"He never would have done that! Randall was just like me, he believed in fair justice no matter how hard it was for us to achieve the proper punishment for criminals." Sharpe was making his way towards the front of the building as he tried to think of a plan on how to trace the call.

Nobody spoke for a moment from the other end of the call, and it made Sharpe nervous that the man had hung up. But the voice eventually said something after a few seconds of thought, "I suppose that's how all of you law enforcers think, that you follow the rules without any slip-ups. But you are very wrong indeed, as you people tend to take your little power a little too seriously. Such as what you were doing, claiming to have evidence on Duo Maxwell in order to get him to confess, because of some anonymous tip that Randall Bennit had called in the office himself."

He didn't step out into the rain which was slowly beginning to lighten up, but it was still heavily pouring and continuing to make the streets flood.

"You know," the man sounded thoughtful for a minute. "Bennit's plan was well thought out considering how he isn't the brightest man. To call in and give you guys false information, to force the investigation to open up again and give him the chance to kill Duo Maxwell to avenge his mother as well as Katherine Maxwell. I suppose you didn't figure out why Bennit was so touchy about the case, did you?"

Sharpe listened carefully as he hadn't really noticed Randall's behavior change the slightest bit once they were on the case, but for some reason he couldn't make himself stop from being sucked into what the man was saying. "What do you mean avenge his mother?"

"His mother was murdered in a similar fashion, and Bennit must've seen this as his chance to make sure nobody ever killed their own mother ever again. Your partner's mother was murdered only by accident by his older brother, but Randall had never seen it as accidental-" The voice stopped its story abruptly, as he seemed to be struggling with something. "Sorry about that... As I was saying, your partner Randall could never forgive his brother for murdering their own mother and made sure to get revenge. It's almost surprising he works as a police officer now, and none of you even knew about any of it because he was so good at covering his tracks. He was out to murder Duo even though that boy didn't murder Katherine. I think I've told you enough for now though..."

"No! Don't hang up!" Sharpe yelled at his phone as the line went dead. "Damn... This is too much information... It can't be true..."

The man went outside to find that the rain had become nothing more than a very faint drizzle at the moment, he took the chance to get into his own car and was going to have to go back to the Maxwell house as there was nothing he could really do there.

He had to be careful about what roads he chose as some of them were flooded, but for the most part it wasn't too bad as he drove on higher roads. As he turned into the driveway he noticed that the other car was no longer in there.

"Shit! Where would those damn teenagers go at a time like this?!" Sharpe jumped out of his car, and rand up to the door. He took a minute as he fumbled with his key and the lock, as he burst into the house he found the television still on the news channel. He saw why Duo had left now, as apparently someone had bombed his father's work place... He turned around and slammed the door behind him, and ran back to his car. He had to make sure to get there before Duo did, as there was a chance that man was waiting for him to go to the scene.

Sharpe couldn't really be sure, but all of the strange events seemed to be occurring around Duo Maxwell and his father. Bennit tried to kill Duo, and then he ended up dead... And during the time he was distracted by Randall's death, Tim Maxwell's work is bombed forcing Duo to go there out in the open.

Obviously that guy wasn't sure where Duo's home was... so his only chance to get Duo would be when he was out in the open. He wasn't able to get Duo while at school either, because of all the people, but everyone would be too distracted with the injured or dead now. Giving anyone the opportunity to just grab someone like Duo and get out of there unnoticed.

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The three of them were able to find a computer within the hospital that a nurse had left unattended, apparently the rain was causing a lot of major accidents requiring all of the help they could get from the hospital staff. Quatre quickly searched for Treize through easily accessible search sites, but after a few minutes of nothing he knew he would have to hack into someone else's database in order to get the information they needed.

"Who would know about Treize though? The police never knew anything because he kept himself so excluded from the public eye." The blonde suddenly got an idea as he searched for the name of Treize's company, and then searched for any website leading to the old database. "It's a long shot, but I might be able to hook up to the old server of that company... what was its name?"

"I remember it had his surname in the company's name, it was something like Khushrenada Inc." Wufei was watching closely as Quatre searched for that name and got several results, "Are you sure you can hack into the database of a company that's been shut down for years?"

