“Hey Chambers, Sky here yet?” Anthony asks
coming into the office. The last few weeks have been peaceful since I had to
endure that meeting with
I got back to my apartment and needed a
shower. There were some instances where I could have sworn he was trying to hit
on me. I felt like his eyes were still on me like some kind of slime. It makes
me sick to my stomach to think that an idiot like him would ever be interested
in me. Thank goodness there’s my Sky. I got out of the shower and heard someone
knocking on my door so I answered in my towel to see that it was my Sky. He was
very pleased with the attire I was wearing; enough so that he was late to class
the next morning.
“No, he won’t be here until one. He’s in
class,” my Sky managed to get all but one of his summer classes online so he
only has to go to the campus once a week for three hours. It’s also the only
day I come in after six a.m. It’s cute to see him rushing around at the last
minute, mainly because I keep him in bed until the last possible minute.
“Oh well I’ll just talk to him later,” Anthony
says and turns around. That’s new. Wait…
“How are things with you and Giovanni?” he
stops and turns around like he’s been caught. I thought so.
“H-How did…”
“You haven’t been around much and the times
that you have been you’ve been with Daniels.”
“Damn, as I that easy to read?”
“I’ve just been exposed to you long enough to
be able to tell,” and of course Giovanni has called a few times asking about
his likes and dislikes. I don’t know how, but those two seemed to work for some
reason.
“He’s uber happy about the turnover the
underground has been making lately. He’s already thinking about purchasing the
building next door so he can expand it since it also has a basement area as
well,” he says coming back over to lean against my desk, “Say, what does G
like?”
“Like as in…”
“Stuff. You’d be one to know
since you dated him for five years.”
“Property, cars,
having sex on his private beach in
“I’m not a big fan of
“You asked what he likes,” I say looking at
him.
“…How big is his place in
“Which one?”
“The one with the
beach.”
“Big enough.”
“…You think bro would mind me skippin’ out for
a few weeks?”
“As long as I don’t have to come bail you out
of anything like last time, no.”
“It’s just Italy Chambers, it’s
not-,”
“You said the same thing about
“…He’ll have a fit…”
“If you go to Italy Giovanni will keep you
plenty occupied and out of trouble,”
I say looking back to my screens, “And make sure he knows you’re leaving this
time. And keep Giovanni with you if you go into the cities.”
“Cool, thanks Chambers,” he says walking to
the door.
“And make sure the blue jeans are relaxed fit
or you’ll spend most of the time naked…not that you’d care though…”
I see him stop out of the corner of my eye,
“Why’s that?”
“He doesn’t share and he won’t take you or
send anyone to shop for clothes for you until the day you’re supposed to
leave.”
“I’ll just take-,”
“He’ll burn the rest of the clothes you take
with you,” I look at him for his reaction. As expected,
wide-eyed and open-mouthed. My first trip to his villa on the coast I
wore a pair of bootcut jeans and while we were walking along the shore he had
his butler burn the rest of my clothes and hide his so I was stuck in his villa
in Italy for three weeks naked. His staff acted like it was perfectly natural
to have someone walking around the house naked. Being pissed off at him did
nothing so I had to stick it out, but he didn’t get what he wanted either so it
became more of a test to see who’d give in first. It ended in a stalemate. Our
last day there he sent out his butler for clothes and came back with thirty
pairs of relaxed fit blue jeans. Thankfully he only did that when we went to
The corners of his lips then turn upwards,
“...Giovanni burned your clothes?” I
look back at my screens. He walks back over to my desk, “I’ve got to hear this.”
“No.”
Out of the corner of my eye I see him get a
pouty face, “Aw come on Ares, you gotta tell!”
“No.”
“Come on, you wore something that ended up
with you being naked, spill it! What’d ya wear?”
“You better tell your brother you’re leaving
before he starts his meeting with what chip manufacturer,” he knows that
meeting will take at least two hours and I have a feeling he’s already packed
to head out at a moment’s notice.
