The sweet shop lady chapter 10

So sorry for the delay guys. Kind of got caught up in real life for a bit hahaha that and I got a little of the old writers block, but I'm back on track now hopefully. Hope this chapter was worth the wait and I think everything is calming down now so updates should be quicker. Thanks for sticking with me.

Cal spun around knocking the hand from his shoulder and placing himself in between Ethan and the danger, Ethan thankfully got himself together enough to continue opening the door but he whimpered when Cal let out a grunt as Sweetie pulled him with a strength that shocked Cal and he lost his balance Ethan froze as her gaze landed on him as she spoke

"Bad boy Ethan, you know I don't like it when you try to run away from Mummy, now you will have to be punished"

That one sentence was enough to make Ethan pale but it also turned a switch and Cal saw his brother steady himself ready for a fight he couldn't help the small smile that touched his lips as he heard Ethan say

"You are not my mother, you are a sick old lady who needs help, and I am not a scared 12 year old boy any more, let me and my brother go"

Sweetie took a step back but then laughed "oh Ethan you nearly had me then, you can't fight me, your frightened of your own shadow, I remember you, crying for your brother all hours of the day, stuttering his name like it would magically make him appear, you're pathetic and you're mi….."

The rest of her sentence was cut off as Cal had stood up and managed to hit her to the floor grabbing Ethan and going through the now open door, not worrying about her or anyone else he spoke quietly to Ethan

Turn left at the clearing and head for the road the police cars are there, and no matter what happens keep going, if I fall behind you keep going you got that"

Ethan grunted a reply and turned to look at Cal as he did he tripped over a tree stump and he fell to the floor he heard a crack and for a moment the pain rendered him speechless

Cal was by his side in an instant cursing the tree stump, one look at Ethan's ankle and Cal could see it was broken but more worriedly he could hear heavy footsteps gaining on them not far away

He turned Ethan's face around and looked at him "I know it's going to hurt Ethan but I need you to get up we need to get out of here now"

Ethan grimaced and couldn't help the small sob that escaped as he hobbled onto his feet leaning heavily on Cal they both froze as they heard the click of gun getting ready to fire and Cal risked a glance at Ethan and turned around expecting at any minute to have a bullet heading towards him, when that didn't happen he squinted into the glaring light of a search light and almost laughed in relief when he saw the outline of a man in uniform he quickly turned his attention back to Ethan when the man spoke

"Cal? Ethan? We've been out here for hours looking for you guys, where are my men"

Ethan who had started to laugh laughed louder before declaring "dead, all of them hahahahahah"

Cal looked at Ethan and cursed "Can we have question time after I got him somewhere safe I think it's a safe bet he's shock, and this ankle needs to be set"

the officer moved fast helping Cal take some his brothers weight and led them to the base of the operation, where Cal could thankfully see an ambulance stationed he smiled in relief when he saw Dixie come into view

He spoke quietly to Ethan who he could feel was shaking "it's ok Eth, we're safe now, and I got you"

Cal then looked up at Dixie who was there with a trolley and spoke "he's got a nasty broken ankle, and I think he's gone into shock, we need to get him to hospital and fast ok"

Dixie nodded, while Cal began setting Ethan on the trolley, Ethan began to fight him and Cal stopped knowing that fighting against Ethan would get them nowhere instead he held his hands up and spoke softly "Ethan it's me. Nothing and no one here is going to hurt you, we need to get you to hospital, do you understand?"

Ethan looked at Cal and nodded but grabbed hold of Cal's hand in a silent request Cal nodded and smiled "I'm coming to but first I need to speak to the police will you be ok with Dixie" Ethan frowned looking at Dixie for the first time and nodded

Cal walked over to the officer that led them out of the woods and spoke quickly "I'll answer all the questions later but you have to know that sweetie, her two sons re still there, and Laura, the girl that was kidnapped with Ethan, he's still alive, you have to get her out"

The officer nodded heading over to the chief and relaying the information, forming a search party even as the ambulance carrying Ethan and Cal pulled off slowly.

It took the ambulance 20 minutes to get to the hospital it took Cal another 20 minutes to calm Ethan down enough so that they could move him into Resus which thankfully their colleagues had emptied, Connie stood by the door and Cal nodded at her and Lofty who were there to treat his brother who was still in a state of shock and a lot of pain

Connie advanced speaking softly "Ethan, I'm just going to check you over" Cal had sat in a chair and was getting the once over by Lofty when Ethan began to shout causing Cal to jump up and go to him

"No, no,no,no,no,no, please ddddont cccome nnnear me, please iiii wwwwant Cccccal, please dddont hurt me I'l be gggood I ppppromise"

Connie immediately stepped back let Cal into Ethan's line of sight, Ethan calmed instantly and Cal spoke to him "Ethan, this is Connie, we are at the hospital, your safe Connie here needs to treat you and get that foot in plaster but I'm going to be right beside you ok"

Ethan calmed with every word Cal said and gave a nod Connie started to near him and Cal sensed the panic in Ethan straight away, instead of shouting and hitting out Ethan went dead still like he was pretending he wasn't there as Connie started to take off his top so she could check him over the tears were pouring down his face and Cal couldn't take it, Even Connie and Lofty look relieved when Cal told them to stop

He faced Connie, "it's going to have to be me, he won't trust anyone else and this is going to make him worse his asthma will play and he could swing out at you, I'm going to have to treat him"

Connie nodded "I'll need to stay to observe and Lofty to help" Cal nodded and Connie gave a small smile as she instantly saw Ethan relaxing, it amazed both Lofty and Connie how gentle Cal was as he treated Ethan who looked at his big brother with awe

When Ethan was cleaned up and it was agreed that the they only major injury he had was a broken foot they wheeled in the portable x-ray machine to confirm this Cal went about placing the foot in a cast and while the drugs they had given in Ethan to help with the pain made his head clearer Cal could tell the shock was wearing off and spoke

"You with us Ethan?" Ethan looked at Cal just as he finished the cast and nodded Cal seeing his eyes fill with tears nodded to Connie and Lofty who promptly left the room to tell their colleagues how Ethan was, Connie turned at the door in time to see Ethan fall into his brothers embrace sobbing she only heard one word but it was enough to know that there would be fall out from this she sighed as she heard him say it again "Laura"

Cal hugged Ethan too him "The police are there now Ethan, they know let's just hope they find her"

Ethan continued to sob in his arms and Cal knowing that this was Ethan's way of dealing with the last few days let him cry, he didn't need to say anything he just needed to be there.

When Ethan stopped he made no move to get out of the embrace and Cal reading his thoughts answered the silent questions

"There'll plenty of time to talk to the police Ethan, for now just sleep I'll be here when you wake up"

He gently laid Ethan back on the bed and sat in the chair he let a few tears fall from his own eyes, but comforting himself with the fact his little brother was ok, he was safe and they would get through this.

He looked up as he heard Connie enter "Cal, the police are here, they, ah well they found Laura"

Cal smiled before he heard Connie continued "I'm sorry Cal, she didn't…."

Hhahaha another cliffy, I promise this time it won't take me so long to update hope you enjoyed please review tell me what you think. Loving all the Cal/Ethan fics that are being written to guys so please keep up the good work. Sorry I haven't reviewed any I really have been busy but I do read them all and enjoy them

Love C xx