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05. brothers in trouble

TW: Trauma responses, someone being broken from years of abuse, detailed descriptions of abuse, torment, scars, and wounds

(Let me know if I missed anything)

[ this takes place in a time frame where Murdoc is 30 and Hannibal is 34, the brothers haven't seen each other in decades]

Murdoc sat on the couch, the sound of his band members chatting about the day filled his ears. He listened with a small smile, scrolling through his phone. He was going threw his contacts, deleting numbers that only served one-time purposes or numbers of people he'd cut out of his life, though he stumbled across a number that was all too familiar, pausing he clicked on the contact, then name read Hannibal, his older brother. The two hadn't spoken in years, ever since Murdoc left the house to get away from their father.

"Oi, Murdoc, we was thinkin' bout goin' on a walk givin' the nice day, did yew wanna come along!" 2Ds voice spoke, happy as ever "hm, oh, sure dents, let me get dressed into something less. . ." He paused looking at his outfit, consisting of a black long-sleeved shirt and black pants " Less gothic?" Russel chimed in and Murdoc scoffed and rolled his eyes, though he wasn't actually upset "Sure, we'll say that" he laughed, going upstairs to change.

After changing he came back down seemingly just in time as Russel handed Noodle her little carry-around bag, and after a few moments they were out the door, 2D had been right, it was quite warm out, about 60° or so, Murdoc looked around, some other people were out doing things, some with their family's, others alone. Dispit the nice day, Murdoc couldn't help but feel the urge to go back to THAT house, the place he left his brother all those years ago, of course, Murdoc and Hannibal hadn't had the best relationship, but he knew what their father was like, and he felt bad.

" Murdoc, what's wrong man, you've been quiet, somethin' on ya mind man?" Russel spoke up, looking over at Murdoc, the shorter male looked up and thought about it "I..well.." he was hesitant, he'd never been open with his band members before, but he felt like he needed to talk about it " my brother...I think he's in danger..." 2D tilted his head "yew have a brother?" He questioned, Russel paused for a minute and Noodle tapped her chin in thought "then we must help him no?" Noodle said, looking up at Murdoc, Russel and 2D, Murdoc wrinkled his nose, he wanted to, but something about going back made Murdocs chest feel heavy, so heavy in fact it became hard to breathe " Wot do yew fink Murdoc, do yew wanna go get em? We got extra rooms" 2D asked but looking at Murdoc 2D notated he looked a little pale, and his chest was falling as rising kinda quickly "Hay, mate, wots wrong??" Murdoc looked at 2D, he relized he needed to calm himself " I'm fine, I- yes, we should go get em"

And so it was decided, they packed up a few things in a bus, one Murdoc and Russel had repainted and remodeled, there was now comfortable furniture inside as well as a weed stash hidden in the table, everything was nailed down so it wouldn't move "there, this is enough from for 5 people, yah?" Russel spoke and the other three nodded in agreement, Russel started up the bus and Murdoc directed him to the house, his nerves going up the closer they got.

"Here" Murdoc suddenly said, Russel pushed on the breaks of the bus and looked at the house, it looked horrible, trash all over the front lawn and he felt he couldn't smell it from inside the bus, Murdoc looked scared, his body shaking slightly " Midori-san your shaking..." Noodle said, moving to place a tiny hand on Murdoc's forearm "I-Im fine noods, just...bad memories" Russel decided to speak up "ok, I want to know why your getting like this man..is there something we should know about?" Murdoc decided he had to explain, so he told them the more important parts, leaving the rest for another time.

By the end Russel looked pissed off, 2D looked at Murdoc with sympathy and Noodle hugged him, sniffling he looked at the house "We need t-to get him.."
"What's his name man, I'll go with ya, D you stay here with Noodle, you'll need to pull away right when we get in ok" 2D nodded " he's name is Hannibal...he should be 34...I'll know em when i-i see em" Murdoc said and the two stepped out of the bus, Russel patting Murdocs shoulder a few times for reassurance.