MIA Part 3

by Ciejye

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This is the final part, for disclaimers see parts one and two.

Thank you Bonnie May for Betaing for Me, I know this one was not the easiest *s*

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The silence was destroyed by a sudden whirring of blades as a helicopter appeared over the trees, at the same time several shots rang out almost as one, A small hole appeared in the forehead of the soldier who was about to shot Fox, Walter watched in disbelief, the soldier's eyes widened as he fell, his fingers reflexively pulled the trigger as Walter threw himself into Fox. Blood from the soldier sprayed all over them. Fox felt a pain in his head as he was hit. The Last thing Fox saw was Scully and Andy appearing in the door of the helicopter weapons in hand, and then blackness took him into its dark embrace.

The helicopter touched down on the ground and out burst Scully and Andy with Langly and Byers right behind them. They were all carrying weapons at the ready. Frohike was at the stick. They immediately began to get everyone in the helicopter. Andy and Scully ran to Walter and Fox, Walter held Fox in his arms his hand on the dark head trying to stop the copious flow of blood. "He's still alive. " Walter whispered as Scully applied a bandage to Fox's head.

"What are you doing here?" Joe demanded of his younger brother.

"Saving your butt," Andy shot back.

"Save the reunion, we have to get out of here NOW" Byers ordered as he grabbed one of the POWs, the skinny kid Fox had first carried. Joe grabbed Fox while Scully and Andy helped Walter into the hatch. Within a minute they were all in the helicopter and headed for the boarder.

Fox's eyes opened with a snap and the shout died on his lips as Scully reassured him. "Dad?" he questioned.

"I'm here son," Walter said from where Langly and Andy were cleaning his wounds. Fox reached out as he sat up, Walter also reached out, their hands touched and clasped, Fox found himself pulled into a crushing bear hug. " Thank you," Walter whispered "however," he continued after a moment, "it still wont save your butt for coming after me when I told you not to.'

Fox laughed, "Or yours if Gran ever finds out."

Walter flushed and pulled his brothers into his arms. "Thank you all" His eyes met Scully's over the top of Joe's head as he included her and the Gunmen as well.

Twenty minutes later the wounded had been treated and made as comfortable as possible, Fox kept shifting where he sat, whenever he thought no one was looking he scratched his crotch or shifted the contents. Walter finally whispered, "What's wrong?"

"I don't know, something feels funny" Fox answered and blushed.

"Let me take a look." Walter suggested and placed his battered body between Fox and the rest of the occupants of the helicopter.

"Dad, please" Fox blushed to the roots of his hair.

"Now Fox," Walter said firmly.

Fox made a face, but opened his pants, and lowed his boxers. He looked down and promptly fainted.

Attached to the end of his penis was a huge black leech.

Parents often have unpleasant duties to perform for their children. From changing poopie diapers to cleaning up vomit to potty training, dressing booboos and eating God-knows-what that the child made for breakfast with grace and love. A parent does each one and Walter had raised Fox, as a son, after he had been reverted to a child, paddled his butt and kissed his owies, but removing a leech from the end of his sons penis had to be the strangest thing yet.

"At least it wasn't a snake bite" Andy quipped.

Walter and Joe both smacked him in the head.

The helicopter dipped to the left suddenly, tossing everyone about, "HANG ON!" Frohike yelled back. "We got company."

They dipped down into the jungle and a burst of gunfire sounded behind and above them, the helicopter dipped and swerved with everyone in the back holding on for dear life, Frohike's face was a mast of concentration as he steered the chopper though the tree tops and changed altitude randomly several times. The chopper was hit with gunfire.

"Enough of this bullshit!" Frank growled and threw open the side door, he grabbed a machine gun and returned fire. Chuck grasped Frank's belt to steady him and keep him in the chopper as it dipped and turned. Then as suddenly as it started the attack stopped.

"We've crossed the border." Frohike explained.

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Two hours later, safely aboard the ship, wounds treated, hot soup filled the empty bellies, and everyone was clean and comfortable. Walter fixed and eye on Joe, Andy and Fox. "Okay, now tell me exactly what happened. Fox, I believe I specifically told you not to follow me, and you, Joe, were supposed to stay with him and keep him out of trouble."

Joe scoffed, "Like that is possible, YOU can't even do that."

"And what are YOU doing here?" Walter turned his glare on his youngest brother.

"Saving your butt," Andy defended himself. "After Joe and Fox knocked me out and left for parts unknown I knew I couldn't stay behind, so I went to the Gunmen, for help. How was I to know Scully was there and would want to come alone? Walter she threatened to SHOOT me in the shoulder!"

Walter roared with laughter while Fox blushed.

