Chapter 8

Seth woke up with a start, but for once he didn't remember anything from his dreamlike state. All he could recall was a shrill scream and he rubbed at his ears, feeling as if they were still ringing from the desperate sound.

The half blonde got up to have a drink of water, staring out of the window towards the facility as it was the main thing insight of his windows. Frowning as he saw some of the lights in the upper ward still on, but put it out of his mind as he finished his water and went back to bed.

When he woke the next morning he'd almost forgotten about the thing, as he'd been having strange dreams a lot lately. Getting dressed as usual and sticking to his everyday routine. Doing his job, keeping his head down and not running into any problems.

But he did notice something and a little voice kept irking him in the back of his mind. Trying to ignore it and he was doing a good job up until he walked into one of his favourite patients. Seth just observed AJ for a while at first, how she was drawing on a large sheet of paper with crayons and pencils. The young woman was talking to herself under her breath and it went from cheerful to angry so fast that it was almost comical, but Seth tried not to laugh. He approached her after a few minutes, kneeling down to look at her artwork. "Hey, watcha drawing?" he asked and his eyes went to the paper, seeing something that resembled a spider, but a rather cute one, in the middle of a mess of colours and figures. AJ shrugged at him, but a small smile appeared on her pretty features. "they took your friend again." She said out of the blue as she continued drawing, sticking the edge of a green crayon between her lips as she looked at her creation thoughtfully. Seth frowned, the drawing now forgotten as he focused on the brunette in front of him.

"What? You mean Ambrose?" he asked quickly, his voice high in his anticipation and she peeked at him from the corners of her eyes for a long moment. Then all he got was a small nod as she leaned down to colour some more.

Seth spaced out for a moment before snapping back into reality. So many thoughts screaming to be heard first in his brain and it was making his head pound.

"Who took him? Where did he go?" he asked carefully, speaking more slowly no as he'd actually given it a thought before blurting out a sound. AJ sighed and shrugged a little, as if Seth was asking stupid questions now which she didn't have time for. She went for the black crayon slowly, thin fingers reaching out and when she picked it up it was as if her whole demeanour clouded over. Her dark eyes turning to stare into his lighter brown ones again now as she slowly seemed to make up her mind.

"He's still here. But he wont be in his room for a while. They'll take the long haired one next." Her voice cold as her eyes seemed to look passed him and she slowly turned back to her drawing again. Seth felt the hair at the back of his neck stand up at her behaviour and slowly got up, not wanting to disturb her any further.

The half blonde walked away as in a haze, her words relaying his mind over and over. Missing one of the doctors of the facility standing in the doorway observing them completely. The man clad in the white coat pushing up his sleeves slowly, his colourful tattoos coming into view. He waited for Seth to have fully disappeared into the corridor before approaching the little brunette still sitting on the floor. Her arms moving furiously as she was dragging the black crayon all over what she had previously drawn now, still muttering under her breath. The doctor leaned over to touch her shoulder lightly and she stopped, dropping the crayon and looking up at him. Her face softening and a smile spread on her lips.

After the strange incident Seth tried to finish his shift, but it was hard to keep focused. Playing watch dog for the last few hours watching the monitors and he was happy to just sit there and zone out with some coffee to keep him company.

As he saw on the clock he was done in about fifteen minutes, his eyes wandered to the filing cabinet underneath the clock. He knew there was a load of files of all kinds in there, although he assumed the doctors kept their own stuff in their offices. His fingers twitching as he was curious, but really, what was he looking for? He'd never been one to snoop around, but with the currents events at this place it was just asking for some detective work.

As he stared at the cabinet, his mind racing and his heart beating a little faster at the wild ideas going through his mind. Thinking about what he might find there, finally get some answers to this madness… Seth nearly fell out of his chair when Nikki walked in to take over his shift, the pretty nurse laughing as she saw the shocked face of the care taker. "You look like you were doing something naughty." She grinned and quirked a perfectly drawn eyebrow at him. A mug of coffee in her hand as she ushered him out of the seat to take over his place behind the monitors and keep an all seeing eye on the main wards. "A-ah, no I was just lost in thought." Seth said quickly, getting up to make space for the nurse, before saying his goodbyes and rushing out of the little office. Sighing and running a hand through his messy hair as he walked back to his apartment. Lost in thought again as he shook his head at himself with a frown. On top of all his weird ' problems' of late he never seemed to be very good as socialising with his colleges and it bothered him a little. He just never knew how to act around the nurses, although most had warmed up to him by now.

Changing into a comfortable get up of sweats and a tshirt, Seth went around the back of the apartments where a thick forest was. He wanted to clear his mind, but it did the opposite as he walked amongst the trees and bushes that were slowly losing their leaves and colour. His feet led him to a small open space with grass and moss growing on the ground and he sat down for a moment. Closing his eyes as he laid down fully, hands under his head as he tried to relax. Heaving a sigh, trying to clear his mind..

