slow before."
"It was peak hour traffic, what did you expect?"
"You haven't heard of taking short cuts or using sideline maneuvers that are harder for the street cameras to detect?"
"I'm already on 16 points; I kinda want to keep my license, Granger. Next time you wanna avoid peak hour traffic, don't make me wait twenty minutes outside your apartment."
"What are you talking about, David? That was only like five minutes."
"Twenty."
"Five."
"I'm telling ya man, it was a third of an hour."
"No, it was a sixth tops."
"Ok, maybe like a quarter. But that's still fifteen minutes you left me sitting in sub-zero temperatures."
"It wasn't below zero; it was more like maybe three to five degrees."
Continued arguments about what the temperature outside may have been like at seven in the morning told Don and Megan that David and Colby had arrived. Apparently, Colby's ride in David's car didn't go so well.
"Sorry for the lateness, Don." David stood to attention. " I would've made it if Colby here, hadn't slept in."
"I didn't sleep in." Colby protested; then he turned to face Don. "Yeah, look we're sorry boss and we promise never to do it again."
"I was just starting to get really worried about you two. I was thinking: Where are my two star agents and what am I going to do without them?" Don replied playfully.
"Hahaha." Megan gave an audible laugh that sounded uncannily like Bart Simpson.
Everyone turned to face her.
"Sorry. I just… you two are hilarious…" She continued laughing bordering on hysterics.
"Ok, remind me not to let you near too many lattes in the morning." Said Don, now beginning to worry about Megan.
"That was some bust up eh, yesterday." Colby began to mime, holding a gun. "FBI Freeze! And then one of them tried to run, so I sprinted round the back. And then, I'm on to him. He sees my gun but it doesn't phase him so I turn as fast as I can and I elbow him like this…"
He began to play out his successful capture… on David.
"Yeah, Ok. Hey! Not so hard. Ouch. I'm warning you Colby."
At this point, neither of the two noticed what Megan was looking at. Don's cell phone had rung and he was talking on it with a look of increasing panic. Megan too was no longer laughing or giddy.
"What was all that about?" She asked him as soon as he got off the phone.
"Oh, stuff." Don shook his head. "I need to head out for a sec. Could you keep an eye on these two for me?"
Megan looked over at Colby and David, who were just straightening up from their mock-fight.
"Ok, sure. What's going on? Is everything alright?" She asked knowing full well that things couldn't be too good at this point.
"I just… there was something that I needed to sort out." Don hurriedly put on his coat.
"Hey where are you doing, man?" David asked as a grief-stricken Don headed for the elevators.
"Hey Megan, what's going on?" Colby came over.
"Er… I don't know. He said there was something he needed to do." Megan replied. "Hey David, wait!"
David ran into Don's elevator just as the doors closed.
Note 1: Story title is a quote from movie: Gone in 60 Seconds (1999).
Note 2: Temperature units are in degrees Celsius. Sub-zero would be below 32 Fahrenheit.
Note 3: Thanks to everyone who pointed out my glaring error: Colby's name has been fixed.