Satan stomped over to him and tossed a handful of mud into Demon’s face.“They fucking soaked everything in those woods.We can’t set anything on fire.”
Demon swiped at what mud did hit him as he looked puzzled.“So why are you covered in soap?”
Satan glared at him.“Because they dumped soap into the standing water, you damn fool.It’s a fucking swamp in there.”He was breathing hard now and flinging mud everywhere as he raised his arms and went a little nuts as he again shouted at him, “You got any other brilliant ideas, Mr.Torch?”
Demon glared at him then looked over at his truck.He then glanced at the gate and suddenly smiled.“Yeah, I got another idea.Everybody get back, I’m gonna ram the gate.”He rushed over to his truck and got behind the wheel.Firing the engine up he revved it several times, when he put it into gear he rushed toward the gate.
Before he could even get close, four men that they never saw on the roof, stood up and aimed their rifles at the truck...shooting at the engine.
With a loud boom, the truck stopped just inches from the gate.
Demon was suddenly jerked forward and because he wasn’t wearing a seat belt his head hit the windshield hard enough to shatter the glass.
He looked up at the roof of the clubhouse and cursed at the men standing there as blood ran down his face from where his head shattered the windshield.He jumped out of the truck and stomped his way to the gate to raise his clenched hand at the clubhouse.“Give me my son and send out my daughter, you fuckers.”
Suddenly, the sound of a siren came from behind them.
Satan turned to stare at the red and blue lights coming up the driveway.He glared at Demon and growled.“You stupid mother fucker.”Then he looked around the group of his own men.“Everyone to their vehicle, I ain’t about to get jacked up here.I got warrants out.”
Everyone scrambled and soon the whole yard was in a dash to see who could get away.Only problem with that plan would be that there weren't just cops coming up the drive but Thumper and his deputies were coming as well.
A few of the men disappeared but Demon and his bunch as well as a few of Satan’s men didn’t.
Satan got onto his bike and turned toward the trees.
After a minute or two, everyone could then hear him screaming and yelling.They could also hear his bike engine whirring loudly as he tried to make his way through the wet soapy muck in the trees.Then they all heard a crash as his cycle slid into a tree and an explosion as his bike blew up.
Thumper shook his head and sent two of his deputies into the trees to drag the man out.
The men were gone for several minutes and when they came back out they were alone.They both went over to Thumper and shook their heads.
One of them reported, “We followed his path into the trees, which on a bike would have been dangerous.The floor of that forest is soaked completely and there are soap suds all over the place and it smells like Cheer laundry soap.We found the crash site but what we didn’t find was the rider.We searched for a while but he’s not there.”
Thumper looked into the trees then he turned his head and glared at Demon who’d been already packed up in the police van.
Demon just smirked at him through the glass of the window then he turned and spit in the aisle.The van pulled out and made its way slowly down the driveway.
Pope, Torin and Callum came out of the clubhouse to talk to Thumper.
Thumper looked at Pope and shook his head.“Well, we got Demon and two of his sons and most of Satan’s crew but Satan skedaddled after he crashed his bike.”He looked perplexed as he asked, “Look, I understand the water on the ground but what the hell was the soap all about?”
Pope chuckled “A friend suggested it...make it hard for them to get around and it might just save us from getting burned out.Who knew it would work so well?Did you see them boys?They were covered in muck and mud and every step they took ended up on their asses.Funnier than hell.”
Thumper nodded at Pope and Torin.“But what’s not funny is the fact that Satan is still out there and that man is crazy.He isn’t about to let this go.Watch your backs, boys.”
Pope nodded.“You watch your back too.And you tell Emmett to post extra men at the jail tonight.Satan might just try to bust Demon out.And he’ll definitely try to get his crew out.”
“Do you really have the goods on Demon with a connection to Demon and Satan?”Thumper asked.
Pope nodded then explained it, “Yeah we got that and a whole lot more.Demon’s own daughter handed it over to us, hoping we could get it to someone who wouldn’t just sweep it all under the rug.That’s why we asked you and your boys to come here for it.”He shook his head.“That ole Demon thinks the law doesn't apply to him and his spawn.He has used and abused that girl ever since she was ten years old when he took his wife out for a ride then came back alone, saying a gator got her.She is 24 years old and he’s basically kept her a prisoner in his own house as a servant for him and his three sons.”
Thumper looked puzzled.“Three sons?I only counted two boys with his last name.”
Pope snorted.“That’s cuz the oldest boy threw a grenade over the gate this morning hoping it would blow up our clubhouse, but because Daisy warned us about that very thing we had a sharpshooter on the roof and as he threw it over the gate our shooter hit it with a bullet and it went boom before he could get out of the backlash.He was laid out.Then Demon and his boys scattered like cockroaches when you turn on a light.He came back with Satan and his crew to burn us out.But you saw how that turned out.”
Thumper shook his head.“So where is the oldest son?”
Pope turned around and pointed at a tin building.“He’s in there.We had Patch check him over then we put him in there.Daisy said her dad would be back and sure enough, Demon came back.”
