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Flash
I ’ll admit, even if it’s just to myself, I’m not quite sure how to act with Micah. I know he’s not Wyatt, but his resemblance to him is messing with my head quite a bit. I’ve spent the last few years missing Wyatt more than anything, and now I’m here in a room with a young boy who looks just like him. I don’t know what the fuck I’m supposed to do or say in a situation like this. It’s more than a little bit of a head fuck.
There is one major difference I’ve already noticed between Wyatt and Micah, even with only spending a few minutes in Micah’s presence. Micah is so quiet and timid, whereas Wyatt used to be loud and playful at his age. Wyatt was your typical loud and rambunctious kid, and Micah seems like he’s anything but that. Micah has hardly said two words to me since I brought him into Piston’s office to wait for the guys. Actually, he didn’t even say much when we approached my bike or on the ride to The Clubhouse. He asked about what he was meant to do to be safe on the back of my bike, but other than that, nothing. There hasn’t been a peep out of him. I don’t know if this is normal for him or not, but either way, I don’t like it. It feels like he’s purposely trying to make himself as quiet and small as possible; talk about setting off my internal warning bells.
Something just doesn’t feel right to me with the way he’s acting, and what I’m feeling has nothing to do with his resemblance to Wyatt. There’s something more going on here. I can feel it in my bones. I’ve got enough experience with people who aren’t in safe and solid situations to pick up on the signs without much effort on my part. It’s become like a sixth sense for me after all these years.
Before I can say anything to him about the way he’s acting and gain some answers from him about his worrying behavior, the door to Piston’s office opens, and the man himself steps through with Wrath, Flame, Shadow, and Wreck on his heels. I can tell just by looking at them that Piston has given them the bare-bones facts of Micah’s story. They’re keeping their emotions under wraps, more than likely because of Micah and the fact he’s a child, but I’ve known these men long enough that I can pick up on their small tells that none of them are remotely happy with what they’ve learned so far. They are all furious, and I don’t blame them for feeling that way either. I’m not exactly a happy bunny right now myself.
Wrath’s jaw is ticking, his brown eyes flashing on and off with rage. He’s more than likely planning how to make some people’s lives a living hell for daring to target his son in any fashion. Flame’s blue eyes have gone hard, his dangerous side that makes him an excellent Enforcer for the club coming to the surface, and he is probably pretty much thinking along the same lines as Wrath. Shadow’s body is tense, and Wreck has his hand gripped tightly in his own, more than likely helping to ground Shadow. If there’s ever a reason Shadow is likely to go off the deep end and lose control of himself, it’s when someone in his family has been targeted. The man has a protective streak a mile wide when it comes to his family. There’s only one person who can help Shadow control himself when he’s like this, and he just so happens to be the man with a death grip on his hand right now. So at least I don’t have to worry about what Shadow might do as Micah gives us the rest of the nitty-gritty details on what’s been happening to Cam. Instead, I just need to be wary of how Wrath and Flame might react. I’m hoping and praying that whatever they feel about what Micah has to say, they can manage to keep themselves under control until they’re no longer in Micah’s presence. If there’s one thing that would terrify him more than he already is, it would be seeing those two lose their shit. Property damage is almost one hundred percent guaranteed when they lose it.
“Hey Micah, it’s good to see you.” Shadow says as he lays eyes on the young boy.
Shadow’s words immediately cause some of the tension and nerves plaguing the young boy to drain from his body, and I can’t help but internally smile at that. It’s rather smart on Shadow’s part to be the first one to speak to Micah and acknowledge his previous connection to him. That is certainly one smart way to put the boy at ease.
“Hey, Shadow. It’s good to see you too. I’m sorry about what Megan did.” Micah starts to apologize.
“No, Micah, you don’t owe me an apology. You did nothing wrong; your sister’s actions were just that hers.” Shadow says, cutting off Micah.
Micah just nods and gives him a small smile. Turning his attention away from Shadow, he looks over towards Wrath. His matching dark hair, brown eyes, and all-around identical looks to Shadow make it pretty clear who he is, and I’m not surprised it’s him Micah looks too. He’s Cam’s father after all.
