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Jake

M y hope that Rex might be able to shed some light on everything is dashed. Why the hell would I ever have thought that finding out anything would just be as easy as making a phone call to my brother? Of course that’s not the case. Nothing could be that fucking simple now, could it?

After hanging up with Rex, I’m no closer to any answers on why Micah looks like Wyatt than I was before. According to Rex, Megan and Micah’s father is the one thing she was adamant she never wanted to talk about, and Rex, being a good person and friend, never pushed her for more information. Figuring it was a sore subject when it was more than a little clear to him that her father wasn’t around. He spent enough time with Megan and at her house when they were younger to be sure about that. I totally understand the reasons why Rex never pushed for more from her, but fucking hell, I wish he had just so I could have something to tell Flash now.

Even Rex is wishing he’d have pushed for more information from her when they were younger after I told him what is going on right now. He said as much to me when we were talking on the phone. I understand why he’s feeling that way too. He’s become pretty fond of Flash; he enjoys the time they’ve been spending together sparring and the friendship that’s slowly been developing between them. He hates that he doesn’t have any answers that could help him right now. There’s nothing either of us can do about that, though; we’re going to have to find a different path to gain the answers we’re all wanting.

I hate not having any information to give Flash. I can only imagine the sort of things running through his mind at this moment, and honestly, none of them can be remotely good. I have a very strong feeling that Piston was more than right when he said Flash’s world was about to be turned upside down. There are only so many reasons that Micah can look so much like Wyatt, and they all involve a member of Flash’s family fathering him, which also means they fathered Megan. I know for a fact they share the same parents, unless Megan lied about that, but it’s the one thing she never had a reason to lie about. God, this is so fucked up.

I doubt anyone has even thought about that implication. Who would? Why would they? We’ve all wanted to put Megan in the rearview mirror after everything she put Shadow and Wreck through, and who would blame us for that? She’s caused nothing but fucking trouble, but now I’ve got a feeling she’s about to come back out of the woodwork with a bang. If anyone is going to have the answers Flash needs about why Micah is a spitting image of Wyatt, it will be her. I guess it’s a good job she’s still currently being held at The Khaos Group Holding Facility on my family property and that I can get Flash in there with her to ask his questions. Sometimes having family connections is more than a little bit handy.

Though I’ll be honest, seeing Megan is about the last thing I ever want to do in this lifetime or the next. I didn’t like the woman before all this shit that went down, but now my level of dislike towards her is off the charts. It’s not very often I’ll say I hate someone, but for Megan I will. She deserves nothing less than my hatred after everything she’s done. She nearly destroyed so many people’s lives, and for what? Because she didn’t like sharing Shadow’s time with Wreck or the fact that Wreck is the only person Shadow allows to call him by his given name. Yeah, sure, that’s a totally valid reason to try and have someone killed. Not.

I’ve tried to wrap my mind around her reasoning more than once, and I just can’t do it. It just doesn’t make any sort of sense to me how she could do something so fucking heinous for such stupid reasons. They are such minor fucking things; there is no way something so fucking small should have ever led her to doing something as drastically atrocious as she did. Yeah, she’s always been a little over the top and out there; she’s never had a problem manipulating those around her for her own gain, but fucking hell, I never ever dreamed she’d ever go as far as she did.

Then there’s the way her deranged plan has impacted my brother. Rex was fucking devastated when he found out he’d been used to harm someone totally innocent. I can still see the absolute devastation that came over him when I told him the truth. He literally broke right there in front of my eyes. I’ve never seen him look that way before, and I hope to never see him that way again. It was like watching a train wreck in slow motion as the truth of what I was telling him registered in his mind, and he realized just how close he came to killing someone who was totally guiltless.

Up until then he’d never hurt someone who didn’t deserve it; his entire life’s work has been about helping the innocent people of the world and making the criminals who think they are above the law pay for their atrocious actions. He’s the definition of a goddamn protector, and Megan’s little games tore that away from him. He didn’t feel worthy anymore; he felt like a fraud. If it wasn’t for Wreck offering him a way to feel like he’s redeemed himself for his actions, Rex would still be a shell of the man I’ve always known and loved. Thankfully, Wreck’s plan to help my brother is working, and he’s focusing the majority of his time and effort on the search for Dre, Wreck’s missing brother. I’ve seen more than a glimpse of the brother I’ve always known since he began his task, and I know eventually he’ll forgive himself and heal. It’s just going to take time.