“…Damn you Ares, I’m gonna find out,” he says
running off to catch his brother before the meeting starts…which is in three
minutes. Good luck with that. I smile and change my screens.
I come back from my meetings and sit down at
my desk. I look over the screens lazily until one is switched to the view of my
Sky’s workspace. There is a large stack of papers on his desk. I look at my
watch, two twenty-one. My phone rings.
“Sir you need to come to six nine four,” the
watcher ends the call and I make my way out to the room.
I turn down the hall opposite the elevators
and come to room six ninety-four. It’s the surveillance room that looks over
the university. I walk in and the watcher, Rena, cues up the recordings, “You
were in a meeting when this happened sir,” she says
not looking at me. Her main screen starts running. It’s Sky’s truck. He comes
into view and is steps from his truck when a group of men surround him. He
immediately goes on the offensive and manages to wound two of them before being
overtaken by the other five. A van pulls into the corner of the screen and he’s
put inside and they leave the area, “The numbers on the van aren’t registered
to that vehicle.”
“Time?”
“Two p.m. He was talking with other students
after class. None of which match the size of the men that
took him.”
“Who’s on it.”
“Taylor, Rames,
Bradshaw, and Hain.”
“Where’s Wren.”
He left the building at eleven-thirty and
hasn’t returned. Rose and Camby are searching for him now.”
“Make sure one six two is active.”
“Robert and Melissa are there now. Jason is
active in four six eight. Sun is also stationed at the complex just in case.”
“Thank you Rena.”
“We’ll find him sir.”
I walk back to my office. I can’t…this can’t
be happening… By pure reflex I make it inside my office and sit down, I’m
running all kinds of scenarios. I stop running them when
A hand waving in my line of sight disrupts my
thoughts of efficiently disposing of his body, “Sky not back yet?” It’s
Anthony. I can only stare at him, “…Ares, what’s wrong?” his look becomes
serious, “…Where’s Sky?”
“…Taken…”
“What?”
“…He’s been…taken…”
“When? Do you kno….” I can only sit there when I realize that it’s come
from my mouth that my Sky’s been taken from me. I know Anthony’s still talking
to me but I can’t hear him. I see his movements but I don’t react until I feel
something wet on my face. I reach up to find myself wiping away tears. I’ve
never cried for anyone in my life. No one has really cared about me enough for
me to even bother doing such an act…until my Sky. It shocks me. My whole
existence on this planet, people have hated me for no reason, wanted nothing
from me, wanted to use me until they’ve had their fill and tossed me aside,
only feigned at loving me, or feared me until Sky came into my life. He hasn’t
been a part of my life for a full year and yet he’s… I need him, I need my Sky.
“Ares. Ares, come on, talk
to me.”
“…My Sky…”
“We’ll get him back.”
I look at Anthony,
the look in his eyes is sincere. I close my eyes and take a deep breath. I
can’t loose it, not now. I have to stay focused so I can find my Sky. I must
stay focused so I can make sure all that have touched him die painfully. I will
wage war on those who dare take from me.
“…He’ll be
trouble.”
“Yeah,
those eyes show it…his dad’s eyes. That cheap bastard was nothing but trouble.
He’ll be just like him I bet. You’re sendin’ him to
the state?”
“Absolutely. I want none of her mistakes around my kids. At
least she gave him a fitting name, Ares. A god I highly doubt, but he will
bring about a war someday…”
I open my eyes to see Daevin here as well. He’s
talking to his brother, likely trying to figure out what’s going on. His face
shows calm, but his eyes are hoping that I don’t take matters into my own
hands. He’s already seen the damage I can do. That’s one of the reasons he
hired me in the first place.
Flashback – 13 years
ago
“That was
some job you did last month with
I look at
the man to my right at the bar. He sticks out like a sore thumb in his crisp navy
blue suit, but with this bar, it didn’t matter, “I don’t know what you’re talkin’
about.”
