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Chapter 4

Tom ripped the sunglasses off Alex's face and took him by the chin tightly, he moved his face so they were separated by only a few inches. "I suggest you listen and listen well. You're going to do exactly as I say, when I say it."

Alex glared at him his eyes cold.

"Or else."

He released him and moved away as the door opened and two of his henchmen entered.

"Take him to his room." Alex struggled slightly as they grabbed his arms pulling him out of the chair. "And if he struggles, you have my permission to put him in line."

The hands on his arms tightened.

If a look could kill…well, you know that one.

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3 days later….

Alex kicked at the door again, he didn't have enough energy to do much else.

He leaned against the door and yelled. "You can't keep me locked up forever Riddle! And I'll die before I help you!"

The door opened and in his surprise Alex lost his balance and fell back, the door hadn't opened before. He stared up and wasn't surprised to find Muscle 1 and Muscle 2, what did surprise him was the man standing between them.

"Alex!" Draco moved as if to go to him, but Muscle 1 held him back.

"No touching." Was the monotone order.

Draco nodded and turned back to Alex, he gave him a shaky smile.

"You look awful, haven't they been feeding you."

Alex slowly stood up and leaned against a nearby chair. "Ya, I just haven't been eating, or sleeping, or showering, pretty much anything he would want me to do."

Draco fidgeted and Alex knew he wanted to come closer, maybe even hug him.

"Alex, you've got to take care of your self, please! Just do what he says, eventually maybe you can even come back home."

Alex stared at him sadly. "Sorry Drake, I'm just too stubborn."

Muscle 2 shifted. "Times up."

The door slammed shut.

Alex slid into a chair, he was so tired. His eyelids just kept getting heavier ..and heavier ..and ..No!

Alex bolted up right and started to pace, he had to stay awake.

But no one can go with out sleep forever.

The minute his body collapsed the door opened, Tom stared at the young exhausted boy in front of him.

"Let the doctor take a look at him, then clean him up and confine him to his bed."

Muscle 1 and 2 moved forward with the doctor and lifted Alex on to the bed.

"And let me know when he's ready."

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"Alex? Come on, time to wake up."

Tom lightly slapped Alex cheek getting a groan from the boy and some eye fluttering, slowly he awoke.

He instantly froze and glanced around him self uncomfortably, he was weak and woozy and unsure of how to proceed.

"Are you ready to co-operate now that you've had your time to sulk." Asked Tom; sounding like a parent talking to a young child.

Alex scowled and struggled to pull him self into a sitting position, but Tom firmly held him down with one hand. "I suggest you stay lying down, the doctor says you need constant bed rest for at least two days in order to recover as well as portioned meals so you don't overwhelm your stomach."

Alex eyed him warily. "I'm still not going to work for you."

Tom smiled. "Maybe, … but I think you'll change your mind eventually."

He stood up and headed for the door.

Alex raised him self slightly. "You won't be able to hold me here forever, eventually your guards will slip up and I'll escape, and when I do you will never be able to find me."

Tom turned slightly and gave him a faint smile. "Then I'll just have to make sure my guards don't slip up."

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2 weeks later…

Tom had not been kidding when he said his guards wouldn't slip up. Alex sighed and dropped his head into his hands, cameras and guards surrounded the estate as well as a very high stone wall not to mention dogs and a few booby traps.

He reached down and grasped the metal that surrounded his ankle, a tracking device, he scowled. There was no way out.

The door opened and Alex glanced sideways, Tom stood in the doorway. Alex ignored him and looked out the patio door.

There was the sound of clanking dish ware as plates and dishes of food were placed on the small table in his bedroom.

"Alex!"

Alex stood and turned, Draco stood in the doorway, Alex glanced at Tom, but before he could ask anything Draco was across the room and pulling him into a suffocating hug, slowly Alex brought his arms around him as well and buried his head in his brothers shoulder.

"I've missed you." Whispered Draco in his ear.

Alex's grip just tightened.

Tom was already seated at the table. "Lunch is ready."

Slowly the brothers parted and they took their seats.

A somewhat uncomfortable silence came over the room as the three men ate, it was almost a relief when it was broken.

"How is business these days Draco?" Asked Tom.

Politely Draco swallowed his food before responding. "Well sir, very well. The market has never been hotter, but I'm still exploring some new avenues to see if we can distribute product any quicker."

Tom smirked. "Come now Draco no need to be shy, you can call it what it is that you are distributing."

Draco glanced at Alex.

Alex's hands were hidden under the table so Draco couldn't tell if they were clenched, but Alex sat rigidly which was always a bad sign.

And then his body relaxed. He glanced at Tom before turning his gaze away. "Was this your plan? Show me what my brother does? That he finds ways to distribute stolen merchandise and drugs under the government's nose? I've known for along time what my family does for a living."

