Jason froze for a moment before he slowly turned around. He did not like that voice, it meant trouble for him, every single time.
“What do you want Imp?” he asked coldly and felt a shiver run down his spine at the smile on the Imp’s face “I have work to do”
“You mean you need to report to your other boss?” the Imp asked.
Jason narrowed his eyes at the man.
“What the hell are you talking about?” he asked.
“I know you are a double agent” The Imp said coldly “I just haven’t figured out who it is you’re working for”
“You don’t know jack shit, man” Jason snapped, folding his arms “So why don’t you just go and annoy someone else”
The Imp slowly smiled, eyes gleaming. “Are you sure about that?” he asked and threw an envelope on Jason’s desk “Why don’t you take a look at those first and then say that again”
Jason kept his eyes on the Imp as he moved back and picked up at envelope. Slowly he opened it and allowed the photos to fall into his hand.
He looked at the images and they made his heart clench. It was pictures of him and Sam. One was from a few weeks ago while they went out to get something to eat, another was from the day before when he picked her up from their cover work and the most worrying one was where they entered the WOOHP building together.
“What? Are you following me now?” he asked, throwing the photos back onto his desk “What’s wrong with going out with a pretty girl every now and again”
“That’s not just a some random girl” the Imp said “She’s one of the girls that was caught with her friends sneaking into the building. You are making this way to easy”
Jason watched him with a flat expression. “So I got a liking in the new girl” he said “She a hot piece of work” he almost flinched at having to say that “Why wouldn’t I make a move on her?”
The Imp glared at him. “She’s a weakness now Luca” he said “Just how much are you willing to pay to keep her save”
“Keep your hands of my girl” Jason snarled.
The smirk on the Imp’s face widened. “Your girl?” he asked, circling Jason “Now we’re getting somewhere”
Jason took two steps forward, caught the Imp by his shirt and lifted him into the air. “If you just look at her” he hissed “I will rip you apart limb by limb”
“Keep this up and you’ll just give me a more to use against you”
***
Jason breathed out as he leaned on his desk. His heart still pounded rapidly against his chest. Thoughts bounced around in his head. There had to be something that he could do. Somehow he had to protect Sam and the girls.
“I’m sorry, Sammy...” he whispered, closing his eyes.
He gave that stupid Imp what he wanted without a second thought. Slowly he pulled out his cellphone. Taking a deep breath he dialled Frank’s number.
“Franklin Durant”
“I made a mistake”
“Are you alright? Do you need an extraction?”
“Not like that. My girl is in trouble” Jason had to stop, taking a deep breath, to keep himself under control.
“Did one of them find out about Sam?”
“Yeah. I guess I let my guard down”
“Are you still there?”
“Don’t have much of a choice” Jason swallowed “Both of those bastards got a jab in”
“You gave them 2 locations. Is it the first two we gave you?”
“No, no, no...” he pinched the bridge of his nose “For the last three weeks”
“Alright Kid” Frank’s voice said “Don’t worry about it. I’ll take care of it. You need to be careful”
“Yeah, fine. Do what you can” Jason said “Or else I’ll take care of the problem”
“Don’t do anything rash”
Jason just hung up and slammed the phone down on the desk, his knuckles going white. He gave the Imp two of Ground Zero’s offices. He just placed hundreds of people’s lives in danger.
And all of it just to protect Sam.
With a scream he wiped everything of his desk before hurling his phone at the wall.
The door opened as another man entered the room.
“Mister Montgomery?” a voice asked and Jason turned around, glaring death at the person.
“What do you want?” he snarled.
“Sir, a new shipment just came in”
“Then handle it!” he snapped, hands balled into fists, causing the man to flinch.
“Yes, Sir”
“Now get out!” he screamed.
The man’s eyes widened and quickly left the office, closing the door behind him.
Jason struggled to keep his breathing under control as he glared at the door. He closed his eyes for a moment and breathed out. Some how he had to tell Sam what happened, that she needed to be more careful.
He should have known that the Imp would find something to blackmail him with. It was just a matter of time.
***
Jason dodged the first punch, caught the second one before kicking a third man away from him.
“What the hell is going on here?” he snarled, spinning around, just to make sure that no one tried to creep up behind him “What do you think you’re doing? Do you have any idea who you’re dealing with?”
“You dare bringing that up?” a man snapped, stepping up between the others “You of all people? You bastard”
“The hell are you going on about?” Jason snapped “We are here to make a deal and you decided to attack me and my people”
The man glared at him. “We did not just decide to just attack you” he said “You are the one that betrayed us”
Jason frowned and slowly relaxed his hands. If he lost his temper now, things would most likely turn into a fire fight and a lot of people will get hurt. He just needed to get to the bottom of what the hell is going on.
“I did not betray anyone” he said slowly “So what are you talking about?”
“The fact that the police just raided two of my warehouses”
“Melcom” Jason said “I did not tell the police about anything. Which of the warehouses were raided?”
“The three that I told you about” Melcom snarled stepping up to Jason, grabbing him by the shirt.
