Evan stirred his cup of coffee and gave it a testing sip. Perfect flavour, perfect temperature. He flopped into his seat with a small grunt and sipped at his coffee. David quickly joined him, sitting opposite him and stirring his own tea.

They had raced back to the base on the outskirts of the city after leaving the apartment. Evan's face was creased with worry the entire trip. No one else was there so there was no chance of anyone eavesdropping. Tyler would lose his temper and Brock would tell Evan to sever all ties with Jonathan.

"So, Jonathan might have links to Delirious? Explain," David asked, drinking his tea. Evan looked into his cup, steam rising off the scalding beverage. His stomach twisted and knotted at the mere thought that Jonathan could be related to a...a terrorist.

"It started with the attack. Jon dropped me off at the hospital for the examination and in the span of a day my attackers wind up face down in an alleyway. Jon never gave me details of what he did that day, even when I asked. Not only that, but they have Delirious' markings carved into them? It's all too convenient, it all happened so quickly. One day I'm attacked by two anchormen and they are found dead two days later? It can't be a coincidence that they just so happened to be the next victims after they attacked me," Evan ranted.

"So where does Jon fit into the picture?" David asked, slurping his tea once more.

"I think that Jon must have tipped Delirious off somehow. I don't know how he even has Delirious in his contacts, but it's the only way. It has to be some sort of revenge for me," Evan replied. David placed his empty mug on the table and clasped his hands together. Evan remembered a hazy memory from after the attack.

"That's right! Jon also said to me the night of the attack 'I'm making sure those thugs never hurt you again, no one will'," Evan offered, furrowing his eyebrows.

"Fuck, that is indeed creepy, and to think that they turned up dead right after. It just can't be a coincidence." They both looked away from each other, scared of the impending truth.

"Have you seen anyone or anything else that supports your theory?" He asks. Evan blanches, the text Jon got this morning...

"Yeah, but you aren't going to like it. He was on the phone to Lui this morning talking about some debt that had to be repaid. Before that, he got a text from Lui saying 'you know this isn't what we do'," Evan trailed off when he caught David's expression. David's eyes were glazed over, unseeing.

"Ok so, any ideas what that means?" David asked.

"Yeah, I'm thinking that Jon convinced Lui into getting the anchormen killed, but Lui is feeling guilty about it? I don't know why he would be guilty though..." Evan said.

"Evan...you don't think that Lui would be Delirious, would he?" David asked, his eyes pleading that his thoughts would be wrong.

"No, Delirious is white and taller than Lui. But Lui must be involved too. Have you noticed anything off while you've been with Lui?" Evan questioned.

"Actually, yes. In his room, he had a concealed wall of weapons, huge guns and knives. There were even some blueprints with the word DELIRIOUS written in bold up the top," David answered with a frown.

"Fuck, this is worse than I thought. What should we do?" Evan asked.

"Jonathan is no immediate threat to you if he has had these guys killed to protect you, there's not much we can do until we have solid proof," David concluded. Evan nods, finally drinking his coffee.

Luke swung the door open with a grumpy face. Jonathan recoiled in shock, Luke's face was flushed with anger.

"What the fuck Jon? Don't you think you've gone too far this time?" Luke fumed, jabbing a finger into Jon's chest. Jon frowned and pushed his way into Luke's house.

"Shut up and let me explain. They attacked Evan." Silence followed.

"Oh Jon, I'm sorry," Luke said, sitting in a nearby chair.

"I think I was too quick to react and now Evan might be suspicious of...me," Jon said, resting his forehead in his hands.

"I don't know what to do, Luke," Jon sighed.

"You'll have to let me think for a bit. Meanwhile, can I see the newest article you two have written about Vanoss? I haven't read it yet." Jon pulled his laptop out of his bag and opened it.

"Hey Jon, when you say attacked, you don't mean they...did they?" Luke asked, a dreadful look in his stormy eyes. Jon's slender fingers froze on the keys, half finished pulling up the document.

"Oh god no, they didn't rape him. Their fates would have been much worse than what they already were," Jon scowled at the thought of those pigs touching his boyfriend, his Evan, like that.

"Worse than their organs spilling out onto the pavement?" Luke chuckled darkly, to which Jon smirked and nodded. Jon opened his laptop and showed Luke the article published several days ago.

In the centre of the page was a photo of Vanoss taken from ground level, angling up to portray him as heroic as possible. Evan always wrote articles centred around how brave Vanoss was, so Jon had to take photos to match the message Evan was trying to convey. Despite Jon's disliking of Vanoss, he doesn't want to disappoint Evan. Luke snapped his fingers.

"That's it!"

"What?" Jon mumbled, cocking his head to the left.

"I know what you have to do, you have to have Evan see you and 'Delirious' in the same place," Luke suggested.

"Uh, you'll have to elaborate," Jon prompted.

"You said that Evan might be getting suspicious of you, right? So, if he sees you in the same place, he'll know you're not the same person!" Luke concluded, throwing his hands up.

"Yeah, but where can I be Delirious without being arrested?" Jon huffed.

"Your apartment," Luke smiled. Jon's eyes darted up, mouth ajar.

"No, way to risky, someone could see me, or Evan may over power me..."

"In the crippled state he is in? I highly doubt that Jon. It's the only way. If you come to his rescue and play dumb, he'll trust that you aren't Delirious and his suspicions will fade."

Now, this was beginning to start like a filthy plan.