Chapter 9

Approaching Lucifer's mansion, I heard the shooting of his gun and looked up to see skull shards falling around me 'Great~' I thought as I entered the elevator 'he wants to talk AND shoot great fun.' I exited the elevator, drink in hand, and took a seat adjacent from him as he reloaded his gun.

"So, you have fun chasing after your Alpha last night, Jakey?"

"I'm going to fucking slap you, asshat," I said standing up, he knew I hated being called Jakey because it wasn't intimidating at all, and it made me seem more of a bitch than I wanted people to think I was. He started laughing as he finished loading his clip and set down the gun as to not accidentally shoot me, I joined in because I knew I wasn't that intimidating so it was pretty funny. We simmered down after a while and he yelled at someone to throw another skull, and I got an idea, I took one of the skulls from the rack and grabbed his attention, he knew I wasn't gonna make this easy on him. I threw it at an angle, and with a flick of the wrist, it curved a sharp left, making him miss, and making me smirk at him with success in my eyes.

"Gimme another one," he said and I grabbed another skull, this time I through it straight behind him, using my left hand, and flicked it to the right, catching him off guard and making him miss his shot.

"Been a while since you've hit a moving target, eh?" I asked him tauntingly, he was a great shot but every master gets rusty at his craft every once in a while.

"Yeah, go again, and tell me about the Alpha chase while you're at it," He said and readied his gun against his shoulder, and when he got in a proper shooting stance, back straight, legs in line with his shoulders, and eyes focused, I pulled back and threw a fastball straight at his statue about fifty feet out. He shot it as I anticipated, and I told him about how Alex had been stalking us again, I explained where we were and I could tell that I had his attention because he hadn't moved his eyes from where the skull had been shot. I readied myself again and threw a curveball ten feet to the left of the statue, which he hit, and I explained that I had chased her for a bit before she disappeared and I lost control of my anger. I grabbed my soda and threw a beer to Lucifer, I needed a minute to ready myself again, and told him about how when I walked back to the bar she called me and said that I shouldn't chase her, or whatever it was that she said.

"At this point, if you told me that she was your mate, I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest. That's what this sounds like, Jake," he said and I threw the next skull like a football, going for straight distance, and at its peak, he shot it out of the air, raining skull fragments all over the ground below us.

"Well, even if she is, you gotta chase whatcha wanna catch, she should know that better than anyone else."

"Running from what could potentially be your mate is possibly the shittiest idea you've ever had, and you've had some shitty ideas before. This could end poorly for both of you should you choose to go through with it," I knew that dedication was something that werewolves were commonly known for, they were dedicated to their hunt, almost stubborn, and nothing got in their way, so if I did this, he was right, it was probably going to be the riskiest gamble I've ever done.

"Game," I picked up three skulls on my arm and started spinning to build speed, "Set," I threw them towards the wall, buying Lucifer's attention as he tried to shoot them all down, "Match," I said, and disappeared back to my own domain, my mind was set on this gamble, it was risky but so was stealing a tank from the US military, so I was sure I'd be fine. I grabbed my Glock 40 and walked over to the pit, to see Jack already there, shooting at the rapist from the raid.

"Wow, Jack's not perving at Alex? What?" I said and shot stalactite, making it fall on top of the guy, crushing his left leg.

"Ouch, that's gotta hurt, and yeah, asshat, I'm tired as shit, and I wasn't perving the other night."

"Then what were you doing, hmm?"

"Trying to tell why she was stalking us."

"While she was asleep?" I said and he looked away, knowing I had won I grabbed a soda from my fridge, I looked at the clock and saw that it was almost seven-thirty, and we would have to get up in fifteen or so minutes to be up on time to get on the road. I decided to wake up early, and when I did I saw Alex was awake and watching Jack sleep, I smirked and stood up.

"Ya like whatcha see, Alex? Just a bit weird, but who am I to judge," I said and started laughing when she looked over at me with a death glare, she knew that I knew why she was looking at him, and that was hysterical because instead of a deer caught in the headlights, it was a wolf caught in the headlights. She walked towards me with the same death glare and when she got within punching distance I started to back up, but she kept walking at me until I was against a wall. She grabbed me by the throat and held me against the wall, I would be intimidated, but I've been in more compromising positions before.

"If you tell him what you saw, I will personally, rip your trachea out and use it as a collar for the mutts," I ripped her hand from my throat and walked over to the mini-fridge to get a drink, today was the last day she'd see me so I was gonna have fun with it.

