A/N:
*Kiwi: please make sure you don't fall off that edge of your seat, here's
another update for you.
*Natascha: lol, writing without your reviews would be getting a lot more boring, I'm always looking forward to yours. Yes, unfortunately it happens a lot, kids placed in a wrong family, and unfortunately, they don't end up as well as Nick does in this chapter. Nick does remember the hit he got from Derek, but he's just looking for a father figure about now, and his own old man hit him as well, he just figures it's all part of it.
* Erin: don't apologize for not reviewing, it's totally okay, I mean, you're reading it now. We're all busy and I understand it completely, thanks for sticking with me on this story.
*cm3thomp: thank you, I'm trying to keep this up. And I'm sure I will, I still have Aftermath to finish, which I will when this one is, and after that, I have Children of tomorrow, a sequel to this one.
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"No I don't understand....Yes well, you'd better find him....Goodbye."
Philip was surprised how rude Derek was to the person on the other side of the phone. That wasn't like Derek. "What's wrong, Derek? You look like you've eaten horseshit."
Derek gave him a disapproving look. "Mind your language, Philip. Kat's still in the house."
He walked to the living room where the remaining members of the team were talking to the Legacy lawyer, mr. Hughes. They stopped talking as soon as they saw Derek's face. Great, Hughes thought, more trouble. Rachel immediately reacted, like a good psychiatrist would.
"What's wrong, Derek?," repeating Philip's question unknowingly.
"That was mrs. Brown from social work. Apparently Nick ran away from the foster family he was placed in. She didn't know why actually, but from what I can tell is that the man in the family is abusive to his own children."
The others looked shocked, it was already bad enough to have Nick placed somewhere else, and now they couldn't even do that right? Philip snorted angry. "Great job from social work, putting a victim of child abuse in an abusive family. Was Nick hurt?"
Derek didn't know, they hadn't told him all the details and weren't planning on doing that either. He was worried though, that something indeed happened. Hughes was happy with the whole situation, his face having an arrogant smile. "This is good. Now we have a fair chance of getting Nick back here."
Rachel gave him an angry push against his shoulder. "We have to find him first, so don't think you've won this case already."
"Yeah," Alex replied. "We have to go look for him. God knows where he is!"
"Yes, God does know where Nick is," came a soft reply behind them.
They all turned around to see an angelic being standing in the doorway. Derek recognised her immediately, it was the angel they had helped a while back. She had been harassed by her boyfriend who had managed to escape hell. It didn't do anything though, to hide his surprise. "Elissa, what are you doing here?"
Elissa smiled, she was very fond of the Legacy members, and it was good to see them again even under these circumstances. "Repaying my depth to you all. You saved me from Travis and gave me my wings back. So here I am, to help you."
Philip looked at her with big eyes, he had missed this whole case, and had no idea who this young woman was. "You're an angel?"
"That's right, father, I am. I was a fallen angel but thanks to Derek, I'm back."
Philip could only nod, his voice was to shaky right now. An angel, wow! Alex looked a little surprised. "But how can you help us? I don't think angels are supposed to help mortals. What if you loose
your wings again?"
"I won't. I'm here to deliver a message from the great one. He's a little angry at you all."
Now it was Derek's turn to be surprised. "Why? We fight evil all the time, risking our own lives to save others. What can we do wrong?"
"It's not that. He is grateful for your sacrifices and He decided to give you a present. But you didn't open it right and you lost it."
Rachel, Alex and Philip looked at each other in puzzlement. A present?
Elissa nodded. "Yes, Derek always wanted a son, Alex always wanted a little brother and Nick wanted to get rid of the pain. So, he decided to combine those wishes."
Derek completed the sentence. "And He gave Nick his youth back, so that I could have son, Alex a little brother and Nick didn't loose Julia and his seal team. And we were to stupid to appreciate it. I was
so stupid."
Elissa nodded again. "Yes, you were all ignorant, but so was He. Nick needs those experiences because they make him the person who he is. And you Derek, you already considered Nick as your son and Alex loved Nick like a brother. So I'm here to make aments."
Philip had a huge grin on his face. "Even the Lord makes mistakes, what do ya think of that? So ya changing Nick back again?"
"No, I'm sorry. But that isn't possible. The only thing I came to do here, is to give Nick's memories back. He will stay seventeen."
Derek wanted to ask her something but Elissa shushed him. "He will come home, what is done cannot be returned."
With those words she left, leaving behind some very confused people. What did just happen? Was Nick coming back? Was she really an angel?
And at that moment Nick cam walking in, looking just as puzzled as the rest. One minute he was planning to go to bed, having found a nice older couple who was willing to let him sleep in their spare room and the next thing he knew he was standing in the doorway of the house. Weird! Everybody looked at him like he was an alien or something. He felt smaller than usually too, not to mention his jaw and ribs were burning like hell.
