Sang

"Tell me," I say.

Ace sighed before replying, "We recently rented one of our warehouses out to an unknown person. This warehouse is known to the cops, so we no longer use it. This guy, my men told me never showed his face and was always in the shadows. I know that his business isn't legal and has something to do with kidnapping. We have no more information about him to preserve our plausible deniability."

Owen takes control, "Have your men checked it, yet?"

Chloe chirps, "We can't check."

Silas frowns, "Why?"

I explain, "When Ace rented the property to this man, it came with the promise that he would stay out of his affairs as long as no one bothered him. Ace didn't give him protection, but he is not going digging into the mystery man's stuff. He cannot, but I am his wild card. I am well-known in this world for having the protection of several mafias and gangs. This prevents anyone from killing me. I am myself and if someone messed with my kids, they know I will rais holy hell on them."

Sean asks, "So we will go, then?"

I shake my head, "I will go, you guys are too liable to be killed. It will be a quick recon mission and I will come back. If my kids and Volto are there, then we can storm the place. My kids are Ace's and Ryder's heirs for right now until they find someone more suitable. If someone touched them, they are declaring war to the Chicago mafia and the man who controls L.A. You can intervene then."

North grunts, "No, we will come."

Chloe steps in front of him, "Big brute, you aren't fit for spying at all. You'll get her caught."

North glares at her, but Luke speaks up, "But I can come with. I am the best in the business."

I ignore them and turn to face Ace, "Can you keep them here until I come back? Do everything, but kill them or permanently injure them to keep them here. No one can intervene. Call your men back and send messages to your searching allies to not get me killed."

Nathan, "Hey, you can't do this."

I walk out as Ace smirks at them, "She just gave me full permission to keep you here with most means necessary."

I cringe a little when the door closes. I hope Ace is up to the task. He has never gone against Academy trained fathers who desperately want to go back to their kids. Good luck! I think it is even odds because Ace cannot use lethal force.

Chloe joins me at my motorcycle, "Be safe."

I smirk, "When am I not."

She rolls her eyes, "All the time, but I am serious, stay alive and come back."

I straddle my motorcycle, "Even if I don't, you guys will avenge me."

Chloe hugs me, "You better be alive or I'll follow you to Hell just to whoop your ass."

I pull away from the hug, "Why do you think I am going to Hell?"

She gives me a look, "You have lied and killed people. If there is a Hell, that's where you're going."

I shrug, "Well, I already know I am going to Hell now. It's go big or go home."

I take off and Chloe yells behind me, "You better come home!"

I laugh as I zip down the streets in the middle of the night. How I missed this! The freedom, the feeling of invulnerability, the speed. I stopped street racing years ago, but now I think I might go back for a race or two. I would be fun, I haven't been at a club in forever too. Well, not for leisure reasons. I could do that too.

My thoughts come to a stop as I approach the neighborhood where Ace said the address was. Well, he texted me the address, to avoid letting the boys know. I stop my motorcycle and hide it in the trash bin. If I left it here even for a minute alone and unchained, it would be stolen. No one will know they would be stealing from, so they would do it unafraid. It would be such a pain to get my motorcycle back. Better to avoid the struggle.

After hiding it, I set off towards the warehouse. At first, I was on the street, sticking to the shadows. But soon enough, I make my way to the roof. It is much more fun. I run, leaping from roof to roof. They are pretty close together so with my speed I am able to do the jump. I feel the wind rush past my face as if I was back on my motorcycle. 

As I arrive on top of the warehouse and I stop, I strain my ears trying to pick up any noise that would signal another person. 

Nothing. 

I jump off the edge of the roof and catch myself on the rim of the window. I pull myself up and peer through the dirty window.  

Empty. 

I crack the window open and it creaks. 

Loudly.

I wince, but continue once there is no reaction from inside. The window gets stuck about a fourth open. I am still rather small and manage to slide through. It was a very tight fit though, I am going to have to find a different exit, perhaps force the window open. It climb down Luke style without noise. I knew all those years of climbing trees and rock climbing would pay off!

Now on the floor, I tip-toe checking corners and walls for a secret entrance. Ace said that they had asked to be able to do some construction and at the price they were renting the place, the answer was yes. I stop in front of a slightly discolored wall. It's cleaner than the others and it seems newer. There is an obvious attempt that someone tries to make it blend, but failing.

