I don't own anything, but the Red Wolf Society and all of its members.

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Til The End Ch. 2

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Brady Pub

Caroline Brady smiles as the group enters, she was glad that Hope and her friends had been able to talk Mac into leaving the Dujo, so few people could accomplish the task this days. Leaving her position behind the bar she goes to greet the women.

"Good Afternoon, Girls." Caroline smiles at the group and lets her gaze lingers on Mac, and releases a sigh of relief when the object of her stare winks at her. " Got a table for you in the corner." Caroline took Mac's hand and began to lead to the table in the booth at the far end of the pub, as requested by Hope. " I'll be right back with some tea." With that said Caroline pushes Mac into the booth and turns to leave.

"Whoa." Mac voice causes Caroline to turn around with a questioning look on her face. " I don't drink tea, how bout pot of coffee."

"Sure Decaf, on its way." Caroline doesn't wait for confirmation as she heads back into the kitchen.

Mac settles herself into her seat and ignores the smirks on the faces of her companions. There were three people in the world that could weren't at all impressed or intimidated by Mac Red Wolf, one of them was Caroline Brady, the other two were Nancy Wesley and Alice Horton, no matter what she did, they seem to treat her like a small child that needed to be taken care of.

" I don't like Decaf." Mac mumbled under her breath, knowing that it was pointless to bring up Caroline wouldn't get her real coffee, she was lucky she wasn't being forced to drink tea.

"Aw poor baby." One of the reasons Hope picked the Brady pub was that Caroline could put Mac in her place, and a flustered Mac was easier to persuade. "I'm sure we can find a way to appease you somehow Mac." Hope gives the glaring girls her best smile, and tires not to wave when the girl narrows her eyes.

"Besides Caffeine is not what you need." Jennifer didn't even look up, she knew she couldn't handle Mac's glare.

Mac began to switch her focus from Hope to Jen and Greta decided to jump in. "She's right, you just about killed your recruits, and I don't want to know what happened with guys you throw through the window."

"I'll have you know, that those recruits have bee slacking all week, and deserve more then I gave." Caroline returns and drops of the pot of tea and a cup of coffee. When Mac raises an eyebrow the small woman just shakes her finger at her and walks off. "Why do we come here anyway, the service is seriously lacking." She runs a finger through her hair and pick up her coffee, taking a sip she grimaces, but turns to look at Greta." And those guys were thugs, trying to shake me down for protection money." She laughs at the memory and looks around the table. "Can you believe that, offering ME protection."

Jennifer begins laughing as does Hope and Greta tries unsuccessfully to scold them for encouraging her. "Guys, it's not funny, you're encouraging her."

"It's funny, everyone in town knows who Mac is, and there are rumors all over the town that she's a mercenary, several of them started by Mac herself." Hope shrugs her shoulders. "Why does a mercenary need protection."

"Never mind that, it's pointless." Greta knew when she was beaten, and they had more important things to do. " We had an ulterior motive for asking you to lunch Mac."

"No, really." Mac doesn't even try to hide the sarcasm.

"We want you to come to dinner with us at Tuscany, this Saturday."

"HELL NO." Mac pulls her self up and steps over the back f the booth finding an escape. "No way, no how."

Hope steps in front of the fleeing woman. "It's not about you, it's about Chloe."

Mac grimaces knowing that once again they found a weakness.

Tokyo, Japan

"Mr. Black." The small red head knocked softly on the door, and leaned her head in. "Mr. Black, I checked your mail."

" Come in Joan." The man remained unmoving at the window enjoying the city skyline.

"Mr. Black, it was just the usual expect for an invitation to a party in Salem."

" What kind of party."

"A surprise party for a Mac Red Wolf at someplace called Tuscany this Saturday."

Brady moves from around the desk and takes the invitation form the woman's hand, and reads it, and then rereads it. He read it several times and it said the same thing someone was throwing Mac a birthday party. A smile crosses his face, and he looks at the woman.

"Get the jet ready, I'm going to a party." Brady walk back over to the window, and smiled, this party was sure to be fun and entertaining. Brady couldn't even imagine the person crazy enough to throw Mac a surprise party.

Somewhere over Illinois

"Stop looking so nervous." The man besides her took her hand rubbed reassuringly. "I'm sure things will work out."

Chloe looks at her companion and shakes her head, obviously he never tried to get Mac to do something that she didn't want to do." Mac is wild, unpredictable, and very dangerous, and not at all logical these days."

"My God, you make her sound like a wild lion." He laughs at the expression of seriousness on her face. " She is only a woman, granted she has a more colorful past then any other woman I have ever known, but she is still just a woman."

" Have you even paid attention to the papers my sister has sent." Chloe took out the paper that Jennifer had sent her, and searches the paper until she finds the section called crime line. "Here it is right here." Chloe points to the section of the paper where the crime line reports a mugging where the thief was later hospitalized. "That was Mac."

"Mac was mugged."

"No, Mac happened upon the mugging and hospitalized the mugger."

"So, why are you throwing a for a this wild lion."

"Because she has spent a lot of time protecting me, and just being a really good friend, she like my sister, and she needs this party."   

 "Then stop working about this, I'm sure that Jennifer and company can get her there."

"Thanks Jason, I need to be assured."

"Anytime, now buckle up I think we're ready to land."