A/N: This story is inspired by Ghostwriter's Mike/Leo series. It was also inspired by Nickleback's song Never again. I am thankful to Ghostwriter to allowing me to use her story line. I kept reading her stories about abuse with Mike and Leo. As I read them, Never Again kept playing through my head. I really don't know why but it was.
xX Never Again Xx
Thunder rang through the house as an older man gets out of his car after a long night of drinking. He spent hours at the bar every day of the week. His two sons took care of one another because he couldn't. As he stumbles into the house he slurs yelling for his eighteen year old son to show his face despite the fact that he has been in bed for 5 hours already.
"Michael, get your ass in here right now." His older son practically stumbled into the living room. Once Mike saw that was dad he begins to run as fast as his possible. The father clenched his fists as the man took off after him. Mike glances back and can't help but yell. Leo heard the yell from his older brother, startled he rushes to open the door.
"Go to the spot, Leo," his brother tells him.
His fifteen year old brother just nodded and took off before his dad could get him too. As he went to the secret room, worry washed over the young boy as he heard his father beat into his brother.
"Get out here you worthless piece of shit," the so-called father yelled for Leo.
"Little brother, stay hidden," he heard his big brother call out.
"What do I do?" Leo whispered himself, "I really hope my brother doesn't die." He slowly came out from his hiding place and saw Mike with a black eye as well as broken bones. The father slowly came out of his drunken state and realized what he had done.
"Oh my god, what have I done?" The man quickly picked up the boy and took him to the nearest hospital.
The nurse immediately saw the teen and wondered what had happened.
"He fell down the stairs. I couldn't get to him in time." The nurse gave him a stern look of disbelief. She still patched him up. He took the boy home and laid him back in the bed.
"Come out. It's okay," the brother whispered.
This hasn't been the first night Leo had been in the hospital for his brother. Mike laid in his bed at home. The younger brother was so afraid that his older brother wouldn't surprised if he doesn't make it because of Mike's injuries were very extensive. He had broken ribs, broken leg, concussion, black eye, and a busted lip. Leo carefully placed himself near his old brother so he doesn't irritate the injuries.
"It's okay, little brother," Mike murmured, "I'll make it. I always do."
"He needs to stay out of our life," Leo carefully said hoping that the man in the other room wouldn't hear him.
It took a good month and a half for Mike to be completely healed and his so called father started beating him again. Mike had had enough he ran and got a gun from the store despite the fact that the store owner refused to sell the dangerous weapon into someone so young. The young boy explained that he really needed it for defense against his old man. The man then inquired of the boy why he needed it for defense. The older man listened as Mike went into every detail.
"Young man, I think I can help you. I'm an undercover cop and I need all the information you can give me so we can put him in jail."