Chapter Thirty-Four

We were now pulling into the alliance, after everything with the car we decided we should head home. The car ride home was silent, normally I was driving but Brandon said he would. This gave me the option to drift off into my own little world, where my mind begins to run a mile. Was my dad really there watching me? I wonder what he was thinking when he saw me? Does he know I'm one of the people hunting him down? I knew these questions were going to be swirling around my brain for awhile, which I knew Toby was gonna be hearing them all. If you've been wondering why we haven't been using mind-link, you physically can't mind-link within the alliance or if one of you is there. I don't know how, but to make sure that the bad people we have there can't communicate with anyone outside, they've done something to the building to stop it. I could have used hearing the sound of his voice today, it would have made things even that little bit more easier. I was the first to leave the car, I stand outside to collect myself while the others went in. So much has happened over this past week, I've learnt so much that I was clueless about before. I sit down on a pipe that's just looking out into the distance, the only calm moment I've had for awhile. The door opens, Morgan making his way out and sitting beside me. "I like to come out here to think" he says looking ahead at the buildings in front of us, while I just sigh looking down at the floor "if it was too soon for you to come back to work, you can always take a few more days" he suggests but I immediately shake my head, this wasn't about work but my dad. "No I love working, it's just everything with my family and dad, it just made me wonder if it's my fault" I sigh which does make him look at me shocked and confused "you've heard why they started the group, it was because of what happened to me. It was to stop the same things happening to others that happened to me" I sigh finally getting all the things I've been secretly feeling out, since learning about my dad it's all I've been secretly wondering. "Did you tell Richard to kidnap and attack you?" He asks looking down at me, I give him a weird look with a shake of my head "then how on earth is any of this your fault? You're the victim in all of this Taylor, yes it was so hard for your dad to loose you and not know what happened, but he made that decision to turn the negative event to spiral into another negative events. When I lost Amelia, you didn't see me make an anti people group, I became an agent to stop what happened to her to ever happen again, that was the decision that I made and your dad made the decision he did, that has nothing to do with you" he says pulling me in for a side hug, I place my head on his shoulder looking out. "Do you ever think about the night you saved me?" I ask looking up at him as he sighs, he nods his head a little but doesn't look down at me. "Yeah sometimes, I can just remember finding you laying near that lake, my only thought was to take you into my arms and keep you warm" he says tears building up in his eyes, I think this is the first time we're really talking about what happened "you woke up and looked me in the eyes, I told you my name and that I was gonna get you help. When we arrived you wouldn't let go of my hand, but I didn't mind at all" he says where I take his hand in mine smiling, I always feel the most safe around Morgan. "And you never did leave me, I even lived with you until I was old enough to start training here" I say which was a few years, he saved me when I was seven but you aren't allowed to start training here until you're sixteen, so for nearly ten years I lived with him "you didn't even need to be asked if you wanted me to join your team, you just let me" I laugh which makes him chuckle a little, he used to tell me he had dips as he was the one that found me. We sat outside just talking for around half an hour, after I felt so great and back to my normal self again. He made me see that it really wasn't my fault, I never told my dad or Richard to do the stuff they have decided to. I was now sat at the table going over all the evidence, no one has seen or heard from Richard in awhile which was making us nervous. I hadn't seen Toby all day, Morgan told me he wasn't happy that he couldn't come with me and had to just sit around doing nothing. So he and Lukas went to the gym in the alliance, at least they'll be doing something productive with their time. The doors opening causes me to finally look away from my file, in walks Toby and Lukas joking about something. Toby's eyes immediately, fall to me where I send him a little smile before looking back at the file. Richard has fully gone off the grid, maybe he's found out we have Denton and know everything. Which would be bad news for us, he might use it as his opportunity to flee. I feel Toby sit beside me while placing his hand on my leg, luckily the table was blocking the view. "I've been worried about you, it's the first time we've been apart since the accident" he says while I just smile a little, my eyes drifting over to him. "I'm fine, it's time for me to get back to normal work" I smile as Morgan calls my name, I look up where he throws the little box the director gave me earlier. "I know that box, that's the same type of box they keep medals in, wait did you get medal?" Julian asks getting all excited, I just laugh not answering his question, I didn't want the attention. "She did, the director awarded her with one this morning, for her continued impeccable selfless service" Morgan says with a smile, he was bragging for me which does make Julian go wild. "That's the biggest one you get, Taylor why aren't you jumping for joy right now?!" He asks while Brandon walks over to take a look at the medal, he also looks so happy for me too. "Because it's just a medal, I don't do this job to get any of those but because I want to help people. Yes it's great that I've been given that, but it's not what defines my work" I say telling the truth, I'm only interested in helping people and getting to be top agent. "You have one too don't you Morgan, what did you get it for?" Brandon asks looking up at Morgan, who turns to look at me. "He got it for saving me" I smile looking back at him, if he was gonna brag for me I was gonna do it for him "none of you know this, but if you haven't realised I had no connection to Richard before the attack, which doesn't make sense for what he does. Morgan had just started working for the alliance when Richard started to attack people, the team that were trying to find Richard tried to lure him out by taunting him, they told him how he is never gonna get the chance to hurt anyone as they know the type of people that he attacks" I explain which everyone was hanging onto my every word, while Morgan just looked at me. "Morgan warned them how dangerous it would be to do that, Richard could just go crazy and attack anyone and that's what he did. When I was younger, our pack was surrounded in this huge wood and my parents would allow me to go play, he saw me alone that day and took his opportunity. Morgan had this feeling that something happened, so he went to look around the location that Richard left the note last, it was this old lake place where his dad would take him" I explain looking down slightly as I spoke, I haven't thought about this in awhile "Morgan knew about this spot so went to check it out, that's when he found me with a note from Richard. Morgan saved my life so that's why he got the medal" I smile looking over at Morgan who just looks down slightly, we've all been reflecting on the past lately. "How did you know to look there?" Brandon asks taking his seat beside me, while Toby takes ahold of my hand and holds it tightly, still being under the table thankfully. "I just went from Richard's pattern, whenever he was upset, sad or we hadn't heard from him in awhile, we always found something there" he says but stops and looks at me, I was also thinking the same thing he was. "Come on" I say rising from my chair, pulling a confused Brandon with me. Let's go find him.