Chapter 4:Family

A worried mother and father are in the living room anxiously waiting for their son to come home.

"I wonder what that American federal agent is doing to our son?"The mother said as she was pacing up down the living room floor.

"Well, if he doesn't come back in the next five…"The father said in an angered tone when they heard a knock on the door.

Knock Knock Knock

"Hello Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien."The federal agent said as he stood outside the door with his hand on the boy's back.

"Open the door! It's him!"The mother anxiously said to her husband.

"Hey mom, hey dad."The boy said as his mother ran up to him and gave him hug.

"Why did it take you three days to question an eleven year old boy?"The father asked, angrily.

"Well, he hacked NASA, but I did get to know him, and you have a great son."The federal agent said as he looked at the boy and smiled.

"Did you even think that we, his parents actually wanted to have our son?"The father asked, still in an angered tone.

"It's protocol, I had no choice, but to follow it."The federal agent replied, calmly.

"I don't need a fed to calm me down!"The father said as he walked up to the fed.

"Hey, honey, he had to follow protocol, that's all."The mother said, calmly.

"Okay."The father said as he walked away to stand next to his wife, with his arms crossed and an angered facial expression.

"So, what about Walter?"The mother asked.

"Well he's good smart kid, he didn't mean any harm by what he did."He said as he looked over at the boy who smiled back at him.

"So, he's not going to jail for what he did?"Father asked in a deep tone of voice.

"No, but I do have to give him this."The fed said as he picked up a box that was wrapped and had a bow on it."Go, open it son, you deserved it."He continued as the boy anxiously walked towards the box.

"Whoa, thanks!"The boy said with a big smile on his face.

"Isn't that one of the damn things that started all this shit!"The father said, angrily.

"But, I do have some rules for him with it, you use that to contact me, and also use it carefully. Don't make come back for a bad cause okay son."The fed told the boy.

"Yes sir! Thank You Agent Gallo."The boy responded, gladly.

"Call me Cabe."The federal agent responded.

I hope he doesn't get anymore trouble. The man thought to himself. If he does, then I will keep him safe. Like a father to son,

Like a father to a son...

The team is at the garage when they get a visit from an unexpected visitor and his friend.

"Hey Walter."Paige said cheerfully as she entered the garage with Ralph.

"Good morning guys."Walter replied as he took off his headphones and looked up from his computer.

"What are you watching?"Ralph asked as he put his backpack down on the ground, walked over to Walter's desk and Paige picked up his backpack and put it on her back.

"Ohh, nothing that would interest you."He replied as he hit the other link on his laptop and logged out of the video that he was previously watching.

"Cool, robotics!"Ralph anxiously said.

"You guys have fun, I'm going to get some coffee."She said as she walked over to the kitchen and looked over at Walter and Ralph who both were watching a video on Walter's laptop and smiling.

"How's Walter taking his sister's death?"Cabe asked as he leaned up against the counter in the kitchen and took a sip of his coffee.

"A good morning every now and then would be nice instead of just jumping straight to business."Paige said as she quickly walked over to the coffee pot and poured her cup of coffee.

"Well being around a group of geniuses really changes you kid."Cabe told her then took a swing of his coffee.

"He's refusing to admit that he misses her, but what I've learned from Ralph's father that you men always denine your emotions so, I think that's normal."Paige said then took a swing of her coffee.

"Did you talk to him about her death at all?"Cabe asked.

"No, but I could tell that he was watching the video that she made for him to watch, but put on a different video when Ralph asked him what he was watching."Paige replied.

"He really loves your son, I can tell from how he acts differently around him, I've never seen him act like that."Cabe said with a smile.

"Ahh Paige, there is a man by the name of Drew Baker here to see you."Walter said as he poked his head in the kitchen.

"Drew, what are you doing here?"Paige said as she walked into the main area of the garage.

"I came here to talk to you Paige."Drew stated as he walked over to Paige.

"What is it?"Paige asked as she put her hands on her hips.

