Chapter 209: We're here brother

Pickle POV

Kraizen motions for River to come to him at the door but she shakes her head at him.

"Daddy please I won't leave again I'll be a good boy. No! Stop it hurts please daddy please." He drops to the floor covering his head and whimpering and holding his head as he shakes it. I know that feeling the feeling of trying to shake the bad things away. I look over at River and I see in her eyes that she knows now. She's holding her mouth as if she can hold in the sobs. Tears are running down her face hard and fast.

"Lucky it's River." He picks the knife back up.  "I love you Lucky please follow my voice" she chokes out. He shakes his head "No! Love is what you do when you hurt someone. River would never hurt me." She starts sobbing harder her whole body shakes as she tries to hold in the sounds of her cries.

Crash wipes a tear from his cheek as he looks at me. He knows Lucky's pain and fear. Raping your daughter is a father's right in that fucked up place but raping your son's was seen as a true form of love sent from above because it was rare. I've dealt with victims from all over the world from cults like theirs and I've only known a small handful of boys who had to endure this kind of fucked up love.

"Oh god Lucky please. That's not love,  remember the look in my eyes last night. Remember how soft my touch is. I love you please remember how it feels to touch me" She reaches across the bed.  He looks at her hand and grabs the knife "I'll kill us all before you touch me again" he slides the knife to his throat.

"No!" I yell out my deep voice echoing through the silence. I hear Annie cry out from the living room "Daddy!"  His head jerks up fast cutting his self a little. "Annie!" He yells out. "Noo! You don't touch her, she's mine and no one will hurt my daughter."  He swings the knife around.

Crash points to the bed and I nod. Krazien is working his way over by me and River. Lincoln slides through the door with his phone pointing towards Lucky.

I hear Flame gasp and say

"Il diritto del padre"

which sends a chill through me, I've heard her says this many times 'The father's right' is what it translates too.

Lucky moves his head as he looks around the room "Flame sweetheart are you locked in here with me?" He yells looking around "It's too dark but I heard Crash and Annie, help me find them"

He's moved the knife from his throat now and I take a breath I didn't know I was holding.

Lincoln tosses me the phone. I see that they are driving. "Pickle we're almost there. How did he get a knife?" I raise my eyebrows she lets out a sigh "Just breathe love we're close" my heart skips a beat hearing her call me love again it's been a minute since she's done that. My eyes tear up and I have to look away from her.

"Get River the fuck out of there! What's wrong with you. You know how this will go if he finds out she knows" Ryder yells at me. I nod my head feeling like a kid getting scolded by their father.

"Fuck you Ryder! I'm staying cause that's what you do when you love someone you don't just hid behind a computer screen" I want to high five her putting him in his place but I'll save that for later.

I know Lucky loves her we all know but what love is to everyone else isn't the same for him. He grew up being told with every fist that broke his body and every time he was raped that it was because they loved him. To Lucky love is pain love is something that hurts.

"Kitten please he's a asshole but he's right,  Lucky shouldn't see you in here when he comes out of it. It will cause him pain seeing you right now" she cries harder then looks at him.  She finally nods, Krazien puts his hand out to her. She takes his hand and he slides her behind him as he moves facing Lucky till she's to the door.

Lincoln kisses her head "River we got him." She nods to him.

"Mommy! I'm scared for daddy" I hear Annie from across the hall. I hear River says "Shhhh" as the hall gets quite again.

"Lucky baby brother, can you focus for a minute. Listen to my voice, your free. Your safe, Annie's safe and so is Flame. You have also saved Crash who's in front of you and Mia. Little Mia remember how scared she was when you saved her. Remember how you slept on the floor for weeks till she felt save enough to sleep on the bed instead of under it" Ryder says softly. He has a way of soothing us with his voice. How I never noticed River was Ryder sister I'll never know,  they're so much alike.

Lucky's shakeing his head and pulling on his hair.

Crash is under the bed fully now. I have Lincoln move closer to me. I'm useless so he'll need to be me.  I use my hand to tell Krazien where to move.

"Brain?" Lucky finally says.  "Yes little brother good. Can you see Pickle?" He looks around and shakes his head "I'm here Lucky" he whips his head towards me.

"Pickle?"

"I'm right here brother" I say smiling as I see recognition in his eyes.

He looks at his hand that's holding the knife and looks around the room. He drops the knife. I can hear it slide and a moment later Crash wiggles out from under the bed on this side with me and Lincoln.

"I got it" he says putting in the drawer of the side table next to me. Crash takes a few breaths "Lucky your safe and so are we because of you"

Crash says holding his hand out to him.

Lucky slides down the wall and puts his head in his hands.

I move quickly to him. I sit in front of him and wrap my arm around him the best I can.

He starts crying putting his head against my chest. I nod and Crash starts clearing the room.

Flame comes running in as the last of them clear out. She drops to the ground and wraps herself around him from the other side.

I look as the door closes and Ryder slides out of his chair pushing it to the door. He uses his arms to move over to us.

"We're here brother, just breathe we're all here" he says wrapping his arms around Lucky's back and Flame.

Lucky lifts his head and wraps his arm around Flame as his body relaxes and he starts crying hard against my chest. We all just hold him as he cries himself dry.