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“Jesus, what happened here?” asked Campbell.

Killer was sitting at table hunched over, moaning with stomach cramps and pain. His face was a pale yellowish-green and the odor of feces was nearly overwhelming.

“What the fuck are you doing here? You’ll fuck everything up!”

“We were fired,” said Finch. “Both of us were called in today. They had our prints, our criminal history, photos, everything that you said was hidden. We’re done and we’ve been charged with impersonating a federal employee, gross criminal misconduct and a bunch of other shit.”

“How? How the fuck is this happening?” he moaned.

“I don’t know but we won’t be able to get back in, that’s for damn sure,” said Finch. “We both tried to find where that nun was moved and couldn’t find her. Worse than that, Banger has been moved to solitary. They said it was for his own safety.”

“Shit!” he screamed, slamming his hand on the table. He moaned then ran toward the bathroom, the others all staring at him.

“What the fuck is wrong with him?”

“Don’t know. Something weird happened here. All these fucking wild animals trampling our bikes, shitting everywhere, and then the girls disappeared. An hour later, he was shitting all over himself. He’s changed his clothes like three times and he’s still going.”

“Damn,” muttered Finch. “Somebody figured it all out and it was damn sure someone who had connections. Our shit was hidden deep.”

“Where are the new bikes?” asked Campbell.

“Don’t have ‘em,” said one of the older members. “Fuckers refused to sell them to us. Beautiful damn bikes too. Not like what we had. Don’t know what we’re going to do now. If we don’t have bikes we’re not much of a club and we’re sitting here vulnerable.”

“Did you go back to the shop and try to convince them that they should sell to you?” asked Finch.

“Of course we fucking did,” growled Killer from behind them. “Bastards were gone. All of it. The entire fucking shop was gone.”

The two men in suits stared at one another then looked at their leader. Maybe he was losing it and needed to be replaced.

“I’m not fucking crazy. Ask the boys. They went out to find it and couldn’t. It was fucking gone.”

The two men looked at one another, then back at the men in the room.

“What? Why are you looking at me like that?” barked Killer.

“Look, Killer, I know you want this but I think we have to move on,” said Campbell.

“Why?”

“We never had to meet these men or speak to them but we heard the stories and rumors. I think you’re dealing with a bunch of dudes that were all former Special Forces. Like serious Special Forces. Not just SF, but the best of the best SF. They started out as REAPER and Steel Patriots, then REAPER-Patriots. The fucking mafia runs from them, brother.”

“I’ve heard of them,” whispered Killer. The look on his face told them all he had indeed heard of them. “I thought they’d all be dead. It explains their behavior in the bike shop. I should have made the connection between them and Patriot Cycles.”

“We need to leave them alone, Killer,” said Finch.

“No. I’m not letting them win this. They owe me bikes and those bitches they took from me. Plus, if they’re involved in helping that fucking nun, we’re screwed and so is Banger.”

“He’s just one member. He won’t talk,” said Finch.

“We’re not leaving him to rot in prison,” said Killer.

“Brother, he’ll get out in time. He’ll do good behavior and be free. We’ve all done it. We can’t risk everyone for him,” said Finch.

“We will!” They all stared at him as he sat down, clutching his gut once again. One of the men set a bottle of water in front of him and he nodded his thanks.

“We will because he’s my son. I asked him to rape that nun, to beat the fuck out of her and make sure she didn’t open her damn mouth or help one more girl. I asked him to do that.”

“But he didn’t do it,” said Campbell. Killer glared at him. If he were feeling better, he’d kick the shit out of him. Normally, he wouldn’t push Killer like this but he’d be damned if he was going to risk his life for his Killer’s piece of shit kid.

“He tried. He just didn’t get to finish the job. So we’ll do it for him and get him out of there. No matter what.”