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Chapter 2

Diesel's POV

I needed a break from searching for the SALIGIA stones. I was reluctant to go on vacation and leave Lizzy with my cousin Wulf running around, but she didn't want to take off work from the bakery. Apparently she really likes her job.

I decided that it was time for me to take a vacation. I hadn't been to New Jersey in a while so I decided to go to Trenton to visit Stephanie, or Sunshine as I sometimes call her. This way I'm way I'm close enough to Lizzy if she needs me. It had been a while since the Stephanie and I had hung out, and hanging out with Stephanie would be a lot more fun than going on a vacation alone. The truth be told, I kind of miss her. We always have a lot of fun together. She's one of my closest friends and one of the few people that has clearance to know about BUM, the Board of Unmentionable Marshalls. Stephanie has even helped me with a couple of cases when other unmentionables abuse their power. She helps me find them so I can relieve them of their abilities.

I popped into Steph's apartment expecting to find Stephanie, hanging out on her couch, watching Ghostbusters. Instead I found Ranger and Morelli standing toe to toe, looking like they're about to kill each other. A big black guy that I think that Steph calls 'Tank' was watching them closely in case he needed to step in. It would have been entertaining, except that I was concerned that Stephanie was nowhere to be found.

"Why don't the two of you get it over with and kiss already?" I laughed, as two very stunned men whipped their heads around and looked at me.

"Where did you come from?" Morelli barked.

"Diesel." Ranger greeted me with a barely there nod.

"Where's Steph?" I asked.

"What do you mean 'where's Steph'? She was right here a minute ago." Morelli said looking around.

"She left about a half hour ago." Tank said looking at his watch.

Ranger looked at Tank and raised his eyebrow. Tank shrugged and said, "The two of you were too busy to notice. Not sure where she went, but I'm sure she's fine."

"It's Tank, right?" I asked. When he nodded, I continued "Could you give the three of us a moment alone? I would like to speak with Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum over here."

Tank's nodded. "I'll be in the hallway" he said, stepping out of Sunshine's apartment and closing the door behind him.

"I'm out of here." Morelli growled as he started to walk towards the door.

"No, you're not. Take a sit, Morelli." I ordered, gesturing towards the couch.

"Try and make me." Morelli challenged me as he reached for the door knob.

"Have it your way." I said as I waved my hand towards the couch, which forced Morelli to turn around and walk over to the couch that I told him to sit on. I had to bite back a laugh with his legs went out from under him causing him to fall on the couch. Being an unmentionable comes with certain abilities. Some are fun to use, others are not. I hate when I have to force someone to do something against their will, but sometimes it's necessary. I rarely admit that I can do this particular skill, much less use it, but desperate times call for desperate measures. Stephanie has told me enough stories about Morelli to let me know that forcing him to sit down was necessary since Morelli tends to be a hot head.

Morelli has no idea that I have an unusual set of abilities. He's under the impression that I'm a normal bounty hunter like Stephanie or Ranger. I guess to some extend that is true except my skips have special abilities and their skips just fail to show up for court.

Ranger, however, is a different story. He knows that I'm not your typical bounty hunter. The funny thing is that Ranger hates it when I show up in Trenton. Ranger thinks that I'm loose cannon and that whenever I come around that I cause Stephanie to get into dangerous situations. Kind of ironic since Morelli feels the exact same way about Ranger being around Stephanie.

"What the….?" Joe yells. "You wave you hand and suddenly it's like I have no control over by own body. What's going on? How did you do that?"

"Zip it Morelli." I say before turning to face Ranger. "Ranger, would you please join Morelli on the couch?"

Ranger raises an eyebrow, but nods and walks over to sit on the opposite end of the couch, as far as he can get from Morelli. I'm actually a little surprised that he complied. Ranger is usually the one giving orders, not taking them.

"Let's try this again. Where's Stephanie?" I asked.

Joe is getting so mad that he's currently turning an ugly shade of purple. Ranger just crosses his arms across his chest and raises his eyebrow again. I can see why that annoys Stephanie. All he has is one word answers and raised eyebrows.

"Fine, if you don't want to do this the easy way, we can do it the hard way." I begin searching through Joe's mind. The ability to read minds is another one of my skills. It comes in handy on many occasions.

