“I’ll call the doc from the car,” Kieran said.
“You got any explosives?” Hiro asked.
“I came prepared,” Kieran replied, completely unfazed.
Listen, I know I’d just killed a guy, but that was hopefully a one-time thing. I definitely wasn’t going to start carrying around explosives like they were a pack of gum.
“Let’s light it up. Then we’ll head out,” Hiro said, yanking open the back door to Kieran’s large black SUV.
“What does that mean?” I wondered.
Before anyone could clarify, another large SUV came around the building, the engine rumbling as it accelerated. Hiro moved fast, pulling out a gun and putting me behind him in one simultaneous action.
“Don’t shoot,” Kieran yelled. “It’s Hazard.Don’t fucking shoot!”
I leaned around Hiro to see Hazard leaning out the backseat window, waving his arms.
Hiro glanced at me. “You ever do something like that, and I will spank that ass.”
The SUV slowed, the back door flinging open before it was even completely stopped. Haz jumped out and came running around the front, and Kieran let out a long string of curses.
“Are you out of your goddamned mind?” he roared, grabbing Haz and pulling him close enough that he could use his body as a shield. “What the fuck are you even doing here?”
Enzo appeared from the same door Haz had just used, his face shuttered.
“I ought to kill you where you stand,” Kieran threatened. “You should never have brought him here.”
“I’d rather have him where I can see him,” Enzo said. “And as you can see, he’s unharmed.”
“He was hanging out the goddamned window like some kind of golden retriever,” Kieran spat.
“Pretty sure I saw his tongue,” Hiro quipped.
“I was afraid you would shoot the driver if you didn’t know it was us,” Haz explained. Then he slid a glance at Hiro. “That parking garage is still on fire.”
“Fuck around and find out,” was all Hiro said.
“What’s on fire?” I asked.
“The last of my patience,” Kieran barked. “We shouldn’t be standing out here in the open.”
“They’re all dead.” Enzo’s voice was cold. “And I have men patrolling to make sure we didn’t miss any.”
“Get in the car,” Kieran ordered Haz. “Get down on the floor.”
“That seems dramatic,” Haz countered even as he started toward the SUV.
“Says the man hanging out a window at an active crime scene!”
I turned to Enzo standing there with two men guarding hisback while two more guarded his still-running SUV.
“Where’s Wyatt?” I asked.
“In the car,” Enzo replied. “I’m taking him to a doctor now.” He turned to Hiro. “Just wanted to let you know everything is taken care of.”
“I think Wyatt should come with us—” I started.
“No,” Enzo said, the word final. “He’s coming with me.”
