I promised didnt I? And here it is!It's a wee bit shorter than the rest but thats a one off because the next one is going to be much bigger, and agin, will be posted within a couple of days!

Same Disclaimers as always, language and content and all of that, please R+R as i plan to marry all my reviewers you glorious wonderful people!

Oh my Goodness, Thanks you to Reviewer Jannie for pointing out a terrible and potentially offenesive mistake i made in my description of one of the police officers, i have corrected it now and i am SO sorry if i caused any offence it was a genuine typo and a mistake on my part, once again, im so sorry to any one who may have been offended, please dont think badly of me as i would never entertain such thoughts, the word it looks like i've used actually disgusts me.

Sorry and thanks again.

The tall young woman sat primly on Evelyn's sofa, her hands folded casually in her lap. Her brownish/blonde hair was combed neatly in a demure, simple bob, but there where layers cut in that, if styled properly, could make the hair style sexy and her face was made up perfectly, in that subtle way that seems simple but in reality takes ages to apply. Her dress was cut just on the knee and she wore a fashionable but basic cardigan. There was a flash of gold at her throat, a small cross on a chain.

She had Jack's eyes. And his same curving, cupids bow lips. The cardigan had long sleeves, Evelyn noticed, to hide the scars from her track marks.

"When I found out I had a nephew I was…shocked to say the least…John was sort of a…I guess you'd call it a player…in high school, he had a different girl every week…so to find out that my brother had gone out, met a girl, stayed with her long enough to get her pregnant…it was surprising. I, my self, never had kids. Like my brother I had some problems with…drinking, and drugs. I'm not proud of my past but, I've moved on. I've gotten cleaned up, I've got a job working for a small publishers near my home…I built a new life for myself…it wasn't easy" her pretty little forehead wrinkled slightly as she frowned.

Evelyn thought bitter thoughts.

"And then one day, I get this phone call out of the blue…you see when we where younger, my brother got into drugs, drinking…our parents gave him an ultimatum, 'get clean or get out'…John like his drugs too much, so he left. I followed in his foot steps a few months later. I would go back every now and then, when I needed money, or when I thought I could get clean again. John never went back, never even called. Our parents…they just tried to move on, forget about him. I had a close call one day…and it turned me around, it's what made me clean up. Then like I said, I got this call out of the blue, six months ago. It's John, and he's in prison and he tells me the reason he's there is because he did these terrible things to…to his son" her eyed grew shiny with unshed tears. "I had this little nephew I never even knew about who went through all this terrible stuff…I couldn't believe it" she shook her head "My brother…he's changed…he's gotten clean in prison, and my god, he's so sorry for what he did-" she leaned forward slightly as she spoke and Evelyn fixed her with an un forgiving glare.

"I can assure you Amelia, he's not sorry enough" Evelyn stated.

Amelia drew back and dropped her gaze slightly, nodding "Of course he can't" she said quietly.

"Amelia…Miss Keenan, let me be frank with you. Why are you here?" Evelyn asked.

Amelia Keenan, Jack's aunt, looked up again "I know that you have taken care of Jack these past few years. And I know he probably doesn't want to be any where near me"

"There is no 'probably' about it" Evelyn almost growled.

"I just want to show him that not everyone in his real family is as bad as his father" Amelia stated.

"Well considering his father that shouldn't be too hard but I still don't understand what you think you will achieve by coming here today" Evelyn tilted her head.

"I want to meet my nephew" Amelia shrugged.

Evelyn sighed angrily. "Fine, but there are some things you need to know about him before you meet him" Evelyn told her "First things first, don't try to touch him, Jack sometimes has issues with being touched by people, even people he knows, even just a hug. He has his father to think for that. Don't get too excited or raise your voice to him, don't try to force him to look at you. If he doesn't want to meet your eye, don't try to make him, he will lose it"

Amelia nodded carefully.

"I'll go get him" Evelyn stood from her chair and walked out of the den and into the kitchen.

Jack was sitting at the counter, sketching something with Diane.

Diane gave Evelyn a serious look as she walked in. "Jackie? She wants to see you now" Evelyn said quietly.

Jack sighed and laid down his pencil, sliding wordlessly off his chair. He walked over to Evelyn and took her hand, clutching it tightly.

Evelyn gave his hand a comforting squeeze and walked with him into the den. Jack ducked behind Evelyn slightly so that all Amelia would see of him was one side of his face, one of his eyes.

He stepped close to Evelyn's back and even though he wasn't quite touching her, she could feel the shivers running through him.