I decided that I only need to search the last twenty four hours of Joe's memory. He spent last night drinking beer, watching ESPN, and talking to Terry Gilman on the phone. If he's talking to Terry, I certainly hope that Stephanie and Morelli are on a break. I quickly scan through the rest of his memory working my way up to Joe driving up to the scene of Stephanie's car explosion. I can feel his fear as he drives up to the scene, followed by relief when he sees that she is okay. But when Morelli see Ranger hug Stephanie, he becomes filled with anger. The jealous he feels is overwhelming. Joe grabbed Stephanie's arm to try to get her to go with him, but Ranger stops him. Joe has one thought going over and over in his head; he wants to protect Stephanie from Ranger.

Okay, I've seen Morelli's side of the story, now I need to see Ranger's side. Reading Ranger's mind is more difficult than searching Joe's mind. Ranger's training with the Special Forces helps him stay in control of his emotions which makes his mind harder for me to read. I have suspicions that Ranger is an unmentionable, but no one at headquarters will confirm or deny it.

At least I know how far to go back in Ranger's mind. I go back to the point where Ranger gets the phone call about Stephanie's car going offline. He's about fifteen minutes away, but makes it to the mall parking lot in less than five minutes. Ranger is not one of those guys that you would expect to have emotions like fear, and he has no fear unless it involves Stephanie. I can feel how terrified he is at the thought of losing her. I also feel the relief wash over him as he feels a tingle on the back of his neck letting him know that she's nearby. I wonder if he knows that she gets that same tingle whenever he's near. He finally spots her, sitting in the parking lot a safe distance from the burning car. He can see Joe pull up as he hugs her. He knows that he's baiting Joe but he doesn't care he just has to put his arms around her so that he can feel for himself that she's alright. He's scared that she will leave with Joe which could lead them to getting back together. He loves her and the thought that he could lose her to Morelli kills him. I can also see that he's an idiot because he's afraid to tell her how he feels. When Morelli grabs her arm Ranger's only thought is that he needs to protect her from Morelli.

"You two are a piece of work. You two have more in common than either of you realize. Don't go anywhere." I comment as I pull out my cell phone and walk into Stephanie's kitchen so I can call BUM headquarters. When someone answers I give them my access code and ask to speak to someone in the special circumstances division.

"Special Circumstances Division, Simone speaking." I can't help but smile, I help Simone with something a few months ago and she owes me a big favor.

"You owe me and I need to collect." I tell her.

"Diesel." I can hear the smile in her voice. Simone has that whole sexy librarian thing going on. I can picture her taking off her glasses and biting on the end as she talks to me. "I've already told you that I don't date people with the agency. If this is about the rule change, everyone in this division is working on it. I'm hoping we can have the rule over turned in a few months." Simone explains, referring to the rules that states an unmentionable is not allowed to be in a relationship with another unmentionable. If we do one of us could lose our abilities and there's no way of predicting which one could lose their abilities.

"You're breaking my heart, but thanks for the update." I grin, "But that's not why I'm calling."

"What can I help you with, Diesel?" Simone asks.

"I need permission to do one of those freaky switch things." I explain.

"No way! Not going to happen! The first time we approved a switch like that it cause someone in Hollywood to write a movie starring Jodie Foster. And the second time we approved a switch it inspired someone to do a remake with that Lohan girl." Simone argued.

"It's not my fault that someone decided to do a switch on a movie producer's wife and daughter or a script writer and her mother. If you want to blame someone, blame Destiny. She should have known better than to pull that kind of stunt on those Hollywood types. Listen, I can guarantee that it won't happen again. These two are in Trenton, New Jersey, not in Hollywood." I plead. "Come on, Sweetheart. You owe me."`

"Fine." Simone reluctantly agrees. "But if anything goes wrong, I'll deny that I had anything to do with it and tell everyone that you broke into my office and doctored my files."

"Agreed." I smiled. "I knew I could count on you to come through for me."

"Yeah, Yeah. Just keep an eye on them, if another movie gets made about this, they'll take away our abilities from both of us. Just give me their names."

"The first one is Joseph Morelli from Trenton, New Jersey and the other is Carlos Manoso also from Trenton, New Jersey."

"I have it all taken care of. The switch will go into effect sometime in the next twenty four hours."

"Thanks, Darling." I said before hanging up my phone as I walk back into the living room to face Ranger and Morelli. "The two of you need to give Stephanie some space over the next couple of days. Give her time to cool off. Maybe the two of you can learn a few things over the next few days. Both of you go home and get some rest. The two of you are going to need it."