Ryder had Diego drop him off at his house, he knew that his family was waiting for him but he ignored them and went straight to his room locking the door behind him. He curled up on the bed and clutched the shirt that he stole from Klaus during a rehab stint.

Ryder was worried, he was expecting Klaus to be back shortly but he wasn't. He thought that Klaus would contact him when he woke up so he was sad when he didn't see anything.

He thought about texting the Hargreeves siblings but he didn't want to bother or worry them if nothing was wrong so Ryder settled on spamming Klaus's phone and waiting for him to contact Ryder.

Whenever Ryder wasn't thinking about Klaus he was thinking how liberating using his powers were for him, his Mom has always told the kids to never use their powers of course they didn't listen but they mainly did minimal training but Ryder letting himself be consumed by the fire and controlling it himself made Ryder feel good.

There was a knock on his door, Ryder rolled over to face the door so he can see who it was when they came in. "Come in!" Ryder watched as his Dad poked his head in the doorway.

"Mom wanted me to come to tell you that lunch is ready."

Ryder looked at his Dad confused, it was supposed to be lunchtime yet. Ryder glanced at the clock on his nightstand and sure enough, it was lunchtime. "Okay, tell Mom I'll be out in a second." Miles nodded and started to turn to walk away when he turned back to look at Ryder.

"We are all expecting you to tell us why you've been MIA these past few days alright?"

Ryder gulped nodding in understanding, as Ryder got out of bed he was thinking to himself if he should lie to his family or not but he decided that the truth was the best option.

Sighing he slips his slippers on before pulling his bedroom door open, the floors creak under his feet as he walks down the hallway and goes into the kitchen.

Holden smiles when he sees his brother walking down the hall. "Hey Bro, missed you." Ryder rolled his eyes fondly but squeezed his shoulder as he walked by. "Finally decided to get up huh?" Florence smirks at Ryder.

"Hey quit nagging your brother Florence, let's eat."

Elizabeth places the food in the middle of the table before taking her seat at the head of the table something that Ryder never understood but accepted. Ryder was his family would wait until after dinner to give him the 3rd degree about where he's been the last few days but he was wrong.

"So, do you have anything to tell us?"

Ryder eyed his mother suspiciously before swallowing the bite of food he had put into his mouth. "What about, Elizabeth?" Ryder knew using her name would get on her nerves but that was Ryder's point.

He heard his father take inhale sharply. "We're wondering where you have been the last couple of days." Ryder leans back in his seat letting his hands rest in his lap.

He smirked slightly before answering. "I was kidnapped." Ryder heard gasps around the table but he continued talking.

"I was kidnapped like two days ago, with Klaus in fact. We were beaten for answers about his brother, on the upside I tapped into my powers and I had a blast doing it."

"You used your powers!?"

"You were kidnapped?!"

Ryder rolled his eyes at his mother being more concerned about him using his powers instead of the fact he was kidnapped. "Yes, I did use my powers, just so you know. Teaching us to hide it was wrong, we've learned to control our powers through secret sessions and it was the best thing ever." Ryder felt good for getting everything out, just like letting his powers out he felt liberated, and by the smiles, on his siblings' faces, he did a good thing.

Miles put his hand on Ryder's arm. "I don't care about that, are you okay?" Ryder nodded. "Yes, I didn't get beat much because I didn't know anything and they also might have been scared of me because I threw a fireball at Hazel's chest when he kidnapped me."

"We have to go to the police."

Ryder shook his head at what Holden said. "No, we can't. They have a lot on their plate right now with the murder of one of their own."

Florence at her plate downcast. "Detective Patch right? I'm sure her family misses her."

Ryder grits his teeth muttering out between his clenched teeth. "You have no idea." Ryder gets up to disregard his plate and then the doorbell rings so Ryder abandons his plate for now on the counter and goes to see who it is.

"Klaus."

Ryder's eyes widen as he sees his best friend, he was covered in dirt and he looked haunted when he stepped inside Ryder noticed he had blood on his hands and he was clenching his hands tightly breathing out a shaky breath.

"Come on, you want to go to my room?"

Klaus gave a shaky nod, Ryder gently motioned for Klaus to walk towards his room while he was walking down the hall he saw his father standing by the doorway to the dining room he opened his to say something but Ryder shook his head before he could speak.

Ryder gestured to his bed once they walked into the room. "What happened?" Ryder hesitantly asks not expecting Klaus to respond.

Klaus looks up at him from his spot on Ryder's bed through his eyelashes with tears in his eyes he spoke sadly. "Hold me?" Klaus croaks not caring how sad his voice sounded.

Ryder's heartbroken as he sat next to Klaus and opened his arms letting Klaus fall into them, Ryder didn't know how long he had to listen to Klaus cry into his shirt but it was one of the worst sounds Ryder's ever heard in his life.

Klaus lifted his head and wiped his eyes haphazardly. "Take me home."