Mak Wheeler: Chapter 1

11) Rage

Mike was sitting on the floor for over two hours when he heard Jonathan whisper something to Nancy. "Mike?" He looked up, eyes red. "You can see them now." He sat up and didn't say anything. He got up and with a dead look in his eye, started walking towards the front desk, where he then asked to see El, Mak, and Miles.

Since, they were still in bad condition, he could only see Mak and miles because they were finished being checked out while El had just started. "Do you want me to come with you Mike?" Nancy asked. Mike shook his head and walked into the room. He looked at his children.

He couldn't believe it. They were his. He had just gotten them but, he was sure he was going to lose them. This is the fault of one person. 'Troy' he thought. He knew where he was. It was the same place he left him. He walked into the waiting room to see a very depressed looking group of people but all Mike could feel was rage. "Steve." He said. "I need you to drive me somewhere." Without hesitation, Steve obliged. Mike told him exactly where to go.

After a drive that felt like forever, it ended and Mike got out of the car silently and started walking. "Wheeler." Steve started. "I need to know what you're doing." Mike stopped and slowly turned around. "I'm going to kill Brenner, again!"

"Yeah no." Steve said blatantly.

Mike looked at him like he was insane, "What?"

"I said no." he paused, "There is no way in hell I'm going to allow you to kill him."

"Why not"

"One, because if you did, I want to help. Two, a dead kid isn't exactly something you can clean up, and three," he sighed, "there's a set of amazing kids in a hospital room, that just went through hell, and they need their dad."

Mike realized everything that he was doing in that moment. He dropped to his knees and started sobbing. "I can't lose them Steve, any of them."

Steve came down and hugged him. "I know, I know" after sitting there in silence for a few moments, they decided to get back to the hospital. When they got there, Mike didn't hesitate to go into the twins' room. As he was walking in, he noticed Mak was waking up. He ran over and brushed her hair out of her face. He started crying tears of joy. "Hey sweetie." he said smiling.

"What'd I miss?" she said giggling. Mike let out a chuckle.

"Actually..." Steve started but Mike cut him off.

"It's not important. We can talk about it more when you're feeling better." He smiled at Mak, fresh tears threatening to pour out.

Steve finally walked over to his goddaughter. "Hey kiddo!" He said, he was getting a little choked up. He had actually started to grow fond of this little human. "How're you feeling?"

"I mean, I was knocked out, out of nowhere, stabbed, and almost beaten to death all in a span of less than 36 hours," she smiled over at Steve "I'm great." 

"Mackenzie" Mike half yelled, half sighed.

"Im going to tell the nurses that you're up." Steve said. Before he could even take one step, Miles started waking up.

"Kat? Did you let me sleep in again, I told you he won't like that-" Miles cut himself off when he realized where he was. "Oh shit. I forgot we time traveled back in time" He smiled. Mike laughed.

Mike's smile quickly faded as reality hit him. "Don't ever do that to me again you two!" he said sternly, "or your mother." Mike winced as he realized what he'd just said.

"Where is mom?" Miles asked, suddenly looking around. Mike's eyes were on the floor until Mak spoke, "Dad?" she held the word out just to get his attention.

"Guys, you're mom and I were talking and then she-" his voice cracked and he realized that Mak's hand that he was holding was starting to shake, so he placed his other hand on it as well, then continued, "she collapsed just like the both of you."

Before either one of the twins could say anything, Steve walked in with the nurse. After checking them over, she declared that they should walk around for a bit. They knew exactly where they were gonna go.

Steve went to the front desk and asked which room El was in, given that he was an adult and they wouldn't have told a random teenager. Steve gave them a quick nod and fixed them towards a room. They all looked at each other and gave a small chuckle when they realized that it was room eleven. Steve left the room to give the small family some privacy.

"We still don't know what happened?" Miles asked. Mike shook his head, not taking his eyes off of his future wife.

" Oh no!" He heard from behind him. He shot around to look at his children. He couldn't believe it. Starting at their feet they were slowly disappearing. "Damn it!" Mak was crying now.

"What the hell?!" He shouted "What's happening?!"

"We're being erased from the future." Mak said tearfully. "There's no future with us in it Dad."

"Wha-" He was cut off by the sound of the heart monitor flatlining.

"The only hope is to change the future but, I don't think we can change it daddy." Mak was crying, they all were.

"We love you." was the last thing he heard from his children.

To be continued...