Ultimate Betrayal 3 chapter 28
"Tiffany?" Tempest asked, not getting a response. It was fairly dark and it was almost hard to see up ahead of her but Tempest thought she could see her lying on the ground. There was no answer. "Tiff!" She yelled once more. Jordan looked at Tempest, now concerned as well. "Stay here and hold onto this branch until I get back, ok?" Tempest asked, breathing a little bit faster.
"Okay, just go make sure she's okay." Jordan nodded, grabbing onto the little branch that had grown sideways off of the cliff. She would be okay holding onto if she kept her position still, it wasn't that sturdy of a branch but it would hold her for a minute or two.
"I mean it, don't try to get down on your own. You'll end up snapping your neck with that leg of yours. Just stay put." Tempest pointed to her as she began to negotiate the slippery muddy way down. There were a few rocks that went rolling before her, making her almost lose her footing. "Shit, Tiff, you okay?" She asked, sliding the rest of the way down in a panic. At the bottom of their destination, there was Tiffany. She was passed out cold in the mud, almost face first. Tempest picked up her limp body and shook her.
"She okay?" Jordan called, resisting the urge to try to make it down herself. She knew Tempest would kill her but she didn't really care about that, it was more important to find out if Tiffany was okay or not.
"Didn't I tell you to stay up there until I came to get you?" Tempest asked, trying to sound annoyed with her. Truth was, she was glad Jordan had made it halfway down here on her own, they really needed to concentrate on stopping a car and making the however long drive back to where they wanted to be more than anything.
"Since when have I ever listened?" Jordan asked, biting her lip in lieu of complaining about her leg bothering her. She was determined to not whine and this time she was feeling pretty good about achieving that goal.
"Yeah, you're about as good as what Ice is." Tempest complained, her legs straddled and planted in the mud to keep her balance as she leaned up to reach out to Jordan.
"Then I must be pretty damn good." Jordan retorted, not smiling. She was too busy concentrating on how to get down this hill without adding anymore injury to her body. "Is Tiff okay?" She asked yet again.
"Yeah, she passed out. The girl will be fine once we get her home and get her some food and sleep." Tempest said, praying she was right. She didn't want Jordan stressing anymore than she already was.
"Tiff,
you okay?" Jordan asked, breathing hard once she finally made it
down the mountain side.
"I'm fine, girl. No worries."
Tiffany smiled weakly, wishing she felt better. Things kept spinning
and she was feeling like her whole body was nothing but jello at this
point.
"Here's the plan, you two go sit behind that rock over there. I'm going to flag down the next car and then we'll get back to the guys and then we can worry about how I'm going to annihilate that wench once and for all." Tempest said, cracking her knuckles.
"Okay." Tiffany nodded, getting up to head over to the rock. Jordan put her arm around her and started to help her over there.
"Hey J." She called, making Jordan turn around and look at her.
"Yes?" Jordan asked curiously.
"This time, stay put. Or I'll really kick your ass. All I wanna do is get the hell outta here and if you get up to come help me, I'm going to be hella pissed. Are we clear?" She asked, almost in a scolding tone. Jordan nodded, not saying a word. She knew when to joke and when not to joke with T and T.
"How's your leg?" Tiffany asked, feeling like it was an effort just to talk. She kept her eyes closed and helped her not feel so nauseous.
"It's fine." Jordan said, sitting in the dirt as best as she could. This wasn't a popular area and travelers came few and far between.
"It's okay to be in pain, you know. We know you're not super woman." Tiffany said, holding her stomach now.
"Yeah, I know. But I'm fine. I'm just worried about you." Jordan said, looking at how bad her bestfriend looked. She was a bundle of nerves and she knew Tiffany could tell it. She tried not to think about the fact that next car that came over the hill before the hill they were on could be the evil twin of Tiffany and things could still go badly.
"It's show and go time." Tempest muttered to herself, giving one last and final stretch as she heard a car in the distance. She let her hair down and stood up. She rubbed her eyes and
made them look red, although she was sure they probably already looked like hell. She stuck out her thumb and prayed the car would stop and fall for her act.
"You in some trouble?" A man stopped on the highway beside Tempest as she leaned down on his window.
"Oh thank goodness. My car is broke down a few hills that way, would you mind helping me get it started?" She asked innocently, batting her eyes.
"No problem, hop in." The guy said, turning on his hazard lights for precaution.
"Actually, why don't you get out?" Tempest asked after he pulled over more to the side and leaned over to clear out his passenger side of the seat for her.
"Huh?" He asked, turning back to her. He was now facing the barrel of Tempest's silencer and looked at her stunned.
"You heard me. Get out." She ordered, nodding at the side of the shoulder of the road. "It's your life or your car, you chose." She ordered, getting ready to cock the gun.
