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Chapter 20: The End?

"Son of a bitch! Where is the end of this thing?!" Derrick barked as he sped his way down the underground tunnel that secret driveway led into.

The secret drive way led into an old underground tunnel that led out what appeared to be a large drainage pipe, to witch Derrick was now driving very fast and very furiously down. When he finally saw the light of day approaching, Derrick put the peddle to the metal and flew out of the tunnel like a bat straight out of hell.

Derrick then continues down the road to his escape, the airport.

Derrick adjusted his rear view mirror to keep an eye on his captive in the backseat.

Dave was sitting in the seat, quietly sobbing with curled up with his head drawn into his knees. He had never felt so powerless, and so stupid in his life.

'How, how could I have possibly think that Bro didn't want me anymore? Bro loves me, he would never do anything to hurt me. Why didn't I listen to him?!'

Dave then pokes his head up just enough to see Derrick's face in the rear view mirror,

'And why did I listen to him?!'

Dave gave the man a death glare, but he really didn't know who he was more angry with at this moment. His father for turning his life into a living hell; or himself, who he felt like let it all happen.

'If I had just said no that first time, then maybe none of this would have ever happened. Claudia would still be alive and I'd be with my bro right now.'

Dave quickly placed his head back between his knees as he felt the tears starting to roll down his bruised face again. He just wanted to be left alone to wallow in his own self pity.

Derrick looked the rear view mirror when he heard a small sniffle coming from the boy tied up in his back seat. Seeing his son in such conflicting distress cause a smirk to grow on the elder man's face.

"Aww, don't be so gloom David. Cheer up! Just think, by tonight, we'll be in the tropical paradise of the Dominican Republic. And we won't have to worry about that meddling brother of your's anymore," Derrick 'tried' to cheer his youngest son up. But if anything it only made the pit in his stomach grow deeper.

'Oh no! Bro, I know you're right behind us! Please hurry!' Dave's mind raced faster than Derrick driving down the road.

Dirk was right behind them. He was now going into the triple digits and was stead fast approaching them.

"Alright you son of bitch! I got you now! You ain't getting away this time! The only place you'll be going is straight to hell!" Dirk said as he got right behind Derrick.

If it was just Derrick in the vehicle ahead of him, Dirk would have rode right up beside him and forced him off the road. But with Dave being held captive by him, Dirk knew that if he done so, he would be playing Russian Roulette with his beloved brother's life.

Instead, Dirk sped up the car enough to give the Escalade a little shove.

Derrick felt a jolt and adjusted his rear view mirror back toward the road behind him when he saw a silver Mercedes tailing him. And seeing the car's driver made Derrick's smirk grow wider.

"Well at that David, your dear brother has come to send us off," Derrick said as he speeds up.

Dave looked behind them and saw his brother driving furiously towards them.

"BRO!" Dave desperately tried to cry through tape covering his mouth. He sat up and looked out the back window to the speeding car behind them.

"DAVE!" Bro cried as he saw a small figure in the back seat of the Escalade through the tented windows.

Dirk punched it and gave the Escalade another jolt.

The jolt would have sent Dave over the edge of the back sear and into the trunk, had Derrick not grabbed ahold of him by this leg.

"You need to hold still David. There is bad curve up here near the docks where many people have been killed," Derrick's smirk widened, "and if you're brother doesn't slow down, then he will be one of them." Suddenly, Derrick's hand began to travel up Dave's leg

"And then you will be all mine," Derrick grinned, looking at Dave.

Dave's bloodshot red eyes were glowing with the anger of a raging fire. He couldn't change what his father had already done to him in the past, but he could stop it from continuing in the future.

Dave jerked his leg back and kicked his father in the face as hard as he could. Derrick's head hit the driver's side window and before he had time to react, Dave slung his bound arms underneath him, tore the duck tape off of his mouth, and flung his arms over Derrick's head and face.

"LET GO OF ME YOU LITTLE BITCH!" Derrick cried as he let go of the wheel to pry his son's arms off from around his face.

With Derrick fighting to get out of Dave's grasp, the car drove uncontrollably towards the docks. Dave let go of his father and ducked behind his seat when he saw what they were fixing to crash right into. Derrick looked ahead and slammed on the breaks. But the car was going too fast.

The vehicle crashed into and came to fault into a boat house.

Other than a few more bumps and bruises, Dave was okay tucked in between his father's seat and the back seat.

Derrick on the other hand, not so much.

The shock of the crash caused Derrick's air bag to deploy, and in saving him from flying out the window, it broke his nose. And the pressure from the air bag didn't help his new concussion from the kick to the face much either.