Tom stared at him, his gaze cool and a bit curious.

"You seem to love your family very much, and yet you so obviously hate what they do."

Alex turned back. "I don't hate it, I simply don't want to be involved with it."

"You could be a doctor." Said Tom.

"And be at the personal call of you and any one else who might just happen to get shot and not want the authorities to know." Said Alex.

"Ah… so that's it, … you want freedom." Said Tom smiling like he had finally figured out a grand puzzle.

Alex turned back to him. "I want to live my life the way I want."

Tom leaned back in his chair, he could almost remember the exact same words being spoken to him by another person, a long time ago…

There was a knock at the door.

"Enter." Said Tom quickly, something was the edge of the thoughts and he couldn't quite grasp it.

The door opened and Regulus entered.

"Sir, something has come up."

"Hm, oh yes." Slowly Tom stood, he glanced at Alex who was staring down at his plate which still contained quite a bit of food. A thought was dancing around his head just out of reach and he couldn't quiet grasp it, but it was something about Alex, something familiar.

"Eat your lunch Alex." Tom turned and left the room.

Alex slouched in his chair as the door closed. " I hate him."

Draco winced.

"You should at least try to be polite, if you behaved you wouldn't have to stay here."

Alex shot a glare in Draco's direction. "Stop speaking to me as if I'm a child Draco! I owe that man nothing!"

A cold silence followed while Draco tried to find the right words to say.

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Tom stepped into his conference room which held a dozen different televisions, at the moment they were patched into one of his many labs.

Regulus stepped forward. "Go ahead Nott."

Nott directed his attention to them through the screen.

"Sir." He acknowledged Mr. Riddle.

"Go ahead."

Nott cleared his throat and motioned to the tables behind him which held all of Alex's previous possessions including any and all of his clothes. "Everything was normal and fine until I came to this sir." He picked up the bible, he pulled back the cover and pointed to a small incision that he had made in it. "In this hidey hole I found a very small computer chip which I was able upload, but it's encrypted. I'm currently trying to break the inscription, but sir… Lucius told me the boy has had this Bible since he first came to them and the incision shows that it had been reused many times, I don't doubt he knows what is on it, but another oddity is that no normal orphan would possible have such an advanced piece of technology hidden in their dead family's bible."

Tom's eyes were narrowed as thoughts flew through his head. "What is your explanation Nott?"

Nott sighed. "I don't know sir, but my guess would be his parents were professionals of some business government, military, or possible criminal and they trained there son at a young age to give a cover story should anything happen to them, all of your own men have taught their children cover stories should anything happen to them. I cross checked his story to see if it had been used by any of our families, I found a few similarities, but nothing definite."

"So was he a plant?" Asked Tom smirking.

Nott chuckled. "Hardly, I would say this happened by some perchance."

"So he could be some feds child."

"I would say some one higher up, the encryption is very thorough and challenging, but it was created some twenty years ago so with technological advances I've already been able to break a little of it." Nott glanced over at a computer screen.

"Nothing too detailed, mostly just learning material, pretty heavy stuff though, weapons and hacking basics to begin with."

Regulus had remained silent through the whole thing.

"Is he dangerous?" Asked Tom curiously, the thought had never entered his mind, the boy had a bit of an innocent persona about him that suggested he would never kill a person.

Nott shook his head. "I doubt it, even with this information in his hand he lived with the Malfoys and obviously is attached to them. He hasn't outright betrayed you as far as we know and doesn't really show any killer tendency's."

Tom nodded. "Alright Nott, contact us again when you've cracked the encryption completely."

They disconnected.

Tom sat for a moment lost in thought.

"Sir?"

Tom turned to Regulus.

"Is it just me or does the boy seem familiar?"

Tom stared at him for a moment before turning away. "No I've felt it too, I just can't put my finger on why."

Regulus took a breath and realized what he was about to assume and say could either end his life or greatly prolong it. "Sir, he… he has your eyes."

Tom stiffened before slowly turned back to him, an eyebrow raised.

"I think… I think sir that he is Lily's son, I think he's Harry."

Tom stared at him.

He had not thought about his sister in many years, after her death he had searched for her son, but after five years hadn't found him and had given up, believing him either dead or hidden so far away that it was not possible to find him. He had mourned and moved on believing the child gone, he had tried to never think of it again, and slowly, he had, but now…

In his mind he pictured Alex and slowly analyzed every habitual movement and his physical appearance, …yes he did resemble the pictures of Lily's child that he had taken from her home the night of her death as he had never even seen the boy.

"Do a blood test, now."

Regulus nodded and quickly left the room.

Tom slowly gathered his wits about him, could it be? Could he have finally found his Harry?

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Okay now should I have Harry give a struggle when they take the blood or have them knock him out so he is completely oblivious to the fact that Tom may now know that they are related.

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