Warning: contains, some violence and some adult themes, not suitable for young readers.

Chapter number 10. He's yours Jack

"Hey Martha, what's going on, you sounded really upset on the phone" Serena said as she entered Dylan's hospital room.

"Yeah, it's about what the nurse came to tell me" Martha started.

"Is Dylan going to be ok?"

"We don't know yet, they still have to do some more tests... they came to tell me something else".

"What was it?" Serena asked sitting down next to Martha, ready to listen.

"Dylan's DNA doesn't match up with Sean's" she blurted out.

"Well then who's does it match up too?"

"There hasn't been any tests yet... but I know who's the father".

"Who?"

Martha took in a deep breath, she probably should have been telling this to Jack first, but it wasn't like he was going to listen to it from her mouth, she needed Serena's help, "I need to tell you something else first"...

"Hello anyone home?" Jack called out as he entered the door of the Holden's Mansion, "hello?"

"Hey Jack" Beth greeted him.

"Oh hey Beth, you haven't seen Serena by any chance have you?"

"No, sorry love" Beth answered, just before Jack's phone rang.

Jack looked at the called ID, it was Serena, "Hey babe, where are you?"

"Look Jack I need you to come down to the hospital in Sydney".

"What's going on, are you ok?" Jack asked, sounding worried.

"Yes I'm absolutely fine".

"Then how come your in the hospital?"

"I'm visiting someone, look Jack I probably shouldn't tell you this over the phone, so just come, I really need to talk to you".

"Yeah ok, I'll be right there, love you"

"Love you too" she said before hanging up the phone. "He's coming now" she told Martha.

"Thanks, you can be angry, I'd understand if you were".

"Look I'm not angry at you, none of this is your fault, Sean's the reason for all this. The only thing I'm still trying to get my head round is that I'm a step mum all of a sudden".

"And you'll make a great step mum, I'm sure Dylan's going to love you".

"Thanks" Serena said smiling.

"I bet you Jack's not going to take it so well though".

"Look it'll probably take some getting used to, but I'm sure he'll be fine about it, he's fairly laid back compared to most guys".

"Yeah, he is" she said softly, "he is".

Over the next hour while Jack was driving, all he could think about was what on earth Serena had been talking about on the phone, but finally he arrived at the hospital, he parked his car quickly and rushed inside, going past the checkout desk where Serena was waiting for him.

"What the hell is going on?" he asked.

"Oh well nice to see you too honey" Serena answered sarcastically.

"Oh, I'm sorry" Jack apologized, giving Serena a hug and kissing her on the fore head. "So what did you want to tell me that was so important that you couldn't tell me over the phone?"

"Come through here"

"Serena, could you just tell me what's going on?"

"Jack, not here, now come on" she told him grabbing his hand and pulling him along through the people in the corridor until they came to room twenty five. "I'll leave you two alone" she said after pushing Jack through the door and closed it behind him.

Jack looked around the room, there were blue plastic chairs along the wall and the sound of a heart monitor could be hear, he continued to look slowly around, until his gaze came upon Martha. "Ok now this is really getting weird. What is going on?"

"Jack I can explain-"

"Yeah you can always explain everything really well, like when you see me stuff up, or should I say you think I'm stuffing up-".

"Jack just hear me out" she screamed over top of him, she didn't want another one of his lectures about how him and Serena were good together and if she didn't like it then that was her problem, but this didn't have anything to do with Serena, he stopped talking and just looked at her. "Well considering your probably not going to let me talk for more than a few seconds I'll give you the short story, Jack this is Dylan, your son".

Jack's jaw dropped, "Is this some kind of practicle joke? Cause if it is, it's really not funny".

"No, it's no joke" she told him, he could tell that she wasn't lying, now he was just angry that she hadn't told him. "Look Jack, just let me explain, I didn't tell you cause i didn't know he was yours until today".

Jack listened as Martha told him how the last few years had been, he was shocked, "Sean sounds like a nasty piece of work".

"Yeah, he is, I'm just glad it's all over and he has no reason to get his hands on Dylan".