He leans
closer, “Of course. Let me buy you another?”
“No
thanks.”
“I know
your friend. Tate Andrews. He says you do good work for a drop-out.”
“I’m not a
drop-out. I graduated high school. There was a three-way tie for valedictorian
and since my principal didn’t like the fact that a kid like me could be so
smart he came to my place and gave me my diploma and told me not to come to
graduation ‘cause I wasn’t welcome there. He also hoped I’d die in a gutter
somewhere.”
“No
college?”
“What’s the
point? I make enough now.”
“And you’re
well worth it. But you could make so much more.”
“What, if I go to college?”
“No, if you
work for me.”
“Who the
hell are you?” like I don’t already know.
“My name is
Patrick. Patrick Daevin. Owner of the Siren Corporation.”
“So why the
hell are you slummin’? I’m sure you can find nicer ass on your side of the
tracks.”
“I’m not
looking for ass. I’m looking for you. You are Ares Chambers, right?”
“If you
know Andrews then you should know that was a stupid question you just asked.”
“My mistake.”
I look over
at the bartender, he was busy feeling up the prostitute at the other end and
the two others over by the pool tables weren’t paying any attention to whatever
wasn’t round and on a green table.
“What do
you want?”
“I like your
work. Tate said that you can do a variety of things.”
“Yeah, so.”
“I need
someone like you in my company.”
I sit back
and look at him, “Someone to do your dirty work?”
“Not
necessarily that. I know you learned your security techniques under him and you
have a good client base in the two years you’ve gone freelance. And from what
happened with
That was a
nice job. The owner felt he didn’t have to pay for my services and hired
someone to tweak my system. It resulted in his company shutting down for three
days while I went through and fixed what that amateur he hired tried to do. I
know when someone fucks with my work because I set it up to shut down when
someone makes an attempt. He got ill with me and told me my work was inferior
and a few nights later his company went up in flames from a gas pipe rupturing
beneath his building. The pipe ruptured from the explosion I set inside the
building but they’ll never be able to come to that conclusion.
“Why should
I believe you?”
“Because
Tate knows that you’re the one to get the job done.”
“…He
wouldn’t take your offer.”
He grins
slightly, “…That too. He said that you’d be better suited for the job, that you
had a better look than he did. I have to agree there. You do look a lot better
than he does.”
“You’re not
gettin’ my ass Daevin.”
“I’m not
here looking for it Chambers. I want you.”
“I’ll think
about it.”
“Can I have
an answer in three days? I do have others to check out.”
“What
others.”
“A man named
McMichaels, Overton, a woman named Mariella.”
“Out of business, overseas in prison, and hates
working for men that aren’t married.”
“Oh really? Why doesn’t she like that?”
“She likes
to play with their wives.”
“I guess
that just leaves you.”
“…Guess it
does.”
“You can
keep your client base. I have no problem with you doing that.”
“I wasn’t
going to drop them.”
“I can show
you around tomorrow if you’d like.”
“I’ve got a
job. I’ll call you when I’m done,” he moves to take a card from his breast
pocket, “Don’t bother, I know it.”
“You do?”
“Andrews
said you’d come calling sooner or later. He said you liked how I took care of
“…So you
were expecting me?”
“I thought
that a man with all your resources would have found me before now.”
“You are
quite difficult to get a hold of Chambers, and that can prove useful in my
company.”
“Just don’t
make me regret this Daevin. And don’t ever piss me off.”
--end flashback
“Who are you looking at to be behind this?” he
asks.
“
“Are you sure To-,”
“If there is the slightest chance he’s
involved he dies, end of story.”
“Ares-,”
“Do not
fuck with me Daevin. I don’t care if he’s your best friend from whenever. He
was warned and he will pay,” Daevin looks at me with a stone face, “I am
clearing his debt as well. Use account eight four two nine six seven zero six
one one.”
