Matty didn't feel anything after the gunshot. He was pretty sure he wasn't hit by a gunshot. He looked over at Phillip. Phillip seemed fine. Then Matty turned and looked at Jamie. Jamie was just staring at Birol with the gun in his hand. There was so much pain in Jamie's eyes and Jamie's hand started shaking. Birol had his gun pointed at Jamie. They were just staring at each other. Guns pointed at each other.
Had Birol shot Jamie? He better not have. Jamie looked like he was in so much pain though.
A red stain appeared on Birol's white shirt, and he fell over. Holy crap! Jamie had shot Birol.
Jamie fell to his knees in pain and turned his gun so that the butt of the gun was pointed at Matty and Phillip. "One of you, take my gun away, tie me up. I'm fighting whatever they did to me. But I don't know how long it will last. Don't trust me. I don't want to hurt anyone else. Please, take the gun away from me."
Phillip grabbed the gun out of Jamie's hand. Then Phillip went into the bedroom and grabbed some handcuffs out of the bottom drawer of the nightstand. He came back into the room and handcuffed one of Jamie's hands a storage unit near the back entrance.
Phillip looked at Jamie worriedly. "It's going to be ok, Doofus. Help is coming. Matty go to the office. Call every agency number in that brain of yours. Tell whatever agents are outside to get their asses down here."
Phillip then went over and checked on Uncle Joe. He checked for a pulse. The pool of blood around Uncle Joe had gotten larger.
Phillip looked at Matty and nodded yes indicating that Uncle Joe was still alive.
Phillip looked at him, "I'm sorry, Dad. I never should have forced you to come see me. Don't die on us. Please pull through. We'll never get Jamie back if you don't pull through."
Matty started walking to the office to make the phone calls. The back entrance door opened, and his father came in with a swarm of agents. His father was leading the way holding a gun. His father at them "We tried to come in the other door. The code isn't working."
Matty saw that his sister was in the hallway too. He had no idea how long she'd been there or what she'd seen.
Leann spoke, "I changed it, Dad. Grandma and the kids are still locked in there. I'll open it if you want me to."
His dad looked at her, "Why aren't you in there with them?"
Leann spoke, "Jamie's my brother too. I wanted to help. I snuck out during the fight. I was hiding in the bedroom. I thought maybe I could throw a lamp or something. Cause a distraction if I needed to."
His Dad looked at Leann and Matty, "You two are going to be the death of me. We will talk about this later."
His Dad walked over and knelt down by Birol's unconscious body. He felt for a pulse. "He's dead."
He looked at Matty, "Did you or Phillip kill him?"
Matty nodded no, "Neither. Jamie shot him when Birol tried to kill Phillip."
Then his dad looked over at Uncle Joe's unconscious body. "Did Birol shoot Joe?"
Matty nodded no, "No, that was Jamie too. Jamie's messed up, Dad. He's not in his right mind but he couldn't kill us. He fought it. You and Mom should be really proud of him. Jamie needs Doctor Joyce and Mom right now though. I think he's too far gone for just Doctor Pfaff."
His Dad nodded, "Yeah, of course. We will get Jamie the best help there is. Besides your Uncle Joe, is anyone else hurt?"
Matty nodded no.
Then Phillip spoke "I'm going with my father, Lee. Before you say anything. I'm a trained agent. Birol is dead. The main threat is over."
His father sighed and nodded yes to Phillip.
Jamie looked at Phillip, "You're my brother. I know your name is Phillip. Everyone keeps calling you that. You're an agent right? Is your code name Worm Brain or something? It keeps popping in my head every time I look at you."
Phillip smiled, "Yeah, that's not my code name. It's just one of the many nicknames we have for each other. But I think that's one of your favorites for me. Think you even have me saved in your phone as Worm Brain."
Jamie looked at him, "The dark haired boy. I told him we don't live in a tree. Is his name, Matty? Birol called him Alex but he was brainwashing him too. I knew my name wasn't Tom."
Matty smiled, "That's right. My name is Matty. It actually is Alex too. It's complicated. This is our sister. Her name is Leann."
Jamie looked at them, "My head hurts so much."
His father came up to him and put a hand on Jamie's shoulder, "Hey Jamie."
Jamie looked up at him in pain, "You have hazel eyes. You're my real father, right?"
His father looked at him, "I wish I was, kid. I'm just your stepfather. I do love you like you were my own son though. We were all so worried about you, Jamie. Your mother is just outside. She is going to be very happy to see you."
Jamie winced again in pain, "My head hurts so much."
His father patted his shoulder, "Hey we are going to get you all fixed up. alright? You are going to be as good as new."
Matty looked at his dad, "I know Mom said no Agency unless it's an emergency, Dad. I think this is an emergency. I can help Jamie. Let me go to the Agency too. I know what it feels like. I can help him. I know I can."
Leann spoke, "I want to go too. I want to help Jamie. I don't want to be left behind again. I miss you and Mom."
His Dad ran his hand through his own hair. "I missed you too, Junior. Fine the two of you can come. Your mom is just outside. I wouldn't let her come down. Told her to stay in the van. Which means she'll probably be down here any minute."
As if on cue, the back door opened again and his mother came in. She immediately went over to Jamie. She hugged Jamie, "Are you alright, sweetheart?"
Jamie looked at her, "Do I know you?"
She kissed his forehead, "Yes sweetheart. I'm your mother. Your real mother. I gave birth to you."
