Vin heard Alec groan into the phone and his heart clutched. He knew then that he had now clue where Lexa was. 'Damn, what has that girl done now?' he thought to himself. Out loud he said "We need to find her before she does something stupid."
Alec agreed. "Give me a couple of minutes then I will call you back. I need to call OC and see if she is still with her." Alec hung up and dialed OC's pager. She called him back after five minutes.
"What the hell you been doing boo?" she demanded. "I tried to get a hold of you."
"Sorry, I was with Max. We have to go do something tonight."
"Whateva' we have a problem." OC said in a rush.
"Where is Lexa?"
"That the problem suga. She got all mad and now-" the line suddenly went dead. Alec frowned at the phone in his hand.
~!~!~
For the second time in the day OC looked up to see Lexa's hand on the hook disconnecting the line.
"OC, I told you everything is going to be all right. I'll give you the cash and you bet it on me. I beat the asses off a couple a guys and we make a profit. I get my anger out in a healthy way and we are straight." She gave a small smile. "Well, as straight as we each started out as."
"Boo, I don't think this is a good idea. At least let me call Max in case we run into some trouble."
"Max is the last person I want to see right now." she gestured to line beside the ring. "Look those are the guys I have to beat. Do you think that any of them have a chance against a revved up warrior worth millions of dollars? Really OC, it's going to be fine."
Original Cindy eyed the line critically. It consisted of four men. The first two were easily over six foot and looked strong. The next one was closer to Alec's height but looked heavier than him. The third had to be only a couple of inches taller than Lexa and was wiry. If Original Cindy hadn't know what Lexa was and seen what Max had been able to do she would have been seriously worried about now.
"Okay suga. Original Cindy is going to try and kick back but she ain't going to promise not to tell Max what we did." Lexa nodded knowing that was the best deal she was going to get.
~!~!~!~!
Alec dialed Vin's number and was surprised when he picked up the phone midway through the first ring. He must have been sitting right next to it.
"Yes?"
"Hey. I talked to OC. She's still with Lexa. She said she got mad and then the phone cut off."
"She must have come back while you were talking. If she was going to do something irrational she wouldn't want us to know." Vin mused.
"What would she do?"
"Well, she's acting threatened and what do we do when we are threatened?" Vin asked.
"We fight."
"Yes. We fight." he confirmed.
"So we have to find a ring where she would be fighting." Alec stated.
"Yeah. But there could be millions of the here underground."
"That's why I will put the word out for a couple of people I know to call if they hear about a girl with Lexa's description fighting tonight. The fights won't started until about nine anyway."
"Do it."
"Okay. I'll make the call. You stay home in case OC calls you. Max and I have to run an errand at dusk. I am going to go meet her now. If you hear from her call me." Alec told him.
"Okay."
Alec hung up the phone. He gathered the bag he would need for his job with Max tonight and walked out into the hall he locked the door to his apartment and pulled out his cell phone. He flipped through the phone book on the phone and pushed 'send' when he reached the number he was looking for.
"Yeah Roy? It's Alec."
"Well, I'll be damned." came the older sounding voice. "Haven't heard from you in quite a while. I have to say I miss doing business with you."
"Yeah, been kind of busy lately. Listen, I need a favor." He said almost impatiently. "I'm looking for a girl."
"Aren't we all? You know that I don't do that kind of business Alec." he said chuckling.
"No, a specific girl. A friend of mine, she's supposed to be fighting in a ring somewhere tonight but we don't know where. I want to find her before it all goes down."
"Oh, okay. Give me a description and I will put the word out."
"Well, she's medium height, brown hair and amazing eyes."
"What color?"
"Green, brown and golden. The colors seem to melt together. And she's got a toned body." he replied.
"You've got it bad man." the older man was laughing loudly. "Never thought I would see the day."
"I guess I do buddy. I guess I do."
"Okay I'll call you the minute I hear anything. If I find her you owe me one."
"I know." Alec said rolling his eyes. "Gotta go." and he hung up.
He made similar calls to three more people before pulling out of the parking lot.
~!~!~!~!
He parked a couple of blocks away from the dealership to be safe and walked quickly to the alley behind it. He met Max there.
"You're late." she hissed.
"I know. But I have a problem."
"Surprise, Surprise. What the hell have you gotten yourself into now?" Max asked sarcastically.
"Not me exactly. Your sister. Lexa. She's gone. Original Cindy called and got disconnected. Vin thinks she's going to get into a ring somewhere."
"Okay. So what are doing about it?" Max asked tensely.
"I have called a few people and if any of them hear about her they will call." He assured her.
"Okay. Give me your phone."
"Why?"
"So I can call Logan. Maybe he can find something out too." he handed it over and she called Logan. He promised he would do anything he could to help. Max snapped the phone shut and said. "Let's do this."
