Chapter 5; Something bad this way comes.
"When I wear my flashing sword and my hand takes hold on judgment. I will take vengeance upon mine enemies and I will repay those who hate me"
"Can I ask you something?" Simone pulled the blanket up for Connor to come in bed with her. He got in and put his head in her lap.
"Aye."
"How did you're father die?" Simone stroked his hair.
Connor looked at Simone. Nobody showed that kind of interest in his life before. And Simone knew almost everything about him. Except for Rocco, and how he had felt after he died, and his Da. He never talked about it because it hurt too much.
"Well," Connor started carefully choosing his words "Da he uhm... he died of old age. It wasn't fair because we just got to know him."
Simone didn't say anything. She saw in his eyes how much it hurt him to talk about it.
"And after Rocco I..." Connor's voice died away
"It's okay; you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to." Simone said feeling a bit guilty for being so nosy.
"No, I have to talk about it, it's just I never did talk about it with anybody."
Simone felt her wound sting and she closed her eyes.
"You okay?" Connor asked
"Yes, I am, it's just stinging is all." Simone replied now opening her eyes and forced a smile. She felt guilty about getting shot and didn't want anyone to feel sorry for her.
Connor thought about last night, how scared he felt when Simone got shot. This wasn't like him. He never felt like this for anyone, except Murph off course. When he told her he loved her, he wasn't lying. He really did, and it hurt like hell. He couldn't stand seeing her hurt.
"Well," Connor went on talking about Rocco. "He really was a funny man. That was his nickname as well. He worked for the Italian mob. One day..." Connor smiled "We were absolutely pissed, and we had all the guns on the table. Rocco's cat was on there too, he banged his fist on the table and the gun went of. It scared the crap out us. Rocco thought he was shot after he saw a huge blood stain on the wall, but it was the poor cat. Then Rocco says," Connor imitated Rocco's voice. "Is it dead?"
Connor laughed out loud as did Simone. It was good to see him laughing again. But his smile faded soon.
"When Yakavetta, the Italian mob, caught us, they chained us onto the chairs with hand cuffs. Then Papa Joe Yakavetta came in. He took Rocco's hand and shot his finger off." Connor's eyes began to sting. What was this? Connor McManus didn't cry! This was not him.
Connor went on "He left for a moment, and then came back his gun aiming at Rocco. And he just shot him. Rocco told us to not stop. He told me that in my dreams as well. We went absolutely crazy. We managed to get loose and we killed the fucking lot of them. I miss him." Connor ended his story.
"He sounds like he was a good man. I would've loved to meet him." Simone said
"He would've made you laugh all day long. No doubt."
Simone felt his body move. It looked like he was crying, and she couldn't blame him.
"Connor?" She asked
He turned his face to her, and she saw the tears he quickly dried with the back of his hand. She bended over for a bit, Connor pulled himself up and hugged his girlfriend.
"Everything will be okay. When you're time's here, you're time's here. Rocco is probably laughing his ass off right now watching us. Watching me get shot." Simone said trying to make Connor feel better. But it didn't. The very thought of it made Connor's stomach turn.
He hugged her a bit tighter. "I am afraid to loose you, the way I lost Rocco." He said
"Nah, you won't get rid of me that way. I will die old and with 14 grandchildren by my bed." Simone joked.
Connor laughed. "And will those be my grandchildren as well?"
"That can be arranged." Simone replied raising one eyebrow.
Connor broke loose from the hug to look at her and flashed an evil smile. "Best start practising then." He kissed her romantically. Simone tried to lie down but the wound on her shoulder hurt too much.
"Aah..." Simone put her hand on her shoulder.
"Maybe we should practise on another day."
"Yes that would be a good idea." Simone replied "We don't have to get out of bed though."
"Aye, that's right." Connor lay down next to her, his head against hers, and gave her a kiss. Connor spotted the charm bracelet on Simone's arm. "Where did you get this? It's beautiful."
"Lucy gave it to me when we were friends for 10 years. I never take it off, no matter what." She answered looking at the bracelet. Dices, even star (a really tiny one) and a little heart.
Lucy and Murph were up already up, and were looking at the black case of which nobody thought about. Lucy opened it and it contained a lot of money. "Wow, we could make out living out of this job. Wait... is that why you don't have a job?" Lucy asked looking at Murph.
"Yes and no." Murph closed the case. "We need to go to the pub and help out. Simone can't work and I doubt we can leave Steven alone."
Lucy agreed, they got dressed and went down to the pub. When they got there Steven was cleaning the bar.
"Where's my sister?" Steven asked
"Probably still in bed." Lucy smiled and exchanged a look with Murph.
"Did you have fun last night?"
"Why?" Murph asked suspicious
"You were going out..." Steven turned to put the chairs on the floor.
