So Seth has been badly hurt and things are looking grim. Eh, can't get much worse from here on now can it? Let's just go! My sister is standing over my shoulder and annoying me though she says she isn't. Ugghh.
Selene woke up in the waiting room to see it empty other then Jacks and... Where did Aiden go? She started to look around when she noticed that she was leaning against something. When she looked over she saw the coat of Aiden and she only stared at it before deciding she didn't care and nuzzled further into it. If anyone questioned her she would say she was asleep.
"I know you're awake." She didn't move and just looked up into the green eyes of her mentor.
"And you're going to tell me to move?" Aiden shook his head and sighed.
"I don't care what you do. So long as you are feeling well." She was feeling better, but was mostly hiding that she was still hurting. When she had found out her brother had been shot and dying she had panicked and gone into shock. Aiden had to practically scream at her to calm her down.
They had rushed to the house as fast as they could only to find police and paramedics on scene. She had seen her brother getting carted out on a stretcher, blood coating his body. He looked pale and dead and she had screamed then fell to her knees crying. She had collapsed to the ground and clutched onto Aiden while she cried.
After a minute she had been lifted up and put into Aiden's car and they drove after the ambulance. She had watched it and her crying only waxed and waned as the sirens turned on and off. Every time those sirens in the vehicle had turned off it meant her brother was dead. She had counted them. Three times he had died and been brought back, and was now in surgery and maybe dying more.
She pushed the thoughts away and clenched her teeth tightly. She mentally told herself he would be ok, over and over. She didn't notice but she was shaking. She felt a hand on her shoulder and looked back to Aiden.
"Calm down. Your brother's tough, he'll make it. I know he will." She nodded and bit back tears. She looked to Jacks who was on his tablet, pale in the face. She walked over to him and hugged him closely while sobbing into his shoulder.
"Thank you." Jacks let out a whimper and hugged her back. He had always viewed Seth and Selene as his older siblings and when he had heard the gun shots he grabbed his phone and hid. He immediately called 911 like his mother had instructed him to do.
After watching the van that took his mother away leave he went downstairs to see Seth dying on the floor. The things that had stuck with Jacks was not necessarily the blood, but the fact that the person who he viewed as his older brother was bleeding to death on his floor, making pained groans. He had looked so hopeless and weak. Jacks had put his hoodie over the wounds, remembering from one of the war movies he had watched.
When the paramedics had arrived they rushed him out. One had stopped and turned to him and gave him a pat on the shoulder.
"You should come with us." He nodded and went with them, and had seen Selene and his uncle from a distance. He had heard Selene scream out in pure sorrow and collapse. When he had got in the ambulance he couldn't take his eyes off Seth.
Whenever the heart monitor would go steady he would look only to that as they rushed to save him. When they brought him back he would look back to the dying man and just hope, pray, whatever that he would live. When they had arrived they sat him on the waiting room. One of the paramedics had smiled to him.
"You may have just saved his life, son. Thank you for being so brave." Jacks had nodded and took a seat. A few seconds later a slightly furious Aiden had stormed in, followed by the crying Selene. Aiden had rushed to the front desk and demanded to know what was happening while Selene sat in a chair next to the wall and started to cry quietly to herself.
None of them had moved after that. Aiden had occasionally gotten up when Selene wasn't asleep on his shoulder and asked about Seth. It had felt so much longer. It felt like they had been waiting for years. Aiden was trembling on the inside.
It's just like with Lena. God, don't let him die or so help me the fuckers who did this will wish they had never been born."
He looked to the front, standing, despite Selene's protests. He went, forcefully placing his hands on the counter.
"Can you tell me something already, dammit!?" The woman looked terrified of Aiden. He didn't care at that moment. He needed to know how Seth was. She backed away.
"Sir, calm down. I will tell you once I know something. I promise, but you have to wait." Aiden was about to fight with her, but pulled off his hat and ran a hand through his hair.
"Ok. Thank you." He sat back next to Selene, the girl clinging to him again. Aiden let out a sigh, wrapping an arm around the girl.
