Chapter 10

Tyler woke the next morning refreshed. It was the first night he had gotten a full nights sleep since he had been kidnapped. He looked around his dorm room. Reid was asleep in his bed, and Pogue and Caleb were curled up on the floor. He'd been scared when they hadn't gotten there to help him the day before. They had kept their promises though. They actually listened to him now. He was wrong to think that they hadn't cared about him. Baby boy echoed in his head, and he hated the fear at hearing those words, that had used to only drive him crazy coming from Reid. Now Reid called him baby brother with feeling behind the words, and he felt protected when they called him that.

It was a Saturday and was still pretty early in the morning so Tyler rolled over and fell back asleep only to dream of a raven haired beauty. He was wakened by Reid a few hours later lightly shaking his shoulder.

"Good morning baby brother! You slept well last night." Reid said with a smile.

Tyler grinned back at him, and was startled when Reid hugged him.

"I've never been so scared before Tyler. When I thought I'd lost you…" He trailed off.

Tyler hugged him back feeling tears sting his eyes, saw Caleb and Pogue sitting on Reid's bed watching them with smiles on their faces. When Reid pulled back there were tears in his eyes. He wiped them away with the back of his hand. He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see it was Caleb. Pogue had went to the other side of the bed. He grinned and hugged Tyler again, this time with Caleb and Pogue joining in. They spent the rest of the day talking.

Ridge Downing was sitting at his desk filling out some papers for work, when he heard the doorbell ring. He got up to see who was there. The butler, Alfred, was at the door.

"What do you want?" He heard the bitterness in Alfred's voice.

Tyler nervously licked his lips before replying. "I'd like to see Raven."

"No sons of Ipswich are welcome here!" Alfred said heatedly.

Tyler started to back away. His brothers were leaning against Tyler's Hummer at the curb, and started toward the house.

"Alfred!" Ridge said. "Go and tell Raven she has a visitor."

"But my Lord!" Alfred said.

"Now Alfred!" Ridge ordered.

The servant glared at Tyler, whose brothers appeared by his side. Tyler felt a hand placed on his shoulder and realized they were there. Fear flew into his eyes and he stepped back into Reid who was standing behind him. Caleb and Pogue stepped forward as if guarding him. Tyler's mind flashed back to the day in the dungeons when he had been tortured by the man standing before him.

"Don't be afraid Tyler. I won't hurt you! You are all welcome here. Shane has been banned from here, so you don't have to worry about him either. I give you a blood oath I will never hurt you again." Ridge said taking a knife from his pocket and cutting his hand.

He held it out to Tyler with blood dripping from it. He felt Reid behind him, giving him strength. He shook hands with the man, and felt a power go through his hand. When he took his hand away there was no blood, and he watched the man heal his own hand. His stitches were also gone and his hand was healed. He looked at the man in shock. The man smiled at him.

Raven watched from the window the exchange between her eldest brother and the sons of Ipswich. She smiled as she watched them all enter the house. She met them in the foyer smiling.

Tyler looked at the raven haired beauty that appeared before them.

"Hello," she greeted them.

"I'll leave you all alone. I'll be in my office." Ridge said leaving.

"I'd like to talk to you." Tyler told Raven in a nervous quiet tone.

"Come into the living room."

They followed her into the living room. Reid, Caleb, and Pogue went to stand by the fire, and turned to watch the other two. Raven sat in a chair on the other side of the room, and Tyler sat down on the couch.

"I was wondering if you'd like to go to Nicky's with me tonight?" He gushed out so fast she almost had to ask him to repeat it.

She smiled at him. "Yes I'd like that. You do realize though that my brothers and their friends will be there also?"

"As will be mine, since they refuse to leave me alone with you!"

"I can't hear what they are saying." Reid complained.

"Tyler doesn't want you to. He just wants us near." Pogue said.

Caleb looked up hearing Tyler laugh, a sound he hadn't heard in a long time. He noticed the two were now holding hands. He looked at his watch. It was 5:00 and they had to pick up Sarah and Kate yet, and get to the Danver's mansion by 5:30.

"I hate to interrupt, but we need to go." Caleb said stepping forward.

Tyler stood up dropping Raven's hand, and followed his brothers to the door. He turned at the door to the girl right behind him, and before he lost his courage he leaned in and kissed her. A power ran through them that they had never experienced before. The door slammed shut behind Tyler, and the kiss went on. Neither heard his brothers pounding on the door behind them.

Ridge sitting in his office heard the commotion and ran to the foyer. Ryder and Rayne moments after them. Their sister was kissing Tyler Sims. They hadn't seen a power like that radiate from two in love since their own parents.

