Page 80 of Ravaged By the Dark (The Righteous 2)
“You don’t have to go,” Arek said, daring to peek inside. All the Vipers had their backs to them as they fought the surge of Syphons pushing and shooting their way through the door. This was either the smartest or the stupidest thing his brother had ever suggested.
“Don’t be an idiot. If you’re going in, then I’m going in, but tell me one thing first. Is this girl really worth all this trouble?”
Arek took in his brother’s concerned expression as Trev’s eyes searched his own.
“I love her, and I can’t leave her in there.” Trev nodded in understanding.
“You would find one that needed rescuing, wouldn’t you,” Trev teased, his mouth pulling up in a cocky grin. “I think we should move quickly and get low, hook on and drop in.”
Trev pointed to the repelling hooks on their waists. He agreed, no point in lingering where they could be seen or shot easily.
“Hey Trev, look.” Arek pointed to the far end of the building and a pair of metal doors.
“Those weren’t on the building blueprints I dug up,” Trev mumbled.
“Doesn’t matter now, but if the office is where it’s supposed to be, that is our best way out.”
Trev held up his hand, silently counting down their entry. As Trev gave the signal, Arek pulled open the window far enough for the two of them to slip inside. In tandem fashion, they hooked themselves to the window ledge and dropped like shadows into the darkness of the warehouse below.
“Sweet Delilah, turn on sight.” His camera flicked on and ran through the multiple settings until he said stop. “Over there.”
He pointed to the office they figured would be their target.
There were three figures in the room: one was tied up, one was female, and one held a gun. If he were a betting man, he’d guess that was Cody and Renee with a guard. He took the lead, and they stayed as low as they could next to the wall. Bullets were hitting the concrete above them, and concrete-dust coated them as they moved.
Trev touched his shoulder, and he immediately stopped and knelt as Trev took out the guard running their way from a side aisle. By the look on the man’s face, he was simply running scared from the action, fleeing from the heat only to be hit by the fire. Trev’s Maxim 9 made a soft sound as he fired, and the man landed face-first on the concrete.
Arek spotted Tyson among his group, and the dark demon that lived within him roared to life. He wanted his blood. He wanted to make sure this threat was neutralized for good.
“You go for Renee and Cody. I’m going for him.”
Trev grabbed his bicep before he could take off. “That fucker won’t leave Renee here. He’s gone through too much effort to get his hands on her.”
“What’s your point?”
“Trying to grab him out there is too dangerous. Let the Syphons do what we need and lay in wait in the office for him to come to you. I can get Renee out of here, but rushing off half-cocked and getting killed, isn’t going to end in a happily-ever-after for the two of you.”
“Fuck, I hate that you’re always the smart one.”
Trev’s smile widened. “That’s why I get paid the big bucks. Come on, let’s go get your girl.”
Loud screaming was coming from inside the office. Arek threw open the door, gun and knife in hand, ready to take on any threat. Instead, he found the guard now had something silver sticking out of his eye, and Renee was hunched over, throwing up.
Pride soared in his chest as he pieced together what had happened. As the guard ran wildly toward Trev, his brother calmly raised his gun and shot the guy in the face, shutting him up permanently.
Renee looked over as the guard stopped screaming, and her eyes shone with happiness he’d cherish forever. Arek ran to her and gave her already badly bruising face a once over.
“Is any of this blood yours?” He gripped her shoulders, taking in her stained clothes and red shaking hands.
“No, it’s….” She nodded toward the dead man. “You…you came.” Renee’s voice wavered.
“Of course I came. I always will.” He squeezed her shoulders and laid a quick kiss on her forehead. “We will need to talk about you running off on me, though.”
“I’m sorry, I thought I’d caused enough trouble. I was trying to fix it by myself.”
“You two can talk later. Cody needs a hospital, Arek,” Trev called out as he released the bindings holding Cody to the wall. The guy groaned as he crumpled to the floor. Renee ran to her brother, and between her and Trev, they were able to help him stand.
“Trev, get them out of here, might as well use the door.” Arek pulled the gun free that was strapped around his ankle and released the safety. “Here, take this.”
