Okay! Thanks so much for all the prompts and reviews! Okay first things first… who LOVED the Phoebe and Robbie kiss at the start of the week?! I know I did! Anyways, this has been prompted by Dangarumpo and Brendan Brady comes back (Yay!) and puts all of the 'Gangsters' into their places… especially when he finds out what they put Ste through!
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A dark haired man with an old-fashioned 'fu manchu' moustache and a well-worn leather jacket stepped out a taxi in hollyoaks village… he looked up at his old club, 'chez-chez'
"Keep the change," he told the taxi driver in his deep Dublin accent.
Yep, that's right… Brendan Brady was back!
A young man dressed in track bottoms and a roomy jacket stepped out of price slice.
"Brendan?" he questioned, shock apparent on his face as he ran over and gave him a tight hug.
"Stephen!" Brendan beamed, "Okay! You can let go now…"
He laughed and anyone could tell that he was glad to see his old flame.
"What are you doing back here? How'd you get out of jail so soon? Where are you staying?" Ste babbled excitedly.
"Um, good behaviour…" came Brendan's unconvincing reply, "I was hoping that I could crash at Mitzeee's 'til I find a place of my own."
"There's just one problem with that," Ste sighed, "Mitzeee's living in America now!"
"What?" Brendan groaned furiously, he had what he'd thought was a well thought out plan and it had just been ruined.
"Look, you can stay at my place but you're going to have to cope with an emotionally unstable Sinead, a temperamental George and a flirtatious Blessing… think you can handle it?" he teased.
"Lucky me!" Brendan said sarcastically, "Ack, I can handle anything … I'm fearless!"
A short while later and Brendan was stood outside the club again with Ste.
"Who owns it now?" he asked quietly nodding towards the club.
"Um, I, uh, Fraser Black… I think…" he replied nervously.
I know you Stephen... what's wrong?" he questioned his ex-boyfriend.
Ste sighed loudly and replied, "Okay… I've been doing some jobs for him."
Brendan was so angry that the veins nearly popped out of his neck as he growled, "What sort of jobs?"
"Nothing you haven't made people do!" Ste defended himself.
With that Brendan stormed into the club and up to his old office where he sat on the desk and waited… it felt good to be back to where he belonged.
An unsuspecting Trevor walked into the room and jumped a little as he noticed the stranger sitting in his boss's seat but quickly composed himself.
"Oh, for God's sake!" he shouted, seemingly unsurprised, "What do you want?"
Brendan stood up and faced him, he looked him in the eyes punched him in the stomach and winded him then, taking advantage of the doubled over figure he kicked him and bent down so he was in his face.
"You… leave… Ste Hay… alone," he hissed slowly, "Got it?!" But to Brendan's surprise, Trevor gave a short laugh and shoved Brendan into the wall, "Yeah? And what are you going to do if I don't?"
"You have no idea what I'm capable of…" Brendan replied sinisterly as he walked out of the office and deliberately knocked over a few glass bottles along the way.
As he made his way down the familiar metal steps he smirked when he realised that Trevor had had a flicker of fear in his eyes for a moment and understood that the best way to get his club back would be to eliminate the opponents one by one… he wasn't intending to actually kill anyone (he wasn't ready to go back to jail yet!) but that all depended if they actually listened to him or not… after all, he had killed before, he wasn't afraid of doing it again… he had nothing to lose this time!
Brendan had been keeping an eye on the club for a while, wanting to protect both his club and his Ste, but still he had seen nothing more than people walking in and out like a normal club! Begrudgingly he admitted to himself that these people were good! He didn't even know who worked there let alone who was in on it! He suspected the blonde girl who looked like she had a bit too much Botox had something to do with it though, as she, like anyone owning a dodgy club would, kept a watchful eye over the village.
"Ste!" Fraser called across the crowded coffee shop as he half-led, half-dragged the younger man out of the door and to the alley beside the club.
"Ste, the next time you want to try to worm out why don't you do it yourself rather than send your little boyfriend to do it, hm?" Frasier hissed as Ste's face crinkled in confusion, "It would work out a lot better for you… now, I'm not an unreasonable man, am I Ste? So I'm going to let this one go but the next time I would encourage you to wind his neck in before someone gets hurt, eh?"
Ste nodded numbly while mentally reminding himself to talk to Brendan later.
"Good lad," Fraser clasped him on the shoulder before turning away, "Oh, and Ste… I don't expect this to happen again,"
"He what?!" Brendan shouted, "So, he's threatened you… that's okay… all we have to do is find a little dirt on him… I'm sure it can't be too hard… I mean…"
"Brendan!" Ste groaned loudly, "Stop it… There's not a fly on him! He's married to such a lovely woman who doesn't suspect a thing but then again one of her sons work for him and she hasn't noticed that either so…"
Brendan's head snapped up, "Which son?"
"Well, he's called Freddie… why?" Ste replied.