“Ares…”
“As soon as this is over I’m done.”
“Ares be reasonable,
please.”
“The only fucking reason he’s in this
situation now is because of your best fucking friend Patrick.”
“If Tobias has a part in this I-,”
“I will
handle it.”
“Ares…”
“I told you never to piss me off Patrick, and
you’ve done just that.”
“Ares, I won’t have you leaving on those
terms. Let’s find out who took Daniels and then go from there.”
“I’ve got my people on it.”
“Good. Go get a drink. I’ll handle it from
here.”
“Not happening. These are my people.”
“And all of you work for me. I’m telling you
Ares, I will handle this.”
“Then I quit.”
“No Ares, that isn’t going to work with me.”
“You can’t keep me here.”
“Yes I can.”
“Come on Ares,” Anthony says, “Let’s just find
Sky first, then you two can talk about this later.”
I’m about to say something then my phone
rings, “Yes.”
“You really should be more careful with your
pets,” the distorted voice says to me, “If they aren’t trained properly they
could be put down for attacking someone.”
“Don’t…you…dare…”
“Fear not my dear Ares, I’ve haven’t put him
down. I’m having too much fun playing with him. Would you care to listen? Oh, I
know, you’d like to see it wouldn’t
you. Don’t worry, that will be arranged. One of your people should be arriving
to your office with his laptop. Then you’ll get to see.” The line goes dead.
“Who was it?” Anthony asks.
I take a breath to calm down, “The voice was
electronically distorted and for the most part untraceable until they call
again,” I say turning to my keyboard. I type in a sequence then connect my cell
to a port, “Should whoever call back I’ll be able to record the conversation so
I can clean it up.”
“What did he say?” Daevin asks.
“That I’ll be able to see what’s going on when
one of my team-,”
“Sir,” comes Jeremy over the speaker to the
side of the screens, “
I press the button at the bottom of the
speaker, “Thank you,” I reply. My phone rings. I activate the speakerphone,
“Yes.”
“Sir, Rose and Camby have located Wren. He’s
at his house in Middlebury. They are searching the perimeter now.”
“He left because he was feeling sick. He said
something about bad sushi,” Daevin said.
“Bradshaw, Rames, and
Hain?”
“Are still looking
sir.
Loxsin, Mair, and Richards have been informed and are searching as well. I’m
still trying to get a hold of Lee and Iha.”
“When you reach Lee and Iha, send them to
fifty-five eighty-six West
“Yes sir,” she says and ends the call.
“Ares, I can take over on this.”
“No. I’m doing it. I’ll find him.”
“Ares, I know that look in your eye,” Daevin
says, “I know that you want to find him, but I also know that you’ll stop at
nothing until you do.”
“And the problem with that is?”
“You don’t
stop, that’s the problem. You’ll work yourself right back into the infirmary
like last time. You do realize that you were unconscious for three days right? What good will you be to Daniels if you end up like that again?”
“Bro’s right Ares,” Anthony chimes in, “Let us
help. We like him too,” I shoot him a look, “…In a non-sexual way, of course.”
A knock on the door halts our conversation.
The man keeps going and causes my Sky to
orgasm. He then switches places with the man to his right and he takes hold of
my Sky. Daevin stops the footage and the screen goes dark. I close my eyes and
take deep breaths. I’m shaking with anger, the room is silent. I hear voices
around me, but my focus is the image that burned into my mind of my Sky being
held down and assaulted. There was no sound but I could just as easily hear him
in my mind screaming at them behind the tape. I could hear his breath as they
made him climax. I could hear his pleas not to do it again. I know those pleas, I’ve heard my own…
“What are
you d-doing? L-Let me go!”
“So you
like boys, huh? Well then I know you’ll like a man.”
“No,
please, no…”
“Shut up
boy. I’m glad you aren’t my son. No man’d want a fag
like you as their son.”
“Please,
let me go. I’ll leave. I’ll leave and never come back.”
