Cam and Johnny woke to just Chris in the room sitting in the large arm chair reading. "Where's Miles and Jasper?" They looked around for their other brothers they were use to seeing and felt more comfortable around. "They took them to motivate dad." Chris sighed as he got up and sat next to them on the bed. They sat in silence for a moment. "Come on let's go make breakfast." Chris smiled and grabbed them by the wrist and pulled them out to the hall and into the kitchen. "Okay Johnny you chop the veggies. Cam your washing the veggies." Chris smirked as he sat a bowl of veggies soaking in cold water. "So what are we making today?" Johnny asked as Chris helped him hold the knife proper so he wouldn't hurt himself. "Well its venison. We have a fridge stocked with deer meat." Chris shrugged. "Wait venison is deer?" Cam and Johnny said in unison. "Yeah... What did you think it was?" Chris chuckled as they looked confused. "I just thought it was some fancy word you learned for beef." Cam muttered. "Yeah what he said." Johnny agreed. "Man you two lived a sheltered life. But I see why you think that deer dose taste like beef." Chris chuckled as he checked his tea supply assuming the three older boys will need it when they return if they return. Aunt Carol came in with a bag. "Your friend left this at its usual spot. What's going on here?" Carol stood behind Johnny holding his knife hand to the table to ensure he didn't try anything. Cam stood with his back pinned against the sink watching nervously as the woman stood uncomfortably close to Johnny. "Just cooking mom. I thought it would be good to teach them like you taught me." Chris smirked and took the knife from Johnny and than eased him away from her and Cam followed suit and joined Johnny hiding behind their big brother. Carol smirked and turned to look at the two boys peeking out from behind their brother's shoulder. "They look like you, the three of you take after your mother. Come here let me see my little babies." Carol said as Chris made them comply to her demand knowing what would happen to them if they didn't. "There you are. Dad is looking for you. Hey punching bag." Carol's step son punched Chris playfully hard into his shoulder. "Oh relax. I'm not going to pummel you any more rat." Kyle teased. Chris had nots in his stomach. Kyle acts like he is your best friend in all the world one minute than the next you begging him not to kill you.. Chris hated that because he actually liked the guy on his nice days, when he was younger and needed someone to tell him he was safe Kyle was there. "Dude you guys look like triplets." Kyle smirked as he got in Cam's face. "Definitely your brother, another chicken little. What about you, tough guy or chicken?" Kyle smirked at Johnny who glared at him. "You know I think he actully wants to hit me." Kyle teased as he ruffled Johnny's hair as Johnny pushed him off. "Kyle what did I say about provoking a fight. Now let him alone so he can get settled, he's still coming off of his shot. You remember how moody Chris was?" Carol snapped at him. "I do." Kyle smirked as he reached up and rubbed his ruff thumb on Chris's scar. Chris flinched as Kyle reached up. "Good you still know who's boss. I was wandering when we left you up here to long by yourself. Mom you want me to sit with them till you come back?" Kyle gave her an angelic smile.