"Mhmm, well seeing as today is the last day you're gonna see me, if you're gonna kill me, fuckin do it already."

"What makes you think I won't see you again after today?" She said and I turned around, everyone was waking up and getting dressed, and Jack was already up and joined me for a drink.

"Cuz, you gotta chase whatcha wanna catch," I said smirking, and winked at her before Jack and I headed out towards the main office, there was supposedly free breakfast, and I wanted some steak and eggs. We got up front to the breakfast bar and saw a buffet of eggs, bacon, sausage, strips of steak, veggies, and enough tortillas to build a bed out of, so we did what any sensible, logical, normal person would do... we grabbed three plates each and made four burritos on each plate, took them to the table and devoured them all. We had an almost supernatural love for all things meat, and egg, so much so that we made a holiday of any barbeque competition. When Miguel and Jade joined us we were already on seconds, granted we didn't eat much yesterday, but still, it was shocking enough to Miguel, who upon seeing us eating told us that we look like wolves.

"I do not look like a mutt, fuck you, Miguel," I said as Jade grabbed the same amount of beef, eggs, onions, and peppers we had on our burritos and sat next to us. I finished my burrito and told Miguel that he and JJ were riding alone today as I followed Jack to the truck he was in, we got in and floored the gas towards the highway, everyone else knew that it was a free for all at this stage and that we just needed to get home.

"Imma call Derek and see if Johnny made it back safe with the guns and stuff," I said and took out my phone as we got on the I-10, I called Derek and muted our radio.

"Hey Jake, how's the trip going?"

"Great~ I love driving several million dollars in military gear through the Texas sun."

"Eight trucks and a tank, how'd you manage to pull that one off, huh?"

"Magic...and a little bit of luck, probably."

"Yeah, well, since I know you're probably calling to ask about Johnny, he arrived last night and we unloaded all the crates, they're in the depot in the back when you're ready to unpack them, and we moved some stuff around in the back and in the garage to make room for the trucks and the tank," he said and I was tempted to poke fun at him but decided against it, I wanted to talk to him about the gear when we got back and not get slapped.

"Alright, mate, nice job. What's the progress on the scans for El Oro ?"

"By the time y'all get back, we'll have everything we need to start planning the heist."

"Good, keep going, make sure Shane is ready to work overtime, you too," I said and hung up the phone, I didn't want to keep talking over the phone, I liked face-to-face talking a lot more, it was more comfortable. We were driving for about four hours before we got word from anyone else, unfortunately, it wasn't who I thought we'd be talking to.

"Where are you two?" Alex said over the radio, and I was tempted to not even touch it, but Jack decided to go for it.

"About three hours from home, two and a half from San Antonio, why?"

"Just checkin'."

"Just checking, my ass," I mumbled, not expecting anyone to hear me, surprisingly both Jack and Alex had heard me, Jack looked at me like I was just being rude, but Alex had other ideas.

"Maybe I will in the future, Jake, but I can't right now. Checkin' you out requires me to see you," She said and I turned off the radio and stuck it in the glove compartment, Jack was bawling his eyes out laughing and he knew why I had turned it off. What she said wasn't what I meant, and she knew that but made the joke anyways to make me awkward, shy, or blush, and unfortunately, it worked.

"Jakey, you're blushing," Jack said in a taunting tone, and I was tempted to smack him but I wasn't in the mood.

"Yeah yeah, shut up dickbag," I said and cranked the radio back up, they were playing 80's rock classics, so Jack and I ended up singing the entire ride back. About an hour later we stopped at a rest stop truck stop to refuel and grab some grub, by the time Jack had finished filling the tank I had already headed inside and sat down at a booth in the back of the restaurant. Jack sat across from me when he came in and ordered a burger and hashbrowns, I had ordered the steak and eggs and turned on some music from my phone. Jack and I decided on him driving and me flying when we got to San Antonio, I always liked flying home through the city, it was nice to be so high in the air and see all the sights. My favorite part was stopping by the Alamo without waiting in line, no one paid any attention to it because, well, it was me, they knew not to, so that's what I was going to do.

"Alright, so Alamo, Seven-Eleven, and then home?"

"Yep, I might also fly circles around the church on my way back home."

"You're an idiot, you know that?"

"Yeah, but I don't really care," I said as the waiter brought us our food and we dug in, it was going to be a while until we got back home and I wasn't willing to make the journey on an empty stomach.