Eunice looked at the screen while they walked down the hallway and Smecker tried to see the map. They had encountered a few more guards, but were able to handle them and Smecker was impressed with how calm Sibeal was about killing someone.
"Just like the Saints," Paul thought when he noticed the look on Eunice's face and she sighed.
"What's wrong?" Paul asked.
"Not sure, but this map is allowing me to see where we are, where the guards are, but also where the Yakavettas are," Eunice said.
"Does it show us where Murphy, Connor and Romeo are?"
"Yes. And that is the problem. It appears they are with the Yakavettas."
"Shit. Where are they?"
"This way."
They quickly ran down the hallway as Eunice looked at the screen and they ran around the corner.
Upstairs, Lorenzo walked toward the desk as Angelique stood and she moved to Connor.
"So, you two are the Saints," Lorenzo said while he looked at Connor and Murphy. "I must say I'm not impressed."
"Uncle….," Giovani warned.
"No, I am not impressed at all. Which is why I think you surviving an attack by the Russian mafia, killing my brother, killing my nephew and killing those FBI was nothing more than simply pure luck."
Murphy and Connor gave him blank looks as Lorenzo sighed then he lightly shook his head.
"I am also surprised Il Duce would even acknowledge you as his sons. You are nothing more than weak, pathetic losers."
"You know they're his sons?" Angelica asked.
"Of course," he said, looking at her.
A noise behind them caused Romeo to cautiously turn to look out the window and his eyes slightly widened,
"Uh…," Romeo said, tapping Connor on the back. Connor and Lorenzo walked to the window when they looked at the helicopter, looked at each other then everyone ran for the door. They dived onto the floor while the helicopter's rapid firing machine guns caused the glass from the windows to explode into the room and wood chips from the doorframe flew into the hallway.
Giovani noticed the guards had run off after the gunfire filled the air and he lowered his head.
Sighing, Connor started moving across the floor with Murphy moving beside him and Angelina, Angelica, Angelique and Romeo followed them. Giovani and Lorenzo followed close behind while the glass from the windows exploded inward and the sound of the helicopter filled the air. They placed their heads down as the glass fell and Murphy glanced at Connor.
Connor quickly scanned the hallway with his eyes when he pointed to the open doorway and they headed inside the room. Angelina, Angelica, Angelique and Romeo followed them when Connor quickly stood up and he closed and locked the door.
"Shit," Giovani whispered after he saw them go in the room and the gunfire caused a shower of wood and plaster to fall on his head.
"Move!" Lorenzo shouted, pushing at his feet and Giovani started moving.
In the other room, Angelica quickly checked Angelina, Angelique, Murphy, Connor and Romeo as she noticed the small scratches on their faces, neck and hands and she let Murphy check her for wounds.
"Now what do we do?" Romeo asked, slowly getting to his feet then he helped Angelina to stand up.
Connor helped Angelique to her feet as he scanned the room with his eyes and he noticed they were in Giovani's meeting room.
"We need a plan," Connor said.
"Hang on," Angelique said when she noticed the laptop sitting on the table and she opened the laptop. She pushed the power button as the screen clicked on and she started typing on the keyboard.
The sound of gunfire had stopped as Connor carefully opened the door and he looked out into the hallway. Broken glass and wood chips were scattered over the carpet and floor and the tattered lace curtains moved in the breeze. He looked down the hallway, but he didn't see Lorenzo or Giovani and he held the door tightly in his right hand.
"Connor," caused him to turn as he closed the door and he walked to the table.
"What's up?" he asked, leaning his left hand on the table while he looked at the screen.
"I hacked into the security system."
Murphy, Angelina, Angelica and Romeo walked to the table as they looked at the screen and Angelique pointed at the image at the upper left of the screen.
"We're here," she said and Connor looked up at the security camera. "Don't worry. I erased any images of us after we entered the room."
"Where're those two assholes?" Murphy asked.
Angelique looked at the screen when she found Lorenzo and Giovani and she pointed at the screen.
