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"Danny." Sean quietly cried shaken and tightly embraced Danny as he shook. "Danny, how could you forget me? How could you forget me, Sean, your big brother?" Sean quietly cried emotionally out of shock as he held Danny tightly and shook, causing Danny to gasp in complete shock and bug out as he began shaking slightly.

TBC…Below…Enjoy!

Chapter 11

Danny couldn't believe his ears as he shook his head and his eyes bugged out.

"No. This isn't real. Who the hell are you?" Danny said angrily but terror was all too clearly evident in his voice as he shook, causing Sean to tighten his hold of Danny when Danny tried to push him away.

"Danny, please don't do this. I'm Sean, your big brother and you promised that we'd always take care of each other. Don't you remember? We hit it off as soon as you got to the Riveras' house—but they were bastards and didn't give a shit about us except for the money that they got for us. You used to hang out with Ritchie. He went to prison when he tried to shoot you but I couldn't let him kill you and he shot me instead. Damn it. If I'm not real then how would I know all that, Danny?" Sean quietly cried terribly upset as he shook and held Danny tightly, until Danny managed to pull away from him.

"I don't know what the hell you're talking about or who you are. Now, leave before I have security escort you out." Danny said calmly but angrily through gritted teeth out of fear, as he stood up and headed toward the elevators, causing Sean to cry angrily out of fear and slam Danny into the wall as he grabbed him by the collar.

"Damn it. Danny, listen to me. I'm not leaving you now, you stubborn little prick. I've been looking for you since what happened with Ritchie. But I haven't found you until now—until I saw you on TV—Agent Danny Taylor—Taylor, just like your dad. Now, before coming here, I wasn't sure that it was you. But now that I'm here and you're reacting like this, I know that it's you, Danny and I'm not going anywhere until you listen to me." Sean quietly cried angrily and emotionally but also fearfully.

"Unless you want to keep your hands, I suggest you get your damn hands off of me right now and walk out of that damn door." Danny said angrily but calmly through clenched teeth as he struggled not to cry.

"I'm not going anywhere. You have know idea the fucking hell I've been through all these years searching for you, not knowing if you were dead or alive. If you don't believe me, I'll prove it. But I'm not going to lose you again now, little brother." Sean quietly cried angrily as he grabbed Danny's collar tight.

Sean was going to continue but couldn't when two armed guards pushed him away from Danny. Sean wrestled the guards until he got free, causing him to inadvertently elbow Danny in the face when Danny grabbed him from behind.

The blow to his face was so brutal, that Danny began bleeding profusely and fell to his knees, stunned; causing Sean to gasp horrified and grab a hold of Danny as he sat him to the wall.

"Danny, no! I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to do that but you have to believe me, please. Look, look at picture, Danny. Please. It's you and me together the week you arrived at house. You wrote on the back of it. Please, just look at it. And if you don't believe me, look at me. Here's my proof, Hermanito. This is where Ritchie shot me after I jumped in front of the gun that he was aiming at you." Sean quietly cried upset as he showed Danny a picture of themselves as young boys and removed his shirt to expose a terrible scar from his chest to his belly button.

As soon as Danny saw the scar and the picture, his eyes widened in horror and he began shaking violently as tears escaped his eyes and he gasped for air slightly.

"No, this isn't happening, you're dead!" Danny said terribly shaken as he shook violently, causing Sean to quietly cry upset and embrace him protectively tight as he soothed and kissed Danny's head like a child.

"Danny, I'm not dead. I've been searching for you for so long but I haven't found you until now. I don't know if you found out or not, but Ritchie nearly beat me to death when he got out because I wouldn't tell him where you were. He thought he'd killed me and left me tied to the ceiling of an empty warehouse until they found me. But the beating was so severe that I was in a coma for a month and in that time, someone had me and my foster family transferred here to New York. But I didn't find out until eight years later that I'm still here because it was made possible thanks to your dad." Sean quietly cried emotionally as he tightened his hold on Danny.

"No, you're supposed to be dead. This isn't real." Danny quietly cried terribly upset as he shook and held his head.

"I'm sorry but this isn't a dream, kiddo. I'm real. And yeah, I'm supposed to be dead but I'm not. I couldn't die knowing that you were out there somewhere. And as painful as my recovery was, the only thing that got me through it, was knowing that one day I'd find you again. And now that I have, I'm not going to let you go, Danny. You can kick my ass all you want but I'm not going anywhere." Sean quietly cried emotionally as he continued to hold Danny tightly as Danny continued bleeding from his nose.

