"Daddy! Daddy! Daddy! Wake up~"

I was pulled out of sleep as Conner yelled and jumped up and down on my bed.

'Oh man.' I thought sitting up right.

'Where the hell do kids get all of this energy?' I groaned.

"Alright, I'm up." I said, rubbing the sleep from my eyes.

"Yay~" Conner continued to jump on the bed. I stood, and walked over to my bathroom. I turned the knob on the sink and splashed the cool water onto my face.

"Conner." I called behind me.

"What do you want to eat for breakfast?" he giggled softly.

"Well that's easy Daddy, mommy's not here and you can't cook, we're eating toast right.~"

I laughed softly.

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

We soon sat down at the kitchen table, now only set for two. Conner, after spreading mountains of butter on it, happily munched on his toast.

'I wish Liza was here.' I thought, taking a bite of my own toast. As if reading my thoughts, Conner stopped eating and looked up at me with wide eyes.

"Daddy, when's Mommy coming home?" I sighed. I hadn't heard from Liza in the last month or so. Aside from those awkward run-ins at the grocery store, nothing.

I could understand ignoring me, but bringing Conner into this…

"Soon Conner. Things will work out."

"Promise?"

"I promise."

(Vaas POV)

(On the island)

" What the hell are we paying these fuckers for? They haven't called in like eight hours." I played with the cell phone in my hands, flipping it open and closed, open and closed.

"V-Vaas I doubt they've even landed in California yet." Carlos said cautiously. My eyes darted over to him for a moment. Normally I would have been angered by his back talk, but I knew hw was probably right.

"Man I fucking hate waiting."

*Ring Rin-*

I flipped the phone open before the first ring was even over.

"Helllooooo~" I said playfully.

"We're outside the residence of Jason Broady ready to move in at your signal." The privateer on the other side of the line said.

"Well what the hell are you waiting for, get in there."

"Yes sir!" I snapped the phone shut, and chuckled softly.

"Can you imagine the fun Hoyt has ordering these guys around all day?"

(Jason POV)

I sat in my room, the lights dimmed, doing pointless things on my laptop just trying to pass the time before I fell asleep. I glanced over at the clock.

10:45

Conner was asleep, tucked away in his bed as I soon would be too.

"Daddy, Daddy!" I sighed, his voice became louder as he ran down the hallway, and soon burst through the door to my room. His face was terrified.

"What's wrong Conner?" he was close to tears, as I pulled him forward into a tight embrace.

"There's a monster in my closet." Knowing there was only one way to deal with this, I stood up, and grabbed Conner's hand, walking him back down the hallway to his room.

He stood in the doorway as I went to 'investigate' his closet. I turned around pretending to be scared.

"You said the monster was in here right?" he nodded. I took a deep breath, and slowly reached for the handle. I waited a moment before quickly pulling it open, and looking inside.

"Guess we scared it off huh?" I said turning back around to Conner.

"It won't be coming back."

I smiled at his, but the look of terror only grew on his face. My brow wrinkled in confusion.

"Conner what's wro-" I was cut off as a hard object hit me in the back of the head, knocking me to the floor.

"Daddy! The monster's behind you!" I blinked several times, focusing my vision on the man above me.

I felt my stomach tighten as I looked at the sickenly familiar uniform of a privateer from the island.

Panic flooded over me and my eyes darted to Conner. I scrambled to my feet and yelled,

"Conner Run!" a thud rang through the room as my body hit the floor. Soon everything, including Conner's screams, faded into darkness.