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*Warning Rated M for Bad language and Violence.

I apologise for any Italian words, I'm just using google translate when needed so I'm sorry if anyone is offended.

Jimmy

"Thanks for escorting me to the Gala, Jimmy." Emma said as she removed her gloves from her small delicate hands.

I had the heat blasting in the car hoping it will warm her up in no time. It was bloody freezing and I was even having trouble feeling my toes.

"It was my pleasure Emma. You know you don't have to thank me, right?" I told her as I waited for the traffic lights to turn green, while checking the damn heater again.

I would never tell Emma the real reason why I escorted her to the Gala. When I had talked to Sam last night, he had stressed that he did not want Emma to know about the supposed threat.

He was right not to stress her. We were still none the wiser even with all our moles throughout the city, we had no evidence to support the claim made by the girl Mia last night.

"I know, but I also know you are a young single man. You should be out catching the eye of a beautiful young lady. Not escorting an elderly woman like myself to elegant Galas and such."

I snorted out loud at Emma's declaration. "Emma you are not an elderly woman, not even close." I laughed at her absurdity.

"I am not young either." Emma stated looking down at her hands that were absent mindly playing with her gloves. I could just imagine that she was thinking of all those young girls, in their elegant, but revealing, dresses.

"Emma I know what you are thinking and you are more beautiful than any one of those woman. You have class and respect for yourself. That is what makes you glow and stand out from the rest." I somewhat growled. "They were looking for their next meal ticket, like vultures looking for their prey. Don't you dare compare yourself to them." Emma was a beautiful woman and seeing her looking insecure was making me mad.

She placed a hand on my knee and gave it a small squeeze. "Thank you." She smiled over at me.

"Once again no need for thanks. Just telling it like it is." I smiled back, my voice and mood no longer having a rough edge. "Now let's go see if your husband is finally home, shall we?"

"I do hope he is Jimmy. I have missed him something fierce." I knew Emma hated it when Sam was away, even if it was just for one night.

"What about Teaspoon, was he coming back with Sam?" Emma asked, knowing that if Jimmy didn't want to share, he had every right not to.

I frowned and looked to Emma. "I think he is. Depends on whether they were able to tie everything up or not." I told her honestly. I knew 'T' had some dealings in Chicago as well as the trial so it would actually surprise me if he did manage to make it home with Sam.

Then on the other hand, Sam would have rung Emma and told her he was not coming home. If Sam couldn't ring then Teaspoon would have rung for him. They both loved her very much, and even though it was Sam that married her, Teaspoon would always make sure she was taken care of.

Plus with the threat of the Russians Teaspoon and Sam knew how important it was to stay in touch.

And it was that thought that had me thinking. I glanced down at my watch seeing there was only two minutes before midnight. Sam or Teaspoon should have well and truly checked in by now, and if not with me then with Emma.

"Sam hasn't tried to ring you on your cell at all Emma?" I asked as my mind started to go into over drive with different possibilities.

"No I don't think so," Emma replied as she started to shuffle through her small clutch. "Oh, I must have left my phone at home." She said as she closed her purse and looked up at me. Her eyes silently asking if that was a bad thing

I quickly looked at her thinking if Sam had tried ringing her he would be frantic by now, though Sam did know that I was with Emma tonight, so if he needed to get a hold of her he would have just rung me.

"No Emma. Sam knows I'm with you, if he needed anything he would call me." I told her truthfully. I didn't want her to worry.

"You know Jimmy I saw a few of those girls looking at you tonight." Emma turned in her seat looking at me as if wanting to see my reaction, but I wasn't going to give her one.

"Is that right?" I asked, playing her game, hoping it would take both of our minds off of Sam and Teaspoon.

"Mmmhmm. They all had that look." I looked over to her and raised my eyebrows, "Oh come on Jimmy you know that look." She laughed sheepishly.

"No Emma, I have no idea what you are talking about." I laughed, "Please tell me what is this look you are speaking of?" I smirked as I gave her a quick glance, seeing that her cheeks were burning red.

Emma started mumbling things that I couldn't quite hear, and I wasn't going to embarrass her more by making her explain herself.

"It really doesn't matter Emma I have already told you, girls like the ones that were at the gala, don't interest me."

"Come on Jimmy, you are a 30 year old man, surely you are wanting someone to spend your life with."

"Emma you say thirty like its fifty." I laughed.

"You say those girls don't interest you, what does?" She responded quickly. If I didn't know any better I would swear this conversation was coming even if we had gone to the Gala or not.