"If you weren't dead, you should've come looking for me. You should've tried harder." Danny quietly cried angrily and terribly upset as he shook and held his face, causing Danny to quietly cry horrified when Sean turned around and Danny saw the hideous scars and welts that covered his entire back. "What the hell is that?" He quietly cried horrified, causing Sean to hold him tighter as he held and soothe the back of his head.

"Shhh. I told you that I wasn't lying, munchkin. This is the reason why I couldn't look for you back then. It took several years of painful surgeries, rehab and psychological therapy for me to fully recover. This is what Ritchie did to me after he got out after the three years he did, because I wouldn't tell him where you were. I told him that I didn't know but he didn't believe me and caused this. But even if I had known where you were, hell would've frozen over ten times, before I had told him a damn thing. I would rather have gone through all that again, knowing that he couldn't get to you." Sean quietly cried upset but emotionally, causing Danny to quietly shriek horrified and take an extremely tight hold of Sean as he cried and shook violently and blood continued gushing from his nose.

"Agent Taylor, Sir, do you need an ambulance?" One armed guard said urgently but Danny shook his head. "Sir?" He said concerned.

"Gary, it's okay. He's my brother. Just leave it alone, I'll be fine." Danny quietly cried pained as he held Sean tighter, causing Sean to quietly cry more and also tighten his hold.

"Shhh. I'm going to care of you, I swear. I'm never going to leave you alone again." Sean quietly cried with conviction as he held Danny tightly and they both cried.

It took nearly ten minutes but they both finally managed to calm down enough to talk but neither would let go of the other. However, Sean knew that he had to care of his little brother now and let go of him, causing Danny to quietly cry upset again and hold him tighter.

"Shhh. I'm not going anywhere, kiddo. I'm just going to make sure that you're okay, but first I need you to look at me. Come on, munchkin." Sean cried softly but caringly as he carefully leaned Danny against the wall, causing Danny to groan pained and hold his nose and forehead.

"Damn it. I'm sorry, kiddo. I'm going to have to get you to the hospital and get some x-rays to make sure that nothing's broken." Sean softly cried emotionally as he grabbed a handkerchief from his pocket and applied pressure to Danny's nose.

"No, I'm not going to the hospital. I'll be fine." Danny cried somewhat fearfully as he tried to get up but Sean held him to the wall.

"Don't even think about it, Danny. You could have a fractured nose and a neck injury. I'm taking you to the hospital. I'm calling my head nurse to set up a CT and some x-rays." Sean said sniffling as he tried to regain his composure and took a hold of Danny's wrist with two fingers, causing Danny to look at him as if he'd lost his mind. "Sorry, little brother. I guess I forgot to tell you that I became a doctor and that my dad and I work together at St. Luke's just a few blocks away." Sean said caringly.

"You're a doctor?" Danny quietly cried confused but shocked, causing Sean to hold his face with one hand.

"Yes, I'm a doctor. But I was able to become a doctor because your father had great people take care of me and also because he gave me a great dad. Now it's time for me repay him, Danny. From now on, I'm not going to let anything happen to you, kiddo. I swear on my life that I'm going to take care of you. We're not going to be alone anymore—we're going to have each other, little brother." Sean said caringly as he sniffled, causing Danny to quietly cry extremely emotionally and hold him tightly as he shook.

"Shhh. Please calm down now, okay? I need to get you to the hospital. I already and my head nurse set everything up so you won't have to wait. Come on." Sean said caringly several, long minutes later as he carefully stood Danny up from the floor, causing Danny to shake his head.

"No, I'm not going to any hospital. I'm staying right here, I'm fine. I'll just clean up and get back to work. I have too much work to do." Danny said slightly fearful as he stuttered and tried to leave but Sean took a hold of him and sighed frustrated.

"You're not going anywhere, Danny, except to the hospital with me to get checked. Now, come on, kiddo." Sean said a bit sternly but caringly but Danny shook his head and moved away from Sean as he went a bit bug-eyed.

"Sean, I said no. I'm fine." Danny said slightly seriously and angrily but fear was clearly evident in his voice and it caused Sean to sigh heavily and soothe his head like a child.

"Kiddo, are you still afraid of hospitals? Even now?" Sean said sympathetically, causing Danny to shake his head no. "Come on. I'm not going to hurt you. I'm going take care of you myself and I'll even ask dad to take care of you also." Sean said caringly as he took a hold of Danny's arm carefully but Danny shook his head.

"I said I'm fine, Sean." Danny said seriously out of fear.

