Claiming the Knights (21 page)

              Nikki and Kim continued to hang in there for the day. Switching sides to lie on, they were still on the floor. The blanket and pillow helped a bit with comfort, but not much. They heard a door open and close and then they heard a car leave. A few seconds later, the door opened and closed to the room they were in.

             
“So you two think you can be all sexy for my man?” she said, obviously fucked up, either drunk or on drugs. She was messed up enough to think that the two women they held captive, were there to seduce her man.

             
Nikki heard footsteps come closer. “No, we don't want him. He's yours. He told us he was just yours,” Nikki tried to explain in simple terms this messed up bitch could get. It was like talking to a five year old.

             
The hard blow to Nikki's ribs a second later, took her air right out of her lungs.

             
“Don't lie to me bitch!” the woman yelled.

             
“How about you there, Miss Real Estate? You wanna fuck my man?” the woman continued.

             
Kim's voice was shaky. “Nn.. no,” she stammered out.

             
Then whack! Kim screamed in pain and fear.

             
“Listen, you kidnapped us. We are afraid of you and the last thing we want to do is make you mad, so no, we are not coming on to your man,” Nikki once again explained to her, in simple terms.

             
Nikki's ribs where throbbing. She must have been wearing boots because it was a hard blow.

             
“You bitches better not get any ideas about fucking him or I will kill you myself.” She stomped out, and slammed the door.

             
“Are you ok Kim?” Nikki whispered.

Finally just before noon, Scooter’s phone went off.

Blocked #: Meet in the ally where you found the car at 5:30... Joel better be in one piece or else. No cops, just you and my brother. Fair trade no one gets hurt.

              Holy fuck! This was Joel’s brother.

             
Scooter ran back to the club house and told Drifter, Raw, and Dean about the text. It was time to start planning. Drifter mapped it out, planning where all the brothers would be. Taking cars for the close-ups and bikes for the brothers that would be farther away.

             
Joel was brought in on the last part of the planning. They kept him in the dark that it was his brother that had Nikki. They didn’t want him to know what's up, because he may fuck it up to protect his brother. They just let him know that he is on a ride along and will be with Scooter this time, instead of Raw.

             
Scooter and Joel pull the truck into the ally a few minutes before 5:30. The others were already all in place. Scooter parks the shop truck right where the Camaro had been. He kills the engine and they wait, knowing that they are surrounded by brothers that are unseen, and just around many of the corners.

             
The plan was to rush the bastard and take him out as soon as Nikki was safe. Joel was just there for show and was clueless.

             
As Scooter and Joel got out of the truck and walked towards the front of it, two people came around the corner from between two buildings. They both had ski masks on, one noticeably shorter than the other, and with tits. A fuckin' woman! They had Nikki, hooded between them, pushing her along. Behind them, they were pulling another person, also hooded. Scooter took note. It was Kim, the agent.

             
As soon as the woman saw Joel, she blurted out his name.

             
“Joel, are you ok?” she said, sounding a bit panicked.

             
“What the fuck have you done, Sissy?” Joel said, knowing what was about to come down on her and her stupid boyfriend.

             
“I had to get you back. I figured the Club had ya since you worked there, and here we are,” she answered, as if she had it all under control.

             
“What you did was really stupid. I am fine. Had to take a leave and go back East for a bit. Had some shit to sort out,” Joel told her. “But now things are a whole lot fuckin' worse. Sis, you can't just take one of the Knight's women and expect to walk away. And of all of them, you pick the Pres' ol' lady? Jesus Sissy, you got a fucking death wish, you think you are walkin' away from this ally?” he warned her.

             
Scooter broke in on their fucked up reunion.

             
“Sunshine, you ok? Did they hurt you?” he asked, in almost a growl.

             
From under the hood, she assured him that she was fine. Her ribs were killing her, but she was fine.

             
He was relieved, but now he had to decide what the fuck to do with a fuckin' woman and her stupid ass man, and now Joel.

             
Once again, Joel is doing what he is supposed to, and stepping right in the middle of the club's shit.

             
Scooter leaned over to Joel and said, “You want any chance of you sister getting out of this alive, you better convince her and her man to put the guns down and let the women go.”

             
Joel breaks from Scooter and he walks towards his sister. When he gets to her, she hugs him. He pulls away from her.

             
“Sissy, the gig is up. Both of you put the guns down, and let them go,” he said bluntly to them.

             
“They will kill us bro,” the guy says back to Joel.

             
“If you don't put the guns down and let them go, you’ll be dead anyway. You think you are not zeroed in on from several directions, you’re crazy. You don't fuck with the Knights. So do what I say if you want any chance of leaving here alive.”

