Chapter 10: fuck no.

JUSTIN:

“What happened to her?” Miguel grabs my shirt with anger pushing against the table.

“For the hundredth time Miguel, she went to the car and I don't….”

“Bullshit” he pushes me again, “Bullshit Warren!”

“Miguel…we're wasting time, whoever has her is having the time of their life, we need to act fast”

I could see it the flash of realization and fear in his eyes, “fuck!” he finally let go of me, he picked up his comm and put it into his ear, “everyone to the warehouse now” slowly he turns to me, ”if anything and I mean anything happens to her, I will shred you to pieces Warren” he tsks and leaves, my heart finally relaxes.

“Where are you Isabella?” I quietly ask myself.

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I go through her file again for the seventh time trying to figure out who has her but no one looks like a threat, she has kept everyone at arms length and not engaged with anyone that'll result in a kidnap. I take another cup of coffee trying to keep myself awake before I pass out. It's been hours and I haven't eaten nor rested, I have to find her. I hear a knock on my door and it jolts me back to life, I walk slowly to the door, whilst holding my gun behind my back.

“Cara?” I open the door slightly

She sniffles, “please, please tell me you've found Isa or at least have an idea"

I subtly look around, “come in” the muscles in my shoulders relax, I lead her into the house and close the door, “we're working on it Cara”

“But no one is saying anything to me” her tears flowing from her eyes, “Mi…Miguel isn't talking to me, everyone's…everyone is walking around shells with me”

“Cara…I..”

“Please Justin, find my sister..I beg of you” she rushes to me and hugs me with her tear stained face.

“I will” I pull her away from me, “but I need to know Cara, does Isa have any enemies? Enemies that are worth her being kidnapped over?”

“I mean” she sniffles, “she's run this…this world, everyone wants their pound of flesh”

“I know” I take a deep breath in, exhaustion filing my lungs, “I know Cara, but has she told anyone recently that's extremely hungry for that pound of flesh?”

She sits and thinks for a while, “i…she doesn't really tell me stuff you know…she was…well she was acting all strange after her meeting…”

“With Leo…. that bastard” realization hits me, I pick up my gun and bulletproof vest, “go home Cara, I'll bring your sister home” I rush out of the house.

I rush to the warehouse to pick up extra protection when I see Miguel rushing out with different men, “Miguel”

“Mr Leonardo, that fucking bastard” he seethes, “gear up Warren”

“I should go alone”

“And lose her again? Fuck no” he scoffs, “you're with me, hurry up”.

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Single file with our heads low to the ground, we all followed Miguel's lead, my heart was racing, my blood was pumping more than usual but I had to keep a steady head and a more steady mind.

“He has a door out back that leads to the main room, I'm guessing that's where she is” I whisper.

“We know” he taps his comm, “team A back door, team C front,” he turns to me, “gotta be faster than that Warren” he winks and straightens his face.

I scoff, “then why am I here if you have all the information you need?”

“You lost her, you must be here and what happened to you wanting to come alone huh?” he turns from me and adjusts his gun, “stay quiet”

What was it and everyone telling me to be quiet? I turn slightly and see a small shed behind the house, hesitation filled my thoughts but I was sick and tired of everyone doing as they liked and pushing me aside. Slowly and quietly I walk still head low towards the shed, I look around and it wasn't guarded, it looked empty, no one was around…”fuck” I internally groan. I turn away to walk back to Miguel,

“You are just a pathetic bastard Leonardo” I hear Isabella’s voice from the shed and I pause, I rush to the shed and look through the hole and there she was…strapped to a chair, bloodied.

His man hits her and he chuckles behind him, “still challenge me Isa? Hm?”

She spits blood on the floor and chuckles, “what? You don't like your women being independent and feisty?” she smirks and a small smile appears on my face.

Leonardo picks up a gun and shoots her arm making her groan in pain, “That's why we would be a perfect match” he crouches beside her and removes her hair from her face, “what do you say? Change of mind?”

She inches her face close to his, seductively looking at him from his mouth to his eyes, “preferiria arder en el infierno” she spits on his face.

I would rather burn in hell.

I could see that her patience was running thin, I move around the shed and see a guard in front, I walk slowly behind him, I hit him and he passes out, I replace my gun with a silencer, gun behind my back I open the door slightly, I walk into the shed trying to be as quiet as I can be, thank God hearts were in our bodies, it would have caught attention with how loud it was right now.

Finally I get to where Isabella was, exhausted, bleeding, I subtly look around and Leonardo wasn't there just his guard, I shoot him and he falls to the floor making Isabella look up in fear, her lips tremble, her eyes flicker like she isn't sure I'm real.

“Wa…Warren?” she silently says.

I pull the guard away and hid him behind the big drum,“Stay quiet” I walk slowly to her still using my gun as my sight, I crouch by her side, “where is he?”

“Bastard went to pee” she scoffs, “where are the others?”

“Looking for you in the wrong place” I look behind her and the knot around her fists were really tight and it'll be impossible to take them off before Leonardo comes back, I should know, I was never good with knots in the military, “here” I hand her a knife, I hear the door open and Leonardo’s footsteps get closer and closer. Hurriedly I hid behind the pole, breathing heavily.

I hear a chair scraping the floor, I'm guessing Leonardo, “still no change of heart?”

“Fuck you Leonardo” I hear the anger in Isabella’s voice.

He chuckles slowly, “still getting those letters?”

What letters?, I could feel her anger, it radiated around the room,…”what? You fucking animal, you're behind it aren't you?”

He laughs, “I wish but I have nothing to do with it, but when you find out, sure to let me know”

His voice was just as aggravating as his presence and it annoyed me to my core, I turn to the other side, holding my breath, I peek and see that I was slightly behind him, perfect…I raise my gun, making sure it was correctly behind him and shot him making him fall to the floor.

I rush to Isabella and help her lose the knot even tho she was already halfway done, “the car is packed out back” I help her stand up, “come on”

She groans in pain, “took you long enough” she scoff.

“A little thank…” the crack of the gunshot steals the air, heat, pain, hot sharp pain pierce my skin, my knees give way and my vision…goes dark.