A/N: I am so glad you guys like this story. At first I wasn't sure about it because the reviews were barely coming in. But I'm hoping that's because everyone's just busy.
This year has been extremely difficult for me as I've told you guys in almost every story that I'm currently doing. So, let me give you the cliff notes of this year in case you're wondering exactly why the updates have been so lacking.
The beginning of the year my older brother passed away, I was extremely sick and fell behind the first semester of school because it all happened at the same time. I broke my nose too around the same time & I also had to fight the post office for about 3 - 4 months to get them to pay two insurance claims.
Then, I lost my Medical insurance (around my birthday) due to the insurance company error (which I'm still trying to get back even though they've admitted it was their fault.) Then, when I was trying to sign up for the upcoming aka current semester the school told me they lost my records (I have to retake placement tests because of it & they charged me a late registration fee even though it was their fault it was late because they couldn't tell me what I needed to take until they fixed at least part of my record which they did after the enrollment date.)
Then, I chipped a tooth and I have to pay for that out of pocket since I don't have my insurance back yet and I was told that I would get a crown and it would cost almost 1 whole paycheck fix because I needed a crown. Then, I recently found out that my other brother has a gambling problem that he doesn't know that I'm aware of and he also got into some separate legal trouble. Lastly, (The most recent thing so far.) My employer is extremely greedy and decided to cut my hours and my pay, forcing me to look for another job right now since I can't make ends meet with this job anymore…So, things have been very stressful.
Honestly guys, there's some other bad stuff too. But, then you guys will be here all day reading what I've been going through. This year has a really tested my inner strength and I'll admit that I wanted to give up more than once this year because the year's not even over and I'm at the point where I'm wondering what else can the year do to me before it's over? I'm afraid to know the answer because I know it can dish out more before the year's over and I think I cannot take much more.
So, as you can see it's been very hard to write when everything looks so dark. But I'm trying…
Now, onto chapter 2…
Oh, one more thing. I put an extremely difficult Easter egg in the last chapter. The address that Bo went to is the actual address of where the filming location for the clubhouse is (The building they used as the clubhouse. The outside view of the building.) But, I wasn't thinking and put the wrong numbers down, I updated it to reflect the right numbers but it took more time than it should have to reflect the change. It was supposed to say 170 Villiers Street.
All errors are mine, thank you as always for your support!
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Lauren's POV – The Clubhouse – Living Room – 1 Hour Later
"She's stable. There's not much you can do for broken ribs besides letting them heal on their own and as they heal it's important to only do light activity. But, on the plus side her ribs are more along the lines of fractured and should take 6 weeks or less to heal. Also, her concussion is minor and she's not showing any symptoms that would not allow her to sleep so, she's sleeping right now. Now Vex…"
I quickly turned my general gaze between Kenzi and Vex on the couch, straight to Vex who was sitting on the couch with nervous body language. His arms were closed and he was avoiding eye contact with me by looking everywhere else but at me. "Who did this?"
Vex continued to look away, practically squirming in his seat. "Vex!" He jumped in his seat at the sound of my voice before he finally looked at me in defeat with a sigh.
"Look luv, it's not my place to-"
"Vex, I swear to God if you don't tell me who did this to my wife and why, then know this, the little balls that will be hanging from the Christmas tree this year will have a certain panache."
"Alright, Alright! I'm just trying to respect my best friend's privacy and what do I get? Threats against my junk. Typical."
"VEX!" Kenzi and I shouted at him in unison in frustration. "Start talkin' babe or LoLo will keep her promise."
Vex sighed once more as he leaned forward and spoke again. "SS, bring up Chance Rockwell." The large computer screen appeared in front of the couch as always and did as Vex requested.
"Dude, that guy looks hawt-" Kenzi immediately saw the glares from both her boyfriend and I, prompting her to change her tune. "I mean…he's not all that with his brown highlighted spikey hair along with brown eyes and his 6'2", WWE heavyweight wrestler body type. And, and that dark chocolate skin complexion is too perfect to be real and, and…"
Kenzi's poor attempt to save herself quickly ceased when she glanced between our blank stares. "…I should just shut up now, huh?"
We nodded at her in unison before the 3 of us turned our attention back to the holographic screen. "Anyway…now that Kenzi is done making me feel like an inadequate boyfriend. Chance Rockwell aka Rocky well, because he hits hard as Bo is living proof of, he is a former mercenary of several different entities and before he was a mercenary he was a highly decorated FBI field agent before he quit to become a killing machine. He is an expert in explosives, tracking, marksmanship and hand to hand combat."
