Hot & Spicy: De La Cruz Saga (48 page)

“I want to see them. Todos say that they are real bellezas,” said the hombre taking another smoke from his cigarette. “Maybe mañana El Mextli will allow us to taste them.”

“Si, I think he will after they talk to their familias,” said the hombre drinking his cerveza smiling with anticipation. “I can’t wait guey.”

I have heard enough to make me want to run now
, Bella thought, going back into el cuarto to wake up Paty y Jessy.
We need to escape as quickly as possible. We are in a dangerous place with dangerous gente. I think this is the drug cartel that has been calling us. Damn, how did they get to us? We were with our esposos. We went to el baño de mujers, and I went outside to get some fresh air. What happened after that? How did we get here?

“Paty, Jessy, wake up,” whispers Bella with urgency, trying not to make noise and alert the bastardos.
Please, Dios mio, help us escape. I don’t know how long we have been here or where we are at. Does la familia know what has happened? What is Greg doing?
A few tears started to roll down her hermosa cara, but she is trying not to break down. We all need to be strong and stay alert. Taking a deep breath, Bella attempts again to wake Paty y Jessy. Paty y Jesse will not wake up.
I wonder why? Did these bastardos drug us? I don’t think that they have touched us because we all look like our clothing is intact. They did take off our zapatos. Hmmm where are our zapatos
? Bella thought, looking around el cuarto. The cuarto is painted white with black-tile floor.
This place is empty except for las camas y baño. There is nothing that we can use as a weapon to defend ourselves.

Bella raised her leg up.
I need to get this chain off. Damn, these idiots aren’t so dumb. They put a plastic strap around mi ankle and thick chain attached to the strap. This will be painful and hard to get off. They did put the damn strap real tight. Hmmm I need to wake them up.
“Paty, Jessy,” whispers Bella, shaking them as strong as she can.
Damn, they are out. They are alive because I can feel the heartbeat
, she thought, holding their wrists to check their pulse.
Hmmm … I wonder what time it is. What time was that call supposed to take place? Do we have time to escape?

Bella takes a deep breath, trying to stay calm and to think.
For right now we will not have these animals try to rape us. Oh dios mio, please protect us. Dios mio, I think that I’m pregnant. Please don’t allow these animals to hurt us,
she prays, trying to control her tears and fears.
What if these hombres rape us? Will our esposos still want us? Love us
? She thought with pain in her corazon.
Greg, I love you. Help us.

I need to wake them up, and if I have to I will get some agua from el baño
, thought Bella, shaking them harder. “Paty, Jessy, I need you to wake up. I’m scared and I need you to be awake,” whispers Bella with a knot in her throat.

Paty starts to open her ojos slowly.
Hmmm … I’m so tired. What does Bella want? Where is Carlos?
She thought, opening her ojos real quick to look around. “What’s happening?” asks Paty, looking at Bella trying to wake Jessy, “Dime?”
Hmmm … why are we chained up and where are we. I need to go to el baño
, she thought, getting up and seeing a door.
It has to be a baño because I have to go now. Damn, mis legs don’t want to move, and I have to go
, thought Paty, forcing her legs to move.
Finally mis legs are working and are not numb.
She walks as fast as she can.
Si, I made it
, she thought with relief, looking at el baño.
Well, at least the baño is sort of clean. Okay, now I need to find out where we are and why are we chained up
, thought Paty.

Walking out into el cuarto, Paty sees as Jessy starts to wake up.
Damn, did they drug us? Oh no dios mio, will this drug harm our bebes?
Paty hurries to Bella y Jessy, trying to hear what Bella is telling Jessy in a low tone.

“We’re locked up and chained up. I don’t know where we’re at. I heard some hombres at the window talking about raping us as soon as we talked to la familia in the morning,” said Bella, wiping her tears from her cara. “We need to not alert them that we are awake.”