"Oh right, yeah it was fun...drank a lot." Lucy answered
After a couple of hours Simone and Connor came downstairs. Murph walked up to Connor.
"I was thinking, maybe you, me and Steven could go out tonight and let the girls have an uhm... girl's night." Murph said.
"Aye that's a good idea. But where are we going?" Connor asked
"Dunno, another pub or something?"
"Ah and spend your money at my competition's bar?" Simone joked
"Aye. They are friendlier then you lot! At least we don't have to work there!" Murph said laughing
"AH!" Lucy gave him a playful slap. Then leant in to whisper "You're so not getting any tonight." And she walked off to the bar, smiling to herself.
"Did I mention you look great today?" Murph said while walking after Lucy.
Simone laughed. She tried not to let Steven see she was injured, or he would get suspicious.
"Right Steven," Connor started "How about we let the girls chat and we go out, just the men?"
"Cool! I'm in." Steven answered. The poor boy hasn't had a lot of fun since he had gotten here.
Connor kissed Simone goodbye, Steven walked up to his sister, his hand on her shoulder leaned in and gave her a peck on the cheek, a swift we'll see you later and the men left. The second the door closed Simone started yelling.
"Fucking fuck, fuck this, fuuuuuck!" Simone grabbed her shoulder on which Steven just leaned. She didn't blink when he did that, but it had hurt like hell. Tears sprang in her eyes. Lucy came running up and checked out her shoulder. "Damn it's bleeding again." She said.
Simone took a couple of deep breaths, and calmed herself down a bit. "Must have a drink."
"How about we don't open the pub tonight? It's Sunday anyway. We never have a lot of customers on Sunday." Lucy suggested while grabbing the first aid kit.
"That's a good idea." Simone replied after she downed the 3rd glass of whiskey.
Simone looked at the clock. "It's 11 pm, what are we going to do for fun?"
Lucy thought about it. "Let's just talk we haven't had a lot of best friend bounding the last couple of months." "That's fine by me." The second those words left Simone's mouth the door opened and in came 4 men. They were wearing a lot of gold and tacky sunglasses.
"We're closed." Simone said walking up to them.
"Not for us." One of them said, pulling out a gun and sticking it in Simone's face. "You two are coming with us.
The other three men had their guns out as well.
"Fuck you, I am not fucking going with you anywhere." Lucy said
Lucy grabbed a gun under the counter and pointed it at them. He acted before she could by grabbing Simone, and holding the gun against her head. Her bracelet fell off, but she didn't notice.
"Wrong answer, try again." He said
Lucy put down the gun and one of them grabbed Lucy by the arm. They yanked the girls out of the pub and threw them in the back of a black van.
Connor, Murph and Steven were having a laugh in a other pub, when Connor's phone rang.
"Hang on." Connor said giving his pool cue to Steven. "You play for me."
"Hello." Connor answered
"Connor? This is Smecker."
"Hello agent Smecker, how are things in Boston?"
"This is not a social call Connor. Word on the street is the Yakavetta mob family is looking for you and Murph. They want revenge for what happened." Smecker said talking really fast
"Well we're okay, but we'll keep an eye out." Connor replied then hangs up the phone.
"Steven, why don't you get us some drinks." Connor threw his some money and Steven walked to the bar. Connor told Murph what Smecker had told him.
"That's just fucking great." Murph answered. Neither of them thought the girls might be in trouble.
After a couple of hours they left the bar to go back to the girls. When they got there they naturally didn't find the girls.
"Maybe they went for a walk." Steven said trying to think of a reason why they weren't here. "Any way I'm going to bed."
Murph and Connor looked at each other. "This is not good." Murph said as soon as Steven was out of earshot. Connor nodded in reply and then he saw the charm bracelet. He picked it up and looked at it. Then it finally hit him.
"Yakavetta." He said with his back turned to Murph.
Simone and Lucy were tied to chairs both in different rooms. They could here each other through the air vents.
"Simone you okay?" Lucy yelled.
"Not really considering I am tied to a chair!"
The door to Lucy's room opened. Simone heard someone talking but couldn't hear what they were on about.
"You let me go." Lucy said to the guy who walked in. It turned out to be Old Joe. Distant cousin to papa Joe.
"Sorry, can't do that." He said then stepped forward and slapped her across the face.
Lucy quickly recovered
"You FUCK!" She yelled
"Where are the brothers?" he asked.
"Fuck you!" Lucy answered getting punched in the stomach this time.
Simone listened to what was happening to her best friend, and feared the worst. She heard a door open and close again, then absolute silence.
"Lucy? Are you okay?" Simone yelled
Lucy coughed "No I'm going to fucking kill that man."