"Well you know how when I went away from you and Ralph?"Drew asked.
"Yes, I think that I would remember the day that the father of my son abandoned us."Paige exclaimed.

"Well there was no pitching job for me, my ex-girlfriend called me, she said that we had a son together."Drew told her.

"What? How? Well I already know how, but why didn't ever tell me this? How could you deceive me like this?"Paige said as she walked over towards Walter almost in tears.

"Hey, just let me continue."Drew said as he walked over to Paige.

"Okay, I will, but it better be good."Paige said as she looked over at Drew with anger in her eyes.

Now the whole team was there and listening in on what was going on and, watching what was unfolding in there main room of the garage.

"When I went back, my son, well my other son was four while Ralph was two. I was pretty upset at her for never telling me that I had another son until he was four, but she let me stay with them and help raise him until, last year. I told her that I got another job here in LA and that I would only be gone until the season ended."Drew told her.

"Well this is about to get good."Toby said to the rest of the team that was standing over there.

"Shut it doc."Cabe said in a strict tone, but silent tone to Toby.

"Ohh, be quite Bugs."Toby snickered back.

"I then decided that I would pay you guys a visit and stay with you for a while. Stacy, my other son's mom, then got sick with what first started out with a bladder infection, but then spread onto her other organs. The doctors said that there was no hope for her and that it was best that we said our last goodbyes to her so, I said that I got a pitching job in Maine and left."Drew continued to tell her, and now the team.

"So why are you telling me all this now?"Paige asked as she crossed her arms.

"Well, I brought him here with me."Drew responded.

"Wait he is here with you now!"Paige yelled.

"His mom just passed away and I thought that it would best if I brought him here with me. He could meet the team and hang out with his brother, well half brother, but still he could meet new people."Drew said.

"So, where is the kid?"Cabe asked as he took a sip of his coffee.

"Brian, you come in now."Drew announced as he looked out the door of the garage.

A twelve year old boy with blue eyes and brown hair with the middle part of his hair brushed back and gelled almost to look as if it was a foehawk. He was wearing red and black lebrones twelves, a red nike hoodie, and black sweatpants. As he walked in his head was down.

"Hey Brian."Toby said as he walked over to meet the boy. Brian looked up and said:

"Hello."Brian blindly said.

"So, I'm guessing you like basketball?"Toby asked.

"No, my dad buys me these clothes."Brian responded.

"What do you like?"Cabe asked as he walked over to greet Brian

"I enjoy, math and building model rockets and planes. I also am educating myself on the field of hacking and cription."Brian told them.

"Ohh, so you enjoy hacking."Walter said as he walked over towards to Brian.

"Yeah, I guess."He shrugged.

"Here, solve this equation."Walter continued as he wrote an equation on the board that read:

(10 x 12 + 11)x(13+21x3)

"It equals 9,956."Brian responded.

"Whoa, this kid's a natural."Toby said.

"He's a genius with a strong proficiency in mathematics."Walter said as he erased the problem off the chalkboard.

"What type of factory do have going on down there Drew?"Toby joked.

"Wow, I just can't believe it. I have two genius sons."Drew stated in awe.

"Yes you do."Walter said as he looked over at Ralph and Brian who were joyfully together looking at the rocket that Walter was working on.

I have two very special sons that I can barely raise. Drew thought to himself. My sons are very special

My sons are very special

Drew left with Ralph, but Brian stayed with the team while he dropped Ralph off at school and went to run some errands.

"So, Brian do you want to help me with my rocket that Ralph showed you?"Walter asked as he turned his chair towards the boy to look at him.

"Sure."He replied as he leaped out of chair and the two of them headed towards the direction of the rocket.

"Ralph, he told me that your sister died about a three weeks ago and he didn't think that you were still working on the rocket since you started working on it to get some money for her research and you had abandoned her research."Brian stated as he handed Walter a screwdriver and jumped onto the step stool with a wrench the Happy let him borrow.