Paty hears and starts to tremble with fear.
I need to sit down
. “What are we going to do?” asks Paty, trying to control her tears. “We need to get out of here.”

“Si, we do, and I don’t know how,” said Bella, trying to take control of her emotions. “We need to see if the guards are still outside the window. I think that there are some guards outside this door.”

“Si, they have to be some guards,” said Jessy, getting up slowly to get to el baño.
Si, I really need to get to el baño. El bebe is on mi bladder
, she thought with a grin.
Oh dios mio, please protect us y mi bebe. Jose Enrique please come and rescue us
, thought Jessy, wiping her tears.
How in the hell did we get here? Where are we? All I remember is being at the club with mi vida. We went to el baño de mujers. Then what?
Jessy hurries out into el cuarto going to sit next to Paty y Bella.

They hold each other and try to be supportive and encouraging. “We need to be strong and smart,” said Bella taking deep breaths.

“Si, we need to escape. I don’t want those animals to touch me,” said Jessy. “They might hurt mi bebe,” she said while wiping her tears from her ojos with her lower lip, trembling.

“Si, I think I’m pregnant too,” said Bella, wiping her tears, thinking of Greg.

“Oh si, I wanted to take a blood test to see if I’m pregnant,” said Paty, holding her tummy. “Estos animals can hurt our bebes.”

All three are crying with fear for their unborn bebe. They are holding onto each other for support.

CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
 

THE
NAVY
RECEIVES
A
CALL
from CIA director Young from CIA Crime and Narcotics Center to request their assistance in rescuing Jessy, Bella, y Paty.

The phone rings in the early hours of the morning, and the Navy Admiral Chief of Naval Operations commander answers, “Good morning, Navy Admiral Chief commander Williams,” said the Navy admiral, waiting to hear what is so urgent.

“Yes, this is CIA director Young from the CNC department. The CIA has an urgent mission. We are requesting assistance from the Navy SEALs in rescuing three young American ladies that have been kidnapped by the new drug cartel drug lord that is located in Baja California. I have the intel on the kidnapping to assist the SEALs to insert and to extract these young ladies,” said Director Young, waiting for the Navy Admiral Chief Commander’s response. “This is a crucial and urgent extraction mission. The kidnapping of this young ladies occurred at approximately 2200.”

“Director Young give me all the intel so I can give the orders to the Navy SEAL commander for immediate deployment,” said Commander Williams, walking over to his desk to write down the intel.

This is exactly what our SEALs are trained for. We have the perfect team for this extraction, and it will be a success. I have confidence in my team of SEALs,
thought the admiral Williams.

“Yes, I have all the intel and the air flights record that indicates the location where the three young ladies are being held,” he said, giving the Navy admiral Williams the intel details. “I will e-mail the intel.”

“Yes, Director Young, we got the intel, and we will have the Navy SEAL teams deployed immediately after the briefing,” said Admiral Williams, thrilled on the new mission, looking at the e-mail to review the intel.

“Thank you, Admiral Williams,” said CIA director Young, ending the call. The Navy SEAL admiral Williams went over to the table calling out to his captain Chan and lieutenant commander Ramirez to brief them of the situation. “We need to have all this intel reviewed and verified. We need to confirm the exact location of this dangerous drug cartel that has three young civilians in his clutches. Here is an air flight record showing the route and time of the flight going into Baja California at approximately 2400,” said the admiral Williams, looking at his men.

“Admiral Williams, we need to confirm this air flight record. If it is accurate we can deploy our SEALs, the eight-team specialized operators for extraction. Our Navy SEALs are ready now for our orders,” said the lieutenant commander Ramirez, looking at the map of Baja California as he got the air flight record confirmed from his master chief petty officer Green.

Lieutenant Commander Ramirez looked at the air record and went to the map of Baja California to correlate the exact location of the drug cartel lord villa where the civilians are being kept.

