Lock Down
Caleb, Tyler, Reid, Pogue and Sarah all finally find out about Maddie's encounters with Chase.
"Hey!" Maddie said, bouncing over to the others at their usual table and throwing her arms over Tyler's shoulders to hug him from behind. Pogue and Reid, who knew the other knew about the two, looked at each other with raised eyebrows. "That movie was too much, I'm never letting other people pick movies blindly."
"Oh, you ok though?" Caleb asked.
"Yeah, perfectly fine." Maddie said, a bit fast. "Hey come on, baby boy, let's dance." She didn't even let anyone say anything before dragging Tyler out of his chair and pulling him to the dance floor.
"Has she been hyper this whole time?" Sarah asked as Kate sat in Tyler's vacated seat between Pogue and Reid.
"No…she was pretty quiet actually." Kate said.
"Who was with you guys?" Caleb asked.
"Just an old friend." Kate said.
"Who?" Pogue asked.
"Don't start again." Kate said.
"Kate, I just want to know who it was." Caleb said. He looked over at Maddie and Tyler, dancing. He looked away after a second, really not willing to witness such a thing.
"You're doing the overprotective brother thing again." Kate said. "It's an old friend that Maddie's just met a few times and I saw them walking along."
"Can you just tell us so that Caleb can relax?" Sarah asked.
"Ok fine…it was Chase." Kate said. That did the complete opposite of what the girls were hoping for. The three guys all stood up instantly and their eyes shot around the bar as if trying to find him.
"Are…are you sure?" Sarah asked.
"Yeah." Kate said. "Where's he going?" Caleb had started shoving his way through the crowd to where Maddie and Tyler were. Pogue and Reid followed after as he grabbed his sister and, ignoring her questions, dragged her outside. Tyler quickly followed and one look at the other two guys told him that this wasn't about him.
"Ow, Caleb, what the hell?" Maddie asked, once he let go of her. Maddie looked at Tyler who shrugged.
"How about you tell me who you went to the movies with apart from Kate?" Caleb asked.
"It was a friend who was a guy." Maddie said. "Don't get your panties in a twist."
"How about giving me a name, Madison." Caleb said.
"Why should I when you're acting like this?" Maddie asked.
"Because Kate told us who it was." Caleb said.
"Then why the hell are you interrogating me AGAIN?" Maddie asked.
"Because it's Chase!!" Caleb said, throwing his hands up as if to state the obvious.
"I know what his name is, dumb ass." Maddie said, crossing her arms.
"That's not the point!" Caleb said. "God, he could be using you!"
"What?" Maddie asked.
"He's tried killing us all before and if he knows what you're capable of he'll…" Caleb said. Maddie looked confused beyond measure now.
"Caleb." Tyler said, stopping the other guy. "She doesn't know Chase the way we do."
"Shit!" Caleb said, spinning around and kicking a garbage can.
"Ok what am I missing here?" Maddie asked. "Are we talking about the same Chase because this guy doesn't even seem capable of winning in a fight with Aaron, let alone kill you guys."
"Well he has beaten Aaron before." Reid said. "And if your father hadn't willed Caleb his power then Caleb might not even be here now."
"What the hell did I miss when I was gone?" Maddie asked, staring at her brother's back since he hadn't turned to face them again.
"Chase is the fifth son." Tyler said.
"Wait what? How?" Maddie asked, looking panicked.
"John Putnam impregnated Goody Pope way back." Pogue said. "The fifth line never died, just hid."
"Are you ok?" Tyler asked, stepping up closer to Maddie.
"No! I…I couldn't tell." Maddie said. "I mean…once I turned thirteen I could completely feel your guys' powers so I knew where you all were most of the time. But I…"
"None of us could." Caleb said. He turned back around. "He's played all of us."
"Well it's not my fault then." Maddie said. "It's yours, Cal."
"What?" Caleb asked.
"You didn't tell me!" Maddie said. "You didn't tell me why dad was dead and why you had his power, but it was pretty obvious. You guys all kept me from Kate thinking she'd tell me about Chase. It's your faults that I didn't know who he was."
"That day we were at colony house." Tyler said. "You were with him when I called, weren't you."
"Yeah, at the barn, or at least the ruins of it." Maddie said. "There was something there that…I think he wanted to keep me away from."
"Ok we gotta get you out of here and figure out a way to find out if he knows what you're capable of." Caleb said. Maddie suddenly gasped and winced, her hand reaching behind her to slap over the tattoo.
