An: Hey everyone! Yes, i am seriously updating already! I was pretty shocked at that. I was just on a writing kick and had to keep going with my plot bunny. I just couldn't stop writing! I even have part of the next chapter written already too. Next update should be later this week at the pace i am going. Another long chapter for you, my amazing readers :) Enjoy! Oh and thanks a bunch for the reviews, follows, and favorites! And on a side note Jakes isn't in this chapter. He was suppose to be but if i would have ended the chapter where i wanted to it would have been way too long. He will be in the next one. Always seems one character gets the luck of being left out.. good for him i guess for this one since there are lots of problems coming up. Then again he has his own problems coming for him too.. Anyway, on with the story!

Chapter 3: Trouble is a brewing

Genesis could feel the blood pounding in her ears as she was led, blind folded, god knows where. The car ride couldn't have been more than half an hour tops. With all the constant turns (clearly a heat run), it had been too hard to follow along in her mind where they might possibly be.

"Take it off, Brian." A deep voice ordered. Almost immediately the piece of cloth that had been covering her eyes was untied and dropped to the floor. Her light green eyes squinted for a moment , trying to adjust to the lighting. "Genesis, my darling, so glad you could make it. I hope the drive was ok." Fletcher stepped closer to her and tucked her single loose curl behind her ear, his hand lingering longer than necessary. It took a lot of her will power not to flinch at his touch. If Antonio Fletcher could be described in a few words they would be: charming, psychopathic, masochist. Seeing him at first glance, one would think he was some kind-hearted, well-off business man. He was handsome for sure and had a charisma that kept people hanging on his every word. Genesis saw past all of this even after only knowing Fletcher for approximately 6 weeks. Most of that time though she had been making deals through Brian, Fletcher's second in command. Antonio was usually present but more or less it was to get a feel for her and Paul. She hadn't had a chance to have a full-out sit-down with him until now. Nesi hadn't even been expecting to be able to do so so soon. The gun dealer was untrusting as you could see in his charcoal gray eyes. It was something most people didn't notice. They usually didn't see the vehemence behind his upturned smile either.

"I'm delighted to get to speak with you, Antonio. I have to say, the drive would have been better had i been able to see." The man being spoken to dismissed the other people present in the room with a simple wave of his hand.

"I apologize for that, dear. It was just for security purposes. Come now and have a seat. I will pour us some wine." Nesi walked over to the "L" shaped black leather couch and took a seat. She looked around the room as he popped the cork off a bottle of fine red wine.

"This your house?" She asked. The room looked too cozy to not be part of someone's abode. It was set up like a home office with a big wooden desk stacked high with papers beside a desktop computer, a couch along with a few single chairs for business meetings, and cabinets more than likely stocked with files.

"One of them." He passed her a glass of wine to which she thanked him. She couldn't have him thinking she was rude.

"I didn't peg you as an art type." She went on, glancing around at priceless master pieces that hung on the white walls.

"There is a lot you do not know about me just a there is much I do not know about you." Antonio sat beside her, settling one of his hands on her knee and slowly sliding it upward. Genesis took a sip of wine and politely placed her hand over his to stop it.

"But that is not what we are here to talk about, is it?" The smile on her face was what kept him from thinking something was up with her. Most women were quite content to let Fletcher get to know them. He wasn't the type of person who started off right away with business. Mixing business and pleasure was his specialty. Nesi was having none of that though if she could help it. The brown-haired man set down his glass without even taking a drink and leaned back on the couch, putting an arm around her.

"You aren't one for small talk are you?"

'I prefer to put business first." Nesi said with a delicate shrug.

"Fair enough. Have you heard of a Jeremiah Bello?" Genesis's eyes snapped to his face. Oh crap.

Charlie slowly opened her eyes and sighed upon looking at the time. She hadn't even slept for two hours. Part of her knew she still had to get up. There were things to get done. Laying here for a few more minutes would be ok...

"Briggs." Charlie grumbled upon hearing a door slam. She threw her blankets off and got out of bed before heading downstairs to the source of the noise.

