Wherever The River May Run.

What Have We Done?

North's POV:

We fucked up...

More specifically I fucked up and I had absolutely zero fucking clue how to fix it. Everything she said was right. We had chosen. I had asked Doc if she could get rid of the baby. I remembered that, but I mean, we were all just kids. All ten of us. We weren't ready to have a baby I'm our lives.

No, correction. I wasn't ready. They guys weren't ready, but Sang baby...she was. And she proved it. I know that's my son. Everything clicked into place when I saw her with him today. Being drugged at the Ashley Waters football party, Sang against the wall, Sang and I on the bed...Everything. I didn't need a DNA test, that was my son and I just knew it. He looks just like me. His hair, his eyes, the dimple.

Even acts like me...

No amount of words could describe the pride I felt when he stepped in front of his mama, and even though he was so small and the situation could have been dangerous, I could see it in his eyes he was going to protect her one way or another.

I should have ran after her when she walked away. I should have fucking done something...anything, but what did I do? Nothing, not a god damn thing except watch as the mother of my child walked away from me for the second time in my life. I couldn't move, not when my heart was being torn apart from my chest at the sight of that little boy looking back at me. My little boy. My son.

The guys running past me towards the way she had stormed off broke me out of it and I sprinted to the entrance. My leather jacket whipping in the wind as I ran, passing up everyone except Silas who seemed to be just as determined to get to her as I was. We got to the entrance and stopped as she drove by.

The rest of our team spilled out of the zoo, coming to a stop as we all watched her drive away. Luke and Gabe turned to me with expressions I'm positive matched my own. Heartbroken and regretful.

"Family meeting. At the hotel. Now." Mr. B. Stated sternly breaking the silent tension we had all been. We split up and raced to our cars. I tossed my keys to Silas who looked at me in surprise, but something on my face must have stuck out because he just nodded and hopped into the drivers seat starting up the Jeep.

I jumped into the passengers seat, Luke hopping into the back and we took off back to the hotel we'd booked for the next week, as I stared out the window, wondering what the hell have we done?

****

We made it back to the hotel we would be staying in until we could find a more permanent place to stay for our mission. We'd been sent here because a new batch of that Jh-14 had been discovered and we needed to figure out who was selling it and make a set up with the buyer, before we could report them to the proper authorities.

Never in a million years did I think we'd run into Sang here. We all knew she'd moved to South Carolina from Illinois but she had said it was a smaller town she had moved from.

Now we were all in Mr. B. And Doc's room sitting in a half-circle as we gave our attention to the two of them, who were standing in front of us.

"Report please, Mr. Taylor Jr." He ordered but I just stared at him blankly. I couldn't do this right now. I was too deep in my own head. He must have noticed this as well because he looked to Luke and gave a nod.

I sat there listening to him report what had happened in the café. About my son, about what sang said outside the café...all the way up to where she drove away in her car, while the others interjected and asked questions every now and then, but I simply sat there as I thought over today.We'd finally found her...

After a fucking long, hard 4 years we found Sang baby.

We'd searched all of South Carolina for her for 2 years- even having Victor looking through all kinds of government and union databases for a Sang Sorenson- before giving up. We'd figured she was gone for good and that we'd never see her again and it broke us. We'd fucked up with the academy too, and ended up failing a lot of missions. It took a while just for us to be able to function normally again, let alone as a team. Which was why were were given this shitty Jh-14 case.

Our future in the academy rested on this case. If we didn't succeed in our mission our team would either be split up or fucking "retired" as they liked to call it. I shook my head from that thought and refocused on what Luke was saying.

"...I also found an ID in her wallet but her last name isn't Sorenson now, and based on my knowledge of ID's it's a fake. A really good one, but a take nonetheless." Luke ended, but there was a small daydream like smile on his face as he looked over the ID again.

"What's Aggeles last name then?" Silas- who had been as silent as I had-asked, his brow raising in curiosity.

Mr. B. held out his hand for Luke to pass it over and we all watched as the corner of his lip twitched in amusement. We all watched as Doc leaned over and read it before barking out a laugh.

"It seems our little bird really threw us for a loop with this time." Mr. B. said as he turned the ID around and we all leaned closer to see it in unison right there on the left corner was a picture of sang baby, but right next to it I big bold letters read:

Sang Taylor

My eyes widened and I choked on my saliva. Well, fuck. No wonder she wasn't popping up on the searches everything was under my last name.

Silas rumbled with laughter as the rest of us chuckled and shook our heads. She was too smart sometimes, I'll go live her that.

"I have a question though...North you said you never had sex with her?" Kota asked and like that the room grew tense. I shrugged.

"I didn't remember until I saw her today. It was the night I was drugged by Jade at that god damn football party when I drank Sang's water. I could never remember anything from the time I walked out of the party to the next fucking morning." I explained.

"Well, how do you know now?" Victor asked, I shrugged again.

"Seeing her today I got bits and pieces back. I'm still not fucking sure about the whole night really, but I do remember we had sex." I grunted as I shook my head rubbing my palm down my face while everyone nodded or was looking at me in understanding.

"What's more important right now though boys, is we now have her address, and our bird needs her ID back so its only right that we return it. First thing tomorrow morning myself and Dr. Green will return it while you boys set up cameras and wire the old warehouse where the drug dealings have been taking place..." Mr. B. started but I was already out of my seat and protesting.

"Fuck No! No way. I've missed four fucking years of my sons life already. I'm not going to miss another god damn day if I can help it." I growled and all the guys looked between Mr. B. and I.

"Mr. Taylor you saw how she reacted to you today. Do you want her to run again or do you want to fix this?" He replied calmly but the look in his eyes told me all I needed. Going wasn't truly an option. I sighed deeply, but gave a nod and we all headed towards our rooms to prepare for tomorrow.

I didn't want her to fucking run again...

I wanted her back damnit. All of us did. And now that we all knew the child she had been pregnant with so long ago was mine, I knew I needed to be in their lives. I just fucking had to.

If I had known back then I never would have let her leave...But I didn't and it still gave me no right to decide her future for her. I needed Mr. B. to fix this, not just for me but for all of us.

For our team, our family, because Sang...

Well, she was the fucking heart of it.