Chapter 7
We quickly made our way to the docks in a van that Pooch stole. We quietly got ready before jumping out. I was about to go in my direction when I was pulled back and found Jensen was doing it.
"Please be careful," He said and I nodded. And with everyone there watching he leaned down and gave me the most passionate kiss we had ever shared. I was dazed when he pulled away. "Come back to me."
"I always do." I replied. That was our way of saying we loved each other. I took off into the night to my corner to do some scouting to tell everyone where the Chryo people were. From my corner I could see Jensen jumping and climbing with the best agility and I can't lie… it got me hot but I needed to focus. I saw someone pop up behind him.
"Hey!" He shouted.
"Jensen behind you!" I said into the com and the man immediately went down. "Thank you, cougar." I said and I heard a grunt that meant he heard me. I looked across the lot and saw Roque and Clay pull up to a building. "You guys are all clear over there, bro."
I barely got the words out before I heard someone coming around the corner.
"Well aren't you a pretty little thing?" The man in the Chryo uniform said and I internally laughed. He thought I was no threat so I could use this.
I let him get close before punching him in the nose then kneeing him in the gut. I turned my head and kicked backwards catching another guy in the gonads which made me laugh. I turned back just in time for a man to punch me in the face. I felt metal split my cheek open and knew the fucker was wearing a ring. I saw stars for a couple seconds before he got behind me and had my hands and throat.
"You're a feisty one. Let's get you with the others." He said and I felt panic flare in me. They knew we were here.
They took me in front of a container and made me kneel on the ground. A few minutes later, I saw Jensen coming around the corner. I saw his eyes harden at the gash on my cheek but I shook my head to let him know I was fine. Cougar quickly followed then Pooch was last.
"We have to wait for orders to see what the boss wants to do with them." One of the guys said and they gathered around a table and started playing cards.
"You okay," I heard Cougar whisper to me and I smiled and nodded.
"You should see their friends who aren't here. I'm totally fine compared to them." I replied causing the guys to chuckle. I looked to Jensen. "I love you." I mouthed and he nodded and mouthed it back to me. We never really said it often but if we were going to die I was going to make sure he knew it.
I don't know how long we knelt there but day broke and they finally moved us. The guy had me by my neck again walking me forward while my hands were tied behind my back. We saw Clay come out and being escorted to a vehicle.
"Roque," Was all he said and my eyes widened. He nodded to me and I nodded back or tried to until the guy's hand tightened on my throat. They walked us in front of a shit ton of crates and made us kneel.
"Down on your knees," One man said and the one that had a hold of my throat let me go and kicked me down. I saw everyone's eyes flash when they saw him kick me and I knew this wouldn't turn out well. They kicked Jensen down and then Cougar. They both looked at me when I propped myself up on my knees glaring at the men wondering which one I would kill first if I could just get the knife out of my bra.
Pooch refused to get on his knees and the man proceeded to shoot both of his knee caps. I screamed as I saw him go down. Cougar was as pissed as I was. The man who shot Pooch then tried to take Cougar's hat but he refused to let him take it until the gun was pointed at his head.
"I really don't care if there is a hole in it." He said and I glared.
"Give him the hat, Cougar. We'll get it back, trust me." I growled my eyes glancing down to Pooch. Then something caught Cougar's eye and I smirked when I saw Aisha standing there with a rocket launcher.
"That's a bad ass chick," Jensen said and I turned my face to him and gave him a "seriously?" look. I would deal with him later but my first priority was making sure myself and his dick didn't get blown to smithereens when she fired it.
The rocket then proceeded to a gas chamber distracting the men giving me enough time to yank my knife out of my bra as I stood and kicked one of the men in the face. I saw the man who shot Pooch and right before he could pull the trigger I threw the knife, still handcuffed, into the femoral artery in his thigh.
"Don't take it out, you'll bleed to death." I smirked as I saw the guys finishing off the rest. "On second thought, that's my favorite knife." I walked over and pulled it out. "See you in hell, fucker." I turned to see all the guys staring at me.
"Is it bad that gave me a hard on?" Jensen asked and I rolled my eyes trying not to burst out laughing while the others just rolled their eyes before I turned to see Clay walking towards us. I nodded to him before taking a gun and cocking it. I smirked when he nodded back.
"Let's do this." I said and everyone nodded with me. I then dropped the gun and took off the top half of my body armor leaving me in a navy blue tank top. "It's way too heavy for me to move right." I explained when Clay scowled at me before we took off. Jensen and Cougar helped Pooch as I followed behind them for cover fire. I turned my gun when I heard someone walk up behind me but immediately lowered it when I saw Clay. "Hey, jerk wad." I smiled when he ruffled my hair.
My gun immediately went back up when I saw Aisha come up behind my brother with a gun pointed at him.
"Clay!" She shouted and her forehead was right in my sight as my finger barely put pressure on the trigger. "Did you kill him? My father found out about Max's real plans. He was going to stop him."
"Oh is that why he held a knife to a kid's throat you slut?" I spat at her right before Cougar's hand rested on my shoulder silently telling me to calm down. She barely spared me a glance.
"Did you kill him?" She asked again and my brother nodded.
"Yes. Aisha, he was a bad man." He said but she interrupted him.
"It doesn't matter!" She screamed and my finger tightened on the trigger.
"I know. You can kill me right now." I looked at Clay with wide eyes before training my gun back on her. "Or you can help me do what you need to do. Either way, I get it."
"But if you pull that trigger," I growled low in my throat. "You won't get near Max because I'll put three into your skull without blinking, bitch."