"Charlie!" Not Charles, Chucky, or even Chuck. Charlie. Something was up.

"God, don't yell. I'm right here, man." She placed a hand on her hip and looked at Briggs. "Wait. Where's Nesi? I thought she was with you doing the Fletcher thing." Her dark brown eyes trailed Briggs as he entered the kitchen finding himself a bottle of rum. He could care less what time of day it was. Good rum was good rum. Or so he thought.

"She was with me. Brian Fiore, who works along side Fletcher, met us there. He was kind enough to inform me that Fletcher was only interested in speaking to Genesis. Alone. She left with him and i tried to follow but he ran a good heat run. I ended up losing them." Paul downed a good amount from his bottle before slamming it down on the counter top.

"Does she have a tracker of transmitter on her?" Charlie asked as soon as he finished speaking. She really didn't know much of anything about Fletcher besides the fact that he was an arms dealer and rumors that she had heard about him on the streets. She didn't have a good idea as to what Genesis was into. Either way going in completely untraceable cited its own risks.

"No."

"And why not, Paul? What happens if something goes wrong? She's on her own." Briggs put his hands on her shoulders in attempt to calm her even though he was more worried since he actually knew Antonio. He always liked the fact that Charlie cared so much about all of them. Everyone in the house was like family to her. Paul cared about everyone too in his own way but again this was a house. They were here to work. There were times though like this when he did worry more about the people than the job. Nesi had grown on him too much. Or it could be the fact he knew too much about her. Maybe it was both.

"Relax, Mama. You know I wouldn't send her in there cold if there was any other way. The asshole and all of his men carry frequency jammers and there isn't a way to get around that. I mean there is but only Fletcher himself knows. Their phones and radios are the only things that work. I made her take a knife with her just in case. It was in her boot. I would have prefered her take a gun but that was too hard to conceal." Paul kissed the top of her head before she pulled away.

'What aren't you telling me?" Charlie's voice took on a more demanding edge. She knew there were things that he wasn't telling her and that pissed her off. There were suppose to be no secrets in Graceland. She knew Paul didn't see it that way.

"What are you talking about? I told you what's going on." His footsteps echoed hers as he followed her out of the kitchen. She stopped him with a single hand on his chest. He stopped, knowing better than to fight her. He could see the anger written on her face. A pissed of Charlie was never a good thing.

"I've known Genesis as long as you have and yeah, i worry about her just as much as I do everyone else. But not as much as you. You don't worry that much about Paige or I when we go to meets alone. You clearly know something no one else does. What-" Briggs finally brushed her hand off of him as he cut her off.

"Charlie, don't worry about it. She has her own secrets just like everyone else. They aren't mine to tell so just drop it." Next thing he knew she was in his face. Most people would be intimidated and uncomfortable but he knew her too well.

"This house is sitting on a stack of lies and it's going to all come tumbling down."

"Say it." Paige prompted, hands on her hips and triumphant smile on her face.

"You win, Paige." Mike and Johnny chorused. She laughed and put an arm around each guy.

"Thank you very much."

"I'm pretty sure you are a football player in disguise." Mike surmised. He picked up his cellphone from where it sat on his towel and slipped out from under Paige's arm upon seeing the time.

"Where's the fire, Mikey?" Johnny questioned as he watched Warren send a text message.

"I promised Abby I would meet her at her place. I'm going to be late."

"Abby as in the girl you were suppose to have broken up with?" Paige's face displayed her disapproval. More lies in sacred Graceland. Just perfect. Johnny ushered Mike away before Paige could utter another word.

"He's changing, Johnny. He isn't that innocent newbie anymore." The female DEA agent proclaimed, watching Mike as he walked away. She liked Mike's innocence. He was affected by his work and to her that was a good thing. If you stopped caring that just led to problems. She looked to Johnny who was also following her line of vision.

"He is just trying to figure things out. I don't think he has a clue who he is right now." JT slipped on his flip-flops and mused Paige's hair affectionately. "I'm heading over to Hector's. You want anything?"

"The usual. I'll take the beach stuff home and meet you there."

