The Storm Legacy : They let her go, now she's back and ready to turn their lives upside down.

by K. L Hart

  Rescue mission:

  15 Employees are being held hostage in a hostile camp on the outskirts of a small town called street in the UK. Your mission is to save all hostages and return them to the safe house in Brighton, UK, we have arranged for you to stay in a house in Streat and all of your supplies will be there when you arrive. Good luck.

  I look at the surveillance photos that are included in the packet, “they are all women!” I state “easy targets” Kade shrugs. “we will settle in today and we will do some recon tomorrow,” Brix says. We all nod in agreement. With that, I close my eyes again and I feel Ash stroke my hair soothingly which sends me to sleep.

  We arrive at the house in Streat at three-thirty am, we all find our rooms and turn in for the rest of the night, I shower and put my warmest pyjama’s on, It’s always freezing in England. I grab my phone and send a group text.

  Me: Guess who’s in the UK Bitches!

  Alfie: No fucking way, your back, how long for

  Me: on a job, will be here a week

  Ritchie: our queen has returned! Will she grace us with her presence.

  Me: I’ll try, any underground raves I should be aware of this week.

  Lawrence: student night is banging lately, Thursday's are the best night of the week.

  Me: Sick, i'll try to come see you all then

  Jake: let us know if you need our help on your job

  Me: will do mate.

  Ritchie: you best show Thursday, you can’t come back and not visit us. The ECM has missed you.

  Me: I’ve missed you too guys, especially Alfie making a twat of himself on the mic.

  Alfie: not nice queenie,

  Me: fuck off pussy’s I’m going sleep now

  “who the fuck are you texting?” Ash grits as he stalks out of the darkness towards me, “what has it got to do with you” I snap back. He runs through his hair, “is it another dude?” he says defeatedly “yes four of them actually” I say, hurt flashes across his face. “Ash it's a group of lads I became friends with when I stayed here for a job last year” Ash’s face softens “ok.” he sighs. He sits next to me and envelopes me In a hug “Ash I can’t do this with you” whisper “I know, let me hold you for a while?” he asks and I internally kick myself as I can't seem to push him away. We lay down and he pulls my back to his front, within minutes I fall asleep with Ash wrapped around me. I wake up the next morning I manage to untangle myself from Ash without waking him and tiptoe out of the room and grab a coffee from the kitchen downstairs. “Hey Babydoll,” Brix says as he grabs himself a coffee and sits next to me at the dining table. “hey” I reply. “I saw Ash coming out of your room a minute ago” he says “you guys back on?” he asks “no, he just won’t leave me alone and I can’t say no to him right now” I say. “babydoll, you either have to hear him out and forgive him or you need to forget about you and him and go back to being family, you both can’t go on being this sad”. He says as he holds my hand “I know.” I reply. Ethan and Kade walk in chatting away, they join us at the table with their coffee’s. “guy’s, do you think we can get this job done tomorrow?” I ask “why would we rush it we have six days?” Kade asks “I want to head to London on Thursday and stay there for a few days, you know catch up with the gang.” I shrug “let's do some recon work today and then make a plan, it might not be possible to do it tomorrow Kass” Brix adds. “there’s an underground party they call it a rave here Thursday night, I'm sure I could get you in” I say winking at Ethan. “let’s get ready and see what we can do!” Ethan says. We all head upstairs and get ready Brix tells Ash the plan and we all head out looking like some bad-ass assassins.

  “We can’t get in there on our own” Ethan says “there must be 1000 men guarding fucking huge three-story warehouse”. He adds “look at them doors its all locked with retina fucking passcodes” I say. “we will have to blow the doors away” Ash says “where the fuck do you think we are going to get our hands on explosives in England” Brix replies. “plus we would have to shoot the place up, we haven’t got enough man force to make it to the hostages” Ethan says. “I have an idea,” I say a wicked smile appearing on my face.

  Chapter Eight.

