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"What the fuck just happened?" Eagle demanded. "Where's Wolf - what happened to your arm? I need first aid over here!"

"I'm perfectly fine, just a nick is all. Ben fucking dragged Wolf away, and before I knew it, they were gone," Joe told him.

"Nick... like Nick's name!" Monotaro's eyes were wide.

"No, no, no, nothing like that. I just meant that the bullet 'nicked' my arm," Joe explained.

The door burst open and the sergeant flew in. "Eagle. Monotaro. Your identity?" he asked Joe. "I am told to speak to a Joseph Blacksmith only."

"I'm Joe, but who are you?"

"I'm the head of Brecon Beacons. I also need to collect 'Snake'. He's a medical doctor. Do you have somewhere we can talk privately? Like, not in this police station?"

"Thanks for the gift, Sarge," Monotaro told him, relieved that he got a chance to thank him.

Snake had picked the lock from his handcuffs when he had sent for the Sergeant. "Hey, Sergeant. This is Joe. Nice of you to come so quickly. Joe, we need to leave ASAP."

"Wait, I want an explanation, and I want one now."

The sergeant sighed before handing his credentials and letter over to Joe. "You're Pete, right? His supervisor? He'll be back later. We're going for a little ride."

Pete glanced over at the letterhead paper towards Joe, then nodded towards Snake. "And what of him? He was arrested half an hour ago."

"Joe can explain when he gets back."

"Cub, get over here," Snake ordered as he saw the kid.

"Jeeze... Right here, dude," Alex retorted. "So are you in good guy mode again?"

"Who's all coming, and where are we going?" Joe asked, confused.

"Snake, Eagle, Monotaro, Cub, and you. We're going in my jeep. Ideally we're going to your house. Unless you think it's bugged."

"No reason it should be... all right, let's go," Joe told them.

Twenty minutes later, they arrived at Joe's house. "Eagle, Snake, search the house for possible bugs. We'll meet in the kitchen in ten minutes. Sorry, Joe, but we take no chances."

"I understand. Just make sure not to break-"

"Sorry! I tripped!"

"We'll repay it," the Sergeant promised Joe. "Niles, this is what I meant when you have a four-year-old for a father... Ah, shit. Fox seems to have kidnapped your father for the time being, Cub. Wait - Eagle told me you were DNA related. How is that possible? Last I knew Wolf was a virgin. Got that out of him one night when he was drunk."

"I honestly have no clue," Alex deadpanned. "For all I know we could be third cousins or something. Maybe the scan was faulty..."

Joe shook his head, "The match was at 75%. No way you're third cousins. I ran it through myself three times to make sure that it wasn't faulty to make sure Ben couldn't do anything."

"Never pinned you for a liar, Joe," Alex told him lightly.

"Aw hell, Alex." Joe rolled his eyes as he pulled out the paper. "Read this."

Alex read it over, then again, and again, wishing that the numbers and matches would change, they didn't. "Well, then how is Wolf related to me? 'Cause he sure as hell ain't my father."

"Brothers, most likely," the sergeant said, scanning the document. "Snake? Wolf tell you anything about his mother?"

"Not anything specific... just that he had a huge family, and how his father left her..." Snake's eyes lingered over to Alex.

"What?" he snapped, impatient at the turn of events.

"He basically said his mother was a whore who slept around, and that once they were tight on money... She started selling his siblings for profit," Snake said. "I hate to break it to you Cub, but the odds point to you being related to Wolf, are a sure 75%... Meaning that you're one of Wolf's brothers, his mother probably sold you as a baby for drug money. Although I wouldn't really question Wolf about it. I had to force it out of him. It's a tough subject for him."

"You'd better get your story straight, Snake, this is not funny at all," Alex said.

"I think Snake's telling the truth," Eagle pseudo-whispered.

"You got something to say, Eagle?" Alex glared at him.

The sergeant spoke up. "You've been pretending this whole time that Wolf is your father; why is the fact that the DNA test is real so hard to grasp?"

"It's so hard to grasp because as you said, it was all pretend. Never thought for a moment that I would really be related to Wolf! This completely changes everything!"

Monotaro spoke up. "H-how does it change things? Now B-Ben can't hold anything o-o-over you."

