Family Ties

Your my what?

It has been exactly three days since Lucy had moved in with Jackson and in that time Jackson had to go on a job so he left Lucy alone at his medium sized house on the outskirt of town.

Jacksons house

"So your telling me you still take jobs.. but how? I thought that you had to be in a guild to get jobs?" Lucy questioned Jackson as he grabbed his gear for the job he was going to be gone for. "Nah. As long as you have the right contacts you can still take jobs." Jackson said oh so calmly as he loaded up ammo and a couple grenades. "Also I've been wondering this for the longest time. Why don't you use your magic or whatever you call it. From the magic games you are as strong, if not stronger then Gildarts." Lucy asked and then Jackson froze while he was loading the last of his gear into his bag. "I do use it. It's just that one of the last times I went full Lycan I hurt someone that was very important to me. So now I use the power but on certain parts like strength, hearing, scent, and eyesight." Jackson said as scratched his head and sat in his rocking chair. "Oh. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to bring up any bad memories or anything. I was just curious." Lucy said as she looked at her cup of tea. "It's fine. It happened a loooongg time ago at this point. *Looks at his watch* I'm going to hit the sack I've got an early morning tomorrow." Jackson said as he took his now empty cup and plate to the kitchen.

Train Station Early morning

"This is me. I should be back in a day or two. Just try not to have to much fun while I'm gone." Jackson said as he stepped closer to the train. "Oh yeah. Right like I can have fun when I'll be here since you wont let me come along." Lucy said as she crossed her arms. "Hey I told you. This is a easy job but its very dangerous. I mean you saw what I loaded into my bag. Besides if something happened to you or your baby I could never forgive myself." Jackson said as he hugged Lucy. Little did either of them know that Lucy was going to make a discovery that would change there lives forever.

Jacksons house

"Well I guess that I could clean up the house a bit." Lucy said as she walked into the house. So by eight in the morning Lucy had cleaned up the kitchen and the living room. "Jeez who would have thought that people could make such a mess in such a short amount of time." Lucy said as she looked at the two full trash bags. As she was walking out of the room she saw something stuck under the sofa. On closer inspection she saw that it was an old journal with a couple scratches and a bullet hole in the cover. "I guess Jackson forgot to put this back in his study. To look in the journal or not to look in the journal. That is the question?" Lucy then started to take the journal to the study. (The study is exactly as it sounds and its in the media.) Which was also her favorite room because of all the books and the small fire place with the old leather chairs. Lucy set the journal on the side of the desk and as she was leaving it fell over and opened to a page with an old letter stuck in the middle of the page and an old picture. As she looks at the picture one thing becomes clear Jackson did not tell her everything. 

Few days later

"I'm home..... Hello?" Jackson said as set down his bag and put his weapon back into its safe. And when he didn't receive a response he started to search his home checking every room looking for Lucy. And when he didn't find her in any of the other rooms he checked the study and to his relief found her their but then to his dismay he saw her reading his journal. "Hey Lucy I see you found my journal. I knew that I should have hidden that better. I'll go make us something to drink." Jackson said after seeing Lucy's face. After going to the kitchen and making Lucy some tea and himself coffee with scotch mixed in. "So how far have you gotten?" Jackson questioned Lucy as she excepted the tea. "I got about halfway through it. But I guess we could start with this letter I found and then this old picture." Lucy said as she handed the letter and the picture over to Jackson. "Did you read the letter?" Lucy then shook her head no. "Alright. A lot happened when I went home to visit family...."

Flashback

"Hey Jackson get up you got a letter." One of his buddies said as he kicked his boot to wake him up. "I'm up. Who's it from? Not a lot of people know where I am?" Jackson questioned as he looked at the letter seeing that the sender was his mother. "Guess I should have seen this coming. Ma just checkin' on one of her spawns." Jackson said with a chuckle.

'Dear Jackson,

I guess by the time this letter reaches you your birthday will have already passed. So happy late 21st birthday! Just wish you could have been here to celebrate it with you. But I guess even if you were here you still wouldn't have come because you still probably blame yourself for what happened to Lucy. It wasn't your fault we (your father and I both know it wasn't you but the thing inside you) both know that so please when you can come home please come and see us. Also here's that picture you asked for. Love you so much.

    Layla'

"So who's it from Jack? Your girlfriend?" Mark asked making a kissy face while the rest of Jacksons platoon watched the two. "Nah its my family checking up on me same as last month." Jackson said as he put the letter into his pocket and the picture into his helmet. "Alright 1st Platoon breaks over we have a war to win. So grab your weapons and gear up we move out in five."

End Flashback

"And that's pretty much it." Jackson said as he looked at his boots and not at Lucy who is staring at him with her cup on the ground with the content on the floor as she is holding the letter and picture of the two of them when Jackson was fresh out of training. "So your my what?" Lucy asked. "I'm your older brother. I'm not all that surprised you don't remember me you were eight at the time all this had happened. I lost control of my powers and I attacked you and you lost your memory of at least me so I left and never came back." Jackson explained hoping that his little sister wouldn't hate him for everything he had done. All he heard was Lucy stand up and he was expecting to be slapped across the face but instead he received a hug and a crying younger sister. "Why? Why are you crying, I thought you would hate me?" Jackson questioned as he hugged his sister. "I'm just glad to know that I still have family in this world." Lucy said between sobs.