Chapter 7 – Centre of attention

Michael watched Simon play with his prey, he could see the beam bounce from his face, so much pleasure written all over him. So thrilled to have Management within his grasps. Management looked around the room, his eyes darting from Simon. He looked over to Michael, a sore look sat upon his face, lost.. He then turned to Fi, who held onto Michael tightly, she knew this wasn't going to end peacefully… dropping his head for a moment, grasping what was happening he then looked up, looking into the master bedroom. He couldn't quite see since Larry blocked his view. Concerned look on Madeline's face, she had no idea who any of these people where. She tried to see who the captured man was, but Larry and Simon blocked her view, intensely but she was afraid for her son.. Sam sat with her, his mind trying to wrap around the whole situation and how much trouble Michael was about to be thrown into.

"Well…. Simon, what is it you want?"

Grunting, Management looked him in the eyes. Receiving a punch to the guts, he bowled forwards. Simon laughed and bounced back up. Jumping over to Michael, grabbing the back of his neck, pulling him in close. Management kept his eyes sat upon Michael, intensely watching him. For some reason, a sore look upon his face..

"Don't look so stunned Michael… this is the man who ruined your life"

Michael just stared at him for a moment before shaking his head, gritting his teeth. He tried to contain himself. Fi held onto him, carefully observing him. Wondering what was wrong; she had never seen Management before. All she really wanted to do was place a bullet in-between his eyes, but she knew that wasn't possible unless Michael got more answers. There were still things that needed answers. Michael croaked; trying to contain himself, his hands shook violently… His eyes glued on Management… Fi could feel Michael so unease and filled with adrenaline. Grasping his hand, she softly pulled him back from Simon, who let go of his neck. Fi pulled his face in, her hands holding his face softly… She looked deeply within his eyes, he was in complete shock. She could see the small tears eloping his eyes, it frightened her. She whispered at him..

"Michael…"

She tried to get him to speak, say anything… Something. Michael was too distraught and confused. Swallowing hard, placing a hand over hers, he removed her hand from his face and pulled away quickly.. Taking a deep breath in, Michael turned to Management…

"Toughen up, princess"

Management yelled at Michael, who stood his ground. Swallowing the largest lump within his throat, Michael clenched his fists causing his knuckles to fade to white. Madeline was still uncertain on what was happening; she tried to see what was happening, wanting to find what was causing Michael so much pain.. but Simon kept stealing the view, staying in view, keeping her and Sam from seeing exactly what was happening…She heard the erupt comment from the Management, her ears rang, her heart started to pound heavily… She started for the room. Her protective motherly instincts kicked in swiftly.

Simon curved his lips, watching Michael's reactions. He knew the man was filled with too many emotions, spinning around and causing him to become drowsy. Simon pulled Management up and pushed him towards Michael, roughly.

"Still a weak piece of shit"

Michael swallowed again, standing tall. His eyes now locked with Managements.. The words cut through him, jabbing and slicing at him. Michael dropped the weaponry in hand, ready for any signs of abuse.

"I told you this guy ruined your life, Michael"

Simon chuckled and grinned, Larry watched the scene he knew this would hit Michael hard.. but this hard? That he'd lose track of what was happening and curl up into a ball? Larry was in complete shock. He began to wonder just what was happening, looking over his shoulder to see Madeline and Sam started to come at him. Larry whipped his gun out and turned to halt them. Sam and Fi watched the sheer fright sat upon Michael's sore face. Fi still held onto his shirt, she exclusively watched Management before Michael, waiting and wanting to attack the man who ruined Michael's life…

Madeline poked pass Larry's grip, seeing Management and Michael, standing close and eyeing one another off, deceitfully. Screeching; Madeline tried to get her hands on Management…

"you….. you…."

She couldn't get the words to escape her mouth, slurred and mixed up, she could feel the large lump of anger lodge in her throat, the tears threatening her. She clawed her way at Larry, who just stood there and held her within his grip. Sam tried to comfort Madeline, even though he wasn't quite sure what was happening. Management turned to the screeching Madeline; he looked at her closely for the moment before turning back to Michael, smirking.

Madeline finally screamed the words she desperately tried to let out, warning Fi and Madeline of what was to come, though she didn't quite understand what was happening, but she sure as hell knew….

"Frank!"

The words escaped her lips, falling into Larry's arms. She screamed and screeched to get a hold of Michael, to take him away, save him from the torture, keep him safe… Her eyes fixed on who was supposedly Management, but was in fact Frank Westen. She too; couldn't contain her emotions… Like Michael, lost for words and thoughts. Their worlds were just turned upside down…

Author's Note:

I know it's short, I apologize guys! Next chapter will be much larger. Thank you to my beautiful Hubby for this, we spent hours last night In darkness talking about Burn Notice and we had this idea for the longest time, but we went into depths about it and it all made sense, so I'm sharing out thoughts and such on how things could turn out with Burn Notice. To an extent obviously since Larry and Simon are in this setting lol – the end of our lengthy conversation ended with me "I'm so putting this in my fic, thanks babe" He just laughed. It'll make sense.. Thank you all for the reviews guys, you keep me going! Your words help so much, it's indescribable. Tell me what you think, how much you want this fic to keep going. At one point, I wasn't going to continue with this.. so please, keep those reviews coming.