Dark Reflections

Chapter 12

Teach Me Wrong From Right

Once they arrived in Fremont, Ohio; Steve, Shane, Paul and Vince piled out of their cars. The house was exactly as Robin described it. Big, white, blue and surrounded by farm land.

Steve pointed to a pickup truck that was pulling up behind his own. Shane, Paul and Vince turned to look at it, and were surprised to see Robin step out.

"Sorry, guys. I couldn't let you go in there in a rush... Jamie could kill Shawn if he sees you guys rushing in like wild animals," Robin paused to look back at the house.

"I'm going to go in. If nothing happens in the next 10 minutes, then you guys can come in." She looked back at the men.

They all nodded their heads in agreement. Paul grabbed her hand.

"Thanks for all your help, Robin... And be careful." The two smiled at one another.

She shook his hand and then walked to the house.

"Hey! Everyone come over here and get a weapon." Steve shouted.

Vince, Paul and Shane walked over to his pickup truck and saw several guns and bow-and-arrows in it. Vince turned to look at Steve and raised an eyebrow.

"You actually travel around with this stuff?" He asked.

Steve laughed. "Of course I do, ya dumb sonuvabitch! I'm a hunter, I have licenses for it." Steve continued laughing.

"Then why did you decide to bring your stuff tonight? I never saw you carry your weapons around." Shane stated, having known Austin and been close with him for several years.

Steve stopped laughing and looked Shane dead in the eyes.

"Because I knew some shit was going down today, kid. I've been waiting for this day for nearly a month and a half." He continued and handed Shane a rifle.

Shane looked down at the rifle wide eyed.

What the hell am I doing? I don't believe in this!

Paul picked up a handgun and loaded it, then tucked it into his jeans.

"Who cares about what's right and wrong? All that matters is that we get Shawn out of there." Paul stated, looking at the 3 men in front of him.

"You're 110 percent right, Paul. But we have to be really careful. I mean... I really don't want to fire the weapon at this dick..," Vince paused as Austin handed him a weapon.

"But... Ya know... Just scare him..." Vince stated.

"We can always say we tripped and fired the gun at him on accident." Austin stated and smiled in a somewhat psychotic way.

All 3 men's eyes landed on Shane, who, was still staring at the rifle Steve had handed him.

"What do you think, Shane-O?" Paul asked.

Shane didn't even look up at him. He was staring at the rifle intensely. Vince cautiously put a hand on his sons shoulder. He didn't want to scare Shane. Luckily for him, Shane didn't even move when he did so.

"What's the matter, Shane?" Vince asked him.

Shane nodded his head no, still looking at the rifle.

"This is wrong... I shouldn't be doing this..."

"What the hell do you mean by that, Shane? This is not wrong! This is justice!" Steve shouted, placing both hands on Shane's shoulders and shaking him back and forth.

Shane dropped the rifle onto Steve's foot and backed away from it, nodding his head no.

"No. I'm not doing it. I was not raised to pull this shit off. I don't believe in this. This is not the man I want to be." Shane stated and kept nodding his head no.

Vince never truly realized how sensitive Shane would be over this matter. He thought Shane would've taken a weapon just for scare. He never realized the kid was afraid of holding one!

"Shane... Relax, kid... The rifle is just for show, you're not going to use it. It's not even loaded." Steve told him and tried to give the rifle back.

Shane put his arms behind his back.

"No."

Vince walked over to Shane and put his hand on Shane's shoulder. He noticed, however, Shane's eyes landed on the gun in Vince's hand. Vince tossed the gun onto the ground and hugged his son.

"You're right to think that way, Shane..," Vince paused to pull away from his son.

They looked each other in the eyes.

"And I won't change your mind. If you don't want to hold the rifle, you don't have to. I won't force you to do it..." Vince told his son.

Shane lowered his head, as if he was ashamed of himself, and then looked back up at his father with tears in his eyes. Vince's face turned into that of a concerned father as he looked at his son.

"I'm sorry I'm being a wimp, dad... I know that the rifle is just for show... But... I don't know... I'm afraid of becoming somebody else if I hold it, ya know? I mean... I want to get Shawn back just as much as the rest of you... But I think the cops should be involved in this. I don't feel comfortable knowing that we can march in there and possibly be killed off one by one," Shane paused to see he now had everyone's attention.

They didn't think of that before.

"I don't like the idea of losing more people that I love, and possibly witnessing it happening."

"You know what, Shane," Paul started, making Shane look at him.

"You're absolutely right. That could happen... Meaning we need to call the cops and tell them what's up." Paul continued.

Steve nodded his head.

"Alright. Vince, you call the cops. I'll take the ammo out of the guns, so we can tell the truth when we say that the guns were just for show," Austin paused and collected all the guns, then continued to empty the ammo out.

Vince took out his cell phone and called the cops. He told them everything that was going on and even told them that they were using unloaded guns to help get their friend away from his captor. Steve threw the ammo into a bag in his pickup truck. He looked back at Shane.

"Good thinking, kid. I didn't look at it that way before," Steve paused and held out the rifle for Shane to take.

"It's ok to hold the rifle, son. It's really just for show now. There are no shells in it, so it won't accidentally go off on anyone," Austin paused again and watched Shane exhale deeply.

He slowly reached out and took the weapon from Steve.

"That's a good boy. It's ok, kid." Austin stated and hugged Shane.

Once the two separated, Steve cleared his throat and faced everyone like he was the leader in an Army movie.

"Now what?" Vince asked.

Steve looked at his watch.

"10 minutes is almost up. We need to pick teams and divide the house up between the two teams. Paul," Steve turned to face Paul.

"You go with Shane. I'll go with Vince. Vince and I will take the front of the house and you two will sweep the back. We'll meet at the stair case to discuss our plan for upstairs." Steve was going to continue, but was cut off by Shane.

"If there isn't an ambush."

Steve turned to glare at the youngest of the group.

"Stop thinking so negatively, Shane. For all you know, we can get out of this without injury. Well," Steve paused to chuckle evilly.

"Not Austin Payne... Because I can guaran-damn-tee you that I will beat that sonuvabitch down for what he did to Shawn... And that's the bottom line... 'Cause Stone Cold said so!" Steve shouted like he was cutting a promo on live TV.

As soon as the 10 minutes was up, Steve, Paul, Shane and Vince all headed towards the house. Steve grabbed Vince and headed towards the front of the house, then paused and faced Paul and Shane.

"You two be careful, ya hear? Keep your ears open for anything and everything!" Steve shouted.

Shane nodded at him and headed towards the back of the house with Paul.

"What do you think we'll find in there?" Paul asked Shane.

After a short pause, Shane opened his mouth.

"A beaten and battered man who was robbed of his dignity and pride by an asshole who deserves to be killed."

Paul couldn't help but smile.

A/N: And the raid begins! LOL. I decided to make Shane the more sensible one of the group... If you think about it, he really is. LOL... I noticed that I never had a Shawn or Paul POV... Hmmmm... Maybe I'll work on one of those...

My friend, William, also gave me a splendid idea for future chapters. But I won't say what it is until it's time to add them!

I have been waiting for so long to see everyone's reaction to the future chapters... Including Chapter 13! Which, will be up by Monday. (I'm typing this early Thursday morning, so I'm not even that sure when this chapter will be uploaded... LOL)

Ok, that's all for now... I guess... Read and review, please. I love hearing what everyone has to say.

Edit: The title 'Teach Me Wrong From Right' was taken from the song 'Savin Me' by Nickelback. Epic song and it's one of my favorites from the band.