"Anyway, between my contacts and the Gunmen we located the chopper and came to get out just in time it would seem."

Walter held out his arms and Andy went into them. They hugged fiercely for a long time. "For that I am eternally grateful, but it's not going to save your butt."

Andy nodded he had known the risks and the consequences. They kissed Russian style on each cheek, and then Walter held out his arms for Joe.

"You are most responsible" Walter murmured as they hugged.

"I know, I know, but I would do it again in a heartbeat." Joe said with conviction, his eyes locked on his older brothers. "Just don't make that necessary again, big brother." They kissed on each cheek as well.

"And you don't think your getting off easy." Walter said as he hugged Fox, both of them in pain.

"Yes Sir, I know. " Fox said, his eyes bright with unshed tears and his voice thick with emotion. "But I'm not ready to be an orphan yet. " Fox whispered the last as his arms tightened around the older man.

Walter tightened his hug as well, "I am not going to leave you son." The tears spilled over and dripped from Fox's face as they held each other for a long time. Joe and Andy were pulled in for a group hug.

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Six weeks later

The four men met at the McLean house, Walter and Fox were healed and it was time to pay the piper. They met early and had a good breakfast of fried potatoes, ham, eggs and toast, and then they cleaned up the dishes and went into the living room.

"Lets get down to business gentlemen." Walter said, "While I do understand why you did it, and I will be forever grateful that you did. However I am less than pleased with your methods. Fox, I told you to stay here, and Joe, you were supposed to make sure he did. Instead you come after me and involve Andy in this. Then knocked him out and left him, what if he had choked or developed a more serious injury? What if he had died?"

Joe and Fox looked stricken, they had not thought of that, two heads lowered in shame.

Walter continued, "You all placed your lives in danger, several times. Fox, you rushed in when Frank told you to stay back, you lied to me about staying here. Joe, you did too, you all lied to the family about where you were. Andy you involved the Gunmen. Fox and Joe you involved Frank, Chuck, Dave and Jim, and I know they were happy to help, but was the risk worth it? Was it worth all this to risk the lives of six civilians who.."

Fox cut him off as he leapt to his feet and shouted, "YES!! YES it was worth it! YOU are worth it!" Tears rolled down his face.

Walter was on his feet immediately and held Fox in a tight hug.

"It was worth it, it was, YOU are worth it Dad, you ARE and I don't care if you use the Persuader on me for a month! You are still worth all of it!!" Fox broke down and sobbed into Walter's shoulder.

Joe and Andy agreed, "You are definitely worth it, Joe said.

"More than worth it big brother." Andy chimed in. They both joined the hug and it took a good half an hour before everyone was calmed down enough to continue.

"I do appreciate that you saved me, but the ends do not justify the means. However your hearts were in the right place so I did not bring back the Persuader" Walter had been in Danville the week before visiting his parents.

"Your each going to get three separate spankings, one with the belt for disobeying and following me, one with the paddle for ditching and knocking out Andy and involving civilians. And the last one with my hand for endangering your lives." Walter paused to let that sink in, and then continued. "Between the first two you will have to write 500 lines of 'I will not lie to my family' After the paddling you will work on an essay of what was done and how it could have been done safer, plus you will have your mouths washed out for lying."

Fox made a face, as much as he hated having his butt paddled he really hated the taste of soap, and for some reason Walter had the worst tasting soap imaginable in his bathroom.

"Then when I am spanking you with my hand, who ever is not over my knee," Fox blushed; this still embarrassed him to be put over his dads knee like a naughty child. "Will be in the corner. And you are all on a punishment tour this weekend."

They had expected the punishment tour, and would have been surprised if they hadn't gotten one.

"You know the routine gentlemen." Walter said. The trio got up and moved the sofa out from the wall, while Walter unbuckled his belt and pulled it with a whoosh from the loops. He doubled it over in his hand while three pair of jeans and boxers were lowered and three bare rumps bent over the back of the sofa. Walter stepped up behind them and true to Skinner family tradition Walter asked the age-old question. "What is this spanking for Joseph Dmetri?" as he landed the first three licks on Joe's upturned white bottom.

Joe gasped and answered, "For disobeying you and following you."

"One at a time," Walter admonished. "Disobeying me when I told you to stay here and keep Fox here." Then he moved to Andy, the same question was asked "What is this spanking for Andrew Nikolai?" The belt descended twice.

"Yeouch, for disobeying staying here, and following." Andy squirmed a bit as his bottom burned with the twin stripes.

Then again with Fox, "What is this spanking for Fox William?" The belt only descended once on the pristine white cheeks.

"For disobeying your orders to stay here," Fox said.