"Are you trying to fix me up with someone?" I asked trying not to sound pissed, but the hating the idea if I was right.

"I know nice girls Jimmy, is the idea so ludicrous?"

"I can get my own girl, thanks Emma," I snapped.

Silence filled the car for a moment. It wasn't uncomfortable; it was just needed so we could both clam down for a second.

"Jimmy I'm sorry. I only want to see you happy."

"I am Emma. I don't need a broad to make me happy."

"Ok then," She smiled.

I felt the soft vibrating of my phone before I heard the ring tone. I looked over at Emma as I pulled my phone from my pocket while keeping a hand on the staring wheel.

"We've been hit" Kid's voice screamed at me. I looked over to Emma. She looked at me expectantly.

"How bad?" I asked looking from the road to Emma.

"Oh god is it Sam?" She panicked.

I shook my head no as I listened to Kid tell me as much as he could. I slammed on my brakes as the lights turned red in front of me.

"Who's with Lou?" I asked quickly,

"Ike, he's taking her back to his place"

"Have you talked to him? Are they alright?"

"They're good. Locked up and have flown the coop."

I looked up as the light turned green. I looked behind me seeing no one at all behind us. "Good. I need to get a hold of 'T' and Sam, and we will meet…."

I stopped as the sound of wheels screeching caught my attention. I looked out of Emma's window to see a blacked out SUV dragging around the corner.

"Kid, we got company." I threw the phone to the floor at Emma's feet and reached for my gun that was in the glove compartment.

Screeching tyres were heard from behind me, as I pressed my foot heavier on the gas. I rested the gun in my lap as my eyes frantically searched the mirrors of the car.

"Jimmy,"

I could see another truck had joined in the chase as we headed out of town.

"Jimmy,"

They were not making any pretence about their intentions. My car was the only one on the road, I knew as we headed out of the built up area of houses and shops, the shooting would begin.

"Jimmy,"

This was planned. They knew that we would take this route home and they knew we had been at that Gala. Perfectly planned and timed.

"JAMES!"

I looked to Emma briefly, "What?" I snapped. Could she not see that I was a little busy here?

I could see her scared eyes pleading for me to understand that she was scared. She didn't know what was happening or what had happened and all she was searching for, what she was hoping for was some reassurance.

I could not give it to her.

"Emma I'm sorry honey. Look we need to deal with these…" I bit the inside of my mouth to stop me from cussing, "Not going to lie to you Emma, we're in deep shit. I need you to try and keep calm, keep your head down and do what I say when I say it, do you hear me?"

"Y-yes."

I turned my lights on full beam as we headed out of the city limits. I knew this stretch of road like the back of my hand. Emma and Sam had lived out of the city for five years now. Teaspoon had found them a house close to he and Lou and Emma just fell in love with it.

Emma had Sunday dinners at her house religiously for all those years, plus I would come out here to drop Sam home or talk business, either way it was my advantage.

I put my foot flat, I was told by my guy that this baby could go 400 miles per/hour, time to put this bitch to test.

The trucks behind me also spend up, but were not close enough for me to worry about shots being fired yet.

I looked to the landscape as much as possible remembering where every bend and every drive way was, so I could gain some more road on the assholes following us.

I also had to be careful to not lead them to Emma and Sam's place or anywhere near T's and Lou's. If they didn't already know where they lived, I wasn't going to make their lives easier by escorting them to the front fucking door.

"Jimmy we are going so fast," Emma cried with her head still covered by her hands as she leant down as far as she could go.

"It's alright Emma, just stay down."

I knew we were coming up to several bends, I would gain some distance around them.

As soon as we went around the first, I quickly turned my lights off, seeing if anything was coming our way. I hoped to be able to use as much as the road as I could.

Glancing out to where I knew the road went I could see no sign of any on coming headlights. I flicked my lights back on and put my foot flat, just as I saw one set of head lights taking the same bend we had just made behind me.

"Emma, I know I told you to lay low, but I need you to help me honey."

Emma straightened her body upright. "Anything Jimmy."

"I need you to keep your eyes to the front. You know this road just as well as I do. You tell me if you see any lights coming in front of us."

"Ok," she said her voice shaky,

"We just past the bend by Donaldson's," I told her so she knew her bearings.

"Ok,"

I concentrated on the road in front, and the trucks behind us. I timed how many seconds they were behind, at every bend we took.

By the last corner we had a good forty seconds on the truck in front.

As I accelerated out of the corner I turned my lights off. "How we doing Emma?"

