Chapter 2

Trigger warning: language, mention of rape, mention of trauma and shock

POV Willa

I decided to go with trauma victim. I know, cliche as hell but I'll do what I've go to do. So I perfected my glazed over look and stopped talking. Not focusing my eyes on anyone or anything.

"Sweetie, we need your name so we can call your parents." the cop tried yet again.

You'd think after an hour, he'd be sick of this. I know I am. Suddenly, another cop came over and fingerprinted me. I tried to resist them but I couldn't fight them too much or I'd lose my cover.

"Hopefully, her parents did one of those ID kits and we'll have her prints on file." the cop said to the other one as he walked over to the scanner. I watched him nervously out of the corner of my eye. Suddenly, he let out a low whistle.

"Shit! Get over here and look at this!" he called and the cop in front of me ran over.

Now was my chance! No one was looking at me and they didn't bother handcuffing me or anything. I booked it down the hall and right out the door. I turned when I heard a West's signature whistle and saw him right beside the door. He smirked at me and shook his head.

"Come on!" I called and grabbed his hand.

We ran out into the night and turned the corner just as I heard the cops yelling after us. We ducked down the nearest alley and West tossed me a shirt out of his bag. I switched the shirt and then tucked my hair under the hat that he handed me.

"I was just coming to save you, little sis. I should have known that you would save yourself. None of that damsel in distress shit for my girl." West looked at me proudly.

"You're only 20 minutes older than me." I argued and he chuckled.

"Still counts." he sang and I huffed at him.

"They finger printed me and got a hit." I said lowly.

"SHHHIIITTT. You got out just in time." he replied and I nodded.

"We gotta get the fuck out of here. It's not safe." I said and he nodded.

"If they flag our school records, they'll find our address." I added and he thought.

"Yeah, but how would they know that it was us? We are under different names, hell, we're even the wrong ages. They would never make that connection. We need to get our gear and rest. We'll leave in the morning." He decided and I agreed.

I was exhausted and I wouldn't be able to run tonight. Plus the streets would soon be covered in cops looking for us, well me. We needed to lay low for a while. Otherwise we would be caught in no time.

West put his arm around my shoulders and helped me home.

"I was worried about you for a minute. Don't ever pull that shit again." he whispered as he kissed my head.

POV Stone

"Dad! They found her!" I yelled through the mansion our family called home.

It was late and I knew that my Dad and most of my brothers were either asleep, passed out or fucking someone but I didn't give a shit. I just heard from my contact in the police that they had picked up our princess.

"What the hell are you screaming about?" Blade my third oldest brother yelled as he, my Dad and Zeke my youngest brother came down, well my youngest brother that lived with us.

"The cops just found Willa! They have her in the station two towns over." I explained as my other brothers, Jaden and Ash showed up.

"No shit?" Jaden asked and I nodded.

Grins appeared on my father and brother's faces.

"What about West?" Ash asked.

"They didn't say anything about him but they have to be together. There's no way they would split up. Let's go!" I replied and we all ran out to the cars.

We jumped in a couple black SUV's and took off. Ash drove me and Jaden and Dad drove the other one with Blade and Zeke.

I was the oldest at 23. My Dad had me at 20 so he was only 40. Lots of people confused us for brothers. We both had dirty blond hair and gray/blue eyes. I'm the only one that takes after Dad. All my other full blooded brothers have dark hair and eyes like our mother. We both also rule with an iron fist and are cunning.  Ash is 21 and the second oldest. He is the softest out of all of us and the one that tries to help the younger ones the most.  Our third brother is Blade. He's 19 and the angry one in the family. He's protective and ruthless. Jaden is 18 is the sweet one in the family. Last of all is Zeke who is 17 and a cold hearted genius.

I thought about my little half brother and sister as we drove. We had been searching for them for ten fucking years! I thought that we had them a couple of years ago when we found the body of their shit mom but somehow, they had disappeared before we got there.

I still couldn't believe that bitch took them and ran. She had a one night stand with my father right after my mom died that resulted in her getting pregnant. My mom had died in childbirth with Zeke and my Dad was out of his mind with grief for a while. Dad didn't believe their mom at first and demanded a DNA test but when it was proven that they were his, he stepped up and took all three of them in.

