Fletch's P.O.V.
Months had passed and we still hadn't found Tyne. Calley was at home while Zack and I were at work. It was a month till Christmas and we were doing up the lights in the city. We were in the middle of putting up a string of lights when Zack's phone rang. "hello?" he said putting it on speaker so we could continue the job. "dad! Get home now!" Rox's voice came over the phone. "Rox! Mama says she needs to get up to the hospital now!" Nix yelled out. We called Nicole that most of the time now. "what's wrong with her?" Zack asked. "she's gonna have the baby!" Rox said. Zack and I looked at each other before racing off. "be right there!" Zack said and hung up. We got to his house and he got her in the car with the kids and we then headed up to the hospital. We got her in and then Bri took her off. Zack paced the floor while I sat there and watched him and the girls. Rox and Nix watched watched Zack pacing and then looked at me and I shrugged.
Hours passed until Bri came out. "well?!" Zack asked staring at her. "she's had a baby boy." she said smiling. "where is she?" he asked. "follow me." she said and we went off to a room. We walked in and Calley way lying on the bed cradling a very small baby. She looked up at Zack and smiled. Sack stared at them and I smiled. "congratulations daddy." I murmured and he smiled. "you want to hold him?" Calley asked. Zack walked over and took him into his arms. Zack sat next to Calley wrapping one arm around her tightly. "he's so small." Zack murmured and Calley smiled. "he's gonna be like you when he grows up." Calley said looking up at him. Zack looked at her and kissed her gently. "Fletch. Bring the girls in." he said. I went out and brought the girls in and they looked at Calley. "aww! He's so cute!" Rox said and Nix nodded. They went over and hugged Calley gently looking at the baby. "what's his name?" I asked. "Jeremy." Calley said. "does Zack have a say?" I asked. "oh we worked it out when we found out she was preggie." he said and I nodded. I sighed wishing Tyne was here with us but I still had no idea where she was.
We had been up at the hospital for an hour when Rohan came into the hospital. "hey guys. Heard Calley was here and got worried." He said. "nah. Just had a baby is all." I said and he nodded. "you haven't found Tyne yet have you?" I asked and he stared at the wall. "uh…..well….oh look! Marcus just arrived. ask him!" Rohan said and I eyed Rohan for a minute. "what's wrong?" Marcus asked walking over. "he wants to know have we found Tyne yet." Rohan said. Marcus looked at Rohan and then me. "sorry. No we haven't seen her." He said and then his radio crackled to life. "Marcus…..home….now!" a voice came over the radio. "that sounds like Tyne." I murmured and looked at Zack who was eyeing the two of them. I could tell he thought the same thing. "Ring my phone!" Marcus snapped and turned his radio of. His phone then rang a minute later. He walked back a bit but I listened in without them knowing. "what's wrong?" he said. "how would they know where you are?" he said staring at the wall. "I'll be right there. Hang in there sweetie." He said and hung up. "Rohan! My car now. We've got a job!" he said and they raced off. Zack got up and handed Jeremy to Calley. "stay here love. I wanna find out why that person sounded like Tyne." He said and she nodded.
Zack and I headed out to his car and we followed behind Marcus's car. We kept our distance so they wouldn't know we were following. We followed him all the way back to his house. He got out and ran inside with Rohan following. Zack pulled into a side street and parked there. We made our way over to his house and looked through a window. "where were they?" Marcus asked looking into a room. "they were all around the house." Her voice came before she walked out of the room. My eyes widened and Zack growled. "he had Tyne all this time?!" Zack growled. "well, no one's here now." Marcus said. "Rohan, go double check the rooms." Marcus said and Rohan ran off. "are you sure I'm still safe here?" she asked. "I don't know. but I promised that I'd hide you here from everyone, and that's what I'll do. but I don't want to leave you at home by yourself now. If your dad's men have found out that you're here, they'll do anything to get you." he said and Tyne looked at the floor. "well, I can't go to work with you." she said. "I'll sort something out." He said and I had heard enough. "let's get back and tell the others." I said and Zack nodded and we ran back to his car and raced off home.
We got home and I raced inside. "Kyron! We found Tyne!" I yelled. The kids ran to the top of the stairs looking at me and Shad, Reuben, Kyron, and Nya came out of the lounge. "where?" Kyron asked. "Marcus and Rohan were hiding her at Marcus's house." Zack said. "then we have to go and get her." Reuben said. Tara and Kai came out of their room and watched as we started to get our weapons. "I wouldn't go if I were you." a voice said. We turned around and Talison was standing there. "why ever not darl? She should be here." Nya said. "mum, I work in the police. If they try to get sis back, they have the right to shoot anyone who tries to get her. And if they didn't shoot, they'd just move her to a more secretive place." He said and we all looked at each other and Shad dropped her weapons on the ground sighing. Nya and Kyron looked at each other. "I agree. But I need Tyne here!" Tara said and Kai held her close. "Tara. If we did, she's be taken further away." Kai said and Tara turned around hugging him. "so what do we do?" I said. Talison rolled his eyes and walked over to the table. "you don't get it." He said. "he's protecting her from everyone right?" he said and we nodded. "Kill Kaikarah and his men, you get sis back." He said and we all looked at each other and smiled. "you're a genius!" Shad said hugging him. "it's so simple. Why didn't we realize that?" Reuben said. "the problem with you guys are you've been at this for years so you're starting to get tired of it and so you don't see the simple things." He said. "so what do we do?" Rachel asked coming out with Fiona. Rachel had been guarding her since she was brought here and we had got Fiona to help us now. "why not try taking the day off, and doing something fun?" Fiona said and we looked at each other. "but we need to work." I said. "no. Talison is right. We will take today off and start tomorrow. We need to rest today." he said and we all walked off to have a break.