Next thing Simone's door opened. This time a bigger man walked in.
"What do you want with us?" Simone asked
The man hit her on the head with the back of his gun. Simone screamed and felt like her head was about to split open.
"Where are the brothers?"
"What brothers?" Simone asked feeling blood coming from where he had hit her.
He punched her in the face. "Think about it. They are not coming to save you."
Simone recovered herself "I don't know what the fuck you're fucking talking about."
Connor and Murph were trying to think of where they could have taken the girls.
"We should call Smecker and ask if he knows where they could be staying." Murph said
Connor grabbed his cell phone and dialled Smecker's number. His stomach turned again as it has done for the last half hour.
He talked to Smecker for 5 minutes and scribbled an address on a piece of paper.
"Thanks man, I owe you one." With that Connor hangs up the phone.
"Well?"
"He says he checked out the Irish database of the FBI and came up with a warehouse."
"Well let's go there then!" Murph said grabbing the black bag they had yesterday.
Simone coughed up blood again. The man had left, but the door opened again 5 minutes later. Simone looked up at the door and saw someone with a gun. A different person this time. He lowered the gun he pointed at her, then stood next to her and whispered "it's such a shame for a pretty girl like you to be in a position like this... Why don't you tell us where we can find those brothers?"
"I don't know what the fuck you're on about." Simone kept saying that hoping they would let them go, but she knew better.
The man saw the blood stain on her shoulder and put his hand on it, and squeezes it. Simone screams with pain as she felt his finger going into her wound.
He pulled back and Simone hung over breathing fast.
"Now do you want to talk?" he asked
"No..." Simone said feeling nauseous because of the pain.
He walked towards the door. Simone was relieved the see the man's back, she leant backwards when he turned around.
"That wound on your shoulder seems lonely," Then he aimed and shot her left shoulder "Ah that's better." He said over Simone's screams.
Lucy heard a shot being fired and Simone scream. She frantically moved to get loose while screaming for Simone.
"Noooooooo! Simone!" No sounds came from the other room. Lucy feared the worst, and then her door opened.
"You fucking bastard what the fuck did you do to her." She yelled.
The man just aimed at her and shot her in the leg, Lucy screamed. "You shut your fucking mouth woman." He said. He walked up to her and hit her on the head with the back of his gun. Blood streamed down her face.
Simone was barely conscious in the other room; she was hurting real bad, covered in her own blood. She had given up all hope for Connor and Murph to find her and Lucy.
Connor and Murph arrived at the warehouse. They walked in, guns ready to shoot.
First floor was empty. They walked on and got on the second floor. They heard a scream through the vents.
"That's Lucy." Murph said.
They guy had come back into Lucy's room. Lucy had her eyes closed. She couldn't take it anymore.
"For the last time, where are they?" he asked
Lucy looked him in the eye and spat on him. "Fuck YOU!"
He hit her square on the jaw, and then punched her in her stomach. He pulled out his gun and fired a shot...
Murph was listening to every word he could hear, then he heard a shot.
"No..." Murph shook his head, Connor grabbed his arm. "We must hurry." They walked off again.
Simone heard the shot and Lucy wasn't responding to her cries. Simone didn't know what to think, she was crying.
The door opened again. Simone didn't want to look, nor could she find the strength to look up.
"Look at me." The man said. Simone raised her head to look at him. Her face was covered with blood.
"What did you do to my friend?" She asked softly
"Where are the brothers?"
"Fuck you." She answered.
"I don't want to do this but you leave me no choice." He aimed again and shot her left arm.
She didn't have the strength to scream any more. The man grabbed her face pulled it up for a second, and then let it go. Simone just wanted to die on this point.
Murph and Connor were on the 4th floor. Connor heard movements and motioned Murph to slow down.
He looked around the corner and saw 5 men. Connor grabbed his guns as did Murph, and they walked up to them, shooting one after the other.
"That was fairly easy." Connor said, now looking at the two doors. Connor opened the first and looked inside.
"It's Lucy." Connor said, Murph pushed past him and ran up to her. Connor went to find Simone.
"Lucy?" he touched her face softly, she had a slightly swollen eye. "Lucy, wake up." He untied her from the chair.
Lucy didn't respond. He pulled her of the chair and onto his lap. He rocked her while tears came streaming down his face. "No, please no, don't be dead please. I never told you..." tears fell from his eyes. "I never told you, I can't miss you, you can't die because I never got the chance to tell you... how much I love you."
Lucy slowly opened her eyes and saw Murph holding her. She closed and opened her eyes to see if he really was with her.
"I love you too." She said with a croaky voice. Murph looked at Lucy and smiled. "You're alive!" He yelled
"Not so loud." She said. She felt her leg burning.