"It'll be ok." She whimpered softly, then relaxed, fading into sleep once more. Aiden had always been jealous of her ability to fall asleep easily. It would be nice, though he would just wake up from his nightmares. He closed his eyes, hoping he would be able to get some sleep. He felt another weight to his other side. He opened his eye to see Jacks leaning against him. He smiled, then closed his eyes again.
"Mr. Pearce. Sir." Aiden opened his eyes to see a man with greying hair. He shook the others up.
"How is he?" The man smiled.
"He's going to make it. If we had arrived a few minutes late he would not have. Thanks to this brave young man he'll be just fine in a week or so. You can see him if you want. He'll be really tired though. Follow me." The three rose to their feet quickly, making their way after the doctor.
They entered the room to see Seth on the bed, groggily looking at them. He smiled weakly.
"Hey..." Selene rushed to his side, not hugging him too tightly for fear of hurting him.
"I love you! Don't do that again! I'm so sorry! Please never leave me!" Seth raised a shaky hand and placed it on her back.
"I'll try." His voice sounded so distant and weak. Jacks came next to him, smiling happily. Seth placed his other hand on his head.
"Thank you, little man. They told me you called the police. If not for you then they'd be carting me to the cemetery." Jacks hugged him, mimicking his 'older sister'. Seth looked to Aiden, frowning sadly.
"Aiden... I'm so sorry. I dropped my guard for a few minutes. Then this happens. I can think of what to-"
"Don't." Seth looked at his mentor in slight fear.
"You're alive, and that's what's most important right now. We'll get Nicky back. I swear." Seth nodded, though he had a pained gaze.
"What's the plan?" Selene gave his a soft flick to his head.
"You have to rest, silly. Me and Aiden on the other hand?" She turned to the main in reference. The coated Vigilante gave a terrifying glare.
"We're going to make them all pay." Seth nodded. He coughed slightly.
"Stupid meds. You guys should go instead of being here with a beaten man." Selene wanted to argue, but Aiden grabbed her shoulder.
"We should go home and regroup. Rest, then go after the people who did this." Seth looked at him.
"Who did this?"
"Damien. He set up the whole thing. He didn't know about you two, and still doesn't as far as I know. He didn't plan on you being there. He thought you were Nicky's boyfriend over for a visit." Selene snickered.
"He might not be completely incorrect." Seth flicked his sister in the head.
"Like you and Aiden?" She flushed.
"He's like twice my age!"
"I'm right here you know." Seth chuckled. He slowly took in breath, then let it out, his eyes dropping.
"Stupid... Meds..." His eyes closed and his heart beat started to slow.
"Let's go. He needs the rest." Aiden chuckled, showing Selene her reflection in his phone.
"You could too. Did you know you drool?" Selene once more flushed. She was a complete wreck. He hair on the side where she had rested against Aiden was spiked up.
"Shut it." Aiden looked to Jacks.
"Where do you want to go?" He looked back to Seth, then to his uncle.
"Got it. Keep an eye on him." Jacks gave a determined nod.
"Ok." Aiden smiled.
"Thanks, Jacks. Be good." Both him and Selene left, heading back to rest. Aiden turned to her, narrowing his eyes.
"I'm not that old." She chuckled.
"Quiet you."
"So, this is it, huh?" Selene looked around the place, not excited about what they had to do.
"Why don't we get connected?" She pulled up her phone and started to connect to the server. Then her phone crashed, she paled.
"What!?" Aiden pulled out his phone, trying himself.
"Dammit. We don't have the gear to break into this." There was static from their phone.
"Maybe I can help." Their phones blacked out before static ran along it and the back turned red. Then a Spider with a skull body appeared. The bottom read SP1DER T4NK.
"Seth!?"
"You didn't think I was going to sit in my bed and not do anything did you?" Selene chuckled.
"What else was I expecting. Do you have your laptop?"
"Yup, hacking in on one tab, watching cat videos on the other." Aiden chuckled.
"Glad to have you back. Sorta."
"Haha, really, what would you guys do without me?" Selene thought about it.
"Shoot everything." There was a sigh from the other end.
"You so need me." Selene pulled out her Bluetooth, placing it over her ear and connecting her phone.
"Save it, Meat Shield."
"Little early for those jokes don't you think?" Selene smirked.
"With you? No. Where do we have to go?" Seth cleared his throat.
