Luke had been sitting staring at Mackenzie fast asleep for a few minutes when Ashton plopped down beside him.
"Did you get it sorted?" he asked quietly, not wanting to stir Mackenzie.
"yeah" Luke said softly. "He's putting the whole thing into place as we speak."
"Good" Ashton nodded.
"They don't know anything right?" Luke asked after a minute in the silence.
"Only us, Calum and Michael, the way you wanted it. Mitchy and Feldy don't know the extreme yet. They have the other story.
"And she doesn't suspect anything?" he asked.
"Nope, not a clue. Only the story we gave her." He took a deep breath and sighed. "Good".
***
Luke had fallen asleep on the floor with his head rested on the couch next to Mackenzie's stomach. He sat up quickly when the alarm on the front door began blaring throughout the house. He jumped up and grabbed his gun. "What the hell is going on?!" Michael yelled, running down the stairs, gun drawn.
"I don't know, I was asleep." Luke looked around for any signs of what could have caused the alarm to go off. "Who's watching the security system right now?"
"I think it's Mitchy." Michael said, typing the code into the alarm. The alarm beeped back at him to signal that the code is incorrect. "What the hell?" He muttered, typing in the code again. It beeped once more and Michael turned to Luke. "Who changed the code?"
"No one changed the code. It's 03111992." Luke said. Michael tried it again, typing slowly. The alarm beeped back at him again and he looked at Luke.
"Someone changed the code. It's not fucking working!" Michael yelled, clearly getting annoyed.
"Mitchy!" Luke yelled, running down to the basement where Mitchy was supposed to be watching the security system.
"Something's wrong with the system." Mitchy said, typing quickly. "All of the passwords have been reset." Mitchy continued to type quickly, not looking at Luke.
"How does that happen?" Luke asked, pulling up a chair next to Mitchy.
"Well, either we're being hacked or someone shut the system off." Mitchy finally looked at Luke. "Mackenzie said she saw lights last night. Like headlights, shining into your room."
"Are you trying to tell me that my girlfriend slept on the couch last night because there were headlights in the window? It's a popular area Mitchy, it could have been anyone."
"Yes, I am." Mitchy nodded, looking at Luke. "It could explain the system failure."
"How so?" Luke asked, watching Mitchy go back to typing.
"Well, it would help if you could get her to describe the car." Mitchy shrugged. "I'm just trying to turn the alarm off first."
"I'll go talk to Mackenzie. Keep working at this." Luke patted his shoulder and stood up, jogging up the stairs two at a time. "Mac?!" Luke yelled as he made it up the stairs, back to the blaring alarm.
"Luke, what's going on?" She asked, rubbing her head.
"I need you tell me about the headlights." Luke walked over to her hand held her hands. "Did you see a car?"
"I couldn't see anything. They turned the lights off as soon as I looked out the window." Mackenzie shook her head. "But, it looked like the kind of car rich people have, not like you. Kinda like a town car."
"Romeo drives a town car." Michael said, walking over to the couple.
"Michael, take her upstairs. Keep her away from the windows." Luke instructed, standing up once more. He ran back to the basement. "Mitchy, it's Romeo."
"I found security footage of his town car in the driveway." Mitchy pulled up the video and played it for Luke. "They must have hacked our system."
"Can you get the damn alarm off yet?" Luke rubbed his forehead. Mitchy nodded and shut off the alarm system.
"Romeo had to have been watching us for a while." Mitchy explained. "You see this?" He asked, pointing to an inscription code on the computer screen. "He hacked our system on January 15th."
"What day is today?" Luke asked, looking at Mitchy.
"March 21st." Mitchy looked at Luke. "He was using several different proxies under the same names as the ones we use, so no one suspected anything when one of ours would have gotten shut out." Mitchy sighed. "He had access to the cameras outside of all of the bedrooms. Including yours and Mackenzie's. He knew who was were and probably has an idea of a routine for all of us."
"Shit.." Luke whispered.
"You need to go to the safehouse, Luke. You have to take Mackenzie there." Mitchy shook his head. "It's not safe for her here anymore. Even with us watching her, there is still times when she is alone in a room. The safe house is the closest bet."
"It's too secluded.." Luke rubbed his face. "If anything happened to the baby, we wouldn't make it to the hospital in time." He sighed and walked back upstairs.
"Luke, what's going on?" Mackenzie asked, walking over to him.
"Everything's gonna be fine, I just need you to go pack a bag. We're leaving for a bit." Luke sighed.
"What? Luke, what's happening?" She asked before Luke ushered her up the stairs. "Is this because of what I saw last night with the headlights?" Mackenzie turned and looked at Luke once they made it to his room.
"I'll explain everything later. Just, please, trust me." Luke pressed a soft kiss to her forehead, letting his lips linger on her warm skin. She nodded and shoved clothes into her bag. Luke grabbed his gym bag and dumped it out, refilling it with a couple suits and a few pairs of jeans and band tees. Once packed, Mackenzie followed Luke out to his car.
"Lu, please, slow down." Mackenzie said hoarsely, trying to catch her breath.
"What's wrong?" Luke asked, throwing his bag into the back before running over to Mackenzie.
"The baby is getting big, he is taking a lot of air from my lungs. It's hard for me to catch my breath." Mackenzie gripped Luke's bicep and took ragged breaths. He sighed and carefully picked her up, carrying her to the car. He set her down in the passenger seat and buckled her in.
"Tell me if it gets worse, okay?" He squeezed her hand gently and closed the door. He threw her bag into the back with his and jogged around to the driver's side. He slid into the car and pulled out of the driveway.
"Will you tell me what's going on now?" Mackenzie asked, looking at Luke.
"Romeo hacked into our security system. He's been watching us for weeks." Luke sighed and sped down the street. "I just had to get you out of the house. I need to make sure you're safe." He sighed and drove down the street toward the club.
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