Ethan Curtis Downey

### Relatives

Annalia Zones-Downey (Mother), Anthony Downey (Father), Jennifer Monroe Parker (Sister), Will Downey (Brother), Brenda Downey (Sister), Christopher Zones (Grandfather), Jennifer Monroe Pletcher-Zones (Grandmother), Paul Downey (Grandfather), Savanah Downey (Grandmother), Michael Downey (Son)

### Occupation

Web Design, Part Time Martial Arts Instructor

## Appearances

### Debut

Zones Chronicles Book I

The firstborn son of Annalia and Anthony Downey he carries on his shoulder the legacy of honoring his uncle who like him was a twin. In his case he's the twin of Jennifer Monroe Downey-Parker and lives in his sister's shadow and is content with that.

Like his sister he'd be trained in the Way of the Phoenix and had many teachers from his mother grandmother and aunt all teaching them both from the age of 3 years old. He was born in Osceola literally in the bathroom floor of his great grandfather's house on Thanksgiving Day with his mother reminding his sister playfully of the trouble she went through to give birth to them pointing to a dent on the washer indicateing to the twins that's where her head hit when the water broke and she fell on the floor.

For the first two years of his life he'd be raised in Osceola at his great grandfather's house with his mother and then upon her parents going to college at the University of Michigan would live there and spend the weekends at his great grandfather's house and during that time would meet his future wife Rachel McCoy who lived down the road and her parents were old friends of his uncle Derek Zones as her father served as his uncle's spotter in the Army Rangers.

From there they'd move to Dayton Ohio and go to school there as his parents served as OSI Agents at Wright Patterson. He'd attend Fairborn Primary School for K-3rd Grade then would move back to Indiana where he'd move back into his great grandparents' house as his parents attended Quantico and would become FBI Agents.

From there Ethan would attend Moran Elementary where he'd be reunited with Rachel and as the couple reached Middle School at Grissom the sparks were flying between the two and he'd begin learning Rachel's own style of martial arts which was Tae Kwon Do on top of Karate and would become the first Downey to hold a double Black belt by the time he reached 14.

At the age of 10 The twins along with Jonathon and Alexus were with Christie Parker which wasn't uncommon since his sister Jennifer was attached to the hip of Jonathon doing school clothes shopping when a fight broke out in the mall Christie would have the kids stay back and attended to the fight and tried to break it up then a gun was drawn and the fight became a struggle. The families dog Nikko would intercede breaking from his sister's hold and move to protect Christie attacking the gun weilder and prevent her from being shot but two shots would be fired and went through the lowered gate of the store and the first shot would hit Jonathon in the shoulder and pass through and hit his sister Jennifer and the second shot would rip through Ethan's leg. Another shot would be fired but would hit Nikko and seriously harm the dog and Christie would be able to take down the attacker but not before the damage was done.

This attack would make the three become introverts and Jennifer who always had anxiety would become worse. Nikko would survive but be officially retired as a service dog and would become the kids' dog until he'd pass away 2 years later.

High School Ethan, Jennifer, Jonathon and Rachel would attend together and the first semester th group would thrive in AP classes and have relatives as teachers who wouldn't let them get away with anything. That Christmas Break Ethan, Jenny, Rachel or Jonathon had no clue this would be the last Christmas Brreak any would spend with there parents untiil they became adults.

Returning the school, the group dubbed by there aunts as the second generation of musketeers with their grandfather and two uncles being the first generation of musketeers. They'd enter the school and happy and joking amongst each other and upon entering the hallway would find themselves in an ambush. A group of people were holding Daniel and Joy hostage at gunpoint and demanded that Halcyon come forward. That was the identity of Jenny and he'd watch as his twin took a deep breath and made the first move identifying to them that she was Halcyon.

She'd approach Daniel and Joy at the time not knowing Joy was their sister confronted them and he'd watch as Jenny handed her phone to them and told them to run and get help before standing up and facing the group of 30 people. It was then that Jonathon, Ethan and Rachel stepped up having her back and would engage them and would disarm many before the gunfire started.

The group would take hits but refuse to go down grabbing fallen guns and returning fire Ethan would take a total of four gunshots before going down himself and would be followed by Rachel then Jonathon going down with Jenny being the last to fall of the four but by the time all was said and done all the attackers had been neutralized.

The four would be clinging to life by a few threads by the time they made it to the hospital, and it was then plans were put in place if the four were to survive they needed to be declared dead and that's what happened. The FBI put out a press release declareing the death of all four of them and arrangements were made for an Air Force KC 135 setup for medical transport to arrive at South Bend and over the cover of night would transport the four to Japan with their grandmother going with them and following behind in the family plane would be the twin's grandfather and aunts with the intent of protection for the four.

They'd wake up in a hospital in Japan not knowing where they were hurt and the four felt completely alone. Clinging to each other the bond the group shared got even tighter and upon them getting well enough to leave the hospital their grandparents would take them to a temple in Japan where they'd end up living for over the next three years and would train to get themselves back into shape while their grandmother homeschooled them and at 16 get them into online college where they'd all get associates degrees in Criminal Justice. When they turned 18 they'd for the first time in almost 4 years return to the States where they'd fly to Ann Arbor and live in the home that their parents purchased when they attended school at the University of Michigan.

All four would also get their driver's licenses and the first thing they did as a group with their Aunt Ameilia was head down to the courthouse under there assumed identities and got married. without the knowledge of their parents and grandparents. What they didn't reveal was all three girls were actually expecting and on Halloween Rachel would deliver second with Amelia delivering a month earlier and Jennifer would deliver in December all baby boys with Ethan's son being named Michael.

During their time at the University of Michigan Ethan and Rachel reconnected with Master Hong there Tae Kwon Do master who taught up at the university and would continue their training and Jenny and Jonathon would join in the training to expand their knowledge.

They'd graduate from Michigan and from there would fly directly to Quantico and train as FBI Agents and upon graduation would be thrown into the mix seeing their first action at Waco Texas before they got word the Sanchez family was making moves to attack in their hometown and made the move up there driving the entire distance from Waco to Indiana they'd intercept one of the first attacks as the Sanchez family had attacked there cousin and was chasing her patrol car. Moving into position with Ethan driving his car Rachel would setup in the trunk with an M24 pop the hood and take aim and fire and the group would use this tactic sucessfully throughout the war which would last nearly 2 years taking out hundreds of Sanchez members

They'd establish base in Lakeville making sure to carefully protect the location as their children were there at the old mansion on State Road 23. From there Rachel and Ethan would take more of a hands-off roll while doing the ocasional patrol and assist they were working on tracking down the locations of the Sanchez family following the money and helping the local director get the information to freeze bank accounts to try and limit the Sanchez's ability to wage the war.

After nearly 2 years Ethan and Rachel's data had led to the takedown or death of over 600 Sanchez members and the group would set the final trap and lure them to Lakeville knowing if they lost the family would be wiped out Ethan would serve and survive with the help of the St Joe County Police Sheriff's Department and multiple FBI Units along with Air Force and Army Special Forces.

Upon their survival the family would rebuild and move back to Osceola a few months later and would begin to establish his life there where he'd retire from the FBI and take an active role in Phoenix Holdings his grandparent's company and would also help his sister teach part time at the Karate School she took over.