Derrick grabbed his knife he tucked away in the side console and kicked his door open and stumbled his way out of the vehicle.

Before Dave could do anything, the passenger door flung open and Dave was drug out of the vehicle by his hair by a very, VERY pissed off Derrick.

Derrick hoisted the kicking boy up and silenced his screaming by placing the knife back to his throat once more.

"GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON WHY I SHOULDN'T SLICE YOUR HEAD OFF RIGHT NOW!" Derrick growled as he looked down him Dave's terrified eyes.

Dave just stared into his father's eyes, hoping that if any sympathy dwelled within the man that it would be felt right now.

Any sympathy that Derrick Strider ever felt was long gone, he raised his arm to embed the knife in his son's throat when,

"DERRICK!"

Derrick looked up and saw his eldest son running at him full speed with sword in hand ready to strike.

Derrick smirked as he dug the knife a little into Dave's throat and covered his screams by placing his hand over his mouth.

Seeing Derrick's actions made Dirk stop dead in his tracks.

"DERRICK! LET HIM GO, OR I SWEAR TO GOD I'LL," Dirk raised his sword once again.

"Now Dirk, I watch what you do with that thing," Derrick warned, "It might miss it's intended target and young David here will pay the price," Derrick said backing up.

In fear for his brother's life, Dirk lowers his sword and takes a few steps back.

Seeing how any move that he made just made Derrick back up further and further away, and without Jane or any other reinforcements, Dirk tried a different approach.

"Derrick, Dad, place listen to me. I'm begging you, PLEASE let Dave go," Dirk tried to reason with his crazed father, "He's all I've got left Dad! He's my life, my everything! After Mom died, Dave is my very reason to live! I don't know what I would do without him Dad! Please Dad, just drop the knife and hand him over to me. Just let him go and this can all end peacefully," Dirk slowly approached as he tried to talk some sense into his deranged father.

But some men, you just can't reason with.

As the three heard sirens approaching, Derrick backed up to the end of the pier and made his discussion.

"That is all very touching son, but you see if I can't have David," Derrick raised the knife to Dave's throat again, "then no one can!"

Dave screamed as he saw his fate rise into the air. He closed his eyes and took one last breath, expecting it to be his last when,

He heard a blood curdling scream as he was thrown to the ground.

Dave turned his head and saw brother standing behind their father with a bloody sword and their father knelled down to the ground in agony. And right next to his father, was a bloody knife wielding arm.

Dirk had flashed stepped behind Derrick in the knick of time and severed the hand that almost took his baby brother's life.

With Dave now safe and out of the clutches of their father, Dirk unleashed the wrath he's been holding in for far too long.

Dirk went the very definition of the word 'berserk' on Derrick. He could have simply risen his sword and ended his life the way that Derrick was fixing to end Dave's, but that would have been too easy. Like with James and Austin, Dirk wanted Derrick to suffer as long and painfully as humanly possible.

By the time Dirk had unleashed his total vengeance on the man, Derrick was barely a recognizable human being.

His face was literally beaten in and little if any teeth remained in his mouth. Well over 50% of his blood was spewed everywhere within a 6 feet radius. Dirk broke both of his legs and remaining arm, and kicked his chest plate into his lungs. Just as Derrick was clinging onto life, Dirk made his final blow.

He lifted up his sword and plunged it into his father's shoulder. With the sword, he lifted the man over the end of the pier.

"Any last words?" Dirk asked his father before throwing him over the edge.

"You, you wouldn't kill your own father would you?" Derrick somehow managed to speak.

"I don't have a father!" Dirk said as he kicked the man off of his sword and into the depths below just as Jane and the rest of the police arrived.

With Derrick now gone, the two brother's bolted toward each other.

"BRO!"

"DAVE!"

The two brothers ran to each other and embraced one another in each other's arms.

Dirk slung his arms around his baby brother and fell to the ground as he engulfed him in a bone crushing hug.

"Oh my God, Dave!" Dirk cried as he smothered his baby brother's head and face with kisses, "Are you, are you okay?! Oh my God, I was so scared, I was so scared I was going to loose you! Oh my God, Dave, I'm so sorry!" Dirk cried into his brother's hair.

Dave slung his now free arms over his brother's head and held onto him for dear life. He cried into his brother's shoulder.

"Bro! I'm so sorry Bro! I didn't mean all those thing I said to you! I'm so sorry, I, I didn't know! Please forgive me!" Dave cried.

