Fighting Spirit Series Chapter 76: It's a Trap

**Mei:**

“Mei?” Amelia linked me happily.

“Sleep.” I replied. Flopping over in my giant pillow mound.

“Come on. We are going to the city to shop for the twins.” Amelia laughed.

“Shit! I haven’t done anything for them.” I huffed hearing the door click closed as I rolled over flopping my body against the bed.

“Just get ready. Izzy will be there in ten minutes.” Amelia replied.

“Okay.” I replied sliding out of the cozy bed, noticing the broken posters where JR broke free during our little fantasy roll play.

Remembering his body under my touch. Ugh… the raging inferno in my core boiling awake.

Showering, washing the dried blood from my skin, massaging my hips feeling little sparks of pain in my muscles. The twins are pushing against everything causing my body to ache non-stop. Walking out from the closet, dressed in a purple and blue tie-dyed dress and sandals.

Izzy knocked before entering, smiling brightly as she walked over hugging me.

“You look pregnant.” She laughed as I playfully rolled my eyes at her.

“Come on. Amelia let Jack know that we were taking you into the city.” Izzy said ‘poofing’ us outside meeting the girls loading up in Lexi’s blacked-out Explorer. Rocko, Jaxon, and Braxton were getting the black Ram 1500 fueled up. Rocko walked over to me side hugging me, smiling down.

“You ready to shop till you drop?” He laughed as Amelia and the girls gave him evil stares. Throwing his hands up in surrender.

Laughter broke out as we all climbed into our vehicles.

“Does Lexi know you took his “Baby”?” I asked Milly, who flashed an evil smile slipping on her Harley-Davidson blackout sunglasses.

“He will when he goes to leave.” Milly laughed as we sped down the dirt road towards the north border. Rocko and the twins followed closely behind.

“So, have you two thought of any names?” Izzy asked leaning forward from the back seat.

Dread washed over my face, realizing we have not even discussed names, nursery, anything. Face palming as the girls laughed softly flashing large smiles.

“Don’t worry Seth was a last-minute decision.” Amelia laughed elbowing Izzy slightly.

“Does anything come to mind?” Riley asked leaning forward grabbing my shoulder gently. Thinking about it like that, the girls hummed in the shadows as two names popped into my head out of nowhere.

“Nikola and Micah.” I said turning slightly to see the girls thinking; then smiling brightly.

“Perfect.” They all shouted as we laughed listening to the radio heading towards the highway.

Kyou and Moon stirred nervously as I watched the bayou drift by in a speedy haze.

Milly throwing her arm across my stomach as she slammed the brakes, screeching to a halt, drawing our attention to a man lying face down in the dirt road.

“Stay in the vehicle.” Rocko yelled linking as their truck pulled up alongside of the SUV, watching as Jaxon and Braxton jumped out of the truck.

Walking slowly up to the man, Braxton stayed alert as Jaxon kneeled down to the guy shaking his shoulder. Kyou and Moon grew even more nervous. I scanned the tree lines on both sides noticing slight movement in the shadows.

“Rocko get them out of there. It’s a trap.” I reached over slamming my fist into the horn.

Watching as the guy lunged up, slashing Jaxon across the back, flash stepping after Braxton who dodged quickly.

The guy came into view, realizing it was Aeros. Moon growled as Kyou went on the defensive; Milly reacted slamming the SUV in reverse, speeding backwards spinning the SUV around like a pro-car driver. Milly wasted no time throwing the Explorer into drive, speeding away to meet a large box truck blocking our exit as men dressed in black approached the SUV.

“Rocko, we are blocked in.” I linked looking over my shoulder through the back window, seeing Rocko slamming another guy against the side of the truck, ripping his throat out as Braxton and Jaxon fought Aeros.

Loud smashing of glass brought my attention back to the back-driver side window as Riley pulled out her MP5, laying a stream of bullets at the approaching hybrids merging in on the SUV.

“Izzy, I need you to ‘poof’ us out of here.” I yelled as I watched Victor approach slowly to my right.

Amelia grabbed my shoulder as Victor slammed his fist through my window ‘poofing’ us into a dark freezing cave were an instant prickly stinging shot through my neck, then darkness.

**Jack:**

Sprinting to the ‘Barn’ finding Seth and Max waiting, pacing angrily as we approached.

“WHERE IS HE?” I yelled snapping my teeth in anger.

“Rocko has him waiting for us.” Max said handing me the cell keys as I ran past him towards the service elevator.

The guys filed in huffing, hissing, growling lowly as the slow descent to the third subfloor felt like years instead of seconds. We all rushed out of the elevator not worrying about changing, this situation requires haste. Unlocking the massive silver-wolfsbane door, finding Rocko laying hard fists into the asshole cuffed to the wall. Blood oozing from claw marks on his chest, both eyes swollen shut, but healing slowly.

“Alpha it was a trap.” Rocko yelled as he paced back and forth in front of our guest.

“Izzy managed to get Milly and Riley back to the house.” I said as I stalked slowly up to our little friend, smelling his fear and anger.

“You won’t find him.” He hissed as he spit a wad of bloody mucus on the floor in front of my feet.

Brutus roared as I grabbed this piece of shit by his neck, yanking his cuffed body away from the wall, snapping limbs, hearing tendons and bones snap; popping as the cuffs shattered into pieces from the force. Slamming his body into the gray tiled floor, causing a crater to form under his body.

Wheezing, coughing blood up as he fought against the hold on his neck.

“TELL US NOW!” I screamed in his face like a death metal vocalist as saliva dripped from our fangs, jowls vibrating in a dark chesty growl.

“She is as good as dead.” He whispered wheezing out a short breath. Feeling my claws dig into his throat as Desmond placed his hand on my shoulder. Muscles flinching at the contact.

“Don’t kill him.” Desmond said as he kneeled down on the opposite side, clicking his tongue against the roof of his mouth, dropping his head slightly, smiling evilly.

“See, this is how it goes.” Desmond was cut short with a wad of bloody mucus to his face.

Desmond’s eyes flashed deep red as he trailed his nail down the guys’ chest, watching a line of crimson form mixing with the dried blood along his skin as the guy laughed in pain.