Tom's POV

I walked over to the room in which Weaver was set up in and quietly knocked on the door, I heard a brief 'come in' so I opened the door and slipped into the room shutting it behind me.

"Tom, what can I do for you? How's Hal doing?" The Captain spoke from the lone bed that he was currently sitting on.

"He's alright." I said stroking a rough side of my face. "I was just wondering what our next move was, I mean we can't stay in Charleston, we don't belong here."

"I'm not sure yet Tom, what with the new aliens and your boys I'm not sure it would be wise to leave quite yet."

"I know, Dan, but we have to go at some point and I don't think that anytime would be the right time so why not now? Hal will be fine we just have to keep an eye on him." I said leaning against the wall opposite him trying to hide how tired I was but he obviously saw it.

"Why don't we work this out in the morning? You should get some rest, I'm sure we all could after the day we've had." He sighed.

"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow." I opened the door and headed out.

I was heading to the room that currently was the Mason room and I hoped that Matt and Ben had already drifted off to sleep, they sure needed it. He came to a sudden stop when he heard loud shouting coming from inside Hal's room that Hal had been moved too, he neared it and opened it to see a sight that both confused and shocked him.

Maggie was lying on the floor with blood dripping down the side of her face. His eyes next fell onto his eldest son, Hal who was standing at the back of the room with a blank expression on his face and blood dripping off of his hand.

"What- What's going on here?" He asked his voice shaking with confusion. "Hal?"

Hal didn't respond for the longest time, he just stared at his father with a grin on his face and a new darkness in his eyes. In that time Anne, Lourdes, Weaver and some of the other fighters had gathered aground wondering what was going on. Anne and Lourdes had immediately gone over to Maggie and moved her back so that they could check her wounds.

"Hal, what happened?" I asked agaihal hoping to get some sort of reply or reaction out of him but it did not seem to work as he just kleptocrats in staring and smiling at us asthough he was amused by this. He was starting to scare me.

After holding his gaze for what seemed like forever but was really just a few short minuets he finally spoke.

"Oh, Professor Mason, don't look so shocked you should of learnt by now that in this world answers are hard to come by." It was said in a cold and heartless voice. This was not Hal.

"Who are you?" Apparently Capt. Weaver had come to the same conclusion as he asked Hal this.

"I'm Hal Mason." It spoke so confidently like it was so sure of who it truly was.

"No, your not my son. What have you done to him?!" I shouted at it but I didn't get much of a response as it did in have any thoughts on sticking around for to long.

"Of course I'm your loving son. We'll meet again soon, Professor." As soon a that last word came out if its mouth Hal's body collapsed to the floor and his eyes shut.

I carefully approached him wary of what might happen and checked his pulse,which thankfully I felt, I was so worried. What happened to Hal? Was he okay? My mind was in panic mode. At least he was alive right?

Anne's POV

Lourdes and I helped escort Maggie to an empty room nearby, after I assessed her wound and Lourdes got her a glass of much needed water before leaving, I finally asked her what had happened.

"he was drifting of to sleep when we suddenly opened his eyes and smiled at me, I asked him if he was okay but he just stared at me and then he did something I can never forget." She took a brake so she could drink some water.

"what did he do?" I asked her softly.

Maggie's POV

"He grabbed me by the throat and hit me on the head with his hand. I fell to the ground and stared up at him in shock and that's when Tom came in." My voice shook at the painful memory.

I never thought that Hal Mason would ever hit me, he wasn't that type if person, he has a good heart but he did my mind was racing with confusion and worry as the door opened ton reveal a very panicked Tom.

"what happened?" Anne asked in alarm to the horror on Tom's face.

" I really don't know, whatever it was it wasn't Hal." He sighed and tools a seat on a chair near by rubbing hi hand over his exhausted face.

"what do you mean?" Maggie asked.

"After you both left with Lourdes, Hal started talking but it wasn't him. It was like he was being controlled just like when the skitters or the fish heads use the harnessed or the de-harnessed kids."

"Not to state the obvious but Hal is not or has never been harnessed, so how is he being controlled?" Anne said.

"I really don't know. Now he's unconscious again. We have locked him in the room and have guards outside until morning." Tom yawned.

" Okay, there's nothing we can do right now but wait till morning so we should all get some sleep." Anne replied.

"Your right, goodnight both of you" Tom said.

We both muttered out a goodnight and both headed back to the room we shared. Trying to stat hopeful for tomorrow.

Ben's POV

Matt was already asleep looking adorable as always but he was having trouble with getting to sleep, like he had every night since the harness was taken of, hid thoughts were interrupted when the door very quietly opened and Dad walked in trying not to wake us up.

"Dad?" I said as quietly as I could but so he could still hear me.

"Ben, you scared me, I thought you would if been asleep ." he said back.

"Sorry." I apologised but then I noticed the worry in his farce. "What happened?"

"It's your brother, something's wrong. I think he might be being controlled some how by the aliens." He said sitting in his bed.

"how? What happened?" I asked panicking.

" He hurt Maggie and then he but it wasn't him." He said rubbing his face and sounding so sad.

I walked over to him and sat next to him.

"It will all be okay dad. Hals strong. Well work this out i promise." I put a hand on his shoulder.

Tom's POV

we sat like that for a long time just holding on to each other and to hope. I hated depending on my boys in times like these I was supposed to support and comfort them not the other way around. I would always protect my boys but for now they only thing I could do was wait for the horrors of tomorrow to arrive.

A/N: hi :) hope you enjoyed this chapter! Next chapter will have Pope in it and a Hal POV. Feel free to review or message me about the story and if you want me to add anything in for you for future chapters, I would be happy to do that. Have an amazing day :) x Meg