And what the hell was Philip doing here?
*Natascha: lol, writing without your reviews would be getting a lot more boring, I'm always looking forward to yours. Yes, unfortunately it happens a lot, kids placed in a wrong family, and unfortunately, they don't end up as well as Nick does in this chapter. Nick does remember the hit he got from Derek, but he's just looking for a father figure about now, and his own old man hit him as well, he just figures it's all part of it.
* Erin: don't apologize for not reviewing, it's totally okay, I mean, you're reading it now. We're all busy and I understand it completely, thanks for sticking with me on this story.
*cm3thomp: thank you, I'm trying to keep this up. And I'm sure I will, I still have Aftermath to finish, which I will when this one is, and after that, I have Children of tomorrow, a sequel to this one.
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"No I don't understand....Yes well, you'd better find him....Goodbye."
Philip was surprised how rude Derek was to the person on the other side of the phone. That wasn't like Derek. "What's wrong, Derek? You look like you've eaten horseshit."
Derek gave him a disapproving look. "Mind your language, Philip. Kat's still in the house."
He walked to the living room where the remaining members of the team were talking to the Legacy lawyer, mr. Hughes. They stopped talking as soon as they saw Derek's face. Great, Hughes thought, more trouble. Rachel immediately reacted, like a good psychiatrist would.
"What's wrong, Derek?," repeating Philip's question unknowingly.
"That was mrs. Brown from social work. Apparently Nick ran away from the foster family he was placed in. She didn't know why actually, but from what I can tell is that the man in the family is abusive to his own children."
The others looked shocked, it was already bad enough to have Nick placed somewhere else, and now they couldn't even do that right? Philip snorted angry. "Great job from social work, putting a victim of child abuse in an abusive family. Was Nick hurt?"
Derek didn't know, they hadn't told him all the details and weren't planning on doing that either. He was worried though, that something indeed happened. Hughes was happy with the whole situation, his face having an arrogant smile. "This is good. Now we have a fair chance of getting Nick back here."
Rachel gave him an angry push against his shoulder. "We have to find him first, so don't think you've won this case already."
"Yeah," Alex replied. "We have to go look for him. God knows where he is!"
"Yes, God does know where Nick is," came a soft reply behind them.
They all turned around to see an angelic being standing in the doorway. Derek recognised her immediately, it was the angel they had helped a while back. She had been harassed by her boyfriend who had managed to escape hell. It didn't do anything though, to hide his surprise. "Elissa, what are you doing here?"
Elissa smiled, she was very fond of the Legacy members, and it was good to see them again even under these circumstances. "Repaying my depth to you all. You saved me from Travis and gave me my wings back. So here I am, to help you."
Philip looked at her with big eyes, he had missed this whole case, and had no idea who this young woman was. "You're an angel?"
"That's right, father, I am. I was a fallen angel but thanks to Derek, I'm back."
Philip could only nod, his voice was to shaky right now. An angel, wow! Alex looked a little surprised. "But how can you help us? I don't think angels are supposed to help mortals. What if you loose
your wings again?"
"I won't. I'm here to deliver a message from the great one. He's a little angry at you all."
Now it was Derek's turn to be surprised. "Why? We fight evil all the time, risking our own lives to save others. What can we do wrong?"
"It's not that. He is grateful for your sacrifices and He decided to give you a present. But you didn't open it right and you lost it."
Rachel, Alex and Philip looked at each other in puzzlement. A present?
Elissa nodded. "Yes, Derek always wanted a son, Alex always wanted a little brother and Nick wanted to get rid of the pain. So, he decided to combine those wishes."
Derek completed the sentence. "And He gave Nick his youth back, so that I could have son, Alex a little brother and Nick didn't loose Julia and his seal team. And we were to stupid to appreciate it. I was
so stupid."
Elissa nodded again. "Yes, you were all ignorant, but so was He. Nick needs those experiences because they make him the person who he is. And you Derek, you already considered Nick as your son and Alex loved Nick like a brother. So I'm here to make aments."
Philip had a huge grin on his face. "Even the Lord makes mistakes, what do ya think of that? So ya changing Nick back again?"
"No, I'm sorry. But that isn't possible. The only thing I came to do here, is to give Nick's memories back. He will stay seventeen."
Derek wanted to ask her something but Elissa shushed him. "He will come home, what is done cannot be returned."
With those words she left, leaving behind some very confused people. What did just happen? Was Nick coming back? Was she really an angel?
And at that moment Nick cam walking in, looking just as puzzled as the rest. One minute he was planning to go to bed, having found a nice older couple who was willing to let him sleep in their spare room and the next thing he knew he was standing in the doorway of the house. Weird! Everybody looked at him like he was an alien or something. He felt smaller than usually too, not to mention his jaw and ribs were burning like hell.
And what the hell was Philip doing here?