"They're right down the hall."
"Which means we can't go that way," Angelica said with a sigh.
"Is that Smecker?" Romeo asked as he pointed to the screen.
"Yeah, and that's Bloom," Angelique said.
"Who's that?" Angeline asked.
"I think that's our uncle," Connor said.
"Fer a second, I thought that was Da," Murphy said and Connor nodded.
"That looks like Callahan," Romeo said, pointing at the image of Callahan, Melletti and some of the other Interpol agents.
"That explains the helicopters," Angelica said.
"You know…," Connor said as he leaned against the desk and Angelique looked at him. "With all these people runnin' around, we could just sit back and let 'em kill each other."
"We could, but that's not how we do things," Murphy said.
"True."
"What's the plan?" Romeo asked.
Connor studied the screen when he looked toward the door and he opened the door. He peeked out into the hallway when he walked to the broken window and he looked outside. The helicopter was gone and he looked up then down as he tried to figure out how to get out of the house.
"Connor," made him turn as he ran back in the room and Murphy closed the door. Connor walked to the desk when he looked at the screen and he saw Eunice, Smecker and Sibeal fighting some of Yakavetta's men and Connor frowned.
"Where are they?" Connor asked.
"One floor below us," Angelique said.
"Then I guess we have no choice."
Nodding, they headed for the doorway as they armed themselves and they walked into the hallway.
Downstairs, Eunice and Smecker hid behind the pillars while they fired at the guards, but Smecker's eyes occasionally moved to watch Sibeal. He noticed the same cool air about Sibeal as the priest stood in the open and he was tossing the guns he had strapped to the vest he was wearing onto the floor after the guns had run out of ammunition.
"Damn, he's good," Paul whispered, watching Sibeal pick the guns off the floor.
Eunice looked at the map on her phone when she noticed two yellow dots and six red dots moving on the floor above them and she looked up at the ceiling.
"I think I just found them," she said and Smecker looked at the ceiling.
"The Yakavettas?"
"And the Saints."
"Where are they?" Sibeal asked.
"Upstairs."
"Let's go," Paul said and they headed for the staircase.
Upstairs, Connor looked around the corner when he saw Giovani and Lorenzo standing in the hallway, but he didn't see any guards. Connor turned to look at Murphy, Romeo, Angelina, Angelica and Angelique when he motioned for them to go hide behind the pillars and Romeo, Angelica, Angelina and Angelique moved to the pillars.
Murphy walked to his twin as Connor looked around the corner again and Giovani and Lorenzo headed for the top of the staircase. Connor looked at his twin when their eyes locked and Murphy nodded. They stepped out into the hallway when they pointed the Berrettas at Lorenzo and Giovani and Connor fired a warning shot.
"Shit," Giovani said as he ducked and Lorenzo turned to look at Connor and Murphy.
"Pathetic," Lorenzo said with a snort.
"Pathetic?" Connor asked.
"You should have killed us when you had your chance."
"Maybe they were waiting for us," made Lorenzo and Giovani turn to see Sibeal, Eunice and Smecker standing on the stairs and they had their weapons pointed at them. Giovani slowly backed up while Lorenzo growled and his fingers flexed in and out. Suddenly, a calm expression moved over his face as Lorenzo stood straighter and he adjusted his shirt cuffs.
Before anyone could move, Lorenzo ran at Connor and Murphy when he grabbed Murphy, disarmed him, pulled Murphy into a headlock and held Murphy in front of him.
"Let me go, Asshole!" Murphy said as he tried to get free and Connor aimed the Berretta at Lorenzo.
"Connor! No! You'll hit Murphy!" Sibeal shouted and Connor looked at his brother.
"Take the shot!" Paul shouted.
Murphy pulled on Lorenzo's left arm as Lorenzo smiled and Lorenzo lightly shook his head.
"See, if you were a true killer, you would have' taken the shot," Lorenzo said as he looked down at Murphy. "And you wouldn't have let yourself get caught."