Dre has been missing for a long time now; I think it’s been roughly a year, though I’m not one hundred percent sure about that. I do know that despite everything Wreck has done, every lead he’s followed, and everywhere he’s searched, he hasn’t come up with any answers on where poor Dre could be or what the hell even happened to him. So enter Rex. If anyone is going to find Dre, I honestly believe it will be Rex; not only is he more than a little motivated after recent events, but the man has the resources of The Khaos Group to help him in the search. It also helps that one of Rex’s specialties within The Khaos Group is rescue and retrieval. I know for a fact once he’s found the information on who took Dre and where they’re holding him, that Rex will launch a rescue mission like no other and bring the man home. Rex is certain, after looking through all the information that Wreck handed over and starting his own research, that Dre is out there still alive; someone is just doing a very fine job of hiding him. But if there’s one thing I know about my brother and the resources at his disposal, he’s better than those who have Dre. It’s only a matter of time before Rex figures everything out. Then God help whoever has Dre because they have no idea what or who is coming for them. They won’t stand a chance.

Even though it’s the last thing I want to do, I know that I will be seeing Megan in the near future; there’s no way I’d ever send Flash in to see that manipulative, venomous bitch alone. Fuck knows what she’d say to him to just try and mess with his head. She likes playing games with people and is more than a little bit delusional. Or at least I think she is; it’s the only explanation as to why she ever honestly believed Shadow would be there to save her when he visited her with Wreck. That visit was fucking madness. Both the actual visit that took place between Shadow, Wreck, and Megan and the aftermath of Megan’s reactions. I can’t help but shake my head just thinking about it all.

Before I get sidetracked with my thoughts about that shitshow, I fire off a quick text to all three of my brothers in our group chat, making sure that they know I’ll be bringing Flash over to The Holding Facility at some point tonight to speak to Megan. I’d rather get this over and done with as quickly as possible and then hopefully forget she exists again. It’s best to give my brothers a heads-up now so they’re prepared for us to question her. I’d like to just get there, deal with what we need to, and get out. Plus, I like the thought of her being moved to an interrogation room and being made to sit and stew, wondering about why she’s in there and who would want to talk to her. I know she’ll ask what’s going on, and I also know none of my brothers will give her any answers. Contacting them with my plans also means there is no chance she will be released before Flash gets his chance to find out what she might know. I don’t think she’s due to be set free anytime soon, but I’d rather be safe than sorry. I don’t feel like chasing her down to wherever she ends up once she’s free. That’s not on my to-do list anytime soon. Once she’s finally released from The Khaos Group’s custody, I plan on forgetting she ever fucking existed.

It doesn’t take long for them all to text me back, letting me know she’ll be ready and waiting for us when we get there. God, I do love my brothers and their efficiency sometimes. More often than not they drive me up the wall, which I think is normal with any siblings, but when I need them to be serious, they always are. They always pull through when I need them the most, and I couldn’t be more thankful for that.

Now, I’ve just got to wait for the meeting with Micah to finish up inside The Clubhouse, and more than likely for Flash to take him home before I can tell Flash what I’ve organized. I have no doubts that he’ll be making sure Micah gets home safely; his protective instincts just won’t let him do anything else, and honestly in his shoes I’d do the same thing. Anyone here would.

I’m pretty sure that somewhere deep inside, Flash already knows Micah is somehow family. If there’s one thing I know for certain about Flash, it’s that he cares about his family. His actions, which led to him losing Wyatt, show that. All he was trying to do back then was protect his younger brother from the red flags he could see where his boyfriend was concerned. Unfortunately for Flash, Wyatt didn’t see that. He just saw his big brother butting his nose into his business. Wyatt’s age probably didn’t help with the way he reacted; he was only eighteen when everything went down between them. He was more than likely more than a little bit impressionable and naive, and if Flash was even remotely right about the feelings he got from Wyatt’s boyfriend, then I don’t doubt the man had already started to influence Wyatt in some shape and form.

Hopefully wherever Wyatt ended up when he left Devil’s Point, things didn’t go badly for him. That he managed to make a good life for himself. It would destroy something in Flash if he ever found out that his brother wasn’t off living happily somewhere. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that one day Wyatt will reach out to repair his relationship with Flash; surely he’s got to miss his brother just as much as his brother misses him.