All of us adored the twins. Ash and I remember them best, though. Zeke was only 7 and Jaden was 8 when they were taken but Ash was 11 and I was 13. Blade was hurt the most though. He was only 9 but he looked after the twins the most and he was so protective of Willa that it was almost comical. Dad loved them too. We tolerated their mother for the well being of the twins but none of us cared for her. She was flighty and strange. Nothing like our real mother who was sweet, kind and submissive.

Everything was going well though but then their mother just had to get curious and sneak into our basement right as Dad was doing some wet work. She flipped out but played it cool and we didn't suspect a thing until it was too late. She packed up the twins and took off one night when we were all out. She left a note to explain why and said that she couldn't raise her kids around such evil.

Of course, the irony wasn't lost on any of us when we found her in a hovel, dead with a needle in her arm. At that point, though, we were all more concerned about the twins. We found evidence that they were forced to live there too. Luckily, we were also able to lift their finger prints and put them in the database for lost kids. That's the only reason we had this lead now.

"I can't wait to see her. She's what, 16?" Jaden asked and I nodded.

"I bet she's beautiful now. Remember how cute she was when she was little, Stone?" Ash added and I smiled.

"Of course she's beautiful, she's our sister." I bragged and Jaden chuckled.

Jaden called Zeke and put him on speaker. Zeke did the same in his car so we could all talk on the way.

"How'd she end up at the station? She wasn't arrested, was she?" Blade asked with concern.

"No! She was saved in that bust the cops did at the Vipers place." I answered.

"No, shit? The one we set up? That's awesome." Zeke chuckled.

"Yeah, evidently Damien snatched her today and was about to rape her but the cops got there just in time." I added and I felt the anger radiate off my family.

"What happened to Damien?" Dad snarled.

"He was holding her hostage to try to escape. Luckily, a sniper was able to take him out without harming Willa. Said that it was like she knew to stumble and duck." I said.

"He's lucky that he's dead. The rest of his gang won't get off so well. Make sure that they are taken care of. I want the whole gang destroyed by the end of the week." Dad ordered and I started texting the right people to get the job done.

"I'm calling in some of our best men to meet us at the station. I want Willa protected at all times. Hopefully West is with her or she can lead us to him." Blade decreed.

"Fuck, Blade's gonna be protective as hell now that Willa and West are back." Jaden laughed and Zeke joined him.

We finally arrived at the station and parked right on the curb in front. None of us could be bothered to worry about being in a tow zone. We all raced in and were met with a nervous looking chief of police.

"Mr. Danver" he greet us.

"Where is she?" my father demanded.

"Where is my daughter?" he added when the chief didn't answer right away.

"Please, Mr. Daver, let's go to the conference room and discuss this." the chief requested but my dad wasn't having it.

"Not until I see my kid." he pushed.

The chief rubbed the back of his neck as the rest of his force looked on with worried faces.

"Here's the thing... she bolted." the chief bit out and all of us froze.

"What do you mean, she bolted?" Blade snarled.

"Right after we got her id, she ran when no one was looking." he explained.

"She a 16 year old girl, how far could she go?" I snapped.

"I have police out all over looking for her." he said and I rolled my eyes.

"How long ago did she run?" Ash asked.

"Less than an hour." he answered.

"FUCK!" Zeke slammed his fist into the wall as Blade and I started making calls.

"Did you get a picture of her or anything?" Ash asked.

"No but we can show you the video. I have it all cued up over here." the chief led us to a desk and we crowded around the monitor.

We watched as a cop lead her in. Dad, Ash, Blade and I all gasped when we saw her. It was her, I would recognize her anywhere.

"Told you she'd be beautiful" Ash whispered and the rest of us nodded.

She was a little thing though. Short but seemed to be healthy otherwise, maybe a bit skinny.

She seemed dazed and the cop asked her questions that she didn't respond to her.

"What's wrong with her?" Jaden asked.

"We thought that she was in shock. You know, from the trauma." the officer I recognized from the tape came up and answered.

The chief fast forwarded until we saw another cop come up and finger print her. She seemed to fight him a bit but maybe that was just the shock. A few moments later, the cop in front of her got up to look at the other computer and my sister wasted no time in running down the hall and out the door.

"Do you have cameras outside?" Dad asked and the chief nodded.

 He pushed some buttons and it showed Willa running out the door. Suddenly she stopped and turned to some kid in a hoodie that was right by the door. She looked relieved and grabbed him. He smirked and my breath caught.