“I’m sorry for coming here and interrupting your day, but I can’t keep quiet about anything anymore, not after what I’ve heard.” Micah says, addressing Wrath but having everyone else’s full attention too.
“That’s okay. I’m sure whatever you have to tell us is important; I very much doubt you’d have ever chosen to come here otherwise.” Wrath says gently.
“You’re not wrong there; if my mom ever finds out I came here, she wouldn’t be happy, but it was worth the risk to protect Cam. He’s become my friend, and I don’t have many of them.”
I’m not at all surprised that his mom wouldn’t be happy if she found out he’d come here. Not after everything that went down recently with her daughter. Parents have a way of turning a blind eye to their children’s actions, even when it’s more than clear to everyone that they’re the ones in the wrong.
“Well, we won’t be telling her you’re here, so you have nothing to worry about there. Why don’t you tell us everything that’s been going on and what you’ve heard that has you so worried?” Wrath says.
“Sure, I can do that.” Micah says before blowing out a breath and continuing. “It all started literally that day Cam arrived at school. Word got out almost immediately that Cam was your son, Wrath. Everyone knows who you are and that you’re the Devil’s Inferno President. The thing is, most of the students and even the teachers didn’t take well to that. They either accused him of lying, outright targeted him verbally, or, in the case of our teacher, took an immediate dislike to him. When I brought it up with Cam and told him he should say something to you guys, he just brushed it off and acted like words didn’t matter, but it’s not going to stay as words for much longer. I overheard a massive group of kids planning to ambush Cam and make an example of him.” Micah says, his voice beginning to shake as he explains what he overheard.
It’s clear for us all to see that Micah is clearly terrified by what he overheard, and I’m not quite sure if it’s just because he’s worried for Cam’s safety or because he’s seen these kids do something similar before.
To Wrath’s credit, he manages to keep his cool, but I can see he’s more than a little on the edge. He’s so close to losing control of his temper, and the only reason he hasn’t is because of Micah. The minute Micah is no longer in sight, something is going to get destroyed by Wrath’s hands.
“Micah, thank you so much for coming here and telling us what’s been happening and what you heard. You’re a really good friend to my son. Have these kids done something like this before?”
“Yeah. They’re not good people. They enjoy hurting others. I think it’s a game to them, and Cam being your son is like the ultimate prize. From what I overheard them saying, they think it will bolster their reputation if they hurt and make an example of Devil’s Inferno’s President’s son. There was some other stuff about how you aren’t as much of a threat as you used to be. They heard their parents saying you’d all gone soft over the years.”
“That’s really good to know, Micah. You did the right thing coming here. I owe you; if you ever need anything, just let me know. I’m going to leave you in Flash’s capable hands; can you give him a list of everyone who’s targeted Cam or plans to for me?”
“Of course. Anything I can do to stop this from continuing. Cam doesn’t deserve what they’re doing to him. You’re going to do something to stop what’s happening, right?”
“You can count on it. Now we know we can stop it all in its tracks. I promise you that.” Wrath says, giving Micah a small smile before spinning on his heels and leaving Piston’s office. Flame, Shadow, and Wreck leaving right behind him.
I’m pretty sure they’re all about to lose their shit before coming up with a plan of how to deal with this situation. The teacher is easy; they’re an adult and should really know better than to target a child in the fashion they have, Cam. It’s the kids that are going to be the bigger problem; we can’t just go after a bunch of kids; that’s not how we roll, no matter what those children have done or plan to do. No, I’ve got a feeling some parents are going to be getting a visit and paying for their child’s sins.
None of us will have a problem with that; normally kids act the way they have been because of what they’ve seen and learned from their own parents. It’s all fucking learned behavior; we’ve seen it time and time again over the years with the various situations we’ve been involved in. The parents have also added to this shit by spouting off crap about us for their kids to hear. I don’t know what ever gave them the idea we’d gone soft, but they’re about to find out they couldn’t have been more wrong.
Hopefully we can nip all this in the bud with these kids, though; they’re all still young enough to learn the error of their ways and make the changes to become better people. I’m just hoping none of these kids are acting this way towards Cam because of their own abuse; we’ve seen that a few times too, and I always hate it.