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Everyone who died in the movies is dead, I don't want to rock the boat with any mysterious resurrections but Romeo is alive. He never died so while he will not participate in the mayhem he is very much alive, recovered, and off in the big blue yonder.
I imagine if you're one of the few reading this that you're a fan so let me know which characters you want to know where they are now and I'll sneak it in somewhere.
In this chappie they meet a new main character and as the name suggests she is familiar to them. Yes this is one of their partners in this ship, there are two. I have a sort of plan about where I want this to go but I'm still not sure exactly when the other partner Orchid, is going to make her appearance; for now here's the lovely and enchanting Delilah.
Chapter 4 You Look Familiar
They wandered the streets looking for a cheap hotel where they could lay low. Connor and Murphy had plenty of cash on them thanks to the staff of the clinic but it seemed that they were in the wrong part of town for that. The section they had wandered into seemed to be very touristy and overpriced.
Very tired the boys asked around for cheaper hotels. They were at it for hours, walking around in circles having no luck what so ever. That's when they noticed that they were being followed, it seemed they had picked up a tail. Just two men but these days with the press of a button they could easily be outnumbered in seconds.
These guys weren't oriental so when they spotted an authentic looking Chinese place an idea of how to get rid of their new friends formed.
The brothers rushed into the restaurant and sat in a booth without waiting to be seated. This was a classier place than that but they figured once they started spouting the mother tongue everything would be copacetic.
A server appeared promptly despite their rude entrance and scruffy appearance. They ordered a large, hearty meal in Chinese. When the girl, who was very beautiful realized the men before her spoke her language she was eager to linger a moment and chat. The MacManus charm strikes again.
Soon she was giggling and until they politely reminded her that they were hungry had momentarily forgotten about their order. As they playfully shooed her away to get them their food they quietly discussed the division of spoils should the girl invite one or both of them to her place for the night.
They decided they would try to spend the night with her, both of them, if she would allow it. She seemed like she was just what they needed at the moment.
Connor and Murphy were sitting back waiting for their food to come, each silently planning how to approach Shia when she returned. So when another customer slid into their booth they didn't notice her until she spoke.
*Unto The Day It Is Done*
A simple greeting though it was her words startled the boys practically out of their skin. I noticed one of them looked like he was going for his gun. That one dropped his hand when he recognized her. The other one already recognized her as the woman they had sat next to on the bench so he didn't reach for his weapon.
They probably figured that I had recognized them from earlier and was being friendly. After the destruction of the clinic, the network had a meeting. The boys had managed to escape but with plans A and B shot to shit they no longer had means to contact their people in the city. Now they had the problem of finding them to deal with.
Happy that I found them so quickly, they practically fell into my lap, I immediately moved to join them. It would take some convincing but they needed to go with me. It wasn't safe for them to be out in the open like this. They were safe enough while they were here but when they left they would need a place to hide out.
"Don't make a fuss but I'm one of the people you're looking for boys. I'm part of the network."
Discretely I showed them the tattoo that many of us have gotten to symbolize our commitment to justice.
They looked rattled when I told them who I was but throughout our meal I worked on them convincing them to trust me. They looked like hell. I was worried that something had happen at the clinic so I asked them.
Warily they told me that it had been a trap. The mob had a whole army of guys waiting for them. It was a massacre on both sides, they were lucky to make it out of there alive. Most of the people there were dead and they had been lucky to make it out alive.
*Unto The Day It It Done*
I could not hide my horror and sorrow at these revelations but it was better that way. When they saw how I reacted, they believed that I was part of the network. I knew a lot of people at the clinic and many of them were my friends.
It would not be possible to meet up with anyone for some time if I went into hiding with the boys so I ordered shots for us so we could drink to our fallen. It wasn't much but it was something.
All too soon it was time to leave. They waited til then to tell me that they had ducked in here to loose a tail. She was angry they had waited so long to tell me but they had probably forgotten, they'd had a very stressful day to say the least but it made it more complicated to get out of here undetected and go to the safe house.
Someone knew that they were there and would soon send a small army like they had at the clinic. They had to leave out the back NOW.
*Unto The Day It Is Done*
Once we were a few blocks away and I was confident there was no one following us, I led them to the safe house. No one knew about this place but me, not even the network for obvious reasons. I had committed crimes punishable by law, if anyone found out that I was a vigilante I would need this place.
It was a carefully kept secret because while I loved and trusted many people in the network I knew that if they were tortured they would talk. I knew that if the mob found out someone was associated with the network, they would hunt that person down and chop them up into fish sticks and they would spill whatever secrets they had. So while I felt bad about keeping secrets from my brothers and sisters, this secret could keep me alive.
I knew some one had been caught and flayed, it was the only explanation for what had happened. The question is who? Things were getting bad out there and the last thing we needed was the mob having inside information. We could deal with that later for now we were safe and that was the important thing.
The boys and I could stay here for as long as we needed. Eventually we would have to face the music. There was a whole city counting on these men to lead the charge against the city's scum.
Right now I needed to get them in fighting shape. They'd been through one hell of a fight and no doubt needed to be patched up some, then they needed to rest and let themselves heal.
*Unto The Day It Is Done*
We were barely through the door before I was telling them to take off their clothes so I could see what needed to be done. I led them to the bedroom in the back and told them to be on the beds and ready when I got back from getting the things I'd need to patch them up.
The boys' wounds were mostly from before the clinic. Naturally while they were fighting for their lives quite a few of their injuries got exacerbated but they were clean. All there was for me to do was give them fresh bandages so that's what I did, as gently as possible. Being men they had to groan and hiss at everything I did even when it couldn't possibly have hurt them. Men.
These guys were the lousiest patients I'd ever seen. I had no idea how I was gonna keep these guys in bed for the next 2-3 weeks. Actually I knew I wasn't going to be able to do that. Le sigh.
When I was done I told them to sleep. There were only two beds in the house, I would take one and they would share the other. The bed should be big enough to hold both of them comfortably but if they weren't comfortable that way I'd sleep on the damn couch and let them have both beds.
Connor and Murphy were bone tired so right after I announced sleeping arrangements they went right to sleep. I followed soon after but not before I had brushed my teeth and changed into my ducky pajamas.
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