Jamie stared at her, "I have a mother?"
She touched the side of his face "You do and its me."
She went in her pocket and took out a handcuff key and went to uncuff Jamie,
Jamie spoke, "No, don't uncuff me. I don't want to hurt anyone else. Especially you."
She petted his hair gently, "You won't. You are my gentlest child. "
Jamie looked at her, "No you don't understand. Whatever they did to me. Keep me restrained. My head really hurts. The only thing that will relieve the pain is following Birol's orders. The last order he gave me was to kill everyone. I don't want to kill anyone else or even hurt anyone."
His mother spoke, "Sweetheart, it's going to be alright. You won't hurt anyone else. I know you. The real you. The one that's in there fighting hard to come out."
Jamie's voice was pained, "I almost killed my brother. I killed that man. Didn't I? I shot that other man. The one with the blue eyes. Who was he? Did I kill him too?"
His mother looked at Jamie, "Sweetheart, don't worry about that right now. the man that you killed was an evil man. The other man you don't have to worry about who he is right now."
Jamie looked at his mother, "I didn't mean to kill him. I just didn't want him to shoot my brother. His wife is pregnant. My head hurts so much."
Their mother uncuffed Jamie and then she took the cuff and put one end around her wrist and one around Jamie's.
Jamie looked at her, "No, you shouldn't cuff me to you. I might hurt you."
She looked at him, "You would never hurt me. I trust you. I love you, Jamie."
Jamie looked at her. "I just need the pain to stop. Please make it stop."
His mother looked at him, "We will, sweetheart. I've got you. You are safe. I'm here. I'll help you make the pain stop. I won't leave your side. Okay?"
Jamie nodded, "I'm sorry. The first man I shot. He was my family too. Wasn't he?"
His mother spoke, "Don't worry about that right now. Okay? Just come with me."
His mother looked at his father. "I'm going to take him to the agency. I want Doctor McJohn to help him instead of the Nest doctors. I'll call Doctor Joyce too."
His father nodded, "Okay. Take care of him. I'll clean up here and meet you at the agency. "
Phillip looked at them, "I'm going to go with my father to whatever hospital they take him to. Call me on my cellphone with any updates on Jamie. I'll talk to Carrie. Tell her what happened."
His father looked at Phillip. "Chief, I can have Beaman go talk to her. It doesn't have to be you."
Phillip looked at him, "Lee, Carrie and I have problems. But someone in the family should do it. You have to clean up this mess. Jamie needs Mom more than ever right now. My kids need Irene right now. I'm sure they are terrified. Carrie was already a mess. My father getting shot too is not going to make it better. It should be one of us. Not an agent. Well, I am an agent too, but you know what I mean. She needs family too right now and no matter how she feels about me. I'm family."
His father put his hand on his shoulder, "You are one amazing kid, Chief. You know that, right? I'm really proud of you."
Phillip smiled, "I'm 32 years old, Lee. I'm not exactly a kid anymore."
His dad smiled at him, "You will always be a kid to me."
Irene spoke, "I'll go with you, Phillip. Your grandmother can take care of the children."
Phillip looked at her, "No Irene, stay with the monsters. They need at least one of their parents right now. Besides I think maybe it's time Carrie and I hashed it out alone once and for all."
Irene went over and kissed Phillip, "I love you. Whatever that awful woman says to you. You have the kids and I to come home to. We all think you are wonderful."
Phillip looked at his wife, "Thank you. But honestly after everything that happened today. I can handle Carrie. She might need to let it out on me. She needs someone too right now. Minus well be me. My dad may never have been there for me most of my life. But I am going to be there for him and Carrie. If she still hates me after this. Well, that's on her."
Phillip then walked over to Jamie, "Hey Doofus, you let Mom take good care of you. Alright? I'll come by and see you later."
Jamie nodded, "You aren't coming too? You are going with that other man I shot. You called him your father. The blue-eyed man is my father too, isn't he? Oh god, did I kill my own father?"
Phillip put his hand on Jamie's shoulder, "He's not dead, alright? And I'm going to be really pissed at him if he does. The least he can do is pull through for your sake. "
Jamie looked confused, "I don't get it. I shot him. Why on earth would you be pissed at him if I'm the one that hurt him?"
Phillip looked at him, "When you get your memory back, you'll understand. You will also understand why I'm going to go with him instead of you right now. I love you Doofus. Let Mom and the doctors help you. I'll come by and see you again as soon as I can."
Jamie nodded, "Thanks, Worm Brain. Is it ok if I call you that? "
Phillip smiled, "Dude, you never asked my permission to call me that before. Why start now? Plus, it's weird when you actually call me Phillip. It feels wrong. Let Mom take care of you now."
Phillip smiled at his mother and said, "Love you Mom. Take good care of the doofus."
She nodded, "I will sweetheart. Whatever Carrie says to you. Don't take it personally."
Phillip looked at her, "I won't, Mom. Love you."
Phillip walked over and kissed Irene and then left out the back door entrance.
Then his father said, "Alright, I am just going to take care of a few things here. Matty, you and your sister. Go hang out in the game room for a little bit. I'll come get you when it's time to head back to the Agency."
Notes:
Oh thank God there wasn't yet another cliffhanger at the end of that chapter;)
Next chapter - The last chapter that has any type of actual story or plot in it before the last couple of family fluff chapters to end the story.