"What's his relationship with my wife?" I asked as I continued to glare at his photo on the screen before I read the rest of his file next to his photo. The file moved whenever my eyes were near the end of the last paragraph. Gotta love the Smart Scroll feature.
"He taught her how to hunt, fight and kill…They've never had a romantic relationship or even a sex buddy type of relationship in case you're wondering."
"I wasn't." I retorted, probably a bit too harshly. "But thanks…" I glanced over my shoulder to give Vex an a apologetic look to which he nodded in understanding.
Glaring at this guy's photo makes me angry enough to ball up my fists before I decided to go out and visit all his favorite spots according to his file until I find the bastard that hurt my wife. "I'll be back. Watch over Bo for me until I get back. I'm going to go find Rockwel-"
"NO!" Kenzi jumped in my way with her arms stretched out to block my path in the blink of an eye before I could reach the door to exit. "You can't go looking for this guy all pissed off and irrational. You know that's a sure way to get yourself killed. So, you're not going anywhere."
"Kenzi, move out of my way. Now."
"She's right, pet." Vex quickly came to Kenzi's side to help her block my path while trying to calm me down. "Sorry luv, ya can't go."
I looked at both of them before I gave them a stern warning. "Get out of my way or I will make both of you get out of my wa-"
"Laur- Laur-en" I turned around towards Bo's voice only to find her heavily leaning against the staircase railing with her hands, trying to get to me.
I ran over to her side and helped her get to the couch since I knew she wasn't going to go lay back down. "You should be resting, sweetheart." Bo gave me a tight smile. "I'm- I'm fine. They're right, you can't go against Chance. I'll deal with him ri-"
Bo whinced in pain instead of finishing her sentence before she gave up and carefully laid her head against my chest as she leaned into me without irritating her ribs as much as possible. "Lauren, please don't go after him. I'm sorry I never brought him up before. It was just because I never thought I'd see him again. Please let me handle him."
I shook my head. "No, we'll handle him together. Promise me." Bo nodded, "I promise."
"BoBo, you feeling any better?" Bo answered Kenzi with a tight smile before she turned to Vex. "Vex, how's the suit?"
Vex left Kenzi's side to go grab the Shadow Assassin suit that I took off of Bo when she got here from her encounter with Chance. He picked it up from the floor where I tossed it earlier and brought it over to the rest of us to look at with him. "It's seen better days, besides from looking dirty and beat up some of it's tech needs to be completely replaced."
Bo nodded, "That works for me since I wanna add some upgrades to it anyway."
"Whatever ya want, pet. Just name it and I'll make it happen. All ya have to do in return is rest. Kenzi and I will give you guys some alone time. We'll go check on Jin for ya."
I watched the gothic couple leave with concerned eyes for both of us before I turned all my attention back to Bo. "Lauren, I'm okay I promise. The suit absorbed most of the impact like it was supposed to. Trust me, if I was just wearing anything else my injuries would have been a lot worse."
Bo cradled my face in her hands reassuringly before she placed a soft kiss on my lips. "I love you, Bo. So much."
Bo grinned at my decoration of love. "I love you too. I promise we'll figure this out together."
I nodded in agreement. "Together."
Several Days Later – Clubhouse – Living Room – Midnight
We've been staying at the clubhouse since Bo wanted to since her injury. She's been restless and has had me worried for days now since she's not sleeping very well. And tonight is no different, I woke up in our bed by myself, finding Bo downstairs looking at all the camera feeds in the city on the SS.
"Bo, what are you doing? Honey, it's midnight. What are you looking for on the SS feed? You should be resting."
"I've been looking for any more ninja sightings. I should have known that the ninjas were sent by Chance. He always did like to have his little team scout out his prey first. I should have known better. Why didn't I know better?"
"Bo, what's done is done. Come on, you need to rest." I took Bo's hand in mine and proceeded to take her away back upstairs and that's when we both him on one of the monitors, making us both pause and stare at his screen.
"I know you're looking for me. I know you have eyes everywhere. But, so do I Shadow Assassin. Rest up while you can because I'll be visiting you soon and more importantly, before I visit you...I'll be visiting your darling wife first."