"Fuck you," Murphy gurgled after Lorenzo tightened his grip on Murphy's neck. Murphy was having trouble breathing as he tried to kick Lorenzo's legs, but Lorenzo laughed, moving his legs out of the way.
"Pa-the-tic!" Lorenzo said as he moved the gun over the top of Murphy's head and Murphy blinked his eyes a few times.
"You shouldn't have done that."
"Why not?" he asked when they heard a loud whistle and Lorenzo turned with Murphy in front of him to look at Angelica. She held the gun in both hands as she growled and she locked eyes with Lorenzo.
"Because no one ruffles or messes his hair, but me!" Angelica said as she pulled the trigger and the back of Lorenzo's head exploded.
Murphy moved away as the body fell to the floor and she ran to Murphy. She had handed the gun to Connor as she slid her arms around Murphy's shoulders and Murphy lifted her off the floor. Her legs wrapped around his waist as Murphy kissed her and she moved her fingers through his hair. They moved back as she placed her forehead against his forehead and Murphy hissed a laugh.
"Put her down," Sibeal said with a soft laugh and Murphy flipped him off.
Connor laughed while Romeo, Angelique and Angelina walked to him and Romeo lightly nudged Connor in the side.
"Uh….," Giovani said as they turned and they pointed their weapons at him. He held up his hands in surrender and Murphy lowered Angelica to her feet.
"Thought we fergot about you, did you?" Connor asked, moving closer as he held the Berretta in both hands.
"I think he did," Murphy said as he went to stand next to Connor and Murphy pointed the Berretta at Giovani.
"Look! You don't want to do this!" Giovani said.
"Give us a reason not to," Connor said.
"I'm innocent!"
"You keep saying that, but all of this proves otherwise," Paul said, standing next to Murphy with his gun pointed at Giovani.
"Do you really think I wanted to do all this?! It was her! My mother!"
"Where is your mother?" Eunice asked.
"She's dead! He killed her!" he said, pointing to Lorenzo.
Murphy and Connor glanced at each other as Giovani felt sweat rolling down his face and neck and the urge to run caused him to turn and he started running.
"Do you wanna chase him or should I do it?" Connor asked.
"After you," Murphy said and they ran after Giovani. They watched Giovani go around the corner as he took aim and he fired the gun. Connor and Murphy dodged out of the way as they ran faster and Giovani growled.
"Shit," Giovani said, dropping the gun onto the floor then he saw he had run into a dead end. He pinned his back to the wall as he watched Connor and Murphy moving down the hallway and Giovani tried to find something to use as a weapon.
"On your knees," Connor said.
"Come on! Don't do this!"
"Now!" Murphy said.
Giovani slowly turned as he went onto his knees and Connor and Murphy walked to him. Giovani had raised his hands in surrender as Connor and Murphy stood side-by-side and they pointed the Berrettas at the back of his head.
"Hold it!" Giovani said as the ends of the guns pressed against the back of his head. "Before you do this… Before you kill me… I need to know something."
"What do you need to know?" Connor asked.
"Who was the mole?"
"What?" Murphy asked.
"You… You had to be the ones who placed someone here to spy on me. On us. Who was it?"
"How th'fuck should we know?" Connor asked.
"Stop fucking with me!"
"We're not fuckin' with you. We really have no idea who it is," Murphy said and Connor frowned. Connor put the Berretta in the holster when he pulled Giovani to his feet and Giovani turned to look at them.
"Move," Connor said as he shoved Giovani in front of them and they headed down the hallway. Murphy felt the confusion and anger coming from his twin as they headed back to Smecker, Eunice, Sibeal, Romeo, Angelica, Angelina and Angelique and Murphy titled his head to one side.
"What's going on? Why isn't he dead?" Paul asked.
"Shut it," Connor said with a growl then he pushed Giovani onto his knees.
Smecker noticed the furious look in Connor's eyes and Connor placed his right hand on Giovani's left shoulder.
"I am fuckin' done with bein' used as some sort of pet killer."
