Sorry it's been a while, i haven't been very well, hopefully on the mend now :)

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Chapter twenty one

Brendan's point of view :)

Chez and I finally catch up with them and I think Steven has spotted me, he looked straight at me so he must have. I notice an old run down shack ahead and I cringe at the sight of Steven and Walker going inside.

"Bren we need to call the police."

"I can't Chez not yet, I need to get him away from Steven before he hurts him again."

"You're in no fit state to help him Brendan love, please just let me ring them?"

"Stay here and don't move."

"But…"

"But nothing! Promise me Chez?"

"Okay I promise, but if you're not out in five minutes I'm calling them do you hear me?"

"Yeah I hear ye"

I hug Chez tightly, gently kissing her on the head and hobble over to the dirty old shack. I dread to think what I'm going to see when I go inside but I take a deep breath and barge my way in. My worst fears are confirmed when I see Steven naked with Walker upon him. Seeing them that way together was enough to send me over the edge, Walker touching him again…what the hell did he think he was doing? He has already destroyed part of him and I swear I won't let him do that again. Steven's face said it all; I could see the fear in his eyes. He looked like a frightened little boy. Walker is more disturbed than what i thought, he wants Steven and I know now that he will stop at nothing to get him and I can't let that happen so this ends now.

The minute I see him I want to rip him from limb to limb, tear him apart and make him pay for all the disgusting things he has done, but I need to get him away from Steven first. He is unhinged, there is no telling what he might do and I won't let Steven suffer anymore. I tell him to get away from Steven but he just shrugs it off and tells me I'm interrupting. I can now feel my blood boil and I know that I won't be able to stay calm for long. I repeat myself in the hope that he will listen, but he surprises me by lunging towards me and tackling me to the floor.

I hit him hard and although Walker is stronger than what I first thought, I fight to win and I won't give up now, not until he is dead. I can no longer feel any punches back and Walkers limb body lies still on the floor, I move away from him and see Steven drop to his knees. I see him holding a hammer and I realize now that if Walker is dead it's at Steven's hands and not mine. I wonder what this will do to him, he's not made with the same stuff I am, I've killed before I can live with it…he can't. I call his name but he doesn't respond to me, instead I watch him throw up as the realization of what he has just done hits him. I go to him and wrap him up in my arms and he holds me back so tight that I can hardly breathe. I want to make everything better for him, I want to take it all away…what did he do to deserve any of this?

"Steven…Steven, listen to me. Ye did what you had to do."

"Is…he…dead...?"

I untangled myself from Steven and approach Walker; I check his pulse, but nothing; he's dead.

"Yes Steven, he's dead."

"Oh my god, what have I done?"

"Ye did what ye had to do…he would have killed ye."

"But…I…killed him."

"Look what he has done to ye, he deserved to die. He drugged ye and took advantage of ye. He tried to take ye away from your life, away from me. He killed Joel."

"I know that but it doesn't make it right..."

"Steven he could have killed me as well. Ye did the right thing okay?"

"Okay."

"Now we need to get ye out of here."

"What about Walker?"

"What about him?"

"We need to call the police Brendan."

"He can rot here for all I care."

"Bren we have to call them, I need to have closure on all this or I will never be able to move on."

"Chez has probably already rung them Steven, she said if I wasn't out in five minutes she would. I just wish he had suffered more…ye know for what he did to ye and Joel. Christ he was only a kid."

"I know but at least he can't touch us now."

"I feel like I have failed ye Steven…what he did to ye…how do ye even get over that?"

"With your help that's how, I mean I never will forget but I desperately want to move on. You will help me won't you?"

"Of course I will, ye don't even need to ask me that. I will do whatever it takes to help ye, protect ye and keep ye safe. I swear I will never let anyone touch ye again."

"That's all I need to hear Bren."

I wonder if I will ever be the man he really needs me to be, all I know is that I will never stop trying. It won't be easy, nothing ever is with us but I will stay true to my word and I won't ever let anyone hurt him again. We make our way outside and are greeted by Chez who throws her arms around the both of us.

"Thank god you are both okay and Walker?"

"He's dead Cheryl, I…"

"Yeah I hit him over the head with a hammer, he was hurting Steven, I did what I had to do."

"I never thought I'd be okay with you killing someone Bren, but I'm glad you did, he had it coming."

"So I guess we'd better call the police then?"

"Um…I already did Bren."

"See Steven what did I tell ye?"

I don't know what made me say that It was me that killed Walker; I guess I just wanted to protect Steven from it all. People see me that way already, Steven is different and I want it to stay that way. All that is left to do is hold on to the people I love and wait for the police to come.

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