             
Joel's sister just stares at him.

             
“Sissy, put the God damned gun down now,” Joel says, pointing at the ground in front of her. She puts her arm down, and releases the gun. It drops to the gravel.

             
Joel then puts his attention on the boyfriend.

             
“Todd, drop the gun,” Joel demands.

             
Instead, Todd lifts the gun to Nikki's hooded head.

             
“I am not going down alone,” he yells at Scooter, looking him in the eye, as he holds the gun to Nikki's head.

             
Scooter freezes. One wrong move and his Sunshine is gone. Panic tries to rise to the surface, but he stomps it down, trying to think of what to do next. As if in slow motion, he watches Joel take action.

             
Joel does his best to distract him as he walks towards the man with the death wish.

             
Several of the brothers are zeroed in on Todd’s head, but won't take the shot with him holding the gun to Nikki’s head.

             
As Joel walks up on him, he starts to point the gun at Joel. Dean, from a rooftop position, takes the shot. The man, still with the ski mask on, crumples to the gravel.

             
Sissy screams and hits the ground, crawling to her boyfriend.

             
“You killed him, you assholes!” she screams in all directions, knowing they are all around.

             
Joel grabs both guns. Scooter is to Nikki as fast as his feet can get him there.

             
When he grabs her, she gasps, not sure who it is. “It’s me babe,” he says to her, as he cuts her hands free and helps her remove the hood.

             
As soon as she sees him, she hugs him tightly. He takes her over to the truck and gets her settled in the cab.

             
“You ok Sunshine?” he asks, looking her over.

             
She lifts her finger. “I got kicked in the ribs, and a cut finger. I will survive.” She looks out at the scene before her. “What happens now?” she asks.

             
“We're headed back to the clubhouse,” Scooter says.

             
Drifter, Dean, and Raw are already releasing Kim, the real estate agent, and tying up Sissy. They roll Todd up in a tarp, and put him in the back of the truck. They have to move fast. No cops.

             
The club van rolls up and Sissy and Kim are loaded in it.

             
Nikki can see Kim's face and the woman is terrified. “What are you gonna do with Kim, babe?” Nikki asks Scooter, not wanting to pry, but hoping that they are going to let her go.

             
“We just gotta take her back to the club and set her straight. No cops babe. Maybe you can help us out with that,” he told her, knowing that Nikki could help calm her down.

             
“Yeah, I can do that. What about Joel's sister?” she pried some more.

             
“Not sure yet, that’s club business. You belong to the club, babe, and she took you. Now it's my business to take care of that shit.” He put the truck into drive and pulled out of the ally.

             
Nikki had never seen him so focused and elusive when talking to her. She knew that he ran the club well, but she was seeing him in a new light.

             
“I knew you would come, I knew you would rescue me,” she said, smiling at him.

             
He patted the seat next to him and she scooted to his side. He wrapped an arm around her neck and kissed the top of her head. “I will always rescue you, Sunshine. It's what I do,” he said, referring to their first meeting.

              When they got back to the club house, the guys took Sissy into a back room. Nikki didn't even want to know what was going on back there. Kim was brought into the big room so Scooter, Drifter and Nikki could talk to her. First the guys had their turn of explaining to her about how the club business stays club business, and that she needed to keep this quiet. She needed to come up with a story of why she didn't come home...a spontaneous spa trip or a secret boyfriend. Just as long as none of it came back to the club. No cops! They all made that loud and clear.

             
After they were all done scaring the hell out of her and left, Nikki just sat with her and let her cry. She explained in better terms that the club went by their own laws, and that she just had to keep it quiet but in return, if Kim ever needed anything, to call her and she would make sure it was taken care of. Her car worked on, someone roughed up, or inside info on someone. Kim just sat there in silence, listening to all of it.

             
Finally, Nikki asked her, “Do you want me to take you back to the office, or home?”

             
“I don't want any of you to know where I live,” Kim said in shock, from the last day and a half.

             
“Oh honey, the guys already know all of that. I am not joking when I tell you they play be their own rules,” Nikki told her and stood up, reaching a hand out to her. “Come on. I will take you home. The guys already have your car back at your house. They found it in the barn at the house you showed me, and took it to your house.” She paused and then spoke, “Scooter and I want to make an offer on that property as soon as possible.”

Chapter 15

              Nikki was surprised at how calm she was during the whole kidnapping situation. She just knew without a doubt, Scooter and club would come for her. From the little she heard from her captors, she knew they didn't stand a chance. Todd had bragged about taking the Camaro for a joy ride and if they weren't fighting, she could hear them having sex. Kim had been freaking out the entire time, and kept apologizing to Nikki for the whole thing.