"Tyler!" Caleb cried trying to break the door in.

"What's going on here?" a voice behind them said.

They turned to see Rade, Vincent, and Marcus behind them.

"Tyler's still in there!" Reid said his eyes turning black.

Rade looked at the three son's of Ipswich wondering what the hell was going on. He hurried past them, and used his key on the door, and he still couldn't get it open. Then he started banging on it.

Ridge didn't know whether to pull them apart and risk the power, or let them finish. He could hear his own brother now pounding on the door with Tyler's brothers. Tyler pulled back from his sister making his decision for him.

"What was that?" Tyler asked wanting it to happen again.

Raven was shocked to the very core. Thoughts of her mother and father drifted before her. The door suddenly came open and Rade fell in with the Son's of Ipswich falling on top of him. They all looked up to see the boy and girl staring into one another's eyes.

"The power of love," she whispered leaning forward to kiss him again.

The power came off of them again in leaps and bounds.

"Do we have to see much more of this?" Ryder asked rolling his eyes.

Caleb got up and helped Reid and Pogue up. They watched Tyler wanting to help him till they realized that he didn't need help. Rade watched from the floor still. Sadness filling him remembering the last time he had seen power like that. His sister had found her true love, and he silently vowed to protect Tyler at all costs.

Raven pulled back trying to catch her breathe. She turned red seeing they had an audience. Tyler smiled at her, and moved forward again, but Caleb reached out and grabbed him pulling him back. Tyler groaned as if in pain.

"The power of love…" He said grinning at her wanting to pull her into his arms again. "Meet you at Nicky's at seven?"

Raven felt the loss as Tyler was pulled out of her arms. "I'll be there!"

Tyler was pulled away by his friends. They made him get in the Hummer. Reid had handed Tyler the keys, but Tyler just sat there staring into space smiling. Reid groaned and pushed Tyler over to the passenger side and climbed in.

"Earth to Tyler…" Pogue said from the backseat.

Tyler finally realized someone was trying to talk to him. He looked around at the others wondering how he had gotten there in the Hummer. All he remembered was the kiss.

"What was that Tyler?" Caleb asked.

"She said it was the power of love. Neither of us was using the power though, it just went through us like bliss."

"Maybe we shouldn't have let him go there…" Reid said.

"I'm find Reid! I've never felt like this though before. I'm happy and wanting to cry at the same time." He gushed.

Caleb smiled knowing he was talking about love. What he felt with Sarah. Only they didn't have the power radiate off of them like Tyler and Raven. He saw the concerned look on Reid's face and the lopsided grin Pogue had. Pogue understood also.

"He's fine Reid." Caleb grinned. "You'll understand also once you fall in love!"

Two hours later they pulled up to Nicky's. Caleb laced hands with Sarah as they walked into Nicky's. Pogue had his arm around Kate. Tyler's eyes scanned the place looking for Raven. She wasn't there yet.

"POGUE!" A girl cried launching herself at him.

"Lizzie!" he said hugging her. "What are you doing here?"

Three boys came over to shake hands with Pogue. Kate stood to the side glaring at the beautiful long haired blonde girl in Pogue's arms.

"We've been transferred to Spencer." One of the boys said.

"Awesome! It'll be great to have you all here! These are the sons of Ipswich, Caleb Danvers, Reid Garwin, and Tyler Simms. That's Sarah Caleb's girlfriend, and this is Kate my girlfriend."

The girl smiled warmly at Kate. Kate glared at her.

"These are my cousins. Parker, Tate, Steven and their sister Lizette."

Kate's anger faded away and she let Pogue pull her into his side again. She saw Sarah smile at her in a knowing way. She also saw the way Reid was staring at the girl.

"Lizzie?" Someone said behind them.

"Raven!" Lizzie cried hugging the girl.

"What are you doing here?" Raven asked seeing Lizzie's brothers and hugging them also.

"We just transferred to Spencer." Lizzie said.

Raven's brothers Ryder, Rayne, and Rade appeared and Lizzie hugged them also. Pogue looked on wondering how they knew one another.

"Tyler!" Raven said hugging him.

Tyler hugged her back. "How do you know Lizzie and her brothers?"

"Their my cousins."

Pogue was confused. "How can they be your cousins when there mine?"

Raven looked at Pogue in shock. "Your cousins?"

Lizzie laughed. "You mean you two don't know your cousins?"

Raven and Pogue looked at one another confused. Raven's brothers were also confused.

