"What the hell do you mean you're leaving. We are JUST beginning to get to the good shit" Butch was yelling at me through the phone as I closed the last of my bags.
"I have no choice plus I think this will be good for us"
"Blossom you're losing sight of the light at the end of the road. We don't have time for shit that will be good for us, we need to make some major moves. Now." I narrowed my eyes at no one particularly as I listened to him.
"You're telling me that WE don't have time yet you're making time to sneak away with Miss Misfit, whom has shit loads of problems that psychological training can't help. But I can't have a few moments with my fiancé?! Talk about double-standards. Plus this is a MAJOR power move. Trust is where all things happen, right? Once I have his trust he will be putty in my hands"
"What about Brent?" There was a moment of silence as I was taken back by the question.
"Him and I have our understanding."
"I think you should talk to him before you leave"
"I think you should mind your business and not be doing the business with Misfit. Eyes on the light at the end of the tunnel Big bro, right?" I smirked as I made a point.
"See you next week, smart ass"
"Love you too" I hung up the phone just brick came into the room.
"Lovely conversations you have with your brother, are you ready?" He grabbed my bags and placed them outside of our room then shut the door behind him. "You make think this trip is a waste but it's not" I rolled my eyes.
"Just tell me what you know. The speaking rhetorically thing is mine, you don't do it so well."
"That's debate-able. Anyways, our best friend and Buttercup's ex is in Cancun as we speak" My mouth dropped as he held up some papers that revealed to be from Sedusa's email.
Butch
I tossed my phone on the couch as I processed what Blossom said. She was right, hate to admit it... Buttercup was out so it was just Brent and I. Of course his eyes were glued to the computer screen. "Don't even bring it up" I raised my eyebrow at how this kid knew what I was going to ask.
"Looks like we're on the same page, so we might as well" He didn't falter away from his typing.
"I was the boy and she was the girl. Can I make it anymore obvious?" I rolled my eyes.
"Can you not quote old classic Avril Lavinge songs and tell me what really goes on between you two?" He signed before turning around to look at me. Brent looked as if he was aging by the day. Dark circles were clearly present under his eyes.
"We have our understanding. Nothing goes on between us, she a soon to be married woman and I respect that"
"You know how she feels about him"
"She feels more than she realizes and on the trip she will realize it" I saw the sad truth in his eyes. Brent was in love with Blossom, that I knew for a fact. It was silently killing him, yet I respect how he puts her feelings before his own for the better of her. Its so selfless and I sound like a complete wuss right now.
"Maybe you should-" He stopped me.
"I'm not going to do anything but stay in my role. Be her best friend." He turned back around to resume his activities, thus the silence returned. It hurt him but he knew it was the right thing. In this moment I feel for Team Brent, loving the girl he knows he can't have. A tragic love story, honestly. Who knows how it will end? I took a seat on the couch, surrounded by the printed emails. I picked one up to begin scanning yet I was pulled back with Brent began to mumbles inaudible words. I got up and leaned into the screen trying to understand. "Call Blossom NOW"
"Why what's going-" I was interrupted by the slam of the front door only to reveal a relaxed Buttercup. She looked so casual yet I felt my heart skip a beat. Her hair was in a ponytail with her bangs covering her right eye.. She wore a shirt that had Marilyn Monroe on it and showed her pierced navel. Baggy camo jeans that seemed to hug her curves at the same time with a pair of back combat boots. One word. Hot. She must have noticed the urgency going on, because she quickly glued in.
"Brent, whats wrong?"
"She's going to have them killed. Blossom and Brick. It was a set up. SHE'S GOING TO HAVE THEM KILLED!"
Our plane ride was smooth considering it was my first. I stayed asleep to fight the nerves. Once we made it out of the airport, a man holding a sign saying 'Jojo' was awaiting net to a limo. Brick and Blossom quickly approached him. "Welcome to Cancun, day or night we never sleep". The driver avoided eye contact with us which I found sketchy but we climbed in anyways. "You excited?"
"Yes and well rested." I heard the driver get back in the car and start it up. Brick poured some champagne for himself and I. "Thank you, what should we toast to?"
"To good health and happy days" He raised his glass and I followed suite.
No One's POV
"Good health and happy days" Brick's and Blossom's glasses touched in sweet harmony. They smiled and laughed as the whole purpose of the trip began to sink into them. Brick looked over to Blossom to see her curiously looking out the window in complete bliss. He took notice of her distinctive features. Her burning red hair, sparkling pink eyes the color of cotton candy all seemed to be pulling him in for more. She looked so regal and composed yet she was only sitting, looking out the window. His eyes caressed her body with slight lust and the champagne began to take some effect. Her long toned creamy legs were crossed, his eyes continued to trail upwards taking notice of how short her dress was. The length didn't take away from how royal she looked yet he took notice of how it complimented her body and that's when he put it together.
"So you wore the dress for me?" She turned to him with a questionably look before looking down at herself and slightly blushed.