Walter moved back to Joe and continued the strapping, as was tradition the older ones were held more accountable and received more punishment, Walter asked again and this time got the second part of the answer, then down the line he went, 4 circuits of the reddening rumps produced yelps and cries of pain, another 4 and the cries became sobs, Walter did give Joe a bit more than Andy and Andy more than Fox but not by much, he wanted them all to understand his displeasure, especially Fox.

One by one he helped the sobbing men up into a tight hug, first Joe, then Andy, and last Fox, words of comfort and love were spoken, then they were sent to the kitchen table to work on their lines while Walter made lunch.

He knew they were not going to want much supper after the soaping, not that he could blame them. The week before he had gone down to Danville and had along talk with his father about everything that had happened. Walter SR was also less than impressed with his eldest sons escapades, and expressed it with the Persuader at length then a 5-day punishment tour. Walter remembered vividly how hard his elderly father could hit with that strip of leather as the Persuader blazed his displeasure on his rump, The embarrassment of being bare bottomed over the bench sobbing out the guilt and remorse, his normally pale smooth tush stripped with welts and bright red. Then the comforting hug after and the round of soap that followed that made even Rachel's meatloaf taste terrible. No he wouldn't do that before lunch, before supper would be enough.

There was a good deal of shifting and sniffling, as the three younger men got as comfortable as they could.

Fox muttered, "That's it, I'm getting you heavily padded hairs for Christmas, maybe sooner."

Walter laughed, "That would be wonderful Fox, I would just save these for 'special' occasions"

Fox flushed as Andy laughed, "Give it up Fox, you can't win."

"Yeah, Walter learned from the best, our Dad," Joe jointed in.

Fox still grumbled until Walter pulled him out of the chain and landed three sharp swats on his already sore butt. Fox yelled but stopped the grumbling.

After a good lunch of hot roast beef sandwiches and mashed potatoes and gravy with corn on the cop, they headed back over the sofa for a round with the paddle. This time after the first round of "What is this spanking for?" where Walter ignited each of their bottoms again, he stayed at Joe and brought the paddle down again and again, as the litany went on.

"Ditching Andy." several swats followed with the hard paddle.

"Knocking Andy out" That one brought 15 good hard swats. Walter was extremely unhappy about that one.

"Involving civilians," Another 5 swats, Joe danced and sobbed, his rump deep crimson, and the tops of his thighs were as well.

Walter next moved to Andy and the paddling was repeated with out the ones for knocking anyone out, but he was still sobbing and limp over the sofa by the time Walter was finished with him.

Then to Fox, who yelped and bucked from the very first swat, Fox got a couple less swats than Andy and Joe, but only by a couple, Fox was limp and sobbed bitterly over the sofa by the time Walter moved back to Joe. Two more rounds and then it was done.

Walter pulled Joe up after helping him adjust his clothing and pulled him into a tight hug, murmuring "I know its hard Joe, its almost over now, you know I love you."

"I love you too." Joe said, his breath still had a hitch in it.

"Go wash your face and wait in the bathroom for me." Walter said then turned to Andy who already had his pants up and shuffled his feet.

"I should have called Agent Scully first." Andy said into the hug.

"Its okay Andy." Walter comforted his youngest brother, then sent him into the bathroom to wash his face and wait. Walter turned to Fox a second later his arms were full of the younger man he thought of as his son. Fox sobbed in Walter's arms for a long time while the older man made soft comforting noises. At last Fox calmed down in the warm paternal hug, and Walter sent him to wash his face.

Walter gave Fox a minute then followed him in the bathroom. He pulled out three new toothbrushes and a bar of soap, after he had worked up a good lather under warm water, he loaded each brush fully with the lather and handed one to each of the shame-faced men and firmly ordered "Brush."

They wanted to balk, but didn't dare, they knew any disobedience would cause more problems than they wanted. They brushed with the foul tasting soap. Walter made sure they covered their tongues as well as their teeth. Then waited for 10 minutes before he left them rinse and sent them back to the table to work on their essays.

By three o'clock, he figured they were ready for a break and sent them outside to weed the garden; they were still hard at work when he called in them in to the soup and sandwich supper. Walter was actually surprised when they all tucked into the food; even Fox ate two-grilled cheese and a bowl of tomato soup.

Then it was time for the last phase of the long spanking, Walter wanted physical contact with each of them but especially Fox for this last one. "Okay gentlemen, pick a corner" Joe and Andy hesitated but Fox knew his corner and stepped into it, he stood ramrod straight his nose pressed tightly into the corner, feet slightly apart, his hands held up his shirt in back even though his bottom was still covered. A moment later Walter raised an eyebrow and Joe and Andy joined him in the other corners that Walter had cleared.

