Chapter 8 – Foreboding


When Erin escorted Daniel and Rebecca out of the hotel room and to her rented car in the corner of the parking lot, it didn't garner any attention and that's the way she wanted it. Erin was confident that she wouldn't be pegged for the murder of her two captives, but the chances decreased almost to zero if there were no witnesses. For the most part they were cooperative, why wouldn't they be? They were Hunters. They knew that the first order of captivity was to cooperate with your captive, "Where do you on doing the deed? Is it somewhere quiet I suppose?"

Erin didn't answer her at first. She slammed the back door and opened the drivers door back up, it was quick and angry movement and it only went to show that Erin felt as though she needed to get out of there and out of there quickly, "You'd guess right, I've thought about it long and hard and I've decided that I'm going to play with my food before I eat it. You two will die, but you'll die when I decide that you can die."

"It was nothing personal Erin," Daniel began, "But what Jackie and the others were doing was just too horrible to watch."

"Daniel, the little bitch put a hit on kids, KIDS! There really isn't anything else to top that, and no matter how much my mother was torturing her, it was a million times more then what she deserved," Erin hissed back, pulling out of the parking lot and pulling back onto the main street of the town, "I don't care if you two have a thing for each other, I've warned you both at one point or another that if you do anything to harm my family, I will kill you. The both of you have pretty much racked up a large amount of debt, do here's where you pay up. Understand that?"

They tried not to show the fear that was now coming across their faces. They could instantly understand where she was coming from. In the Huntsclan, family was everything and they had miscalculated. This Miscalculation would cost them their lives and they only wished that they didn't have to wait for it. At this point in time, there was no escape from this moving car. Their wrists bound with steel wire and there was no way that they could make it out of this car without being hit with another one. They were dead, and Erin Hutchinson had made sure of that.


The Dragon Council had made sure to lower the 'shield' that was always around the Isle of Draco, it was for one purpose. A group of Blackhawk Helicopters were now approaching the exposed portion of the beach to pick up the President. Rose, Jake, Johnny and the President were standing around in a circle waiting for the helicopters to arrive, "Madam President, this is the Navy Seal Division of the Pacific Fleet. They're at your disposal and as of this moment, their number one priority is getting you to the USS Ronald Reagan safely and securely. The reason I'm telling you this is because they were the first guys to storm Hong Kong this morning. They've been through a lot today and I really think that it would do them well to have some recognition from you ma'am."

"Thank you, Agent Long," Jennie nodded and looked out over the ocean to the approaching quartet.

Rose, being caught up in the confrontation with her husband, turned back to him and motioned him to follow her. There were a few things that they needed to go over. It was one thing when you were dealing with CIA, but the Military was another ballgame. The Military was a lot more sensitive, it took everything personally and it never forgave anything. Rose had a good standing with the Military, she had worked with them on several cases before and she was liked by them, but the odd one out in this equation was her husband. She was going to vouch for Johnny, but she refused to do that with her husband and he was on his own, "There are a few things you need to know before you step foot on the helicopter Jake, the first thing, do ask any fucking stupid questions."

"Ok," He drawled, "And how am I supposed to know what's stupid?"

"Don't talk," She replied back with a bit of sarcasm in her voice.

"Har Har," Jake sneered and glared at his wife, "Is there something that you really wanted to say to me Rose?"

"Yeah, don't ask for any classified information and if you go anywhere that isn't the command center, you ask permission or you wait until Johnny and I can go with you. Otherwise the MP's onboard the Reagan will put a cap in your crown for mistakenly trying to find your way into the Missile Room," Rose said seriously, folding her arms over chest, "I can't stress this point enough to you dear, you stray from your designated place and they will shoot your ass. Your designated area is near me or Johnny. When the mission happens it's the command center. Remember you're only here because we appointed you as our designate to the Dragons."

Jake laid his hand over his chest, "And what make's you think that I can't defend myself."

"I'm not saying that," Rose smiled patronizingly, "But you versus 3000 Men with really big guns onboard a Nuclear Powered Air Craft Carrier is kind of slanted to them."

The former American Dragon whistled, "Thanks for the warning, I'll be sure to be as quiet as the grave."

"Good," Rose nodded, "And I'm sorry that I made a bitch out of myself, I've just been so fucking busy."

When she didn't say another word, Jake leaned forward quickly and kissed her. He chuckled at the expression her face and laid his forehead against hers while simultaneously placing his hands on the curve of her hips, "I know that you wouldn't let anything happen to the kids and I overreacted. I'll let you do what you do best and that means go and kick some Communist Ass. I'll make sure that the children are ok and everything will be just fine."

Rose smiled and reached up to wrap her arms around his neck, "I've been thinking, after this mission, I plan on leaving the CIA. I'll give it another month maybe, teach everything I know to Johnny and then I can retire and finally settle my ass down. It's been twenty years and I think I want to have some time to see our kids grow up."

He kissed her once more, "That's a perfect plan, but I think we need to get back to reality now. Your Helicopters are here."


"Thanks," Alyssa sighed as she adjusted her hair over her sweater.

Haley, Rachel, Liza, Daemon, Michael, Kailey and Luong were all there for her as she was preparing to leave. The Doctors hadn't recommended that she go right at that moment, but they also said that if she had left then it wouldn't pose any threat to her health, so she was going to hit the road. Her pants had been carefully placed around the cast on her thigh and she would have to wait until she got the wheelchair. It was a pain in the ass, but Luong had made sure in advance to get her a wheelchair to use until she could walk. Alyssa and Luong were very close. They were as close as if they were siblings. When Johnny wasn't around, Luong frequently looked after his cousin.

Smiling patiently at her family, she inched to the side of the medical bed and failed her limbs impatiently, "A little help!"

Luong smiled at her sheepishly before coming forward and wrapping his arms around his cousin's narrow waist, lifting her off of the bed and lowering her down into the wheelchair. She sighed irritably and brushed a strand of blonde hair out of her forehead, how the hell was she going to make it like this for the next few weeks? That's how long the doctors had given her to be an invalid, three weeks. She could have chosen crutches, but that would have been a pain in the ass to use. Wiping the sweat off of her forehead, she turned to her daughter that was present in the gaggle of people that were waiting for her next move, "Liza? Come here, I need to see you."

Her daughter smiled sheepishly and came to her mother, she buried her face in the crook of her mother's armpit, "I'm glad your okay mom."

"I know," Alyssa smiled and patted her daughter's head, "I'm glad I'm okay too."


Authors Note: I know nothing really big happened here, but it's a build up and we'll get there! I'm feeling a lot better now and I've had this burst of energy to write this!