by L. Ann Marie
I nod. “It feels like it. I will know more when I see Aponi or Doug. I did not get that with the driver.” He nods.
Taylor comes in. “Brantley said the girl is downstairs, but her sister and boyfriend are coming.”
“Lex?” I ask. “I saw her with the passenger. It cannot be Lex.”
Prez looks at me. “I guess we’ll find out.” He stands. “Pull up holding.”
Darren gets holding on the board and I watch Aponi pacing. She is scared and trying to come up with an excuse. She should know better. The screen is split and I watch Tip and Lex come in. Hyde stops them and Tip starts yelling. Prez tells us to wait in here and walks out.
Tip goes right to him. He talks and has her sit while he takes Lex down to holding. He is talking going down the stairs and Lex stops. He is pissed, but Prez keeps walking. Jessie gets the volume up and we watch Prez look up at him. “Ask her Brother.”
Lex continues and follows Prez to holding then he walks around him to Aponi. “You were fuckin’ someone else?” She does not answer right away and he knows. He turns and she tells him to stop.
She is crying, but he does not turn around. “I’m sorry Lex.” He walks out and she yells for him.
We watch him climb the stairs with Prez behind him. “I’m sorry Brother. Let me know if there is anything I can do. Take the day and get your head straight.”
Lex does not reply. In the hall he goes right to Tip. “She finally made her money. I hope she’s happy with it and her new guy.” He walks out.
I watch Tip. She knew. I throw it to Prez. He nods, but just looks at her. “Your sister took money for information that would lead to Jess and Dakota being kidnapped. That would have led to Aubrey or Aiyana being kidnapped.”
Her hand goes to her mouth. “No. Aponi would never hurt Aiyana.”
Prez looks at her. “It is okay for Jess, Dakota and Aubrey to be killed or kidnapped, but not Aiyana?”
She steps back. “They would never hurt Dakota.”
“What the fuck!” Jessie says.
“She knew all along,” I tell them. She knew and did not tell anyone.
Prez looks at the camera. “Get me someone to take her to holding.”
Tip tries to run, but Prez is in front of her before she is even close to the door. She tries to hit him and he spins her holding her against him. He says something close to her ear and she stops fighting him. Sheila walks to them and takes Tip spinning her around and cuffing her. I watch them walk through the stairway door. They knew. “After what Aubrey has been through they would do this?” I sit where I cannot see the feeds. I cannot get it to work in my head. Aubrey is just a child. Sold for years and they would do this to her? I get up and pace.
Prez comes in and looks right at me. “Before you go down there I need to know what you want to do with them.”
“I have no need to go to them. I can read Tip from here. As for what to do?” I look in his eyes. “Kill them. They would trade a child that has been through hell and back for money. If they live, it will be someone else. Aponi has some ability, but it is not worth the risk to another’s life. They would give Aubrey.” My throat closes and I am unable to finish the sentence. I still cannot believe anyone I know would do something like this. She is just a child.
He pulls me to him. ‘They would never get her Dakota. We wouldn’t let it happen.’
Brantley comes in. “Cloud has everyone in the air, they’re on their way back in the Baxters’ plane.”
Prez lets me go. “Sit. Let’s get this finished.” I nod and sit beside Jessie feeling numb.
“Did we get Doug yet?” he asks looking down the table.
Brantley nods. “He’s on his way in with Chris. He thinks he’s picking up a shift.”
“Dakota are you ready to finish this?”
I close my eyes and see Aponi. I throw everything I have at her pushing black pain through her body. She would give little Aubrey up for money. I send her Aubrey’s hell and see it burn through her. I feel hands. “Jesus Dakota!” I open my eyes. It is Jessie’s hands. “What did you do?” Everyone is looking up at the holding cells.
“I sent her Aubrey’s hell.” Everyone is still watching the board. I close my eyes.
“No!” Jessie yells pulling on my arm. I open my eyes and stand. Prez watches me. “You can’t do it like this Brother.”