"You've done a lot for that boy haven't you?"

"Yeah, I don't know what I'd do if anything ever happened to him".

Jack studied the little boy in his bed, he hadn't stopped to look at him much since he came in, but now that he did, he couldn't help noticing how much he looked like his mother, he had the same colour hair, the same nose. "He looks so much like you" he commented.

"Now that I think about it, he actually looks a lot like you too, I can't believe I didn't pick up on it, he's got your eyes" she told him, "oh and he's got that half smile you seem to do so well too".

They both chuckled slightly, "really?"

"Yeah, really".

"So, um, well I'm still trying to get my head around all this".

"That's fine, I can understand, it's probably come to a big shock".

"Yeah, it has. But how ever it turns out, I still want to be a part of his life".

Martha just smiled, "you don't know how much that means. He really needs a father to look up too, I'd hate for him to turn out like Sean".

"And he won't, I'll make sure he knows the right side of the law. So, I guess this means were friends again?"

Martha paused with a straight face for a moment, then it turned to a smile again, "Yeah, friends" she nodded.

"Look I'm going to head off, get my head around this a bit more, how about I call you tomorrow and I'll arrange to come down and see him soon?"

"Sure, feel free to visit any time, and Serena too, I'm sure Dylan's going to love his new step mum".

"Yeah, I'm sure he will" he agreed, with a slight confused look on his face, "and since when did you speak nicely of Serena".

"What do you mean?"

"Actually, since when did either of you do anything nice for each other?"

"Maybe since we were forced to work together to escape from that psycho".

"Well I'm glad you too are getting along, I'm glad were getting along too".

"Yeah same".

"So how did it go?" Serena asked when she saw Jack coming out of the room.

"Very well, I still can't believe I've got a son. Anyway I'm going to head back off, see you at home".

"Ok, I'm just going back in to talk to Martha, bye".

"Bye, love you".

"Love you too".

Jack got in his car and slammed the door shut, he had a son, a son he never knew about, not until now anyway, in some ways he was glad, it was going to be a big change, but in the end he hoped it would be a good one, that's if little Dylan got better, he looked a little worse for wear asleep in the hospital bed.

He began to drive slowly down the road, stopping a few minutes later down at the beach, it was starting to get dark and the beach was fairly deserted with one or two couples sitting on the beach like love birds. He took in a deep breath, taking in the cold air that surrounded him, he heard footsteps from behind, looking around he was disgusted with who he saw, it was Sean, he'd probably just been released from questioning.

Sean made his way towards his apartment, Jack tried to control his anger, but he couldn't, 'if it wasn't for him' he thought, 'then I would of known my son before he was about to die'. Giving into his anger that was burning up inside he stormed over towards Sean.

"What's your problem?" Sean asked smartly as he saw Jack coming in his direction.

"Cut the act Loyd, I know what you did" Jack snapped.

"Is there a point to this lecture, I'm bored already".

"Have you got a problem with me Sean, first you rape my ex so then when she finds out she's pregnant I don't know that I have a son, and then you try to shack up with my wife".

"huh?"

"Oh come on you know what I'm talking about".

"No i don't actually".

"I'm talking about Martha, Dylan and Serena".

"Dylan's not your son".

"Yes he is actually, I was just down at the hospital, your DNA didn't match up with his".

"He is my son" Sean told him firmly, grabbing him by the collar of his police uniform.

"Why does it matter to you, you never cared about him" Jack answered back, pushing Sean away and against the wall.

Sean through a punch at Jack and got him hard on the cheek, forcing him halfway to the ground, "don't you dare tell me who I do and don't care about!".

The fight began to get out of control, there angers both getting to a crunch point, but Jack snapped before Sean did, he pulled his gun from his belt of his uniform and without thinking he fired directly at Sean, the bullet flying swiftly though the air, and firing into Sean's chest like it was a dart board, sending him to the ground like a rag doll that had just been dropped by a child. His lifeless body that was lying on the concrete path now had blood rushing to the surface. Jack realized what he'd just done, he was a murderer...