Jack Pot!

My hands touch the wall, attempting to find the trigger to open this door. I must have spent a good fifteen minutes attempting to open it. It was then I heard the tell-tale sound of voices. 

Shit, double shit and triple shit!

I quickly hide in the shadows, blending into the corner. Just in time for two men to show up, they leisurely walk up to the wall and hit a hidden button for it to open. Surprisingly, the door is well-oiled and makes no noise. I take my chance and sneak in behind them. The two idiots don't even notice.

Volto must be hiring idiots! I guess you have to be pretty idiotic to follow a mad-man who won't show his face and always wears a white mask. We walk along for a short while, me following of course. They never even look back to check if there was someone. I swear they have no training!

The men are chuckling and laughing when they most likely have my kids prisoner. The Bastards! I nearly run into them when they stop suddenly in front of the door. Man 1 unlocks the door and Man 2 walks in afterwards. I discreetly walk over to the small window in the door, it even has bars to it.

I nearly give myself away with a gasp. My babies! I watch as Man 1 approaches Leif who is stuck in a daydream, Noah distracts him and is rewarded with a punch to the gut. Man 2 however is leering at Melody, I can see all the boys straining at their restraints. Oliver who is closest manages to kick him by literally throwing his body into the air. Man 2 now is looking at Oliver with murder in his eyes. He puches him without restraint until Man 1 pulls him off.

The bastards! Once I get my hands on them, I will gouge their eyes out and force them to eat it. Cut off their manhood and make them eat that. I will then let them slowly bleed out before strapping them to an electrocution chair to kill them. Or maybe I will hand them over to Aleksandr and Alexei. No, Ace and Ryder could have them first. I swear I will let them die a very painful death.

Lost in my thoughts, I nearly don't notice the two Men attempting to leave the room. I jump out of the way and into the shadows. Again, the two idiots don't notice. They are too busy complaining. I listen into their conversation and their topice of choice has me wanting to murder them right there.

"Boss won't care if the little girl isn't a virgin anymore," Man 2 complains.

Man 1 shakes his head, "He said that he was the only one allowed to touch them. We are already disobeying by punching them, no sex."

Man 2 grumbles, "Why not? I can tell the little girl wants it. Do you see the eyes she throws at me?"

I stop paying attention, I needed to focus on not losing control. You know what I will do to him. I will give him to Aleksandr first, then Ryder, then Ace and I will finally kill him. He will pay for even considering to touch my daughter. It is not alright, I will even let my family get a go at him. No one will be able to find an identifiable part of his body once I am done with him.

Imagining in detail their murders calm me and soon enough, we are back outside the first hidden door/wall. The two men walk away, but not before I memorize their faces. I will find them again and I will kill them in the most painful ways known to man.

I am forced to use the same window to exit. I want to avoid attracting attention. Every fiber in my being is saying to go back and get my kids, but I can't. There is more likely sensors and video cameras. Also, I only have my motorcycle and ten kids won't fit on it.

I rush down to where I hid my ride and break I don't now how many speeding limits going back to Ace's house. I use the same ramp as earlier and I arrive at break-neck speed in front of the house. I need to tell Ace to take down the ramp. It is way too easy to get in that way. 

I park my ride and storm inside. I stop short in the living room because staring back at me are nine face tied up and looking pissed. I look over to Chloe in question.

She shrugs, "They tried to escape too many times. This was the last straw. I am pretty sure Ace wants to hire them."

Speaking of the devil, Ace walks in and I give him a look, "This is not what I imagined when I said any means necessary."

Like his sister, he shrugs, "It was the only full-proof way."

I sigh, "Untie them."

Ace's men do that as quickly as they can, staying as far away as possible. It seems my Team has made quite the impression. Good.

Owen gets up as gracefully as he can, "The warehouse?"

I nod, "The kids are there behind a fake wall. I also need to plan the most painful murder."

Sean looks at me, "Why?"

I have sour taste in my mouth, "One of the men was getting a little handsy with Melody and if there wasn't another man, he would have raped her."

The look on everyone's faces is scary enough. Even Ace's men look pissed. Everyone knew Mel, she was their little angel. No one touches their little angel.

Ace promises me, "I'll organize something with Ryder, Rocky, and Aleksandr. He will pay."

I smile sadly, "Good, now we need to go now."

It was time to get the kids back.

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