“Shit,” muttered AJ.“Do we know what he was given?”
“Not yet but there’s some shit that needs to addressed and the team and I are working on that.Just know that he’s alive because of you guys.How did you know where he was?”asked Luke.
“We didn’t,” said AJ.“We went to get some food and there he was.I think we can safely assume this has Mama Irene and Matthew written all over it.Otherwise, we wouldn’t have found him before it was too late.”
“Amen, brother.Amen.”
“That’s so fucking crazy,” said Tanner.“That bar was random for us.It seemed quiet and out of the way.The odds of us choosing that place, at that time, was unbelievably high.I hate to think if we’d gone anywhere else.”
“I think that’s point,” said AJ.“There’s no way we could have gone anywhere else.Someone was making sure of it.We all felt the need to stay close to the hotel and we all were looking for simple fare.”
They tossed their trash and walked outside, noticing a group of young men that appeared to be arguing with one another.They were college kids still dressed in their preppy gear.
“Fuck me, not tonight,” said Wyatt.
“They’re probably drunk, brother.Let them bash each other’s heads in,” said Tanner.Then all four men noticed something they didn’t like.A woman in the mix and the two men at the heart of the argument, yanking on her arms.
“Well, I guess that settles it, doesn’t it?Exercise before bed, boys?” said Hiro.
“Fuck my life,” frowned Wyatt.“Yes but so help me if I get my shirt dirty someone owes me a new one.”
There were several young men on both sides of the girl who was crying, trying to break free, begging to be let go.They all looked to be early twenties, possibly late teens.
“Let the girl go,” said Hiro standing at the periphery, his arms folded across his chest.
“Fuck off,” said one young man ignoring his ask.
“Okay, I’ll make you let the girl go.”
Hiro was so fast, so skilled, he spun his body low, then leaped up, kicking one man’s arm and hearing a snap.When he hit the ground, he gripped the other man’s arm, hearing the same sickening snap.While their buddies were staring at Hiro, Tanner grabbed the girl.
“Do you have your own car?” he asked calmly.
“Y-yes,” she sniffed.“They wouldn’t let me go!”
“Are you hurt?Did they break anything, cause you any harm?”She shook her head, looking down at herself as if she needed to be certain.“Well you’re free now.Get the fuck out of here.”
She ran to her car and sped from the parking lot, leaving her rescuers behind.
“You broke my arm!I’ll sue!My father’s a lawyer,” yelled one of young attackers.AJ smiled at him, holding up his phone.
“I’m so glad,” he grinned.“I’ve got all of this on video and I’ve already downloaded the videos from the cameras of the restaurant.You tell your daddy to give me a call and we’ll talk about the charges of attempted abduction and sexual assault on that young woman.”
“Dude, let’s just go,” said one of his friends.
“No!Fucking kick their asses,” said broken arm number one.“There are more of us than them.”
“Do you guys mind if I sit this one out?” asked AJ.“I’ll just keep filming.Between the three of you this shouldn’t last long.”The others smirked, nodding.
“Everyone here over the age of eighteen?” asked Wyatt.The young men all stared at him, then nodded.“Good.”
With five quick thrusts, he punched five young men in the face.All five fell to the hard concrete parking lot, completely knocked out.He rubbed his knuckles, then waved Tanner forward.Before he could he even move toward the remaining young men, they were gone, leaving behind the loud mouth with the broken arm.
“You should get to the hospital before you lose your fingers,” smirked Tanner.“Maybe you and the other dude, where is he?Oh, he left with his friends.Maybe the two of you could get a two for one on casts.”
“Fuck you guys!We were just having fun.”
Wyatt gripped the broken arm, squeezing harder than he probably should have but it was already a rough day and he was in no mood to tolerate some kid that thought harassing and raping a girl was fun.