Connor opened the door next to Lucy's and saw Simone sitting there. She heard the door open but was afraid to look up. Not that she even could if she wanted. Her arm and shoulders hurt like hell, and her head felt like it was about to explode.
"Simone?" Connor tried.
"Connor?" Simone asked without looking up. "Please tell me you're really here, and you're not just my mind playing games on me."
Connor ran up to his girlfriend, she looked bad to say the least. Blood everywhere. He took her face in his hands. "No it's really me."
Simone's bottom lip trembled. "How's Lucy?"
"I don't know, but we have to get you two out of here." Connor untied her.
Simone fell forward but Connor catched her in time. "What did that ass do to you?" Connor asked as he checked her.
"I don't know any more, he shot me twice, and hit me so many times I can't remember." Simone coughed.
Connor picked her up and carried her to the next room, Simone's arm around Connor's neck. "I am so glad you found me." Simone said "I was afraid you wouldn't be in time."
"I told you before, I can't live without you." Connor kissed her, then walked inside the other room
Murph was kissing Lucy.
"Oi, we have to get out of here!" Connor yelled
Murph nodded and picked her up.
"Is she okay?" Simone asked softly.
"Yeah she will be."
They walked out and got into the car. They drove back to the pub. Simone really didn't feel good. She was really nauseous.
"Stop the car!" Simone yelled. Murph stopped it and Simone opened the back door with the one arm which didn't hurt like hell and threw up. Connor rubbed her back. "Are you sure you're okay?" Simone got back into the car and closed the door. "Not really, I feel weak, and we need to do something about these wounds."
Murph drove back as fast as he could then got out and picked Lucy up, who couldn't walk. Connor picked Simone up and they walked back inside. Murph put Lucy down at the kitchen table.
He fetched the clothes iron again, and two bottles of whiskey. He handed both of them a bottle. Connor opened Simone's bottle and Simone drank from it.
"Shall we close your wounds first?" Connor asked
"Aye, the sooner the better." Simone replied taking another swig from the bottle.
Simone took of her shirt. Connor took of the old bandage from the first wound it seemed to have stopped bleeding. He put a new bandage on and gave her a towel to bite down on and she put it in her mouth. He put some whiskey on the other wound, her right shoulder and the shot wound on her arm.
Connor held her down while Murph pushed the hot iron onto her arm. Simone's scream was muffled by the towel in her mouth. Connor softly pushed his head against hers and closed his eyes. Murph turned to the other wound and pressed the Iron on... by then Simone had passed out again, and woke up 5 minutes after.
She saw Lucy getting ready for it. She drank half the bottle of whiskey and Murph put some on her leg and her shoulder, where she'd been hit as well.
"Connor, could you please burn it for me? I can't hurt her like that." Murph said
"Aye, you just hold her back."
Connor handed Lucy a towel to bite down on, and Murph stood behind her holding her back. Lucy looked at him with watery eyes. "It'll all be over in a second I swear." Lucy just nodded in return and closed her eyes. Connor put the hot iron on her leg. Lucy fierce fully tried to get up, but Murph had her in a tight grip. "I'm sorry, I am so sorry." Murph kept whispering in her ears.
Simone carefully stood up and walked away. She couldn't see her best friend in pain. What ever Lucy feels, she feels. And she had enough pain to last her a life time. She walked into the bedroom and tried to lie down on the bed. She screamed of frustration. Connor came running in to see where the fire was.
"What's wrong?"
"I can't even lie down, everything hurts like hell, and my scull feels like it's on fire."
Connor sat down next to Simone and put an arm around her waist. "I am so sorry this happened tonight, this wasn't your battle."
"Your battle is my battle." Simone replied calming down a bit.
"Look what I've got." Connor put his hand in one of his pockets and pulled out her charm bracelet.
"Hey, where did you find it?" Simone asked smiling.
"That was my first hint. I knew you would never take it off. It was on the floor of the pub."
Simone put her head on his shoulder and they just sat there for a moment.
Lucy still sat at the kitchen table trying not to think of the burning pain in her leg and shoulder. Murph was cleaning up which he never did, but he didn't know what to say to Lucy. He was afraid she might be pissed.
"Murph?"
"Aye?"
"Did you mean what you said, you know in that room?"
"Yeah..." Murph picked her up and walked to the living room, he gently put her down on the couch, and sat down next to her.
"Well... maybe you should tell me again, because I might have missed a word or 2."
Murph smiled then leaned in closer to her. "I said, you couldn't leave me, and I couldn't miss you... and that I love you."
For once Lucy didn't know what to say, they just stared at each other.
"I do love you too you know?" She put her hand on his face "So much it tears me up inside."
Murph leaned in to kiss her. He was so happy she was okay. He would've died inside, if they had killed her.
