A/N: What up Cam fans its me MR. SDR Back again. With what is sadly the next to last chapter of this story. Sad I know but this one has plenty action. And picks up the day after the day the last one ended so lets get going. Oh and for those of you who've seen the Hannah Montana movie Henry "Hawk/Hank" Chan's cowboy hat looks Like the one Billy Ray Cyrus wears except black and leather
Five Months & Hunting Pt 2:
In the early pre dawn hours of the morning while most of Myrtle beach and most of South Carolina slept save for a few truckers and third shift workers. Sam Puckett sat on the edge of her bed in her wife beater deer hunter style camouflage cargo pants lacing her boots. Her long blonde locks pulled back in a ponytail. Once she had tied both boots she reached behind her and grabbed her black long sleeve under armor shirt and pulled the form fitting garment over her head. Then reaching into the night stand beside her she blindly grabbed the small gold cross. The cross that had been given to her during her time as a gang leader by the local priest. She then dropped to her knees and began to pray silently to herself.
Since David's shooting and the conception of their child Sam had become more spiritual. She wasn't born again by any means she was still purely Sam. But now she had some true spiritual foundation she was as her cousin termed himself and her a renegade Christian. Believing in God but still overall keeping her same mentality about things such as her sex and social life. That was something Sam vowed not to change about herself. Because that core essence of her was what Carly loved.
Once she finished her prayer Sam stood and placed the cross on her neck, and walked over to where Carly was still sleeping on the other side of the bed and placed kiss on her temple.
"Um leaving already baby," Carly said half waking and not moving from the fettle position
"Yeah Columbia is a long way away," Sam said gently stroking Carly's chocolate brown locks. "But Mel is gonna look after you ok," she said rubbing Carly's baby bump
"Hmm ok don't speed you got ten ounces of weed in that car," Carly said sleepily shifting a bit
"What cupcake?" Sam asked confused
"The weed that you're supposed to drop off at the warehouse," Carly said still sleeping dream of their days in Seattle.
Sam let out a light chuckle and kissed Carly's temple. "I love you cupcake," she said stroking Carly's hair one more time.
"Mmm love you too come home safe," Carly said before drifting fully back to sleep as Sam left the room and made her way down stairs
As Sam walked into the kitchen Sam was greeted to sight of David pulling his dreads into a ponytail. Much like herself David had chosen to wear a long sleeve Under Armor shirt and Camo pants. The only difference being his shirt was both black and white where Sam's was all black.
"Morning ," Sam said going over to the dishwasher and retrieving her black travel coffee cup.
"Hey," David said going over to the fridge to grab the container of orange juice.
"Where are Frankie Miko and Katie ?" Sam said pulling the coffee down from the cupboard.
"They took the Yukon to the office already said we can wait on Tay," David said before turning the carton of juice up to his lips.
"You got your knife?" Sam asked as she spooned the dry coffee into her travel cup.
"Yeah," David said pulling his fabled switch blade from his pocket and flicking it blade for affect.
"Good," Sam said filling her cup with water and placing it in the microwave. "So you sure you up to this?," she asked concerned more so for her cousin's mental health more so than his physical.
David sighed his pride and confidence wounded a bit by Sam's question. "You don't think I can do my job do you?" he asked sending an annoyed and offended glare Sam's way.
"No Mon its not that. Its just you got shot eight times that can leave anybody a little scared," Sam said, "I just don't want you to freeze up out there," she continued.
"Sammie look at me," David drawing the blonde's gaze to him. "I can do this. Yeah I got shot but what do you want me to say I still have nightmares, I still feel bullets going in me! Then yeah I do!." he said bitterly admitting truth as he walked around the counter where Sam was. "But I know there is a more than likely chance I'll be shot again. But I accept it just like you do even if am scared."
"I know but… I don't want to loose you big guy," Sam sad pulling David into a hug that threatened to break his ribs.
"I know Sammie I know," David said kissing the top of his cousin's head. "Look you keep me safe I keep you safe. Deal?"
"Deal," she said releasing the death grip she had on his midsection.
"Uh guys," said Taylor who walked into the kitchen wearing an army green thermal shirt and black cargo pants. And a black trucker cap with her hair in a ponytail. "Hate to break up this family moment but we have fugitives to find," she said.