"Well that is true about her research, but now I can use the money that I win for the rocket to upgrade our work environment. Possibly invest the money in a new garage."Walter replied as he started to think about his sister, Megan, and how close he was to her and, how much he missed her.

The way she would help him with a bully at school, the way she got him out of trouble with his teachers and, how she was the only person in his family that could connect with him.

"Were you and your sister close?"Brian asked.
"Yeah, she was the only person in my family that could connect with me."Walter said as he looked at Brian who was adjusting a tube on his rocket.

"Did you spend a lot of time with her?"He asked as he looked over at Walter who was thinking:When will he stop asking questions about Megan?

"Hey Walt."Cabe said as he walked into the area where the rocket was being kept with a file folder in his hand.

"What is it Cabe?"He asked as he looked over at Cabe and thought to himself: Ohh, a case good now Brian wont ask me any more questions about Megan.

"We have a case."Cabe said as he tossed Walter the file.

"A case? Does that mean I have to go home now?"Brian asked as he put the wrench down on the table next to the tools Happy let him borrow and jumped down from the step stool and Walked over to Cabe.

"No kid, you get to stay here with us."Cabe said as he rubbed his hand in Brian's hair and put his other hand on his back and they started walking over to the main room in the garage.

The team gets their case that Brian gets be a part of.

"Okay, guys Director Merik called and informed me that he can't come here and give us the case so I will tell you what it is."Cabe said as he handed them each a file, including Brian.

"Why are you giving me a file MrGallo?"Brian said as he looked up at Cabe.

"Because, we need you to help us with this one bud."He replied as he smiled at the young boy."So, there is a hacker by the name of Robert Lee Hogan who has a virus that he can upload to the Federal Reserve and steal millions of dollars if we don't stop him."He continued as he walked over to the monitor area and pointed to his picture.

"Has he called anyone in the past few days?"Walter asked as he looked up from the file and looked over at Cabe.

"He did call his sister, why?"Cabe asked.

"Well if he doesn't have an untraceable burner, we could track down the location in which he made the call and possibly find where he is."Sylvester said as he stated finding his number and tracing his calls down and pinpointing his last known location."His last call was made at, huh, Los Angels Nature Reserve."He continued.

"There are Cabins there that you can rent."Toby said.

"And how would you know."Happy asked.

"Lakeside cabin with a full moon out, some champagne while on a boat during sunset, c'mon I was planning on taking my fiancee there for our honeymoon."He replied.

"So this is what a case is like."Brian murmured.

"Sure is kido."Cabe said as he smiled at the boy.

"It's way different than in those cop or spy movies."Brian said as he flipped through the file.

"Sure is."Cabe said as he put his hand on his shoulder.

Sure is

The team and Brian drove down to the Los Angeles Nature Reserve to find Robert Lee Hogan.

"This is the place."Cabe said as they pulled up to the gates.

"They could use some adjustments on that gate."Happy pointed out.

"Hello sir where are you and your family staying?"The gatekeeper asked as Cabe pulled down his window and got his badge out.

"We are a team that is investigating a federal crime. We tracked down one of the criminals involved and he staying in one of your cabins"Cabe said as he showed the gatekeeper his badge.

"Ohh, we haven't been informed of any federal offenses our premises."Replied the gatekeeper.

"We just found where he was staying ourselves and didn't have time to inform your people about it."Cabe said as he was starting to get a bit ticked off by the gatekeeper because by now it seemed as if he was stalling."So, if you would please let us by."He continued.

"Okay."He replied as he opened the gates and Cabe drove by.

"I got a ping on him."Sylvester said.

"What cabin is he in?"Paige asked as she looked at Sylvester's laptop.

"He is in cabin eleven in the Beaver Tribe Valley."Brian said.

"How do you know that?"Sylvester asked.

"I have a photographic memory and have been here before."He replied.

"Its right near a cliff."Happy said.

"That's smart of him to do that."Cabe said as they were pulling into the street near the cabin.

