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Hidden Past

Don pulled the car to a stop and looked across at the boy sitting in the passenger's seat. Ryan head was resting against the window, dead to the world. Don reached over and gently shook his shoulder. Ryan jerk awake and looked at Don, remembering what was going on before moving to undo his seatbelt. Don turned off the engine and hopped out of the car. Ryan shut his door and leaned against the car trying to stay awake, not that he'd been having much luck recently. He jumped when he suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder looking up to see his dad's boss. Don carefully nudged him up the path to the craftsman house in front of them. Ryan and Don both moved at a slow pace, neither one of them having enough energy to move at a normal pace. When they reached the door Don pulled it open only to realise it hadn't been locked. Hoping he wouldn't wake his father or his brother he walked in making sure Ryan was following him. He threw his car keys of the wood table and turned to shut the door when he was sure Ryan had entered. The kid was quiet that was for sure. He spun around quickly when he heard footsteps on the wood stairs, his quick change in posture alerted Ryan who stood up a little straighter and became slightly more alert.

"Hey Don," Charlie called softly when his foot touched the bottom step.

"Your door's unlocked." Don said relaxing, but was slightly annoyed that his brother hadn't taken precautions to protect himself.

"I knew you were coming, I thought I might have fallen asleep before you arrived." Charlie explained moving to see Ryan and Don a bit better. Both of them looked shattered, Ryan was now leaning against the door frame, head back and eyes starting to shut. Don had the tell-tale signs of exhaustion across his face, shirt wrinkled and tie slack.

"Common Ryan," Charlie called a little louder than normal to catch his attention. "I'll show you where you are sleeping." He motioned to the stairs once he was sure Ryan had heard him.

"Thanks Don," Ryan muttered as he passed, barely having enough energy to raise his voice. He moved to the stairs and trudge up after Charlie leaving Don to collapse onto the couch.

So this is the spare room, clean sheets and the bed's comfy. Toilets in the room right across the hall. Okay?" Charlie asked watching the younger boy practically sway from exhaustion; he must have been up a lot over the last 48 hours, "There some old Pjs on the bed there if you want them, I'm just two doors on the right if you need anything okay?" Charlie asked again.

Ryan nodded, "Thanks for everything Charlie." Ryan said making extra effort to be heard. Charlie smiled and left the room shutting the door behind him. Ryan dropped onto the bed kicking his shoes off. Deciding it was too much effort to change into Pjs or to get under the covers he lay back and fell asleep almost instantly.

Jack walked into Colby's room and watched as David and Colby both slept, David leaning his head on the mattress next to Colby's hand. He was glad Colby had found someone he that would watch his back. Colby had an unnatural talent for getting into trouble.

"I take it they finally sorted things out." Jack jumped at the female voice, spinning round to see Megan standing next to him. He let out a breath, alerting Megan to the fact she had made him jump. "sorry." She added as an afterthought.

"Nah it's cool. And I think so. Where have you been?" Jack asked leaning against the wall, keeping his tone quiet and calm so not to wake the two sleeping men.

"Thinking. And getting Coffee." Megan answered, looking straight ahead at Colby and David.

"What about? If you don't mind me asking." Jack said looking at the two men as well.

"Everything," Megan admitted, "But mainly Colby I guess. I mean we've been friends for almost two years; I'm a criminal profiler, why didn't I notice anything? Why didn't he tell us?" Megan said an upset tone clear in her voice.

"He wanted to, he really did. But he was scared. Plus he's a good liar when it comes to protecting Ryan. He once managed to convince a staff Sargent that he had a broken foot to spend time with Ryan on his birthday, yet he can't lie when the same Staff Sargent asks who decided to store the six pack in the back of the truck." Jack said with a fond tone. Megan smiled as she looked at the two men.

"I knew something was off, but, I guess I just didn't know what." Megan said, finally looking away from her two team mates. They both stood in silence after that, neither one of them making any attempt at small talk both deep in thought. Almost half an hour after their chat Colby started to stir.

"No, No Please!" Colby called, head tossing from side to side. David was sitting upright in seconds and Jack had leaped across the room to aid his friend.

"Colby!" Jack called, trying to wake him. "Colby wake up!"

Colby's eyes snapped open and his breathing became very heavy but slowly started to level out.

"Ryan?" He asked eyes darting around the room trying to spot his son.

"Don took him to Charlie's. I thought it would be best if he got a proper night's sleep." Jack said softly, calming Colby's panic. "What happened?" Jack then asked referring to the Nightmare.

"Bomb." Colby muttered, eyes sliding closed trying to block the images and sounds from his mind. Jack nodded, but David looked slightly confused. If anything he thought Colby would have been dreaming about Lancer, not something that happened almost 10 years ago. Only Ryan knew that Colby often dreamt about the car bomb in Afghanistan, not even Jack knew about the almost nightly haunts.

Megan walked forwards dropping into the seat on the other side of Colby.

"So Idaho," Megan started, then paused not really sure what to talk about. "You've got a great kid."

"Why does everyone say it like it a surprise," Colby said. "I can't have screwed a kid up that bad." He joked, Megan smiled please that Colby was still slightly like his old self. Colby yawned, moving his head slightly to the side.

"Get some sleep man." David said. Colby looked at him with big eyes.

"All I've done is sleep since I got here!" Colby complained, sounding slightly like a child who had been told it was past his bedtime. Jack laughed at his best friend; Ryan had often tried the same thing with him when he was younger.

"Your body needs sleep right now," Megan said, "Just go to sleep."

Colby nodded and closed his eyes before asking, "Are you just going to watch me?"

David coughed and moved for the door muttering something about coffee to which Megan quickly agreed to. Jack threw himself into a spare seat and closed his eyes. He'd check on Ryan in the morning, he was too tired to move.

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