Chapter 30 Light It Up

Barney's

It took over two weeks to locate Mike with how on the move he was. After their raids, Mike and his father were all over the place trying to put out fires with their clients. Both were increasingly angry and lashed out at their men. Neither had any idea the Expendables were behind it. They seemed to settle for a bit and the Expendables thought it'd be a good time to pounce.

Blake had stayed on claiming to only leave once this was done. It helped that her current boss wanted the Spears off their list as well. Maggie and Barney continued to banter back and forth. More times than not he'd groan and walk off leaving her with a satisfied smirk at the win.

Galgo, Maggie, and Yang were to stay behind as all the women stayed at Barney's again behind the tight security system. Babies were cooed over and passed around in between cleaning and packing their equipment. They flew out to New York and checked into a safe house Church had provided. Surveillance was set up and they tracked their prey. They weren't planning on leaving Daddy Spears alive either. He'd come after Ava too.

New York

It took another week to notice a pattern in their schedules. They planned for another two days as they gathered supplies. Now wasn't the time to go in halfcocked with a bullshit plan.

They discussed their groups and loaded up their weapons. Church gained them immunity for what was about to go down while they made their way silently to a warehouse the Spears would be in come nightfall. Blake, Gunnar, Toll, and Thorn were set up in sniper positions on each side to maximize their coverage. Between the four of them they made note of all exits and entrances. Heat sensors indicated a room full of what looked like computer servers. Barney wasn't sure if he wanted to torch the place or let Church have the computers. They'd figure it out later.

As the sun set and night descended, black cars started to pull into the parking area. All of the men who exited the vehicles wore suits and some even had shades despite the dark. All of them were armed. They made their way to the door and headed inside. So far neither male Spear had arrived. After an hour of waiting, you could tell the men were getting impatient. They kept peeking out the large windows to see if anyone else had arrived.

Lights showed in the distance, coming closer to the warehouse. It took the parking space closest to the door before the driver got out and opened the back door. Daddy Spears stepped out and buttoned his loose suit jacket before stepping forward to make room for Mike who stepped out just as gracefully.

"You get a shot Gunnar," Barney said through his earpiece, "You take the Spears down. Even if we just get one today it's a win."

"Copy," Gunnar said deeply before lining up his shot with Daddy Spears forehead and slowly squeezed the trigger.

Wzzz Plik

Daddy Spears head bounced back with a small spray of blood at the impact before his body crumpled to the ground. Mike immediately ducked just in time to avoid a shot that whizzed past his head, but clipped his cheek. He threw himself towards the open door of the warehouse before shutting it and engaging safety protocols. Gunnar quickly took out the two men left behind that were banging on the door.

"Outside is clear Boss," Gunnar said, "Might wanna knock while you still can."

Barney chuckled, "What will they have to say when they find out we're already inside?"

"Clear on this side too," Blake said followed by the same from Toll and Thorn.

Inside

Barney and his team made their way towards the ground floor quickly while Lee's team went to take out their other visitors. When Barney's team reached the ground floor they looked around in confusion. Mike was nowhere in sight and he hadn't slid by any of them.

"I guess we get to light the place up," Barney said to Lee over the comms.

"Copy," Lee said enthusiastically.

Lee's team headed up towards the server room they'd spotted and moved anything burnable near the computers. All the wires would surely catch and funnel the fire up to the highly flammable, decorative ceiling. Lee lit a match and let it fall on an accelerant before he followed the others out. They started going downstairs, searching through the main halls with their guns up and ready. They made it to the second floor to find Barney's team still looking around.

"There has to be an extra exit to the underground. We've found nothing," Barney growled.

"At least Daddy Dearest is out of the picture," Lee said slapping Barney on the shoulder.

Barney nodded stiffly before both teams exited the building and the snipers met up at their rondevu point. They packed their gear into their vehicles quietly as they let their frustration fester. They all piled into the vehicles and took off, but none of them spotted the furious eyes watching them through binoculars from a far off treeline. And no one noticed the recognition in those eyes as they stopped on Lee.

Early Next Morning At Barney's

Ava smiled sleepily as she felt the bed dipping, waking her. A muscled arm wrapped around her waist and lips kissed her bare neck. She chuckled huskily when the lips made a path down to her bare shoulder.

"We didn't get him love," Lee said with a heavy sigh, "But his father is out of the picture."

"As long as you all came back safe," Ava said quietly before turning to face him.

Lee smiled down at her, "We did. It was actually the easiest job we've done. I really wish this was over for us."

Ava pulled him down for a sweet, gentle kiss before whispering against his lips, "It will be. We'll get married and make your mother happy with grandchildren to spoil."

He chuckled deeply, "And how will that make your dad feel having her around all the time?"

She giggled, "He'll just have to put up with it."

He pulled her to his chest and they fell asleep in each other's arms.