Caleb's POV:
I watched as doctors patched up Kyle and my Dad. We got into a bit of a shootout with the Russian Mafia. We saw the leader's wife, Wanda, at the same timesheet saw us. Gunshots were immediately fired. She shot Kyle as he got closer. He got shot in his chest. I never been more afraid for one of my best friends before. The doctor said that she shot him too close to his heart. But he was gonna pull through.
He just needed to relax a bit. Then Gustavo came out of nowhere and shot my Dad in his arm. The doctor said he too was fine but he needed to rest. "Anything I can do Don?" Peter asked. "Nah thanks Peter." Dad said. My family was lucky to have Peter on our side. He's been with us since day one. We didn't mind the fact that he was gay. My Dad was just worried he might try to sleep with some of the guards.
Peter told us not to worry, as he already had a husband. They were supposed to leave couple weeks ago but my Dad had them stay because Wanda was firing people left and right. Brushed was doing this, we had no idea what she could be planning with all the firing she was doing it. So Peter and his husband had to stay here for the time being. It sucks to know that you couldn't leave for a vacation with your significant other.
Peter didn't mind but his husband certainly did. Peter tried to explain but he didn't wanna listen. I mean he understood but he didn't like it. Plus, Wanda knows Peter but I don't think she knows Peter is one of us. Since he was our man on the inside and now that Wanda fired him, we had no intel on what Wanda or the Russian Mafia was up to. We did have someone else there but Wanda fired her. We had her pretend to have Down Syndrome.
We didn't think Wanda was heartless enough to fire her but we were wrong. We thought Wanda figured out who we had as intel in her company but since she didn't kill the girl neither Peter, we quickly dismissed that thought. But I guess Wanda now knows Peter is one of us since she saw Peter shooting at her. Me, Mom, and Ramón were lucky enough to escape unharmed. The only reason we bailed out is because we heard police sirens.
We quickly got in our cars and drove away. "There ya go. All fixed." The nurse said. Dad put his shirt back on. "Thank you." He said. "I can't believe it. Wanda stepped up security since the last time we saw her." Mom said. "Yeah. Mom you shot a freaking RPG at her. I'm surprised the rocket didn't explode." I said. "That's because it didn't have enough gun powder inside." Dad said. "That was my fault. My Mom made me do extra chores because I same home late and I was so tired-" Dad cut Kyle off.
"It's fine Kyle. I'm still proud of you. That was good aim." He said. "Well my Dad was always into hunting." Kyle said. "So what? We step up security too?" Ramón asked. "Yeah. They weren't playing games tonight." I said. "Yeah we need to step up security." Dad said. "I'm already on it. I got about forty guys in line." Peter said, looking at his tablet. "We're gonna need a lot more than forty guys son. See if you can get about two or three hundred." Dad said.
Peter smirked. "You know, I've got some Haitians I've been meeting to hit up." He said. Dad grinned devilishly. "Ah Haitians. Their women sexy as hell and dangerous. Go get em." He said. Mom smacked him. He laughed and kissed her. "Well I'm off to pick up some of there. Some were in town celebrating someone's divorce. Later." Peter said. "Guards! Go with him in case he needs back up." Dad said. They followed Peter upstairs and to the courtyard.
I looked at Kyle. He was staring off into space. "Kyle you good?" I asked. He nodded. "Yeah. Just a little bit hungry." He said. "Yeah. We all could eat after a night like this." Mom said. We all headed upstairs towards the living room. We were in the basement with the doctors. We had a whole staff. We walked upstairs and to the kitchen. We ordered Chinese food. Mom left and picked it up. We didn't trust deliveries anymore.
A spy from the Russian Mafia delivered us food once and we were ambushed when we came home. Never again. Every time we go it to get food, we disguise ourselves and even fake accents. I looked at Dad as he paced the floor. "Honey what's up?" Mom asked. "Peter was supposed to be back by now." He said. I looked at the time. "It's midnight." I said. "He's been gone for an hour and a half? How many people is he picking up?" Ramón asked.
