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Bane looked pleased about this fact and reached inside his packet. He pulled out a remote and pointed it at the second to the last room on the second floor. He pushed the large red button on it.

Instantly, the room exploded while shooting flames out the window and black smoke began pouring out. The two rooms on either side of the middle one began spreading flames throughout the hotel. Men in other rooms were rushing outside but in the end, it looked like only three men made it.

It took the old motel only minutes to really catch on fire. Then after a few more minutes, they heard the sound of fire engines blaring a warning that they were racing toward the motel which was now burning rapidly.

Bane calmly headed deeper into the woods.

James joined him.

Drew did not intend to be left behind and he quickly caught up.

The entire night sky now glowed red as the fire burned behind them.

By the time they got back to the car, Bane turned to look at Drew and spoke quietly, “Your brother sent us to find you and bring you to where he’s staying at the moment.”

Drew just nodded then he got in the backseat and waited for them to join him.

Bane started the engine and slowly drove away.

During the ride back, James turned the radio on. He found a station he liked that had modern rock on it. Playing some song called...Young Again. He gave Bane a grin.

Bane reached over and switched it to classic rock as Aerosmith played Dream On. He gave James a smirk.

There seemed to be unspoken jokes going between them. Otherwise, the trip had no conversation at all.

When they reached the garage through the back door Drew got out and stared at the back of a mansion. He looked at Bane and James and asked, “What the hell is Shay doing in there? I didn’t know he hired people in this price range.”

Bane shrugged. “It’s an old family house really. I inherited it from my grandfather. Only I don’t work for your brother.”

Drew stared at him. “Like I asked before who the fucking hell are you?”

Bane motioned at him to go inside.

James smirked at him. “Good luck with that line of questioning if you want an answer.”

Drew just shook his head and headed toward the back door.

When they reached it, Bane moved forward and inserted the key. Turning the lock, he pushed the door open only to stop at the sounds of several weapons being cocked at the same time. “Gentlemen, we’re back and we found Drew. If you shoot at us your asses are mine.”

Now they could hear the click of the guns being uncocked.

Chapter Five

Bane walked inside and looked at Shay. “Mission accomplished.” He stepped aside as he motioned for Drew and James to enter the kitchen.

Drew looked up and saw about seven men standing there. He went from face to face until he found the one he was looking for. “Shay.” He rushed forward and grabbed his brother into a hug.

Shay’s arms wrapped around him as well. “I’m still alive but barely. Thanks to these men I’m alive, both me and Stone. He’s got a broken leg and I just had my head scrambled for a while. We got shot down in the woods behind the house a couple of miles away. So we’ve been recuperating here.”

Sam looked over at the two identical men and shook his head. “You can tell the pair of you are brothers, that's for damn sure.”

“Yeah, identical twins,” Drew admitted. “That fact alone comes in handy once in a while.” Shaking his head he added, “But you wouldn’t believe me if I told you it also had a down side too.” He turned to Shay. “Those men tonight, they kept calling me by your name. They didn’t know you had a brother.”

Shay narrowed his eyes at him. “What did they tell you?”

“They were going to use you to get Spencer free. To propose a deal where they would trade you for Spencer. Then by the time the exchange happened they would free their boss but all the government would get back was your body, your very real, very dead body.”

“How many of their men were at that hotel tonight?” Bane asked in a low tone.