Braxtonboyzz123: Thank you for the review. Kyle's true feeling will be expressed and i hope it lives up to your expectations, but Kyle isn't in this chapter its more focused on Casey.
Brax walked in to a quiet house. He saw Ricky come from upstairs tightly wrapped in a towel as he out his keys and wallet down he stared. Her body was still dripping wet and her soaked blonde hair was divided in two; each section lying carefully on each shoulder.
"Heath moved back in with Bianca. Kyle and Phoebe will be out late tonight. We have the place to ourselves Brax." Ricky whispered seductively making her way towards Brax. She slowly pulled the towel off, letting it drop she tiptoed and wrapped her arms around his necks invading his mouth with her own. He grinned before letting his lips passionately crash into hers again. He picked her up and she wrapped her feet around his waist not once parting from each other.
Casey woke up differently this time. Although he still had the splitting headache he was no longer lying on the floor he was upright. His hands were tied behind a chair tight enough for them to be numb. He let out a whimper and opened his eyes. A door opened and he saw Danny walking towards him "Brax will find me. N he'll kill you for this" Casey threatened.
Danny laughed a sinister laugh "Brax!" he scoffed "You think Brax cares about you, or Heath or even that Kyle. They don't Casey. When are you going to realise you were a mistake. Nobody wanted you; Johnny threw you out, your mother threw you out and you're no longer a brother to Brax so it's only a matter of time." He pulled out Casey's phone from his pocket "I've had you for hours and not one missed call" he finished with throwing Casey's phone to the wall and letting shatter, then punching him in his right eye.
He brought his face up to Casey's "You don't threaten me" he said he lifted his fist causing Casey to flinch.
This made Danny laugh "you're soft, you always were. Don't worry Case, I'll teach you..." he began punching Casey over and over again until Casey was unconscious with his head leaning backwards and his face bloodied up.
Brax's phone started vibrating on his night stand, waking him up. He looked at the time and jumped out of bed. Kissing Ricky on the forehead before he left Brax rushed to get to Angelos. Before leaving the house Brax looked into Casey room to see it empty. He assumed Casey got up early for surf or his shift at the gym.
Casey woke up in the same position just in more pain. He could barely open his left eye and he felt blood trickling from his nose and mouth down his neck. He had small flashbacks of everything Danny said to him yesterday. "It's not real. You know Brax would do anything for you. Danny's just trying to get under your skin" Casey thought to himself and kept repeating it until Danny walked in again.
"Alright Casey today you go back home." Casey felt the ropes cut through his hands as Danny opened them. He was only free for one second before Danny had him standing and tied up once more. Casey took his chance with it knowing the worst that could happen was his death. Which clearly no one cared about. "No Brax cared" Casey said to himself.
He lunged at Danny. Danny being caught off guard fell to the ground. "Guess you have a bit of Braxton in you after all eh"
However Casey was weak and he couldn't get back up and this gave Danny the opportunity to kick Casey several times in the stomach. Once he was done he yanked Casey up by his clothes, Casey pushed Danny's hand off him and was bent forward in pain. "Alright for my final warning" Danny said with a smile he pulled out a gun and shot Casey right in the shoulder. Casey fell backwards and passed out almost instantly.
Heath walked with his arm around Bianca's neck towards Brax's place in hope he was there to hear his exciting news. Just as they walked towards the door Bianca placed a hand on Heath's chest and stopped dead in her tracks. Heath looked at Bianca and followed her eyes to the body draped in front of the front door.
Based on the clothes it was Casey "probably just drank himself stupid again" Heath said letting go of Bianca and moving forward. As he got closer to Casey he noticed the pool of blood that his baby brother was laying in.
"Bianca call an ambulance and then Brax!" Heath shouted. He kneeled down next to Casey's limp body and put his hand on Casey bloodied and swollen face "Case! Casey can you hear me" he put two fingers on his neck and let out a breath when he felt pulse.