"When I wear my flashing sword and my hand takes hold on judgment. I will take vengeance upon mine enemies and I will repay those who hate me"
"Can I ask you something?" Simone pulled the blanket up for Connor to come in bed with her. He got in and put his head in her lap.
"Aye."
"How did you're father die?" Simone stroked his hair.
Connor looked at Simone. Nobody showed that kind of interest in his life before. And Simone knew almost everything about him. Except for Rocco, and how he had felt after he died, and his Da. He never talked about it because it hurt too much.
"Well," Connor started carefully choosing his words "Da he uhm... he died of old age. It wasn't fair because we just got to know him."
Simone didn't say anything. She saw in his eyes how much it hurt him to talk about it.
"And after Rocco I..." Connor's voice died away
"It's okay; you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to." Simone said feeling a bit guilty for being so nosy.
"No, I have to talk about it, it's just I never did talk about it with anybody."
Simone felt her wound sting and she closed her eyes.
"You okay?" Connor asked
"Yes, I am, it's just stinging is all." Simone replied now opening her eyes and forced a smile. She felt guilty about getting shot and didn't want anyone to feel sorry for her.
Connor thought about last night, how scared he felt when Simone got shot. This wasn't like him. He never felt like this for anyone, except Murph off course. When he told her he loved her, he wasn't lying. He really did, and it hurt like hell. He couldn't stand seeing her hurt.
"Well," Connor went on talking about Rocco. "He really was a funny man. That was his nickname as well. He worked for the Italian mob. One day..." Connor smiled "We were absolutely pissed, and we had all the guns on the table. Rocco's cat was on there too, he banged his fist on the table and the gun went of. It scared the crap out us. Rocco thought he was shot after he saw a huge blood stain on the wall, but it was the poor cat. Then Rocco says," Connor imitated Rocco's voice. "Is it dead?"
Connor laughed out loud as did Simone. It was good to see him laughing again. But his smile faded soon.
"When Yakavetta, the Italian mob, caught us, they chained us onto the chairs with hand cuffs. Then Papa Joe Yakavetta came in. He took Rocco's hand and shot his finger off." Connor's eyes began to sting. What was this? Connor McManus didn't cry! This was not him.
Connor went on "He left for a moment, and then came back his gun aiming at Rocco. And he just shot him. Rocco told us to not stop. He told me that in my dreams as well. We went absolutely crazy. We managed to get loose and we killed the fucking lot of them. I miss him." Connor ended his story.
"He sounds like he was a good man. I would've loved to meet him." Simone said
"He would've made you laugh all day long. No doubt."
Simone felt his body move. It looked like he was crying, and she couldn't blame him.
"Connor?" She asked
He turned his face to her, and she saw the tears he quickly dried with the back of his hand. She bended over for a bit, Connor pulled himself up and hugged his girlfriend.
"Everything will be okay. When you're time's here, you're time's here. Rocco is probably laughing his ass off right now watching us. Watching me get shot." Simone said trying to make Connor feel better. But it didn't. The very thought of it made Connor's stomach turn.
He hugged her a bit tighter. "I am afraid to loose you, the way I lost Rocco." He said
"Nah, you won't get rid of me that way. I will die old and with 14 grandchildren by my bed." Simone joked.
Connor laughed. "And will those be my grandchildren as well?"
"That can be arranged." Simone replied raising one eyebrow.
Connor broke loose from the hug to look at her and flashed an evil smile. "Best start practising then." He kissed her romantically. Simone tried to lie down but the wound on her shoulder hurt too much.
"Aah..." Simone put her hand on her shoulder.
"Maybe we should practise on another day."
"Yes that would be a good idea." Simone replied "We don't have to get out of bed though."
"Aye, that's right." Connor lay down next to her, his head against hers, and gave her a kiss. Connor spotted the charm bracelet on Simone's arm. "Where did you get this? It's beautiful."
"Lucy gave it to me when we were friends for 10 years. I never take it off, no matter what." She answered looking at the bracelet. Dices, even star (a really tiny one) and a little heart.
Lucy and Murph were up already up, and were looking at the black case of which nobody thought about. Lucy opened it and it contained a lot of money. "Wow, we could make out living out of this job. Wait... is that why you don't have a job?" Lucy asked looking at Murph.
"Yes and no." Murph closed the case. "We need to go to the pub and help out. Simone can't work and I doubt we can leave Steven alone."
Lucy agreed, they got dressed and went down to the pub. When they got there Steven was cleaning the bar.
"Where's my sister?" Steven asked
"Probably still in bed." Lucy smiled and exchanged a look with Murph.
"Did you have fun last night?"
"Why?" Murph asked suspicious
"You were going out..." Steven turned to put the chairs on the floor.