  We all sat at the dining table having some dinner later that day when the front door is kicked through my grin reappears as the lads stand guns in hand pointing to the entrance of the kitchen door I sit there sipping my coffee as I watch the show. Four guys walk into the kitchen and stand in the way of the door. They all are dressed in snapback caps, tracksuits hoodies, hoods up, of course, sneakers and balaclavas that cover their nose and mouth. They are all carrying either a baseball bat or a knife. “you cunts wanna put your guns down before we break your fucking knees” Ritchie says in his thick London accent. “who the fuck are you and why are you here” Ash roars “Queenie did you not tell your little lap dogs we were coming” Alfie announces and I smile “you weren’t meant to arrive until tomorrow morning” I shrug knowing full well they would arrive tonight. “this is the gang?” Brix says as he puts it back in his pocket. “these four little boys are your big bad gang” Ash says laughing “no these are the leaders of the gang” I say sending him a pointed look “not just any gang” Lawrence said “we are the leaders of the biggest gang in the UK, we control London, we are the ECM” jake announces. I get up and hug each of them in turn. “Guys meet the heirs, Brix, Ash, Ethan and Kade” I say as I point each one out “finally get to meet the elusive heirs of storm” Ritchie says as they all take off their balaclava’s. “heirs meet the ECM Ritchie, Jake, Alfie and Lawrence” I add as I point them out. “wait you know about storm?” Kade asks “dude we are backed by storm, they want us to keep London in check and we do” Ritchie responds. We all sit at the dining table the contrast between the two groups is astounding, the ECM are all relaxed and menacing and my guys are just businesslike and stern. “our men will be here at seven am with everything you asked for, what time are we storming the building?” Alfie asks “six pm” I reply “how many men are coming exactly “seventy” Ritchie replies getting a cigarette out of his pocket and lighting it. “if we get this done tomorrow we're coming back with you Thursday and we will hit the rave”. I say “fuck yes, we won’t let you down K”. Jake replies. “but they cannot come to our ends looking like that, dudes will get jumped” Alfie states. “don’t worry I have ordered them some gear so they fit in a bit better It will be here tonight” I say and the shock on the boys faces has me laughing. “we have to dress like them?” Kade says sounding horrified. “yup just not as chavvy, it is a rave after all” I laugh.

  We head out at eight in the morning the next day in two blacked-out SUVs, me Ritchie, Brix, Alfie and Kade are in one. Ash, Ethan, Jake and Lawrence in the other. My online order arrived just before we left and I shoved it in the boot with our other Luggage as we aren’t planning on returning to the house. We meet the rest of the ECM at an abandoned farm ten miles out from the warehouse. We go over the plan with everyone for the next four hours. At six I go to check out the explosives they brought and the weapons I choose mine first and I grab two Glock 17’s and attach them to my two thigh holsters two M4A1 Carbines that I slip through my back holsters, I attach three M67 fragmentation grenade and two Sawback Bowie knifes and attach them all to my waist holster. I grab all the ammo I can carry put them in various places on my holsters, I go back to meet the guys. Brix whistles as I walk towards them, “could you fit any more guns on you babydoll” I laugh I’m in my black jeans, black crop top, red bottom stilettos with my hair down and makeup on. Add the guns that make me look like I have wings and the rest of the weapons attached to my body, I look like some batshit crazy character out of an action movie. “you are a dude’s wet fucking dream” Brix states and Ash stares Daggers at him, I curtsy “Iam to please” I laugh. I lean against one of the SUV’s with Jake and he puts his pre-game playlist on. We both start rapping along to Pow! By lethal Bizzle and before long the whole seventy members of ECM join in, Ritchie lifts me up on top of the S
UV as I rap, we all soon get hyped up and ready to fight.

