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I brought the end of the Glock down against my palm to fasten the cartridge.
“Fine.” I replied. “Beam, you know the plan—you should get some rest.”
“What about you,P?” He stood and yawned.
“I’ll be okay.” I replied. “Going to run through a few more things for now. I’ll wake you when we’re close to time.”
“But they might come earlier.” Beam protested. “Plus, Darby could have been lying or mistaking the time.”
“I know. But not by much.” I paused. “Set your alarm for an hour. That should give us plenty of time.”
Beam nodded and settled in the sofa in the room.
I walked away from the others after Arturo left the room and stood by the window, watching the street outside.
It was almost as if the world knew it was about to end and everything was silent. While I said nothing, I folded my arms across my chest, wondering what would happen next—wondering if the Frogs were that dumb to hit a mafia target.
Taz walked up behind me and rested a palm to my back.
I said nothing.
It was pitch black outside when the Frogs descended on the house. They took out the main security system at the front gate—or so they thought. The gates opened and we allowed them to flood the yard.
Of course, they had hired henchmen to assist them on this mission.
Taz, Beam, Lizard and I separated from the others. The plan was to take out as many of their henchmen as we could—silently.
I took my frustrations out on them, disarming them before either knocking them out or snapping a neck or two.
When my sector was clear, I hunched down in the dark, keeping an eye on the areas around me. Eventually, I wandered around the property until I came across Beam.
Sneaking up on him hadn’t been the best of idea as I had to grab his gun and shove it away to avoid getting a bullet to the chest.
“P!” He whispered fiercely. “I could have shot you!”
“But you didn’t.” I reminded him.
He frowned at me in the moonlight, holstering his gun and we carried on.
At the meeting area, we were the first to arrive followed by Lizard, then Arturo.
“Where’s Taz?” I asked.
No one had an answer.
“Tex?” I called into the mouthpiece.
“Yeah, brother.”
“Find Taz.” I told him as I hurried for the door with Beam close behind. “She isn’t at the meeting spot.”
“Is he going to hack my system?” Arturo wanted to know.
I didn’t answer him.
Halfway down a massive stairway, Tex had an answer.
“She’s in a brawl at the moment.” Tex informed me. “And the others are closing in on her location. Sending it to your phone.”