“Yes I can. Aubrey is bound to Jeremy, therefore tied to me. It was you that asked what I would do to keep a Brother safe. Anything. I would do anything. Any way I can. I will do more to keep a child safe. Aubrey is mine and I will protect her with everything that is in me.” I look at Prez, he nods.
I lean against the wall and close my eyes. Tip is willing to stand by and watch an innocent child be taken. She would share in the money her sister traded for Aubrey’s life. I see Tip. I throw and take the air she should not be breathing. She has no right to breathe the same air Aubrey does. I pull the air from her body leaving her nothing. When she is no more I open my eyes. “I am ready Prez.”
He looks at the board then the table. “Taylor when Doug comes in I need names. Who is the man in the suit and what are they paying for. They had maps I need to know what they are for and I need what he gave up on the MC. Darren get Cloud coverage from the MC, he’ll need it from Providence back to the yard. Make sure the plane lands with Brothers waiting.” He looks at me. ‘Are you ready to deal?’ I nod. “Brantley do we have anything on Gene?”
“We have his address.”
“I have him tracked by his watch.” I pull my phone and scroll then show Jessie.
He takes it. “He’s a scary Motherfucker, but smart.” He looks at Prez. “He has us too.”
“It is your bikes, but I do not need tracking to find you,” I tell him.
“You really are a scary fuckin’ Brother.” He is watching me, I ignore him and watch Prez.
“Go, get the information we need and end him.” I stand. Jessie follows me out.
“I need to see Jessica.” He thumbs into the next room.
She smiles looking up from her laptop. That smile is everything right in a world filled with so much wrong. “My two favorite men.”
I kiss her lips. “How are you feeling?”
“Not even a headache. I’m good.” I kiss her head.
“Yes you are. We need to leave for a while. I am not sure I will make it for dinner and did not want you to wait if I am late.”
“I have plenty to do, I need to get this finished so take your time. I’m fine here. There’s even a bathroom.” She smiles again. I move aside for Jessie. He kisses her and we leave. He tells me Prez, him and me are the only ones that can get into the room. I am relieved and think Jessica may have a problem with me being happy that she is locked in a room. I smile, she has work, she probably will not even notice.
We ride to the crossroad and I pull into the woods. Jessie pulls to the other side of the road and walks over to me. “You ready Brother?” I pull my phone and wallet. I drop the wallet and keys and shut my phone off.
We jog northeast for a half mile and see the house. This is not a house Gene would live in. Screens are missing, a window is broken and it is rundown with a sagging roof. I see movement through a window toward the side. Jessie moves to the other side of the house and I move closer staying out of the window view. Making it to the back door I walk right in and slide to the wall and around furniture staying against the side of the room. He is pacing and dialing his phone. I wait until he turns the other way and slide into the room standing where he started from. When he turns he stops and drops his phone. Jessie slides in from the doorway behind him.
“We meet again my newest enemy.” He pulls his gun and I smile. “It will not do you any good.”
“I learned what a scary Brother Dakota is today.” Gene jumps and turns his gun toward Jessie. I’m pissed and throw. The gun flies the other way. Jessie laughs. “See what I mean. The freaky high plain shit is scary isn’t it?”
“Who are you working for?
” I ask ready to be done.
“I ain’t telling you shit.”
I throw starting at his head. He grabs it on both sides as if to contain the pain. I roll it down then back up. I release him and he looks at me with snot and tears running down his face. “You should just answer. You wouldn’t believe the shit he can do,” Jessie tells him as if he is having a regular conversation at dinner.
He growls and takes a step toward me. I start at his feet and watch him fall and curl into a ball. I release him. “What are the maps for?” He whimpers. They are nautical. Ortiz. I throw it to Jessie and watch the surprise cross his face. Ortiz is a West Coast drug lord. “Who is the man in the suit?” He turns his head and I throw seeing fire in him. He yells and I close his throat. When I release him he is panting on the floor. “Who is the suit?” A new player at Homeland, Petit. They are going to open up DeMarco’s supply line. I throw it to Jessie. “Why do they want Aubrey?” He was just delivering the kid. Prez was right they thought I would get them in and they could take her. He had plans of killing me. I throw it to Jessie. ‘Do we need anything else?’ I ask him.
