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Where Too Now?

Chapter 4

Hal POV

Shit Ranger is going to kill me; I should've called him the moment Bomber went off the grid. Now she is god knows where, with God knows who. I kept pacing back and forth in front of the monitors hoping that one of her trackers would come back online. It was almost eleven hundred hours and I still have not heard from her. If I don't hear from her by thirteen hundred I will be calling Ranger there's no way in hell I could put it off any longer than that.

I could feel the guys eyes on me as I paced, it was starting to bug me. I looked over and saw Woody watching me and not the monitors. I glared at him, "Your looking the wrong way Woody, the monitors are in front of you" I snapped.

"Hal man you need to relax, I'm sure Steph is fine."

"Since you're so sure you can talk to Ranger when he calls asking for an update." I watched as his face paled and I could not help but grin.

"Take it easy Hal, Bomber has been working real hard the past few weeks, and she can take care of herself. She will call if she needs help." Ram said while he kept an eye on his monitors.

I started to respond when my cell phone rang. I looked at the caller ID and it said unknown. I hesitated on answering but flipped open my phone, "Yo."

"Hey Hal its me."

"Steph! Where are you, are you okay?"

"Don't worry I'm fine and safe."

"But where are you?"

"A friend is letting me stay at his place until I decided what I am going to do next."

"Do we know this friend? It's not one of your skips is it? What do you mean what you are going to next? Are you in some kind of trouble?" I felt a hand hit the back of my head.

"You need to relax man." Ram said as he took the phone from me. "Hey Bomber its Ram how's things going?"

Ram POV

I have been watching Hal all morning; he looks like a bomb waiting to go off. It's kind of funny since he's waiting for Bomber to call. But he starting to drive us all insane with that dam pacing, he is snapping at everyone and if I didn't know any better I would think that he is PMSing. Just after I tell him to relax his phone rings and to Hals delight it's Bomber. He starts to fire off questions at her and I can tell that he does not like the answers that she is giving. At one point he fired off four questions at once not giving her a chance to respond. I got up and smacked him in the back of the head.

"You need to relax man. Hey Bomber its Ram how's things going?" I asked after I took the phone away.

"Hey Ram, things are great. What's up with Hal he seems on edge."

I looked at Hal and smirked, "Oh he is just on the verge of a break down because you went off the grid." I ducked and turned as he tried hitting me in the back of the head.

"Umm…sorry?"

I chuckled at her, "No need to be sorry he will get over it. So what's this I hear about you having to find a new place to live?"

"Long story short Ram I forgot that the owners of my building were selling it and that I would have to move out. I would had to of been out by too day so I decided to take some time and really think about what I am looking for in an apartment before I just went out and picked anyone."

"You know you can stay here till you find a place. In fact I am sure Ranger would prefer it."

She sighed, "I know Ram, it's just I have felt trap in the building lately and really needed to get out. It's not that I don't love you guys, I just need space."

I could understand that, it was one of the things that we all loved about her; she was independent and not clingy or needy. "Okay Bomber, but you need to do something for me."

"What?"

"I need you to call Hal or myself every morning, no later than ten, to check in."

"Why? I am only going to be a few days."

"Because this way when Ranger calls to check up on things and asks about you we can tell him the truth without him flipping out that we lost you or something."

"But if you tell him that I am away and you have no clue where he will flip."

"Yeah but not as much as you not checking in, and he trust you now more than ever. If he knows that you have been checking in daily it will give us a chance to explain what's going on." I heard her sigh and I knew she was about to give in. "Besides if you call in everyone morning Hal won't suffer from any more panic attacks about Ranger killing him."

"Ranger wouldn't do that."

"You know that and I know that, but I'm not too sure that Hal does."

"Okay I will call every morning to check in, but I am not telling you where I am."

"That's all I ask. You take care of yourself Bomber, and call if you need us."

"I will Ram, I promise."

I snapped Hal's phone closed and passed it back to him. Even with his blank face on I could tell that he was pissed that I took the phone away from him. After what happened last time the guys were away Hal has felt like he had missed something then, and does not want to do it again.

"Relax man, she's fine."

I patted him on his back and sat back down at the monitors. No sooner did I turn forward to resume my post that the phone rang. I picked it up after the first ring.

"Rangeman."

"Report."

I turned back and looked at Hal, "Yo, boss how's the down time?" I watched as Hal paled.

"Cut the crap Ram and tell me what's going on."

"All has been quite Ranger, no activity on any of the accounts."

