Chapter 17

Glock

When we arrived at the address that Noelle had given Tank, my brothers were sure that this was the wrong one. I hadn’t formed an opinion about the place yet, although I could see their logic.

The house was close enough to one of the Dragon Knights’ holding cells that we already knew about, but this place looked like nothing. It wasn’t secure, the house was crumbling, there were no vehicles in sight and no signs of movement inside the house. It seemed like an unlikely place to hold two girls captive, without reinforcements or the full force of their MC, especially if they were expecting us and had baited Sage to get to me. Unless we were lucky and they hadn’t completed their preparations yet. Maybe they weren’t expecting us to turn up so quickly?

“Fuck! I think I got the address wrong!” Tank growled as he slipped his cellphone out of his pocket. He was about to call one of the girls again, but my eyes had landed on the old pickup parked near the steps of the porch. I had seen it outside Sage’s house the other day, I knew this was where she was.

“They’re here,” I said in a low growl and tipped my head towards the beaten-up truck. The others followed my gaze and Tank slid his phone back into his jacket.

We parked our bikes and got off. It was only Gunner, Tank, Hunter and myself for the time being. Sniper had gone back to get reinforcements, but we were far away from the Rusty Pelican. It would take them at least an hour to get here.

It was too dark and too quiet and seemed like an unlikely place for the Dark Knights to gather. For one, the house was too small.

“Maybe they’ve taken the girls to a different location? Maybe we should check the nearby holding cell first,” Tank suggested as the four of us stared at the porch of the crumbling house.

All four of us had our guns out and pointed in the direction of the house.

“We can’t leave without checking this place out first,” I said, looking out for any signs of movement inside.

“One thing’s for sure, there can’t be too many of those fat fucks in there,” Gunner said, and the others laughed lightly. I wasn’t really in the mood for a laugh. They had Sage. I couldn’t even be sure if she was alive or dead. There was a high chance that she was dead, and I was trying to not think about it.

I just hoped that she hadn’t opened her big mouth and told any of the Dragon Knights about her stupid plan. That would definitely have earned her a bullet through the brain. The thought made my hands quiver as I gripped the gun tightly.

I was the first one to take a step up the porch.

“You sure that’s her truck? It looks like a pile of shit,” I heard Hunter hiss out to me in the dark.

“I’m sure, man,” I growled back at him, without turning to look at him.

“How are they so quiet in there?” Gunner added, and I was just about to turn to them and tell them to keep their traps shut when the first bullet broke through one of the windows, shattering the glass and whizzing right past my ear.

“Motherfucker!” Tank growled, and in the next instance, we were firing a volley of gunshots at the front of the house.

I had stepped back down the porch, and so had my brothers. Hunter had an AK which he was using to fire clip after clip at the front of the house. I could see the pattern of bullet shots on the wall now. A few more shots rang out towards us from inside the house, and we all ducked behind our bikes for cover.

“Fuck!” Hunter barked. The four of us were still uninjured. I was itching to get back up and charge at the house. Now I was sure that Sage was in there, and so were at least some members of the Dragon Knights.

“Don’t do anything stupid, Glock!” Gunner growled at me from behind his bike. When I looked at him, I found him glaring at me. He knew what I was about to do.

“You fuckers were too loud! You gave us away!” I fought back instead.

“I’m pretty sure your engine gave it away, Glock, chill. They’ve known we’re here for a couple of minutes now,” Hunter said to me, in a coaxing but firm voice. He was right, this wasn’t the time to get into an argument with one of my brothers.

“We have to fucking get in there. I know she’s in there,” I said, crouched down behind the bike. A few more shots fired past us, just as Tank had tried lifting himself up to look. He fell back down on the ground and clenched his jaw in anger.

“Yeah, we’ll go in there, let’s just wait for the rest of the MC to arrive. There can’t be many of them in there, they’re shooting in bursts,” Gunner said, and I shook my head. I knew I was breathing hard. A film of sweat had formed on my forehead. The more I thought about Sage held captive in there, the more charged up I got.

There was no way I was going to just sit there, hiding behind my bike, while knowing that Sage was inside the house.

“I’m going in, you guys can stay here,” I muttered and stood up.

“Shit.”

“Glock!”

“Get back down here, Fuck!” I heard their voices behind me as I ran towards the porch steps again. Another round of fire had erupted from inside the house, but my brothers were covering my back now. They were shooting back at them, and I crouched and ran right up to the front door of the house and kicked the door.

