“Brother, you had us all mystified,” Cort tells him but theground starts shaking.
“Back up! Get back in the gate.” That’s Teller? “Cort. My dad is pissed. Mase is coming. Get the chopper out of here.”
That’s not Teller. Cort turns. “Luke Rayne, do whatever you can to help.” Cort herds Brothers back and military away from the gate. I follow him since I was told to get to them at the east gate.
Once the Brothers and K9 Security dogs are behind the open gate Cort asks Seamus what Ben needed. He points to me.
I shrug. “The drones can swarm. Alder said something about it and Raid said they just vanished. It stuck.” He rolls his hand in the air for me to keep going I guess, so I do. “Alder said he coded drones and bots to stop a kidnapping when the Clubs were under threat. I asked the K9’s to see if there was a swarm of drones and we found three quickly. We mapped the last tags on them and used Jack’s close call sighting to get where they would be swarming to. Logan said to get to you and Prince’s Prez and he’d see it.”
He shakes his head. “You should be a President. Use everything and keep your Brothers back is in you deep, Brother.”
“Cort! It’s a fuckin’ trap. Mase!” Luke Rayne makes it to the cliff fast as hell and jumps like he’s a diver in the Olympics.
I close my eyes. A trap. They just vanished and the magics are needed.
Holy Shit. I yell, “Boss! Secure the gates and we need to be in the canyon.”
Cort looks at me for ten long seconds. “Hay-bale, lower and pick us up. Citiali cover the chopper. Raid, tell Alder I said he’s fuckin’ Badass to the core.”
I don’t hear Ops but he smiles and moves for the chopper. I follow him with dogs that must be his, Havoc, Seamus and Shadow. Teller’s look alike closes the door. I didn’t see him in front of me but Knights all have magic.
He smiles my way. “All but my mom but she’s scary with what she does have.”
I stop thinking. He laughs getting Cort’s attention. He’s surprised but covers it quick. “What’s the trap and why do we need to be in the canyon?”
“That’s where the fight is, Boss. My dad lost it. Mase is with him and it looks like they’re setting fire to the desert.” Phoenix Knight answers.
He looks out the window then turns back. “Justice, Putam, Mikey, Dakota, Ginny, Jessie, Uncle Danny, and Kyler are on bikes. They’re pissed. My grandfather…Mucimi said he’s going to be okay. Mucimi’s moving bikes from Bravo down. Pres Falcon is coming next.”
Fuck. My girl wasn’t mentioned.
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Alpha-Bit Security Zone
Sophie
I hear the chopper and I’m relieved. This has not been my day right from the start.
“At Princes, the crazy ‘rents started theDo Over. Perhaps we can use it tomorrow and it will cover the bad of today.”
I turn and see the Indian but don’t recognize who it is because he’s shimmering in the drones’ flickering reflections. “Dakota?”
“It is good that you see me. Yes, I am providing you a shield with Citiali.”
Looking around, I don’t see the Teach VP, but thebutterflies make it look like we’re under water that’s loaded with glitter. I turn back and Ben Knight is here. He takes Asa and disappears. I shake my head. That does not make my day any better.
“Dakota, where did Asa go?”
“To Cort who is with Hud and Seamus at the east gate. Prez will see that his father was shot. He will be fine but Prez loses his temper over much less and this is not much less.”
“What exactly…” I stop to watch the drones that cover us shimmer more than they were.
“You will get to see Prez decimate the men who bring the worn out laydar, guns and old-fashioned man-portable air-defense weaponry.” He said that here, under the weirdly working shield of butterfly drones Asa had swarm over us. The other men are sitting like this is just the way it is and war time weapons are normal in civilian areas. Maybe this isn’t civilian.
“I do not believe they see me. You may want to call them to attention.”
I don’t waste time. “Get up. Stand readied!” I yell as the shimmering butterfly shield jumps into sonic speed.