"Okay... I will be back soon. I want to get to know my little nephews. There better not be a mark on either of them including Christian." Carol scolded as she left. Once alone they all breathed a sigh of relief. "Thanks Kyle." Chris mumbled. "No prob string bean. I might beat you up but her I think she plots your death. You two okay?" Kyle smirked at the boys who were still trying to process this. "Wait you gave him that scar?" Johnny snapped. "Takes after Miles... Yeah but I didn't want to do it, we were still kids my dad put the bat in my hand and told me I better crack his scull open or he was going to crack both our sculls. I never minded beating him up playfully. I just didn't want to kill him. You can't blame me you just heard what I said my dad was like. You only do what your taught. Granted I know I still freak Chris out but I hope your starting to realize the beatings stopped because of me. I told Charles if he ever hit you again I'd kill him being tougher than him he believes me besides he hates hitting you. And Connor well he's just Connor probly your best friend. Man that kid would hit us every time he saw what we did to you. But bing Carol and dad's baby we couldn't hit him back they'd kill us if we made a mark on him. Meanwhile they hurt him... I guess this is my lame way asking you to forgive me and start trusting me..." Kyle paused and looked back at the door to make sure no one was spying. "So I can get you all out of here. Dallas already came up with a plan for your other family, he says I have to make amends with you so I can make plans to free you boys." Kyle sighed as he talked and watched Chris roboticly take over cooking. Kyle chuckled, Chris was a natural and his stews are the best. After a long moment of silence and with Cam and Johnny looking between the two older boys. Kyle giving them a kind smile everytime they looked at him. Johnny and Cam made their way to sit on either side of Kyle at the counter causing Chris to look up in concern of his baby brothers so close to the one who hurt him most of his life. "Chris did you even hear a word of what I said?" Kyle asked as he put his arms around the boys, realizing this was keeping his attention but quickly realized he was getting the wrong attention. Kyle just sighed and removed his arms resting his hands in view so Chris could relax. "Okay I'm gonna keep talking while you keep acting like a cooking robot... Probably would like to know why I hurt you in the first place? Well my old man and Carol they were beating you bad your first night, you probably don't even remember and I did something that was a mistake on my part knowing my place and all. I dove on top of you as they continued not even realizing they were no longer hurting the unconscious boy that was under me, wasn't till Dally came in and stopped them. By than I too passed put. I came too chained in the basement they beat up Dally to he was chained next to me. They told us our punishment for getting involved with your punishment was to keep you in line and beat you on their command or they would beat us till we both died. I don't know if you realized I started figuring out ways to inflict less damage. I mean it was easy to knock you out they kept you so thin for the first two years. I know it doesn't make it right but I didn't know what else to do. The days I beat you was because they ordered it, on the worse moments yet, they waited till we got along than insist they wanted you punished. I was afraid of what they do to us so I did as they asked." Kyle sighed and saw Chris still focused on his stew. "Chris! Please stop for a second and give me some sign you are listening!" Kyle slammed his hands on the counter startling all three of the boys.
"Yeah I hear you! But for all I know its the same as Jones, he acts like he cares, than when he sees he's not getting his way he switches into evil mode. You did it all my life Kyle. Now if Dally was here I might actually believe and except his apology." Chris looked at him, hate filling his eyes for the years of abuse Kyle done to him. "I know. I told Dally he should be the one. I told him that you trust him not me. But he insisted I had to prove to you I have changed and I only want to get you out of here before they get you all killed." Kyle sighed as he kept his eyes locked with Chris. "I'll consider your plan but its going to take more than this conversation to ever get me to trust you." Chris said coldly just befor Carol returned with their brothers. Miles and Jasper crashed on the couch in pain. "What happened to them? Where's Malachi?" Kyle practically yelled. Carol walked up and slapped him in the face for his out burst. "Never raise your voice to me again. Jones wants to spend time with his boy. You and Dallas are spending the night here since you've taken so much interest in your cousins. Kyle you should know by now, we are always listening and watching." Carol smirked as she glanced over at the younger twins. Before she could consider getting near them Kyle and Dallas blocked her. "Oh so this is your new thing, being their bodyguards, well you can't protect all of them." Carol smirked as Seth walked in and grabbed hold of Chris from behind with the butcher knife on his throat. "Now step aside or he dies." Carol grinned as