Bobby parked the car across the street from the Beverly Hills mansion. "Let's go bust a cap in they asses." He said, getting out the car.
Angel turned around to look at Jack and Selena to give them a small smile that he wished to comfort them with before he followed Bobby outside.
Jack then gave Selena a reassuring smile. "They're okay. I know they are."
Selena nodded then followed Jack out of the car then to the house with the others. Thankfully, it was dark as charcoal now, making it easier for them to get around the property and inside the house.
Bobby glanced over his shoulder at Angel. "What'd Jerry say on the phone?" He asked.
"He said nothing happened yet. I still got a bad feeling though." Angel responded, giving them all a bad feeling that they didn't know they had until now.
Jerry stayed behind at the house to keep an eye out just in case any other goons would surprise them on the way back. Jack let him know where his guns were and even Bobby left a few with him. If anything were to happen, they weren't that far from home.
Once they made it near the house, Bobby pointed over to the door. "Angel, go ring the bell and distract them while we get in the house. Keep it up long enough, so I can get they asses from the back."
Angel nodded then jogged up the driveway as they did the same and split up. They came to a white vinyl fence that surrounded the back.
Bobby tried opening the gate, but it wouldn't budge and he let out a huff. "It's locked from the other side...Selena, get on the other side and unlock it."
She nodded. Jack and Bobby crouched down, letting her step on their palms before they lifted her. She climbed over the top, landing on her two feet, then unlocked the gate.
Jack walked in first. "Are you okay?" He asked, settling a hand on her waist.
"Yeah." She muttered.
They followed Bobby to the backyard where roses where planted in circular beds, gnomes were spread across the yard, and the wind gently blew enough for them to hear the sweet lullaby the wind chimes played.
Bobby began to unlock the door, but Jack grabbed his shoulder. "We don't know if there is an alarm." He warned him.
"Well what the fuck do you expect me to do? You want your kids back right? It doesn't matter how we get in anymore Jack, just shut up and follow me."
Selena then notices a room above where the light was on and the window was opened. "Bobby..." She whispered, tapping his back.
"What?"
"We can go through the window right there." She pointed up at the window, both of the brothers craning their neck to see.
Jack curiously looks over at her. "But how?"
"Trellis."
Bobby furrowed his brows. "What the hell is a trellis?"
"That." She nodded over to the trellis that was covered in climbing roses that ended next to a roof where the room was. "C'mon."
Jack and Bobby suspiciously looked at each other before following her lead, not thinking that this was gonna hold them. It seemed fragile.
Jack had his hands inches away from Selena as she climbed up the trellis, making sure that if she was to fall that he'd catch her, but she didn't and she stepped onto the roof.
Bobby and Jack then made their way up to the roof where they stepped into the room that had baby toys spread across the room.
Bobby reached for his gun as he began to leave the room. "I'm gonna go downstairs and get one of those motherfuckers. Y'all two go ahead and find them, and Jackie, you do whatever you feel the need to."
Jack nodded, getting the hint. He grabbed Selena's hand after Bobby left and started to leave as well. They did their best to move around without making the floor creak.
Once they were out in the hallway, they heard a shriek of pain from downstairs, meaning that Angel and Bobby got one of them.
Jack turned the knob on one of the doors and slowly opened it, he seen nothing out of the ordinary but a simple bedroom.
They continued into the room and searched for them, but nothing. Selena was on her way to cry again, but she then heard a loud thump on the wall, coming from the room beside them.
Jack and Selena went into the hallway once again, stopping at the door, they could hear a low and raunchy voice on the other side, nearly growling.
"Keeping your eyes closed won't keep you safe from me...or maybe I'm only here when your eyes are closed." He let out a dark laugh that chilled Selena to the bone. "Open your eyes..." He then gritted through his teeth. "Open your eyes Dylan..."
Jack and Selena didn't even exchange looks when they heard those words, he only busted the door open without any hesitation.
There they saw a man with dark hair and menacing black eyes with clenched teeth, inches away from their sons face. He was absolutely horrifying and he sent shivers up Selena's spine.
Dylan still had his eye slammed shut as Naomi had her hands covering her eyes and her forehead resting on her knees, the both of them refusing to look at the man.
"Who the fuck are you?" The man spat, his brows drawn together.
Dylan's head snapped up, his face lighting up with almost a smile, but it definitely was sign of relief. "Mom! Dad!"
He realized that Naomi hadn't seen their parents, so he shook her. "Nye! Mom and dad are here!"
Naomi's body jolted before she lifted her head. Her tear stained faces instantly being covered with a smile that neither Jack and Selena had never seen before.
The kids jump to their feet and ran into their parents warm embrace. They could feel Selena's body shake as she cried hard.
Jack and Selena hugged them tight, not wanting to let go, to afraid of what would happen if they did.
"I paid for them!" The man shouted, a vein presenting itself on his forehead. "They aren't yours anymore!"
"Fuck you..." Selena cursed. "Don't think you're ever laying a finger on them again."
Jack stood up and reached for his gun. "Don't have to worry about that anymore." He glances down at Selena and nods to the door. "Take them in the hallway. I'll be out in a second."
