As the older man drove, he noticed that his two charges were fast a sleep. It was good to see them looking peaceful again. Chris had been very concerned, when he had taken them to the waiting rental car. He could help but feel pained as Elix and AJ looked around slightly scarred.
The boys had been hurt, and he hadn't been there to stop it. It was a heavy blow to deal with, and Chirs was feeling a lot of guilt over it. Chris had managed to make most of their fears dissipate, upon their eyes opening. The light in their eyes had been bright, pure and filled with love.
Chris had cried, upon seeing it. He had been so pleased to see them awake. Chris had hugged them both until he had been told by the nurse; coming in that she needed to check them once more before they could leave. Elix and AJ had smiled and laughed happily, giggling and in general acting younger than they had before.
The nurse had explained that they were still just a few bit under the influence of the pain meds. That had ended by the time the nurse had gotten done checking them. Elix and AJ seemed to suddenly remember that they had been beaten and left for dead. The two had become instantly with drawn and fearful. Both looking at him with slight accusation, or at least he'd taken it for that at first. AJ had been the one to speak first.
AJ: "...daddy?...is unca Don ok?...the bad men hurt him. I don't know why daddy...unca Don was just trying to make them leave...then they..."
Elix: "...it wasn't pretty...unca Don got hit pretty hard...is he ok daddy?"
Christopher Daniels: "It's ok boys, I swear no one is ever going to hurt you again. I'll call Unca Don's cell phone and make sure ok?"
Elix and AJ: "Yeah, we were worried about him. I thought unca Don was...you know like what happened to Mr. Blue Eyes."
Christopher Daniels: "I'm sure Unca Don, is just fine. Now Mr. Blue Eyes, just went to live with Aunty Kath."
AJ: "Mr. Blue Eyes lives with Aunty Kath?...I thought he was...wait daddy who is Aunty Kath?"
Christopher Daniels: "Aunty Kath is daddy's sister who lives in MN."
AJ and Elix: "Ok daddy. I didn't know you had a sister daddy."
Christopher Daniels: "Yes, daddy does. She just doesn't get to visit daddy much."
Daniels smiled as he saw that he almost home. Now all he had to do was somehow convince Lisa that AJ and Elix were now their first borns. He hoped that she wouldn't go postal. After all AJ and Elix were so sweet and cute. How could anyone not want to hold on to them?
Their smiles as he had called and found out West was ok. AJ and Elix were perfect, they needed to be cared for and protected. Daniels would do anything to protect them, he just couldn't help it. AJ and Elix were his boys and no one could tell him other wise.