"I don't know. I'm calling him." Dad said. Then We heard the door open. Dad looked up and glared. "Peter!! There you are!! You're late!!" He yelled. "I know but I have a reason." Peter said. "Which is?" Mom said, angrily. Peter turned around and we saw guards bring in three unconscious girls. "Yo wait. Is that Angel? And Skylar? And Riley?" Kyle asked. "Oh my God." Mom said. "I found them in the middle of the street. They were bout ready to die. I grabbed them and brought them back." Peter said.
He pulled Angel and the girls onto the couch. "Someone come help these girls." Mom ordered. Guards rushed over towards the girls. "Hold up. Y'all know them?" Peter asked. "Yeah. We met them at the party." Ramón said. Guards carried the girls downstairs to the basement. Doctors and nurses booked them up to the machines. "Their wings are damaged." A nurse said. "There's arrows in two and bullets in one." Another said.
"Alright what happened?" Dad asked. "I don't know exactly. Angel said something some goons chasing them." Peter said. "That's not enough to help us figure what happened." Mom said. "Look I found them in the middle of the road in the pouring rain. I grab the girls, put them in the cars. Next thing I know, the cars are being shot at. We drove off." Peter said. "Take those arrows put their wings. And those bullets. I know that's gotta hurt." Mom said. The doctors and nurses worked tirelessly to make the girls feel better.
I paced the floor. "So some random dudes was just chasing them?" Kyle asked. "That's what Angel told me." Peter said. "I hope they feel better soon so we can figure out what the hell to do with them." Mom said. "Won't have to wait long." A doctor said. We turned to see Skylar opening her eyes. She sat up and looked around. She held her head. "Why does this keep happening to us?" She asked, her voice groggy.
"Skylar?" Kyle called. She looked at him and screamed. That woke up Angel and Riley. They both looked at us and screamed. "Whoa whoa whoa!! Ladies!! Chill!!" Dad said. "What's going on? Why are we here?" Angel cried. "Angel." Peter said. She looked at him. She ran up and hugged him. I felt jealous. "Peter, what's happening?" Angel cried. "Relax. Calm down. All of you. Calm down. Everything will get answered just calm down." Peter said.
He sat Angel down. She clutched to Riley and Skylar. "Okay ladies. Do you remember me?" Dad asked. They all nodded. "Okay. Angel, Peter said that someone was chasing you." Dad continued. She nodded. "Yeah." She said. "Do you remember who it was?" Mom asked. She shook her head. "No ma'am." She said. "Angel what exactly happened to you guys?" I asked. She looked at me. "Uh.... a lot actually." She said. "Like what?" Mom asked.
"Well we came to an alleyway. They were these men there. They all had guns. Then they shot a man in the head. They saw us and chased us into the woods. Then they knocked us out. We woke up in a big house. They had us locked in these rooms. Ange found a paperclip so she escaped first. So we escaped through a window and a girl told on us. So we ran through the woods and into the road. We flew around and-" Ramón cut Riley off.
"Whoa whoa. You guys flew in rain? That's dangerous." He said. "We know but that was the only option left. Skylar got shot with an arrow then Riley. I tried to hold them up but they were too heavy. So we fell to the ground. We came to the road. Then Peter found us. We got in the car and I was shot at. My wings were bleeding badly." Angel said. "Well your wings are all fine now girls. Now ladies, do you remember what these guys looked like?" Dad asked.
They all shook their heads. "No sir. It all happened so fast. Angel's boss was there and she said-" Mom cut Skylar off. "Whoa. Wanda was there." Angel nodded. "Yes ma'am. I also seen her husband, Gustavo. I don't know if you know him." She said. "Oh we know him." Dad said. "Well anyways, I didn't know what it was but something didn't feel right. We were kidnapped and I thought if we went up to my boss, something bad would happen." She said.
She shook her head. "I don't know why Wanda seemed....like she knew we were there. She and Gustavo....something told me that if we did just run out there screaming about being captured by some goons....I don't know why I didn't say anything." She said. "Well it's a good thing you didn't." I said. I walked over and stood in front of her. "Did they see where you went?" I asked.