"Why would I wear something for you?" Blossom slighted at Brick in a jokingly manner. She knew she wore this dress to get some type of reaction from him, yet she didn't know how to handle this direct attention. The one thing she knew how to do, play it off. Brick moved a bit closer to her. Blossom noticed the look in his eyes as he came closer yet she didn't know how to react. Being swept away by emotion was foreign to her yet she felt as if she could manage. The tension in the limo raised as Brick was only inches from Blossom's face. Just as Blossom gained the courage to push herself out of the comfort zone, the car took a certain turn and something grazed between them. They turned their heads to see a hole in the window. A hole the size of a bullet, instantly Blossom's instincts kicked in. "GET DOWN!". They hit the floor before bullets came from every direction. Some hit the tires causing the car to spin out of control and into an alarming halt. Brick was protectively over Blossom trying not to crush her. Once the bullets seized and the car came to a stop, he lifted up looking down at Blossom with great concern. She looked at him analytically yet some of her was looking at him with her heart. He was making it flutter and do all types of tricks that were not understandable to Blossom. She heard one last bullet and all her emotions wiped themselves out again.
"You okay?" Brick caressed her delicate cheek yet Blossom was not in the mood for games. This was life or death and they weren't dead yet. Sh pulled him back down, they were chest to chest yet he was the only one effected.
"Don't get up. Whoever is targeting us isn't one yet. Stay down" Blossom's voice held no emotions and Brick sensed it with ease. She was now in kill mode, if Brick wanted to live he should fall in line. Blossom got up and carefully peeked out the window, just enough for only her eyes to be visible on the other side. All she saw was woods, meaning that they had to literally be outside of Cancun. She began planning an escape route that would be the safest since she couldn't exactly pin point where the shots were coming from. Just as she was about to turn around, that's when she saw it. A grenade was ticking away by the seconds. Blossom grabbed Brick's hand and went out the car in the opposite direction, trying to move as fast as she could with the extra weight only to be pushed further by the force of the blow from the grenade causing them both to fall. They not only fell but slid a bit too.
Brick and Blossom laid low, watching the limo fry in flames. Blossom's brain was scanning things so frantically that she didn't register that Brick was talking to her until he began to forcefully shake her. As if his life depended on it. She narrowed her eyes at him as she spoke, "If you don't stop shaking me, my neck will snap"
"That's minor compared to what we just went through. We should hurry and get to a hotel. Call Butch and find out what the hell is going on" Brick's face was slightly red with anger. Blossom stood up and helped him up as well. Her leg had a bad bruise on it, causing her to limp. "Here let me carry you" Brick went in to pick Blossom up, yet she pushed him away.
"No, I'm fine" She pushed herself to say the words knowing it wasn't true. He ignored her and picked her up anyways. The feel of her silky cream legs felt great in his arms yet he wouldn't say that aloud. He went along his way, taking note of how long it wold take. "You don't have to do this" Secretly Blossom was enjoy this but she would never sat that aloud.
"I do have to do this, and it's nothing so... Just let it go" Brick was physically fit so carrying Blossom was no big problem.
Luckily, they were able to get a hotel room for 2 nights with the money they had on the. Being in a different country didn't help the situation but at least Blossom knew the language. Brick was attending to Blossom's leg which was swelling. "A few days of rest and you will be good as new" He laid more ice on the leg, slightly smiling as she winced.
"Something is always happening to me. I get hurt here, shot in the ass, now my leg...What's next?" She cringed in more pain as brick began to massage the ice around the area.
"Stop thinking like that. It's not always you. Given our situation, we both are in hot oil. Now let's try to figure out what the hell is going on" Right on cue, Blossom's phone begun to ring in her bra. She looked down at her chest awkwardly, knowing that Brick was watching her. "So that's where you put it. What else do you put in there?" He was about to reach in but Blossom swat his hand away and grabbed the phone.
"Hello?"
"Blossom! Thank God you're alive"
"I was literally attacked 45 mintues ago, Butch what the hell is going on?"
"Sedusa put a warrant out for your head. The whole trip was a set up. I don't know exactly how it's gonna go down but get back ASAP!" Blood rushed to Blossom's face with anger.
"Damnit Butch! How are we going to get back without our passports?! Everything burned in a fire, what the hell do you want us to do?"
"Survive for 12 hours. we are planning and plotting as we speak."
"Butch that won't be enough! You don't kno-" Blossom was interrupted by a forceful blow and debris coming from all directions. She found herself in the hard ground and a grand whole in the wall. She struggled to get up as four men rushed in holding the biggest guns... She located my phone, thankfully Butch was still on the live. "Hey, I need you to think of this plan faster than the speed of lightning and FAST. Got to go now, brick and I have company" She hung up the phone and placed it back in its original place. Blossom struggled to stand but somehow made it.
She noticed Brick was fighting while dodging bullets. He had all the attention on him, so she snuck behind the closet man grabbed him by the head with the arm and body slammed him over, making him drop his gun. Blossom quickly retrieved the gun and slapped another man in the head with it, causing him to fall back unconscious and dropping his gun. Blossom picked up the gun and tossed it to Brick, while a wicked grim spread across her face. "Oh I missed these days" Brick was surprised by her grim tone of voice. He looked over at her and saw that something had changed. Her eyes looked darker and more sinister. "So this is how things go, you tell us what we need to know and die or you don't coöperate and have a slow death." The guy looked as if he didn't know what to do as he slowly began to shake.