"I don't see anyone coming,"

"Good," I swung a right, up a private lane, before slamming on my breaks, "Hold on Emma."

I took my foot off the break and just idled quietly in the dark.

One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi …..twenty Mississippi twee…

The first truck sped past the driveway,

One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three…."

The next truck flew past.

"Is that it?"

"We have to wait a minute or two Emma. It's dark, my brake lights will light the sky if I reverse now."

I knew that the ones following would know I had turned off my lights so they would be looking for any sign. But I had a feeling they already knew where Emma and Sam lived, so that is where they would keep traveling.

I decided I couldn't risk it. I got out of my car, using the butt of the gun I broke my break lights, before jumping back behind the wheel.

After three minutes had past I decided that I would take the gamble and get moving again. I reversed out carefully keeping one hand on my gun and my eyes open to the road that our company had travelled down.

Seeing no sign of vehicles I sped off back towards town keeping my lights off until I was happy that we were alone.

"I can't go home can I?" Emma asked sadly. She was a smart broad, she knew as well as I did that those bastards knew she lived this far out.

"No Emma, not tonight you can't."

I sped back into town and headed straight for Ike's. He had an apartment on this side of town and I needed to get off the road and make some calls.

"Emma we're going to Ike's so I can make some calls."

"I trust you Jimmy. If you say we have to stop, we have to stop."

I gave Ike a quick call letting him now to expect us. He told me that Buck was already there, and that the Kid was ok and he and Cody were on their way.

Teaspoon was still in Chicago and his detail had been warned about what had happened and to keep a close eye on the old man.

I escorted Emma to the elevators and to Ike's door. She was shivering and still silently crying but she wasn't making a fuss of any of it.

"Oh Emma," Louise cried as she opened her arms out to Emma.

Emma fell into them and cried on Louise's shoulder. My eyes met Lou's over Emma's shoulder.

"Are you ok honey?" I asked her.

"I'm fine Jimmy, just a little shaken. I talked to Dad and he's already at the airfield." I gave her a small nod.

"Why don't you ladies go up to the bedroom I will come get you when we find Sam."

"Ok Jimmy," Louise agreed and led Emma away.

I wiped a hand over my face feeling stressed about this whole situation.

"Talk to me,"

"That shit was planned. They knew exactly where all of us would be, though I would guess that 'T' was going to be a target as well if he had come back from Chicago when he was meant to." Cody told me.

"Russian?"

"I would say, though my gut is telling me that they were not alone."

"What do you mean?"

"Like Cody said, they knew our plans tonight, not just some of us, all of us." Buck answered.

"You think an insider?" I asked shocked.

"That's a big call Buck," Cody declared.

"What about Sam?" Ike asked me, to which I shook my head.

"Where is the Kid?" I asked looking around for him. I was sure Ike had told me he was on his way.

"He lost Marty from his crew tonight. I think he's organising the tidy up."

"Shit." We stayed quiet for a minute out of respect for one of our men. Marty was only a soldier, but one with promise. Kid had approached me last week in regards of Marty's rank. I had agreed with Kid, it was time that Marty moved up in our world, but now it was too late.

"Jimmy," Lou's voice called, I turned to her. "Dad's on the phone." She held out her cell to me.

"Shit Jimmy,"

"I know 'T'." I knew he wanted to say more, but the old guy didn't trust cell phones.

"Saint Francis called me. I'm listed as Sam's next of kin." I breathed in loudly, "He's there. He's alive but in a bad way."

"I'm on it 'T'." I told him, "I'll take Emma to see him."

"Take Lou as well. I want you to keep all eyes on those two ladies. If anything should happen…"

"I know."

"See you soon son."

I handed the cell back to Louise. "Please tell me he's not…"

"No sweetheart he's not. Can you help Emma, he's at Saint Francis." Lou nodded and ran to Emma.

"While you were on the phone with 'T', I got a call saying the alarms at Emma's were going off." Buck informed me.

"They get in the house?"

"No, they didn't get past the gate. Security Company is on their way out there."

"Good. Send a few of your boys to. Make sure they know that they aren't welcome inside, but are to watch the house." Buck nodded while his fingers quickly dialled a number.

"Jimmy?" Emma asked sadly.

"He's alive Emma," She started to sob loudly, "He's at Saint Francis, go get your coat and we'll all go down together."

Emma and Lou ran to the room and grabbed their coats, while the rest of us gathered up our phones and guns.

.

.

.

Lou wanted Emma to ride with her, and since my car only had two seats they rode with Buck and Ike.