"Ambulance is on the way" Bianca shouted almost in tears at the sight in front of her. Heath then noticed a paper laying on Casey's left arm. He pulled it off and realised that it had been stapled to Casey's arm.
That's not what scared him though it was the fact that Casey didn't flinch, wince, moan or whimper at the pain of the staple being pulled out meaning at this point he felt nothing. Bianca heard sirens getting close and then she called Brax.
Brax was standing behind the bar at Angelos where he saw Denny and Phoebe talking in a corner table and Kyle waiting on another table. Brax hadn't seen Casey for ages and it almost worried him, he was brought out of his thought when his phone vibrated in his pocket. He picked up immediately assuming it was Casey.
"Case?" he asked with hope. "Urm no it's Bianca. We found case Brax. He's hurt. Meet us at the hospital alright." Brax just cut the phone and began walking away.
"Where you going?" Kyle asked Brax looked at him and realised he had forgotten there were other people there who would want to know about Casey. For the longest time it had been just him, Heath and Casey and now there was Kyle, Phoebe, Denny, Bianca, Darcy and Harley all part of this family and he still hadn't gotten used to it.
"Case is in the hospital. Take care of the place will ya"
"wait! What! What happened? I'm coming with you" Denny interrupted. She ran towards Brax and he looked at Kyle waiting for an answer
"Yeah no I'll take care of the place. Update me please" he said calmly. Brax and Denny walked out.
Brax and Denny met Heath and Bianca in the waiting area. Brax walked straight to Heath noticing that he had blood all over him. His arms and shirt as well as his jeans were all smeared in blotches of blood "what the hell's going on" before Heath could answer a police officer walked in requesting a conversation with Heath and Brax.
"Do you have any idea who did this" she asked "do think if we did they wouldn't be looking worse than Case huh?" Heath said angrily. "Oi mate" Brax said to Heath
"Nah we don't know who would do this" Brax added. At this point Heath looked at Brax terrified "Maybe Jake?" Heath saw Brax's heart break at remembering Charlie.
Brax looked down at the tattoo on his hand and then looked back up "Blokes in for life though. Maybe Danny" Brax added "I'll find out as much as I can about them" the sergeant said before walking away.
Ricky walked in "Kyle told me. Is Casey okay?" Brax just shrugged and Ricky put a hand on his shoulder before going over to comfort Denny.
Before Heath and Brax could say or do anything Nate walked out. "How bad is it doc?" Heath questioned
"Not looking good I'm afraid. Casey has suffered a large amount of injuries. He has up to 3 broken ribs and 2 fractured with a number of bruises around his abdomen. He has cuts on his wrist I'm guessing from what had him tied up which were infected when he came in and so we're giving him antibiotics for that. He had a multiple contusions on his face and a nasty blow to the head. Lastly he had a bullet wound which were prepping him for surgery to get the bullet out and rule out any internal bleeding. As well as he has got no food and water the last two days and so he'll need a saline drip as well as depending on his state after surgery a feeding tube. This doesn't include his emotional and mental state after such injuries that have been sustained. I will let you know how he is the minute he's out of surgery" with that Nate walked away with a look that told Brax Casey had no hope.
Everyone looked shock at the multiple injuries that the person they loved were suffering from and Denny burst out crying.
This was all his fault Brax thought. He didn't check on him. He was too busy with Ricky and then he just assumed Casey was fine. It wasn't right.
He was brought out of his thought when he heard the police officer shouted "The family should have been notified immediately!" Heath and him shared a look before they walked up to her as she cut the phone angrily she turned around
"well I'm so very sorry for this and I will look into the person responsible for this but it looks like Danny Braxton was released from prison almost three days ago. I'll have a warrant out for his arrest the minute Casey can confirm he did this"
"What do you mean confirm. Of course he did this. The bloody scumbag has nothing better to do" Heath started shouting.
"Thanks Sergeant" Brax said over Heaths shouting and with that the Sergeant left. "Call Kyle and get him here. Danny could go after him too"
