I Disclaim.

Finally Ch.4

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"Who was it?" Shawn's face was clam but the underlying threat was there, who ever it was in big trouble.

" It was Austin Reed." Roman heard the shock gasped from Belle and Mimi, and could understand it completely. Austin had always been the good guy, honest trustworthy, and honorable. "It seems his been drinking heavily the last few weeks."

"Oh god this is all my fault." The crowd turned and looked at Philip, who was now crying and holding his head.

"What are you talking about Phil?" Lucas didn't doubt that his younger brother was to blame, but the how was a little confusing.

Philip tried to compose himself, and took a deep breath. " Sami and I are trying to reconcile, and she broke it off him, Mom told he had been taking it badly but I didn't care I figured he deserved it for sleeping with my wife." " I didn't know that he started drinking."

Mimi sat down next to him and rubbed his shoulders. " It's not your fault Philip, even if you knew there's no guarantee that you could have stopped him from driving today."

"She's right Philip." Roman nodded. " Austin made those choices on his own."

Philip stood and regained his composure, and turned to Chloe. "I'm so sorry, but I think I should try to help Austin."

"You're right you should Austin needs all the help he can get." Chloe nodded and turned to Lucas, and giving a slight nudge. " You should go to Lucas, he need the both of you, don't worry Patrick's in with her now, and she'll want you to help him."

Lucas nods, and looks at Philip. " I meet you at the station?"

"Yeah, I'm right behind you, I'm just going to call a lawyer to meet us there." Philip watched his brother leave, and said his own goodbyes, before following him out. Once he reached his car he took out his cell phone and dialed the number. " Did you do it?"

"Yes, but I don't understand what that will do."

Philip gave a frustrated sigh. " Of course you don't, you don't have the intelligence to understand." "But I'll explain, by getting all her assets frozen we have stopped the Red Wolf Society in its track, they no longer have the money needed to fund their little hero club, and with them down, theirs no one out looking for possible plots, thus ensuring our success." " I have to go, 'help' my brother, don't forget the plan." Hanging up he pulled out his parking space and headed for the Salem Police Station, practicing his sorry face.

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John hung up the phone, and looked at Marlena. "Doc we need to get to the hospital, Austin was the driver."

"What?" " Are you sure?"

"Yeah, Brady just told me that Roman found him knocked out in his car thirty miles out of town, it seems that Federal agents have also frozen all of Mac's assets." John grabbed his keys and headed for the door. " Come on I'm sure they'll explain it all when we get there."

 Kristen watched the conversation from her closed circuit television, and narrowed her eyes at the scene. John seemed to act as if she was never in his life, she had been watching him for weeks now, and not once had he even mentioned her name. She knew why, and she would fix it all soon.

Soon they would all learn. " By blood or by marriage a DiMera is a DiMera, til the end."

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" Austin what do you remember?" Abe Craver stood at the window watching as the younger man drank the black coffee, and looked up with confusion in his eyes.

"I told you, I only remember going home last night." " I don't know how I got to Chambersville, and I know that didn't hit anybody with my car."

"You didn't or don't remember?"

"Don't answer that Austin." Lucas and Philip stood framed in the doorway. " We got a lawyer coming for you." Austin nodded and Lucas stepped back into the squad room. " You call mom yet?"

"She and Dad are still in Greece, but I left a message on both their cells." Philip lowered his voice and step closer to his brother. " I got to tell you Lucas, I heard what happened earlier with the Feds and Red Wolf Industries."

Lucas narrows his eyes and takes a menacing step toward his brother. " What does that mean, Phil?"

" You know that Dad doesn't let me do anything at Titan right, I'm just a figure head, but occasionally he let's me in on some meetings he has, and…."

"Get to the point." Philip as a figurehead wasn't news to him, he youngest brother was all dimples and teeth, and didn't have a brain in his head.

" I think that Dad, may have been involved with freezing Mac's assets, you know how they hate each other, and Dad's got a lot of contacts in Washington."

The older man nods, the fight between Victor and Mac had reached feud like portion, and it would be just like Victor to attack at Mac's weakest moment. " Why are you telling me this, my loyalties lye with Mac as do yours with Victor."

" I'm not proud of my past behavior, Lucas the whole 'Chloe thing', and my problems with Brady, but I dunno know had an awakening of sorts." " I know that everyone thinks I'm a fool for loving Sami, and trying to work this out, but I love her man, and I don't want to turn into my father." " I'm telling you this, because I want to help Mac and Chloe to make up for past misdeeds."

Lucas couldn't help but bend; his brother was having the same awakening he had several years ago when he woke one morning not wanting to be the town drunk. Philip couldn't have it any easier dealing not just with Kate but Victor as well. " I understand, and thank you for telling me." "Now let's concentrate on helping Austin."

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" Yes, now I think you remember who are now, don't you Machiavelli?" "Not so high and mighty now are we?"

" That wasn't me, that was just something you created, a monster to do your bidding." Mac shook her head trying to rid herself of the images that scene brought back.

"Monster or not, it was you or at least a part of you, but please don't' take my word for it." " Ask them."

The room filled with people young and old, men and women, and Mac knew them with out being told who they were. Victims of Mad Mac, and Mack the Knife, but victims all the same, staring at her with accusing eyes. They began to advance on Mac with hate filled eyes, calling her name, ready to strike.

"Go on ask them Machiavelli, if there's a difference between the person that killed them and the person you claim to be." " A DiMera is a DiMera is a DiMera." " You can't run form genetics."

"SHUT UP DIMERA." Just as quickly as they came they were gone, and Mac found herself with Stefano and a face from the past. " As usual you're changing story to meet your own needs."

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Coming Soon:

Victor, the Feds, and Kristen, so many foes, and Mac unable to defend herself that spells trouble.