They managed to get her home safely, even though she seemed to be in pain and wouldn't allow any of them to see her tattoo. Evelyn, who had been in the midst of taking care of the doll, didn't take kindly to the four boys bursting into the house half dragging an obviously in pain Maddie into the living room.
"What happened?" She asked.
"We don't know." Caleb said. "Maddie we have to see." His sister shook her head. Pogue elbowed Tyler.
"Do something." He said.
"Like what?" Tyler asked.
"Oh gee, I don't know." Pogue said, sarcastically.
"Alright fine." Tyler said. He stepped over and knelt in front of Maddie who was sitting on the couch. "Maddie you gotta let us see. Something's obviously wrong and we can't help you if we don't know what the problem is." Maddie shook her head again. "You have to remove your hand."
"Caleb, Evelyn." Pogue said. The mother and son looked at him and he gestured towards the door. They shook their heads but Pogue just gestured more frantically and they finally gave in, following him and Reid outside of the room. Tyler sighed in relief.
"Just for me then, ok?" He asked. He took Maddie's other hand. "Come on baby, just let me help you." His free hand hovered over top of Maddie's hand that was on her back. He dropped it onto her hand and slowly slid it off her back. Maddie turned a bit and Tyler moved over to look.
The blank ink had turned an eerie green colour and now seemed to be glowing.
"Shit…guys!" Tyler said. The other three came back in after Caleb managed to convince Evelyn not to.
"He's got a control over her." Reid said.
"Shit." Caleb said. "Maddie, what was it at Putnam barn that you saw?"
"I don't know…" Maddie said. "It looked…it was like a handle…or something." She sighed as her tattoo stopped glowing.
"When did he do this to you?" Caleb asked.
"I dunno." Maddie said. "I think it was tonight because that was really the other time he touched me."
"Ok guys, we gotta go to the barn and see if we can find this handle and what it leads to." Caleb said. Maddie stood up. "I said guys, Maddie, you're staying here."
"What? Why?" Maddie asked. "I know what it looks like."
"I'm sure we'll be able to find it." Caleb said. "He's got control over you now. Which means he has control over both aspects of your power."
"I can fight whatever he has on me, Caleb." Maddie said.
"Maybe after you ascend but not now." Caleb said. Maddie glared at him. "Madison please just…stay here."
"I'm not staying here by myself." Maddie said.
"I'll stay." Tyler said. Reid and Pogue both smirked. Unfortunately, Caleb caught both looks.
"What are you guys smirking about?" He asked.
"Nothing." Reid said.
"We just…more fun for us." Pogue said. This time it was Caleb's eyes that narrowed as he looked from two of his friends then over to his other friend sitting next to his sister now. It was almost as if they could see the wheels turning in his head.
"I wanna know what's going on…after we come back." Caleb said. The three older ones left. Maddie sighed and sat back.
"I know it sounds bad but are you hoping that something will happen that'll make him forget?" She asked.
"A bit." Tyler said. "I'm actually amazed we've kept this from him for as long as we have and…" Maddie raised her hand to stop him. Tyler looked at her then at the doorway where she was looking.
"Mother…" Maddie said. "You always said spying was wrong, now you're doing it."
"I'm just confirming my suspicions." Evelyn said, stepping into sight. "The two of you." She smiled. "Mrs. Sims will be happy."
"What for?" Maddie asked.
"You really should go to the colony house without Caleb." Evelyn said, coming over and sitting on Maddie's other side. "I think he stops you from reading too much."
"Yep." Maddie and Tyler said.
"Well I've read the part about the girls." Evelyn said. "Why don't you think there are six lines instead of just five?"
"Why would there be six?" Maddie asked.
"Maddie she's talking about the girls getting married and having kids with powers." Tyler said.
"Oh." Maddie said. "Sorry…pain numbed mind here. So why aren't there six then?"
"I don't remember too much of it." Evelyn said. "The three of us should go to Colony house…soon." She added the last word as the teens stood up. "The barn is on the way, the boys will see us. You know how Caleb is."
"Oh yeah." Maddie said. "How about tomorrow after school?"
"Alright, I'll pick the two of you up." Evelyn said. She ran her hand through Maddie's hair. "You're going to be very powerful, very soon my dear." With that she stood up and left them alone.
"Wait, what? What did she say about me being powerful?" Maddie asked, looking at Tyler. He just shrugged.
So there you go. The guys know about Chase and now Maddie is going to be under constant 24/7 watch…oh the joys of that since it's not going to last long.
