Undercover Family

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Chapter 24.

"I wouldn't pull that down, I worked hard making that food and we don't want it on the ground."

"Sean, is that you? What are you doing here?"

"Oh my God, it is you Aaron? They told me that I would see you as a child, I found impossible to believe, but here you are. Not just a child, but a baby, I don't believe this. Here let me help you get something to eat, which obviously is why you're at the food table." Sean picks up his older brother and holds him in his arms. "What would you like to eat? Let us see, something not too hard or difficult for you to eat. You don't have a lot of teeth." He picked up a small appetizer and he puts it to Aaron's mouth; who keeps it closed and shakes his head no. "Not something you would like, okay." He looks again at the table. Aaron pulls his hair to get him to look at him. "Ouch, what did you do that for?"

"How did you get here and why are you here?"

"Okay, I got a call last April telling me that you would be in an undercover assignment and would not be able to contact me until it was over. Then three weeks ago I was contacted about if I wanted to see you. I said sure, I didn't know when the next time would be, so I decided to take advantage of the request to see you. They actually picked me up and brought me here, they said that they wanted me to work here for two weeks as the chef of the kitchen and during that time I would be able to see you. They explained that the assignment you were in caused you to look different than you normally would. That you would actually look like a child to me, I actually didn't believe it. But, here I am holding my big brother in my arms. Come on lets go over to a different table." Sean walks with Aaron in his arms over to a table with food that is a little lower than the others and has food that is more suitable for the tastes of children.

"Put me down." He tried to speak in that big brother authoritative that we are so familiar with, but it seemed to fall on deaf ears as Sean looked for a tidbit to feed to his brother. "Sean, put me down."

"Aaron, are you hungry or not?"

"It doesn't matter, put me down Sean."

"If you think that I am going to let my baby brother go hungry, think again."

"I am not your baby brother!"

"Well, you are my brother and you look like a baby right now, so that makes you my baby brother." Smiling indulgently at his brother, he picks up a small tidbit that he offers his brother, who stubbornly keeps his mouth shut, even though it smelled good and he really wanted it. But he wasn't going to let his younger brother feed him.

Momma in the meantime was watching this interaction between the brothers and finding it fascinating. She has always found the dynamics between siblings to be interesting, older siblings are usually the most dominant and do not usually appreciate it when their younger sibling stand up to them. But when that younger is now an adult, while the older is a very young child, how will that dynamic work for the relationship of the siblings that she sees before her. Will it survive or become stronger or will it disintegrate and become no more? The next two weeks will be interesting to watch for her children as she will have an important member of each of their lives coming here for each of our agents. A sibling, parent or friend, they are all here. She moves forward to meet Sean.

"Hello, I see you have met one of my children."

"One of your children?" says Sean. Aaron sees her and reaches out to go into her arms into which he fell.

"I am momma and in control of this assignment. You are here because I requested it. I did this to your brother. What do you think of my handiwork? He is adorable, isn't he?"

"Actually, yeah he is cute. How were able to do this? Wait; don't tell me, it is top secret." She nods her head. "I was trying to get him something to eat, but he doesn't want to take anything from me."

"Well, you did the cooking, so I am sure it is delicious. What would you suggest for him?" Sean once again picked up the morsel that he had tried to give Aaron before. "Aaron, are you hungry?" Aaron looks at her with uncertainty, because he is hungry, but he doesn't want to be fed by his brother. "Open your mouth Aaron." He looks at with some defiance and shook his head no. "Is your mouth sore, is that why you don't to eat anything? Will chewing be painful?" He shakes his head no. "Then what is the problem? I know you're hungry; you always are at this time of day.

"He's my younger brother and I don't want to be fed by him. You once said that you weren't going to humiliate or embarrass me or the team." Her face stiffens at that remark because she doesn't see that being cared for by someone who loves you is embarrassing or humiliating.

"He is your brother and I don't understand why you think it is humiliating to be fed by him?" He looks at her in disbelief but doesn't have an answer.

Sean says, "He feels that way because no one wants their younger sibling to have to take care of them. It is always the older sibling responsibility to take care of the younger, not the other way around." Momma hands Aaron back to Sean.

"Aaron, I want you to accept Sean feeding you right now. I'll be back later." She gives her little guy a kiss and walks back into the crowd around the garden. Aaron looks after her feeling slightly abandoned. He looks at Sean holding him and opens his mouth.

Elsewhere in the garden,

Derek and Spencer were walking together and trying not to get in peoples way, but feeling uncertain as where they are supposed to be doing. They discovered in one corner of the garden a play set designed for children and started to play on it, with a teeter totter, swings and a merry go round. But what Derek really enjoyed was the rope swing that seemed to go over a mud pit. He swung four times and made it each time and then dared Spencer to do it. Spencer didn't want to, he was afraid he would fall in the pit and get his clothes all dirty.

"Oh come on, don't be such a baby."

"I'm not a baby; I just don't want to get my clothes dirty. Besides I can't hold on to the rope with just one hand."

"Yes, you can." Proceeds to attempt to go over the pit with just one hand on the rope and falls down into the mud.

"Ha Ha, I told you that you can't do it with one hand."

"Oh shut up, I hurt myself." Spencer jumped down from the swing and ran over to him.

"Where does it hurt?"

"My knee, I think I reinjured it."

"I'll go get somebody. You just stay here and I'll be back." He went running out to the crowd of party goers to find somebody he knew. He run between legs and around bodies but couldn't find anybody that he knew. All of sudden he bumped right into a large body; he looked up and saw grandpa.

"What are running around for Spencer? What's wrong?" Spencer is breathing hard and tried to speak, but he just couldn't get anything said that was logical. He pointed to where he thought the play set was. Grandpa picks him up. "Calm down, get your breath and tell me what the problem is."

"Derek, fall down, play set."

"Are you telling me that Derek fell down at the play ground?" Spencer nods his head yes.

"Did he hurt himself?" Another nod. Grandpa immediately starts walking to the playground. He gets his cell phone out and starts calling the first aid rescue station. When he gets to the playground, he places Spencer down and goes to where Derek is lying on the ground. He starts checking him out.

"Where does it hurt buddy?"

"My left knee, it really aches badly and I don't think I can stand on it." The rescue unit comes and starts to check out the boy. Grandpa calls momma and tells her what has happened. Within minutes, she is there.

"Derek, are you okay baby?" She goes to his head, since the EMT's were working on his knee and leg. "What happened, how did you get hurt?"

"I fell off the rope swing and fell on my knee."

An EMT states to momma, that they should take him to the hospital to have x-rays taken just to make sure that nothing is broken, although it appears that it is just a badly bruised joint. It is better to be safe and get the x-rays. Momma agrees and talks to Grandpa that she would be going with Derek and if she keep an eye on the children and keep her informed of things.

Spencer asks, "Can I go with you mommy?" She looks at grandpa.

He says, "Why don't you take him with you? It will be easier for us to keep track of the kids, if you at least one of the little ones with you."

"Okay, I'm not sure where everyone is at this time, but Aaron is at the food table, go get him and he'll need a change soon. Emily, I know went with Penelope, but I haven't seen them for awhile. JJ and David went off alone to do something, so you'll need to find them. If you have problems with finding them then find Penelope and tell her to use the tracer. She'll know what to do. I will call you later; make sure the kids get something to eat."

She and Spencer go with the EMT's and Derek to the hospital emergency room.