And as much as I hated that I wasn't in grabbing distance of either woman, it was probably a blessing in disguise, as it gave me a moment to get my head in the game without anyone else to but in.

I don't usually smoke in the car, but I had been hanging out for one all night.

I was dreading what was waiting for us at the hospital. Yes Teaspoon said Sam was alright, but it was everything else that led to this night and it is everything that will come to surface after this night that had me on edge.

I arrived at the hospital just as Buck and Ike were escorting Emma and Lou to the front door.

I was about to pull my phone out and find out where Cody was, but a car pulling up had me putting my phone away.

"Got my boys heading this way to keep an eye on things," He told me.

"Thanks." Cody was always one step ahead of anyone else. His boys were the first I would call if I needed a heavy arm.

"You go on ahead,"

I walked into the hospital seeing the Doc was already giving Emma the low down on Sam.

"Sam was presented to me with a gunshot wound to his left side, luckily no organs were hit, but he has a lot of bruising and it is making it sore to breathe. His right ankle was broken, his right shoulder dislocated but apart from some bruising and other minor cuts he's lucky."

"So-So he's … going to be ok?" Emma asked shock still evident in her voice.

"He's fine Ma'am." The doctor told Emma. "He's out of surgery, and in recovery. The nurses will bring him down to a room within the hour." Emma swung her arms around the Doc.

"Thank you, thank you so much." She cried but Louise was quick to gather her in a hug.

"My crew are camped outside," Cody whispered as he handed me a coffee.

I looked down at the paper cup with distaste. I really didn't feel like a coffee, and especially a cheap nasty one at that.

"Sorry Jimmy was the strongest thing they had in the hospital." Cody told me grimacing into his own cup.

"It'll tide me over until we can get a real drink." I sighed.

.

.

An hour and a half later, the Doc gave the all clear for Emma to go and see Sam.

The rest of us stayed back to give them their privacy and to wait for the arrival of Teaspoon.

"Kid called, he and 'T' are about ten minutes out."

"Make sure your guys are all over it." I told Cody, "I mean it, everyone gets the third fucking degree before they set foot in this hospital."

"I'm sure the hospital will be happy about that."

"Don't give a fuck. Teaspoon donates large sums every year, they can turn a blind eye this once."

"I'm on it Jimmy." Cody pulled his phone out, and I can hear him telling his boys the same speech I had just given him.

I walked back into the stuffy waiting room they had set us up in. Ike and Buck were busy on their phones, and by the sounds of it they were trying to find out everything and anything.

Louise was curled up into a small ball on the sofa. Her eyes were red and puffy from all the tears she had cried tonight and she looked like she was bout ready to pass out. I looked at my watch to see it was half four in the morning, and we were far from being done.

"You want to go back to Ike's?" I asked her, taking a seat on the other end of the sofa.

She shook her head no. "I want to go home when Dad and Kid do." I rubbed her leg, "I'm scared,"

"I know sweetheart, and I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault Jimmy, and it's not like one of you have never been hurt before. But Sam…he's not really involved, is he? I mean he's not one of you."

"Lou, you know as well as I do, that I cannot answer that. But your naïve if you believe that anyone you know around us isn't sworn in." I whispered, saying too much as it was.

But like Lou I was confused. Sam, although was part of us, he was not a 'Made Man'. Things were not expected of him. He was there to purely be an ear for Teaspoon. Whoever attacked us tonight knew that if we had lost Sam it would hurt everyone.

"Ah Jimmy," Cody whistled from the door. I got up from the sofa and walked over to meet him. "Place is secure."

"Good."

"Just heard that the bodies found at the sight of the accident have been bought in, thought I'd head down and take a look."

"Teaspoon's here." Ike patted my back as he walked past.

"There in a minute." I told him as he passed. "See what you can find out Cody. If we're not in here we'll be with Sam. Come find us."

"On it."

I did my dress jacket up and turned back to Lou who was almost dozing off. "Lou, your father is here, come on honey."

I held my hand out for her helping her up from the sofa. "I'm so tired," She yawned. "Is Kid with him?"

"I think so."

The two of us walked out to the corridor to see Teaspoon and the boys gathered in a circle.

Cody's boys had remained outside, while Teaspoons boys hang in the back ground inside the hospital.

"Daddy," Lou cried out before letting my hand go and flying into the arms of Teaspoon.

"Hush ora la mia bella figlia," he whispered in her ear, but his eyes were on me.