"Agent Taylor, I don't mean to pry but you should really listen to the gentleman. You should go and get checked out. Just go and I'll cover for you with Jack. If he asks, I'll just tell him that you had some bad takeout for lunch and had to go home. But you should really go because you don't look so good." Agent Chuck said concerned but Danny couldn't answer him as he looked at him fearfully.

"Hey, come on, Danny. You don't have to be scared, all right? I'll do all the exams and I'll take you back to your house after I get your results and make sure that you're really okay. What do you say, Danny? Please, I don't want to lose you again now, little brother. We've got too many lost years to catch up on. Please." Sean whispered as his voice shook, causing Danny to hold him tightly and nod.

"Okay." Danny quietly said fearfully but somewhat like a child, causing Sean to embrace him tightly.

"All right, let's get you to the hospital, kiddo." Sean said caringly and then turned to Agent Chuck. "Remember, cover for him. Don't let that Jack find out what really happened here." He said seriously.

"Don't worry about anything. Just get him looked at. He doesn't look good." Agent Chuck said concerned, causing Sean to nod.

"Come on, kiddo. We're out of here." Sean said concerned and then led Danny out of FBI Headquarters.

End of flashback…

"Wait a minute. Why was he so afraid and what happened when you got him to the hospital?" Martin said somewhat seriously and still a bit untrusting, causing Sean to sigh heavily.

"Martin, I thought I already told you that I'm not here to hurt anyone—much less you and Danny." Sean said with a heavy sigh as tears stained every crevice of his face.

"Look, just answer the questions. What happened and why was Danny so scared?" Martin said with a frustrated sigh.

"I don't know if you guys know what happened with his real parents. But his father used to beat Danny really badly. One time he even broke Danny's arm. But because of what he did, doctors had to put Danny's arm back in place and he suffered so much pain that he felt like they were trying to kill him. So, from then on, he'd never set foot in a doctor's office or ER if he felt sick or hurt." Sean said softly.

"So, what happened that day when you brought him here?" Jack asked seriously.

"That was a very ugly situation. I met Sean downstairs in Radiology when they arrived. Daniel was a bit ashen but Sean got him to change into the hospital gown and then took him to the MRI suite. Well, that all changed when we got him on the MRI table." Dr. Foster said a bit concerned.

"That's when Danny began panicking and said that he was leaving, that he was okay." Sean said as more tears escaped his eyes. "He started thrashing like a wild animal being trapped by a hunter and tried to hit me but me and dad grabbed him tightly. But he was so scared and combative that I had to put him to sleep." Sean said with a heavy sigh as he ran a hand through his hair.

"Sean was able to calm Daniel down with the sedative and managed to run all of the tests while he was still asleep. Thankfully, the tests came back negative and he only had a bruised nose." Dr. Foster said with a soft sigh.

"How long did you keep him here and what happened after he left the hospital?" Jack said calmly as he realized that Sean was telling the truth.

"He woke up about three or four hours later and I told him that he was okay. But I told that I wouldn't let him go until I finished my shift at seven p.m. He was mad and bit my head off but since I knew that he was going to try to leave, I posted security at his door and discharged him a few minutes before I finished my shift. After that, I took him home and we kept talking about everything that we had been through since we were separated and we promised that we wouldn't let that happen again—that from now on, we'd always take care of each other. And that's…that's how…it's been since then, until that sick bastard found my little brother again." Sean suddenly cried angrily through gritted teeth, but he became so angry that Jack grabbed a tight hold of his hand when he tried to hit the wall.

"Cut the crap right now. Hurting yourself isn't going to help Danny, is it? So, sit your ass down right now and relax. Now, tell me how this Ritchie found Danny." Jack said sternly out of concern.

"I don't know how the hell he found Danny, but he did six months ago and ever since then he's made Danny's life a living hell and I'm going to make that son of a bitch pay for what he's done to him." Sean cried angrily through gritted teeth as his face twisted in fury.

"There's one thing that I don't understand. Why didn't you say anything at the office when you and your partner picked Danny up? And why didn't you say anything here?" Martin said with a frustrated sigh, causing Sean to shake his head as more tears escaped his eyes.

"When we got the call, I had no idea that it was Danny. I thought that an agent or suspect had been hurt. And when I saw him, I thought I was going to be sick to my stomach. But I couldn't say anything because I promised Danny that I wouldn't. Look, Danny always talks about you guys and how things are going at work. He thinks of you guys like family and cares about all of you. But when Ritchie found him again six months ago, he made me swear that no matter what happened to him, I wouldn't say anything to anyone. He made me promise because he said that he didn't want Ritchie to find out who I really was and hurt me again or kill me this time. I told him that I couldn't do it anymore and he got mad at me." Sean softly cried upset.