Selena stared at him for a second, before taking the kids and leaving Jack alone in the room. He glared at the man who was now tense and stiff, eying the barrel of the gun.
Jack held the gun firmly and aimed it at the man who's hands shook, but other than that, he showed no fear. Jack took in a deep breath then pulled the trigger towards him.
In the blink of an eye, the man's eyes rolled to the back of his head as he fell to the ground with a loud thump, blood splattering on the beige wall behind him.
Jack wiped the bead of sweat off his forehead with the back of his hand before turning the safety on the gun. Not taking another look at what he did, he left the room and shut the door behind him.
"You guys okay?" He asked his kids, who removed their hands from their ears and nodded. "Nothing like this will ever happen again. Okay? Your mother and I will always be here and no one is going to take you two away, I promise you. You don't have any reason to be scared anymore."
Jack crouched down and pulled them in for a hug, kissing the both of their heads. He could feel them trembling from the fear that they had encountered, and it only made him squeeze them harder.
They then went down the stairs and into the living room where a man had a gun pointed at him with Bobby on the other end of it.
"Who is this?" Jack asked.
Bobby and Angel let out a small laugh before Bobby said, "The wife. I thought I was gonna have to shoot a woman or something."
Selena grabbed Jack's arm, ignoring Bobby's dark humor. "We have to make this look like a robbery and we have to do it quick. This is Beverly Hills, not Detroit, the police will be here in less than ten minutes."
Jack nodded. "Yeah, you're right. Bobby, I think you should..." He brought his hand to his throat and with the click of his teeth, his hand swiped to the opposite direction, motioning to kill him.
"Why? Cause he's gay?" Bobby laughed. "C'mon Jackie, ma raised you better than that."
Jack rolled his eyes. "It's not cause he's -" He cut himself off and glanced down at his kids then back at Bobby. "I'm not having this conversation in front of them."
Bobby looked over at Angel. "Go watch outside and tell us if anyone's coming. Take the kids with you...You got your gun on you?"
"Yeah." Angel then picked up Naomi who rested her head on his shoulder as he grabbed Dylan's hand and walked outside.
"I'm not saying kill him cause he's gay, I'm saying because he traumatized my kids and after what I just did upstairs, he'll most likely talk anyways, so let's just do it and get this shit over with."
The man's body trembled as he slowly turned around to look at Jack with his wide green eyes and a quivering lip. "You killed my Robbie?"
Jack didn't answer, he only stared at the man. He wish he could feel bad, but he felt no remorse for him whatsoever. They took his kids and scared them half to death and they will never forget this. He didn't care who he had to kill to get them back.
The man broke out into a hysterical sob, his tears dropping into the palm of his hands as he covered his face.
Bobby ignored the man and fixed his eyes on Jack with an approving smile. "It's really cute when you take after me fairy. I'm very proud of you. You wanna do the honors?" He extended the gun out to him.
Jack shook his head. "No, I'm good. You can handle that, we'll do everything else." He grabbed Selena's arm and pulled her upstairs.
Before they could reach one of the rooms, they heard the loud pop of the gun going off from downstairs.
Selena would never get used to this family being murderers, even if it was always for a good reason, her life wasn't supposed to be like this.
The first room they went into where the man who Jack shot laid still, blood pooling around him. Selena let out a gasp at the sight of the man.
His midnight eyes were wide open, staring into Selena's soul. His body was half-slumped over, half-laying on the floor. Thick and sluggish blood, streamed from the bullet hole on his forehead, across his face and body and onto the carpet.
Her heart pounded against her chest, the thought of her own husband doing this made her sick.
"What?" Jack asked, pushing past her. "You knew I shot him."
She nodded her head, swallowing hard. "I know, but sometimes I forget that you don't have a problem killing anyone."
"Well, get used to it." He muttered lowly, opening the Victorian wardrobe, throwing clothes out on the floor. When he realized Selena stood peering at the body, he grew frustrated. "Selena, I need for you to work with me. Get your shit together."
Selena snapped out of her gaze, then pulled a small napkin out of her pocket and started wiping their prints off the knob. "Why would you tell me to get used to it? I'm sorry, that it takes time to get used to your husband being a murderer."
Jack scoffed. "Yeah, cause it takes you eight years to get over the first time it happened."
Selena put the napkin back in her pocket and started snatching jewelry off the vanity. "You're disgusting." Stuffing the jewelry into her pockets she let out a laugh. "Can't say I'm surprised though."
"Look, I don't have time for this shit right now." Jack then walked over to her, snatching a ring out of her hand. "Are you trying to get us caught? Don't actually take stuff before someone finds that shit back at the house."
Selena snatched the ring back. "You're right, cause police are actually gonna believe it's a robbery when nothing was actually stolen."
Jack rolled his eyes. "Whatever." He continued to stage the scene as Selena left the room and went into the room where they entered.
She began pulling out the drawers from the dresser at an uneven length, knowing she can't steal anything from the bottom drawer while the top is out on top of it - which is a huge mistake a lot of criminals make.
She grabbed a bag from the corner of the room, stealing the toys from the floor and taking other things as well, throwing them in the bag.