"Oh right, yeah it was fun...drank a lot." Lucy answered
After a couple of hours Simone and Connor came downstairs. Murph walked up to Connor.
"I was thinking, maybe you, me and Steven could go out tonight and let the girls have an uhm... girl's night." Murph said.
"Aye that's a good idea. But where are we going?" Connor asked
"Dunno, another pub or something?"
"Ah and spend your money at my competition's bar?" Simone joked
"Aye. They are friendlier then you lot! At least we don't have to work there!" Murph said laughing
"AH!" Lucy gave him a playful slap. Then leant in to whisper "You're so not getting any tonight." And she walked off to the bar, smiling to herself.
"Did I mention you look great today?" Murph said while walking after Lucy.
Simone laughed. She tried not to let Steven see she was injured, or he would get suspicious.
"Right Steven," Connor started "How about we let the girls chat and we go out, just the men?"
"Cool! I'm in." Steven answered. The poor boy hasn't had a lot of fun since he had gotten here.
Connor kissed Simone goodbye, Steven walked up to his sister, his hand on her shoulder leaned in and gave her a peck on the cheek, a swift we'll see you later and the men left. The second the door closed Simone started yelling.
"Fucking fuck, fuck this, fuuuuuck!" Simone grabbed her shoulder on which Steven just leaned. She didn't blink when he did that, but it had hurt like hell. Tears sprang in her eyes. Lucy came running up and checked out her shoulder. "Damn it's bleeding again." She said.
Simone took a couple of deep breaths, and calmed herself down a bit. "Must have a drink."
"How about we don't open the pub tonight? It's Sunday anyway. We never have a lot of customers on Sunday." Lucy suggested while grabbing the first aid kit.
"That's a good idea." Simone replied after she downed the 3rd glass of whiskey.
Simone looked at the clock. "It's 11 pm, what are we going to do for fun?"
Lucy thought about it. "Let's just talk we haven't had a lot of best friend bounding the last couple of months." "That's fine by me." The second those words left Simone's mouth the door opened and in came 4 men. They were wearing a lot of gold and tacky sunglasses.
"We're closed." Simone said walking up to them.
"Not for us." One of them said, pulling out a gun and sticking it in Simone's face. "You two are coming with us.
The other three men had their guns out as well.
"Fuck you, I am not fucking going with you anywhere." Lucy said
Lucy grabbed a gun under the counter and pointed it at them. He acted before she could by grabbing Simone, and holding the gun against her head. Her bracelet fell off, but she didn't notice.
"Wrong answer, try again." He said
Lucy put down the gun and one of them grabbed Lucy by the arm. They yanked the girls out of the pub and threw them in the back of a black van.
Connor, Murph and Steven were having a laugh in a other pub, when Connor's phone rang.
"Hang on." Connor said giving his pool cue to Steven. "You play for me."
"Hello." Connor answered
"Connor? This is Smecker."
"Hello agent Smecker, how are things in Boston?"
"This is not a social call Connor. Word on the street is the Yakavetta mob family is looking for you and Murph. They want revenge for what happened." Smecker said talking really fast
"Well we're okay, but we'll keep an eye out." Connor replied then hangs up the phone.
"Steven, why don't you get us some drinks." Connor threw his some money and Steven walked to the bar. Connor told Murph what Smecker had told him.
"That's just fucking great." Murph answered. Neither of them thought the girls might be in trouble.
After a couple of hours they left the bar to go back to the girls. When they got there they naturally didn't find the girls.
"Maybe they went for a walk." Steven said trying to think of a reason why they weren't here. "Any way I'm going to bed."
Murph and Connor looked at each other. "This is not good." Murph said as soon as Steven was out of earshot. Connor nodded in reply and then he saw the charm bracelet. He picked it up and looked at it. Then it finally hit him.
"Yakavetta." He said with his back turned to Murph.
Simone and Lucy were tied to chairs both in different rooms. They could here each other through the air vents.
"Simone you okay?" Lucy yelled.
"Not really considering I am tied to a chair!"
The door to Lucy's room opened. Simone heard someone talking but couldn't hear what they were on about.
"You let me go." Lucy said to the guy who walked in. It turned out to be Old Joe. Distant cousin to papa Joe.
"Sorry, can't do that." He said then stepped forward and slapped her across the face.
Lucy quickly recovered
"You FUCK!" She yelled
"Where are the brothers?" he asked.
"Fuck you!" Lucy answered getting punched in the stomach this time.
Simone listened to what was happening to her best friend, and feared the worst. She heard a door open and close again, then absolute silence.
"Lucy? Are you okay?" Simone yelled
Lucy coughed "No I'm going to fucking kill that man."
