Bad Knight In Shining Armor?

by flightlessbirdje

Disclaimer: These characters do NOT belong to me. This setting DOES belong to me. Stephanie Meyers is the creative brain behind these characters, not me, so no copyright infringement is intended. No reproduction is allowed without my written consent.

This is a 18+ story, so please leave if you aren't old enough.. you are welcome to come back when you are 18

A big Thank you to my Beta Lovesurfer; love you and your hard work for making this a great story

chapter 21

"Hello, who is calling me this early in the morning?" This better be good, I hate being waken up so early.

"Sorry Boss but Aro arrived. They are waiting for you." Lucas tells me.

"Fuck, I'll be there in thirty minutes." I need to hurry up. You don't make the Vulturi Brothers wait, ever.

I move as fast as I can manage and get there twenty minutes later. Aro, Marcus and Caius are sitting in my office.

Before getting in I find Lucas to make sure he's been tending them well; the last thing I want is trouble with these guys over stupid mistakes.

"Lucas, did you offered them something to drink?" He looks at me startled and shakes his head no… "Bring them something now, you idiot!"

I take a deep breath and walk into my office and keep this show moving. "Aro, Marcus and Caius, I am so glad you were able to come so quickly, did you get all the information I sent you by email?"

Marcus is the first to speak and I know that is not in my favor… the legends about these guys and how they work are well known in our circle.

Aro is the head of the family, Marcus and Caius are second and third in line. If one of them starts the conversation then you did something wrong.

My mind is running a million miles an hour to check everything I did since calling them but I keep coming empty. I can't find a thing and that is not good. What is it I did wrong?

"Drake! Are you listening?" Marcus voice brings me back to the present.

I was so busy thinking about what I did wrong that I failed to notice I was making a new mistake: Not listen to what was being said.

"Sorry, Marcus I wasn't paying close attention. I'm so sorry, could you please explain it to me again." I know is not badass of me as a gang leader but I would like to keep my head on top of my shoulders, thank you very much.

He signs deeply and starts re-telling me the information but I can sense a bit of annoyance in his voice. "We have checked the information you sent us and we found some errors in it. So we need you to tell us the true or you'll have a big problem in your hands. And the missing girl won't be it."

"Errors? What do you mean?" my heart is slowly accelerating as the minutes go by, I don't like how this sounds I better try and fix it and fast.

"You told us she is a high risk for the operation. But our sources tell us a different story. She is unknown in the business and never even had contact with one of our people. What makes her a high risk, if this is true?"

"She has got one of our bags and knows too much about the way we move around here and has seen too many faces." I tell them, but regretting it immediately. That was the wrong kind of information to share. I smash my head against the wall in my thoughts.

Aro stands up and places both his hands on the table startling all of us, "Why were we not informed about this missing bag?!"

Fuck he is angry.

"Who do you think you are to make the decision not to inform me about a missing bag? How did she even get her hands on a bag?"

"W…w…well uhm we… I mean the boys... they often used an empty house to sell and where people could use, but the owner of the house reappeared and rented the house to her. The boys left the bag behind in a hurry when the real estate agent came and she got her keys to the house.

The boys never got the change to get it back. She probably found it because it was gone when the boys could finally go looking for it.

We were on our way to get the girl when she disappeared. We found out this week that she had help from an ex-Special Forces guy, who lived across the street from her. The night we had planned to get the girl, I had several of my man surrounding her house. But somehow they all got knocked out and when they went to get her the next day the girl and her kids were gone."

"So you are telling me, your whole operation is full of errors?!" Aro tells me, and his tone chills me to the bone. "First your guys leave a bag of OUR goods in a place known to users, a house which is not yours. Then they let an insignificant girl get hold of it and she disappears with it but on her way to escape she knocks out all your man. And instead of telling me about this bag in the first place, you thought you could solve the problem yourself only to get in more trouble.

Because now we have two guests at the warehouse, one girl on the run, one ex-Special Forces guy who is helping her, one missing bag and several guys who are not capable of doing their job the way they are supposed to, including you."

He stops to take a breath and with an icy calmness looks me in the eye before starting again. "So tell me Drake, what should I do about all this?" and crosses his arms in front of his chest waiting for an answer. I just know I am in deep shit.

I let my head fall and swallow the knot that formed on my throat. I can't talk myself out of this one. This town is my responsibility and I failed big time, this is going to cost me my head… literally. I am going to die for this.

"Well, are you going to answer me or are you just begging for the bullet?" Before I can answer Aro gets his phone out and makes a call. "Get the cleanup crew here pronto."

He hangs up and turns to look at me once more and I know it's probably the last thing I'll see.

"We are going to clean up your mess, starting with you."

With that he turns to his brothers, "Marcus, who is here with us who can be trusted?"

"Lodovico" was the only word that left Marcus' lips with a malicious grin. I knew that name. Lodovico was one of the brothers' most trusted men. He enjoyed getting his hands dirty.

"Let him stay here and take care of this problem. We'll go to the warehouse where Caius can do his magic and put an end to all this before it scales even more."

Caius laughs and it makes me shiver. Those two will be talking that is for sure, no matter how well trained they were. Not even sparing a glance in my direction they walk out of my office and I hear Marcus tell somebody to get in and take care of me.

Taking adeep breathI sit down and close my eyes, this is it. Here I am paying the price of failure, hopefully it would be quick.

I hear boots coming my way and the sound of a gun getting ready to shoot… Goodbye Bella see you in hell is my last thought as I feel the coldness take over my body.

"Lucas, who are you and can you bring us to the warehouse?"

"I…I... I am Lucas," you idiot I think to myself, he already knows that. "I am uh was his assistant… and yes I can get you there."

"Well Lucas, who do we make your Boss now?" Aro asks me.

"I don't know sir, maybe Garret. Drake used him for the big stuff he wanted to be done." I answer quickly.

I really don't know what is going to happen now. I haven't heard everything they talked about in the office. I could only hear the things that were said loud enough to be heard from the hallway. But one thing I'm sure of and that is the fact that anyone closely involved in this is going down and I don't want to be next. I know Garret could already be in trouble too if they are really going to clean up the mess Drake made, so better him than me.

"Make a list of all the big guys who worked for him." Aro orders me.

"I will do it right away, Sir. Right after I escort you to the warehouse." I better stay in this guy's good graces if I have any chance of staying alive.