Simon and Mr Wolff disappeared into Alex's room. They returned half an hour later looking extremely concerned.

"Nat, can you go and sit with Alex. Talk to him like you wanted to, see if you can get him to come out of his shell. We need to go to the drug store," Simon said softly.

Nat was concerned, he could read his dad. He knew they were going to remedicate Alex. He nervously nodded and turned off the TV.

Simon and his dad left and Nat slowly walked into Alex's room. He saw Alex curled up in the corner of the wardrobe.

"Hey Alex, are you ok?" Nat asked quietly as he went and sat down in the wardrobe with Alex.

Alex didn't move or say anything.

"Al, what's wrong?" Nat asked.

Alex still didn't respond.

"Alex if you're not going to talk at least listen to me." Nat said quietly. "I know you probably don't want to hear anything, but I want you to know that it was hard on me too."

Alex didn't answer.

"I love you Alex, you are my brother. You might annoy me sometimes, but all brothers annoy each other. But everything stopped when you went missing." Nat said, "You are the most important person in my life, nothing mattered but finding you alive."

Alex still didn't so much as flinch. Nat wasn't even sure he was listening.

"But time dragged on, each day seemed like a year. I missed you so much, I didn't eat or sleep for a week. I was falling apart with out you. I knew you were strong, but with each day that passed I thought you were dead," Nat said trying to keep his composure. "I was dead inside…"

"See, even when I'm being killed I'm hurting someone else," Alex said as he burst out crying.

Nat put his arm around his brother and held him tightly.

"Alex you saved me, when I heard your voice on the phone I had something to live for again," Nat sobbed.

Alex didn't say anything and him and Nat just cried while the hugged each other.

Mr Wolff and Simon returned 20 minutes later to find Alex and Nat crying and hugging each other.

They spent the next five minutes calming them both down.

Simon then tried to talk Alex, but Alex refused to talk back. Nat walked with his dad out of the room, Juanita and her foster mom and Paula were waiting.

Juanita started talking to Nat and Mr Wolff went back to Alex.

He then tried to get Alex to take a couple of pills, but Alex refused.

"Ok, Alex we'll go to dinner and you can take them then." Mr Wolff said quietly.

Half an hour later and they had dinner brought up. They all sat around the tables eating. Two tables had been joined together fitting everyone in.

Alex had the pills sitting by his plate. Everyone else talked while they ate, Alex didn't talk he just kept to himself.

Mr Wolff and Simon were pleased to see Alex's plate empty and the pills gone. Alex didn't say anything, he stood up and walked to his room.

"Vancouver police acted quickly after receiving further information in the Alex Wolff and Juanita Mendez abuse case. In the last hour police obtained and executed a search warrant for a neighbouring property. Two teenage boys, one aged 15 and another aged 17 were arrested as a result. Both boys have been charged with Grievous Bodily Harm, Aggravated Assault and receiving stolen property. Police say more charges are likely. It is believed that Alex Wolff himself ID'd the suspects although authorities are still unsure of the full story."

"Geez, Alex doesn't look well," Rosalina said as they showed footage of Alex.

"It is a stressful time for Alex. He is probably too stressed out to sleep...." Qaasim said before being cut off by Thomas.

"Or eat. I think they should put him back on some medication." Cooper said sadly.

It was the next morning when Nat walked in. He saw Alex had stuffed his bed again. He noticed a trail of ants leading into the pockets of the shorts he had worn the day before. He looked in and saw Alex's dinner from the night before sitting in there, and Alex's medication.

He crouched down and looked under the bed to confront Alex about it. However he was stunned to see Alex in a singlet and wearing a diaper.

It took a few minutes but Nat tried to ignore it.

He noticed other parts of Alex, he could tell he hadn't slept again, he was really concerned now.

He stood up and went to find his dad.

"Dad, I'm really concerned. Alex isn't sleeping and he's not eating." Nat said urgently.

Mr Wolff knew they might need to start sedating Alex.

"What do you mean? We all saw him eat last night."

"No… we saw Alex's plate empty. He put it all in his pockets. I can't remember the last time I saw Alex eat." Nat said.

Mr Wolff slowly stood up and followed Nat to Alex's room.

"Alex, come out from under there." Mr Wolff ordered.

Alex at first was going to refuse, he just wanted to hide. But he was eventually convinced to come out.

Nat gave his brother a hug. He knew Alex would need all the support he could get.

"Alex, I'm so worried about you," Nat said still hugging his brother as a tear ran down his check.

"Alex, I really want you to eat something." Mr Wolff said as Nat let go of him.

Alex sat on his bed before curling up in a ball.

"Alex," Mr Wolff said exasperated.

"I'll eat something to tomorrow, if we have the day off today," Alex said.

He then realized that Nat had just seen him in a diaper and started crying.