“It appears the villa is located on the pacific coast of Baja California. These are the exact coordinates where the drug cartel establishment is located. The location has mountains to the north and south of the main structure. On the east runs the national highway that runs north to south, parallel to the hot spot. There are also some small towns. One small town is located to the north of the northern mountain and one small town to the south of the southern mountain. The establishment appears to have a private road that comes off the national highway leading to the drug lair, the villa. It looks to be quite some miles from the national highway,” said Lieutenant Commander Ramirez. “The pacific coast is on the west. The ocean provides an excellent access point to infiltrate into the hot zone.”

“It appears to be a fairly easy mission to infiltrate and extract,” said Captain Chan, looking at the map. “Now we need you to go and brief the SEALs.”

“Yes, sir,” said Lieutenant Commander Ramirez, walking out with copies of all the intel to give to the SEALs.
I know that they are ready now. When we have a mission we immediately put them on standby as we gather the intel. We should be able to extract these young ladies fairly quick.

The Navy SEAL lieutenant commander Ramirez went to talk to the Special Operations Team Operators Officer Ford. “Officer Ford, here is the intel for you to brief your team. It should be a fairly easy mission,” said SOTO Officer Ford, turning to look at the team. He looks into each team operator’s ojos to see their excitement.
Yes, this is what the SEAL lives for
, he thought.

Officer Ford hands each operator the file to go over the intel, walking back to the turn on the laptop with the overhead to review the intel. “The mission is the extraction of three American young ladies that have been kidnapped by the new drug cartel in Baja California, El Mextli. He is new and eager to prove his strength, position by being ruthless and vicious. The three young ladies are members of a wealthy American family in California. The kidnapping is the attempt of El Mextli to force this family to associate with the cartel for money laundering. This family refused to associate, and the El Mextli is hell bent on forcing the family,” said SOTO Officer Ford, turning to look at the photos that are on display on the screen.

He listens to all of the men’s comments on the beauty of the three young ladies.
They definitely are three beauties
, he thought, turning to look at the men. He stopped at Christian De La Cruz’s cara that is reflecting the torture and pain he is feeling and right next to him is another operator that is also showing the same emotions.
What is this all about?
“Is there a problem?” asks the SOTO Officer Ford, looking at Chris and Gabriel.

“Sir, we need to expedite this extraction. The young ladies are my sister and cousins,” said Chris in a tortured voz, looking straight ahead.

Chris is trying to keep control of his emotions, hearing the loud sounds of surprise from the team.

“Sir, they are my in-laws,” said Gabriel, controlling his emotions not wanting to risk getting taken out of this mission. “Time is ticking, and our family is in grave danger.”

Lieutenant Commander Ramirez and SOTO Officer Ford stand in front of Christian and Gabriel, wondering if they need be taken out of this mission.

They will also refuse because they want to make sure that their family is safe. Who would have known that we have a wealthy SEAL?
“De La Cruz?” asks Lieutenant Commander Ramirez, seeing the family resemblance.
Hmmm … what will be the best course to take?
“Will this jeopardize the extraction mission? Can you handle yourself under this painful and extremely stressful situation?” asks Lieutenant Commander Ramirez.

“Yes, sir,” said Christian, not wanting to get taken out of this mission. I have to be there and make sure that mi hermana y primas are safely extracted. “I will deal.”

“Yes, sir, I need to go on this mission,” said Gabriel, knowing that he had to be there for la familia on so many different levels.

The Lieutenant Commander Ramirez stands right there in front of Chris and Gabriel, evaluating the situation. He looks into their caras to see what type of emotions they are under.
I know this sucks. If it was my family that was kidnapped I would want to go to make sure that I did everything in my power to get my family out of the ruthless clutches of the drug cartel. I know that these men are the best and have had extensive specialized training in this type of hostage extractions. I really don’t think that their skills will be slowed or distracted. I firmly believe that they will be even more determined and ruthless to have a successful extraction. I really can’t blame them. I would kill every single animal in that compound.

