Silence everywhere. Suffocating silence filled the place where he was currently at, laid on a harsh surface with his eyes closed. Why were his eyes closed? Seth Gecko usually picked any bed with the softest mattress in the world, why would he just sleep on this? Also, why did his head hurt so much as someone had punched him? Random thoughts deluged his mind till his eyelids started moving and his eyes opened for good.

The first thing he faced was a silver ceiling, the ceiling of a car workshop. "Richie." It was his first thought as he sat up violently, getting back down cause of the unbearable headache. "I am gonna kill you." Touching his forehead, marks of red liquid stained his fingers. "I'm definitely killing you." He murmured again making another effort to sit up only to realize that he was laid down in the back of a truck still in the workshop.

The surroundings of the store were quiet, -the advantage of not living in a huge city especially when your head is about to explode- giving him time to fully get back to his feet and walk outside in the semi darkfield, looking for his car.

"Damn you, Richie. You crossed the line this time."He said kicking the dirt on the ground cursing.

The only good thing about waking up in a car workshop with your car missing is that you can steal any vehicle you want. Not so fancy comparing to your own, -your stolen car- , but still good enough to get you back home in no time.

Where you can find Richie sitting on your uncle's couch watching cartoons and kick his butt the way you want it.

"What the hell, man?"

"What the hell? You crashed my head on a car… Cause of her." He yelled referring to Kisa who was absent at the moment.

"You kinda deserved it don't you think?"

"You son of…"

Blow after blow landed on Richie's face as he was pushed to the ground. No matter how strong a Culebra was, it still hurt making him angrier, till he grabbed the chance to take the upper hand.

"Get off me…" Seth yelled still punching his brother as much as he could at this difficult time.

"You want a serious fight, you'll have one brother. " Richie whispered landing a punch on Seth's forehead right on the injury, making his body go limp. "Seth? Seth?" The unmoving form of his brother and his closed eyes made him realize what he had done. "Seth, wake up man, come on man I didn't mean to hurt you. Please wake up, please."

"What did you do?" Kisa's voice was heard on the background, goggling her eyes upon seeing Seth.

"Nothing… I mean… He.. He.. Come on bro. Don't do this to me. Come on."

As much as tension there was currently between the Geckos none of them would even think to kill the other… They were brothers, family, not some murderers with no heart. Therefore, Richie was a wreck seeing his brother not reacting to the light slaps on his cheeks.

"Is he alive?" Kisa asked worry clearly written all over her face.

"Yes, he is but he's so stubborn to wake up." Richie answered taking another peek on his unconscious member of the family.

The screeching of the front door caught their attention and the form of Uncle Eddie walking in, stopping at the sight of his nephew just tensed the situation more.

"What did you do?"

"It was an accident."

"How could this be an accident?"

Richie lowered his head, feeling regret.

"Come on let's get him on the couch."

Settling him in the big sofa, the two men stood up not eyeing each other for a couple of seconds before the older one, leaned by his nephew's head. "I have a first aid kit on the bathroom, go bring it. Now Richard…"

In a matter of seconds, the first aid kit was in Eddie's hands and a gauze full of Betadine landed on Seth's forehead, weeping the blood off before sticking a bandage on it.

"He's gonna wake up right?" Richie asked smiling awkwardly due to the stress.

"How should I know? I am no doctor. You better pray that he is gonna be fine. I am gonna go to the garage for a while, stay here and take care of him."

The last time Seth found himself in the darkness for too long was back in primary school when his dad had hit him with the back of his gun because of being late from school. He remembered being in a weird place following a light that moved constantly, from one position to another eventually guiding him back to his brother's voice. However, now it was different. No light on the horizon, no way to escape just a total fog in his mind, just a whisper in his ears.

"Remember when we were kids, when we almost burned down Uncle Eddie's house? Remember his reaction? It was funny. I wish we could go back to those times… And I wouldn't have to let you go… I tried to stay as far away as I could to protect you. The world of Culebras is dangerous, more than you think and you can't handle everything, Seth, you are just a human being But I can't leave you. I wish I knew how to quit you." Richie exclaimed sitting on the floor in front of the couch, wiping tears off his face.

"You can always turn him. Just make him one of us."

"I won't do that. He doesn't want that."

"If you want to save him, that's the right thing to do."

"He hit his head. He won't die from this. I know it. It had happened before. It just takes a little longer than usual to get his sh(t together and wake up. " Richie tried to assure himself when he felt movement on his back.

Seth's feet moved irregularly as he struggled to open his eyes.

"It's alright man, it's cool. Stay calm." He hugged him tightly.

"Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape. You knocked me out. Twice."

"About that…" An apology was about to make its appearance which was interrupted soon.

"Are you a f*cking idiot? You could have killed me. Why would you act Richard? Why like dad?" He asked touching his forehead gently, observing the bandage, trying to remove it before being stopped by his brother. "Can you just leave me alone?"

"Seth…" Santanico tried to talk before being cut off too/

"U too. Go… I want to stay alone for a while."

In a matter of minutes, the pair had disappeared out of the house. Seth sat up a little holding his clutching head, his eyes trying to focus on Eddie's living room. If his head didn't hurt that much, he would have murdered Richard the second he got back his senses. Staking him seemed luring, shooting him was even better. Well, his bro wouldn't die, upon using the latter option but his revenge would have been completed. Making an attempt to stand up leaning on the couch for support, he fell back sighing, cursing his brother.

"Hey, you're up." A familiar voice exclaimed. "How do you feel?"

"Like I got hit by a crazy, angry as*hole who's gonna get punched and killed if he doesn't leave me alone."

"Calm down, Seth. You two used to be best friends, buddies. Nobody could separate you, what happened?"

"Things change Uncle Eddie… I can't explain now but life as we know it, it's not the same anymore. I have to go… We have a plan to execute…" Sitting up but falling back down due to the wave of dizziness that overcame him, didn't satisfy Seth enough… Being in this weak state, he preferred to die rather than fail his mission.

"Stay here for a while, I'll call Sonja okay?"

"No, wait… Just get Richie here."

Receiving a nod from his uncle, the boy loosened his grip to the pillow, he didn't realize he was holding tightly and relaxed back, waiting for his younger brother to show up.

It was embarrassing at first… Like two strangers walking accidentally into each other, as two enemies reunite after a battle in order to start a fight again… Only both of them, especially the youngest one was regretful for his actions.

Two spoiled brats, two stubborn men, nobody would talk first. Not until Seth removed the gauze from his head revealing his ugly bloody bruise for the first time.

"Does it hurt?"

"It does but I'll live…"

"Uncle Eddie says that you can stay at home and we'll make the score…"

Seth smiled. "In your dreams, amigo… I'll be there whether you like it or not…."

"Hey… I am sorry… I didn't mean to…"

"It's alright… It's not our first brawl and definitely not gonna be the last one."

Richard cracked a smile. They were back. And they were the Gecko brothers. ;)

New story, new me! Actually, new story, old me! I am here for you with a new story from "From Dusk Till Dawn." My Chicago PD stories are coming soon too! Enjoy 3

~The Fourth Bionic~