Alec nodded. He stood with his back to the wall of the dealership and laced his hands together bracing himself. Max took a few steps backwards then started running to him. She jumped slightly putting her foot into his hands and jumped while he pushed. Their combined efforts produced a velocity that was higher than she expected. She landed on the roof and rolled coming to a stop only when she hit a raised vent. She sat up and brushed herself off. She leaned against the wall on the roof and put her hand down. She glared at Alec who gave her an innocent 'Who me?' look.
Alec threw up the bag with the supplies and she caught it setting it beside her. Next she leaned down and Alec ran and jumped and caught her offered hand. She helped pull him up. "Jerk." she muttered and he only grinned.
They pulled the grating off the vent and slid into the duct. They crawled along the duct until they came to the ceiling of the dealership. They removed the tile and Max hung her head down. She surveyed the floor taking in the shiny bikes and two guards sitting in back. Apparently they were playing a card game.
She pulled back up and held up two fingers then made an L with her fingers and pointed to herself. Alec nodded. He moved to the next tile and lifted it. The quickly and quietly let themselves down, Alec pulling the bag with him. He dropped it on the ground and the thud it made startled the guards and made them look up. They both stood reaching for their guns. Max blurred towards the one on the left and pulled the gun from his hand. She unloaded it and threw the clip. She knocked him over the head with it. His eyes rolled into the back of his head.
She watched him go down. A loud shot brought her attention to Alec. The guard had got one round off and Alec kicked the gun from his hand. Max hit him with his partner's gun rendering him unconscious also. Alec looked at her and made a face. "Aww Max you had to take mine too?"
She rolled her eyes and said "Shut up and disarm
the alarm." He saluted her and said "Yes, Ma'am.
He grabbed the bag from the floor and headed to the alarm panel.
In moments the light turned green indicating it was off. "Done."
He walked over to where Max was standing. She was running her hand over a motorcycle that looked exactly like her "baby" except it was a more powerful model. "I've been thinking about upgrading."
"Well, tonight is about them so we can come back another time." Alec said laughing.
"What color do you think we should get them?" She asked.
"I am going to get Lexa red. It seems to be her favorite color, her shirts, socks, sheets. All red." he said wandering over to the next isle of bikes.
"You know what color her sheets are?" Max asked mischievously.
"Yeah well." Alec answered at loss for words.
"So what color should we get Vin?" she tried to ask casually.
Alec grinned. He had known she was interested in him. "Max, Max, are you trying to ask me what color his sheets are?"
"No! Shut up." she protested.
"I'm sure if you ask him he'll show you."
"Forget it." she said and moved to a green bike. She made a big deal of not looking at him.
"Blue." Alec said his grin getting even wider.
She moved to a blue bike without a word.
Alec walked to two red bikes that stood side by side. One was plain apple red, the other a bright shiny red with a black dragon down the side. He thought about the shirt she had worn at the club and smiled. This was her bike. He started to push it to the door. He looked over and Max had a dark blue bike. It looked almost black.
They left the bikes by the door and went into the office. They quickly located the proper keys as they started up the bikes. Alec could hear the guards start to come to. They roared to life and out the door. They were long gone by the time the sector cops could get there.
Alec's phone rang three blocks away from the dealership. They pulled into an alley and he answered. It was Roy.
"Hey, got a lead on that girl."
"Tell me." he demanded.
"Word is that she is at the gym in Sector three. Two Golds is the name."
"I think I know it. Down on Sussin right?" Alec asked.
"Right."
"I owe you pal." he said
"I know." Alec hung up with him and dialed Vin. When he answered he told him what he had heard about Lexa and told him to be downstairs when they got there.
When they pulled up Vin was standing outside. He looked ready for war. Max stepped off his bike and handed him the key. "Happy birthday." she told him. He looked at her confused for a moment then a pleased expression crossed his face.
"Thanks. It's my favorite color." he told her and looked at Alec. "You told her." He received a nod and Vin thanked him.
"No prob. Let's go get our girl and give her her new toy." He told him patting Lexa's cycle.
Vin slid on and Max got behind him holding on. Alec noticed how she scooted a little closer than necessary. They stopped and got Max her bike and headed to Sector three.
~ !~!~
Lexa sat on the floor between OC's feet. Original Cindy was braiding her hair in two french braids. She secured the braids close together at the base of her neck making sure it would cover her barcode.
"Suga, you got an hour before everything starts. Whatcha' gonna do?"
"Warm up." she told her as Original Cindy finished.
Lexa started stretching and practicing kicks.
OC shook her head and took a drink of the tea she had bought earlier. It
was going to be a long night.
*****
To Be continued.