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It broke his fucking heart. He climbed into the ambulance and grabbed hold of Dare's hand, stroked the
poor, beautiful cheek.
"Please... I'm Dare."
"I know you are. You're my spicy boy."
"There's a scary monster. Watch out. He wants to eat us."
"The police have him now, boy. You're safe. You hear me, Dare? Safe."
Bloodshot eyes rolled, trying to focus on him.
"That's right, spicy boy. It's Bake. It's your Sir. I've got you. You're safe now. Dev, too."
"There's a monster, Bake. He hurt me."
"What did he do to you, boy?" He kept tight hold of Dare's hand.
"He hurt me, but I'm not Dev. I'm not."
"No, spicy boy, you are not Dev."
Dare's eyes closed. "I want to go home."
"Hospital first. Dev will meet us there."
"No. No, Devvy needs to run away. Run far away."
"Dev is safe. He's with Clay and Bean. He's safe."
"Clay... Clay won't cook for him..." Dare's words were fading in and out, making less and less sense, but
it didn't matter. They were at the hospital, and the EMTs were whisking him away.
Bake pushed in with Dare as far as he could, but he was stopped before the double doors to the
emergency room patient area.
"I'm sorry, sir. Patients only. You'll have to wait in here at admissions.."
Jesus fucking Christ. "Will someone tell me how he is?"
"Of course. Please have a seat, and we'll come out and get some information from you."
He growled and started pacing.
Bean burst through the doors. "Clay sent me on. How is he?"
"I don't fucking know. They went through these doors and they wouldn't fucking let me go with him.
That's my boy in there, Bean."
Bean's hand slipped in his. "He'll be okay, brother. He will."
"He has to be, Bean. I'm not losing my boys."
"No. No, you won't." Bean sighed. "Whathappened , Bake?"
"That son of a bitch Dev was working for was drugging him, and when Dare went in to quit for him, the
guy went psycho killer and kidnapped him."
"Fucking weird. Why'd Dare go?"
"Dev didn't want to upset Mike."
Shit, they might not have realized Dev was gone until it was too late if Dare hadn't been the one to go in.
"Ah." Bean nodded like that made perfect sense.
Bake started pacing again. "I promised Dev I'd stay with him."
"Dev was screaming his head off at the guy when I left."
"Clay was with him, right?"
"Yeah. Clay. Marcus. Frank. The cops." Bean sighed, sat. "Are you going to put them in my room or
turn it into a hobby room?"
"You moving in with him? It's that serious?"
"Yeah. Yeah." Bean smiled at him. "And they're moving in with you."
He nodded. "They are. And they won't be staying in your room." He smiled back, and for just a second
everything felt normal.
"I love you, brother." Bean met his eyes, and he could feel his twin, with him, in him. Loving him.
"Me, too, Bean." He wrapped Bean in a hug, getting one in return. It made him stronger, having his twin
on his side.
"He'll be okay. He'll have you and me, Devin and Clay. We'll help."
He nodded jerkily, gave Bean a last hug, and looked at the doors where they'd taken Dare. "Don't
suppose you'll run interference for me so I can go find him."
"Anytime, brother. Anytime at--"
Before he could finish, Devin burst through the doors. "Where is he?"
Bake caught his sweet boy in his arms. "The doctors have him."
"That motherfucker hurt him!"
"I know." He held Dev tight. "I know."
"Was he making sense? Did he tell you what happened?"
"He was in and out of it, Dev. Bean was just about to distract the nurse so I could slip in and find him.
Let's go together."
Dev nodded and marched up to the intake window. "I'm Devin Gimble. Take me to my brother. Now."
"I'm sorry, sir. You'll have to wait here until the doctors are finished."
Dev's fist slammed on the counter. "I need to see him. Please. He's my brother."
"I'm sorry, sir, but yelling isn't going to help."
Bake wrapped his arm around Dev's shoulders and tugged him back, nodding to Bean, who took Dev's
spot at the window.
"Come on, we'll just slip in as soon as Bean's got her attention."
"Okay. I need to see him."
"That's what we're going to do." He kept an eye on Bean and the nurse, casually walking them around to
the doors. As soon as the nurse was absorbed in whatever bull Bean was spinning, he grabbed Dev's
hand and pushed in through the doors.
Devin moved quickly, heading down the hallway like he knew where Dare was. It seemed he was right,
because the curtain Dev slipped behind held Dare, the man quiet, still, bandaged, IV lines coming out of
both arms.
"Shit." Dare looked worse, somehow, against the pristine sheets and with all the lines going into him.