Alex smacked his forehead. "Let's say you were living a happy, peaceful life. Then out of the blue, your mother isn't your real birth mom. How would you feel? You just don't understand Monotaro, and to make it worse, she sold me for drugs... some nerve."

"My mother sold me for drugs too," Monotaro said softly. "Snake, if she sold Alex for d-d-drugs, why didn't she s-sell Wolf?"

"He said she needed someone to pick up the empty beer bottles when she got drunk," Snake told him after pausing slightly at the new information Monotaro had shared. Idly, he wondered if Matt had brought any babies off of Wolf's mother. It would be an angle that they'd need to check into for sure.

"Fuck this shit!" Alex swore, throwing the bottle of water Eagle had handed him at the window and walking off.

He came back a minute later. "Snake, I want to make a deal with you."

Snake raised an eyebrow, "I'm listening."

"I won't throw any more water bottles if you promise to tell me that was all a big lie."

"How many of these said water bottles do you have?" Snake said as he slowly took a step back.

"You're lying, right?... This is all some kind of prank. Never mind, that's not what we came here for... Why are we here?" he asked helplessly.

The sergeant knew he wasn't accepting his fate yet but decided not to push it. "Joe, meet Eagle and Snake from K-Unit. And Cub, who was a temporary member."

"Wait...I knew Eagle was in the SAS, but Snake is on your team too? And what do you mean 'Cub was a temporary member'. He's not even sixteen!"

"Yeah, that was a glitch on MI6's part. Long story behind that one. Just know Cub is out of that lifestyle now. Snake is on our team as well. So is Ben, although we call him Fox. And Wolf."

"Cub is right, you are all such outrageous liars it's hilarious."

Eagle shook his head. "Nope it's the truth, Joe-man. Hey Alex? Is Wolf really gay?"

"Hell if I know, he was my fake father like less than an hour ago. Apparently he's now my brother." Alex smacked his forehead and then winced. Monotaro glanced at him in concern. While he had long sense accepted the fact that both of his mothers had traded him for drugs, he had no doubt Alex was in for a bumpy ride, especially since he'd just found out that Wolf was his biological brother, not the father the two were pretending. "I'm getting a headache," he muttered.

"Oh yeah, you need your REAL medicine," Snake said. "Not drugs... am I sounding like Matt?" he asked as he handed Alex his real pain pills.

"Now that you said that, it really makes me not want to take these..." Alex frowned as he looked at the pain pills, examining their colors as if that would reveal the secrets to life.

"Don't worry, they're actual painkillers," Eagle promised him, noticing Alex's dark look. Monotaro gave a wean smile.

"Do you want to take them? That way, if you fall over into a convulsion I know not to take them."

"Can't, they aren't prescribed for me."

"Funny, I said that to Matt... he then beat me and told me to take the damn pills. Guess I have no say in the matter," Alex swallowed the pills and finished off his water. He crushed the bottle, and threw it at Snake. "That was for lying about not lying."

Snake rolled his eyes. "Okay, princess. Clearly, you need to work on anger management."

"Clearly, you need to brush up on your dodging skills," Alex said as he threw another water bottle at him. "And you call yourself a soldier?"

Snake rolled his eyes. "Anyway, now that we're back on topic, we need to talk about a few things. I have no doubt that Fox will release Wolf as soon as possible-"

"Whoa, hang on," Joe said, "You all need to fill me in from the beginning. I'm a bit lost. And I don't think I'm the only one," he added, glancing at Monotaro and Alex.

Alex shrugged. "Getting lost is my life, but yeah, it would be useful to have the information, I guess."

"Okay, so how did you all get started on this case?" the sergeant asked, getting right to the point. Monotaro looked over at Alex again, trying to figure all of this out. Alex looked like he didn't know anymore than Monotaro and gave a brief shrug.

"Well, Eagle, you want to tell this? After all, you were there with Wolf when it all went down anyway," Snake told him.

"When what went down?" Eagle asked.

Snake sighed, "When you guys got information on the drug ring? It wasn't too long ago, a few months or so."

"Oh... right... I thought you meant earlier. I'm tired." Eagle sighed and took out a breath. "I think we need to start at the beginning. I don't think Joe knows very much. No offense, Joe," he hastily added. "Don't you think we should start at the beginning though?"

"Yes, that would be most helpful. Start at how all you guys are connected, more so how Alex is known."