He pulled back from Lou studying her face long and hard. "You're tired." It wasn't a question, just a statement. "I don't want you going home, not yet." I could see Lou was about to interrupt, but Teaspoon was quick to stop her. "I think a night in town will do all of us some good."

He once gain set his eyes on me. "Who have you got with you?"

"I haven't got anyone. I was with Emma, and then joined the boys at Ike's. But Cody's man, Eagle, is here."

I didn't have to tell Teaspoon that I trusted Eagle with my life and Lou's. He would know that just by me suggesting him.

His real name was Jake, but he got his nickname Eagle from the two Desert Eagle pistols that he always carried on him. That and he also hit his mark, the eyes of an eagle.

"Go talk to him." Teaspoon instructed me. I noticed his tone was clipped and he was being short. I didn't think he and I had any beef, so that attitude was something new.

I didn't complain though, I was hanging out for another smoke and a break from the pasty walls of the damn hospital.

I pulled my cigarettes from my pocket as I walked through the doors.

My body shivered with the cool breeze. I fucking hated winter and if it was this cold in the first official week of the season, I knew we were set to have a long hard one.

Taking a drag of my cigarette, I scanned the parking lot looking for Eagle. "Looking for me?" His rough voice asked from above me.

I huffed as I turned him around to see he was perched on the awning of the entrance way to the hospital.

"Yeah, so get the fuck down so I can talk to you." I turned back around my eyes darting from one man to the next.

"What you got for me?"

"A babysitting job," I gave him a pointed look when I saw the look in his eyes. I knew he wouldn't be excited to hear that. But it didn't fucking matter, he wasn't in a position to argue. "Lou and Emma," I told him taking another drag.

"What am I meant to do with them?" He asked with annoyance in his voice.

"Look I know that this isn't what you usually do, but you are trusted. I trust you to make sure they are safe and 'T' trusts you. I will ring The Peninsula, book two suites. You watch the girls in one, Teaspoon will take the other."

"Anything else?"

"No one goes in that room, even if you know them. The only people allowed in there are Teaspoon, Kid and myself, everyone else you send packing. If they have a problem you ring me or shoot them. In fact tell no bastard where you're going. That way you should have a problem."

"Ok."

"And another thing, do not give those ladies a hard time. It's not their fault that you have this detail, so don't take it out on them."

"Jimmy I would never…"

"I'll just stop you there. You and I are close, I know you, I trust you, you work for me, yet you made it perfectly clear on how you feel about this with just the look you have in your eye. If I notice they will to. The thing that those girls hate more than anything, is the thought that they are putting people out, so do not look at them with anything but respect. Are we clear?"

"Perfectly."

"Follow me."

I took two more drags of my smoke before biffing it in the garden. I walked back into the hospital to see Emma was talking with Teaspoon and Lou.

With Eagle following me we made our way to them.

"Lou, Emma, this is Ea…Jake," I smirked in Eagles direction. If I had told the girls his nickname they would hound the poor bugger until he told them how he got it. I didn't want them to know that story. "He is taking you to The Peninsula. You two will share a suite. Jake will not be leaving your side, so get use to him being there."

"Kid?" Lou asked,

"Has some work to do, he will join you at some stage." Teaspoon told his daughter.

I pulled my phone from my pocket and dialled a friend who worked at The Peninsula.

"Jimmy,"

Susanne purred in my ear.

"Hi Darling, you busy?"

"I am. I'm at work and don't think I can sneak away, even for a quickie."

I could hear the smile in her voice.

"I'm not actually ringing for that." I whispered turning my back from the group. "I need two suites, preferably next to each other."

"When?"

"In the next thirty minutes."

"For how long?"

"Two nights at this stage but will pay for a week if you can do this for me."

"It's done. Who's name do I put it under?"

"Jake Colter for both,"

"Ok Jimmy, I will have the suites ready. Any chance you will be in one of them?"

"Sorry honey not this time."

"See ya then Jimmy."

I turned back towards everyone to see the Kid giving Eagle a lowdown on what he wanted.

"Kid he knows what he's there for. Suites are under your real name, they are expecting you soon."

Jake nodded to me and went to stand by the door.

Teaspoon was said his goodbyes to Emma and Lou and ushered them out the door with Eagle.

Ike and Buck joined Kid and I when Teaspoon was making his way back to us.

"Let's go see what we can find out."

We all walked down the corridor headed for Sam's room. I could hear Teaspoon muttering something to Kid as we walked. But couldn't make out what it was.