Bake went around to the other side so they could each hold a hand, so they could surround him.
"Dare? Dare, can you hear me?"
The heart rate monitor's beeping sped up.
"He heard you, Dev! We're here, Dare."
"Dare, I'm so sorry. I'm right here and you're safe. I'm not leaving you. I'm going to stay right here, I
swear."
"It's not your fault, Dev. You didn't know this would happen. None of us did." Hell, if they'd known,
they'd have taken the fucker down as soon as they'd figured it out, and none of this would have
happened.
"No. No, I didn't know. You're so brave, Dare. You protected me from the monster, and I'm going to
protect you from now on. Forever. I promise."
"How about we all protect each other, hmm?" He looked across at Dev, meeting the man's eyes.
"You're my boys, and I will never let something like this happen again."
"You promise?"
"I swear it." No matter what it took, he was protecting his boys.
Dev nodded, forehead resting on Dare's shoulder. "I'm so sorry you got hurt. I love you."
"He loves you, too, Dev. More than anything. Don't forget that." Bake stroked Dev's hair and then
Dare's. His boys were together again, and they were both going to be okay. He had to believe that.
"What are you two doing in here?" Bake looked up, meeting Chris Wicker's eyes. Oh, God. The nurse
was not only a friend, but a member of The Hammer. "Hey, Bake."
"He needs us, Chris. Don't kick us out." He held out his hand to shake Chris'.
"You'll have to be quiet, okay? How's he doing?" The nurse came over, shaking his hand and then
checking vitals.
"You tell us. His heart beat went up when he heard Dev's voice, but he hasn't said anything or opened
his eyes. Did the doctors figure out what he was dosed with?"
"Ketamine. A number of small doses, via injection, with a large dose of oral pills at the end. We've
pumped his stomach."
"Isn't that what vets give horses?" He wasn't even sure what he was asking anymore, he was just seeing
red.
"Yeah. It causes hard-core hallucinations, serious shit. He was about half an hour away from OD-ing."
"Fuck!" It made him even more angry, that that animal. That he. That. Bake settled for growling.
"We're going to want to keep him for a few days. He has a broken cheekbone, a broken nose, and one
eye is scratched up. They did a rape kit for the police."
He made a noise in the back of his throat. "And what was the result?" He managed to get the words out
around his clenched teeth.
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It broke his fucking heart. He climbed into the ambulance and grabbed hold of Dare's hand, stroked the
poor, beautiful cheek.
"Please... I'm Dare."
"I know you are. You're my spicy boy."
"There's a scary monster. Watch out. He wants to eat us."
"The police have him now, boy. You're safe. You hear me, Dare? Safe."
Bloodshot eyes rolled, trying to focus on him.
"That's right, spicy boy. It's Bake. It's your Sir. I've got you. You're safe now. Dev, too."
"There's a monster, Bake. He hurt me."
"What did he do to you, boy?" He kept tight hold of Dare's hand.
"He hurt me, but I'm not Dev. I'm not."
"No, spicy boy, you are not Dev."
Dare's eyes closed. "I want to go home."
"Hospital first. Dev will meet us there."
"No. No, Devvy needs to run away. Run far away."
"Dev is safe. He's with Clay and Bean. He's safe."
"Clay... Clay won't cook for him..." Dare's words were fading in and out, making less and less sense, but
it didn't matter. They were at the hospital, and the EMTs were whisking him away.
Bake pushed in with Dare as far as he could, but he was stopped before the double doors to the
emergency room patient area.
"I'm sorry, sir. Patients only. You'll have to wait in here at admissions.."
Jesus fucking Christ. "Will someone tell me how he is?"
"Of course. Please have a seat, and we'll come out and get some information from you."
He growled and started pacing.
Bean burst through the doors. "Clay sent me on. How is he?"
"I don't fucking know. They went through these doors and they wouldn't fucking let me go with him.
That's my boy in there, Bean."
Bean's hand slipped in his. "He'll be okay, brother. He will."
"He has to be, Bean. I'm not losing my boys."
"No. No, you won't." Bean sighed. "Whathappened , Bake?"
"That son of a bitch Dev was working for was drugging him, and when Dare went in to quit for him, the
guy went psycho killer and kidnapped him."
"Fucking weird. Why'd Dare go?"
"Dev didn't want to upset Mike."
Shit, they might not have realized Dev was gone until it was too late if Dare hadn't been the one to go in.
"Ah." Bean nodded like that made perfect sense.
Bake started pacing again. "I promised Dev I'd stay with him."
"Dev was screaming his head off at the guy when I left."
"Clay was with him, right?"