I heard him growl, "You know that's not what I am asking, put Hal on."

I passed the phone to Hal, but I could not help but think how the hell he always knows when something was going on with Steph. Steph could do the same thing with him. As Hal took the phone from me I watched him swallow deeply.

Back to Hal's POV

I could feel the blood leave my face when Ram picked up the phone and it was Ranger. God he is going to kill me, and then I am going to kill Ram for not making Steph tell us where she is. As Ram passed me the phone, I felt my mouth go dry I tried to wet my mouth and swallow but it did not seem to help.

"Yo."

"What is Ram not telling me?" Ranger growled at me.

"Steph left the building and is taking sometime to herself."

"Where did she go? Is she back at her apartment?"

"It appears that we were unaware of a situation with her apartment."

"What situation? Is she okay?"

"Yes she is fine. Her building has been sold and all the residents had to be out by today." Before he could ask anything else I heard Tank yelling something in the background. It sounded like he said something about gun shots.

"I will be calling you back Hal and when I do I want a full report." And with that he was gone.

SPOV

After I got off of the phone with Ram I went in search of Aiden, it was a beautiful day outside and I didn't want to spend it in doors. After I had gotten out of the hospital RBLT* had treated me like I was made out of glass and would not let me out of their sight. It took a lot of work to convince them to let me to start to use the gym again.

So once I find Aiden I was going to find out if there are any other trails I could walk along. The one I ran this morning was nice, it was flat and even to run on. There were a lot of woods around the house and I think it would be fun to explore a little. I found him sitting outside on the deck reading a book, when he saw me coming over he put a marker in it and snapped it shut.

"Was there something you needed Steph?"

"I was wondering if there are any other trails that I could use in the area, I feel like walking outside today."

He smiled at me, "Yes there are quite a few nice trails here, Mr. Ramos is very fond of the outdoors. Are you looking for an easy trail, or something a little more of a challenge today?"

"I think something in between if you know of one."

"I know the perfect trail, if you take the left side of the lake trail about100 feet down there is a fork, if you go to the left and fallow the blue markers that tail will loop you around back onto the lake trail a little farther along. When you come back to the lake take a right and it will bring you back here. That trail is a little under a mile long. Did you want me to go with you?"

"No, I will be fine on my own. Besides the house across the lake are there any others in the area that I need to avoid?"

"No that's the only one that is close the next house is over 10 miles away. Would you like a bottle of water to take with you?"

"That would be great I also want to grab my gun." I said as we walked back inside.

"You should not need it here, this is a very safe area."

"I am sure that you are right I just feel safer with it."

I quickly went upstairs and grabbed my gun and a light jacket I put the gun in the back of my pants and put the jacket on over it. I went back down stairs and took the bottle of water that Aiden offered me with a nod of thanks and went outside and headed down the trail that he told me about. It was a beautiful day towards the end of August and for a change it was cool. I wasn't walking very long when I came to the fork that Aiden had told me about I went to left like he said and followed the blue markers which were clearly panted on trees every 50 ft.

The trail started off flat and even, I enjoyed walking and listening to the birds sing in the trees. I was ten minutes along the trail when it started to rise steeply. I slowly started my way up the hill and enjoyed every moment of it. It's funny looking back to just over a month ago I hated to do anything that would even come close to exercise, but now I ran every morning and spent time in the gym a couple of times a week. A lot can happen in the month, I lot did happen this past month and for once I think I really learned something from it. I feel stronger and more independent then I have ever before.

As I came to the top of the hill a loud sound shook me out of my musing. I paused and listened, it sounded like someone was digging. I was concerned because Aiden said that there should be no one in the area. I slowly made my way up the trail taking cover behind the larger trees. As I almost got to the top I heard two men talking but I could not make out what they were saying. I got as low to ground as I could and slowly looked over the top of the hill. When I looked over the top I saw two men digging a hole. I tried to be a quite as possible but I somehow snapped a stick and watched as both men's head whipped around to look at me.

I was up and running back down the hill before I knew what I was doing. I looked over my shoulder just as I got to the bottom of the hill. I saw both men coming over the top with guns drawn, so I whipped my head forward and kicked it into double time.

"Get back here!" I heard one of them yell, as he fired off his gun.

I didn't stop I kept running and all I could think was what now?

*RBLT means Ranger, Bobby, Lester, and Tank. This comes from my first story you may see more of these type of things pop up in the story. More come soon guys, Liz