"Yes Angel. Were you girls followed? Peter?" Dad asked. "Nah. We took a bunch of different turns. We lost them." Peter said. "Wait Peter how do you know them?" Angel asked. We all looked at him. "Angel how do you know Peter?" Mom asked. "He's my friend. We used to work together before Wanda fired him. We've been friends for six years." Angel said. "Long time." Kyle said. "Angel what all do you know about Peter?" Dad asked.
"Apparently not as much as I thought." She said, as she crossed her arms at Peter. "Angel I'm in the Irish Mafia. They are the in it also. Don, I mean Calvin is the leader. You know his wife and his son." Peter said. Angel looked at me. "You're in the Mafia?" She asked. I nodded. "Wait. Kyle, Ramón, are you guys in it too?" Riley asked. They both nodded. "Yep. And those goons that chased you are in the Russian Mafia. They're our enemies." Mom said.
They grew silent. "Are you guys gonna kill us now that we know?" Skylar asked. I looked at my parents. "We don't know yet." Mom said. "Don, I promise you Angel is harmless. You see she put up with Wanda. If Angel was tough, she'd beat the shit out of Wanda by now and be either in jail or dead." Peter said. "What about us?" Riley asked. "Yeah we never hurt anyone." Skylar said. "We know you all are harmless but we can't risk this secret getting out." Dad said.
"We won't tell anyone!! We swear!!" Angel cried. I stared at her. Fuck she's so beautiful when she's scared. "Dad I think we should give them a chance to prove themselves." I said. "What?" He said. "Think about it. We've seen all their records. Completely clean." I said. "He's right. We should test them." Ramón said. "Test us? Our records? Wait what is going on?" Riley asked. "Riley everything will be explained...that is if you survive." Dad said.
"Follow us ladies." Mom said. Guards aimed guns at their heads when they wouldn't move. We took them down to the armory but to the left of it. "What's in that room?" Angel asked. "Don't worry about it." A guard said. We entered what me and the guys call the 'play room'. It had absolutely nothing to do with playing. It was a room built to test your survival skills. "Okay ladies. Here is what you are gonna do. You go through these traps and tricks. If you survive, we'll explain everything and you'll be part of our Mafia." Mom said.
She chuckled. "Well if you survive, you'll no choice." She said. "What do we don't want to be part of it?" Skylar asked. Mom snapped her fingers and a guard aimed a gun at Skylar's head. "You'll die right now." Mom said. "So you girls wanna go inside and see if you survive or do you wanna see what the afterlife is like?" Dad asked. Angel and the girls looked at each other before walking in the room. Kyle shut the door behind them. He cackled and said, "This should be entertaining." He said.
I nodded. We walked upstairs to the control room. Dad spoke into an intercom. "Okay ladies. You have a to survive these courses in order to live. There are weapons on the other side of the room. Go to them quickly but carefully. There are mines under your feet. So one wrong move and you'll be able to use the handicapped parking spots." Dad said. I laughed. "How do we do this?" Riley asked. "We can't help you. Figure it out." Mom said.
She pressed a button and sirens blasted. The girls covered their ears. Skylar looked up just in time to see a spike coming down from the ceiling. It nearly crushed Angel. Skylar tackled her and got them both out the way. "This insane. I rather be shot in the" Ailey was cut off by a bear trap. She stepped into it. She struggled to get out of it. A large boulder was placed inside the machine just like in that pinball machine game.
It rolled down to the girls but they dodged. They did pretty good. "Wow. To be honest, it looks like Angel is the only one who seems to think ahead. She's using strategies." Dad said. "Okay so Angel use strategies, Riley use weapons, and Skylar distracts. Wait. Their files. Angel's power is immunity. Riley's power is ice powers, and Skylar use illusions." Dad said. "Like mine?" Mom asked. "No. Skylar can create whatever she wants without any help." Dad said.
I watched as the girls completed their final stage. Fiery poisonous spikes. "Well dons ladies." Excellent work." Dad said. We walked down to let them out. They stared at us. "That....was intense." Angel said. "And scary." Skylar said. "But fun." Riley said. "Yeah yeah. So what is it gonna be ladies, you wanna join us or die?" Mom asked. "Join." They all said, simultaneously. "Good girls." Mom said. "Come on. I bet you girls must be famished." Dad said.