"Jack, this is your aunt Amelia. Amelia Keenan, this is Jack" Evelyn gave Jacks hand a little tug to coax him forward.

He stepped out from behind her but still stayed close to her.

"Hello Jack" Amelia gave him a smile.

Jack stared at her.

"Look how big you are!" She exclaimed "You're ten? Wow, I remember when I was ten, it was a lot of fun" she nodded.

Jack looked up at Evelyn for his cue. "Go on" Evelyn whispered.

"Hi" Jack said quietly.

Evelyn moved and sat down in her seat, Jack barely detaching himself from her side as she did so. He stood beside her chair, still gripping her hand.

Amelia looked as if she was trying to think of things to say.

"What…what do you like to do for fun?" She asked.

Jack gave her a cynical look that actually amused the hell out of Evelyn although she didn't let it show. "I like lots of stuff I guess" Jack shrugged.

"Yeah? Do you like…riding you bike? Or sports?" Amelia, Evelyn hated to admit, really was making the effort.

"I like drawing. And playing hockey. And stealing" Jack said the last with a look daring Amelia to respond negatively.

Amelia's eyes widened in shock and she nodded "Stealing huh?" she asked.

"Yep" Jack, his confidence growing in reaction her shock, replied with a tiny smirk.

"What do you steal?" she asked him, acting as if she wasn't bothered by it.

"What ever the fuck I want" Jack stated, more than a hint of his brothers attitudes in his voice.

"Jack!" Evelyn scolded.

Amelia blinked "Have you ever gotten caught?" she asked.

"Not yet"

"Well…I think given how hard your life has been you're entitled to be a little…rebellious" Amelia told him.

"What do you want?" Jack asked, sounding tired.

"Jack, you're family" Amelia told him "And I think you belong with family" she shrugged. "I want you to come and live with me" she said and the words cut through Evelyn like a knife.

She gasped out loud and Jack ran from the room. He charged up the stairs and Evelyn glared at Amelia.

Amelia glared right back "I have a legal right to take him" she stated.

"He hates you and he's terrified of you" Evelyn hissed.

"Well I want to teach him to love me. I'm his aunt, I'm the only family he's got" Amelia said.

Evelyn rose from her seat "I'm going to call Maria, and my attorney" she spat.

"What about Jack?" Amelia made as if to walk toward the stairs.

"Don't you dare follow him. His brothers are up there, they'll talk to him" Evelyn stepped bodily in front of Amelia.

The woman sighed but nodded and sat back down.

Evelyn stalked into the kitchen and snatched up the phone, wiping at her eyes as she did.

Angel sat in Jack's bed room, his back pressed to the closed door, his legs braced on the floor. Jerry stood in front of him, holding his hands out to his sides, trying his hardest to keep Bobby from tearing through the door.

"Bobby, Jack doesn't need this" Jerry hissed right in Bobby's face.

Jack was sitting on his bed where Jerry had sat him down after pulling him back in through the window. Jack had been meaning to leave.

"All I'm gonna do is throw her out on her ass" Bobby seethed "She's not taking him away from us" he ducked again as if to move past Jerry.

Jerry moved with him, blocking his path and Bobby gave him a look that Jerry had seen make men twice his size back off from Bobby.

Jerry however, simply raised an eyebrow "You're scaring your brother" he said quietly.

The words had the desired affect and Bobby wheeled around to see Jack hugging his knees on the bed, his face streaked with tears as his body shook with deep, hiccoughing sobs. His eyes where wide and panicked and he was watching the near fight with something akin to terror plastered across his face.

"Shit" Bobby's shoulders slumped and he ran to the bed, sitting beside Jack and pulling the boy into a hug "I'm sorry Jackie boy, I'm sorry" he whispered.

Jerry sat on the edge of the bed.

Angel, still sitting by the door, shook his head "We gotta be able to fight this" he stated.

"I'm not going with her, she's his sister she'll be like him!" Jack sobbed in Bobby's arms.

"She won't be like your dad Jack" Jerry tried to comfort him.

Bobby was rocking Jack from side to side, his face a grim mask. "I'm gonna tell you guys something, something no body but Ma and Maria know" he said quietly.

"Before I came here, when I still lived at home I had a baby brother called Tommy. He was…he had some problems, handicaps they called 'em. Meant he was always smiling, always happy" Bobby gave a weak smile "He was like…he could make even the shittiest, most awful day better just by being in a room cause he would be smiling and it would…light up the room" his voice was uncharacteristically gentle. "My dad killed him. He hit him too hard one day, broke something inside of his head. I wasn't there when it happened. I had gone out to steal some shit from some guy and I had left Tommy alone and our father took offence to Tommy smiling and he murdered him" his voice quavered but Bobby would never cry in front of his brothers.

