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“The Reapers,” he said.
“So you aren’t one of them?” I asked.
“No, they terrorize others into doing their dirty work,” he said. His head hung low as he added, “They threatened my wife and kids.”
I felt sorry for him for just a moment. He had to choose between his family and becoming a monster. I could almost understand his choice.
“Like I said, untie her. She is not leaving this alley with you. The only thing you have a choice on is if you leave dead or alive,” I said.
“Alive, please,” he begged. His knees hit the ground, and he looked defeated.
His friend went slack in my arms, unconscious.
“Untie the woman.”
He bent forward and did what I asked. When the girl was free, I looked her over. She looked scared shitless, but overall she was unhurt.
“Go home, now,” I ordered.
“Thank you. Thank you so much. You are an avenging angel,” she said with tears in her eyes.
“Of course. Now be careful,” I told her. I wanted to roll my eyes at the angel comment. I was so far from it. I was positive that the angels up in heaven weren’t rocking full-sleeve tattoos.
She ran from the alley and hopefully straight home like I ordered.
“Lay on the ground,” I ordered.
“Please don’t hurt me,” the man begged, and he complied.
I shoved my knee into his back and then grabbed the rope he used to tie up the girl. I tied his wrists together and then his ankles, and then I did the same to his friend, who was still out cold.
“You will never take another girl. Do you understand me?” I asked.
“I swear, I won’t,” he said.
I couldn’t believe that I was actually allowing him to go free, but what options did I have? The local police were in the back pocket of the Reapers, and likely the FBI too. There was nowhere to send him for justice, unless I saw to it myself.
“Good, now you will remain here quietly for hours. When the sun rises tomorrow, then you can call out for help. Do you understand?” Did I actually think he’d wait that long? No. But I hoped he’d wait long enough for me to get the hell out of here. I also hoped he’d flee the island, because if he didn’t, he’d either end up dead at the hands of the Reapers, or in cuffs when we brought down the Reapers’ operation.
“I do,” he said and nodded his head too enthusiastically. He really was scared shitless of me. It felt kind of nice to be feared like this. Not something that an angel would enjoy.
“Good, and make sure to tell your Reaper friends about this, but you will not tell them what I look like.”
“I promise,” he said.
“And you’ll share the same with your friend?” I said as I kicked the unconscious man in the ribs.
He nodded his head again.
I turned my back and left. I quickly picked up my pace to make it out of the market before any of their friends could catch on to what happened. I didn’t need them to try to stop me from leaving. Not only was I marked to be kidnapped, they’d be furious at me for interfering with their work, again. It was only a matter of time before they decided they’d just rather have me dead. For a job like that, they’d send out a professional, not the inexperienced idiots they’d been sending.
I let out a sigh of relief when I came to the bridge that allowed me to cross back over to the Atlantis part of the island. It put me that much closer to the resort. I would go back to my room and review everything the employer gave me before I turned it over to Adam’s crew. By then I’d already have my next plan in place.
As I approached the resort, I saw Adam’s crew waiting for me outside.
“Glad to see you are okay. Did you get yourself into a sticky situation?” Jones asked with a smirk on his face. The bastard probably already knew the answer to that.
“The sticky situations seem to find me, but all is well. Did you have a drone out?” I asked.