"Why is it smart of him to do that MrGallo?"Brian asked as he unbuckled his seatbelt.

"Well, he can destroy all the evidence that ties him to the case by just throwing it all over the cliff by the time he is done."He replied as he looked into the mirror to see the boy and smiled.

"Well let's get into the cabin."Walter said as he got his laptop out so he could track Robert.

"But whatever you guys do, be safe, this guy is on the FBI's Top Ten most wanted criminals. You don't know what type of traps he has set up. Just be safe."Cabe said, but at the end of his lasts entrance he looked over Brian, an innocent young boy who excited to be on a real federal case.

The team approached the cabin only to find that there were no traps in the yard.

"It looks like we got by without getting into any traps."Sylvester said as a sense of relief when through his body.

"Yeah, I don't know what I would do if...Brian!"Paige yelled."Where's Brian?"Paige screamed. When she saw that him, Walter and Cabe were walking towards the group.

"Don't you ever scare me like that Brian, do you hear me!"She scolded as she hugged him then placed her hands on his cheeks so he had no choice, but to listen to her.

"I had to go to the bathroom MsDiennie."He replied as he looked into her eyes.

"But there are no...Ohh, ewe."Paige said.

"What, Paige when a man has to go, he has go."Toby said.

"This is not the time for fooling around."Cabe said in a strict tone.

"You were the one who took him to the nearest tree."Toby said in a joking tone.

"This is not the time to discuss this."He scolded back

"Hey, he is in the cabin."Walter said as he looked at his computer screen.

"Okay, here's the plan, Walter and I are going to storm into the cabin while Sylvester will tell us where he is you and Toby are going to stand ground by the side exit while Paige and Brian stand by the back door."Cabe said as he handed out cons for everyone, including Brian.

"What are these for?"Brian asked as he put the con in his ear.

"There so that we can communicate amongst each other."Happy responded.

"okay."Brian replied as he examined his con.

"Okay, we will regroup at the SUV if we can't catch him."Cabe said as they ran out into their positions and he got his gun out, and loaded.

The team broke out into their positions.

"Walter, stay behind me."Cabe said silently to Walter who then shook his head.

"Syl, where is he?"Walter asked Sylvester through the cons.

"He is in the living room either reading a rather large book the wrong way or on a laptop."He reponed.

"Okay, Walter on three, one, two, three."Cabe shouted three as they bursted into the cabin.

"Put your hands up and step away from the computer."Cabe yelled as the man got up from chair and stepped away from the computer.

"Walter get on the laptop and download the software to stop Robert's program."

"Okay."Walter said as he sat down in the chair, and started working on the software.

"You can't stop me."Robert said.

"We sure can."Cabe replied as looked the man in the eye.

"You're going to need more men than you and the tech guy to stop me!"Robert yelled as he started running from Cabe towards the back door.

"Paige, Brian he's coming your way!"Cabe yelled as he started running after him.

Brian grabbed a pot and some rope from the bucket that was next to him and tied the roped to the clay pot. He then broke his watch, opened it, and placed some the wiring in the pot.

"Could you fill me in here."Paige asked Brian.

"Well, I'm going to break this pot over his head by swinging the rope so it hits him at a higher voicelty. The wiring that I am adding is going to make him pass out for a longer period of time."He replied as he finished making his weapon.

"He's here, Brian now!"Paige yelled as Brian swung the rope and broke the pot over Robert's head. Robert then got electrocuted and fell to the ground, but as he fell to the ground, he hit Brian in the leg which caused him to fall into the cliff.

"Brian! No!"Paige yelled.

"What happened."Cabe said as he saw Paige who was about to burst into tears.

"Brian fell over the cliff!"Paige screamed as she put her head on Cabe's shoulder.

"I'm finished."Walter stated as he ran out the house then looked over at Cabe, and Paige with a confused facial expression.

"Hey what's going on here?"Toby asked as he walked over to where they all were.

" 's?..."Happy said the was cut off.

