Chapter Four: Ipswich
Sarah was now pacing her hotel room, her shoes had being kicked to the side and her jacket was thrown onto the bed. She threw up her hands and walked to the phone and sat on the bed and dialled a number she knew by heart.
Ring
Ring
Ring
"Come on Caleb, pick up." She muttered.
Ring
Ring
"Hello?"
"Caleb!" Sarah breathed. She could hear voices in the background which most likely meant that the rest of the Covenant was there.
"Hey honey, what's up?" Caleb asked.
"Tyler's in Seattle." Sarah blurted out.
"What?" Caleb yelled and she heard the people with him become silent.
"Tyler's here, in Seattle." Sarah repeated.
"Where did you see him?" Caleb asked.
"At the Publishing House, he works there." Sarah said.
"Is he okay?" Caleb asked concerned for his youngest brother.
"He seems okay." She answered truthfully.
"Okay, were coming out there." Caleb said with conviction.
"You arrange the flights and I'll book some more rooms here for all of you." Sarah said before they said their goodbyes and hung up.
Sarah quickly headed down to the reception and booked two more rooms, Caleb would share with her, Pogue and Kate would take another room and Reid the last one.
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Everyone looked at Caleb waiting for him to say something. It was Reid who broke the silence.
"What? Who did she see?" Reid asked.
"Tyler." Caleb said shocking everyone.
"WHAT!" Pogue, Kate and Reid yelled.
"Tyler's in Seattle. He works at the Publishing House." Caleb explained to them feeling very confused.
They had all wondered why baby boy had left so suddenly, one day he was there and the next Reid stopped by the younger man's flat to find no one there, his possessions gone, and the landlord said that Tyler moved out. The Covenant checked with Mr. and Mrs. Simms to see if he moved back into Simms Manor but the brunette had not. They began to search for Tyler but had come up with nothing was ever found about the youngest member of the Covenant. They had assumed he had used his power to prevent them from finding him, after a while they gave up actively searching but kept their eyes out for anything that could lead them to Tyler.
"We heading out there then?" Pogue asked.
Caleb nodded and they all quickly dashed from the room heading out to pack. Pogue and Kate hopped into Kate's car and headed to their own house and Reid headed off to his own apartment and Caleb dialled the airline to book some seats on the next flight to Seattle before heading up to his own room to pack.
Over the past two years Caleb had begun to take over the family finances and the businesses the Danvers family had, he married Sarah 6 months ago; they again tried to contact Tyler so he could come to their wedding as well but had no luck. Reid on the other hand was a bachelor who worked for his father's law company part time. He was also helping Pogue start his own bike repair shop. Pogue and Kate were still together and going strong, they were beginning to consider marriage. Kate was working for a local newspaper and Pogue was working for a local mechanic and attending college part time to be able to open his own bike repair shop.
Pogue was still the biker of the group but from Kate's influence along with Sarah's he had become less wild and while he still loved his bikes he would be just as happy to sit at home with Kate reading her work and watching TV hearing her bang around in the kitchen making dinner.
Reid was still the bad boy but Tyler leaving made the blonde mellow out quite a bit, he tired to become more sensitive and careful about things, like Tyler would have wanted him to. He didn't use unless with was important and had come to a better relationship with Caleb because of it.
Caleb was still the same, he calmed sown a bit but was still fiercely protective of the group, he and Pogue had always protected the group. Caleb was like thunder, he bided his time gathering his strength before he pounced, cracking sharper than a whip. Pogue on the other hand was lightning he was fast and agile, striking when you least expected it. (1) Sarah was a good influence and really helped him when Tyler left. He had felt lost that he couldn't protect Tyler.
2 hours later
Reid burst through the door and dropped his duffle on the ground next to Caleb's bag which was there and strode into the kitchen. Caleb was sat at the breakfast bar sipping a cup of coffee.
"What's wrong?" Reid asked sitting next to Caleb.
"What made him leave?" Caleb asked quietly.
"I don't know, but all that matters is that we found him." Reid said patting Caleb's shoulder.
"Since when did you become the sensible one?" Caleb asked smiling slightly.
"Hey, we are bound to change roles once in a while." Reid said.
"I guess. Pogue and Kate will be here soon." Caleb agreed.
"Let's go see baby boy."
TBC…
(1) The Thunder Lightening bit is from the 'Ficlets: Of Life, Love and Power' by Mickey Stone. I really liked the one-shot called Lightning/Thunder (Chp 4) and recommend it.