"Actually, I think Alex needs to start with how he got connected," Eagle said. "I know you told Wolf, but you haven't spoken to us about it."

Snake spoke up. "And earlier you yelled at me for the 'animal names', it's an SAS codename. Mine is Snake, Eagle's is, well, Eagle, Wolf is Wolf's, Cub is Cub, and Ben's is Fox."

Joe nodded, then paused. "Wait, Ben works for SAS? But he's being abusive and beating Wolf."

Eagle spoke up. "Yeah, he's playing a psychopath, isn't he? He had to play someone who treated everyone else like they were dirt to get close to Matt. Wolf was actually supposed to be one of the slave owners, but he got kidnapped by Matt because he witnessed Matt murdering someone. Matt didn't want an adult slave, so he traded him to Jeff. Jeff didn't like him, so he traded him to Ben. Ben was already playing a really violent character and had to take out his anger out on Wolf a few times."

"...A few times he beat Wolf! That's an understatement. Ben is practically the reason Wolf hates counseling. I would be shocked of Wolf didn't change sides on you guys soon with everything he's been through."

"He knew the risks when he signed up for the case," Eagle snapped.

"Signed up for the case? He was specifically trying to get away from Ben when Matt kidnapped him! This is all a huge case about domestic violence. To make things worse, they used his own brother against him. Do you think Alex 'signed up' for the case as well? I think not!"

"I don't know, did you sign up for the case, Alex?" Eagle asked lazily. He looked like he didn't care, but Alex knew better. Eagle was trying to see how much Joe knew and what he was right on.

"Was I there when you signed up? Joe's right," Alex snapped, "I'm surprised Fox hasn't gone dark side... Do you think he's gone dark side, Joe?"

"Fox has gone too far into his character. Not only did Wolf not want to date him, but Fox made him move in anyway," Joe told Eagle. "His whole 'relationship' with Wolf has been non-consentul from the start."

"Did they ever go on an actual date?" Eagle asked, blinking. The way Joe said it, he half believed it.

"I doubt it," Joe retorted. "Does Fox seem like the 'nice character' that would take his partner out for dinner?"

"Well... I don't know," Alex went off. "There was this one time where I stole some money from his wallet, and he found out, like, a week later. Anyhow I told him I would pay him back, but he just shrugged it off and told me not to worry about it. Later, I found out he beat Wolf for it."

"You're half making me believe Ben has gone dark side," Snake spoke up. "I doubt it. He's damn good at his job- that's why MI6 choose him- but give me the rundown of what you know from the 'domestic violence' angle."

"I know for a fact that Wolf is afraid of therapy because of Ben, and because of Ben, he won't look people in the eye anymore. When I first found out what happened, Wolf wouldn't talk to me because Ben threatened him, and after that he would have nightmares. If that doesn't show Ben's at fault, I don't know what does. But I think he was guilty from the start and then forced you guys to play along. Wouldn't surprise me from all the drugs tied with the multiple counts of kidnapping," Joe told Snake.

"Wait, multiple counts of kidnapping?" the sergeant asked. "Fill us in on these. The case never had Ben kidnap Wolf. Why the hell would he do that? I need to know the details of when he kidnapped Wolf."

"Well, I don't know everything. But that's what went down. He probably wanted power or something," Joe remarked.

"But why would he want power? He had plenty of power, he was close to Matt. He had the most power on the whole damn case!"

"This case is based on drugs and slaves. He probably wanted a slave to himself since Jeff had Alex and Matt had Monotaro. It would make sense. Domestic violence is all about power, he felt inadequate in the case and decided to take power from Wolf to make him feel more superior."

"But they weren't technically in a relationship before the case started, were they?" Eagle asked.

"I don't know about that, but Wolf was most certainly in a relationship as a slave whether he wanted to be in one or not."

"But Ben told us it was part of his cover," Snake said. Alex was nearly convinced that Fox had gone dark side. "Wolf could have left the case any time he felt like it, right?"

"No, he couldn't have 'just left anytime' because they used Cub against him. I don't know how much time they spent threatening to kill him if Wolf disobeyed anything they said!" Joe told them.

