Stone Castle

Break even

Logan and Kendall sat down at the island in the kitchen. The topic of discussion: Jo. The premise:  What to do with her. Kendall had a worried look on his face. Logan was trying his best to keep everyone in a rational state of mind. "We can't just kill her Kendall." He shook his head. "I'm not suggesting that." Kendall said bluntly. "She is unstable Logan... you should have heard her. She is responsible for that life you just lost in there!" He yelled. Logan stood up sliding his chair all the way behind him colliding it with the stove. "Listen to me!" The doctor rose his voice. "We are all in a lot of shit here!" He glared down Kendall for being so distasteful. "She was your best friend..." His voice got quieter. "Why don't we just hear it from her." Kendall suggested. Logan nodded. It was a fair solution.

Meanwhile Cody and Zack stared at eachother from opposite sides of the main living room area. For that reason alone no one was in there with them. You could feel the tension in the air. Zack felt like a monster but he wanted nothing more than to hold his twin brother. The smarter of the two was a little distant. "Talk to me Codes..." He pleaded. "You have been gone for so long..." Cody looked at him oddly. "I've been gone for three days. why would that bother you?" Zack laughed at the profound statement. "a lot has happened in those three days." Cody nodded in response to Zack's obvious statement. "So let me get this straight." Cody spoke calmly. "You wished i had been here while all this shit was going down... so that something would happen to me... you have something against me don't you? You want me dead."

Zack broke down. Hearing those words from someone he cared about so deeply just made something in him snap. He picked up the nightstand and slung it across the room busting one of the windows out. "Hey!" Lucy yelled. She barged into the room. "What the hell... just because some bad shit has happened doesn't mean you have the right to destroy my property. Don't forget i pay your salary." She said crossly before exiting the room to allow them to finish there discussion. Cody walked across the room to whisper in his brothers ear. "When did you become so weak?" He brushed past him and entered the hall. He froze. Zack walked up behind him about to say something but he saw this look on Cody's face. A look he had not seen in a long time. "What is it-" Cody held up a hand to silence Zack. "It's him..." He cried before taking off running down the hall. Zack chased after him. "Where are you going!" Zack screamed.

"I came back for him!" Cody yelled. "I'm in love with him!" The words shattering the stable boy. Zack followed him down into the cellar, across the bar area, into the workout room, he paused to watch as Cody pried a vent open with his fingernails and dived inside. He bent down and peered inside. Then carefully climbed in after the more sensitive boy. 

Upstairs Kendall and Logan came rushing into the dining area. Standing around the very long table Santana, Sam, and Lucy awaited answers. "She's gone." Kendall cried. "What!" Sam yelled. "Calm down..." Santana said pulling a butcher knife off the table. "Where are you going?" Logan asked eyeing the blade. "To handle business... she is dangerous and i'm doing what i have to do. I expect you all to vouch for me if the police have anything to say about it." she pushed past Logan and made her way into the hallway. She glided the blade along the wall and slowly made her way around. 

Lucy looked to Kendall. "Did we ever call the police?" She asked. "That should have been the first thing we do." She looked terrified. Sam laughed. "Are you kidding me? You don't call the police until after you have handled the problem. The police will twist things to make you seem like the bad guy unless you have your story straight." 

"What story?" Logan asked. "Jo... had a lapse... she went mad because her lover died." He lit a cigar and put it between his lips drawing in a deep breath. Then let it flow out of his nose as he stretched. "She is unstable and hurt a few of us. We couldn't get a hold of anyone in the storm and we handled business because we ran out of options." The thunder echoing causing the champagne glasses to shake on the table. One of them shattering. 

Cody entered the tunnels. Zack climbing out behind him. "What are you doing?" Zack asked. Cody looked back at him with a depressed face. "Henry... he lives here in the castle... i have been in love with him since i moved into this place." Zack tilted his head to the side. "Lucy had an uncle named Henry. He lives in Greece... what the hell are you talking about?" Zack grew frustrated as Cody continued down the dark tunnels. He followed him carefully. "No..." Cody snapped his head back to look at his brother. "William lives in Greece. He was kept down here... from birth to the day Henry died. Torrence killed him and was lucky enough to have a spare... they paid him off to pretend to be Henry and live a life far away from here." Cody stopped and pushed Zack up against the wall pressing their foreheads together. "They were twins... Henry was in love with William." Zack let out a sigh as Cody ran his knee up his thigh. "Henry died so William could live."

The boy appeared at the end of the corridor and both Zack and Cody viewed upon this beautiful boy. He had a half smile and long blond hair just like Zack's. Zack remembered this boy from when they took his Daphnee from him.   "I have to be with him Zack..." Cody whispered pressing his lips to his sweet brother's face. "No one deserves to feel alone especially for all eternity." Zack began to weep as Cody pulled away from him and made his way to the other boy. He watched as they met and Henry pulled from himself a blade which he used to cut open Cody's throat. Zack slid his back down the wall watching as his brother bled out in someone else's arms. Tears streaming down his face in the light of the torches.