“Oh no,
you’re gonna stay right here. You want it in the ass like you fags do, and
you’re gonna get it.”
“NOOOOOOO!”
I shake my head. That will never leave me, but
I can’t think about that now. I have to find my Sky. I open my eyes and look at
“The van was in an abandoned lot behind the
old church at Brooks and Watt. The only thing inside was his bag. I opened the
bag and felt that his laptop was warm. I didn’t check to see if there was
anything on it. Bradshaw called Loxsin, Mair and Richards since they were
closest in the area. We sent word with them to tell any others they came across
the situation and to search as well.”
“Thank you. You can return,” I say
automatically. He nods and leaves. Once the door is closed I sigh and run a
hand through my hair. Now all I can really do is wait
until the person calls again. I lean over to my phone and dial room six nine
four.
“Sir?”
“Have everyone searching check in with you or
Jason in thirty minute intervals and inform me when more people come on to
search.”
“Yes sir. Rose and Camby have finished
searching Wren’s perimeter and have found nothing. I’m sending them towards
“Thank you,” I say and end the call. I get up
from the desk and walk back to the kitchen, not looking in the direction of my
Sky’s area. I step into the kitchen and make a fresh pot of coffee. I can’t
close my eyes, I keep seeing him lying there
struggling against them. I see their hands all over him. The coffeemaker
finishes and I make myself a cup. After I sit the cream back in the
refrigerator I look at the mug. I can’t bring myself to touch it. I lean
against the counter pressing my palms flat against the surface. Water starts to
cloud my vision and only clears when the drops fall from my lashes. How can
this be that in such a short period of time one person can move me like this? I
bow my head, tears still falling from my lashes onto the surface of the
counter.
Time passes then I feel a hand on my back and
warmth beside me. I close my eyes, more tears falling from them. There is an
ache in my chest now. I must find my Sky.
“We will
find him Ares. Pat will make damn sure of it,” Anthony says softly in my ear.
His arm comes around my shoulders and I feel his lips press against my temple
before his head leans against mine, “We aren’t gonna let you be without your
Sky.”
I sit
at my desk and sigh quietly. It’s been six hours since the call. There are
twenty-eight people searching the city and nothing. I’ve managed to look at all
of the footage that was left on my Sky’s laptop. These people will die, there will be no mercy for them. The footage was
definitely taken inside the van as it proved later on with the turns and in the
location of the old church, there are many areas where the roads aren’t taken
care of as dictated by the camera movement. So far, I have to eliminate Wren as
a suspect since the search at his home turned up nothing and he hasn’t left his
premises since. The search at
“Yes.”
“Sir there is someone here with a package for
you. They are in the lobby.”
I bring up the lobby on my main screen and
zoom in on Carol’s desk. There stands a messenger with a brown package under
his arm as he leans against the desk, “Have Carol sign for the package,” I
reply.
“He says that it has to be your signature. He
needs the confirmation for his records.”
“And he won’t say who it’s from?”
“He was just told to deliver it. It was at the
company he works for when he came on his shift so he has no idea who brought it
in.”
“Have someone bring him up.”
“Yes sir.”
I end the call and sit back in my chair.
“Something from the
kidnapper?”
Anthony asks from over on the couch.
“Possibly, I haven’t sent for anything,” I
answer. Six minutes later the lanky college student walks in to my office with
the package, Francis close behind him. I stand up as he looks over my office
and come to stand in front of him. I look him over as I sign the slip. His eyes
are telling me that he’s seen me before.
“Have I seen you before?”
“I don’t know, have you?”
“Have you ever been to the university near
here?”
“My assistant is attending the university.”
“Is he in design?”
“Yes.”
He looks me over, then
recognition comes into his eyes, “Wait, you’re that guy the department head was
talkin’ about; the one that unloaded on some teachers a while back. Yeah he’s
not a big fan of you. He was talkin’ on his cell the other day when I was
walkin’ near him.”