"What are you talking about now?" Paul asked.
"You know damn well what I am talkin' about."
"No, I really don't have a clue. Care to enlighten me?"
"Who is the mole?"
"Oh. I already told you who that is," he said as he looked at Angelica, Angelina and Angelique.
"And we know that is pure bullshit," Angelique said, walking to stand next to Connor.
"Still lying to your boyfriend, hunh?"
Angelique stayed silent as Smecker snorted a breath of air and he rolled his eyes.
"Tell me summat," Connor said, looking at Giovani. "Do you recognize any of these women?"
"No. I have never seen any of them before," Giovani said.
"That doesn't mean shit. She's a super hacker. Could have gotten into their security system and learned everything before anyone noticed," Paul said.
Angelique glanced at Connor, but she didn't see doubt in his eyes and she stood straighter.
"That doesn't make sense. Why would she want to spy on me?" Giovani asked.
"He's right," Angelina said as she went to stand slightly behind Murphy. "The only reason she would be spying on him was because you told her to."
"Stay out of this," Paul said with a growl then he looked at Connor and Murphy. "Take him down!"
"For doing what? I told you. I'm innocent," Giovani said.
Connor and Murphy glanced at each other when Connor pointed his thumb over his left shoulder and they headed down the hallway. They slid into the room as Connor closed the door and he leaned against the door. He felt a knock on the door when he moved back and he opened the door. He stood back as Romeo walked in the room then Connor closed then locked the door.
"Anyone ready to go home?" Romeo asked while he walked to the couch and he sat down hard on the cushions then he placed his right arm on the back of the couch.
"I am," Murphy said as he sat on the wingback chair. He watched Connor slide down the door as he bent his legs up and Connor placed his head in his hands. Murphy felt the frustration coming from his twin as he stood and he walked to Connor. He sat next to him as Connor leaned into his twin and Murphy slid his left arm around his brother's shoulders. They sat in silence as they tried to figure out what to do next and Connor placed the side of his head against his brother's head.
"Sounds like you lads need some help," startled them as the air grew cold and Romeo stood. He slowly walked to Connor and Murphy when he sat down next to Murphy and Connor blinked his eyes a few times.
"Da?" Connor asked, looking at Noah.
"Hullo," Noah said.
"Christ," Murphy whispered.
"Lord's name."
"Sorry, Da."
"Uh…. Guys, how are we seeing this?" Romeo asked.
"Wait. You can see him?" Connor asked and Romeo nodded.
"Now, I don't have a lot of time," Noah said as Murphy, Connor and Romeo got to their feet and Noah walked to them. "What you need to do is think. If there is a mole, who would it be?"
"It ain't me," Romeo said.
"Never thought fer a second that you were."
"It's neither of us," Connor said.
"I know that."
"Don't think it's Uncle," Murphy said.
"Yer uncle is a lot of things, but he's no mole."
"It can't be Angelica, Angelina or Angelique," Connor said.
"Aye, those three are innocent."
"Uh, how do you know that?" Murphy asked and Noah smiled.
"I know shit," Noah said and Murphy nodded.
"That leaves Agent Bloom and Smecker," Connor said.
"It does, but it doesn't mean they're the mole."
"Smecker betrayed us," Murphy said.
"An' he will pay fer his actions. But that doesn't mean he set all this up."
"Bloom did say she didn't rat us out to the FBI. So, I don't think she's the mole," Romeo said.
"Which means it might be someone we don't know," Connor said as he started seeing a clear picture of what was going on and Noah barely nodded his head.
"Or it is someone you overlooked," Noah said.
"Someone we overlooked?" Murphy asked.
"You'll see."
They watched Noah fade away then Murphy and Connor looked at each other and Connor shrugged his shoulders.
The sudden sound of a door opening made them turn to see Dante walk in the room and he gave them a startled look.
"Oh hell," Dante said as he headed for the door, but Romeo fired his gun and chips of wood came from the doorframe.
