Rise and Fall- The Fight Inside

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"I know Ryland. He is my nephew, Bailey's brother, and whoever the other child is- he is their brother too. He is my brother's son and I would give anything to brign him back but we can't do that." Reagan cried. 

Bailey and Ryland were both in tears.

"Why didn't you tell me this!? All those years of me thinking I was alone- You lied about Bailey, you lied about me, and you lied about Ben! What esle are you hiding from me?" Ryland yelled.

"I didn't have a choice!" Reagan pleaded.

"You always have a choice... you made the wrong choice." Ryland muttered. 

Arielle grinded her teeth. It was truly a heartwhrinching moment for the Cross family. Finding out you had a brother, a sister, and another sibling wasn't easy. Ryland left the room and returned to the cockpit of the ship. 

"Ryland, what are you doing? What about Grainger?!" Reagan yelled.

"Seeing that both Peyton and Olivia are dead, I think my father can find a way out. I am going to find my brother and bring him back." Ryland planned.

Reagan, Bailey, and Arielle all piled into the room as the ship lifted off the ground and the long trip began. Reagan sighed loudly as she recived an uneasy feeling in her stomach. 

Bailey pulled out a small portible computer and began the search for any trace of a Ben Cross. 

"Do you remeber anything about were you dropped him off?" Bailey asked.

"I remember it was somewhere in Star City and we left him in a place called Star City Apartments with woman named Regina Solo." Reagan responded.

"So that means we should pay a visit to Star City Apartments and find this Regina Sola." Bailey told everyone.

"And ask what?" Arielle snapped.

"She will remember me because I was there. I will tell her we want to visit Ben Sola and hope that she agrees." Reagan stated.

Arielle rolled her eyes and threw her head back in her seat. Ryland was too upset to talk and only cared about finding Ben by any means nessiscary. Bailey mainly concentrated on how to find Ben. Reagan sat quite, playing out every cenario in her head. 

"I found something!" Bailey exclaimed.

"What?" Arielle asked.

"I found a Ben Sola that lives in Star City, he is twenty-five years old, married to Lena Larson-Sola, and has two kids. The oldest it sixteen and her name is Sam. Sam has a younger brother by one year named Tovey." Bailey read.

"Oh god." Arielle muttered. 

It was a long, long, flight but they had finally landed in Star City. Ryland landed the ship and was the first out. He waited outside for Arielle and then they began walking down the hill to the street. Bailey and Reagan walked close together behind Arielle and Ryland.

"Are you certain this is the way you came?" Ryland asked.

"Absoultuly." Reagan reassured him. 

The traveled down the hill and to the street before Reagan yelled, "Stop!", as Ryland tried to cross.

"You can't just walk across the street here. Those things are called cars and they will kill you in a heart beat." Reagan stated. 

Arielle rolled her eyes and flipped her hand to the side. 

"Happy now?" she teased as all the cars came to a halt.

"That is the same thing Ben did when we brought him across." Reagan stated. 

The ran to cross the busy street even thought the cars were frozen in time. Everyone was anxious to meet the older version of Ryland and his kids. The rode the elevator up to the fourth floor.

"Here we go." Bailey sighed.

They waited for the metalic elevator doors to open and reveal a plain hallway.

"Now what?" Ryland asked. 

"We find his room." Reagan instructed. 

"And how do you suppose we do that?"  Ryland snapped.

"Well you are brothers aren't you." Reagan replied sarcastically.

Ryland shook his head, still not comprehending what his aunt was suggesting.

"Oh my god Ryland. We will know which room is his because of his presence." Bailey explained.

Ryland shrugged and crossed his arms. They stepped of the elevator together and proceeded down the hallway. Ryland and Bailey walked up to each door trying to sense which one was Ben's apartment. 

"This one. I can feel it." Bailey remarked.

They stopped outside of room 669. Reagan, Arielle, and Ryland joined Bailey at the door.

"So much for asking Regina first." Reagan muttered.

Bailey knocked rapidly on the door. A few seconds later, a girl answered the door. She had short, blonde, curly hair and auqua colored eyes. This girl wore a mint green colored T-shirt and skinny jeans. 

"Can I help you?" she asked in a thick british accient.

"They are British?" Ryland whispered to Bailey.

"This is Star City, Britian. What did you expect?" Bailey whispered back.

"Hi, are you Sam?" Arielle asked.

"Yes, are you friends of my parents?" Sam questioned.

"You could say that." Ryland answered nervously. 

"Just a second. Hey Mum, Dad, there are people at the door for you." Sam stated.

A faint voice in the background stated, "Coming." as a man came beside Sam.

"Ben Sola?" Reagan asked. 

"How did you know my name?" Ben questioned.

Bailey and Reagan stared in shock. Ben and Ryland had the same face except Ben had lighter hair than Ryland and auqua colored eyes like Sam's.

"My name is Ryland Cross and this is my sister Bailey." Ryland began.

"Okay. Do you need something?" Ben asked.

"You were adopted twenty five years ago by Regina Sola. She told you your parents had died in an acciedent right after your were born." Ryland continued. 

"What the heck? No one knew about that but me and my mother. Who told you that?" Ben wondered in a panic. 

Ryland pulled out a picture of Grainger and Sofia on their wedding day.

"Do you know who these people are?" he asked.

"Those are my real parents. How did you get that?" Ben asked frantically.

"Ben, this picture is of my sister and I's parents on their wedding day. Twenty five years ago, our mother died in an accident and my father is missing. Twenty five Earth Years ago, I was adopted by my aunt, Reagan." Ryland explained.

"Don't breath a word of this to my kids." Ben instructed as he opened the door and pointed to the sofa.

Reagan smiled as she entered the appartment and looked around. Ryland, Bailey, Reagan, and Arielle sat down on the grey colored couch. Ben stood in front of them.

"Sam, please take your brother and go upstairs. I have some business to take care of." Ben shouted.

Arielle watched as Sam took a younger blonder haired boy upstairs. His hair was long- down to his ears- and curly like Sam's. His eyes were the same auqua color as Ben's and Sam's.