I cock my brow at him, “How do you know he was
talking about me?”
“He said that you had like jade colored eyes
and you looked like some kind of model slash hitman or somethin’.”
I look like a hitman? “What did the department
head say?”
“I don’t know man, I
really didn’t catch all of it.”
“Tell me what you remember.”
“Somethin’ about
puttin’ him in his place. That he knew people. But that’s all bull man.
I hear he likes to talk a lot since his family knows a lotta
rich people. If he did then why is he a department
head at a university? They don’t make squat.”
“Chambers, could this be worth looking into?”
Daevin asks.
“Could be,” I say, “Do you remember anything
else?”
“Nah man, just some talk about faculty parties
and other school shit. Has…he done somethin’?”
I pull out my money clip and hand the
messenger some bills. He looks them over, his eyes wide when he realizes that I
just gave him four hundred dollars, “Thanks,” I say taking the package from his
other hand.
“Hey, I’ll let ya know if I hear anything
else.”
I nod and Francis takes him out of the office.
I look over the package before tearing off the outer paper. I opened the lid of
the box and see my Sky’s cell phone and a CD. I pick up the CD and underneath
it is the white silk ribbon I tied his braid off with this morning. Oh yes,
they die painfully.
“What is it?” Anthony says walking over to me.
He and Daevin look inside the box. I hand the box to Daevin and step over to my
desk. I put the CD in Sky’s laptop and it starts running. The movie player
starts up again and there is my Sky in a darkened room with the only light
being the one just above him as if he were in some kind of old police drama
being interrogated. He’s bound to a bed naked. There is a thin cord running
from between his legs and at the end is a control. The person holding the
camera moves to the end of the bed where the control is and he shows us his
gloved hand picking up the device. He turns the dial with his thumb and my Sky
jerks and struggles. He keeps working the dial to its highest setting before
dropping it back onto the bed and moving around to his left side. He slowly
pans over my Sky’s body and stops when he comes to his length. Subtitles then
appear at the bottom of the screen. Your
pet seems to like his toy Ares. Just look at how hard he’s becoming. The
view then moves back up to his face and then a hand reaches out and takes a
fistful of my Sky’s hair. More subtitles appear. He has such beautiful hair Ares. I bet you love running your hands
through it. He lets the locks stray from his hand and he moves back down my
Sky’s body. He stops at his length and zooms in some. He keeps the camera there
until my Sky orgasms then another line appears. Yes Ares, he really likes his toy. I think I’ll let him play with it a
while. I look at the running time in the bottom corner of the player, two
hours and six minutes. My phone rings and I put it on speaker.
“Yes.”
“Mr. Chambers, it’s
Carol. That messenger wants to speak to you again.”
I look at the screen and see the messenger
standing there bouncing on his feet, “Put him on,” I watch as she hands him the
phone.
“Yo I just remembered somethin’.”
“What.”
“It might not be much, but when he was talkin’
about that faculty party he was…it was like he was really lookin’ forward to
it. I mean like really lookin’
forward to it. That was right after he was talkin’ about you.”
“Do you know when this faculty party is?”
“Naw man I don’t. Sorry.”
“Give Carol back the phone please.”
“Carol give him five
and our thanks,” Daevin says once Carol puts the phone to her ear.
“Yes sir,” she says and hangs up. She reaches
into her desk and hands the messenger five hundred dollars. He jerks when he
sees Carol holding out the money. He takes it quickly and nods at her several
times before leaving.
“The department head?” Anthony says, “What
would he have against you?”
“I don’t know. But I do know Jessup has
issues. He could be involved in this as well.”
“But a faculty party?”
“He might not be talking about that kind of
party Anthony,” Daevin says stopping the movie player.
I dial Rena.
“Sir?”
“Have Rames, Iha, Bradshaw, Cook, Lee, Hain,
Mair, Villich, Markov, Bailey, Loxsin,
“Yes sir.”