Next thing Simone's door opened. This time a bigger man walked in.
"What do you want with us?" Simone asked
The man hit her on the head with the back of his gun. Simone screamed and felt like her head was about to split open.
"Where are the brothers?"
"What brothers?" Simone asked feeling blood coming from where he had hit her.
He punched her in the face. "Think about it. They are not coming to save you."
Simone recovered herself "I don't know what the fuck you're fucking talking about."
Connor and Murph were trying to think of where they could have taken the girls.
"We should call Smecker and ask if he knows where they could be staying." Murph said
Connor grabbed his cell phone and dialled Smecker's number. His stomach turned again as it has done for the last half hour.
He talked to Smecker for 5 minutes and scribbled an address on a piece of paper.
"Thanks man, I owe you one." With that Connor hangs up the phone.
"Well?"
"He says he checked out the Irish database of the FBI and came up with a warehouse."
"Well let's go there then!" Murph said grabbing the black bag they had yesterday.
Simone coughed up blood again. The man had left, but the door opened again 5 minutes later. Simone looked up at the door and saw someone with a gun. A different person this time. He lowered the gun he pointed at her, then stood next to her and whispered "it's such a shame for a pretty girl like you to be in a position like this... Why don't you tell us where we can find those brothers?"
"I don't know what the fuck you're on about." Simone kept saying that hoping they would let them go, but she knew better.
The man saw the blood stain on her shoulder and put his hand on it, and squeezes it. Simone screams with pain as she felt his finger going into her wound.
He pulled back and Simone hung over breathing fast.
"Now do you want to talk?" he asked
"No..." Simone said feeling nauseous because of the pain.
He walked towards the door. Simone was relieved the see the man's back, she leant backwards when he turned around.
"That wound on your shoulder seems lonely," Then he aimed and shot her left shoulder "Ah that's better." He said over Simone's screams.
Lucy heard a shot being fired and Simone scream. She frantically moved to get loose while screaming for Simone.
"Noooooooo! Simone!" No sounds came from the other room. Lucy feared the worst, and then her door opened.
"You fucking bastard what the fuck did you do to her." She yelled.
The man just aimed at her and shot her in the leg, Lucy screamed. "You shut your fucking mouth woman." He said. He walked up to her and hit her on the head with the back of his gun. Blood streamed down her face.
Simone was barely conscious in the other room; she was hurting real bad, covered in her own blood. She had given up all hope for Connor and Murph to find her and Lucy.
Connor and Murph arrived at the warehouse. They walked in, guns ready to shoot.
First floor was empty. They walked on and got on the second floor. They heard a scream through the vents.
"That's Lucy." Murph said.
They guy had come back into Lucy's room. Lucy had her eyes closed. She couldn't take it anymore.
"For the last time, where are they?" he asked
Lucy looked him in the eye and spat on him. "Fuck YOU!"
He hit her square on the jaw, and then punched her in her stomach. He pulled out his gun and fired a shot...
Murph was listening to every word he could hear, then he heard a shot.
"No..." Murph shook his head, Connor grabbed his arm. "We must hurry." They walked off again.
Simone heard the shot and Lucy wasn't responding to her cries. Simone didn't know what to think, she was crying.
The door opened again. Simone didn't want to look, nor could she find the strength to look up.
"Look at me." The man said. Simone raised her head to look at him. Her face was covered with blood.
"What did you do to my friend?" She asked softly
"Where are the brothers?"
"Fuck you." She answered.
"I don't want to do this but you leave me no choice." He aimed again and shot her left arm.
She didn't have the strength to scream any more. The man grabbed her face pulled it up for a second, and then let it go. Simone just wanted to die on this point.
Murph and Connor were on the 4th floor. Connor heard movements and motioned Murph to slow down.
He looked around the corner and saw 5 men. Connor grabbed his guns as did Murph, and they walked up to them, shooting one after the other.
"That was fairly easy." Connor said, now looking at the two doors. Connor opened the first and looked inside.
"It's Lucy." Connor said, Murph pushed past him and ran up to her. Connor went to find Simone.
"Lucy?" he touched her face softly, she had a slightly swollen eye. "Lucy, wake up." He untied her from the chair.
Lucy didn't respond. He pulled her of the chair and onto his lap. He rocked her while tears came streaming down his face. "No, please no, don't be dead please. I never told you..." tears fell from his eyes. "I never told you, I can't miss you, you can't die because I never got the chance to tell you... how much I love you."
Lucy slowly opened her eyes and saw Murph holding her. She closed and opened her eyes to see if he really was with her.
"I love you too." She said with a croaky voice. Murph looked at Lucy and smiled. "You're alive!" He yelled
"Not so loud." She said. She felt her leg burning.