"I won't miss the next time." Romeo said.
"Don't kill me!"
"Give us a reason not to," Connor said, walking toward Dante when a loud banging sound came from the door.
"Connor?! Murphy?! Romeo?! Are you ok?!" Angelica asked.
"We're fine," Murphy said.
"Open the door!" Paul said.
"We're busy," Connor said.
"Guys…" Eunice said.
Dante looked at them when he started moving toward the door and Romeo fired the gun again.
"What was that?!" Paul asked and the door handle moved.
"Just making sure our friend doesn't leave," Romeo explained and Dante sighed.
"What are you talkin' about!?" Sibeal asked.
"Open the fucking door!" Paul demanded.
"Better let them in," Dante said with a smug look on his face.
"Don't think so," Connor said when a soft clicking sound filled the air and the door opened. Smecker, Sibeal, Eunice, Giovani, Angelina, Angelique and Angelica entered the room and Smecker closed the door. Angelique held up the lockpicking kit as Connor rolled his eyes, smiled and she shrugged her shoulders.
"Who the hell is that?" Paul asked, looking at Dante.
"I think he's the guy who searched us when those longshoremen took us to see David Corzella," Romeo said.
"And he is the guy I chased when we went after Antonio Marchelli," Angelique said.
"Was he at the human trafficking house?" Paul asked.
"I don't think so," Connor said.
"Of course, he was there," Giovani said, rolling his eyes. "He's my junior underboss."
"How long has he been working for you?" Paul asked.
"It's only been a couple of months."
"Where did he work before that?"
Giovani thought for a few seconds while he blinked his eyes a few times and he frowned.
"I don't really know. My mother hired him."
"I think we found the mole," Murphy said, tilting his head to one side.
Giovani's eyes widened as Dante puffed out a breath of air and lightly shook his head.
"Are you the mole?" Giovani asked.
"Yes, I am," Dante said.
"Are you working for them?"
"No."
"Who are you working for?" Paul asked.
"Me," made them turn to see Callahan and Melletti standing in the hallway and Smecker frowned.
"Wondered where these two went," Paul whispered to Eunice and she nodded.
"He works fer Interpol?" Murphy asked.
"Yeah," Dante said.
Callahan and Melletti entered the room as Callahan looked at Connor and Murphy and they saw the anger in his eyes.
"Looks like this is my lucky day. Not only did I take down Yakavetta, but I took out the Saints," Rory said.
"We're not dead," Connor said.
"Not yet."
"If you think I'm going to let you kill them, you're out of your fucking mind," Paul said.
"Oh, like you really give a fuck about them. Or don't they know what's really going on?"
"What is he talking about?" Romeo asked.
"He's talking about the information I gave him," Giovani said, walking to Callahan.
"What information?" Paul asked.
"The information I gave him," Eunice said.
"Is anyone else confused?" Angelina asked, walking to Romeo.
"Allow me to explain."
They watched while Eunice walked to the desk when she sat on the desk, crossed one leg over the other and she placed the palms of her hands on the desk. She looked at Connor, Murphy, Romeo, Angelina, Angelica and Angelique as she tried to pick which one to start with and Eunice sighed.
"Connor, would you please take hold of her?" Eunice said, pointing to Angelique.
"Why does he have to do that?" Angelique said while Connor walked to her and he gently placed his arms around her. "Watch the hands."
"Hold her a little tighter."
"Will you please tell me why he has to do this?"
"It's to stop you."
"Stop me from doing what?"
"Let me ask you this. What happened to your father?"
"He was injured during a match."
"No, he wasn't. What happened to him was arranged."
"What?!" Angelique asked with a confused look on her face and she pushed on Connor's arms as she tried to free herself.
"Stop strugglin'," Connor whispered.
"Believe me. If I was really trying to get away from you, you'd be on your ass," she whispered and he tried hard not to smile.
"Ok. If what you say is true, who arranged for my father to end up paralyzed from the chest down?" Angelique asked and Eunice looked at Smecker.