  We follow the two cars with Gatling guns as they smash through the metal gates surrounding the warehouse, the gun rapid-fire as they take down the majority of the guards that are placed outside. I smile and press play on my phone, Pass out by Tinie Tempah Booms throughout the warehouse, Ritchie laughs and shakes his head “what is that?” Brix asks “I hacked into their sound system, it's a great setup to be fair” I laugh as he shakes his head. We jump out of the car and I wait for Alfie to finish setting up the explosives “let’s blow the bloody doors off eh?” Jake says as Alfie presses the detonator. Ash and I walk into the building as the ECM and Heirs fall in step behind us. I grab both Glocks from my thighs and start shooting, in a matter of seconds I take dozen’s off men out while not even faltering in my stride. Men swarm in the large entrance from doors that lead out of the back. I fight and shoot my way through the rush of men I turn and see Ash shoot a man in the head but another is pulling a knife to his back I run over and snap the goons head from the back “I wink at Ash as he mouths his thanks, we make our way up the stairs that are located at the back of the room, we hit the second floor as the music changes to earthquake by Labrinth we storm each room one by one and kill all the men waiting for us. We head up to the third floor and check all the rooms, no ones here “Basement” I shout we all run down the stairs and head out into one of the back rooms, “here” I say as I open a cupboard door that hides the stairs. I saunter into the big room that's cloaked in darkness, one small light is hanging from the ceiling and underneath it is the hostages, they are all bloody and gagged, they are tied up in a circle and they look utterly terrified. Around the room must be at least one hundred men armed to the fucking nines. The music changes to Too many men by Skepta, Fitting I think, the dance beat drops as I say “let’s finish this” I grab one of the carbines from my back and start shooting, after ten minutes of shooting, slicing and fighting we kill them all. Some of the ECM crew go and check every room again making sure we are in the clear, Ethan, Kade and Alfie start untying the hostages. I stand in front of them “We are here to help you, we will be getting you out of here and taking you to a safe house if you fight or struggle you will be refusing our help and I will not hesitate to leave you here to fend for yourselves, do you understand. The women all nod. I help the boys untie them. I lead them out to the three vans that are taking them to the safe house. We jump in our two Suv’s and head out. Ash is in front of the vans and we are behind them making a little convoy. “The warehouse will be cleared my guys, it will look like it never existed and the bodies will have disappeared in the next few hours,” Ritchie says. “good, give me one of them” I reply as he lights his cigarette. “Brix darts me with a look as I light my ciggie “why did you play the music?” Kade asks I shrug “it puts them off, plus I fight better with a soundtrack” all the boys laugh and we spend the next hour and a half in silence as we drive to the safehouse.

  Chapter Nine.

  I am crying with laughter when the boys walk into the front room of the ECM estate wearing the stuff I bought them to fit in at the rave. “I mean it, Kass, I cannot be seen in public wearing this” Kade exclaims and I laugh more, “but you all look so good” I say wiping the tears from my eyes “why the fuck are you laughing then” Ash growls “because you have spent the last ten minutes, shaking your heads and moaning about what your wearing, you sound like a bunch of toddlers” I laugh again “besides if you don’t want the ravers to shank you up, you have to look the part” I say “whats shank you up mean” Ethan asks “stab” I reply. “look you don’t like it because one your wearing it wrong and two you have to embrace your inner gangsta” I say as step towards them, I start with Ethan, I pull his top out of his jeans and adjust his hat “only a two-year-old wears a snap back to the side, your not the fresh prince” I say as another wave of laughter hits. Next Brix “ok why have you tied your hoodie around your waist,” I say as I pull it off and make him put it on properly “around here your hoodie is your greatest weapon”. I turn to Kade and I laugh again “dude pull your jeans down, they are meant to sit at your hips, not your chest” “but then they are so baggy and droop” he moans “yeah, that’s the point!” I exclaim “last but not least,” I say as I circle Ash, “ok not bad, sort out your facial expression and I’ll sort your sneakers,” I say as I bend down to retie his sneakers so you cannot see the pretty bow. I stand and reach up to take the label off of his snapback and the heated look he gives me makes my heart palpitate, “there, much better” I say “if you want to come to this rave you need to wear it, I don’t mind if you want to stay here” I remark “no, we will deal” Ethan says. “good, now I've dealt with you, I'm going to get ready”. I chuckle as I make my way towards the stairs. An hour later and we are walking into the abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of Croydon, I'm wearing pink camouflage cargo pants that hang low on my hips, a black strapped bralette with a lace trim, a pair of eight-inch stilettos that are silver and glittery and I don’t take a bag as my cargoes have more pocket space than my clutch. My hair is slicked back into a ponytail that has been crimped and looks thick and long as it reaches the bottom of my shoulder blades. I have put in my white gold hoops that nearly touch my shoulders, I have my ECM chain on that drops to my cleavage and a large diamond-encrusted K hangs off of it. My eye makeup is a mix of bright blue silver and white, I have dark black eyeliner wings that sweep across my eyes and big strip lashes on. My lipstick is a dark pink almost purple colour, but the best bit is when I’m hit with the UV light one side of my cheek will light up with small multi-coloured neon stars. I attach my silver body chain around my waist that curves down around my hips and up my back. As we walk we can feel the beat from the music shake the ground. “I may have had my first party in America but that is nothing compared to this!” I state. Alfie and Ritchie slide open the doors to the large one-acre warehouse. I dance through the crowd wanting to get to the ECM’s cordoned off area where the DJ is. Jake opens the rope so we can go in, Lawrence hands me a Blue WKD and the boys a bud, I grab the tray of jager bombs and hand them out. Kade and Ethan start sipping on them, “what are you doing?” I shout over the music “drinking this” kade replies confused “you neck them” I say as I cheers the ECM boys “watch” I say and drink the bomb in one gulp. “ohh” Ethan’s says, the heirs neck their shots and screw up their faces as they do. “what is in that?” Ash asks. “A shot of Jagermeister and red bull, trust me this Rave will go on until at least 6am, you’ll need these” I laugh.