"Lets ride,"," David said leading the way out the side door
As seven forty five approached Sam and the others stood in the parking lot of their bail bounds office in their vest and gun belts. Waiting on the arrival of their ally for this case Henry "Hawk" Chan. The disgraced Marine seemed to be running late which truly displeased Sam who already had misgivings about working with him in the first place.
"Where the hell is Chan!," Sam spat as she kicked a loose piece of gravel.
"Yeah I want to test my new toy on something other than a paper target," David checking the scope and sights on his 12 gauge Saiga semi automatc shotgun. A gift he received as a get well gift from Katie a few weeks removed from the hospital. "Still say I have to load this thing down with rubber. He said grabbing the twelve round magazine and loading it into the gun.
"Just be careful where you point that thing papi," Frankie said loading her H&K USB before putting it in her thigh holster. Her red Under Armor shirt sticking out under her vest.
"Relax Babydoll Dave knows what he's doing," Miko said yawning a bit and as she brushed her bleached blonde hair away into a short ponytail. " I just want this Hawk guy to show up so we can find these guys and that money."
"Speak of the devil," Katie said as the black and blue 1985 lifted Ford Bronco pulled into the lot
"Hey," said hoping down from is truck dressed in full tactical gear. Like Sam and David he wore camouflage cargo pants but his appeared to be standard Marine issue as did his boots gun belt and Under Armor style long sleeve shirt he wore under his black SWAT styled bullet proof vest. In fact the only none tactical about his attire was his black cowboy hat .
"You're late," Sam said folding her arms over her chest obviously annoyed at his lateness.
"Sorry had to stop for breakfast," Henry said in his Texas drawl reaching into the front seat of his vehicle and grabbing a Hardee's bag. "But I bought a enough Ham and Sausage biscuits for everybody," he said taking a biscuit from the bag and holding out the bag to Sam.
"Damn!," cursed to herself. Anyone who knew Sam well knew the quickest way to forgiveness was her stomach. And that her main weakness was pork in all its forms mainly ham. Add that to the fact they hadn't eaten this particular morning. Sam had no choice.
"Thanks," she said reluctantly taking the bag and fishing out a ham biscuit and handing the bag to David.
"Don't mention it," Henry said taking a bite of his biscuit. "Hey is that a Saiga 12," he asked a mouth full a food.
"Yep," David said grabbing a sausage biscuit and handing the bag to Frankie.
"Nice," Henry said reaching into his truck with his free hand and pulling out a modified AR-15 with a twenty round drum magazine attached. "But I think I got you beat," he said smirking a bit. "So what's in the box red," he asked looking at the small foot locker Katie had her foot perched on.
"Just a few homemade flash grenades," Katie said lightly tapping the box with her foot.
"Yeah, yeah we're strapped lets go already," Taylor said growing Impatient with all the bantering.
"Tay's right we need to hit it!," Sam said sucking the greasy remnants of her biscuit from her fingers. "Ok hawk this is yours ," she said handing him the walkie talkie that normally belonged to Carly. "Ok Dave Taylor you're me in the truck Davie you're driving. Frankie KP Miko you're in the Yukon, Hawk you take your truck lets mount up!," she said as they scrambled to the cars.
Almost a full four hours later the caravan of vehicles pulled into the parking lot of Chastity's Gold club. One of the many gentlemen's clubs in Columbia South Carolina. Miko's hacking had lead them to the fugitive's girlfriends who worked there. Ever confident in her former cellmate's abilities Sam decided that this was the best lead to go there first. Unfortunately all but one of the team members thought it was a good idea.
"Care to explain why we're checking for leads in a tit bar," Henry said not convinced this was a good idea as he removed his gun belt and placed it in his bronco before slamming its door.
Sam placed a hand on her hip and rolled her eyes. As she suddenly became reminded why she did not like working with Henry. "Well one the guys we're after girlfriend works her," she explained having already removed. "Plus I had Davie call this place found out she's been working the day shift. Now come on," she said gruffly.
"Ok Puckett I'm coming but what makes you think she'll talk or even be in there?," Henry said sounding a bit condescending
"Because, I have a way with strippers," David said intervening before Sam could start an argument.