"Now that you mention it, I am a little hungry." Angel said. I looked down at her ankle. It was bleeding. "Whoa Dad. I think Angel needs medical attention. Her ankle." I said. "Come with us Angel." A guard said. "Me too. That's spike hurt." Riley said. "I'm coming with because I don't wanna be left alone." Skylar said. "You won't be left alone. You got me." Kyle said. She stared at him. "I don't know you like that." She said. "Sky don't act like that now." He said.
"Act like what?" She asked. "Like you don't remember what we did earlier tonight." He said. "We didn't do anything tonight." She said. "At the party?" He asked. She shook her head. "We talked but that was it." She said. "Riley, surely you remember us?" Ramón asked. Riley shook her head. "No. I got drunk but that's it." She said. I looked at Angel. "Angel do you remember what we did?" I asked. She shook her head. "Look guys we got drunk and we don't remember anything of what we did." She said.
She looked at Skylar and Riley. "And if we did anything wrong or offensive to you guys, then we apologize. We woke up with bad hangovers." Angel said. "Yeah. They were terrible." Skylar said. Then she gasped. "We never found my friend." She said. "She's gotta be out there somewhere." Riley said. "What Skylar I thought you saw that your friend was still alive and well?" Mom asked. "Yeah but no one seen her." Skylar said.
I looked at Mom. "Well since you guys know of the Russian Mafia, they killed her." She said. They all gasped. "What?" Skylar said. "Yeah. Me and you have the power of illusions but mine is limited. But yeah I created a fake version of your friend. Remember when her and Wanda got into it? They killed her upstairs in the bathroom. Angel was about to walk in before Wanda distracted her." Mom said.
Skylar began to cry. "I'm sorry Skylar but you're friend is gone." Dad said. Skylar turned around and walked away. Angel and Riley went after her. The guards took them back down to the basement. I looked at the guys. "They really don't remember what we did to them." I said. "What did you do to them?" Dad asked. "We didn't rape them Dad but it was something sexual." I said. "Hope you used protection." Mom said.
"We didn't do anything like that. Angel is a virgin. She wasn't ready." I said. "So is Skylar. She wasn't ready either." Kyle said. "So is Riley. I guess them being drunk also made that virgin part sober or something." Ramón said. "Well whatever. Just make sure you boys be careful." Mom said. We walked on to the living room upstairs. Some time later the girls came back up. We had to explain to them that they couldn't go home or anything like that.
We offered for them to live here for safety. "What?! No we can't stay here." Riley said. "Look, those guys are in the Russian Mafia. They've seen your faces. They know what you look like. It's not safe." Kyle said. "He's right. Look, we are only trying to help you." I said. Angel stared at me before looking at Skylar and Riley. Come on Angel. Eventually the girls cave in. "Okay let us show you to your rooms." Kyle said, in a gloomy voice.
He was upset that Skylar didn't remember anything about what we did. Me and Ramón was also upset. I took Angel to a room I sometimes go to when I wanna sketch. "Here's your room Angel." I said. She entered the room carefully and looked around. "It's beautiful." She said, softly. "It is." I said. I looked at her. She looked so soft and fragile. "What about my clothes back at home? And all my stuff?" She asked. "We will get to that tomorrow." I said. She nodded. "So you really like your room?" I asked. She looked at it.
"Yeah it's nice." She said, quietly. "Why you so quiet? You had no problem talking to me earlier tonight." I said. "Earlier I didn't know I was talking to a Mafia's son." She said. I smacked my teeth. "Don't let that stop you. It doesn't stop Loren." I said. She looked up at me. "That's because Loren can fuck her way out of things. And I don't wanna say something to piss you off." She said. "I'm fine." I said. She nodded and stared at me. I got uncomfortable and headed for the door.
She suddenly grabbed my arm and pulled me back. Then she kissed me. I was surprised. She smiled at me. "We actually knew what you boys did. We just wanted to mess with y'all." She said, giggling. She walked over to the bathroom and closed the door. I smiled. She really does think ahead. Clever girl.