"Let me guess… this… Freddie… he's a real family man, huh? Does what he does for them?"
"I suppose? But… what has that got to do with you stopping being obsessed with Frasier?" Ste questioned sceptically.
Brendan gave a short laugh and smirked, "Nothing… nothing at all!"
Ste rolled his eyes at his ex-boyfriends idiocy and childishness and went to bed while Brendan mulled over what he could do to let Freddie know that he was the boss… one of his brothers maybe… although he didn't want another Walker scenario!
"Oi, Freddie!" Brendan called from outside price slice and beckoned him over.
"Uh, sorry am I supposed to know you or something?" Freddie questioned.
"Nope! But I know you… you see… you're working for me now." He replied bluntly.
Freddie laughed loudly, "I don't think so mate!"
This time it was Brendan's turn to laugh turning his head just in time to see Freddie looking fondly at Robbie and Phoebe walking hand in hand down the street with a smitten Jason and Holly trailing not far behind. "That your wee brothers?" Brendan asked, "Cute… be a shame if something were to happen to them!"
Freddie visibly paled and with that Brendan turned on his heel while Freddie shouted after him.
"I'll give you some time to think about it!" he yelled as he rounded a corner and disappeared from sight.
"Time to go have a little chat with Trevor now," Brendan muttered to himself. He smirked as he realised how easy this could be if he said the right thing… anyone could see that Trevor bore a grudge against his boss… Brendan just had to find it and exploit it.
"Brendan! What a pleasant surprise!" Trevor exclaimed sarcastically as Brendan barges into 3 Oakdale Drive, the house next door to where he used to live.
Brendan smirked and walked over to the window, "Trevor's Tropical Fish… Wow… you putting the drugs inside the fish or…?"
Trevor scowled at his mocking tone, "I don't know what you're on about mate, but if you're looking for drugs I suggest you go elsewhere!"
Brendan scoffed at this, "Wow, so you're actually going on the straight and narrow!?" he raised his eyebrows questionably, "Well, not for long… you're going to help me get rid of Fraser Black once and for all… or, you might not see that pretty, little girlfriend of yours for quite some time!"
Trevor's eyes widened and he lunged at Brendan, "What have you done with her?"
Brendan laughed loudly, "Oh nothing yet! Just make sure I don't have to." He shoved Trevor into the wall, "And, don't touch me again…"
"Two down, one to go," Brendan sighed as he walked down the street.
He was pulled into an ally and pushed against the wall by a surprisingly strong Fraser but still he showed no fear.
"Stop trying to get rid of me… it won't work! I'm well respected around here," he hissed furiously.
"Yeah? Well, not for long because unlike the snitches, I'm not afraid of you! In fact," Brendan said and standing up straighter he grabbed Fraser by the throat, "You should be afraid of me… because, not only have I got a lot of people that owe me favours but I'm stronger and smarter than you old man."
Eventually he let the older man go and stormed down the alleyway, daring Fraser to try something like that again.
Fraser coughed and wheezed and as he did so he realised that he wasn't as young as he once was, he cared a lot more about people, namely Rose, Sandy, Tegan and even Grace. He knew he had to give up… give up all the power, all the freedom, all the control… he had to give himself in.
"Stephen!" Brendan called excitedly.
"Yeah?" A groggy and slightly confused Ste emerged from his room in time to see Brendan practically bang into a wall in his haste to tell Ste the news.
"I got my club back! I got chez chez back!" he shouted.
"Keep it down!" Blessing screamed from the kitchen.
"Sorry," Ste replied guiltily and then turning to Brendan he beamed, "That's brilliant! How'd you manage that one?!"
"Never mind that now! Point is, I've got my club back and you don't have to work for those idiots anymore!"
Ste couldn't help himself he was so elated that he just forgot himself. He lowered Brendan's head and leant up so that their lips were touching and to his surprise he felt Brendan slowly kiss back… "Yep," he thought, "Brendan Brady is back!"
Next chapter- Maxine turns to Dodger for comfort after a bad row with Patrick.
Chapter 43- Holly has anorexia and Jason doesn't know what to do to help prompted by In-My-Head-749
Chapter 44- Tom and Peri prompted by morganfreeman-secret agent
Chapter 45- Patrick has a heart attack after he walks in on Dodger and Maxine "together" prompted by writerchick4life
Chapter 46- Jilted at the altar prompted by writerchick4life
Chapter 47- One half of an existing couple is in an accident and loses their memory and their partner tries to help prompted by writerchick4life
Chapter 48- Holly and Robbie both get drunk and end up in bed together but it keeps happening and happening. What will holly do knowing Jason is her boyfriend yet she can't keep away from his twin? – Guest and writerchick4life
Hope you enjoyed that chapter! Thanks for all the brilliant reviews and prompts! Keep them coming! :D
Bye then… Fanficgirl1999! Xx