Jack then stood in the doorway. "What are you gonna do with all of that then? Keep it?"
Selena shook her head. "Burn it, I guess."
They then heard Angel's booming voice from downstairs. "Hey, y'all! Police comin'!"
Jack grabbed Selena's hand and pulled her down the stairs and out the door where Bobby had just gotten in the car.
Selena slid into the car, setting Naomi on her lap as Jack got in next to her. They pulled off, seeing the blue and red lights flashing on the houses on the block next to the one they were on.
Bobby put the car to a stop once a policeman from one of the cars signaled for them to stop. A young officer exited his car as another car drove to the mansion.
The officer then knocked on the window. Bobby let it down, putting on a curious look. "What's going on officer. Is everything okay?" He slightly stuck his head out the window and glanced at the mansion.
"I'm not sure yet. Do you live out here, sir?"
Bobby shook his head. "No."
"Can I see some I.D.?"
"I don't see why, but I guess so." He pulled out his wallet from the console, then picked out his id, giving it to the officer.
The officer's blue eyes flickered back and forth between the card and Bobby. "Wait, are you Jack Mercer's brother?" He leaned down to look at who was in the passenger seat to see Angel smiling widely. Then the officer let out a laugh. "And you're his brother to...Man, I knew it was you."
Bobby laughed. "Mr. Rockstar is actually in the back." He pressed a button, the back window coming down, revealing Jack who forced a smile.
The officer nearly freaked out when he seen Jack's face. "Shit, it's really you." He whispered, trying not to seem to loud. "I love your music so much man. I hate to do this on the job, but can you sign my ticket book? I don't have anything else on me." He chuckled nervously.
Jack received a, 'hurry the fuck up look' from his brothers and he only shook it off, giving the young officer a grin. "Of course."
The officer handed him a pen and small notepad. "Can I ask what you guys are doing out here? Just need some type of information before I head over there. Did you guys see anything? Hear anything?"
Selena leaned forward over Jack so that the officer could see her. "We didn't se-"
The officer eyes widened again. "Holy shit!" He covered his face with his hands then dropped them. "I'm sorry, I usually don't act like this during any job, but I'm new and from Montana and I never met a celebrity before and this is crazy. God, you are so much prettier in person." He nervously laughed, then cleared his throat. "You can continue though."
Selena smiled. "Um, we heard a gunshot and that was all. We were only driving through and then that happened, so we're just gonna head home now, we don't want our kids around this."
The officer nodded. "Of course. I completely understand. It was really nice meeting all of you. Keep up the good music man."
After Jack thanked him for his support, Bobby didn't hesitate to drive off. They all sat in silence, not wanting to talk about anything with the kids in the car with them.
At the house, Bobby parked the car in the driveway, all eyes falling on Jerry who stood at the door with his arms folded over his chest.
Jack grabbed Dylan whilst Selena grabbed Naomi, the both of them asleep, might being the first time they slept in hours.
They all began walking towards the door, Jerry huffing as they approached him. "He's inside."
Jack's face fell as if a dark cloud casted a shadow over him. He tensed and his blue eyes became even colder than before.
Selena grew uncomfortable, but was ready for the confrontation. "Can you guys put Dylan and Naomi in their beds, please?"
Bobby took Naomi, walking inside with Angel following behind with Dylan. Jack and Selena went inside, following Jerry down the hall and into the entertainment room where Vince waited with a smirk on his face.
"Son! I came here to have a talk with you, you know, father to son, man to man." He taunted.
Jack chuckled. "Can you talk to me? Man to man? Cause from what I know, a man doesn't give up his son or sell his grandkids for a rock, but sure, we can talk."
Selena held Jack's hand as he walked over to sit on the couch across from Vince. Jack leaned back on the couch, glaring at him. "You know how this is gonna end right?"
Vince pursed his lips together before answering. "Yes, I do and that's fine with me. I was hoping it ended this way. Cause what's better than your own son killing you and sending you to hell to be with his mother...biological mother I mean." He laughed. "But, I wanted to have a final word with you first."
"I'm listening."
"I need for you to know that you are my son and you're gonna become me at some point in your life. You're a rockstar, you're gonna get into drugs and you're gonna want sex and you're gonna get tired of being tied down and you're gonna walk out on this family. You're not shit, just like me. You are the reflection of me."
"You traded my kids in for a fix." Jack spat. "And I got them back. I did everything there was to do to get them back. But, you never did that with me, so I'm not like you. I'm already better than you and a better father than you'll ever be."
Vince chuckled darkly. "Don't hold your breath. It's only temporary."
Jack grew tired of looking at him and hearing what he had to say. He knew what he had to do, so he looked over at Selena who's face seemed drained by everything Vince was saying, seeming worried if Jack would actually turn out like that.
"Can you step outside for a minute?"
Selena nodded, her hands trembling as she stood up, getting a menacing smile from Vince.
"I have your permission, don't I?" Jack asked.
Selena took in a deep breath before answering. "Do whatever you feel the need to do." She placed a soft kiss on his cheek then left the room.
The other three Mercers stood outside the door, conversing about the night. Selena closed the door behind her and not a minute later, a loud crack shattered through the air.