"Pogue your mom is a Sackett our father's sister. Raven's mom was also a Sackett. Meredith Sackett cousin to our parents. Their like fourth cousins once removed or something like that, but there blood."

Pogue didn't know what to think of this. Neither did the Downings. Tyler pulled Raven away asking her if she'd like something to drink.

"Are those two together?" Lizzie asked.

"Yes." Pogue answered.

"Thought so, you can see the power when there touching radiate off of them."

The others looked at her in shock. "Yes we have the power also. All of the Sacketts do!"

Tyler bought a coke for Raven and himself. They went to an empty table and set down. He took off his jacket, and rubbed his wrists seeing the rope burns. Raven's hand covered his wrists, and he felt the power go through his arms, and the burns disappeared.

Tyler looked over at his friends all of who were watching them intently. He looked back at Raven and smiled at her. They enjoyed each others company for awhile talking about nothing in particular.

"Would you like to play pool?" Tyler asked Raven.

"Sure." She said.

He took her hand and led her over to an open table. He saw Reid talking to some tall gorgeous blonde over at the bar, and shook his head. He looked over toward the foosball tables to see Caleb and Rogue playing a game.

He soon realized that if Reid was playing this game with Raven he'd of met his match. He was losing horribly. It was his turn when someone bumped into him. He turned to find Aaron looking at him pissed.

"If it isn't the gay poser!" Aaron mocked.

Tyler took a step back.

"Leave him alone Aaron!" Raven said.

"Letting your girlfriend fight for you poser?" Aaron said laughing along with his friends.

Raven moved forward, but was tripped and someone jumped on her hitting her. Tyler was grabbed from behind and held while Aaron started hitting him.

Caleb had just scored a shot, when a commotion caught there attention over by the pool tables. He looked at Pogue, then over by the bar to see Reid. He looked around frantically looking for Tyler, but he was no place to be seen.

'Caleb!' he heard Tyler mentally call. 'Help!"

"It's Tyler!" Caleb said pushing forward through the crowd.

"Reid it's Tyler." Pogue yelled as he passed Reid.

Tyler tried to get away from the two holding him against a wall. He looked around for Raven, but didn't see her anywhere. A punch to the stomach doubled him over. Aaron repeatedly hit him in the face. Tyler wished for the blackness to take away the pain.

Caleb reached Aaron and grabbed him pushing him away. Reid and Pogue took the two holding Tyler. Tyler fell to the ground groaning, when he was let go. His head started spinning and the contents of his stomach spilled out.

Raven tried to turn over, but the person hitting her from behind was half kneeling on her. Her hair was pulled back hard and all of a sudden let go, her face slamming against the floor. She saw stars.

'Rade!' She cried mentally.

Rade was already heading toward the sounds of a fight. He looked around for his sister, not seeing her. He saw the sons of Ipswich fighting Aaron and his friends, and his blood ran cold. Where was she?

'Rade!' he heard here call mentally to him.

He pushed his way toward the pool tables. Kira was sitting on his sister slamming her head against the floor. He ran forward grabbing Kira and pushing her away. He turned Raven over and saw that she was unconscious.

"Rade?" He heard Ryder call to him. A moment later Ryder and Rayne were beside them. "We need to get her to the hospital!"

Ryder carefully picked his sister up in his arms, and started toward the door. He saw Tyler lying on the floor over by the back wall, and Kira walking over to him. He nudged his brother Rayne with his mind. Rayne looked in the direction, and barely got there in time before Kira done some damage to Tyler. He used his power on her causing her to faint. He then knelt down by Tyler.

Reid was having trouble fighting Aaron's crony, and saw Kira going after Tyler, but couldn't get away to help him. He saw Rayne Downing save him. He knocked the one he was fighting out then. He turned to find Caleb and Pogue already at Tyler's side.

"Thanks Rayne." Reid said walking up.

"I've got to go. My brothers are taking Raven to the hospital. Kira messed her up pretty good." Rayne said.

Reid nodded at Rayne who left hurriedly. Caleb was helping Tyler sit up. Pogue was on Tyler's other side. Tyler groaned in pain. Reid squatted down in front of Tyler.

"What happened baby brother?" Reid asked.

"He was just taunting me at first. The he pushed me into his friends and he started beating the crap out of me. Where's Raven?"

"Her brothers took her to the hospital. Kira beat her up." Reid said.

Tyler paled. Caleb and Pogue pulled him up on his feet. They finally let go of him and the room swam before his eyes. He started to fall, and Caleb and Pogue had a hold of him again before he did. Reid pushed people out of the way for them to get Tyler to the door. Sarah and Kate following close behind them.