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Kian
Kian scrubbed a hand over his face. "This is not happening. Can I have one effing day of peace?"
"Is there anything I can do to help?" Aru asked.
"I'm calling the doctor. Give Negal my phone number and have him call me in a couple of minutes to give me a full update."
The phone Negal had been given didn't have Kian's number programmed into it, and the only one of the newly arrived gods who had it was Aru.
What Negal had told his leader was that Frankie and the human guide had been shot during an altercation with cartel thugs and the girl needed urgent medical assistance. They were driving toward the ship but asked that the doctor drive toward them because they weren't sure Frankie would make it.
Given the urgency of getting the girl medical help, he hadn't given Aru any other details. Nevertheless, Kian could guess what had happened. They had been attacked by cartel thugs just as he had warned them they would, and on top of that, they had disregarded his advice and taken the human with them.
He really hated being the prophet of doom. For once, it would have been nice to be wrong.
Shaking his head, he called Bridget. "We have a medical emergency," he said without preamble. "Frankie and one of the drivers were shot. Jin is driving them back here, but Frankie is losing a lot of blood, and they might not make it in time. You need to head out to intercept them. Collect what you need, and Anandur will take you on his motorcycle."
Anandur arched a brow. "I will?"
"I'm on my way." Bridget ended the call.
After Julian had gotten a new bike, Anandur bought his old one and brought it to the ship. Perhaps he had been prompted to do so by the Fates so he could now save the injured human.
Kian turned to him. "Do we have any other vehicle available to us immediately?"
"Not that I'm aware of." Anandur pushed to his feet. "I'll take it to the dock and meet Bridget there."
"Thank you."
As Anandur left the cabin, Brundar frowned, which was almost as uncharacteristic for him as smiling. Usually, his face was expressionless. "Isn't it dangerous to send Bridget and Anandur out alone? What if they get ambushed?"
"It will take too long to arrange for another vehicle, and the motorcycle is the only thing we have on board aside from the jet skis. I don't think they can be used on dry ground."
"I'll take care of getting us more vehicles." Brundar pulled out his phone. "If Jin took one of the three trucks, they will be short on seats."
"Wait." Kian stopped him. "I need to hear from the guys what's going on and what exactly they need. I can't believe none of them have called me yet."
As his phone rang, though, it was Negal and not one of his people.
"The doctor is on her way. Please tell me what's going on in as few words as you can."
"Yes, sir," Negal said. "Kalugal found an amulet, Jacki touched it and had a vision about abducted women, and we decided to rescue them before they got moved and we lost track of them. Yamanu shrouded our convoy, but one of the thugs must have sensed us and started shooting, and then all his buddies did the same, and bullets were flying everywhere. I think the one that got Frankie went straight through Dagor because he was shielding her with his body and taking the hits. The driver was also shot. Jin took the wheel and is driving us back like she's being chased by demons. The driver is holding on, but Frankie is losing a lot of blood. Dagor is pressing his shirt to the wound, but with all the jostling, I don't know how effectively he is staunching the blood flow."
"What about the abducted women?" Kian asked.
"They are in pretty bad shape. There are about twenty of them, and they are traumatized. That's all I know. As soon as I realized that Frankie was hit, I left your people to finish the job of tearing the monsters apart and jumped back into the truck to escort Dagor and Frankie back. They needed someone to cover them in case they encountered more thugs."
That had been good thinking, probably born from Negal's military training.
"Given what my people are probably doing to those thugs, I can't even contact the local authorities."
"Yes, that has occurred to me," Negal said. "We will need to torch the evidence, and we also need a few more trucks or a bus to get the women out of there."
"I will arrange it."
"When is the doctor going to get here?"
"I don't know. I have no idea where you are."