"Okay, okay, you can have my wallet, my car, anything you want. Just please don't kill me, I have three kids." He said, his face an ashen white.
"Good for you." Tempest retorted coldly, nudging him further to the edge of the cliff. "I have to do this for your own good. You want to live and you asked for it, so deal." She said as she talked with the rope in her mouth, holding his hands with one hand and the gun in the other. She moved quickly to keep the situation from going in his favor. In no time, she had him tied up.
"Please don't kill me." He begged, staring in her hardened cold eyes.
"Oh, I'll let you live just because I'm feeling nice but if you even think of trying to report us, you're three kids will die. I will be able to trace your name and everything down so you better think smart before you do something stupid. They'll find you eventually but when they do, I'll be out of this fucking state and long gone. But I'll have people around here watching so remember to not say anything too stupid. I'd hate to have to tell those kids of yours how stupid their dad was before I killed them." Tempest growled. "See ya." She knocked him to the ground by hitting him in the back of the knees with her foot. Then she kicked him down the small ravine of the road into a dark deep ditch. It would at least be morning before he was found, giving them enough time to get where they needed to get to safety.
"I hope she's okay." Tiffany mumbled to Jordan, sounding very sleepy.
"Let's go girls." Tempest called out, getting in and adjusting the seat of the car. Tiffany and Jordan came hobbling over. Jordan helped Tiffany in the front seat and she jumped in the back.
"J, where were the boys and you at?" Tiffany asked, leaning her head back on the seat and closing her eyes.
"Some big mansion. I don't know, I didn't get to see how I got there." Jordan said, sounding panicked that she didn't know where to tell the girls to go to.
"Describe the place for me." Tiffany said as Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire started to play on the radio.
"This fool only has country shit." Tempest complained, throwing out the CD's as she drove.
"Add this one to it." Tiffany leaned over as she looked through the glove box and handed Tempest another CD. She took the registration and the title and folded it up and put it in her bra for safe keeping in case they needed to know where to go looking to keep Tempest's promise.
"It was like this old looking haunted house. Way out in the woods. Like WAY out." Jordan said, hoping that Tiffany would know where it was.
"Did it look like gothic? Was the furniture inside antiquish and gothic looking?" She asked, fighting to keep her eyes open.
"Yes! Yes, you are right!" Jordan said, sitting up excitedly.
"Okay, Temp. It's three hours away and we can't get there fast enough. You know that place Ice and I bought under the name Brandy Rum and Jose Daniels? That's gotta be where they are at." Tiffany said, holding her head and leaning her elbow on the window.
"Why did you buy it under those names?" Jordan asked, confused. Tempest and Tiffany laughed at her confusion.
"J, come on. You can't be that blonde, can you?" Tempest teased.
"Those are drinks, get it. Jose Cuervo, Brandy, Rum, Jack Daniels? We were drunk when we bought the place and thought they were good aliases." Tiffany said, smiling at the memory.
"You know Tiff, you said I couldn't get there quick enough, well lookie at what Mr. boring Corporate man that met his match has in his car." Tempest smiled like she had just won the lottery.
"Nice, a radar detector. Let's hit it." Tiffany said, feeling grateful to the person that had invented radar detectors. Now they would be able to speed without worry of getting pulled over and they would know if a cop was anywhere in the vicinity of them. She checked the settings to make sure the warning was on the maximum number of miles out so that they were completely covered.
"You don't gotta tell me twice." Tempest said, her foot already on the floorboard. She was loving the feel of being behind the wheel again. There was no better feeling. She looked over at Tiffany, who was dozing. She looked at Jordan who was staring out the window, looking deep in thought. "It's almost over." She smiled at Jordan when she looked up. Jordan nodded with a smile. "You got your story ready for when Ice wants to know where his money and his car are?" She asked, wiping Jordan's smile right off of her face. Tempest couldn't help but laugh at her reaction. Tiffany slapped Tempest, making her laugh all the more.
"Be nice and drive." She smiled as she scolded Tempest.
"You know he's going to want to know what the hell she did with them." Tempest muttered under her breath.
"I'll cross that bridge when I come to it." Jordan replied, wondering what he would have to say to her. She had already been on such thin ice with him in the first place. She shivered and began to get tired. She fought her eyes closing and finally gave in to the sleepiness. She laid back in the seat and felt safe for the moment. Tempest played with the radio station until she found something decent to listen to and began to sing under her breath as she drove.
A/N: So it's been about a week but I'm still here. Just have had a short vacation. Please review if you want to know what is going to happen, it's not over yet! You know me and my love of drama! Thanks to all of you that did review and hope to see some more! Love, Cheer