"West" Ash whispered as we watched them run off into the darkness.

"Shit." Zeke said and Jaden nodded.

"They are probably terrified. Who knows what their mother told them." Ash explained and Dad agreed.

"They've been running so long. It's all they know." Blade added.

I turned to the officer that brought Willa in.

"What was she like when you spoke with her?" I demanded.

"She was scared. Terrified. I mean, who wouldn't be? She was kidnapped, almost raped, held at gun point and had guy die on her." he answered and I nodded.

"How did West know where to find her?" Ash asked.

Another cop piped up.

"He was there. At the bust. A gang member had a gun on him when we burst in but he dropped it and they all ran. He looked like he wanted to stay with her but I saw her tell him to run." She explained.

"So the Vipers took them both?" Blade clarified and she nodded.

"Sure looked that way. Good thing we busted them when we did. It looked like it was about to get ugly for them." She added and I nodded.

"Is there anything else we need to know?" Dad asked.

The cops all shook their heads. I grabbed a notepad and wrote down my info.

"Send me both of the those tapes." I demanded and one of the cops did it as we watched.

Then we all turned around and walked out.

"We'll find her. I'm sure of it." the chief yelled as we walked out.

"Make sure that the chief and the one that let Willa run are taking care of in the next few days. Be sure that it can't be traced back to us. The rest can live since they saved the twins from the Vipers." Dad decreed as we walked down the steps.

Ash nodded and sent out a few texts. The crew Blade called in pulled up just as we reached our cars. Blade briefed them and sent out several teams to search the streets as I called our best tracker, Smith who also happens to be my best friend.

"What's up, bro?" he asked as he picked up.

I briefly wondered how he was cheery in the middle of the night but decided that I didn't want to know.

"I need your help." I began and gave him the whole story.

"I'm on it. I'll start with the high schools and work from there. Don't worry, I'll find them, Stone. You know I want them found just as much as you do." he said seriously.

"Thanks, Smith." I replied and he scoffed.

"Don't thank me. They're like my family too. We need them back. Send me the video's." he stated and hung up.

I thought briefly of calling Blaise but decided against it. He would just add to the drama. He's not known for a cool head and I didn't trust him as I used to.

Smith and I have been best friends since we met at the age of 4. His dad works for my dad and Smith and I hit it off right away. He loved Willa and West as much as the rest of us and would help me babysit them whenever he could. I know that he's been missing them too.

I sent the videos and went back to my family.

"We need to set up a home base around here." Blade said and Dad nodded.

Jaden looked up something on his phone.

"There's a hotel a couple blocks from here. It should work." Jaden suggested as he showed Dad his phone.

Dad looked at it and nodded. We hopped into the cars and headed over. Dad bought out a block of rooms for all of us and our crew. We hurried up to  the biggest room and settled in. My younger brothers slept a bit but Blade, Ash, Dad and I stayed up all night organizing and sending out more crews to search. Around 4 am, I got a call from Smith.

"I've got some information for you. I hacked the nearby school's computers and searched for twins with their descriptions. There's nothing for 16 year olds but I did find a pair that are claiming to be juniors and 17. I'm sending you their ID pictures. They match the video." he said.

I looked at the message and nodded. The faces of my youngest siblings were staring back at me. I quickly sent it to my dad and the rest of my brothers.

"They have an address on file. I just sent it to you." Smith added.

"Thanks, Smith." I replied.

"You know that I'm glad to help. Go get the rest of our family. Oh, and Stone!" he said and I paused.

"Be careful. Who ever did their fakes and back story is a genius. It's impossible to tell that this is all faked. Thank God I recognized them." he stated and hung up.

"Wake up the other's. I've got an address that we need to check out personally." I told Blake and Ash.

They got Zeke and Jaden up and we all ran out to the same SUV's with a couple more guys for back up. We talked over speaker phone again so I could fill them all in.

"That's them. I'd recognize her blue eyes and his smile anywhere." Ash agreed when he looked at the pictures.

We pulled up at the address in no time. I cringed when I saw the run down house.

"Okay. Let's surround it and go in carefully. Don't you dare shoot my kids or you will die." my dad threatened the men and they nodded as we approached the house.

"Ash come with me, we need to check out the back." Blade said and we all took off.