"You listen to me!" Dirk looked his brother dead in the eyes, "Don't you DARE apologize! This is all my fault! If i hadn't had let that man into our lives, none of this would have ever happened!"

"It's not your fault, Bro. You didn't know that he would go this far," Dave buried his head into his brother's chest.

"I love you Bro," Dave sniffled.

"I love you too Little Man, more than you will ever know," Dirk said kissing the top of Dave's head.

"DIRK! DAVE!" Jane cried as she rushed toward the two brothers, "Oh my God, Dave! Are you okay?" Jane cried as she kneeled down beside the two brothers and slung her arms over Dave and embraced him a huge warm hug.

"I'm okay now, Jane," Dave said returning the hug.

"That's good, I'm so glad. Me and your brother were so worried about you!" Jane said tearing up.

"Dirk, we need to take him to the hospital. He needs to be checked out," Jane informed Dirk as she saw the cuts and bruises that adorned Dave's face, neck, and abdomen.

"Right," Dirk said picking up his brother and carried him to the awaiting ambulance.

Jane watched as Dirk climbed into the ambulance with Dave, absolutely refusing to leave his brother's side for a moment. She told Dirk she would be over there as soon as she could. Right then, she has some stuff to take care of.

"Okay, Dave. Your chest x-rays came back okay, nothing broken or fractured from the crash. And all the cuts and bruises are superficial and they should all feel up nicely in about a week. However, I'm gonna give you a pain medication. And if everything goes well, you can go home in a couple of hours," the doctor informed Dave and Dirk after he finished the examination.

Dirk breathed a sigh of relief, he had been so afraid that Dave might have injured something when Derrick's Escalade crashed into the boat house.

"Do you need anything else?" the doctor asked before leaving the room.

"No Sir, we've got all we need," Dirk said kissing Dave on top of the forehead.

The doctor smiled as he walked out the door.

A couple of hours later, when Jane walked in the door of the hospital room, she saw both Dirk and Dave fast asleep on the bed in each other's arms. Jane knew they both were exhausted, especially Dirk, the poor man hadn't had any rest in almost a week since this while mess started. She knew this was the best sleep that he's gotten in a long time.

Jane tiptoed over toward the two brothers and kissed both of them on the cheek.

"Jane?" Dirk groggily opened his eyes, "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, everything is great. I just got back from the U.S. Embassy and they are not going to press charges on you for killing Derrick and beating Nickel and Johnson. What we found on all their computers was way more than anything we thought and so they are not even going to bother charging you for what you did. And, they found about half a dozen murders dating back from the past 30 years that were linked to Derrick," Jane informed Dirk, "And after all the back taxes, all of Derrick's money and assets will be given to you and Dave."

Dirk was shocked, he didn't know what to say, except,

"Thank you Janey, for everything. You pulled me together when I was falling apart and sticking with me through the very end. I can never thank you enough that!" Dirk poured his heart out to the woman and embraced her in a huge hug.

"Do not think anything of it," Jane graciously returned the hug.

"Bro?" Dave sleepily called out for his brother.

"I'm right here Dave," Dirk pulling Dave into his lap, immediately turning his attention back to his baby brother.

"Is it time to go home yet?" Dave tried to rub the sleep out of his eyes.

"Yes it is," the doctor said entering into the room and handed Dirk Dave's release forms.

"Good, I'm ready to go home! I want a good ole' Texas bacon cheeseburger the size of my head," Dave said.

Dave, Jane and even the doctor laughed a bit.

"Okay, young man, you're all set to go. And go easy on that bacon cheeseburger," the doctor chuckled.

"Sorry, no can-do Doc," Dave said.

"Oh Dave, before we leave. There is someone you might want to meet," Jane told Dave.

"Really? Who?", Dave looked at her confused.

"Hello Dave!" Claudia chirped as Dave was wheeled into her room.

Dave stood there, or sat there rather, with his mouth wide open. He couldn't believe it, he though Claudia was dead!

"Oh my God! Claudia!" Dave jumped out of his wheel chair and ran up to the women sitting up in her bed and gave her a big hug.

"Claudia, I thought you were..."

"Oh it takes alot more than that to get rid of me!" Claudia smiled, "I'm so happy you're safe Dave. I was so worried about you," Claudia graciously returned the hug.

Claudia looked up and saw Dirk standing in the doorway, "Oh it's you! Dave this fine gentleman must be your brother. You two look so much a like," Claudia smiled, "You know something Dave, your brother saved my life. I was in the trunk of my car, the smoke was so heavy I couldn't breathe and your brother got me out of the trunk and saved my life."

