The Night They Came.

Darrel

I woke up in a bright room with what seemed to be hundreds of tubes and wires but was probably only a few, I tried to get up but I couldn't I was too weak. I looked around the room and saw a large armchair with somebody sitting in it, but I couldn't tell who, I coughed and they woke up, it was Matt. Why was he here? Just then the door opened and my mum accompanied by Clara. "Your awake!" My mum exclaimed in her weak voice. She seemed worse than before.
"What happened?" I asked the last thing I could remember was calling out to Matt and then blackness. Wait how did he find me? "You were taken away 3 days ago, but Darrel, I mean Matt had seen you and tried to help but couldn't get there in time, he kept looking though" my mum stopped and looked at Matt, wait did she call him Darrel? "Did you say Darrel?" I asked confused "My real name is Darrel Nightshade, I changed my name years ago to Matt Kingsley. I'm your brother" I looked over to him as he spoke. "But mum said you had died" I replied "I said that the police thought he was most likely dead, not that he was actually dead" my mum spoke in a matter of faculty tone. "OK then, but how did you find me?" I turned to Darrel. "I didn't know you were there but I was walking down the street and saw flames coming out of a window in a house and a man struggling to pull another out along with him, I ran over to help and the one who was being carried said something about a girl still being in there, I had a gut feeling that it might be you so I ran in to find you I called out and I heard a faint voice saying Matt coming from the basement, so I tried to get in and ended up kicking the door down just in time to save you." He finished his story and I just sat there shocked, he risked his life to go into a burning house because he had a gut feeling I was there. Wow. I wanted to give him a hug but I couldn't get up so I called him over and gave him a big hug, I whispered thank you into his ear.

After being checked by a doctor and the police taking a statement I was allowed to go back to Clara's house, with mum and Darrell being extra protective over me. Once we got back mum and Clara headed to the kitchen to cook some dinner for us all while Darrel and i headed upstairs to mine and mums room to talk for a bit. Once we had gotten in and sat down i started showering him with questions like "Why did you leave?" "Why didn't you come back?" "Why did you come back now and not before?" "Are you REALLY Darrel?", he started to laugh and in a soft voice began answering my questions. "Yes, im really Darrel, i left because of dad, i didn't come back because i was scarred, i only came back now because i only just found you again so how could i come back sooner?" he had a point, how could he have come back sooner? But he could have given us a sign that he was alright that way i wouldnt have had to forget about him "Well, what have you been doing all these years then?" i asked him

"Well when i left i went to a secret hideout that only me and you used to know about, not even mum or dad knew, i guessed that they would come looking for me so i never stayed in the same place for long and i ended up cutting all my hair off to try and stop people from recognising me, and it worked surprisingly well until i ran out of money so i had to beg on the streets, but after a few months i met a man who offered for me to live with him, he never asked what happened or why i was living on the streets he just took me in and cared for me better than our own dad ever did, he asked me what my name was and so i made up the name Matt Kingsley so that i wouldn't be sent back home, he knew that i was lying but didnt question it. he brought me anything i wanted and treated me like his own son, he even got me my first ever job in the company that he owned. I never forgot about you and mum and i tried as hard as i could to try and find you and get you away from that beast we called dad but i just coulnt find you anywhere.  My 'dad' passed away a few years ago and left me everything he owned including his company, i was ment to be in a meeting that day we met in the park but i had been having a really bad day so went out for some air and bumped into you. I knew that it was you and that i had finaly found you i was going to tell you then but i noiced the time and i had to get back or my assistant would have probably strangled me" he ended laughing a bit i was left speechless, my brother who left ended up owning a company because a guy he met while begging on a street was kind and let him stay with him. thats one hell of a story.