There was a knock on the door and I got up to answer it. Cassidy, Matthew, and Garrett were on the other side. "Cute pjs." Cassidy joked. I looked down at my Hello Kitty shorts then shrugged. "What are you guys doing here?" I asked. "I figured instead of you just sitting on your ass waiting by the phone we could go get your tattoo today." Cassidy claimed while clasping her hands together cheerfully. "We're only going to watch your backs." Garrett stated grumpily. I huffed a sigh knowing there wasn't a way out of this. I stepped back, "Come on in while I get dressed."
Mushu greeted them and Cassidy squealed happily and scooped him up. I rolled my eyes, "Great now he's going to be even more spoiled." I went to my room and sighed once I shut the door. I looked at the sketch of what I wanted on my nightstand. It was the laughing coffin logo with a thick chain wrapped around it with a heart shapped lock keeping the chain wrapped around it. Pink and red rose petals decorated the floor around it. I planned to put it on the opposite side of lotus flower. I traded my bra for a black bikini top, a black tank top, some comfy grey sweats, my hoodie, and my Converse. I put my hair in a messy bun then grabbed my phone and sketch. This should be fun, I thought sarcastically.
Cassidy was giving me some lecture on how I shouldn't be scared, not knowing I've already had one tattoo. We went to Inked, a very popular tattoo shop, also ran by one of our fellow members. A guy with inch sized gages, covered in tattoos was waiting for us. He did some guy hug thing with Garrett and Matthew before hugging Cassidy.
"Nicole this is Drake. Drake this is our newest member, Drake. She's here for her official tat." Cassidy beamed. We shook hands, "Good to meet you Nicole." I nodded, "Good to meet you too Drake." "You got an idea how you want it done?" He asked. I showed him the sketch and he studied it over. "This is actually really good. Do you know where you want it?" He asked. "I want it in my back, but I have one already taking up some space and I wanted your opinion on the space left." I said. I took off my sweat shirt and tank top.
"Holy shit, that's awesome." I heard Cassidy complement. "I don't think it would quite fit." He said. He turned my to face him and studied my front. "We could put it here at an angle." He said while using his index finger tracing a finger to trace a path from my waistband to my second to last rib bone on my right side. I nodded, "Sounds good." After that we got started.
Jason's POV
After dropping Nicole off at her place I went back to the warehouse to see my dad. Like usual, he was in his office looking at this board of information we've gathered. "We have a problem." I told him when I stepped into his office then I told him everything that happened. He scratched his chin, "I see. Have Garrett and Matthew keep an eye in her. I'll make sure to speak with Hillary and Isaiah. Now tell me, do you trust her?" He asked. I thought for a minute.
Growing up I always noticed Nicole. I was jealous at first, she didn't to worry about gang affairs, and she was loved by many even though she only hung out with select few. She's smart, caring, totally doesn't deserve to be here, but after last night I know I can trust her.
"Yeah I do. She refuses to take the Brimstone up on their offer. She isn't one to just turn her back on someone when they need her." I confessed. He studied me for a second before nodding, "So do I. Yvonni claims that there is more to her than what meats the eye, do you agree?" I nodded, "She can handle herself and isn't an idiot. Instead of straight panic she asked Isaiah who was supposed to watch Emily's apartment and knew they could be hurt or dead. She then checked the place and found this." I placed the phone in his desk opened to the video. He watched it then nodded. "Also I told her it was her call when it comes to Emily. She had made it clear to Isaiah and Hillary that if Emily dies then they weren't far from her. I don't think she'd be able to kill in cold blood though." I informed him. "I will let them know that they'll deal with her if that happens. Now tell me, how important is Nicole to you?" He asked. "To be honest? I don't know." I replied. "She is the girl who broke your heart sophomore year after all." He joked lightly. I scoffed, "We were just kids back then. Besides she probably didn't even know I exist. While she was making A's and working on her future, I was blowing classes to have fun." "From what I remember your freshman year you came home talking about the hottest girl who was different from the rest. The blonde hair babe with brains and looks." My father teased. I scoffed and shook my head and he burst into laughter.
After calming down he nodded, "I'll have Leo get to work on tracking the guys in the video. Take care of yourself." He warned. "You too pops." I said before leaving.
Today I was following one of my uncle Leo's leads. I didn't tell Nicole because it was only a fifty fifty chance we'd find anything solid to go off of. Garrett, Matthew, and Cassidy were keeping her distracted and hopefully out of trouble.
The lead he gave my dad was an address to one of the Brimstone's safe houses. One of Leo's contacts saw one of the four men in the video come here around four this morning, with any luck he'll still be here. Marcus, a man known for his muscles and brute strength, was waiting for me with a few other members a block from the house.
"Thomas went and scouted the house and there are a couple of people there." He started. "How heavy are they?" I asked. "From what I could tell they only had hand guns." Thomas said. "Here's how we are going to do it, we go in and grab our target and get out. Do your best not to get hurt because we can't let the doctor know we went on this suicide mission without her." I advised them. "Why are we doing this anyways?" One of the guys asked. "They're using a friend of our new doctor's against her. They want her to join their side. She knows if she did they won't let her friend go so she decided to try and get her back at any means necessary. We protect our own and those who are close to us." I told him.
After a moment they all nodded and soon we put our plan into action.
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