Dirk smiled as he approached the two, "Thank you so much Claudia; if it wasn't for you, this moment wouldn't be what it is right now."

"No dear, if it wasn't for you, I'd be a goner, and then Dave would still be in the hands of those monsters," Claudia tearfully, "And by the way, what happened to Derrick?"

"I sent his ass straight to hell," Dirk said.

"Good," Claudia admitted

"Claudia, it was honor to meet you, and I'm sorry we couldn't have originally met under better circumstances, but we've got a long way home," Dirk said putting his hand on Dave's shoulder.

"Oh I understand completely dear and the pleasure is all mine. Maybe we all can meet up again someday," Claudia said.

"Good bye Claudia, thank you so much for everything," Dave said leaning down to give her one last hug.

"Oh good bye my darling, I'll be sure to keep in touch," Claudia returned the hug.

Dave and Claudia waved goodbye to one another as they parted their ways.

"You ready to go home Little Man," Dirk said, ruffling his brother's hair as they all boarded the plane bound for Houston.

"Oh man, you have no idea," Dave said ready to get life back on track. He couldn't wait to finally be back at home with his bro again.

6 months later:

6 months had passed since the Strider brother's ordeal with their father changed their lives forever. Things have changed for the better. The two were now more closer than ever, the two were now more open about their feelings and didn't try to hide their emotions as much. Sure around the public the two played their poker face like nothing had ever happened; but when the door to the Strider residence closed, the two just let them be themselves.

For the first two weeks after they returned home, the two brother's were almost scared to leave each other's sight. And even still when Dirk turns his head and doesn't see Dave, his heart skips a couple of beats.

Like he and his brother, Dave and his friends have grown closer than ever. This whole experience made them realize that they can't take one another for granted; that in just a blink of the eye, life could easy snatch them away. During the summer, they were always over at somebody else's house, mostly John's. And whenever they were all together, they called themselves 'The Dynamic Cautro'.

Things have extremely well for Dirk and Jane. The two were now officially an item and there has been talk and whispers around their little group that they'll soon be hearing wedding bells.

Derrick's business partners were all arrested and are now all serving life sentences. And the last thing Dave heard anything about them was the internet article reading that both James and Austin were killed by their fellow inmates when they learned they molested and tried to rape a 13 year old boy.

Derrick's company ended up taking a nose dive after everything came into light and went out of business.

As for Derrick's assets, after all the all the back taxes, frauds, and of course legal fees; that left the Strider siblings with 3.6 million, each.

Needless to say that both Dirk and Dave were now living very comfortably. The two had talked about moving to a bigger, nicer apartment; but at the moment, they were fine where they were.

Dave and Claudia are now good friends frequently write each other. Claudia is doing well with a full bill of health and is now residing in an stately home in Aspen, Colorado. She even invited Dave, Dirk, and Jane to come stay with her during Christmas. The Striders decided to take her up on her offer.

"Bro, I'm gonna go mail Claudia's Christmas card to let her know that we are coming," Dave poked his head inside of his brother's room.

"Wait Little Man, let me go with you," Dirk said looking up from his computer.

"It's okay Bro. The mail box is just down the street," Dave said.

"Are you sure you don't want me to go with you," even after 6 months, Dirk was still afraid to let his brother go out without him. But, Dirk couldn't shelter him forever, and he knew that.

"I'm sure Bro."

"Alright, if you're not back in ten minutes I'm coming to look for ya," Dirk forewarned.

"Yeah yeah yeah," Dave said as he walked out the door.

Dave took the elevator until he reached the main floor. When he exited the elevator, he wasn't exactly looking where he was going and bumped into a tall man wearing a trench coat.

"Oh excuse me sir, I didn't...see...where..."

Dave stopped in the middle of his sentence as he looked up at the tall man and saw a very familiar, very dreaded face. Dave could see through the outline of the trench coat that the man was missing his arm almost up to his elbow. Dave freezes in fear as the man finally says, "Hello David, it's been a while."

Bet nobody was expecting that now were they?

Me and an awesome friend of mine on here, you know who you are, talked about this idea that I had for an upcoming Homestuck story. And due to my pervy fangirlness self, this story will contain MPREG!

So, what do you guys think. Do y'all like the idea? Do you want to hear it? If you want more detains on it, just message me and I'll give you some of the details. Wouldn't want to give away spoilers now would we?

Anyway, thank you so much for sticking with me to the very end!

Again, I love you all sooooo much:)!

Now if you don't excuse me, I've been working on this chapter for 9 hours, I'm going to go to sleep now.

This is Autumn Artist, signing out.