“Nah.” He shoots him in the head. I never saw him pull his gun. I just shake my head. No freaky high plain shit going on there. He turns to leave and I call him to the kitchen. The third cabinet has the canvas bag, I pull it and hand it to him. “The money for Aubrey’s life.”
“This was you and Jess too Brother.”
I shake my head no. “I can take care of me. We take care of Jess. The one that was vulnerable was Aubrey. She lives within a prison like Jessica and Jeremy. She can use the money that was paid for her life to make that prison happy.”
He hugs me. “We’ll help with that Dakota. Brotherhood always.”
***
Jessie
I leave Dakota at Security and get to the job I had planned for tonight. I’m an hour out of the yard watching this jerk-off eating dinner. He’s loud and obnoxious. The waitress is afraid to go over to the table. The condescending jerk embarrasses her loud enough that the whole fuckin’ place hears him. When he stands to leave I slide in behind him and slip tracking into his back pocket. I move away quickly and walk through the back and out the kitchen door. I follow him to a few miles from his house then fly by getting there before him. I wait in his room thinking of Jess and Dakota. I wonder if she told him about the baby.
I hear him on the stairs and stand behind his door. He walks in, but doesn’t close it. I wait until he unbuttons his collar then step up behind him. “You like making people feel small?” I whisper and he freezes. “One move and it will be your last.” I pull his tie and wrap his hands in front of him. I have plans to make sure he feels the waitress’ embarrassment. From behind I pull my tape and cut two short pieces that I stick to two of his fingers. I put it across his mouth then pull it off and put it back. I want it to look like he pulled it and reapplied it himself. His hands go up and he touches the tape as if to pull off. “That’s what I was hoping for. If you pull it off I will gut you like the fish you just finished.” He freezes again. “I need your fingerprints and was hoping you’d supply them freely. Thank you.”
I am still whispering to him. For some reason this scares the shit out of people so I go with it. I move him to the door and raise his hands up hooking the tie to the hook. I tie a knot in the end of the long piece and throw it over the door then close it. I get a little step stool from the closet and bring it over to the bed frame. He has a heavy wood frame that will be perfect for what I want. I get a tie, belt and towel. When I come back he is trying to move his hip to the knob. I laugh. “It’s locked.” I put the stool down and drop the belt and towel on the bed. Walking to him I unlock and open the door moving him with it. I put the tie on him and jerk it pulling him to the bed. “Up on the stool my condescending little jerk-off.” He doesn’t move so I pull him over. He’s a good foot shorter than me and looks up scared. “Not so cool when you’re on the other end is it?” I pull the tie and wrap it around the frame tying it off so it’s snug around his neck. I do the same with his hands. I put the towel down so it looks like he was prepared for a mess. I pull his pants down and laugh. “This is why you feel the need to belittle everyone. I bet someone will take a picture of your nonexistent dick and show it all around. You know what? I need to do that too.” I pull my phone and take a picture of his little nub. When I stand up I kick the stool out from under him. He’s got his toes holding him up so I swipe them with my foot. I pull a pillow and lift him enough to put it under the tie. It’s enough. I pull my leather gloves off and put on rubber gloves. When he’s done pissing himself I pick the belt up and wonder how I’m going to work with the nonexistent dick. I look at the buckle and smile. I take his balls and put them into the buckle. Since he’s not feeling it I have no problem with this. I loop the belt through the tie and pull the tape off the bottom of his mouth. I fold the belt and push his mouth closed then wiggle the belt around. I let him go and the belt drops from his mouth, but it’s under the tie so you get why it’s there.
I pull the pillow, position the stool, run the end of the tie over his hand and let him hang. Stepping back I laugh. I didn’t expect dick-less, but it works. He has to get off somehow; this is as good a way as any. I take a picture and walk out pulling off the gloves. I bag them and put on my leathers.