"Hey, MsDiennie."Brian yelled then, the team raced over to the edge of the cliff and saw that the hood to Brain's hoodie was caught on a rock sticking out of the cliff.

"Brain, don't worry we will get you out of there!"Paige yelled as she felt relieved that Brian was safe.

"Okay, he's stuck eight yards below so Toby don't even think about a human chain."Walter said as they were formulating a plan to save Brian.

The mission has now changed to saving Brian's life as Robert Lee Hogan is now in the custody of another Homeland Agent.

"What about using a harness and rope?"Happy suggested.

"I saw a harness in the box where I got the clay pot and rope from."Brian yelled from where he was.

Cabe then ran to the box and grabbed the harness from the zipline box and rope. Happy tightened it so that it would fit Brian and attached it to the rope so all he had to do was fastened it on him.

"Okay, Brian you are going to put it on and then get your hood out of there and just sit in the harness and relax as we pull you up"Happy instructed.

"Okay."Brian responded.

"Don't worry sweetie, you will up with us soon, safe, and sound."Paige told him in a soothing tone to the boy who was secretly terrified.

"Okay."Brian stated.

The team lowered the harness down to Brain and he put it on. Then he got his hood uncaught on the rock and sat in his harness, like Cabe told him to do. The team then pulled him up from where he was.

"Brain! Ohh, thank God you are okay."Paige said as she gave the terrified boy a hug.

"Ohh, you're shaking."Toby said as Brian looked up at him."Are you sure you're okay?"Toby asked

"Here's a blanket."Sylvester said as he handed it to Cabe who then wrapped it around him and put his arm around him and gave him a pat on the back.

"Are you okay son?"Cabe asked as he got down into a squat so, he would be about his height.

"Yeah, I'm, um, fine. Just a little cold. That's all."He replied.

They are now back at the garage and Drew came back with Ralph from picking him up after school.

"How was the case that Brian has been telling me about?"Drew asked as he went to talk to Paige in private.

"It was great, Brian loved it, but I'm sorry about his little near death experience."Paige said as she looked Drew in the eye, she knew that he was about tell her something, something that will change her life forever.

"Well, I have a huge favor to ask, you know how Brian is a genius and you are always surrounded by them and Ralph is one, and they get along great together right?"He asked as he handed Paige some papers.

"These are Brian's guardianship papers."Paige said, in shock.

"I wanted to ask you if you would like to be Brian's gaurinden? We could both share custody of him. He could spend the time while I'm playing with you and the in the winter when I'm not playing with the both of us. Please, I don't want to have to raise him all over the place. It would be tough for him having to get to know new people. Especially with him being a genius, even if he was a normal kid it would be tough for him."He said as he looked at Paige in the eye. He knew that raising him would be tough for her, but he loved his son, more than anything.

"Okay, I'll help you raise him, the team loves him and he is a great kid."Paige said as they looked over at the team as Toby was showing them magic tricks and the were laughing and having a great time.

"Thank you so much Paige, I'll bring the forms to the courthouse tomorrow when they open."Drew said as Paige handed him the forms and he gave her hug and left.

"What was that about?"Walter asked as he looked over at Paige who was entering the main room of the garage.

"I have some big news. Paige said as the whole stopped what they were doing and looked over at her.

"What is it MsDeinne?"Brian asked.

"Brian, is now apart of the team, and apart of our Family."Paige told them.

"What?"Brian asked.

"Drew came here with Brian's guardianship forms and asked me to sign them and I said yes."Paige said as she walked over to Brian and squatted down to his size.

"I'm your new mom sweetie."Paige told Brian.

"I don't know what to say."Brian replied.

"How about we start off with you now calling me mom, I don't like being called MsDeinne."Paige said with a smile on her face as she gave her new son a hug.

"Thank you mom."Brian replied.

"Your welcome son."Paige said.

"You don't have to call us by our last names kid, were a team, a family, we are all a family."Said Cabe with a smile on his face.

We're a family...