The sound of loud car tires screeching to a stop could be heard outside;

"We'll deal with these guys, finish your talk, he's all yours."

Cayden was done playing games. He grabbed the gun from behind him, pointing it at the grinning man, "You still are. Now enough chit chat, real talk. Tell me what I wanna know before I blow your brains out,"

"Awh cute. How about, I tell you a secret, in exchange for one," he negotiates, raising his brows, scratching his jaw with his gun.

"What do you want?"

Warren smiled, "That girl of yours, who is she? Kinda cute, you know would be a shame if I-"

"Finish that and it'll be between your eyes next," Cayden warns, grip on his gun tight.

The man turns around to stare at the hole in the wall, "serious huh? Anyways... Met her brother, real jerk, tried to shoot me,"

"What?" Cayden could feel his hands getting sweaty, brother? But if anything happened, he'd have to live with the fact that, he was responsible for whatever happened to Melody's so-called brother. Melody.

Warren shrugged unbothered, "clearly not interested in the business. Yeah so the girl, Melody Sama-"

"Don't say her name,"

"Geez, would you calm down? I thought you wanted Information," Warren pouts, "let's move on to someone else then, since the girl is a sensitive topic. Wayne, my dear brother, where is he?"

Cayden masks his emotions, "I thought you killed him."

Warren's eyes twitches, "Where is he?"

Cayden almost wanted to laugh at how fast Warren changes his character, "I've been away for a year and a half, I'm the wrong person to ask and anyway, he's been missing for longer than that, since you've been released," feeding his ego.

"So he's hiding, always been a coward," he smirks, but instantly changing it to a smile, looking up at Cayden, "your turn,"

"Why did you want me gone?"

His smile turns even more sinister as he shrugs, "Thought you'd enjoy it, you know, so much freedom. Thought I'd show how I spent 15 years! But we clearly had different experiences, I underestimated your ability you know, how did you manage to make so many friends huh? That's what I wanna know,"

Cayden shrugged, "I don't know what you're talking about,"

"I'm not stupid," he sneered, "there's a lot of people in your 'gang' that's you're hiding,"

"This is getting boring Warren! Talk business! Tell me who and where they are!" Cayden knew that the clock was ticking and Warren was dragging this out.

He puffs and mutters, "clearly didn't get your patience from me," he looks at Cayden, "what did you want to know, again?"

Cayden clenched jaw, strolling towards Warren, he stops a few away from him, slotting the gun inside his jacket,

"Warren," He warns, noticing a smirk on the other mans face, he instantly grabs him by his wrist, the one holding the gun and turning him around, tighten his hold until the gun falls from his hand, "talk,"

"Are you seriously-?" Warren mocked, gobsmacked, while Cayden kicked the gun away, Warren used his free hand to free himself and throw a punch at Cayden, "I thought we were going to have a peaceful conversation,"

Cayden stood upright, spitting to his left, "yeah, me too," before Warren could throw another punch, Cayden punched his jaw, causing the man to stumble to the side.

"Oh, you mother f^cker!" He swore, holding his jaw before he could straighten up, Cayden threw another punch, bringing the man to his knees.

"Tell me!" He gritted out, holding onto the man hair and pulling him back.

He laughed, earning him a kick to the stomach, but that didn't stop him, "Boy, you sure know how to tire your old man out. I told you when my brother decided to snitch on me and rescue those little rats, he made one little mistake, though till this day I don't think it was a mistake."

"Alright kids, you need to be quiet," A man with half his faces hushed the kids, urging them out the room. He paused when you noticed a 5 years old little boy, standing in the corner, watching the kids walk out with a sad smile on his face.

"You coming kid?" The man asked, stepping forward.

The kid looked down, shaking his head, "I'm not allowed. Will you keep them safe?"

The man crouched down in front of the boy, sliding his mask off, he nodded, "yeah and I can keep you safe as well, you just have to come with me, I promise."

The kid hesitated, "but he'll be angry."

"I promise, you'll be safe and away from him,"

Still unsure, "you promise."

The man nods.

"He took you away from me!" Warren spat out, rage clear on his face as breathed out, "he knew and he-"

Cayden was confused, "what are you talking about, he saved us from you, a sick bastard!"

"No, Cayden listen to me!" He yelled, "I'm telling you exactly what you want to know and you're choosing to ignore it. You didn't belong with those kids, you didn't have a family waiting for you or home, because you were home. He's the real snatcher, he took you from your home, from me!"

Cayden punched him causing him to turn to his left, groaning in pain, he punched him the other way, "he saved us from you!"

Despite the pain and the blood dripping from his nose and mouth, he still laughed, "why would you need saving from your own father,"

Cayden could hear the blood pumping in his ears, his hands getting sweaty, he reached into his back pocket, pulling out a pocket knife and holding it against Warrens's neck, "stop. Lying."

Warren eyed the knife, staring at Cayden with caution, "I'm not! You want proof? Why don't you ask Wayne."

"Cayden, we need to go, T just texted us the head start. We need to go, hurry up."

Warren took Caydens distraction to get up and snatching the knife from his hand;

"Do you want me to to take the shot?"

"What-no, don't-" before Cayden could finish, he felt a sharp pain in his side, gasping instantly putting his hand over his side, "what did you-"

"Cayden, hurry up!"

Ignoring the pain, Cayden punched him in the face, hard enough to knock him out instantly, he heard the doors being pushed open, footsteps running towards him and pulling him back.

His eyes glued on the passed out man, he was still processing the new information.

"Cayden! Snap out of it, we need to to go!" E yelled, shaking him, despite still being out of it, he ran out the warehouse.

He doesn't remember much after that, his head was all over the place, doesn't remember the drive back, but his senses all come back together once he enters the house, the familiar warm smell, Melody. Home.

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