"Alright, girl." Paige laughed as Johnny walked away, pausing to flirt with some girls along the way.

"Player." She said to herself, smiling amicably. Johnny was Johnny. Everyone loves him. Except maybe Jakes but Paige knew deep down he did like him. He just wasn't one to show it. Tough love. She made the short trek back to the house , leaving the surfboards, towels, and football outside for the time being. Time to catch up to Tuturro.

The line was long at Hector's Tacos when Johnny arrived.

"Man." No matter. There were pretty ladies around to talk to. They always loved his attention. He approached a cute redhead and whispered something in Spanish in her ear, causing her to giggle. A rough hand landing on his shoulder stopped his adventure. Or maybe it was the cold metal of the gun against his back, hidden from view. Wonderful.

"Sorry, lady. I need to borrow my friend here." The unknown male voice spoke.

"Yeah, gotta go talk to my best buddy. See you around, baby." Johnny turned and slowly walked away with the man trailing right behind him.

"Behind the pizza parlor over there. Try anything and I will shoot you."

"Alright, dude. Just watch where you put that thing." Only Johnny would still be light-hearted in such a tense situation. He was hoping to relax the guy. Once he got the opportunity he was going to land this dude on his ass. The man responded by shoving the gun harder into his back. Man was obviously not in a friendly mood. "Chill out. I'm movin'." Johnny went where he was directed and was met by 4 more men with guns along with a black SUV. All the men were African-American and looked quite confident with the guns in their hands. Bella's men. Who Mike had graciously taught to shoot. How the hell?

"I believe we have a friend of yours." The guy with the gun pointed at his back, spoke. Tuturro figured he was one of Bello's higher in command. He personally hadn't gotten to spend time with Bello's men. Just Mike and Bello himself primarily. The back door on the driver's side was opened and another of Bello's men got out. He dragged a pissed off Paige Arkin with him. A long knife was held to her throat. She was clearly trying to scream something to Johnny but it was muffled by the duct tape over her mouth. This was not good. Not good at all.

"Let her go." Johnny demanded. His brown eyes searched Paige's face. She looked to be ok besides a knife wound across her left cheek. Ever the fighter, she was twisting around her wrists in attempt to escape her duct tape bindings.

"Get in the car and she is free to go." Paige struggled even more when the man said this. She couldn't let them take Johnny. Who knew what Bello would do to him or even Mike for that matter. JT was suppose to have been blown up with the drugs.

"Ok. I'll go. Free her now." The knife was moved from Paige's throat and the duct tape cut between her wrists. A gun still remained pointed at her in case. Paige and Johnny's eyes met just before he got in the SUV along with Bello's men. A gun pointed out the back driver's side window at her prevented her from trying to stop them. All she could do was stand and watch while Johnny got further away. Today was not a good day for anyone.

Mike excused himself from Abby to take an incoming phone call.

"Hey, Bello."

"Michael, we need to meet. We have business to discuss." Bello's tone of voice left no room for negotiation. Mike glanced back at Abby before speaking.

"I'll be there."

AN: Looks like things are heating up! We've got Genesis who is meeting with crazy Fletcher who apparently knows Bello. Bad for Paul.. Fletcher thinks he is a gun runner friend of Nesi's but Bello thinks he is Odin.. Good luck with that one Briggs. Good luck to Nesi too who vouched for him to Fletcher. We've even got some tensions between Charlie and Briggs. Man Briggs is having quite some problems. Then of course we come to Johnny. Poor poor Johnny. Looks like Bello found out you are back from the dead! Not a good thing! Don't worry though readers, Graceland isn't burned. Bello didn't have people follow Mike to find out JT was alive. Now that would have been even worse. I wish you luck with Bello, Johnny! And poor Paige is even caught in the crossfire of this one. Could've been worse for her. Uh oh, Mike! Don't go talk to Bello! Too late. And where is Jakes in all of this? Guess you have to wait and see. Don't worry though my hand is still scribbling away at this story. No idea why but i'm just addicted to Graceland and writing this story. That's good news though! Wow that was a long author's note/ rant. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. Leave me reviews please with your thoughts :)