Blood spewed, splattering the side windscreen.
The goon slumped at the helm station.
By that time, Jack had taken aim at the door gunner who had opened fire.
Muzzle flash lit up the night, and bullets streaked in our direction.
Jack unleashed a swarm of copper, brass shell casings dancing on the deck.
Incoming fire chewed up the Raptor.
I joined in, firing full auto as a helicopter circled around us.
I'm not sure which one of us hit the guy, but the door gunner’s chest spewed crimson. He fell out of the helicopter, tumbled through the air, then splashed into the angry swells.
The helicopter took off, heading back in the direction from whence it came.
JD and I kept firing at the engine, trying to put as many holes in it as possible. With any luck, we’d rupture a fuel line or hydraulics.
Jack navigated the boat alongside the thug’s boat, and I helped Sebastian climb aboard.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
Sebastian nodded, and Madelyn gave him a bottle of water.
I called the sheriff and updated him on the situation. He’d been waiting with the team, just out of sight. I told him to notify Jack’s friend in the Coast Guard. They had the right to board any ship on the water without a warrant.
"Does anyone in your party need medical assistance?" he asked.
"I think we are good here.”
The storm had grown worse. Our tiny boat got tossed around, battered by mammoth waves. There was no point risking our civilian passengers.
I told the sheriff Jack would RTB with the passengers. I grabbed the RPG and a few extra magazines, then climbed aboard the perp’s boat.
“What are we doing?” Sebastian asked, annoyed.
“You’re going back,” I said. “It’s too dangerous for a craft this size.”
“We can’t let them get away with this. I want all those people behind bars. “
“They will be,” I assured.
“I want justice!”
“You’ll get it.”
“I’m going with you. They kidnapped me and killed my security staff. They disfigured Ava. They all deserve no mercy,” Sebastian growled, vengeance in his eyes. He was used to getting his way.
“You have other considerations at the moment,” I said.
His face twisted. “What other considerations? I will pay you whatever you want to take me back to that boat and destroy those assholes.”
“You’re going to be a father, Sebastian,” Madelyn said.
That stunned him. “A what?”
“Do you need me to give you an overview of how that happens?”
