A/N: A bit longer, thank goodness. Remember to review my dears!

A few hours later…

Caleb stared at the notes in front of him. For the past few hours all Chase and him had managed to do was document as many incidences of the stalking as Chase could remember. The number was immense; they'd almost filled half an A4 notepad full of them. A few of the more serious dates, Caleb noticed, were significant to the other sons but not Chase; Pogue and Tyler's birthdays, the anniversary of Pogue's parents' death and the 23rd October – the day Caleb and Reid had first met. He pointed this out and Chase nodded seriously, scribbling something in another notepad. Caleb sighed.

"Any patterns relevant to you?" he asked tiredly. Chase frowned and flicked through the pages of the pad with the dates on carefully.

"My birthday, the date I claimed Reid, date of my first day at Spenser and…" There was a pause as Chase turned to the final page "The date Reid told me he loved me for the first time. All of them were more serious than the others…"

"I thought they would be," Caleb replied, writing down what Chase had told him urgently before fiddling with the pen. Chase glanced at him.

"You want to ask the others here," the elder warlock said, it wasn't a question – it was a statement. Caleb wanted to punch him for being right. The other brunette had been able to tell what he was thinking a lot since he'd been there which wasn't very comforting; Caleb hoped Chase didn't know that he was planning on trying to convince Reid to leave him; if he did then he had to admit he was doing well at not showing it.

"Yeah, some of the dates may be important to them but not that significant to me," Caleb explained, chewing the tip of the pen in thought and trying to eradicate the image of severely injuring Chase out of his mind. He was pleasantly surprised when Chase agreed with him.

"If it's going to help then it's probably for the best, even if it makes me feel more uncomfortable. Besides, we might need them to beat this stalker person anyway," the other man concurred.

"Their power is really that strong?" Caleb enquired anxiously, not having to fake his nervousness. Chase bit his lip pensively.

"It felt it," he concluded slowly "But I suppose it could have just been because a lot of power was being used each time."

"Hmmmm…maybe," Caleb replied. They lapsed into a thoughtful silence for a long moment before Chase reminded him to call Pogue and Tyler. Caleb quickly did so, grudgingly thanking him. He called Tyler first, knowing that the youngest would most definitely be up even though it was way past two in the morning. The phone only rang twice before Tyler picked up.

"Hey Caleb," he greeted.

"How'd you know it was me?" Caleb asked, confused. He could practically hear Tyler roll his eyes through the pause across the line.

"Caller ID you dofus," Tyler replied scornfully, but Caleb could hear the teasing affection in his tone. He felt a smile break across his face at that familiar tenor; it meant Tyler was in a good mood, making it easier to tell him what was going on. "So to what do I owe the pleasure of such a late phone call?" Tyler continued on the other end of the line.

"I need you to come over," Caleb said simply, knowing Tyler would agree without a second thought. The younger man had been a rock for him after Reid had left with Chase and they'd been close ever since. If Caleb ever needed him Tyler would be there without any hesitation; he was the most reliable brother in the world.

"Sure," Tyler answered predictably "Any particular reason why?"

"A few hours ago a visitor arrived at my house asking for help. We kind of need you as well."

"Anyone I know?" Tyler asked. Caleb could hear him grabbing his coat and keys in the background, getting ready to leave.

"Chase Collins." There was a pause on both ends of the phone.

"I'm on my way," Tyler assured him quickly, sounding concerned as he hung up. Caleb smiled at the worry in his voice and pressed the end call button before dialling Pogue's number. Pogue was always more difficult to get hold of than Tyler. Maybe it was because Tyler was single and unmarried, Caleb wasn't sure, but Pogue never seemed to answer his phone anymore unless it was Kate calling. Caleb had to admit he was glad he hadn't married anyone like Kate himself; as much as she was like a sister to him he didn't think he could ever get used to a woman as bossy as her the way Pogue had. Unlike Tyler, Pogue didn't answer until the fifth or sixth ring (record time for him).

"Hey man, what's up?" Pogue sounded a bit dazed but not tired, something that didn't surprise Caleb as they were all slight insomniacs; only sleeping a couple of hours each night.

"Hi, just calling to tell you to come over," Caleb replied.

"At two in the morning? You're joking right?" Caleb rolled his eyes. Another difference between Tyler and Pogue; Tyler would do anything for him without question; Pogue would just be goddamn difficult about it.

"Actually I'm not."

"So you expect me to get dressed, get on my bike and drive to yours at this time at night?" Pogue asked with a snort.

"Pretty much," Caleb replied "Did I mention Chase was here and that Reid's been kidnapped?" Stunned silence.

"Chase as in Chase Collins? And Reid as in Reid Garwin, our Reid, our Blondie?" Pogue said eventually, voice shaky and slightly excited. Caleb couldn't help but smile once more at the way Pogue referred to Reid. But he's not 'our' Reid at all is he? He's your Reid. All yours. When you get him back anyway… the annoyingly familiar voice in his head taunted. Caleb shushed it impatiently.

"Uh huh," Caleb answered.

"Gimme half an hour tops," Pogue told him quickly.

"See you then," Caleb agreed but Pogue had already hung up.

"They are coming then?" Chase asked from his seat, still surrounded by their notes. Caleb nodded.

"Ty will be here in about five minutes, Pogue about half an hour."

"So all we have to do for now is wait…"

-Chase-Reid-Tyler-Caleb-Pogue-

It took about an hour to even get started on actually identifying any particular patterns to do with Tyler and Pogue due to all the explaining both Chase and Caleb had to do; Chase about the stalker and Reid, Caleb about the notes and agreeing to help. Plus dealing with Pogue's obvious mistrust of Chase. Something that none of them could blame him for after all the problems between Chase, him and Kate when Chase first arrived at Ipswich. Eventually though, they did manage to get through the vast list of dates and, much to Caleb's surprise, most of them did have significance to Pogue and Tyler. In the end only twelve dates had no relation to any of the men in the room.

"Well that's odd," Tyler commented "Those twelve must mean something. After all, the rest do."

"Yeah, they must be there for a reason," Pogue added feebly.

"We must be missing something…" Caleb told them, sounding annoyed. "Maybe-"

"Maybe that's just it," Chase interrupted. The other three men turned to look at him.

"What do you mean?" Tyler demanded.

"Well," Chase explained "Those dates have no meaning to us so we must be missing something right?" The others nodded, confused. "One of the Sons of Ipswich is missing," he pointed out.

"You mean you think they're significant to Reid?" Caleb asked.

"Exactly."

"It does make sense," Pogue supplied "And it makes it more personal to us as a group. I'm guessing whoever it is wants to target the covenant, and the only way they can do that if it's united."

"And Reid unites us because we all care about him," Tyler finished for him. Pogue inclined his head towards him to show that was what he was going to say.

"So the stalker wants us to band together?" Chase questioned carefully.

"Possibly," Caleb replied simply "We can't be certain."

"Well they sure as hell picked the perfect bait."