A/N: I love you all so freakin much! My thank you's are at the bottom. Enjoy this next chapter! Sorry if it's so short. Im a little tired :yawn:

Chapter 3: A Warning

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK… We still stayed quiet. Bobby immediately stood up and grabbed a handgun from a nearby drawer. He stuck it in his back pocket and moved toward the door cautiously. KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK… Jerry walked to me and Jack, letting Angel cover Bobby.

"Who is it?"

The caution in the room dropped dramatically as the familiar voice spoke. "Open the door, Mercer."

Bobby swiftly opened the door as Angel walked back into the living room. "Lt. Cohen. Pleasure to see you again. What, may I ask, brings you here into our humble home?"

"…cut the shit, Mercer. I'm here to talk to all you kids." Lt. Cohen was Lt. Green's replacement after word of his death reached the precinct.

Hearing this, the four of us joined Bobby and Cohen into the living room. He seemed to be carrying some manila folder.

"Have a seat, ladies. This may take a while."

As we all took our seats I'm sure that my brothers and I were thinking the same thing: Ma.

He opened the folder and dropped it on the coffee table in front of us. "I'm sure you all are acquainted with this man?"

"…Oh yeah…what was his name again? Something like See's Candy…" Bobby trailed off.

"Naw…I think it was something like Vance Meat?"

"VICTOR SWEET." Cohen stated loud and cleat.

"Right. Victor Sweet. We may have bumped into each other once in a while." Bobby said coolly.

"His body was never found but we managed to dig up something about his family."

"Victor Sweet had a family? I would've never guessed." I replied coldly.

"Believe it or not." Cohen flipped through the folder. "Do any of you recognize this man?" We all looked at the picture. He seemed young. Maybe 20-25 years of age. Had a striking resemblance to Sweet. "This…is Victor Sweet's nephew. Carlton Vedar. 23 year old black male."

"And this concerns us how?" Angel asked.

"It should concern you because Vedar was just arrested last night for trying to break into this house."

"I told you I heard something last night." I turned to Jack. He and I were in his room watching some movie when we heard banging downstairs.

"I just thought that was Bobby and the guys."

"Apparently Carlton Vedar claims that the Mercer family killed his uncle, and that reparations needed to be made."

"So he was planning on robbin us?" Jerry asked, taking the picture from the folder.

"If there was no one in the house. But the man packed some heat. I'm sure he would've shot both of you as soon as he saw you." Cohen stated matter-of-factly to Jack and I. Bobby took the picture from Jerry and put it back into the folder.

"Thanks for warning us Lieutenant, but I think the Mercer family can manage Carlton Vedar."

"That wasn't the warning, Bobby."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Jack inquired.

"…Sweet had many allies. Some family, some not. Once word comes out that Vedar is in jail, more of them will come. And I'm sure that they've learned their lesson on having one person with no back up try to break in."

My brothers and I made eye contact. Bobby seemed solid as a rock, while the rest of us tried not to look too worried. "Thank you for coming Lt. Cohen. Again, it was a pleasure seeing you."

I can tell Cohen was a bit concerned that Bobby was not more apprehensive to the fact that there may be some contracted killers out to get us. "Alright. Just wanted to give you guys a heads up." He took the folder and put it under his arm. "Have a good one."

"Thanks." I called out to him before Bobby showed him out the door. "Damn it, Bobby I knew something like this would happen."

"Something like what?" He asked strongly.

"Something like a bunch of hitmen coming to ice us like we iced Sweet…literally." Jack replied.

"And what were we supposed to do? Let the guy who murdered Ma and drove Jerr to bankruptcy go?"

"We could've just turned him in to the police, Bobby." Jerry reasoned.

"Bullshit. He would've been out in a couple of months." Bobby argued as he sat down.

"So what are we going to do now?"

"I'll tell you what we'll do: Nothing. If we can handle Victor Sweet we can handle any other candy ass out there with a grudge. Boo hoo let's all stop and weep for one more dead black Scarface wannabe."

Bobby stubbornly put his feet up as Jack left with Jerry to the kitchen to get dinner ready. Angel and I shook our heads together.

"I need to fill out some papers on UM. Call me when dinner's ready." I told the guys as I went into the kitchen to get my acceptance letter. I felt Bobby and Angel's eyes on me as I walked up the stairs. Knowing that it probably meant they were about to talk about me, I quietly sat down at the top of the first step.

"There are contracted killers out to get us, and Tai's moving out." Angel's voice said.

"I know. My instincts were right, man. She shouldn't be going. She's gonna be on her own without any of us to help her if she gets ambushed. You know she's the most vulnerable out of the five us…next to fairy boy."

"She's going to be pissed off if you tell her she can't go anymore. And knowing she got that Mercer state-of-mind, she'll find a way to go with or without our blessings…what do you plan on doing?"

What Bobby's answer was, I'll never know. Jerry's voice rang out through the house. "Get your asses down here! Dinner's ready." Not wanting to make my presence obvious, I waited a few more seconds before I went downstairs.

A/N: REALLY sorry for the shortness. Just got back from a birthday dinner! Tomorrow's my registration for my junior year! CLASS OF '07 YOU KNOW! Lol lookin forward to seein some old faces. Anyways, when I come back around 10 or 11 am I really hope I see some more reviews! They'll be a nice treat for me when I come back home. lol J

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AGAIN, thank you to everyone who's reviewing. If it weren't for you guys I'd totally be discouraged to write another chapter. Updates will come as frequently as I can manage. School's comin up and I STILL haven't started on a summer project I was supposed to do. Stupid me. anyways, REVIEWS: love em. )