"That's when you confronted me earlier about his behavior toward Daniel and Agent Fitzgerald." Dr. Foster said as he soothed Sean's head like a child to calm him down.

Flashback…

Sean went in to check on Danny and found him upset as his vitals became a bit elevated.

Sean had his back to the window as he talked to Danny. But Danny looked angry and distressed, causing Sean to take a tight hold of Danny's left hand and hold Danny's shoulder with his other. No one knows what they were talking about but whatever it was, it caused Danny to look furious as he began crying again.

"Danny, we need to talk." Sean said gently. "Look, I think it's time that we told your team the truth, that I'm your brother and that I'm helping you. If we don't, they're going to try to take me down or something because they already don't trust me—especially Jack." Sean explained gently and caringly but with a heavy sigh, causing Sean to take a tight hold of Danny's left hand and hold Danny's shoulder with his other when Danny became furious and began crying again.

"No. Damn it, Sean. You can't do this to me. You swore to me that you wouldn't say anything. Now, you dare try to go back on it? Well, I'm not going to let it happen, you bastard." Danny quietly cried angrily out of fear

As soon as that happened, Sean grabbed a hold of both of Danny's shoulders and carefully forced Danny to look at him.

"Listen to me. I know that you're scared but the truth is that we can't do this alone, kiddo. We need help. We need your team's help or Ritchie's just going to en up killing you. And I can't let that happen. I can't lose you forever, little brother. I need you." Sean quietly said sternly as his voice broke and he struggled not to cry.

But Sean's words only made him cry angrier as he spoke to Sean.

"Damn it. I don't care about what happens to me. Why the hell can't you understand that? If they find out what Ritchie's doing, he's going to kill Jack and the rest of the team. Now, why the hell can't you understand, Sean? You can't do this to me. I hate you." Danny quietly cried angrily out of fear until he let his body sag in defeat, causing Sean to shake his head and carefully embrace Danny protectively as tears escaped his eyes.

"Shhh. I know that you don't hate me, munchkin. You love me like I love you too, little brother. So, that's why I'm begging you to please let's talk to your team and tell them what's going on. Please." Sean said softly but with conviction.

"I can't. I don't want anything to happen to them or you. Please, please don't say anything yet, Sean. Please." Danny quietly cried terribly upset as he shook, causing Sean to hold him tighter.

"Shhh. Okay, little guy. We won't say anything yet but we will have to talk to them before I can discharge you. Okay? And that's not up for negotiation." Sean said sternly but caringly but Danny couldn't answer him as he let his body sag in defeat

End of flashback…

"That's when we confronted you before. But none of that explains your reaction toward me." Martin said somewhat untrustingly, causing Sean to sigh heavily.

"I'm only taking care of you, Martin, like Danny asked me to. He's talked about you so much that I'd figured you and Jack would be wearing tights with big, red 'S'-s on the front. And I promised him that I wouldn't let anything happen to you while you were here." Sean said as he smiled softly and bit his lips.

"What's that supposed to mean? And what the hell is all that medication that you've been giving me?" Martin said somewhat angrily when he suddenly began shaking a little, causing Sean to look at him sympathetically and take a hold of his wrist with two fingers.

"I'm sorry, kiddo, I really am. But what Nurse Vicky gave you before was a tranquilizer. And I gave it to you because my little brother wanted to make sure that he could keep you out of harm's way by keeping you here sedated. So, don't get scared if you feel lightheaded. And I'm sorry because I know that you're really pissed off but you have to understand that I did it to help keep[p you safe and it's also the least that I could do for you treating Danny like a brother and watching out for him when I couldn't be around." Sean said kindly as tears escaped his eyes.

Martin was angry but when he was about to chew out Sean, all hell broke loose as gunfire erupted in the hospital.

"Security alert to room 341! I repeat, security alert to room 341! Code Silver! Code Silver!" A voice said urgently through the loudspeaker.

"Danny, no!" Sean yelled horrified as they all left from the office and rushed to Danny's room, causing everyone to gasp horrified at the sight before them as tears stained Sean's horrified face.

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Code Silver-In some hospitals, it means that there is a combative person armed with a weapon.

A/N: Thanks for the reviews as always, they are gratefully appreciated. But remember that it's up to all of you out there to decide whether or not I should continue. BTW, Agent Chuck belongs to Without A Trace. He's been in a few of the episodes and I've always liked him so decided to give him a few lines in this modest fic.