Connor opened the door next to Lucy's and saw Simone sitting there. She heard the door open but was afraid to look up. Not that she even could if she wanted. Her arm and shoulders hurt like hell, and her head felt like it was about to explode.
"Simone?" Connor tried.
"Connor?" Simone asked without looking up. "Please tell me you're really here, and you're not just my mind playing games on me."
Connor ran up to his girlfriend, she looked bad to say the least. Blood everywhere. He took her face in his hands. "No it's really me."
Simone's bottom lip trembled. "How's Lucy?"
"I don't know, but we have to get you two out of here." Connor untied her.
Simone fell forward but Connor catched her in time. "What did that ass do to you?" Connor asked as he checked her.
"I don't know any more, he shot me twice, and hit me so many times I can't remember." Simone coughed.
Connor picked her up and carried her to the next room, Simone's arm around Connor's neck. "I am so glad you found me." Simone said "I was afraid you wouldn't be in time."
"I told you before, I can't live without you." Connor kissed her, then walked inside the other room
Murph was kissing Lucy.
"Oi, we have to get out of here!" Connor yelled
Murph nodded and picked her up.
"Is she okay?" Simone asked softly.
"Yeah she will be."
They walked out and got into the car. They drove back to the pub. Simone really didn't feel good. She was really nauseous.
"Stop the car!" Simone yelled. Murph stopped it and Simone opened the back door with the one arm which didn't hurt like hell and threw up. Connor rubbed her back. "Are you sure you're okay?" Simone got back into the car and closed the door. "Not really, I feel weak, and we need to do something about these wounds."
Murph drove back as fast as he could then got out and picked Lucy up, who couldn't walk. Connor picked Simone up and they walked back inside. Murph put Lucy down at the kitchen table.
He fetched the clothes iron again, and two bottles of whiskey. He handed both of them a bottle. Connor opened Simone's bottle and Simone drank from it.
"Shall we close your wounds first?" Connor asked
"Aye, the sooner the better." Simone replied taking another swig from the bottle.
Simone took of her shirt. Connor took of the old bandage from the first wound it seemed to have stopped bleeding. He put a new bandage on and gave her a towel to bite down on and she put it in her mouth. He put some whiskey on the other wound, her right shoulder and the shot wound on her arm.
Connor held her down while Murph pushed the hot iron onto her arm. Simone's scream was muffled by the towel in her mouth. Connor softly pushed his head against hers and closed his eyes. Murph turned to the other wound and pressed the Iron on... by then Simone had passed out again, and woke up 5 minutes after.
She saw Lucy getting ready for it. She drank half the bottle of whiskey and Murph put some on her leg and her shoulder, where she'd been hit as well.
"Connor, could you please burn it for me? I can't hurt her like that." Murph said
"Aye, you just hold her back."
Connor handed Lucy a towel to bite down on, and Murph stood behind her holding her back. Lucy looked at him with watery eyes. "It'll all be over in a second I swear." Lucy just nodded in return and closed her eyes. Connor put the hot iron on her leg. Lucy fierce fully tried to get up, but Murph had her in a tight grip. "I'm sorry, I am so sorry." Murph kept whispering in her ears.
Simone carefully stood up and walked away. She couldn't see her best friend in pain. What ever Lucy feels, she feels. And she had enough pain to last her a life time. She walked into the bedroom and tried to lie down on the bed. She screamed of frustration. Connor came running in to see where the fire was.
"What's wrong?"
"I can't even lie down, everything hurts like hell, and my scull feels like it's on fire."
Connor sat down next to Simone and put an arm around her waist. "I am so sorry this happened tonight, this wasn't your battle."
"Your battle is my battle." Simone replied calming down a bit.
"Look what I've got." Connor put his hand in one of his pockets and pulled out her charm bracelet.
"Hey, where did you find it?" Simone asked smiling.
"That was my first hint. I knew you would never take it off. It was on the floor of the pub."
Simone put her head on his shoulder and they just sat there for a moment.
Lucy still sat at the kitchen table trying not to think of the burning pain in her leg and shoulder. Murph was cleaning up which he never did, but he didn't know what to say to Lucy. He was afraid she might be pissed.
"Murph?"
"Aye?"
"Did you mean what you said, you know in that room?"
"Yeah..." Murph picked her up and walked to the living room, he gently put her down on the couch, and sat down next to her.
"Well... maybe you should tell me again, because I might have missed a word or 2."
Murph smiled then leaned in closer to her. "I said, you couldn't leave me, and I couldn't miss you... and that I love you."
For once Lucy didn't know what to say, they just stared at each other.
"I do love you too you know?" She put her hand on his face "So much it tears me up inside."
Murph leaned in to kiss her. He was so happy she was okay. He would've died inside, if they had killed her.