"You have two options, either go down the stairs to your right and go guns blazing since there a few dozen guards, or you can sneak around the left. Your call." Selene was about to go to the right when Aiden grabbed her shoulder.
"I'm mad too, but this isn't the smartest. If Nicky is here then we need to be careful. They catch us and they'll kill her." Selene nodded. She pulled out her pistol, softly pulling back the action.
"Tell us how to sneak past, Seth."
"Thought you would never ask. Let me show you the power of stealth my loud sister. Just do what I say." The man we're looking for is the owner, his office is on the top floor of the building on the far side. However, since he's been informed by Damien of our-Aiden's special set of skill, he's become a little... Lot paranoid. He had guards everywhere, protecting him. The bastard may not even be in his office. The door is protected with an electric coded lock that I can't crack without some small form of the encryption.
I don't need the whole code, just a taste and I'll break it like an Ice Cube. One of the guards should have it. I will warn you though, these guys are heavily armed and dangerous. I can see one man through the cameras sporting some nice heavy armor. Doubt even your shotgun could hurt him sis." Selene shook her head.
"We may have to test that." Seth chuckled.
"I can sense some code coming from the area of the office. I can find out who has the code from you guys getting in close proximity. Basically a virtual game of Hot and Cold. Get near him and the Profiler will do the work of finding his code. All you have to do is get a few feet away and hack him." The duo nodded, making sure they were ready.
"I'll be your eyes in the sky, but I don't have many cameras inside the buildings, so you'll be blind in there. I am spotting some nice little toys I can use in there. I'll keep you safe." They nodded, deciding to split up. Selene was going to head around the left of the complex while Aiden would take the right. They would meet on the far side and push through the middle to complete the search.
As Selene worked around the boating warehouses she didn't see anyone.
"Selene, get behind the boxes to your left. Someone's coming." She ducked behind them, hearing footsteps shortly after.
"Here he comes, I'll distract him." She peeked over, seeing the man close in. Then there was a noise behind him. She saw a small barricade lift up, making a buzzing noise. Selene stalked up to the man, flicking out her baton. When she got behind him she turned him, jabbing him in the neck with the metal, then pushed him to his knees, slamming it into his head to finish him.
"Well done." Across the complex, Aiden was stalking behind two men. They were talking about a women who they both found attractive, arguing who deserved her.
"Aiden, I'll make some noise, I just need you to react fast. Ok?" Aiden nodded, making a click into his Bluetooth. The Forklift in front of them lifted its claws, the men confused.
"Mike? You fucking with us again?" Seth chuckled.
"Mike just got his skull eviscerated by my sister, so no. It's not Mike." Aiden smirked, stalking behind them. One of them walked forward.
"Come on Mike." Aiden descended on the one who had been left behind. He hit the back of the man's knees, making him fall. He wrapped his baton around the man's neck, tugging so a crack came out. He quickly rushed forward, the only reason the other man had not heard him was because Seth was causing the Forklift to make noise. Aiden slammed the face of the man into the side of the Forklift, picking him up and hitting the man in the side of the head with his baton.
"Nice job, boss. Keep moving, Selene is about to beat you."
"She's also half my age." Seth chuckled.
"Still angry about earlier?"
"Something like that."
"To be fair, you don't act like you're forty."
"Shouldn't you be acting like the boogey man and scaring the people around the complex?" Seth was quiet for a few seconds.
"Ok, still angry." Selene reached the point where she and Aiden would meet up. When he arrived she was about to taunt him when Aiden raised a hand.
"Not in the mood." She stifled a laugh. Seth cleared his throat.
"If you two are ready, I have pinpointed the man's location off of your walk about. He's in that warehouse in front of you, second floor. I can use his phone to gather there are a few people in there. So, be careful, ya?" They both drew their weapons, carefully entering. Aiden made sure to look around, not seeing any cameras.
"Blind Seth?"
"Yes, and I don't like it. So I hacked your phone and am using that. Hope you don't mind." Aiden shook his head.
"Why not use your sister's?" There was silence.
"Her search history isn't very secretive. It's a scary place on her browser. Trust me." Aiden said no more, turning to see Selene shrugging.
"When you're bored you'll do anything."
