Chapter 3: The Mansion is on Lockdown

If you read my edited chapters 1 and 2, the rest of the story won't make any sense as I have yet to edit them. I will continue editing them as soon as possible.

Raiden's POV

I shut my bedroom door once I'm out, and  walk down the hallway seeing maids on my way bowing their heads when I walk by. I turn right and walk down the corridor and open a door at the end of the hall that leads to the basement. Once I'm down I spot my guard, Drake, and make my way towards him.

"Drake where's the girl?" I asked looking at the cells but the curtains are blocking my view from looking in.

"Cell 23, Sir" He said surly. I nod my head and make my way down.

I hear chattering until it all stops one by one once they hear footsteps, I face cell 23 and hear giggling until its stopped by someone making a 'shh' noise.

"Emery be quiet, someone's coming" A manly voice whispered.

"Do you think it's Drake?" A women asked, thinking it's probably Drake.

  'I got to get her document soon' I thought.

"No no I think it's probably Raiden" He guessed.

"How do you know?" She asked in a scared voice.

"Cause I heard the chain he keeps around his neck." He exclaimed.

Hearing enough I grab my set of spare keys and unlock the cell.

"He's coming!" She concluded.

I push the curtain aside and saw her wrapped in a blanket on the bottom bunk with a man on the top bunk staring at me. They both went quiet, I pointed at her and motioned her to follow me. She got up slowly and turned around saying something in the man's ear and followed me.

I lead her to my office, I sat at my desk and she stood there quietly not knowing what to do.

"Sit" I ordered her, she complied and sat opposite of me. I looked at her for a minute not doing anything, she squirmed under my gaze then put her head down, I breathed in and picked up my office phone and dialed Kade, my gang tech specialist.

"Yeah Kade I need you to get a document on....Hold on a sec." I interrupted

"Full name" I demanded.

"Um.....E..Emery Den..t..ton." She stuttered.

"On Emery Denton" I finished

"Okay I'll bring the file up once it's done printing" Kade concluded.

I hung up the phone and waited for her to do something, to at least move, but she looked down at her lap. I was getting agitated.

"Look at me" I ordered. She didn't, it looked like she was trying to pull herself together.

"When I'm speaking to you, you look at me!" I growled angrily.

She looked up slowly, she had a pool of water in her emerald green eyes. She looked me in the eyes and a tear drop slipped out and onto her cheek, before I could say anything Kade walked in carrying a thin file.

"Here you go Raiden, there's not much though" He then walked out.

I opened the file and was greeted by her senior high school photo, She looked ...happy with her green eyes lighting up and her pearly white teeth smiling at the camera. Her smile was genuine, not fake at all. I flipped the page, with only a couple pages left, Kade was right there's not much. I start to read what I have.

Emery Denton

DOB: April 21st, 1995

Hair color: Red

Eye color: Green

Weight: 113

Height: 5'5

Age: 21

Middle name: May

Sibling(s): Brother: Jonah August Denton

Parents: Elena Kimberly Denton; Jason Jonah Denton

I turned the next page to see information about her family.

Parents died in car accident on August 8th of 2015 with daughter in the car.

Daughter survived and spent weeks in St. Anthony's Hospital.

Guardian is her brother Jonah Denton who had financial problems with their parents saved money, bank kicked them out of their house, soon both siblings moved to Blackdale Valley and rented a small apartment on 321 Weston Rd.

Brother soon got killed with a bullet to the heart yesterday on March 11th, 2016.

Daughter, Emery Denton has worked six jobs in the last three months, four jobs were at different places which she quit because of harassment. Two jobs were at cafe's working as a waitress, soon to be fired from both because of her tardiness and depression.

Emery Denton soon went missing the day her brother was killed.

The rest of the pages were hospital bills and passport signings. My eyebrows raised up from shock to see the job reports and how much jobs she worked at in just three months. Jonah was right she was the only family he had left, now she's alone. A pang of guilt struck me in the heart once I soon realized that, but I just passed it off as heartburn seeing as I never feel guilty.

"How did the car crash?" I asked in a strong voice.

She looked up at me and shock and stopped twisting her fingers together. "Um.... by a s..semi tru..uck which wa..s stolen and driven by a dr..runk driver." She stuttered on the verge to tears.

A semi truck! It's big enough that it should of killed all of them.

"How'd you survive?" I questioned.

"I st..t..ill don...'t kno..w myself, someone pulled me out." She said unsure.

I dropped the subject and told her what needed to be done.

"Okay as you can tell everyone works around here and I'm the one who gives them their jobs, They usually get two jobs or more depending on how long it takes to do the job," I said.

"I'm sure you've heard some say that their slaves. Sure I treat them like that, but they also get paid, and only have one day a week off of work, which they can get out of this mansion and go around town." I stated surprising her.

Her eyes lit up so I continued, "They always come back to this mansion because they dare not run away, because they can't or else I'll kill them. So it's not that bad here, once you get your salary by the end of the month you can buy clothes, but until then you can borrow some loaners." I suggested.

"There is no dress code here, now you're job is to help Harley, the cook, in the kitchen. She's worked here since I was a child so she'll show you the ropes in the kitchen. You'll help her prepare for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Now you're second job is to help Layla in the garden, you'll see why the garden needs attention." I finished.