Zack went back up to the hospital, Kyron, Nya, Talison, Madeline, and Jesse went out to town. My kids went out with Lexie, Calari, Fiona, and Garry to the park, all the adopted children except Shad and Reuben headed out to the forest. I stayed at the house and went into the training room. Shad and Reuben looked as I went in and looked at each other. They followed and walked in and Shad stared at me. "how is lifting weights and stuff, having a break?!" she asked. "it's not." I said. "so why are you doing it?" Reuben asked. I sighed putting the weights up and looked at them. "the only time I ever rest is at night when I go to bed. But a rest from work or whatever, never. I only ever rested from work when Tyne was around. I'd go round to her place, because I'd stay with friends rather than buying my own house, and then I'd rest from work. Only because I had Tyne with me on the couch or when we went to bed." I said and Shad and Reuben sighed sitting down. "so without Tyne, you won't rest?" Shad said and I nodded. "you're going to exhaust yourself." Reuben said. "I'll only let my body get over exhausted once Tyne is back here, in my arms in bed." I said and continued with my training. Shad and Reuben sat down watching me. "you two can go." I said. "you do know that right?" Shad looked up at me and smiled. "we know. But we're a team. We'll stay with you." she said and I smiled. "what happens if father rings us to find out what we're doing?" Reuben asked. I thought for a minute. "got it. I'll train outside. We'll take my player, put some music on and tell him we're out at some fair." I said. "That's sneaky!" Shad said and we looked at each other. "it's perfect!" we said and got our stuff and headed out. I pulled on my jacket and pulled my hood over my head and headed out into the snow.
We stayed near the house but near enough to people for him to hear them if he rang. We turned on the player and Reuben plugged my phone in and it started on one of the tracks
I wake up every evening
With a big smile on my face
And it never feels out of place
I smiled as I got the punching bag up and then turned it up.
And you're still probably working
At a nine to five pace
I wonder how bad that tastes
Shad and Reuben smiled. "so you like this then?" Shad asked. "yeah." I said. "makes me think of Kaikarah." Reuben said.
When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
We sang along with it. I couldn't help but think of Tyne's dad with this.
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
Shad and Reuben sat there watching me.
Now where's your picket fence love
And where's that shiny car
And did it ever get you far
You never seemed so tense love
I've never seen you fall so hard
Do you know where you are
Shad and Reuben looked at each other smiling before looking back at me
And truth be told I miss you
And truth be told I'm lying
Shad came up to me. "settle down. If this thing was alive, it'd be dead now." she said and I settled down a bit.
When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
If you find a man that's worth a damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool you're just as well
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
I was busy throwing punches on the bag that I hadn't notice someone was watching but Shad felt it.
Tomorrow you'll be thinking to yourself
Where'd it all go wrong?
But the list goes on and on
Shad got up and walked around looking
And truth be told I miss you
And truth be told I'm lying
I watched her as she walked around and then I looked at Reuben who shrugged
When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you find a man that's worth a damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool, you're just as well
Hope it gives you hell
"why would you want to give anyone hell, daddy?" a voice said softly
Now you'll never see
What you've done to me
You can take back your memories
They're no good to me
And here's all your lies
You can't look me in the eyes
With the sad, sad look
That you wear so well
I stopped punching the bag and turned around to see Tahatan. "what are you doin' here?" I asked. "I snuck away. I wanted to be with you." he said running over and hugging my leg. "well, it's just a song buddy." I said and gave him to Reuben while I went back to punching
When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you find a man that's worth a damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool you're just as well
Hope it gives you hell
Tahatan sat on Reuben's lap swaying to the music smiling. Shad giggled watching him and recording it on her phone
When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you hear this song and you sing along but you never tell
Then you're the fool, I'm just as well
Hope it gives you hell
I glanced over at them and smiled watching Tahatan
When you hear this song
I hope that it will give you hell
You can sing along
I hope that it puts you through hell
"Yep. You put mummy's daddy through hell." Tahatan said and I looked at him. "really?" I asked. "yep." he said nodding madly. "you better stop or you'll lose ya head." I said ruffling his hair. "now, not a word to anyone that I was training kay buddy?" I said and he smiled. "promise!" he said jumping into my arms. We got everything inside as the wind was picking up and then everyone else got back. "Fletch! We lost..." Fiona was saying and then stopped staring at Tahatan. "he's back." she said. "yeah. He came and found me." I said. "oh okay." She said sighing. We all sat down in the lounge and warmed up by the fire when Marcus walked in with Rohan. "sorry to bother y'all." he said. "what seems to be the problem?" Kyron asked. "Kaikarah's broken out of prison and headed for his hideout." he said and I frowned. "I'll get Zack." I said and headed off. I arrived at the hospital and went to Zack. "Kaikarah broke out of prison. You need to deal with him." I said. "oh I can't." Zack said. "what?!" I said looking at him. "I hurt my back before. I can't do it." he said. "but you can. You're capable of it." he said. "okay." I groaned and walked out. "did you really hurt your back?" Calley asked and Zack smiled. "no. but he has to deal with Kaikarah. It's only right." Zack said and Calley shook her head.
I got back home and told the others. "you're gonna kill him?!" Shad said worried and I nodded. "wow. That's gonna be hard." Reuben said. "I know. Why do you think I wanted Zack to do it?" I said. "Fletch. You are more than capable to take on Kaikarah and win. Trust me. I've been watching you." Kyron said smiling. I looked at the others and they nodded. "okay. I'll do it and win." I said and they smiled.
To be continued!
'Gives You Hell' by All American Rejects