“Thank you,” I say and end the call.
“What will being on campus do? Isn’t it summer
time?”
“They have a full summer session for those
that wish to finish school in less that four years.
Most professors like giving summer classes so they don’t have to have the
traditional schedule of spring and fall semesters.”
“…That line-up…Ares, are
you going to…”
“If they are behind this, they disappear.”
“But that’s a department head of a well-known
university we’re talkin’ about Ares,” Anthony says, “There will be talk.”
“So be it.”
“Ares…”
I look at him hard, “I want them dead.”
I brief the thirteen I call back to the office
on the current suspects when I get a call from Daevin saying that Rena has
located Jessup and has Rose tailing him. Tolemy’s vehicle along with another
one has been located at his house and there is little activity taking place
that is visible from the outside. Fortunately for us Tolemy’s residence is only
a ten minute drive north of the university, nineteen minutes total from Siren. The
ones stationed around campus have all sent in information that follows what the
messenger said about Tolemy. The men then head off to prepare themselves when I
get another call.
“Yes.”
“Sir it’s Sullivan. I’ve found someone who’s
seen some of the men that took Daniels with me now.”
“Put them on.”
“H-Hello?” the woman’s voice is a bit shaky.
“Hello. My name is Ares Chambers and I'm a
private investigator. My men and I are looking for a man by the name of Sky
Daniels and I have been told you may have seen who has taken him.”
“I told the police that someone was being
taken and they said it was probably just a frat joke but there’s no rushing in
the summer.”
“Please tell me what you saw.”
“I was in the parking lot near my car when I
dropped my index cards. I was picking them up when I heard someone say sky.
Then I heard something like someone fighting and looked up enough to see a
bunch of men dressed in all black ganging up on a guy with black hair. They
were going at it for a few minutes then the ones in black over took the one guy
and a van pulled up and they got inside with him.
After I got blown off by the cops and campus
security I went to the deli on Eighth across from the east side of campus about
two hours later and I heard the same voice. I thought it sounded familiar, like
an old professor so I looked around the corner and saw three men all dressed in
black just like the ones earlier but without masks. When I got a look at them I
recognized one that was my English professor from my freshman year, Mr. Jessup.
Then I remembered seeing him in the hall one day talking to that same guy with
black hair that was ganged up on, talking about a pimp or something like that.”
“Did you hear them talk about anything else?”
“Mr. Jessup said something about a get together
around eleven tonight. The asked if they were coming and the other two said no.
One said he wasn’t interested in guys like that.”
“Did they mention any names or places?”
“Mr. Jessup said some guy’s name. I think it
ended in ‘ee’, like it could have been spelled with
an ‘i’ or a ‘y’ or something like that. I know the
name was foreign. And he said something about being able to do whatever he wanted
with the whore. I hope they weren’t talking about that guy.”
“And you’re sure they were some of the same
ones you saw from earlier?”
“Yes. I study textiles and I recognized the
fabric of their clothes as soon as I saw it.”
“Thank you. You’ve been a big help.”
“I hope you find that guy. I can’t believe the
cops didn’t believe me and I saw it with my own eyes.”
“Let me speak with Sullivan again please.”
“Sure.”
“Sir,” Sullivan says seconds later.
“Give her fifteen for her information and
contact Rose to find his location and meet up with him.”
“Yes sir.”
I end the call and let out a sigh. I look at
my watch, ten fifteen. Eight and a quarter hours since
they took my Sky. The woman’s information is indeed helpful. I walk into my
office and see Daevin at my desk and Anthony sitting on the couch.
“Anything new?” Daevin asks as I walk
over to my desk.
“Sullivan located a woman that ID’d Jessup as
one of the kidnappers. She said that he made mention of a get together that he
was attending around eleven p.m. She didn’t recognize the name but the way it
ended links it to Tolemy. Chances are it could be at his house.”
