Chapter 10

"You just had to ruin everything didn't you?"

"But I didn't do anything. You're the one that kidnapped me."

"But it was meant to be Seth. We're best friends, remember? Then that stupid Lillian had to show up and ruin everything. They took you away from me."

"These things happen."

"Not to me."

"Where are we going?" Shane asked. He had unwittingly decided to let Lillian drive.

"We're going to see some of my old friends. They said that they had something important to tell me, but I didn't stay to hear it."

"Okay. So, you didn't answer my question. Where are we going?"

"Right here." Lillian exclaimed as she pulled over the car. On the outside it looked like a simple abandoned warehouse, but as the duo got out of the car and walked towards the building, Shane noticed the surveillance cameras. Lillian waved into the cameras and the doors opened and much to Shane's chagrin, he jumped at the sudden movement.

"Are you sure these people are reliable?"

"They're realiable-ish."

"That's reassuring."

"Ahh, London, I knew that you would come back. Couldn't resist our charm could you?" Slick called out as he saw the teenager walk into their hideout.

"Shane, meet Demon and Slick."

"London?"

"Long story. Anyways, " she said turning to her old friends, "Slick, I need to know what else you were going to tell me before I left. It appears that the Lion has kidnapped my brother."

"Say pretty please."

"No. Don't make me force it out of you. Don't you remember the last time that I did that?"

"Yeah, I was seeing stars for weeks." Lillian made a step forward to accentuate her point that she would do it again. "Okay, okay, no need for violence now. The Lion, they rented one of our old warehouses a couple of days ago."

"You rented a warehouse to a teenager?"

"Yeah." Shane looked about ready to rip the guy's head off after Slick answered in that nonchalant voice, but a withering glare from Lillian told Shane that it was better to keep his mouth shut. He would listen to her, for now, but there was no guarantee that he wouldn't come back.

"So, are two just going to sit there and glare at each other or are you going to give me the address?" Lillian, in a very annoyed voice, asked the flabbergasted Slick.

"Yeah, we figured you would come back so we wrote down the address and got directions." Demon answered.

"Aww, Demon, you're so sweet." Lillian said and gave the older man a hug.

"Hey!" Lillian just glared at Slick.

"Well, Slick, I would give you a hug, but we really have to get going."

"Liar. You're not getting away that easily." The man said and gave Lillian a huge bear hug. "Are you sure you don't want to come back?"

"I'm sure Slick. I'm happy with my new family." Shane smiled at the exchange. Despite the fact that the girl tried to kill him and even worse, she'd kneed him in the groin, he still liked the teenager.

"Alright, thank you so much guys. You don't know how much this means to me. Shane, are you ready to go on a rescue mission. I mean, you're probably rusty at all this hero stuff." Shane just stared at the teenager and grabbed the keys from her pocket before she could respond.

"Looks like I still got it in me."

"I still don't understand why you are doing this."

"Because you belong to me and only me, Seth. If we ever want to be best friends again Seth, we have to get rid of your pesky twin sister. She should be arriving soon."

"You're crazy and psychotic. You won't win."

"But that is where you are wrong. No one messes with Riley Drake and gets away with it."