***
I pull into Prez’s and pull the canvas bag. He’s at his door before I am. “Dakota said this was the payment for Aubrey’s life.” He walks into the kitchen and gets us beer. I drop the bag on the counter and follow him to the back deck. “He said she lives in a prison. The money can make it a happy prison.”
He nods. “I’ll get it to Geek.”
We watch the water. “Did you know he could do that?”
He doesn’t answer right away. I know he’s deciding what I should know. “I knew it was in him.”
“He was at least a hundred feet away from them.”
He looks at me. “Yeah.” He turns back looking at the water. “He read them from there. He saw what they saw. He just needs the thread and he can tell you, like with the whore in my office.”
“At the reservation Co called him the prophet. Is that what he is for us?”
He looks at me. “Yeah. He is so much more though. He keeps saying Jeremy is strong. To him his abilities just are. I think we have no idea how strong Jeremy will be if Dakota is any indication of what is to come. He deflected bullets for me and Jeremy. He learned with us and we couldn’t cover ourselves.”
A chill runs through me. Fuck. “Is he getting stronger because that’s what we need?”
“Yeah. No matter how strong he is he needs protection, from the horrors we’ve taken as normal, or even simple touch.”
I look at the water. He’s got a good heart. His concern for Aubrey was hard to watch. He’s going to make a good dad.
Chapters Twenty-Five
Eagle Eye
I worked out earlier, excited and needing to release some energy. She is waiting to tell me worried she hurt the babies in the accident. I want to tell her they are fine, but Jessie said to let her tell me. Neither know it is twins. I smile and wonder if they will be like the Baxters and look like us. Taking the tie out of my hair I brush it and dry off. Jessie had an early shift, I hope it is easy, I ask the ancestors to watch over him today. I climb the stairs hoping she is ready to wake. Walking in I stop and watch her sleep trying to picture her belly swollen with our babies. She moves and I lie besides her putting my hand on her belly. She smiles and opens her eyes.
“Good morning Dakota. I’m glad I got to say that today. I missed you.”
I kiss her. “Good morning.” She turns to get up. This is her way so I watch with a smile as she goes to the bathroom and brushes her teeth. When she comes back she straddles my body and bends to kiss me.
“I was nervous yesterday. I am fine, so it’s time. We are going to have a baby Dakota.” I know, but the words coming out of her mouth in my language spark excitement and desi
re in me. I sit up and kiss her. She laughs when I pull my mouth away. “Jessie did the same thing. I’m going to tell you every day just to see your eyes light up.”
“Thank you my beautiful wife,” I tell her in Mohegan.
She giggles. “Thank you, I have a baby too.” She says back in my language and I take her mouth again. She is learning fast. I flip her and slide in. “Maybe I’ll tell you just for this reaction.” She moans making me smile.
“Our baby will be growing soon, your belly will swell showing everyone our love for you. I cannot wait Jessica.” I am moving slow and she rolls her hips under me wrapping her legs around me. I move for her and she cries out for harder. “Anything my sweet Jessica.” Her hands move to her breasts and I moan. I love to see her touch herself fueling that desire in her. I bend and she moves her hand offering me her nipple. Fuck. I take it rolling my hips hard against her.
“Harder baby,” she whispers. My dick swells and I kneel pulling her into me. “Yes beautiful Indian,” she says in Mohegan.
I hold her knees and pound into her talking in Mohegan about her taking all of me and wanting more. She does not know my words, but responds to them just the same. Her fingers rolling and pulling her nipples is going to undo me. I lift her up. “Fingers on your pussy sweet Jessica.” Her hand moves and I slam her down. “Just. Like. That.” She rolls her hips back and grinds into her hand making the sweetest sound. I start pounding up into her noticing she is getting tighter. “That is it baby come with me in you.” She is off. I pound her down and roll with her squeezing me. “Sweet Jessica,” I say and erupt in her feeling all that is me empty and fill her. Sweet Jessica.
***
Jessie