“De La Cruz, Corona, I will allow you to continue to participate in this extraction mission. I believe that your skills will be sharper than ever. We will allow you the authority to use on your discretion to eliminate every single element that is in your path to a successful extraction,” he said with hard, evil gleam.

Chris looks into the Lieutenant Commander Ramirez’s ojos and is relieved to see that he is being allowed to continue on this extraction mission but also was given authority to kill these bastardos.
Yes, this is going to be good because I will not show any mercy on these animals.
“Thank you, sir,” said Chris, looking into his ojos.

“Thank you, sir,” said Gabriel, relieved that he will be with Chris to help him get las primas a casa.

“Time to deploy,” said SOTO Officer Ford as he turns walking out of the cuarto going down the hall to the waiting helicopter with the team right behind him.

This really sucks for De La Cruz and Corona. I know each one on this team is going to work extra hard to eliminate these animals from the face of this planet,
Officer Ford thought
.

The team SEAL operators are in the helicopter and are ready to deploy. Every team operator is thinking that Chris has incredibly beautiful sister and cousins.
Wow we didn’t even know how wealthy he is. Chris has always been one of us and never appeared to be anything else. We need to make sure that we get his family out of there and back to their home.

Chris and Gabriel are praying that they get there in time to save Bella, Paty, and Jessy.

Dios mio, por favor help mi team y yo to be strong and smart. Give us strength to rescue mi hermana y primas
, prays Chris.

Dios mio, help us rescue Bella, Paty, y Jessy
, prays Gabriel, trying not to give into fear and keep tight control of his nerves.
This could have been mi Erica. I can just imagine how Jose Enrique, mi hermanos, Carlos and Greg, are now feeling
, thought Gabriel.

El Mextli lives in opulent comfort in Baja California in a one-hundred-fifty-year-old colonial-style villa located in the center of the valley that reaches the sea. The hermosa villa has four master suites, a gourmet kitchen, three wet bars, living and dining room with powder room, four balconies, and two terraces to view charming, enchanting views of the ocean.

The quiet atmosphere conceals the ruthless, malicious creature that has taken control of Baja California. The oasis of the gardens is ideal for lovely, romantic strolls through the fragrant gardens. The gorgeous beaches and surf on the Pacific Ocean displaying romantic Mexican sunsets and amazing star-filled skies. The moonlight illuminated the spectacular beach and villa.

The Navy SEALs team operators are momentarily stunned with the beauty that this animal is surrounded in. To put it simply this beast is enjoying the luxury that most individuals dream about. The peaceful atmosphere of the villa is ideal for the body, mind, and soul.

It is approximately 0300 when the Navy SEALs finally land. The SEALs immediately separate and proceeded in different directions into the drug lord domain. Christian and Gabriel progressed swiftly through the bush and eliminated every single drug soldier that they encountered.

The other SEAL operators are fueled by anger and are also moving fast through the terrain. Each operator is enraged with the situation that Chris’s family is in. It is a matter of minutes that the entire villa is surrounded by the Navy SEALs operators.

The team officer Ford decided to send Chris and Gabriel to get their family. The young ladies will feel better knowing that they are being rescued by their own.

“De La Cruz, Corona, two guards below a window on south indicates possible location of goods and extract.”

Chris and Gabriel did not wait for any further orders and are on it. Immediately Chris and Gabriel are twisting the necks of each guard and pulling them behind the bushes. Effortlessly they climb up the trees and onto the balcony that allows the access to the cuarto.

The window is slightly open. We will figure out how to take them down without them getting hurt
, thought Chris slowly landing onto the balcony. He leans close to the window looking in.
Si, they are in here.
Chris signals that they are in the cuarto with relief.

He slowly opens the window and softly enters, hearing them crying.
Damn, they are scared to death
, he thought with worry and rage going to them.
I need to take off mi mask before I terrify them.
He takes off his mask and smiles at them. He quickly signals for them to be quiet, acknowledging their relief.