she made her way to grab hold of the boys arms and led them out of the room. Seth followed with Chris slamming the door shut on his way out. They led them to their room and slammed them into the sofa. "Now you and your brothers will still stay together with our boys but we are all moving on from here, we need to work up your papers so we need a photo for processing. I'm gonna have to cover those bruises." Carol grabbed the boys and led them to the bathroom sitting them in front of the mirror and started roughly applying the make up on their cuts and bruises. The boys whimpers in pain and Cam started to cry. "Oh come on we'll be here all day." Carol snapped as she slapped Cam across his face splitting his lip causing more tears to stream down his face. "Well that was smart." Johnny mumbled as he looked at his brothers bloody lip. Seth came up behind him and pinned his head to the table. "So your the one with a smart mouth. Jones warned me about you." Seth growled as he applied more pressure Johnny started to cry in pain. Chris was tied to the chair in the other room and hated that he couldn't help his baby brothers. "Enough! Your ruining what I had finished with that one." Carol grumbled as she was clotting Cam's split lip. "Its official this is pointless. Their bruises are to dark. Their looking like clowns." Carol grumbled as she worked harshly to remove the cover up. Cam was whimpering in pain as she rubbed over his cuts and bruises even reopening opening some cuts. "I swear lady if you don't stop hurting my brother your going to regret it." Johnny said through clenched teeth as Seth held Johnny into his seat by wrapping his one arm around his neck and pushing down on his shoulder. Seth death gripped his shoulder and tightened his hold around his neck when Johnny threatened his wife. Johnny started to claw at Seth's arm as he was loosing air. "Your choking him!" Cam snapped as Connor walked in and grapped hold of Cam holding him in place forcing him to watch his brother pass out. Cam kept yelling and screaming at them till Johnny passed out. Seth calmly walked up to Cam and squatted down in front of him grabbed hold of his wrists and held them tight to the arm of the chair. "Look at me boy... You will never snap at me ever again. Or at my wife. You will respect us.
I know when we leave here my boys along with Chris will keep you two in line. Now I see you have enough cuts and bruises on that pretty face of yours and freaked out enough after watching your brother loose consciousness. So I will not harm you this time boy. Now go sit in the living room with Chris, your allowed to untie him from his chair." Seth instructed as he shoved him into the other room. "As for you are you trying to give him scars. You better learn how to be more gentle with kids." Seth grumbled. As he went to wake Johnny. "Your one to talk you might have kill that one." Carol countered. Connor sat on the sofa in the bathroom watching his parents bicker while he prayed the boy would be okay. "Enough already!" Connor yelled shoving them out of the way and laid Johnny on the floor and started CPR. It took awhile but Connor was glad to hear the boy finally cough and gasp for air. Connor helped Johnny up and over to Cam and Chris. He got Johnny and Cam a bottle of water. Than took care of Cam's reopened cuts. "There... Almost as good as new." Connor smirked. "Hey what happened to you?" Chris stood up to check the bruise on Connor's face. "You know... I mouthed off and dad punched me." Connor sighed as he sat next to Cam. "Okay you boys are going back to your room. Connor since you want to be like them you can spend the night with them. Chris tell your twin and other baby brother to pack. Leave out clothes for the morning we are leaving early." Seth instructed as he led them back up to there room. Kyle was upset with his dad the second he saw them and Connor's bruise. Seth rushed at Kyle for mouthing off at him. He slammed his fist into Kyle's head so fast he didn't have a chance to block. "Don't ever talk back to me boy." Seth gripped around Kyle's throat. All Dallas could do was watch his dad hurt his little brother. Once alone the boys settled down and ate the stew as they all sat around the table together. "What happened to you two?" Chris asked Jasper and Miles who looked worn out. "Jones beat us and electrocuted us till dad finished what ever he wanted. Man I wish mom and the younger kids weren't here." Miles sighed. Dallas sat there with a goffy grin. "Dally did you... Already!? How? Man your a genius." Kyle hugged his brother. "Well I can breach better than dad and uncle Jones so I sent them to the safest place. But one tiny hitch. Dad caught me." Dallas pulled up his shirt to reveal deep purple bruises on his side. "So I take it you can't breach us out of here." Johnny sighed. "Its not like a switch kido. Some times I can do it, sometimes I can't. They got lucky but hey just be glad your mom, infant sibs and the other two sibs are officially safe. Everyone else here can at least take care of themselves. Now the rest of you just do as your told tomorrow so we can stick together and not be separated. Hopefully I can do another breach." Dallas smirked. After packing and showering they all decided to sleep in the living room together...