"I'm not completely sure, but there's always a chance that nobody bothered to shut that down. What I mean is if Treize is still around I'm sure he managed to preserve all of his information on his old server..." Quatre continued attempting to hack until he finally got too frustrated by not reaching the page he wanted to.

Trowa leaned down and observed Quatre as he unrelentingly tried to figure out the password. "Try Maxwell."

Quatre stopped and looked at Trowa, but then turned back and tried it. The computer told them the password was incorrect once again, and then Trowa had another idea.

"Try Katherine this time."

"What makes you think that could possibly be the password?" Wufei asked skeptically.

"Before all of this shit started happening with that blonde man, I went and did some of my own research on Duo's mother... it turns out that she was a former employee of Khushrenada just as Duo's father was. I didn't think it was that important at the time, but now I think that's the only connection the Maxwell family has with Treize Khushrenada." Trowa had even made Quatre look up at him with that last statement. "Or at least it is the only connection we can make between them for now..."

Quatre furiously typed up the Maxwell name as the password, it worked just as Trowa had guessed which made Wufei and Quatre wonder. If they were only employees, then why would their name be the password to an important database? Was there some deeper connection between the Khushrenada family and the Maxwell family?

None of the spoke as the blonde proceeded to pull up a list of employees, just as Trowa said Duo's parents were both listed as scientists/testers for the company's products which were left unnamed by whoever had decided to input all of the data. As they continued to browse through the whole data bank, there was nothing of any particular interest or that made any of them suspicious.

"What kind of products did Treize's company produce anyway?"

"I heard it was some over-the-counter medicine and such things that any person could buy from the grocery store." Quatre stated as he looked throughout all the files that he could access until he reached a webpage that had a picture of Treize and a taller blonde man standing side by side. "Trowa, is this the man who you saw at your house?"

Trowa didn't say anything, but by the way the usually calm teen glared at the man in the photo with such animosity... he knew for sure that it was indeed the man who had attacked Trowa and Catherine. "So what's the man's name? It must say somewhere who he is and what their relationship is."

"It says here that his name is Milliardo... but uses the nickname Zechs in public... Apparently the Khushrenada family adopted him when he was about fifteen, and the two of them have always gotten along as if they were real brothers. That's all it really says about the two of them, besides they were partners in owning the company and in charge of what went on."

Wufei leaned against the wall behind the computer and crossed his arms across his chest, "Now the only thing we have to figure out is what those two were doing within the company that was so illegal and inhumane according to some rumors I've heard. As far as I can tell, there is a lot that they could've done inside a company so big and be able to cover it up... Not to mention the Khushrenadas' influence on this city. So then who would rat them out?"

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Zechs sighed with mock concern, "So what if Treize and I have a little fun once in a while? It would only be considered gross if we were true biological brothers, but the fact remains that we're only related by a certificate of adoption."

He was seething and was wondering if he'd be able to hold himself back from murdering the blonde man right that minute. "Why the hell won't you just leave us alone? You've already... killed my wife just because we refused Treize. I would never allow my son to fall into the hands of you fucking monsters!"

"My dear Timothy... you really don't have much of a choice, now do you? Her death only came about because of the irresponsibility of your actions along with Katherine's. Denying Treize was the worst thing the two of you could've done, and she's paid the price for both of you." Zechs didn't bother making it difficult for Tim to figure out where they were going, because he knew the man had already figured it out before he had got into the car. "It was the deal you agreed upon, remember? Doesn't this place give you such a feeling of nostalgia?"

Tim didn't bother to look at the building which he had worked at for several years, there were no memories that he wanted to recall from those years of servitude. The only good thing that had happened inside of that building had been meeting Katherine.

"Get out, I've made sure to set everything up for you to make sure you're thoroughly punished for your actions." As Zechs ushered Tim to the door he suddenly leaned in and whispered, "And don't worry about giving your son to us. We've already made sure that he'll come straight here after hearing about what happened to you."

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Another chapter closer to our finale! The way it's going I might have to continue a sequel for it, but that's a big MAYBE, no guarantees or anything. Hope the wait wasn't too long for you guys, and I hope it was a great chapter!

Please R & R!

Shari Maxwell