Here is Ch 2. Enjoy.

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Joe drudged towards the paved blacktop that had been shoveled.

"No." He said. Joe turned to see Jamie standing there a bewildered look etched along his features.

"Look Jamie we don't really have time for all this." Informed Joe.

"No- this is crazy, you're dead." Tears shimmered in his eyes, "dead. This isn't happening. I'm hallucinating, yeah that's it." Jamie reasoned.

Joe placed a caring hand on his brother's shoulder. "Jamie you are not hallucinating. You're not dreaming either. This is very real. I assure you." Informed Joe.

"No, no, no," Jamie shook his head.

"Jamie this is what you wanted. It's very real."

"But, but grandpa." Choked Jamie.

"Heart attack." Frowned Joe.

Jamie kicked at the ground, looked up at Joe. "Impossible Linda was there."

Joe tightened his grip on Jamie's arm. "It is very possible. Linda wasn't there."

"You're lying." Growled Jamie as he pulled away from Joe.

Joe huffed, "Listen hard-head we've got a lot of ground to cover. Little time to cover it. Jamie remember that movie mom and I use to watch?"

"Yeah it was an old black & white. You two would watch it every Christmas." Jamie snickered.

"Well it's sort of like that. You get to see what life would have been like if you were never born. Jamie you have no idea the impact you had in the family. But you will. Now we really need to go."

Relucantly Jamie went with him...

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Joe and Jamie stopped infront of the family home. Dark, not one decoration could be seen. "Wait this is our house. But dad spent most of the day decorating." Jamie looked around. The other houses were bright with multi-color lights or plain white lights.

"That was your reality. This isn't. Now here is rule one you don't touch anything. Rule two is no one can see or hear you. Shall we?"

The two boys walked into the house. There Jamie got the shock of his life. There sat their father, older, the flame that once burned bright in his eyes-gone. "This can't be right. Where is everyone? Erin, Nicki, Danny, Linda the boys. I mean he is still the Commissioner. Right?"

"No he's not. The Templar made sure that didn't happen."

"That's where you are wrong. The Templar was stopped. We took them down."

"No little brother they where never brought down. Matter of fact they are more powerful now then ever before."

Jamie leaned against the counter letting the words sink in, "I was approached to investigate them." Jamie looked at their dad. So much older. He looked so defeated. Frank Reagan was the shell of the man Jamie had known. Sitting alone no family. No one.

"Yes, and without you the FBI didn't have anyone else to turn to. Danny was one so they couldn't trust him."

"Impossible Danny got out."

"He got out all right." Joe looked over at his father, thankfull that it was only a 'what if' reality.

"What?"

"Danny got out. Just not the way he thought he was getting out. Jamie dad was pushed out by The Templar. However after my death, dad lost something but then when you joined the force, it gave him a new hope about the job. It revived him. Yeah he got tired a time or two but as he has always said 'I've got broad shoulders'," Joe smiled.

"I know. He's the strongest man I know. Or at least I thought I knew." Jamie bit his lower lip as he looked at his father. "I still can't believe that it was because I wasn't born."

"You are stubborn. Fine let's go check in on our big brother."

"Okay." Jaime followed Joe out of the house. Leaving Frank sitting alone in a darkened house alone.

"I sense a bit of hostility." Joe looked over at Jamie.

"Maybe. Or maybe I don't believe any of this."

"Jamie listen I know things haven't been easy. Especially when it came to loosing me. I'm sorry for that. I wish things would have been different. I wish that I was with you and the rest of the family but I'm not. It was my time. But it's not your time. You made the choice that you were destined to do. Mom understands that too." Joe stopped in front of a run down building, looked over at Jamie, "Look we're here." Joe nodded towards the building.

"Its a bar. Memory serves it has a nasty rep."

"That hasn't changed. Danny on the other hand. Well you'll see." Joe pulled Jamie into the bar. There in the corner of the bar sat Danny on the table sat a half bottle of something.

"He's undercover." Jaime simplified.

"No. You can't be undercover if you don't have a shield. Danny lost his shield last year after a bust in which he roughed up a suspect pretty bad. There was no one to back him up. The Reagan name didn't matter. Not that it was suppose to make us important anyway. With The Templar in power it was easy for them to push him out.

"If I was alive The Templar wouldn't be in power. I know Danny has a temper. But he got better when he got moved to Major Case." Jamie quietly stated. "But what about Linda. She is his rock."

"True he did for a whle then Sean was accidently shot before Danny's shield was taken. He never had a chance. Linda blamed Danny. She took Jack and left."

"Not Sean?"

"Unfortunatly." Joe huffed. "He never had a chance. It tore them apart. The familly wasn't there to help them through it. Neither of them had anyone to lean on. Each of them blamed each other."

"Danny I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." Jamie sobbed.

"Lil' brother this is just the tip of the iceburg."

"I just can't rap my head around all of this. Just because I'm not here all of this happened? I just can't believe it." Jamie shook his head in denial. "This is just too much."

"You asked for it. Jamie I know you and Danny go at each other. For the life of me I really don't know why. I thought for a while that maybe. But he needles you and you punch back."

"He asks for it. I'm a cop and he treats me like I'm not good enough. I think I've proven myself. Time and time again."

"Stop right there. Danny thinks you're good enough. Trust me. It's not so much that- he just doesn't want to loose anther brother. Loose anymore family. That is why he acts the way he acts. It won't always be like this. Believe me there is coming a time when you two will work things out."

"I hope your right."

"Come on I'm always right." Joe winked at Jamie. "So little brother do you understand what would have happened?"

"I didn't realize. I can't bare to see anymore." Jamie confessed shutting his eyes tightly as they pinched out tears of sorrow.

"You don't get off that easy. We still have to see Erin. It's not going to be easy."

Joe nodded for Jamie to follow him out. Jamie took one more look over at Danny. He hadn't realized what he meant to each of his family members. He had been key in bringing down The Templar. He knew then right then he had been the 'glue' that had held his family during that first year of his rookie career.

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I hope everything melded together. I'll have the next chapter up towards the end of the week. Just a little plug on Under & Alone will be kicking off again after the 1st of the year. Lots of twists and suprises up my sleeve on that one.