Page 102 of Hendrix
Trick twisted in his seat, lifted his feet up, and booted the glass. It took three swift kicks to dislodge the entire windshield, leaving a huge gap. “Move it,” he bellowed.
“We’ll hold ‘em off,”Gambit assured me through comms.“Run.”
Diablo and I glanced at each other before turning our heads toward the vehicle Trick waited in.
“Go. Go. Go,”Fletch shouted, and we took off like our asses were on fire.
Bullets peppered around our feet, kicking up the dirt as we ran. My heart was in my mouth, my adrenaline pumping along with my arms, trying to gather some speed and avoid getting my brains blown out of my skull.
Suddenly, Diablo veered off.
“What the fuck, D?” I yelled at his back.
“Need to chop a cock off,” he shouted over his shoulder.
I pumped my arms faster, breathing a relieved sigh as I approached the car where the passenger door still hung open, and dived inside.
“Go get that stupid bastard!” I yelled at Trick.
The tires spun for a second before the Explorer lurched forward. Pings sounded as bullets glanced off metal. I reached into my cut, pulled out my Glock, and aimed in the direction Ace had run. More bullets sprayed the car, but Trick kept driving toward Diablo, who by then was on his knees on the ground with his knife in hand.
“We haven’t got goddamned time for this,” I said under my breath as we neared my SAA. “Hurry the fuck up,” I yelled through the hole where the windshield used to be.
“Need a souvenir,” Diablo barked at me as Trick brought the car to a screeching halt.
“Get your ass in this car, soldier,” I screamed. “That’s a fuckin order.”
“Spotted one hiding in the bushes,”Gambit muttered down comms just as a single gunshot cracked through the air, and Gambit crowed, “Got the wanker.”
Diablo’s hand came up and slashed down. A blood-curdling scream went up as Diablo let out a triumphant cry before holding up a bloody ear. “Not a cock, but it’ll do,” he yelled, scrambling to his feet but keeping low as he hustled to the car.
“You’re a fuckin’ liability,” I yelled at him, holding onto the handle above the door as Trick sped up the grass slope. “The SAA’s meant to keep the club safe, not run around chopping cocks off.”
“That’s why I settled for Smoke’s ear,” he retorted. “It saved time trying to get his britches off, and it’ll teach that fucker a lesson for shooting me in the chest.”
“You were wearin’ a vest!” I snapped.
Diablo leaned forward, his eyes narrowing. “He didn’t know that.” His face twisted angrily. “You mark my words. I’ll get that fucker’s needle dick one day.”
“Why you gotta be such a serial killery asshole?” I bellowed.
The fucker held Smoke’s severed, bloody ear up to the side of his face. “What was that? Didn’t quite catch what you said, Prez. Got a sore ear.”
Trick barked a laugh.
I tipped my head back and muttered to myself, “God, give me strength.”
“Two vehicles approaching from the north, both Explorers,”Gambit’s voice informed us.“Reckon Ace called for reinforcements. The time’s ripe to get the fuck out of here.”
“We’re swapping cars,” Trick told me as he raced down the road. “Knew they’d be shooting at us, so I hotwired theirs to get shot up instead of ours. Plus, we can hardly take a thirty-minute drive back to the hotel in a car full of bullet holes and no windshield.” He suddenly jerked the steering wheel right and stopped at a clearing where our GMC waited.
“Good thinkin’, brother.” I threw the door open, jumped out, and raced to our vehicle, getting into the passenger side with Diablo at my back. I pulled my phone out of my pocket as Trick jumped in the driver’s seat and slammed his door closed. “Seat belts on, motherfuckers. Safety first. We gotta swing out to get Gambit and Fletch, then it’s home sweet home.”
“Pedal to the metal, brother,” I ordered. “Something’s going down at the hotel. I think it’s gotta do with Anna.” I held my phone up. “Gonna call Blade now.” As I said the words, my cell began ringing in my hand. I stabbed the accept call icon and Colt’s voice immediately came through the speakers.
“Prez, we gotta problem.”
Something heavy settled inside my gut, and I rubbed at the sudden acid burn inside my chest.