It took two attempts to kick it in, just as the others joined me. The firings had stopped on either side. It was evident that the Dragon Knights inside were trying to either run out of the back as we approached, or they were now looking for places to hide inside the house.

“They’re going to regret ever touching her,” I growled, and I took a step into the dark, cold house. My brothers were right behind me.

***

The house was deathly quiet inside. The fuckers had clearly taken cover like the bunch of pussies that they were. The four of us had walked in with our guns pointed forward, even though we couldn’t be sure if any of the Dragon Knights were still in the house.

I was hoping that I’d walk into the house and hear Sage’s voice or see her immediately, but she was nowhere in sight. What if my brothers were right? What if they had taken her somewhere else? What if they had used her pickup as a lure for me? What if this was another trap. We couldn’t change our minds now, we were already in the house.

“Come out come out, wherever you are. Motherfuckers!” Tank shouted, in a mock sweet tone. It’s not like we were expecting a response, but it was for them to know that we were in the house now. And as much as they tried to hide, if they were still in here, they wouldn’t be able to for long.

Flashes of scenes of Sage being held, being stripped, being “trained” ran through my head and I could feel my breathing quickening. All I needed was for her to still be alive, and I knew I would do anything to get her out of there, no matter what the consequences. If it was me they wanted, they were going to get me.

The four of us had spread out around the house, walking slowly. I had my gun pointed in front of me, and I whipped around and sideways with every pin drop.

I could feel drops of sweat trickling down my eyelashes from my forehead, and I realized that I hadn’t blinked in a while. I didn’t want to miss a single opportunity.

A shot rang out in a different room. It was Gunner. I ran into the room, to see him running into what looked like could have been the kitchen.

“I saw one of them!” he barked at me, just as the others joined us in the room.

We were gathered in a circular group, pointing our guns in every direction now.

“They could have run out of the back,” Tank said, but I could sense they were here. Sage was still here.

“Sage!” I shouted her name, but I didn’t hear a voice in response. Not even a muffled cry or a sob.

“Sage! It’s Glock!” I shouted again, and nothing again.

A bullet zinged past us, and I saw Hunter grab his arm, it had grazed him.

“Fuck!” he growled and fired in the direction of the shot, and just behind a wall, one of the Dragon Knights members fell to the floor. We could only see his head on the ground, and we rushed to him. He was alone and clutching his knee where Tank’s bullet had caught him. I flipped him on his back and pressed my boot down hard on his throat.

“Where’s Sage? Where are you holding her?” I barked at him, keeping my gun pointed at his head.

“Fuck you!” he got out and pressed his eyes in pain. Another shot was fired at Tank, and Gunner ran towards the other room, chasing after the guy who had fired at us. Hunter remained with me.

“Answer the man, you motherfucker!” Hunter barked and kicked the guy’s leg which made him moan and groan, and he clutched his knee harder.

“Where is she? Where did you take her?” I pushed harder down on his throat and moved my gun right to his head. I wanted him to know that I wasn’t kidding around. He opened his eyes wide at me, bloodshot dark eyes. He was writhing in pain and anger at the same time. Did they think they were invincible? Did they really think that we wouldn’t get them?

“Okay, why don’t we warm you up with a different question? How many of you fucking assholes were holed up in here?” Hunter asked him and kicked his leg again. He winced and tried to roll away, but my boot kept him on the ground.

We could still hear the firings in the background. Gunner and Tank were in a crossfire with some other guys.

“Four,” the man groaned and pressed his eyes closed again.

“Good boy. Now, tell us, where are you holding the girls?” Hunter asked him, with a sizzling voice and I kept my gun pointed at his ugly head.

“Where is she? I’m not going to fucking ask you again. Where are you holding Sage?” I growled louder at him and bent down to press the barrel of my gun right at his temple.

“Okay, okay, she’s with Brick,” he said, holding his hands up in defense. I looked up at Hunter, whose eyes were wide.

“Where is Brick? Give me the address!” I shouted, and the guy’s nostrils were flared.

“Speak up!” Hunter growled and kicked his knee again, which made him moan again.

“He’s here. They’re here. In the basement,” he finally said.

I looked at Hunter, who tipped his head once.

“Go! I’ll hold the fort here,” he whispered to me in the dark, and I was gone, running down the hallway and looking for the door that would lead me downstairs.