Walter had decided he would leave them there for 15 minutes then start spanking, then after the last one another 15 minutes of contemplation with bottoms bare. So far Walter had done everything by age, oldest to youngest. But now he wasn't sure if Fox could wait though two other spankings for his own, Fox hated to wait for punishment and Walter didn't want to torture him. Finally he decided to keep going as he had been and if Fox couldn't handle that when would deal with it when it came up.

After the allotted time was up, Walter called Joe over. Fox twitched but didn't move otherwise. Walter sat on the sofa where he could see Fox. Joe came over, and knelt by Walter, his sweats were lowered to mid thigh. Walter caressed his brother's cheek, as their eyes spoke for them, then Walter positioned Joe over his lap and with a brisk motion pulled down his boxers. Joe's rump had several stripes on it and was still red from the previous belting and paddling. Joe grabbed a cushion and buried his face in it as Walter started the litany with three brisk swats. "What is this spanking for? Joseph Dmetri?"

Joe yelped as his brother's hard hand connected with his sore bottom. "For endangering my life."

Walter cracked his hand down several more times, "Needlessly," Walter added.

"NO!" Joe roared, "Not needlessly you are worth it"

"I didn't mean that Joe, needlessly when you could have left it in official hands or with those trained to do it." Every other word was punctuated with a swat. "You are not {hard swat} expendable, you are very needed." And with that Walter pulled Joe even closer to him and let loose a flurry of swats that left Joe with little breath to do anything but sob. Then with the last three hard swats, right on the center of his rump, Walter stopped, and Joe lay helplessly over his brothers lap and sobbed like a child, Walter rubbed his back until the sobs slowed, then drew his brother into a hard hug.

"Never again." Walter admonished and Joe nodded. After a few minutes Walter guided Joe back to his corner and got Andy from his.

Walter led his youngest brother to the sofa and looked over at Fox, Fox's hands were clenched tightly on his shirt, but he didn't seem to be in distress from the wait. It didn't take long for Andy to be bare bottomed over Walter's lap, and yelping from the blistering hand that landed on his sore bottom. Andy squirmed and bucked as Walter made sure the lesson got though. Over and over his hard hand landed on the tender flesh. Tears flowed as Andy sobbed out his remorse, Walter finished up with three hard swats to the center of his bottom then rubbed Andy's back as he cried. After a long hug and comforting words, he led Andy to the corner and turned to his last charge.

Fox shook as he stood in the corner, he had felt every swat he heard and each cry cut him to the quick, right now he just wanted it over. Walter touched Fox's arm, Fox turned around and swallowed. "Are you okay?" Walter asked concerned about his son.

Fox nodded, "I just want to get it over with," he whispered. Walter nodded and led him to the sofa. The moment Walter sat down Fox was over his lap, Walter had to bite back a chuckle at the exuberance. He settled Fox securely and pulled down his sweats and boxers. Fox's bottom was in the same condition as Joe and Andy's bottoms were, several stripes and red from the previous punishments. Walter took a deep breath, his hand hurt a bit from the other two spankings, but that would not stop him. He brought his hand down sharply on the presented cheeks and asked, "What is this spanking for Fox William?"

"For endangering my life," Fox sobbed from the first swat.

"We have been over this many times Fox, I will not tolerate you endangering your life when there are alternatives, you may have to do so at work, but there are other ways other avenues you could have taken." A swat landed on the tender cheeks with every other word. Walter was not going to let this off easily; he was tired of having to revisit this particular area of disobedience. Before long Fox had gone from sobs and yells to deep crying, he lay limp over Walter's lap as the last three swats landed. Then the punishing hand slowly rubbed his back as Walter soothed the crying young man.

It was several minutes before Fox could get up; the hug was tight and filled with love. Finally Walter led Fox back to the corner, Fox nodded and turned to it, his breath still hitching. Walter sat on the sofa again, his head in his hands, this had been a hard punishment, but he never wanted to have anything like this happen again. After the time was up he pulled each man out of his corner and hugged him again.

"Its okay, its over now." He murmured into Fox's hair when the young man started to sob again. "Come on, let's get you to bed." He led Fox to his bed, and helped him get ready, a soft smile at the number of times he had done this in the past few years.

"It was worth it." Fox said again as he slipped under the covers and turned over to his stomach.

Walter brushed back the dark sweaty hair and kissed Fox on the forehead. "Good night son, I love you" Walter said softly.

"G'night Dad," came the sleepy reply. "Love you too."

Walter smiled and left the room. After he settled the other two in their beds, he went into his room and lay on the bed. His mind went back to the men who had been saved from that hell, they were reunited with their families, and he nodded in the dark. Yes, it had definitely been worth it.

The end

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