My phone started ringing.

"You're dismissed," I mumbled.

After she left I picked up the phone aggravated, only to see it's Graham.

"Hey man, you talk to the girl yet?" He wondered.

"Yeah I figured out her name is Emery," I told him.

"Great! I hate calling her 'the girl,'" He chuckled.

"Why'd you call Graham?"

"Well I'm at Emery's apartment to get her belongings like you asked, and I found something interesting," He exclaimed.

"What did you find?" I asked curious.

"I found a gun under her mattress," He said curiously.

"Man, she probably has it for protection, she does live in a bad part of town," I groaned growing agitated.

"I know man, I'm not stupid. I'm saying one of the bullets are missing, and on the tip of the gun there's some residue that proves it's been fired before." He said.

"Are her fingerprints on it?" I questioned knowing that Graham carried a fingerprint kit around. I know it's weird but I guess he took Emery's fingerprints while he carried her to Casey. I never ask.

"Yeah and only hers." He concluded.

"Okay I'll look into." I promised.

We both hung up the phone, I got up and walked out of my office, walking down the corridor the turning left to walk down stairs. I took a right turn but stopped when I see Emery sitting against the wall waiting for something or someone.

I walk towards her and stopped right in front of her. She looked at my boots then slowly started looking up and when she meet my eyes her green orbs grew big, she looked down and answered my unasked question.

"I got lost." She said ashamed.

I quietly chuckled.

"Here I'll lead you to the kitchen." I offered while she looked at me in shock.

"O..Okay," She slowly got up and followed me down the hallway then turned left and went down the stairs to the first floor, I rounded the corner and opened the big double doors.

It was a large space with three big breakfast tables, white marble floor with a creamed color wall, behind the tables were counters with bar stools under them, behind the counters was a drink machine next to it were cups, straws, and napkins. Beside all that was another set of double doors.

I looked at her with her jaw dropped, I smirked and shoved her towards the other set of double doors which leads to the large kitchen.

"I have things to do, once you walk in there you'll get situated with Harley. And Layla will be here at breakfast to show you the garden once breakfast is over," She nodded and opened the double doors then closed them.

Before I walked out I heard Harley scream and say "Come in child! I finally have my own little personal helper!" I smiled and opened the doors only to be greeted with Mackenzie.

Mackenzie is my fourth in command, she is the only girl in my gang.

"Hey my brother from another mother!......and father." She said excitedly not even bothering to show that her greeting backfired.

"Why are you so excited?" I questioned genuinely curious.

"Cause I heard you brought a girl in!" She smiled.

"So?" I asked "I always do."

"No this one's different you have enough workers here you don't need another one, you could've just sent her someplace else but you didn't. I can tell you're curious about her," She concluded nosily.

"And who told you that?" I asked hoping Graham didn't say anything.

"Graham," She answered simply. Just my luck.

"Great." I said sarcastically.

"Isn't it? Now where is she?" She asked totally not picking up on my sarcasm.

"In the kitchen with Harley." I answered.

She jumped and headed that way, that's when I noticed a pair of clothes in her hand.

I turned around, "Hey what are those for?" I asked pointing to the clothes.

"They're for Emery for the day until Graham comes back with her belongings," She replied turning back around and continuing to her destination.

I turned around and walked towards the front door with my keys to my green challenger hellcat in hand.

I get in my car and put it in drive. Driving out of the gates while the guards bow their heads at me, I start driving towards the airport to pick up Duncan, my third in command.

Once there I look around to see no sign of Duncan, I decide to call him. He finally picked up on the fourth ring.

"Where are you man?" I questioned.

"I'm by the white pole." He replied.

I look around. "There are white poles everywhere!" I shouted.

"I know dude I'm gonna show you where I am." He said. I swear I can picture he has a smirk on his face.

"Okay you see the entrance, now look to the left, and you see the first white pole now..." He directed mumbling some numbers.

"Now count down eleven poles starting from the first left pole," He directed one again.

I counted down to where he said he was and to no surprise he wasn't there.

"Man you're not there!" I shouted.

"No dude my left!" He shouted.

"How am I supposed to know your left if I don't know where you're standing!" I screamed getting aggravated.

"Okay from my left which means to you the RIGHT pole!" He said emphasizes the 'right'.

"Geez man I can't believe it takes this long just to pick you up from the airport," I said once I spotted him.

I drove over, and he got in the car while I hung up the phone.

"I know right, I'm so awesome!" He exclaimed.

"How was California?" I asked

Duncan went to California to see his pregnant sister, she demanded for him to come, she can be really scary when pregnant... even I'm scared of her.

"Not good. She always ordered me to get her food, fluff her pillow, and rub her feet. She was worse than you!" He exaggerates.

"I'd imagine." I said not wanting to feel his pain.

"So, I heard about this new house guest named Emery." He wiggled his eyebrows.

I groaned. Luckily my phone ringing saved me.

"Hello?" I answered. It was Mackenzie.

"Raiden there's a shooting here, the mansion is on lock down!"

Hey guys
I hope this chapter was much longer than the previous 2.
Raiden's mansion on the side>>>>>>

💕Izzy💕