.. Seth opened his eyes and looked around confused for a second. The man next to him giving him a hard nudge in the ribs and Seth was about to swear at him when he realised all eyes in the room where on him. His face turned a little pale, feeling downright scraggly in his ripped jeans and t-shirt, standing here facing all these men in tailored suits and mahogany desks. The broad shouldered man behind the biggest desk cleared his throat and if Seth hadn't been so nervous he might've caught the amusement in his eyes. "So, you get it right? What's your choice. Don't be afraid, you're still free to leave."

The word 'still' sitting in Seths brain for a moment before he shrugged, tried to act casual and he straightened his shoulders a little next to the bodyguard guys. "Yea okay," he squeaked and he groaned at how his voice came out. "I'll work for you." He confirmed with a nod and the big man behind the desk got up with a smirk on his face. Walking over to give him a hard slap on the back, which Seth supposed was meant in a fatherly way of sorts. "Welcome to the family, kid."

It had been a whirlwind ever since he joined the Helmsley-McMahan family. But it had been going better ever since Roman Reigns had spotted him. He had started of doing simple errands and low key dirty work. But when he joined the long haired Samoan and his blonde, quiet friend, Seth had really felt like he was coming alive.

Surely their work wasn't anything to write home about. And the youngest one sometimes enjoyed it, although other times it scared the shit out of him. He called a night where Roman and Dean got the upper hand in a fight and left a guy more dead than alive on the floor. The two men where more beasts than human and with their adrenaline pumping, where laughing at each other afterwards and playfully talking about the event as if it was brotherly bonding time. Even though they were like brothers to him, maybe even more. Seth also knew he was the least fucked up one out of the three, but could never quite decide if that was a good thing or not.

It had been a warm Friday night when he walked into their warehouse after a day of work and a night of play. Having lost Dean somewhere in the middle of it all, but he knew the blonde was fine. As he shuffled into their strange home, he kicked of his shoes and looked around, narrowing his eyes a little as he heard faint noises coming from the other end of the large space. Their sleeping area shielded off with Japanese style folded sheets for a little privacy. One of the rules of the two when he joined them, they had to sleep in the same area so nobody could sneak around. Seth had laughed at first and then felt awkward as they had been serious, but now it was all he knew.

Slowly walking further towards the source of the noises, making out the scratchy noise of the tv in the background. But soon he recognised the other thing he'd heard, a smirk forming on his lips. Someone was here and they where definitely having a good time. He'd lost count of the amount of times he'd walked in on Dean banging some random chick by now. Roman was a bit less common and he himself tried to keep it out of the house. But non of them where too bothered and usually just left or moved to a different part of the house if the other needed some special time. Seth was giddy from the drinks he'd had though and curious to see who it was. Walking on his tiptoes, getting closer and pressing a hand over his mouth to stop from chuckling at his silly behaviour. Peeking around the rice paper doors curiously, although from the sound of those low, baritone moans it could only be one person.

He froze when his brain registered the scene. Two bodies as naked as the day they were born, writhing together on the big mattress. Romans hair flowing like a waterfall behind his bed into the pillows, his eyes closed in pleasure with his head tilted backwards a little. His large hands where over the other persons hips, holding them tight as Seth could see the skin go white even in the dim light. It wasn't that which made the younger man unable to look away. It was the fact that the person on top of Roman, bouncing up and down slow but skilfully, was in fact a young guy around his age with short blonde hair and a slim waist.

Seth closed his mouth when he realised it had fallen open, about to turn away as he wasn't sure how to react, but when he looked at his Samoan brother again he was nailed to the floor one more. Those smouldering grey eyes where looking straight at him now. Seth felt a tinge of fear wash over his back, but it was soon replaced with something very different when a lazy smirk spread on Romans full lips and he bucked his hips up a little harder into the blonde guys willing body.

Seth opened his eyes very slowly, peering at the blue sky though his thick eyelashes for a moment before he bit his lip.

Laying as still as he could in the moss, his hand twitching a little from being in the same position for so long. Feeling the warmth in his chest and spiralling down his stomach and lower… Blinking now as he tried to make it go away.

What was that? Had he just remembered something from his past? But that guy, the man he'd thought of as his brother. He'd had the face of the patient that scared him half to death a few days ago.

Sitting up and feeling his head spin, he groaned as he rubbed his temples in frustration. His hands coming down to feel the moss against his palms, enjoying the simple feeling as it was something real, something he could onto. Trying to filter through the things going on with him as suddenly he had made up his mind.

He needed to get to the bottom of this, one way or another. No longer could he pretend these where just dreams and he was a man without a past. He needed to know.