Chapter 10

"So, we have to go and get John now, before he does something he regrets", said Nicole. "Okay Kate, Nicole and I are coming with you." Brady said as they all headed out the door. "So who all knows about John's addiction"? Asked Nicole as they headed into the house. "The three of us, Marlena and Roman. We thought that we'd be able to do it our selves, but John's to resistant and doesn't' want our help, no matter what we do, he just wants the drugs….I don't want to give up on him and I'm not but I don't know what to do anymore", cried Kate as she opened the door. "Dad, Dad you here" called Brady. "He was upstairs", Kate said. Brady ran up the stairs in search of his dad, "He's not up here" called Brady as he ran back down the stairs, "His wheel chair is gone". A look of shock came across Kate's face, 'Oh god John…what have you done now……'

"Okay, let's split up. Kate you take Nicole and head to the pub and around there. I'll head down to the pier". Brady said as he ran off into the dark. "Okay Nicole just start looking for my husband." 'I just hope that it's not too late and that John is okay...' thought Kate as he and Nicole headed towards the pub.

As Brady approached the pier, he noticed a group of people standing around, one of them being in a wheel chair. Running towards the man in the wheel chair, Brady quickly spun him around, "Dad….what are you..." "Hey watch it buddy…" the man said as he began to wheel away. "Sorry, I thought you were someone else." Brady called out. Walking around the docks, Brady began to think about where his dad could be. 'Dad, I know your around here…Come on Dad….don't do something your going to regret'.

Nearing the pub, Kate noticed that the sign said closed. "Okay well since that's closed where could he be?" she asked. Nicole shook her head, "Do you think that he'd go to Roman and Marlena's or Belles?" Kate dropped her head, "No, because he knows that Roman and Marlena would contact us, and Belle…John loves her to much to even let her know what's going on with him." "Let's head over to Roman and Marlena's, maybe they'll be able to help." Nicole said as she and Kate began walking to Roman and Marlena's house...

I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless lost under the surface
Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)

"I need something……I need something that will take effect really fast." Whispered John as he pulled a bundle of money out of his pocket. "Here, this should work.." the man said as he took the money and handed John a serringe. 'I know that this is going to hurt you Kate…but I…I need this' whispered John as he brought the needle to his vein.

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

"Dad….Stop" yelled Brady as he spotted him in a dark corner. "Go away son…you don't need to see this" John yelled back. "And you don't need to be doing this, god damit dad, what the hell is the matter with you…you need help". Brady said as he reached for the serringe. Quickly John, got up from the wheel chair, and began to fight with Brady. "Get the hell out of here", shaking his head Brady told John that he wasn't going anywhere.

Can't you see that you're smothering me
Holding too tightly afraid to lose control
Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take

'I wonder who that could be, knocking this late at night', thought Marlena as she headed towards the door. Opening it up, she was shocked to see Kate and Nicole standing there. "Kate what's wrong?" she asked, as she looked at the dry tears in her eyes. "It's John…". That was all she could say, before Marlena pulled her and Nicole into the house. "Doc, I heard someone at the door…who was it…" called Roman, but as she came around the corner he saw Nicole and Kate standing there. "What's wrong? Is it John?" he asked. Nicole nodded her head, "He's missing, we went home and couldn't find it. So Kate and I split up with Brady to try and find him, we haven't heard from Brady." Roman and Marlena both looked at each other, "Don't worry Kate, I'm sure that Brady will find him", Roman said as he placed a hand on her shoulder. "I hope so too", whispered Kate.

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

And I know
I may end up failing too
But I know
You were just like me with someone disappointed in you

"Dad, you and I both know that your making a huge mistake, now stop fighting me and let me take you home", yelled Brady. John continued to shake his head and fight Brady. "Dad, if you won't' stop fighting me, than you leave me no choice.." just than Brady threw up a punch, hitting John right in the jaw. Brady watched as his dad fell to the dock floor. "I'm sorry dad, but you left me no choice". Quickly he grabbed the serringe and put it in his pocket than grabbed John's wheel hair and placed his father in it. "I'm taking you to get help…." Whispered Brady as they left the pier.

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

"Kate is something else bothering you"? Asked Marlena as she handed Kate and Nicole some tea. "I was just thinking about how to help John…" All three of them looked questionably at Kate. "I think that he should go into rehab….I know that it may ruin his reputation or not, but they can help him more than we can help him and it doesn't necessarily mean that Belle and them will know." "I think that probably a good idea, I mean we can't always keep an eye on him and the more he sneaks out trying to get drugs, the less we're going to be able to help him". A look of shock came across Marlena's face, "You know Nicole, as much as I disagree with you, on this one thing I actually agree with you." "So we're all in agreement, and I'm sure that Brady will agree, when we find John we're taking him into rehab". Roman said.

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I'm tired of being what you want me to be
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I'm tired of being what you want me to be

"I also agree…" said Brady as he opened the door and wheeled an unconscious John into the house. "I found him by the pier, he was about to shoot up and than he started to fight me, so I knocked him out." Marlena quickly ran over to John as well as Kate. "He's okay, let's get him cleaned up, you all can stay here and when he regains consciousness we'll tell him the plan whether he likes it or not." Said Marlena as she and Roman headed into the kitchen. "This is going to be a long night…." Whispered Nicole as she looked at Brady than back to John.