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If I owned the Hardy Boys I would be in Hawaii counting my millions, not writing fanfiction.

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Laura listened to the steady beep of the heartrate machine next to her. It was a way to get her mind off of what was happening in the real world. It had been over two hours and there had still been nothing from Fenton. She wanted, needed, her baby to be okay. She had been overjoyed when Frank had shown up, but both of her boys made her complete, and without Joe, she would always have a piece of her missing. Laura's last thought was, please bring my baby home, Fenton, before she drifted off to sleep in her uncomfortable hospital bed.

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Fenton wasn't sure what was wrong with Joe, but before anything, he needed to get his son out of his chains. Those monsters, Fenton thought to himself as he started working on the chain on Joe's right arm, calling for Collig to help him, What did they do to my baby? Collig came running down the stairs, and when he reached Joe and Fenton, asked,

"Oh my god, what did they do?" Fenton replied with a sad voice,

"I don't know. He isn't responding to me though, and he is obviously hurt." Fenton let out a cry of frustration.

"Dang it! I can't get the chains off!" Collig put a hand on Fenton's shoulder said,

"Its okay, the paramedics will get them off. Calm down, okay?"

"Okay." Fenton stopped trying to get the chains off and once again tried to get his sons attention.

"Joe? Joe, listen to me. We found you. You're safe!" Joe was staring at Fenton now, but had no recognition in his eyes, and Fenton wasn't sure if he could hear him.

"Joe, answer me, are you okay?" Nothing. Fenton heard his son whisper the horrible sentence again to himself.

"They don't love me. I'm a mistake." Fenton gently put his hands under his sons chin and tilted his head so he was looking into his eyes. Fenton said in a strong yet soft voice,

"You are no mistake. I don't know who you mean when you say 'they' but if you are talking about the kidnappers, you are right. If you are talking about… me…. or your mom, or Frank, that's…. its not true. We love you." Joe didn't say anything, but he squealed in terror and pulled away from Fenton, and started crying. Fenton felt something wet on his own cheek and he realized that he also was crying. He looked at his son who was usually full of bubbly happiness and was not afraid of anything, and thought that even inanimate objects loved him. Whatever had happened in the couple days that Joe had been here, it had been bad. Fenton sat kneeled on the floor, even after the paramedics had come, given Joe a sedative, because Joe had started screaming when they approached him, and took him away to the hospital to get his wounds checked out. It wasn't until Collig came downstairs and let the still in shock Fenton upstairs and into the police car with Frank that he came to his senses. On the way to the hospital, Fenton had taken Frank into his arms, hugged him, and cried.

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Laura awaked to the sound of her door opening. It was Fenton and Frank. Laura sat up wincing in pain from her not yet healed injuries.

"Joe?" she asked frantically. Fenton gave her a small smile and said,

"He's alive. He's in surgery now. Apparently he had a couple broken ribs so they are fixing those. But Laura, he didn't respond to me and was scared of me just touching him." Fenton pretty much collapsed in the chair by Laura's bed. Laura squeezed Fenton's hand. This was hard for both of them. Frank came up, and asked in a small voice,

"Will Joe be ok?"

"Yes," a voice from the doorway answered. All three of them looked to see the doctor standing there. "He will be fine, physically. The worst damage done was probably his two broken ribs, which have been rapped. He will need to limit motion with that, though, so they can heal properly. He also received many bruises across his body, which will heal in time. His face received a nasty cut, we think it was from a knife, it will heal, but it most definitely will leave a scar." Fenton nodded but then asked,

"You said he would be fine physically, what does that mean?"

"It means his body will heal, but emotionally and mentally, I don't know what they did to him." The doctor's phone beeped, and he excused himself.

Fenton felt like his heart had been torn to pieces. If those monsters messed with his little boy's head, he would really be in trouble. Frank crawled up onto Fenton's lap and promptly fell asleep. Fenton looked at his son and wished he could do the same.

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Joe awoke to voices around him. Where am I? He asked himself. He opened his eyes up a crack to see a face staring down at him. He recognized the face, but he couldn't put a name to it. The person above him spoke.

"Joe? Joe, are you awake?" Joe realized who this man was. This was his Dad! Daddy found me! Joe thought excitedly. Then he remembered what Nicki had said.

"They don't love you, they left you here. You are a mistake." Joe thought about what she had said. They love me right? Joe asked himself. A voice in his brain answered, of course they don't love you, why would they? You're a mistake! Joe could hear voices above his telling him to stay awake, but he just couldn't fight the sleepiness. He drifted back into blackness.

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Fenton watched his son face as he woke up. The first emotion was panic, then joy, then sadness and despair. He saw Joe's eyes start to close and said to Joe,

"No, baby don't fall asleep!" But it was too late, Joe had already drifted off.

The next time Joe awakened, Fenton was sitting in a chair next to his hospital bed. He saw Joe's eyes flutter open. Fenton stood up, went to the bed and asked,

"Hey, baby boy, how ya doing?" Joe looked to him, then looked away, saying nothing. Fenton asked him again,

"Joe, how are you?" This time Joe looked at his Father and said,

"I'm sorry daddy," Fenton's eyes widened in surprise at what his child had said. He quickly asked,

"Why are you sorry, Joe?"

"Cuz I'm a mistake." Fenton's eyes went wide with horror! Those evil people had convinced Joe that he was a mistake! Joe continued saying,

"I'm sorry that I'm a mistake. I get why you wouldn't want to love me." Fenton bent down close to Joe and said,

"Whatever they told you, they were lying. I love you Joe, you are the most wonderful little boy. You are no mistake." Joe's eyes glimmered with hope.

"Really?"

"Yes, really,"

"But Frankie left me cuz he didn't want me and you let the man kidnap me."

"WHAT?! No Frank would never leave you! He went to the police station to try to find you! And Joe, I did NOT let you be kidnapped. I would never want that to happen to my perfect little boy that I love."

"Really?"

"Yes." Joe looked his father in the eyes. All he saw was love. Fenton looked his son in the eyes and saw that he had believed him this time.

"I love you daddy," Joe said to Fenton.

"I love you too, Joe." And with those comforting words Joe fell asleep once again.

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Frank came in the room a couple minutes after Fenton had left. Frank was about to leave because he saw his brother was asleep, but heard a voice saying,

"Frank?" Frank rushed to the side of his brothers bed and said,

"Joe!" Joe looked at him and asked,

"So you didn't leave me behind in the woods?"

"Of course not! You're my brother! I would never leave you!"

"So, you still love me?"

"Yup. Always." Joe smiled and asked,

"Shake on it?" Frank laughed and held out his hand. Joe shook it.

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Laura was allowed to be wheeled in a wheelchair to go see Joe. When she saw him she immidialtley rolled over to him and said,

"Oh, poor Baby, what did they do to you?" Joe didn't answer that question, instead he asked a question of his own.

"Do you love me?"

Laura nodded and said,

"Of course baby, you're amazing and I will always love you." Joe smiled and reached out his hand. Laura took it and gently squeezed it. As Joe fell asleep, she whispered one last thing to him.

"Love you, baby boy."

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THE END!

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~LittleMonkeyHands