"Bobby…Jesus…I'm sorry man" Angel said quietly.

"When I came here I was all fucked up over Tommy but…you three fixed that. You don't know it but all together you three are Tommy" Bobby told them "I abandoned him, I screwed up and he died because of it. I swore to my self I was never gonna let one of my brothers get hurt because of me again. I'm gonna hurt her so she doesn't come back" he said quietly.

"Bobby don't be stupid" Jerry sighed "You do anything like that and not only will they pack you off to jail, they'll probably take all of us away from mom, not to mention away from each other" he stated.

"So what we should just sit back and let this happen?" Bobby asked.

"No, but we find a way to fix it that doesn't involve us actually being arrested!" Jerry snapped.

Jack was shaking his head back and forth, over and over again "No, I don't want Ma to lose everybody because of me" he told them.

"You're not saying you're gonna go with her?" Bobby looked at him sharply.

"No! But if you let me leave then Ma doesn't get in trouble and I still get away" he told them.

Bobby pushed Jack back a little and pulled the sleeve of his sweater down over his hand. He wiped the tears from Jack's face as he spoke "Kid if you leave, you'll die" he said softly "You're a tough little SOB but I doubt you'd last all that long" he forced a laugh.

Jack shook his head "No. You heard Ma, you heard her…if that lady wants to take me, and if she's passed all the…interviews and shit…then that's it…I'm hers now. I'm not staying here just so they can make me go with her!" he yelled and started for the window again.

Bobby caught him and dragged him backwards but Jack elbowed him viciously and struggled free. He squirmed through the window and out onto the roof of the porch, running for the edge of the roof. Jerry cursed and followed him out as Angel moved away from the door and ran out onto the landing "Ma!" he yelled, taking the stairs two at a time.

Bobby followed him down the stairs as out on the roof Jerry yelled at Jack to stop.

Jack froze at the edge of the roof. He shot an angry look back at Jerry and lowered himself over the lip of the ledge, letting himself drop until his arms stretched out over his head. With a little kick, to carry him away from the side of the house, he let go, falling through the air.

Angel caught him with an 'ooof' sound, falling backwards with Jack in his arms.

Jack screamed wordlessly, trying to struggle against Angel but Bobby joined his brother, holding Jack's arms down as Jack tried to claw at Angels hands. Angel rolled onto his side, taking Jack with him as Bobby held Jack's wrists together.

"Ma!" Bobby shouted, "Ma hurry up!"

Evelyn raced out side and knelt beside the boys, tearing off the sweater she wore over her dress and bunching up under Jack's head as he thumped against the floor.

Angel moved so that he knelt at Jack's feet and gripped the child's ankles, holding his feet down.

"Jack!" Evelyn held Jack's head and spoke quietly and calmly "Jack calm down, just calm down" she soothed.

She shot a look at Amelia who stood on the steps leading up to the house, watching the scene with wide eyes.

"Jackie boy, come on now" Evelyn soothed "Hush now, take deep breaths sweetie"

Jack made a high, pained sound in the back of his throat and abruptly went still, squeezing his eyes shut.

Kneeling at his head, Evelyn took a deep breath and blew it out, stroking his cheek with her thumb.

"Bobby will you?" she asked Bobby.

Bobby, blinking back tears nodded silently and scooped Jack up.

Jack wrapped his arms around Bobby's neck and rested his head on his shoulder. Bobby carried Jack to the house, shooting Amelia a murderous glance as he approached her "Move" he snapped.

Amelia frowned at him but backed into the house so that Bobby could climb the stairs. Diane, and the other foster children stood in the hall and as he passed, Bobby gave Diane a look "Could you please take the others into the kitchen and get them something to eat?" he asked, his voice strained.

Angel followed Bobby as he walked up stairs where a waiting Jerry greeted him. Wordlessly, Jerry took Jack out of Bobby's arms. Jack began sobbing again as Jerry shushed him soothingly and Bobby turned at the top of the stairs staring down at Amelia.

"That's no where near as bad as his…attacks can get" Evelyn told Amelia as she walked back into the house "In fact that was barely a blip, in comparison. And the reason he does this? Has violent tantrums? His father"

Amelia shook her head "I think it's deplorable that you would stage this little scene to try to scare me off" she said very calmly "really, I'm shocked"

Evelyn raised an eyebrow at her "Please. If I was going to stage something, I would have told him to set your car on fire. I wouldn't have made him go through one of these" she made an all encompassing gesture with her hand.