"Oh this I have to see," Henry chided as he adjusted his hat. "Lets go ," he said taking the lead.
"Frankie, you come with us Miko you stay here and watch Taylor and KP," Sam said as she and the other three bounty hunters strode cross the lot.
"Wait why can't we go in?," Taylor asked a bit taken aback seeing as they were supposed to be working ass a team.
"Well whenever you two are in a strip club one of you seem to drink us into a bar fight and the other seems to ignore the no touching rule," Frankie reminded the red head and the second blonde on the team
"Hey she asked me to show her a magic trick," Taylor said thinking back to the group's time in Seattle a few years back.
"Whatever just stay here," Sam yelled as they walked into the club.
The sparse crowd daytime crowd of the club made them realize why they only needed David's knife for protection. The patrons looked to be nothing than a few frat boys or possibly high school seniors cutting class, and older men. Easily not a bar fight crowd, and if they were it would be one sided in their favor. But never the less it was good to be on her guard she thought as she approached the bar with others. "Yo bartender!," she yelled at the older looking gentleman.
"Yeah what do you want?," the bartender spat rudely.
"We're looking for a girl that dances here goes by Candi Rain she here?" Sam asked.
The bartender glanced at the badge hanging from Sam's neck. As well as the intimidating figures David and the others cut along with her and decided to give the blonde her information. "She's in the locker room black hair orange streaks," he said pointing to a hall way off from the stage.
Sam David and Frankie made their way to the locker room, having Henry stay by the bar in case their girl ran. As they opened the door they were greeted by the sight of a half naked and fully naked strippers non of which seem shocked by strangers in the room. After doing a quick scan they quickly found the girl they were looking for.
"Candi Rain?" Sam asked making the petite yet buxom young white girl in the red fire fighter outfit to turn in her chair.
"Yeah what do you want," said the surly sounding stripper.
"We wanted to know where we can find your boyfriend Justin Baker," Sam said noticing the cringe of the girl as well as the over use of make up on her right eye. And the bruising on her wrist.
"I, I don't know where he is," Candi stammered hoping that the three bounty hunters did not see through her lie
"Oh really that shiner you're trying to hide and the ones on your wrist tell us different," Sam said leaning against the make up table.
"I didn't get it from him I fell off the pole doing a trick," Candi said feeling it was a believable lie.
Frankie gave annoyed suck of her teeth. "Honey my mom and my older sister are both strippers I grew up in a locker room like this and those aren't poll fall bruises," she said in a no nonsense tone. "Now he ruffed you up now tell us were he is," Frankie said her voice intimidating Candi.
Seeing the girl starting break down Frankie gave David a small nod. Letting him know it was time for his hero act. David having actual sincerity for Candi as he did for all abused women dropped down to one knee and gave Candi his kindest smile. Then took her hand.
"Look he hurt you," David said in his kind big brother voice. "He doesn't care about you. Tell us where he is so we can put him away."
Candi dropped her head with her and brought it up with a mist of tears in her eyes. "He's at a trailer in the wood the other two are there with him. Just make sure he stays locked up," she said starting to cry
"We will," David said in a calm voice. "Now where woods exactly are they?," he asked.
Candi gave a sniffle and David wiped away tear from her face. Making her look up into his kind brown eyes. "Lake Murray thirteen miles before you hit it it'll be a white double wide on a long dirt road green mail box," she said
David brushed her hair away from her face and told her thank you. Before He Sam and Frankie gathered Hawk and headed to the parking lot. And from there to their next destination.
The drive to the woods surrounding the Lake Murray area had been a quick one. But searching the back roads through out the area had not. It had been almost an hour searching the green mail box until they finally spotted it.
"Hawk you read me over," Sam said into the radio.
"Yeah," Henry's voice came back over the frequency.
"We're coming up on the turn be ready," Sam said.
"Rodger that," Henry said.
"KP Frankie you hear that ?," Sam asked.
"Loud and clear boss girl," Katie said.
The three trucks eased down the gravel road to the trailer the fugitives were suppose to be in. Once at the team of bounty reached the trailer they exited the vehicles their guns drawn. Ready for what ever awaited them.