  At two am the rave is going hard and I’m dancing with Ritchie, Jake, Brix and Ethan when I hear Alfie’s voice over the sound system. “we have a surprise for you tonight, the one and only Queen of the ECM is back on London ground” he says as he point’s to me “who wants her to perform” Alfie asks, the crowd goes wild screaming and whistling I shake my head and shout no to them. After a few seconds the Alfie, ECM, the crowd and the heirs are chanting my name “KASSI, KASSI, KASSI” fuckers. “go on!” Brix says in my ear as he pushes me towards the raised platform where the DJ is set up. I take the mic off of Alfie as he steps down. “so what do you want me to sing” I ask into the mic. I beckon Kade to pass my drink with my hands, he does and I take a swig as someone shouts out Fester skank and the crowd erupts again. I smile and nod to the DJ. Everyone goes mad when I start to spit the lyrics out, the song finishes and I start to make my way off the platform when the crowd starts to chant “more, more, more”. I roll my eyes and smile like I said I love the attention. I whisper to the DJ and he nods. After a few seconds gold dust by Dj fresh come’s on and I immediately start singing, the crowd starts jumping about like their in a mosh pit and I start dancing with as much attitude as I can gather. As I sing the last verse Ritchie and Jake grab me and throw me into the crowd, I’m now crowd surfing and being thrown up and down as I try and sing, I manage to get back on the platform before the song finishes. Thankfully the DJ resumes his set before they crown can ask for another song and I
go back to the ECM area. I grab one of Ritchie’s ciggies off the table and light one, “mate, you fucking killed it” Alfie says in my ear as I neck another Jegarbomb, I grin at him. I go and sit next to Ash, taking a long draw of my cig, “since when do you smoke?” he shouts over the music “only now and again when my adrenaline run’s extra high” I say in his ear. Ash leans in towards me “I can think of much better things to do with all that energy” he whispers in my ear while he traces his finger along the bare skin of my waist. Electricity shoots through me at his touch and I stare into his lustful eyes. I put out the cigarette in the ashtray and drain my half-empty bottle of WKD and entwine my fingers in Ash’s. I flash him a wicked smile as I pull him to his feet. “follow me” I mouth and he nods. I lead him through the crowd and aim for the back of the warehouse, when I find the exit I push the bar and the cold breeze hits my face as the door swings open, as soon as we are far enough away from the door that we are cloaked in the darkness I push Ash against the brick wall “Angel” he breathes “shut up!” I demand as I pull his head down and kiss him frantically. His hand grips the back of my neck and I shiver from his touch. I practically climb up his body and wrap my legs around his waist as he flips us around so he has me against the wall. His mouth leaves mine and he pulls my hair to the side so he has full access to kiss my neck, he bites, sucks and kisses my neck as I am rocking against his body. “Kassi, we can’t, not here” he whispers in my ear. “I know, just kiss me” I reply and his lips crash down on mine with a bruising kiss. We pull apart to catch our breaths, he stares at me his eyes full of hunger. “let’s go” he breathes “no, we're staying!” I demand, I slide down his body as I stand on my own two feet. “if your good, like really good I may let you have me when we get back to the estate” I whisper in his ear before I turn and head back into the warehouse.