She suddenly pointed her gun in between us and shot three men who came around the corner. I turned around then put my gun down when I didn't see anymore.
"Let's go get Max." She said and we all agreed.
"Wade said boat so that means we are at the docks." Clay said looking down. "Pooch, can you stand?" I snorted trying not to laugh at the inevitable answer.
"Oh, oh this is stupid question day!" He said and I laughed at that. "This is stupid question day and no one decided to tell me. No, that's cool. That's awesome." He finished reaching up.
"Come on, legless Pooch," Jensen said and I giggled lightly at the nick name. "I got you." He picked him up and threw him over his shoulder and I rolled my eyes. He walked away but I pulled him back and kissed him.
"Come back to me." I said and he smiled down at me.
"I always do." He said before I smacked Pooch's ass.
"Let's do this!" I repeated running off hearing Pooch's shout in the background.
"Do that again, I'll kill you, Amanda!" I had to laugh as they all faded away as I found a van for us to use.
"Over here!" I shouted and they made their way over and we all jumped in. Cougar drove while Clay wrapped Pooch's knees and we all checked our guns loading them. Cougar drove straight through the gate. "Here comes the fun part." I laughed as they started shooting the van and we all piled out.
We waited for them to stop firing and reload before we jumped out firing at everyone.
"I got Roque! The rest of you get Wade. Cougar, run point cover!" I heard my brother shout as he ran for the plane.
"Legless Pooch and I are on it!" I heard Jensen yell and rolled my eyes following them.
"I'm right behind you!" I shouted giving them cover fire my anger building with every man that came at us.
"Call me legless Pooch again; you're going to be headless Jensen." Pooch said and I laughed.
"As long as it's not his dick. I need that in the future." I laughed at Jensen's face after I said that as I checked my gun again.
"I think it's a cool name!" Jensen defended himself. "It makes you sound like a pirate." I just shook my head as we took fire.
"Your mama's a pirate!" Pooch said as Jensen and I ran for Wade.
"Guys go! Run!" Pooch shouted at us and boy did we run.
We ran across the lot of crates firing at Wade before coming to a stop behind a crate out of breath.
"Why can't I shoot while running?" Jensen said complaining.
"Because then it wouldn't be any fun, baby." I said smacking his ass going around him just in time to see Wade fly by us on a Ducati. "Son of a bitch!" I shouted before running not even hearing Jensen calling my name stopping when I saw a plane behind Clay and Wade at his front and both were closing on him fast. I quickly crossed my fingers hoping the shot wouldn't miss.
"Take him," I heard Clay say in my ear and I watched as Cougar took the shot which hit the Ducati's gas tank throwing Wade into the engine shredding him before the Ducati slammed into the plane causing it to explode. I cheered before Jensen's voice rained into my ear.
"Clay we have a problem. I'm looking at a giant vibrating Easter egg from hell and no Max." I cursed when I heard that before Clay and I turned to see Max climbing some stairs and he nodded at me before we both headed that direction.
"We got him, Jensen." I said.
"We? What do you mean we?" Jensen said into my ear. "That better mean you have a mouse in your pocket and you are not going with Clay."
"Sorry baby but my brother needs backup. Go look for a car to get us out of here." I then turned off my side of the com link as we climbed the stairs. We saw him on his cell phone and he couldn't seem to get a signal.
"What's the matter?" Clay asked and I finished for him.
"Got a shitty signal?" I moved up beside Clay ready for anything until we saw a helicopter try to fly in. We both fired on it causing it to leave. I smiled. "Looks like they abandoned you."
"That was my ride," Max said.
"Bummer," Clay retorted and I smirked.
"Clay is it? And you must be Amanda." He said.
"Colonel is more like it and you don't speak to her." Clay growled.
"So you know what this is then?" Max said and I gave him a slightly confused look before he held out a detonator.
"It's a remote pressure trigger," Clay stated.
"Very good," Clay said seeming to be impressed. "I release the button for ten seconds and everything goes boom. So since you can't shoot me…" He said right before my brother pulled the trigger and shot his shoulder.
My ears rang since the gun was right by my ear so I didn't hear the rest of the conversation with the ringing mixed with adrenaline rushing through my body but I did see Max throw the trigger off into the water causing both me and Clay to jump over.
Clay made a clean dive but I had turned to get a few shots off before throwing the gun but it became awkward when the strap caught on my arm before falling off so I was a half dive with one arm out. The pain was excruciating when I broke through the water. I surfaced gasping for breath and crying out in pain feeling like my arm had come off. I immediately felt Clay at my side pulling me to the shore with the remote control detonator.
The rest of the team quickly drove up in a yellow stretch Hummer and they jumped out.
"What happened?" Jensen demanded hearing my cries of pain running over with duct tape to tape the detonator down.
"I hit the water wrong…" Aisha ran to my side and looked at it.
"It's not broken but you'll have one hell of a bruise for a while." She smiled patting my cheek and I stood feeling dizzy from all the adrenaline knowing I would crash soon and sleep like a baby.
Jensen's cell phone rang and he answered it before throwing it to Clay. I walked over to him and straight into his arms not caring about the pain I had when moving my arm.
"You know it's not over." He said into my ear hugging me back.
"I don't care. It's over for now and that's all that matters." I replied before looking up and kissing him trying not to get carried away with the whole team there to see. He then helped me into the Hummer while Cougar took the wheel and Pooch still sat in the passenger side. I lay across the seat with my head in Jensen's lap and almost immediately fell asleep. It had been a long time since I felt this kind of peace and I'll be damned if I didn't enjoy it.