"Yeah. Clay. Marcus. Frank. The cops." Bean sighed, sat. "Are you going to put them in my room or
turn it into a hobby room?"
"You moving in with him? It's that serious?"
"Yeah. Yeah." Bean smiled at him. "And they're moving in with you."
He nodded. "They are. And they won't be staying in your room." He smiled back, and for just a second
everything felt normal.
"I love you, brother." Bean met his eyes, and he could feel his twin, with him, in him. Loving him.
"Me, too, Bean." He wrapped Bean in a hug, getting one in return. It made him stronger, having his twin
on his side.
"He'll be okay. He'll have you and me, Devin and Clay. We'll help."
He nodded jerkily, gave Bean a last hug, and looked at the doors where they'd taken Dare. "Don't
suppose you'll run interference for me so I can go find him."
"Anytime, brother. Anytime at--"
Before he could finish, Devin burst through the doors. "Where is he?"
Bake caught his sweet boy in his arms. "The doctors have him."
"That motherfucker hurt him!"
"I know." He held Dev tight. "I know."
"Was he making sense? Did he tell you what happened?"
"He was in and out of it, Dev. Bean was just about to distract the nurse so I could slip in and find him.
Let's go together."
Dev nodded and marched up to the intake window. "I'm Devin Gimble. Take me to my brother. Now."
"I'm sorry, sir. You'll have to wait here until the doctors are finished."
Dev's fist slammed on the counter. "I need to see him. Please. He's my brother."
"I'm sorry, sir, but yelling isn't going to help."
Bake wrapped his arm around Dev's shoulders and tugged him back, nodding to Bean, who took Dev's
spot at the window.
"Come on, we'll just slip in as soon as Bean's got her attention."
"Okay. I need to see him."
"That's what we're going to do." He kept an eye on Bean and the nurse, casually walking them around to
the doors. As soon as the nurse was absorbed in whatever bull Bean was spinning, he grabbed Dev's
hand and pushed in through the doors.
Devin moved quickly, heading down the hallway like he knew where Dare was. It seemed he was right,
because the curtain Dev slipped behind held Dare, the man quiet, still, bandaged, IV lines coming out of
both arms.
"Shit." Dare looked worse, somehow, against the pristine sheets and with all the lines going into him.
Bake went around to the other side so they could each hold a hand, so they could surround him.
"Dare? Dare, can you hear me?"
The heart rate monitor's beeping sped up.
"He heard you, Dev! We're here, Dare."
"Dare, I'm so sorry. I'm right here and you're safe. I'm not leaving you. I'm going to stay right here, I
swear."
"It's not your fault, Dev. You didn't know this would happen. None of us did." Hell, if they'd known,
they'd have taken the fucker down as soon as they'd figured it out, and none of this would have
happened.
"No. No, I didn't know. You're so brave, Dare. You protected me from the monster, and I'm going to
protect you from now on. Forever. I promise."
"How about we all protect each other, hmm?" He looked across at Dev, meeting the man's eyes.
"You're my boys, and I will never let something like this happen again."
"You promise?"
"I swear it." No matter what it took, he was protecting his boys.
Dev nodded, forehead resting on Dare's shoulder. "I'm so sorry you got hurt. I love you."
"He loves you, too, Dev. More than anything. Don't forget that." Bake stroked Dev's hair and then
Dare's. His boys were together again, and they were both going to be okay. He had to believe that.
"What are you two doing in here?" Bake looked up, meeting Chris Wicker's eyes. Oh, God. The nurse
was not only a friend, but a member of The Hammer. "Hey, Bake."
"He needs us, Chris. Don't kick us out." He held out his hand to shake Chris'.
"You'll have to be quiet, okay? How's he doing?" The nurse came over, shaking his hand and then
checking vitals.
"You tell us. His heart beat went up when he heard Dev's voice, but he hasn't said anything or opened
his eyes. Did the doctors figure out what he was dosed with?"
"Ketamine. A number of small doses, via injection, with a large dose of oral pills at the end. We've
pumped his stomach."
"Isn't that what vets give horses?" He wasn't even sure what he was asking anymore, he was just seeing
red.
"Yeah. It causes hard-core hallucinations, serious shit. He was about half an hour away from OD-ing."
"Fuck!" It made him even more angry, that that animal. That he. That. Bake settled for growling.
"We're going to want to keep him for a few days. He has a broken cheekbone, a broken nose, and one
eye is scratched up. They did a rape kit for the police."
He made a noise in the back of his throat. "And what was the result?" He managed to get the words out
around his clenched teeth.
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