Power~ E.D

8

Ethan's POV

Gray and I sat on the hood of my car with our fast food orders looking at the dark beach.

I left Maya at home with Lily and Carlos. I didn't trust Pietro one bit.

"I found Colton" was the first thing I said.

"Holy shit, dude, where is he?" He asked.

"Dead" I said shortly. "But it wasn't Daniel."

Daniel actually helped look for Colton. It was some other small gang trying to gain street credit by messing with us but Daniel shut it down quick.

"It made me think" I sighed. "Even if we get rid of Daniel, there are still more people out there who want to hurt us just because of who we are. We'll never get out of this life"

We were quiet for a bit.

"So, what are we going to do?" He asked placing his burger back into the bag. "We can't keep living under Daniel"

"We're not. I'm going to become him"

"What?" He looked over at me.

"If I kill him and take everything he has we'll be untouchable. No one will want to mess with us and if they do they'll be gone like that" I snapped my fingers.

Grayson looked down at the ground in deep thought.

"Cmon bro, tell me what you're thinking"

"Do you really want this life for your kid, E?" He asked. "For him to grow up under the same circumstances we did. Not being able to go to school or hang out with regular kids, live a regular life?"

"What other choice do I have, Gray?" I scoffed. "My kid will never have a normal life no matter what. So I might as well be in control"

He looked up at me and shrugged. "I'm tired of living this life, E. Tired of constantly having to look over my shoulder"

I put an arm around his shoulders. "I promise you everything will be okay. I'll make sure of it, Gray"

~~

Maya's POV

I laid in bed staring up at the ceiling, the soft glow of the tv illuminating the room slightly. The only sounds being heard were Lily and Emma's breathing as they slept.

I can't sleep.

What could Daniel possibly have in mind that Tyler couldn't show up here and tell us he was alive.

That man is the definition of insane, could it be something with my baby?

I placed my hands over my growing belly wanting to protect it.

I'm hungry.

I slipped out of bed, grabbing one of Ethan's guns from the nightstand.

I took the safety off before heading down to the kitchen.

One good thing about this place is that the kitchen is always fully stocked.

I grabbed a banana, peanut butter, and some bread, placing them on the counter top.

I wonder where Ethan is, he said he had to go out to do something important.

Someone's here.

I grabbed the gun off the counter turning quickly to see who it was.

"Woah!" Ethan chuckled. "Calm down it's just me" he took the gun from me putting the safety back on.

I let out a sigh of relief, I'm so fucking stressed out.

"Where did you go?" I asked turning back to my sandwich.

"Just to talk to Grayson, you know, catch up" he stood behind me placing his hands on my belly.

There was a knock at the door and I flinched hard.

"Stay here" he kissed my cheek and headed over to the door.

He looked through the peep hole. "It's just jose" he said before opening the door.

"Hey guys, just here to pick up the girls" he gave us a small smile.

"They're upstairs in the bedroom" I said spreading the peanut butter on the bread.

"What were you and Grayson talking about?" I asked as I assembled the sandwich.

He stopped for a second. "How would you feel if this was our life?"

"What?" I asked setting down the butter knife.

"Ive put a lot of thought into this and Maya, we have enemies everywhere. Even if we escape Daniel there will be more, we will never live a truly peaceful life" h gave me a sad look.

"...so what does this mean? What do we do?" I held my belly protectively. What did this mean for our child?

"If we became powerful no one would mess with us" he said in a low voice.

"Ethan what are you talking about?" I asked confused. How could we become powerful if we are under constant surveillance? Everything we had was either taken by Daniel or destroyed.

"Bye guys" jose came down with a sleeping Emma in his arms and a groggy lily behind him.

"Take care" I said and they left.

"Eat and then let's get you to bed"

Ethan's POV

I had already set my plan into motion.

I know full well that Daniel will know all about the conversation I had in the kitchen with Maya.

The man is super paranoid, this will drive him crazy. He'll be his own undoing...I hope.

I'm playing a dangerous game. This can either go one of two ways, the way I'm hoping or...catastrophic.