“Rena said that Taylor, Richards, and Notts
have seen no other cars arriving there since they arrived at his house two
hours ago. But Tolemy only has one registered in his name so there’s a
possibility that others are already there for this get together.”
“The get together is set to start at eleven or
at least Jessup should be arriving about that time.”
“Jessup,” Daevin says, “the one that came here
and we told to lay off since we had all that evidence
against him? He’s got some balls.”
“Not after tonight,” I say dialing Rena.
“Sir?”
“I need the plans of Tolemy’s house.”
“He has a four bedroom colonial with a
basement. Richards confirmed that there has been activity in the basement area
in her last check in.”
“Good. Tell them to call in as soon as they
see anyone coming to the house.”
“Yes. Uh, sir, confirmed. There are vehicles
arriving at Tolemy’s residence now.”
They’re starting early, “Thank you,” I say and
end the call. I look at Daevin, “Tolemy has a basement so there is a strong possibility
that he could be there and they’ve just now confirmed people arriving to his
house,” my phone rings again.
“Sir, Jessup is on
“Thank you,” I say ending the call.
“Where’s his house?” Anthony asks.
“
“Whoa, definitely can’t go in that area with
guns blazin’. Quite a few higher ups in the police force live in that area,
too.”
“That’s what silencers are made for.”
“Ares, you aren’t really…”
“He should have known better than to take
him.”
“…Does he…know?
About all the stuff
that you do here?”
“No.”
“You can’t go on this job Ares,” Daevin says,
“Let your team go in and get him.”
“They die, end of story.”
“Ares that will bring
about a lot of heat. Two people from the same university ending up dead, maybe
more if there are other university
staff members at his place?” Anthony says, “And not to mention what it’ll do to
Sky. He doesn’t know that you take people’s lives.”
“He knows I’m not a saint either. He can
handle it.”
“But he doesn’t know that you’re a killer
Ares, that’s a huge difference.”
“I have to agree with Anthony on this Ares,”
Daevin says, “It’s one thing if he already knew, I
would have no problem with you going in there and taking them out. But you
haven’t told him, that’s another matter altogether.”
“In case either of you have forgotten, he was
willing to slit Jessup’s throat not too long ago.”
“I’m pretty sure he’s had the great fortune of
never having taken someone’s life before. That can change a person. It can also
change how they view someone that does. Besides, they’ve hurt him and he should
decide how they’re punished.”
They hurt me as well. I hope he wants them to
bleed, “…Fine. But I’m still going.”
Daevin sighs, he knows I’ll just follow them
anyway, “Any one attending this…soiree can be Rex’s new lab rats. I know those
he’ll let run among the people and we can always keep track of them. The main
two will have their fate decided by Daniels.”
“And if Sky wants to let them go?” Anthony
speaks up.
“Then we damage the life around them. Run them
out of town so-to-speak.”
“Then I find them and end them,” I say
loosening my tie. They will not get away with taking my Sky. I’d rather they
all die but Anthony does have a point. Ending that many people in such a short
amount of time will cause problems. It would be far easier to ruin their lives
than to take them. They may end up taking their own in the process. I know that
my Sky wouldn’t want to spend the rest of his life on the run should it ever
come back on us. My phone rings again, “Yes.”
“Your pet is such a joy to play with Ares,”
the electronic voice says back to me.
“What do you want?”
“I’ve already got what I want.”
“I want him back.”
“Sorry, but I’m having too much fun. I think
I’ll keep him.”
“I will
find you and you will pay for
touching him.”
“That’s what they all say. You don’t even know
where I am let alone who I am.”
“I will see you soon enough,” I say and end
the call. Iha walks in just as I close my phone, “
“Understood. Resistance?”
“Render them unconscious. We’ll get
information on them when we get them back here.”
“Yes sir,” he says and walks out. I look at
Daevin and his brother. Daevin shaking his head, Anthony quiet.
“I’m not going to kill anyone unless Sky wants
me to,” I say and head out to save my Sky.