"Quiet think this ones gonna be easy?," Sam asked just before a hail of gun fire flew over them making them drop to the ground.
"Nope!" David said before firing six shots at the trailer from his Siaga with the others doing the same.
"Got any ideas Puckett cause I don't feel like picking AK rounds out of my ass!," Henry yelled his Texas drawl more evident as he fired from his AR-15
" Yeah !," Sam said as she fired her Glock , "Read slide me a grenade!"
Katie gave a smirk and scurried to the back of the Yukon and retrived one of the small homemade explosives from the case she'd brought and rolled it on the ground to Sam. Who stopped it with her boot.
"David how many more rounds you go left!" Sam yelled
"Almost out on my second mag," David said having only six bullets left in his second of two twelve round magazines.
"What about you Hawk!," Sam asked reloading her pistol.
"I'm out!," Henry said getting an empty clicking sound before he dropped down into to a crouching position to load his gun with a standard twelve round magazine
"Ok Listen up Davie Hawk the three of us take the lead!," Sam said "I want the rest of you cover us!" she ordered She then looked over as David unload his Siaga and drew his Desert Eagle. "You ready big cuz?"
"Ready," David said cocking back his gun
"Lets move!," Sam yelled.
David Sam and Henry sprinted crouched down across the she the distance to the trailer. Keep themselves below the gun fire. Once they reached the trailer David shot the lock off the front door then pressed himself against the side as Henry kicked it in. Sam then Did her part by tossing in the homemade flash bang grenade into the mobile home. Then turning her eyes away and shielding them from the brilliant flash. Once the flash ended The trio stormed into the house.
"Recovery agents! Get down on the ground!," Sam said as the trio trained their guns on the stunned fugitives.
Out of the corner of his Henry saw one of the fugitives feel blindly for his gun and fired a few rounds from his rifle stopping him. "Try it again and I'll blow your head off," he said in an empty but effective treat as his gun was loaded with the same non lethal rounds as Sam and David.
A few minutes later David Sam and Henry emerged form the trailer each leading one of the three fugitives out. "They clean?," Miko asked they stood the fugitives against Yukon.
"Yeah checked them before we cuffed them ," David said turning one of the fugitives to face him with Sam doing the same. The two cousins then placed the their gun barrels into the chins of the criminals.
"Now before we drop you at the closest jail care where that money you stole is ?," she asked cocking back the hammer on her pistol.
The old wood and tin barn was in the middle of a field that hadn't been mowed or used in years much like the barn itself. Now in the early night hours the Barn was active as seven bounty hunters busied themselves. After spending the past few hours removing the hay and dirt until they reached the cement floor under which the money was supposed to be.
"Wouldn't be easier just to use sledge hammer," Henry asked as he Shown a flash light down where Katie was preparing two small Semtex charges .
"Safer maybe but not easier," Katie said as she carefully inserted the detonators into the charges.
"What's the matter Chan thought marines could handle explosions," Sam said
"Yeah Hank not getting scared are you?," Taylor asked.
"I aint scared of bombs when someone knows what they're doing," Henry drawled.
"I know exactly what I'm doing," Katie said adding the last of the wires. "Now I suggest we hop behind that pile of junk cause its boom time."
And with that the seven bounty hunters hopped behind the pile of old metal farm equipment as Katie pressed the detonator. Causing a loud boom and a large cloud cement. Once the dust had settled a bit the hunters stepped out from behind the junk. Fanning away the dust and stomping out the embers of cement.
As they approached the hole the explosion had made. And the dust cleared the seven hunters looked down into the whole as saw what was without a doubt three large bags over slowing with cash . Sam smirked and said "Guys I think its time we go global."
A week later on a crisp cool night. Sam sat on a picnic blanket on the beach a beer in her hand and a very pregnant Carly clutched to her. A fire glowed in front of them. And all around them smiling their family at it newest honorary member. As the smell of steaks lingered in the air.
Feeling a need to toast Sam raised her beer bottle and said, "A toast to our new child our new business partner and honorary brother Hawk. And to Dragon Bail Bonds International."
"Here here," everyone said as they held their bottles to the night sky.
A/N: Ok folks that's it for this chapter. One more to go. Please review and thank you SDR out