"But Alex is a minor. Ben shouldn't have been able to do that, especially if Wolf felt like he needed to get Alex and Monotaro out of there!" Snake spoke up. "And I told Ben he should take charge of Alex after... uh... the assault," he said, looking guiltily at Cub.

"And he did... in a way," Alex told them.

"I don't think Ben is the villain here," Monotaro spoke up, and blushed when everyone stared at him.

"Want to explain?" Snake asked, wanting to know what Monotaro had caught that they missed.

"Well, Ben actually saved me from Matt and Jeff... He was supposed to hand me over to him but instead he brought me back to Snake who handed me over to Nick, or Eagle. He did the right thing, considering Ben technically owns me now."

"Wait, Ben owns you but he took you back to Snake? That totally contradicts what he's doing to Wolf," Eagle said, just glad Fox hadn't gone dark side. Yet. He had wondered how Snake had gotten Niles back to the police station.

"Well, we shouldn't just forget about everything. He could be innocent, but that doesn't hide the fact what he did to Wolf and Alex in the past."

Alex frowned. "He could have gotten mission orders from above..." he sighed, wanting to reveal his close connections to MI6.

"Monotaro, I'm going to speak candidly here, so please forgive me. Cub, you too. Look, we know Matt is dirty. There's no doubt about that. Let's not forget that Matt raped both Monotaro and Cub. He's probably controlling Fox as much as the heads are, so even though Fox abusing Wolf, if you will, let's not forget that he did the right thing by returning Monotaro and stop pointing fingers at him."

"Matt did what to Monotaro? I knew it happened to Alex, but I never expected Monotaro to get the same treatment," Joe said, shocked.

"We're probably not his only victims," Monotaro said grimly.

"Do you think it happened to Wolf? I mean- do you think he was- you know-" Snake asked, his jaw dropping, horrified.

"I doubt he would have done it to Wolf. Matt has a certain preference for younger individuals. He has made that quite clear with Alex and me," Monotaro added.

"I think I'm gonna be sick," Alex said, going to the bathroom, slamming the door and vomiting heavily.

"I don't think he's quite ready to talk about it as openly as you are," Snake said.

"I'm sorry, did I do something wrong?" Monotaro asked, thinking he was the reason Alex was in the bathroom.

Snake shook his head. "No, Monotaro, you relieved a fear. However, Alex isn't... as accepting of what happened to him as you are." Snake ran his head through his hair. "Oh, fuck, Eagle, you never told us Monotaro's real name."

"You could ask me, I am right here after all."

"Sorry, that was a lecture towards Eagle, not you. What is your name?"

"Uhh, I'm not really sure. What is my name Eagle?"

"Look at your ID card. You have that with you, right?"

Monotaro smirked. "Do you guys really think I would forget my name after not knowing it for years? I will never give up again. It's Niles by the way, Niles Martin. Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you, Niles. I would tell you my real name, but since we're on active mission, it's Snake."

Alex came out of the bathroom. "Not quite as ready to talk about that as you are, Monotaro. We should also keep in mind that even if Matt didn't rape Wolf, Ben always threatened to be 'bed buddies' with him," he pointed out.

"That was another thing Ben threatened Wolf with," Joe added. "I'm not sure if it actually happened but it's the words that take effect."

"I'm pretty positive that the actual occurrence makes a bigger impact..." Monotaro said, "But, you are the cop so, continue."

"And Matt also threatened to beat Wolf if he wouldn't do simple tasks such as listen to Ben, or take the drugs that were forced down his throat. -"

Eagle cut him off. "You do realize that was Matt right, not Ben?"

Monotaro spoke up again. "You guys are getting side tracked. We need to know what to do with Wolf getting kidnapped and getting Ben back. Let's just believe he's innocent for now, innocent until proven guilty, right, Joe?" There was no sign of the terrified kid Eagle had adopted nearly two months ago.

Damn, had they been on this case for four months already? No wonder why Joe thought that Ben was guilty. "Right," Eagle said.

Joe frowned, unconvinced. "Right," he reluctantly agreed.

They discussed the case and what it was going, with Joe interrupting every time he didn't know something. By the end, he had to admit that Ben didn't look guilty.

"You're a fucking idiot," Wolf said as he struggled against his handcuffs as he slowly came back to consciousness. He was going to kill Ben. Undercover or not, this was too much. "Why did you kidnap me? I'm so sick of your shit. I'm not dating you, and I never was, so why the hell am I still here? You know it was Joe who came up with the whole domestic violence angle, except that's the truth, isn't it? You're 'forcing' me to be your partner, beating me, calling me a slave..."

