Chapter 6

Viper's POV...

“Jesus,Mary and Joseph! What the Hell is she doing to that guy in there!?” Our road captain, Spider asks and it looks like the poor fucker is about to cry.

“You don’t want to know brother.” I answer him.

“Damn that girl is colder than ice and her reputation actually sugar-coats a lot of what I’ve seen in there. She is not to be fucked with that’s for sure.” I say, looking at Tank.

“It’s just hard to believe you know? She looks so innocent and sweet.” He says and at that moment our clubhouse doors burst open, revealing a very pissed off looking Shannon storming our way.

“Where the fuck is she and what have you done to her!?” She screams the question at us just as Ainsley appears in the hallway behind her.

“Okay, listen up boys!” She shouts and all eyes turn to her.

“We’ve got a timeframe. As it turns out, we don’t actually have a week, but twenty four hours. The location is just a few kilometers outside of town in an old abandoned warehouse with a red roof. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a phone call to make.” She says before disappearing back down the hall with her phone in hand.

“Okay.” Shannon says, looking shell shocked.

“I’ve asked you before and I’ll ask again. What the fuck have you done to her!? And why does she look like she has just taken a goddamned bath in blood!?” All I can do is stare at her.

“Wait.” Tank says. “You mean to tell us that you didn’t know this side of her existed?” He asks in disbelief and Shannon instantly pales.

“Wait… Did she just interrogate someone?” She asks and we just nod our heads.

“Oh fuck. I’m assuming that whatever this is, it has children. More specifically young girls involved?” She asks in disbelief and again I just nod, not sure what she’s getting at as a determined look crosses her face.

“Okay, I’m going to need you to fill me in on whatever the hell is going on and then I need to call Stinger. She’s going to need backup. Can someone look after Scarlet-Rose?” She asks, heading straight to my office.

“I can.” Mum says and whispers to me as she passes. “Go and give her the information she needs and be sure to bring both of those girls back safely, you hear me son?”

”Yes ma.” Is all I can say before she disappears with Scarlet.

“Okay, so it’s like this. Six girls have been kidnapped in the past four days, all of them under the age of eighteen. We suspect that there’s more, but we can’t be sure. We managed to intercept one of their men when he tried to kidnap my little sister.” I say and see Shannon nod her head.

“Let me guess. The twisted fuck refused to talk and give you a location right?” She asks and I nod in affirmative.

“Which is why you reached out to Stinger and he called Shadow. Why the fuck he didn’t inform me is beyond me, but okay. So she showed up and what else do we know? Because knowing her she has found a very painful way to drag the information out of him before killing the bastard herself.” She says and before she can continue, Ainsley walks in and interrupts her.

“You’re staying out of this one Shan. I don’t want to have to worry about your safety as well.” She says, earning a scathing look from Shannon.

“Like hell I am! She may be your twin, but she was my friend too and I love her just as much as you do. That means that I am just as affected by her disappearance as you are and I promise you that we will find her, you hear me? Besides, did you really think that I would let you go in there without backup?” She finishes with a smirk.

Ainsley sighs' before answering her friend. “I know… I just… I already lost one sister and I’m not losing you too, but that’s not important right now. What’s important is that we have a lot more than just six girls to save. There’s thirty nine of them altogether, all ranging between the ages of fourteen and nineteen.” She says and I can’t help but admire her. She’s been in there for less than an hour and she managed to get all of that when we couldn’t get shit out of him for two days!

“So we know how many girls we have to save and we know we need to move fast. What else were you able to get out of him?” I ask and she smirks.

“As I already said before, the location is a few kilometres outside of town. Three to be exact and they’re keeping the girls inside the warehouse with the red roof. We’ve got twenty four hours to get them all out safely and there’s sixteen men guarding them inside. Twenty guarding the building outside, they are all armed and are trained in hand to hand combat. So if anyone is untrained then I suggest you stay behind because you might get yourself and everyone else killed. They also have a sophisticated security system in place.” She says, looking around the room and two out of the three prospects get up to leave.

“Not so fast lads.” She says.

“You two will drive the vans we need to transport the girls back in.We will also need at least two women to ride with them to keep the girls calm and feeling safe. Who knows what we’ll be walking in on tonight.” She says and Techno and Ripper immediately stand up.

“My sister might be able to help, she’s a psychiatrist and I think she might be able to help them younger girls.” Techno says.

“And I’ll go get my old lady. She’s been through something like this and might know just what to do to help them feel safe.” Ripper says and they both hightail it out of here to fetch the ladies.

“Okay.” I say.

“Now we have that settled, what else do we need?” I ask them and see the rest of my men nod. Both women stare at me with their mouths agape.

“Wait, you’re seriously letting us run the show?” They both ask in unison and I smile at them.

“Of course, Stinger did say that he’s sending his best people and let’s face it. We would never have gotten the information we have if it wasn’t for Ainsley, so we’re following your lead on this.” I say shocking them even more.

Ainsley is the first to recover as she says. “Stinger is sending us a few of his best snipers, but unfortunately he doesn’t have an available hacker at the moment. Any volunteers?” She asks right as Techno and Ripper return with the ladies in tow.

“Volunteers for what?” Techno asks, having only caught the last part.

“Snipers are en route so we only need a hacker to get into their security system, making sure we don’t go in blind.” She says and immediately a smile breaks out on Techno’s face.

“I’m your man then.” He says with an added wink and she rolls her eyes at him.

“Okay, I’m assuming that you ladies are the wife and sister?” She asks with a warm smile on her face.

“Yes, I’m Kristen. Sister of the cocky flirt over there and this is Shelly, Ripper’s old lady.” The short brunette says as Shelly sends her old man an air kiss and a finger wave.

“Now that the introductions are over, I’ll let Techno and Ripper fill you in on the plan. Is there anything you or Shannon want to add?” I ask and they both shake their heads.

“Nope, just waiting on Stinger’s men to arrive and we’re set. You want to add anything Shan?” She asks her friend who is quick to add.

“Yes I do. Don’t fuck this up boys, these girls are counting on us to save them. Dismissed.” She says with a grin as she strides out.