Jason looked down at the man. His eyes gleaming. “This is one of the biggest deal I’m doing for Mister Huuga” he said “Do you really think that I will go and screw that up?”
“How should I know what is going on in that twisted head of your, Montgomery?”
“Look I’ve been have a bad day” Jason snapped and shoved Melcom back “I don’t have the energy to deal with your shit at the moment”
Melcom narrowed his eyes at Jason. “Then explain why the hell I received this” he said angrily and pressing a camera in Jason’s face “Because if I don’t like your explanation, I’m going to rip all of you apart”
Jason took the camera and looked through the photos. The more he looked through the photos, the more he felt anger ripping through him.
Taking a deep breath, he motioned one of his men towards him and handed him the camera. “Take a look” he said, not taking his eyes from Melcom “And tell me what you think”
They waited in silence as the other man also when through the photos.
“Where the hell did you get this?” the man asked as he looked up at Melcom “There is no way that they can be real”
Melcom let out a snarl and stepped up to Jason again, grabbing his shirt again. Jason flinched slightly as he felt the man’s fist slam into his side. With a growl he shoved the man back.
“Keep your hands of me” Jason snapped and nodded toward his man.
“Traitor” Melcom snapped.
“Sir” the other man said, handing the camera back to Jason “Those cannot be real”
“Explain” Jason said through a clenched jaw, nodding towards Melcom.
“I was at the warehouse this morning” the man said “Mister Montgomery weren’t there. He was another meeting”
“And why do I have to believe you?” Melcom asked.
Jason nodded at the man before turning his attention to Melcom. He reached into his jacket and pulled out a cellphone. “Why don’t you look at this” he said and the phone at Melcom “It might help you to chance your mind”
Melcom looked down at the phone. He let out a snarl before throwing the phone back at Jason, who caught it without hesitation.
“So are we going to do the deal now, or am I going to walk away?” Jason asked, ignoring the slight burning in his side and the white spot that danced in the corner of his eye.
“Show me the diamonds” Melcom said, suppressing his anger.
The corner of Jason’s mouth pulled up into a smirk. “Henry” he said “Give him the diamonds”
Another man walked up to Melcom and handed him a small bag.
“Where’s my money?” Jason asked.
Melcom just motioned to the back as he throw the content of the bag out into his hand. One of his men handed Jason a suitcase.
Jason handed it back to Henry. “Check” he said before crossing his arms.
After a few minutes Henry nodded and closed the suitcase, just as Melcom also nodded, throwing the diamonds back into the bag.
“It’s a deal” Melcom said.
Jason nodded and motioned for his men to leave. As he turned, he paused for a moment. “I don’t know who gave you those photos” he said, tilting his head as he looked over his shoulder “But I can promise you this. They will be floating very soon”
The moment they stepped out of the warehouse, Jason stopped and finally pressed his hand against his side, letting out a groan.
“Sir?” Henry asked as he watched their young lieutenant, lean against the wall of the warehouse “Are you alright?”
Jason pulled his hand away from his side and Henry’s eyes widened when he saw the blood. “I’m alright...” Jason growled under his breath, before pressing his hand against the wound again.
“Shit” Henry said as he caught Jason’s arm when it looked like he was swaying slightly on his feet “When did that happen?”
“Just before he called me a traitor” Jason hissed.
“Bastards” one of the other men snapped and everyone with them turned back towards the warehouse, ready to go in fighting again.
“No” Jason snapped “You’re not going back in”
“Sir! He stabbed you”
“Yeah”
“Let’s make him pay”
“NO” Jason snarled, glaring up at them “I will kill every single one of you if that step back in there. We’ve got other work to do”
Henry nodded. “We need to get you stitched up” he said.
“Get the men home” Jason said, leaning on Henry, wishing that he could just go home and have Sam or Rowan look at the wound “We’re going to HQ”
“I’m sorry, Sir” Henry said with a nod and motioned for the men to start moving again.
“I slipped up” Jason said “I did not see that coming. It’s my fault, should have been more careful”
“The Boss is going to be mad that we allowed you to get hurt, Sir”
The corner of Jason’s mouth pulled into a smirk and felt his world shift slightly, hearing Henry cuss. He must have slipped for a moment.
“Luca!”
Henry caught the lieutenant before he could fall. The dark blue eyes struggled to focus on him, they seemed to slip every now and then, losing focus.
“Busha!” he yelled “Bring the car. Hurry up, Luca’s been hurt”
Within seconds a black SUV pulled up in front of them. Henry pressed down harder on the wound, causing Luca the groan and his eyes rolled back.
“The hell happened in there?” Busha asked as Henry carefully helped Luca into the car.
“I don’t know” Henry said “We closed the deal, but somehow that little prick got a stab in. We need to get Luca to the Doc before he bleeds out”
“The boss is not going to like this” Busha said.
“No, he’s not going to like it” Henry said, looking down at Luca’s pale face “And Luca’s going to rip everything apart for pay back”
“That little bastard is going to get what’s coming to him” Busha said “I do not want to see what Luca’s going to do. He’s scarier when he doesn’t kill the guy that makes him angry”