"Triple X porn Selene. Really? That's bored?" She looked down.
"Really bored." The two men groaned.
"What? They can't track me or anything."
"Just get the bastard's phone. Also, Enforcer coming your way." They ducked down, watching as the heavily armored man entered the room. He turned his back to the Vigilante duo. They both nodded, walking towards him lowered to the ground. They drew their batons, stacking up on each side of him.
They both slammed their batons into his neck, causing him to lurch forward. They then repeatedly slammed their batons into his head. When they finished Selene kicked him, happy when she heard no noise coming from him.
"I said phone, not, 'Brutally murder any poor sap you happen to come across.' Jesus, if he survives he'll be eating out of a straw for the rest of his life." Selene smirked under her mask.
"Sorry, my Bluetooth isn't high quality so that's what I heard."
"Of course it isn't. Just get the code." They maneuvered their way to the stairs, quietly climbing them. When they reached the top they saw three men. After a few seconds Seth chuckled.
"The one in the middle. I am starting to steal the code. You can go." They didn't move.
"You're going to cap them aren't you?" Both nodded their heads.
"Of course." They both stood, drawing their silenced pistols, each shooting the man on their side before placing a bullet into the middle man at the same exact time. Blood sprayed the walls as they crumpled to the ground.
"Well, can you just connect to the phone and make my life easier please?" Selene walked to the bodies, connecting to the phone. After a few seconds Seth responded.
"I'm in. The door is actually just up ahead."
"So we would have had to kill them either way." Silence.
"You can't prove that." They went to the door, seeing the red electronic lock on it.
"What's the magic word?"
"Open sesame." The lock clicked open and they entered, guns drawn.
"He's not here."
"But his computer is. Hook me us, sis." Selene walked to the computer, holding her phone near it.
"Um guys? He's in the garage. You'll want to see this." A video popped up on their phones showing the man they were after.
"He's leaving. Maybe, just maybe, you'll want to catch him." Both of them sprinted out of the room, only to come face to face with an Enforcer.
"There you are!" The pipes behind him exploded quickly.
"Keep moving, I'll protect you best I'm able. Can't stop bullets though."
"Sure about that?"
"Ok, not virtually. Can we not make Human Shield jokes while trying to get the asshole who had a huge role in my shooting and Nicky's abduction please?" The Vigilantes sped down to see his truck speeding away. Aiden quickly went to a nearby car, using his phone to unlock it. They hopped in, Aiden slamming on the gas to chase their target.
"Where is he, Seth!?"
"Take a right. He's tragically stuck in traffic." They sped around the corner, seeing the man's red truck stuck behind multiple other cars. He must have seen them because he sped around them and started to speed away.
"No you don't." At the next light the lights changed colors, cars speeding across the intersection and slamming into the truck.
"You're welcome." As the man started to get out Aiden braced himself.
"Hold on." He slammed into the man, pinning him in between the car and his truck. Aiden slowly reversed, leaving the man crippled on the ground. Selene hopped out, drawing her pistol and placing a bullet in his skull. She hopped back in the car and they sped off.
"Well done you two. Now get back to the apartments before any cops find you. I may suggest finding another ride, though. I already called Jordi. I'll send the address of the car." They sped away coming to the address which was an abandoned parking lot. Except for one car.
"Don't scratch her please." It was Seth's truck. Selene chuckled when she saw it.
"You just wanted us to bring it home for you, huh?"
"Maybe. Now go. Police a few blocks away." They slipped into the truck, driving away like nothing had happened as the sun slowly started to rise in the distance. Selene leaned back, smiling.
"Thanks, Seth. You saved us." He chuckled.
"Again, what would you do without me?" She wanted to make fun of him again, but decided against it.
"Not much."
"What was that?"
"I'm not repeating myself."
"Course not. See you later, guys. Doctor is getting angry. Oh, if anyone asks, I didn't just help you create a murder. I was watching cat videos to help make me feel better."
"Yes, Seth."
So... Delays. Ya. School. Ya. Laziness in some cases. Ya. In my own defense, I am a writer who is mood based. If I'm not in the mood then I cannot write something. I was definitely in the mood for this though. Now then, keep calm and may the Aura be with you all! Peace!