CHAPTER 72

Sleep comes and Thursday everyone wants to talk me out of my suicide mission, that's what they're calling it, but nobody does. I know that whoever I'm facing will be big and well trained, I don't have the luxury of running anymore and at least I get a straight up fight for a change. I'm pleasant and cheerful all the way through Friday and while Heather is back at school she's not happy when she hears what I have planned.

"They are going to kill you," she states in front of everyone as I'm next to Pale Horse.

"Maybe but that's my problem, I don't have a choice here and you said to end it. Now I will end it," I tell her and for once I see the old emotions come pouring out of Heather's eyes.

I hug her before sending her off and my crew, my whole crew at school simply gives me a sad send off before heading their separate ways. Kori and Matty don't even want a ride from me today. They look so sad with what I'm about to do. It's an hour till I have to leave as I send off a simple text to my girls stating that I love them and I'm coming back. I don't get a response and figure they're waiting for the good news as I armor up, mostly my camo pants with boots, no shirt today but my jacket and gloves. I'm quietly slipping out and only Dad is waiting for me. I let him stop me and get a kiss on the head before he allowed me to leave. I'm on Pale Horse and heading down the road at a decent pace thinking, I want questions first and answers, after that I don't care. I even realize I left my phone at home but it's better this way, less distraction. The parking garage is almost complete and I get the third of four floors and park right in the middle of the open area designated and wait for my quarry. I hear someone coming and it sounds like a little bit of singing before I watch the female I saw Wednesday being lead by a fucking beast of a man. He's maybe early twenties but his short blond hair and the sleeveless t-shirt and cargo pants scream military almost and his boots give mine a run for their money. The important part is the stats, I'm 6' without my boots, he's 6' 6' ' and well into the 240 pound range and while I'm lean and toned muscle he's jacked up like anabolic steroids are wheaties. I realize how much this is going to hurt and once we're about fifteen feet away I hold up my hand for them to stop and my game face comes on.

"Before we do this just a few questions," I say and he smirks at me.

"A man should never meet his end without answers," the brute says, allowing me to ask.

"Why me," I ask plainly.

"You were a name and a picture, we get paid and you end up whatever the client asks for you to end up," He tells me in a matter of fact tone.

"Okay well who hired you," I ask and she, the little shit, laughs.

"He doesn't know I know and we three know you're such a 'nice' Guy," the name pun I could do without," that you won't do anything to me to get that knowledge."

"Let me make you both an offer, you are doing this for money well I can double. If you are of the honor bound I can triple it, I will let what happened to Ben slide but this is a one time offer as long as I get the name of who started all this," I state and while she laughs his face turns grim.

"I heard so much but bribery, you want to buy your way out? You are a coward," the big man growls but I only smile sadly.

"No, I made the offer for you; I don't want to hurt you both. I'd even let bygones be bygones but since you didn't want to take a very generous offer it's down to you and me," I pause at the last few words because I hear something odd, and so do my two new 'friends'.

Engines, a lot of vehicle engines, from both the top floor and the lower ones vehicles pour in. One giant red truck, one nice white two door sports car, one older green sedan, a black windowless passenger van and bikes, a lot of bikes. I see a great deal of Devil's Best in my peripheral but it's my new quarry I'm focused on because they are boxed in and surrounded. I watch the girl grab her phone and stare at it confused.

"We have no communications, I don't know what's going on," She tells the big man who is looking at the odds even though he can't win.

"Heya bitch, need to dial 4-1-1 for directory assistance to an asskicking," I turn my head slightly and see Matty in a tank top and jeans with her hands taped.

"No she wants to call her Mommy," Masha, Devin's girlfriend, lined up and dressed very similar to Matty save for a t- shirt instead of a tank top.

"You fucking touch my sister puta and you think we're not going to find you? You think you can stand against us," Imelda sneers as the three girls start to single out their quarry.

The big guy is looking at me and a hand on my shoulder tells me Devin is here, that and the rumble of him growling. More footfalls behind me and another familiar voice.

"You sounded the trumpet, you called us forth and like a biblical plague you dealt with not one but four," I hear Isaac, my little spy state swinging an aluminum bat casually.

"If there are four then why all of them, are you a coward to face me alone," the big guy barks at me savagely.

"I had no clue this was happening," I say smiling with a big shit eating grin.

"You hurt the herald and we brothers will ride together, always," Kyle says and I can see he's in the same white kung fu suit he fought me in last year.

"Brother's you aren't related, I've studied you, you always fight alone," the now angry big man yells at me when finally someone decides to end the debate.

"And I heard a noise in the midst of the four beasts and beheld a Pale Horse, and the name of the one that sat on him was," I see Hawk of Devil's Best with chain in hand," Death… and Hell followed him."