"If I'm a fucking idiot, what does that make you? An ass-hat? That fits together well, and I know it was you that tipped Joe off on all this 'domestic violence' shit. But, you know what? I don't care, because I'm not just calling you a slave, you are a slave. My slave to be more specific. Joe is a fucking idiot if he didn't realize that you belonged to someone already." Ben then reached in his pocket and pulled out a small bottle.

"I'm not taking any drugs. And Joe isn't an idiot. He has a psychology degree. He knows about people like you. And you can't own me, that's illegal."

"Fine then, Joe is another ass-hat. But regardless any ID you have gotten from him is illegal, because Iown you, and therefore you can't have ID. I have all the necessary information for you, so you don't need anything else."

"You sorry son of a bitch!" Wolf ground out. "I am not a slave! I am not a fucking slave! Get that through your damn, thick skull! I am a person, I am not dating you, and I don't want to be here! Let me go, for fuck's sake!"

Ben shook his head and smirked, "Wolf, you haven't learned anything have you? This isn't drugs, or medicine, in fact it's the opposite. Now you make it sound like you have a choice here, which we both know you don't. So, do you want it to be easy, or are you going to be difficult?"

"Fuck you."

"Always the difficult decision? Fine then, don't expect to feel nice after you wake up. Take these and then you can have your ID," Ben said as he reached in his pocket. He gathered a few pills and gave them to Wolf.

"You're the ass-hat if you think I'm taking them," Wolf informed him even as he struggled against his handcuffs.

"Mhhm, I guess you really don't want to be a person anymore? And here I thought you wanted to have a semi-normal life?"

"Where the hell are you going with this?"

"Take the pills if you want that ID back," Ben told him.

"Fine," Wolf ground out, holding out his hand. He doubted Ben would give it to him. But at least he had hope.

Ben handed him the pills and watched as he almost choked on them.

"Gimme my ID back," Wolf said even as he downed the water.

Ben started laughing, "I can't believe you thought I was SERIOUS about giving you that ID back? You're hilarious! Why would I do something illegal?" he took out Wolf's ID and pulled out a lighter from his pocket. He flicked on the lighter and slowly started to burn it.

"What the hell are you doing?" Wolf demanded. "I need that! How am I supposed to get help for Cub without it?" He made a grab for what was left of the ID only to be pushed by Ben.

"Cub doesn't need your help, he needs Matt," Ben said as he watched the fire consume the plastic.

"You've gone fucking dark side," Wolf growled. "I fucking hate you. You can burn my ID, but you can't steal my dignity, my identity. My name is James Synatria and I am not nor will I ever be your partner. And I am NOT your slave."

"Really now? And who has official documents from the government? You are my slave Wolf, and there is nothing you can do about it now."

"I'll never be your slave for as long as I live. You can try and keep me as your slave all you want, and you might force me to work for you, but you can't beat me down. I will never give up, I will get free. And when this is all over, and you are arrested, I am going to kick your ass."

"That'll be the day..."

"Oh, it will happen, trust me. And if Cub 'needs' Matt so much where is he now? You know our DNA matched, right? You know I legally adopted him?"

"It doesn't matter, you're both slaves so the adoption is null and void."

"It's a legal government document - more legal than yours ever will be."

"You really think that Joe would waste his time on you? That adoption is a fake, real things like those take months at a time to finalize. It's not possible."

"It is possible, and Joe isn't wasting his time on me. He's spending it catching criminals like you so we can all sleep better at night. Besides, you should remember that you're the wanted criminal, not me, and the adoption is totally legal. Joe helped me because he was in my spot once, and he got out, so therefore, what you are doing is wrong." Wolf groaned as he felt the drugs start to take affect.

Ben hummed, and ignored everything Wolf said. "And I'm certainly going to sleep better once I know the drugs have kicked in."

"Fuck you," Wolf responded before he drifted off to sleep.

"You're to stubborn for your own good," Ben remarked before he smudged the ashes from the ID into the ground and proceeded to drag Wolf back to the car.

Challenges: What was the biggest surprise to you in this chapter?

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