"Don't kill me"
"Why is that the line you guys always use?" She rushed over to him and pinned him against the wall. "So did Sedurita send you?" He rigorously shook his head.
"No. Ace." Blossom kept her face straight yet she couldn't help but wonder who Ace was.
"Who the hell is Ace?"
"Leader of the Triple G's" This guy was starting to sweat and stutter as Blossom pressed the gun to his head.
"Gang Green Gang, there one of the mobs in Townsville. They keep their business low-key so why they sudden bold moves now?" Brick wasn't aiming at the guy yet being rational in this situation.
"I know nothing but he does have a new lady friend. Nice piece of ass if you ask me" The guy slightly smiled but it quickly went away as blossom pressed harder.
"That's why we didn't ask you! Describe her" Her voice was full of authority and a complete turn on to Brick but he held his cool.
"Coke shape figure, long black hair and these scary yet attractive green eyes" Blossom gagged.
"Stop getting sexually aroused by that witch! Maybe you've been alive for too long" Blossom was about to press the trigger when he began to plead for his life.
"Ok. OKAY. OKAY. Wait, we can talk about this. I could be a very good asset to you right now" Blossom wasn't listening and was re-position the spot to where she was about to blow his brains out.
"Blossom wait!" Brick moved closer to the guy and noticed he was drenched in his own sweat. "How could you help us?"
"This room. No this whole hotel is secretly surrounded. The moment one of you TRY to make it out, a bullet will find its way straight through you."
"Fuck!" Blossom lowered her gun from the guy as she began vulnerable but quickly caught herself. "Who set this plan up and whose been watching us?!"
"I told you Ace did this but no. There's this new couple, well i think they are a couple. Robin and Mitch they've become new to the crew. Get all the good missions, moving me and my buddies down in rank and messing up our cash flow. At first I thought they wanted to corrupt the Triple G's from within but no that was never their mission"
"What is their mission?" Brick's was rubbing his hand through the little hair that was beginning to grow on his chin.
"Sedurita wants the ultimate revenge and she's willing to do ANYTHING to get it" Brick and Blossom looked at each other in slight fear, knowing that this was war.
Brick undressed the lat guy and tossed the gear to Blossom. "This is the plan, you get us out and we will let you live. You do all the talking and ensure that we get back safe or I'll make sure that you will get the ass whooping of your life"
"By who? You two?" Brick and Blossom glared at him yet Blossom was more offended so she did a roundhouse kick to his head.
"You wish it was me. GET DRESSED!"
The guy managed to get Brick and Blossom out of the hotel but now he didn't know where to take them. They were standing in a dark alley and the guys began to shake. "i think this is where you let me live" The guy has a black eye thanks to Blossom's round-house kick and sore spots from the pressing of the gun.
"No, take us to your head quarters" brick looked at Blossom like she was crazy.
"We are unarmed with no back-up, are you crazy?!"
"Insane." She pulled her mask back over her face as the guy led the way. Brick pulled Blossom back and lifted her mask. "Don't let him get too far"
"Don't worry about him. You need to worry about your life. What the hell are you thinking?"
"If I have to risk my life to obtain the life I wish to have, then so be it." She was about to run off again when Brick held her in place.
"You're not thinking rationally, we have no plan to fall back on! You're acting on hatred and spite, not rationality."
"And you're acting on your emotions, so stop." She turned her head and saw that the guy was gone. Blossom snatched away from Brick in anger. "No look what you've done. HE'S GONE!" He covered her mouth.
"And you're putting a bigger target on our back. I put a tracker on him." Blossom got excited for a second but her facial expression changed.
"What were you originally gonna use that tracker for?" He looked away while answering her.
"On you...For when you got upset and storm off because you do that a lot" Blossom hit him in astonishment. "Pinky, I'm sorry to admit it but you do have a constant habit of doing that"
"So that was your plan all along?"
"Not originally but when I began thinking RATIONALY, I made it all up. Now call Butch and tell him to get Brent to locate the tracker. Buttercup can get a helicopter down here at the coördinates Brent will give her. Make sure Butch has all the necessary guns and machines on the helicopter." By the time Brick was finish explaining everyone's job, Blossom was already on the phone with Butch. After he hung up she looked at Brick feeling as if she did something wrong yet she didn't know exactly what.
"We should go shopping or something" She looked down at herself. She was wearing all black and it was baggy.
"What's wrong you don't look good?" Brick was looking at Blossom, her curves were clearly shown, even in baggy clothes. He couldn't help but stare.
"No! Do you see me?"
"Yeah I see you. All of you. You look perfectly fine to me" He pulled her close, causing her to blush.
"You're just tryna get on my good side. Not gonna happen." She pulled out of his grasp and begin walking away. "Pull out your wallet because we're going SHOPPING!" Brick stood there in fear, listening to that one word that could make him cringe. Shopping...