I was first in the room and stopped short when my eyes landed on Sam. His face was severely bruised, swollen and cut up making his face look fatter. I could see that his right leg was in a cast, as it was poking out the end of the bed. Tubes were also poking out from under the blanket, and in his arm. A clear bag was attached to the bed and it was quarter full of blood and gunk.

"You don't look that bad." I joked as I stepped further into the room.

"You should see the other guy," Sam wheezed and hissed his arm trying to hold himself together as he tried not to laugh.

"Take it easy Sam." Teaspoon warned, "We need you out of here."

The rest of the boys filled the room, each taking their turn to say hi to Sam.

"What can you tell us?" I asked thinking if no one else was going to address it we'd be here for the rest of the night. I looked at my watch, Shit it was already well after five in the morning.

"Russian." My head snapped up and I shared a look with Teaspoon and the other boys. Of course we had a very good idea that it was them, but we were only going on hearsay from a stripper. But before I could comment Sam dropped the real bomb shell. "…and Italian."

"What?" Everyone gasped in unison.

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure. I didn't see who and did not recognise their faces but definitely Italian." Sam winced as he tried to move. "I watched the Russians take them out."

"Recognise the Russians?"

"No. My head is still fucked up. I remember snippets but not enough to piece a story together yet."

Teaspoon was staring down at Sam with concern. I could tell he was upset that Sam was the one in the hospital. After all he was not a made man so whatever the beef was with us it shouldn't have even touched him.

"There was a girl." Sam announced out of the blue.

"A girl?" Teaspoon asked shocked.

Sam smiled and nodded. "Beautiful," he whispered, then frowned, "I think." He shook his head. "She was in her own trouble, but stayed and helped me." Sam was staring at the wall; his eyes looked like they were deep in thought.

"She seemed familiar, like I knew her or she reminded me of someone." Once again he shook his head. I gave a worried glance to Teaspoon. "The Russian…he was rough with her but she fought him off. She knew him." His eyes were distant. I could see he was trying to remember, but they tone of his voice told me he wasn't even sure about what he was saying.

"How many?"

"I don't know…" He told us sounding frustrated by it all. "The girl…two maybe three Italians…and three Russians."

"Shit, you sure?" Cody asked as he came into the room.

"Yes that I'm sure about."

"Why?" I asked Cody.

"Because only two Russians were taken to the morgue."

"Italians?" Teaspoon asked.

"Three."

"Recognise them?"

Cody looked hesitant, but nodded, and looked apologetically to the Kid. "Curly,"

"Fuck off." Kid yelled, "Are you sure?"

"He's one of Jed's boys is he not?" Teaspoon clipped.

I gave Teaspoon a nod, "Jed was coming after us. Why?"

"'T' if I knew I wouldn't be standing where I'm at now," Kid hissed, forgetting his place.

"Watch who you're talking to son." Teaspoon roared, "You may be marrying my daughter, but never think you are at a place to be that comfortable, talking to me like that."

Kid stared back at 'T', both their eyes blazing with fury.

"Fuck this," Kid declared before storming out the room.

"Why that …" Teaspoon begun but stopped, "He has got some chip on his shoulder."

I wanted to say something, to defend Kid, but I would not do that in front of the rest of them. I would wait until 'T' and I were alone.

"Buck, Ike," Teaspoon called, "Go after him. Cool him down."

Buck and Ike left immediately to go after Kid. "What is that boy's problem? You'd think he was lying in that hospital bed." Teaspoon roared. And for some stupid reason it made me want to say something there and then.

"'T' Kid lost a guy tonight, and just learnt he had a rat in his crew, and not just anyone, Jed, his brother. I'm sure he didn't mean any disrespect. He's just up set and rightfully so." Fuck my life. Teaspoon's glare made me feel like the size of a mouse.

"You are only as strong as your men Jimmy. If he had his mind in the fucking game then he would know who he had working with him. Brother or not." Teaspoon fumed.

"Your right Teaspoon, I'm sorry." I eyed the old guy carefully. He was obviously not in the mood for any shit tonight. It is not often he will reprimand me.

"If there is still one Russian out there, he would need medical assistance. The girl shot them all. I saw blood." Sam stated putting us back on the subject we should be discussing.

"We need to get more information," I looked back up to Teaspoon, who gave me a nod of approval. "We'll start by finding out who we have on the force tonight and get some solid information on the dead."

"I will head to the hotel and check on the girls. I want you all there at…" Teaspoon glanced at his watch, "One o'clock. Should be long enough to learn something,"

Cody took his leave then and left the room. I said goodbye to Sam and gave 'T' a curt nod before leaving also.