Amelia shook her head again "Well it didn't work. He's mine, by law, and by blood. I will be taking him just as soon as I'm allowed to" her voice hardened slightly as she tried to intimidate Evelyn.

Evelyn folded her arms and Stared Amelia down until Amelia realised she wasn't going to win a contest of wills, gathered her things, and left the house.

Evelyn turned to look at her gathered brood. She seemed to be thinking seriously for well over a minute, then, with finality and with feeling she said "Shit"

The burly police officer held Angel, Bobby and Jerry back as best he could, yelling at them to calm down. His partner stood preparedly beside Evelyn, ready to move should she, like her sons, try to physically prevent what was happening.

Jack's wailing screams filled the air as a third officer tried to carry him out of the house. "Ma!" his voice was high and panicked as he sobbed "Ma please don't make me go!" he screamed pitifully.

Evelyn openly wept, shaking her head apologetically as the cop struggling with Jack tried lifting him instead of just pulling him along. Jack had wrapped his hands around the banister of the stairs though, and was refusing to let go.

Maria stood by the door, her face a mask of conflicted emotions. Amelia stood beside her, carrying the small suitcase belonging to Jack.

Evelyn's other fosters where at the top of the stairs, Diane holding the sobbing twins to her, Li standing beside her frowning sadly.

"Come on kid" the cop whispered, "Please" he hissed as Jack tightened his grip on the banister.

"Ma!" Jack screamed again "Please!"

Evelyn, without moving forward, held out her hands and began to shush Jack, trying to soothe him even as she shook with sobs.

Bobby, Angel and Jerry where yelling in the cops face as they tried to get around him without actually touching him and giving him an excuse, even a weak one, to arrest them for assaulting an officer.

"NO!" Jack actually shrieked as the cop managed to get prise one of Jack's hands from the banister rail, so Jack changed tack and let go with his other hand so suddenly that the cop staggered backwards and let go of Jack.

Jack ran towards Evelyn but the officer standing besides her, a man whose name tag read Doyle, crouched and caught a hold of him. Jack was reaching for Evelyn, screaming for her over and over again and as she relented and took a step toward her, the officer who had been holding Jack originally, a man named Harris, moved between her and Jack, holding his hands up in a 'stop' gesture. He shook his head wordlessly, his face grim and apologetic as Doyle began to herd Jack toward the door.

Jack realised Evelyn couldn't help him. "Bobby!" he screamed.

"Jack!" Bobby yelled over the cops shoulder.

"Bobby! Angel!" Jack cried "Jerry!"

This cop was bigger, stronger, and less sympathetic that his companion and was winning in his struggle to get Jack to the door.

"Bobby!" Jack voice had reached that point where pure terror was winning over.

His voice was straining, higher than was natural as he realised that he wasn't going to win.

"No" he said, his tone actually one of surprise "NO!" he kicked the cop in the shin and ran around him to ward his brothers who gave up on being polite and simply shoved the cop aside, the three of them embracing Jack as he reached them.

Evelyn ran to join them as the two cops, Doyle and Harris, waded into them, trying to pull them apart. Jack was screaming, clinging to his brothers, too his mother. Evelyn held onto his arm but the big cop, Harris, pulled her back, trying to pull her hands free of Jack's. Doyle picked Jack up around the waist as the third officer, a younger guy named Smith ran to help. Smith tried to unwind the boy's grips on Jack as Doyle tried to just pull Jack backwards. Harris wrestled with Evelyn's hands, grimacing as he had to squeeze her hand just this side of painfully to make her relent. Doyle walked staggeringly backwards and some how, began to gain ground as his fellow officers restrained the Mercers. With one final tug, Jack came free and Doyle didn't hesitate in rushing him out of the door. The boys rose to follow but Evelyn, exhausted, stood where she was.

Amelia had already started the car as Angel, Jerry and Bobby made it out side and she peeled out of their drive way, Jack in her backseat banging on the window like a prisoner.

"Jack!" Angel roared.

"You fuckin Bitch!" Bobby yelled after the car.

Jerry, breathless, doubled over panting, staring after the car with tears in his eyes. He shook his head in disbelief.

Several neighbours where peering out of their curtains or walking out into the street to see what all the commotion was about.

A lady from the house next door jogged over their lawn, staring at the two police cruisers. "Boys what happened!" she asked in alarm.

Bobby screamed curses and Angel shook his head silently, emotion making it impossible for him to answer, so the woman turned to the still panting Jerry and repeated her question.

Jerry stood up straight, his lip quivering and whispered, his voice hoarse and strained "Jack"