Hot & Wild (De La Cruz Saga) (41 page)

Jessy sees the hombres and starts to tremble.
Oh, dios
mio, please help us. I need to run. I will make it to the boat,
thinks Jessy,
sprinting.

I’m not looking back, I have to make it. My bebe, dios
mio, help us. I have to run faster. Okay, I’m on the beach. Where is the boat?
I don’t see it
, ponders Jessy,
hysterically.
I don’t see the boat. I have to stay calm. I need to know that
Bella and Paty are okay.

Jessy turns to look back, to see if she sees them coming.
Oh, dios mio, I don’t see them. I can’t stop shaking. This is so scary.

I need to locate the boat. Should I walk into the sea?
It is so dark and cold
.

I can’t cry,
thinks Jessy, wiping her tears.
Where is the boat? The moonlight is not
strong enough for me see anything out in the dark ocean
.  
I’m going in
further into the ocean. Dios mio, please help me find the boat.

Oh, I can see the boat. I see the dark outline of the
boat. There are two small inflatable boats waiting for us. Si, I need to hurry
and get in one of those boats. I need to get on the boat.
Frantically, she wades into the sea.

Si, I need to climb up onto this boat. I have to pull myself
up. Huh, someone is helping me up. It is an hombre. Is he a SEAL? I pray that
he is a SEAL,
thinks Jessy, looking
up into the hombre’s face.
I made it. Hmmm, is he another SEAL
?

The SEAL assists Jessy to sit on the boat bench. He
bends down and gives her a towel.

“Thank you,” whispers Jessy, taking the towel from his
manos.

Where are Paty and Bella? Is that Bella yelling?  She
needs help? This SEAL can help
, thinks
Jessy, turning to him. He is shaking his head no
. Damn, what can I do?
Somebody has to help her. Bella is punching the drug soldier with her fists. I
don’t think that she is strong enough to make that bastardo release her. Geeze,
with illumination of the moonlight, it makes it easy to see. I can see the
beach real clearly.

I need to keep up with Jessy
, thinks Paty, running behind her.

Shit, two gun shots hit me. This is real painful. Damn,
I’m falling. I need help
! “Help me! Help
me!” yells Paty, with pain. “I’m shot,” Paty starts to stand, trying to walk
closer to the shore.

Paty hears Bella screaming for help.
I need to help
my prima,
thinks Paty,
wildly running towards Bella as fast as she
can.

I need something to hit that bastardo
, thinks Paty, as she picks up a branch from the
ground.  

Yeah, I’ll hit the bastardo as hard as I can on the
head. He better put my prima down
,
muses Paty, with rage. She runs towards where Bella is attempting to hit the
drug soldier’s head.

Paty is high on adrenaline and doesn’t feel the pain
of the two gun shots in her right thigh. She’s full of fear and rage.

“Help me!” yells Bella.
I need to make him put me
down before he takes me back to la casa
, thinks Bella, horrified.

I’m going to hit his hard head
. Bella flings all the punches that she can.

Paty manages to runs as fast as she can to catch up to
Bella. She takes a swing hitting the hombre in his groin, causing him to go
down onto his knees, and yelling out in excruciating pain, letting go of Bella.

Bella quickly struggles out of his arms and picks up a
rock to hit the bastardo on the head with all of her strength.

Yes, I’m real close to the bastardo now,
thinks Paty
. I need to hit him again. This bastardo
is dead
.

Paty takes another swing, but before she can make the
swing, she’s stopped.

Another drug soldier came up to Paty and grabs her arms.
He tugs the branch from her hands. He swings it across the beach. The drug
soldier laughs and holds her real tight.

“No!” yells Paty, in agonizing pain. She is terrified
and tries to make the bastardo to let her go.

Bella turns as Paty yells. She sees the bastardo that
has Paty in his arms, starting to walk away.

No way in hell will I allow this bastardo to take my
prima,
thinks Bella.
This one is
going down and Paty needs me
.

Bella picks up the branch that the drug soldier had
thrown.

Yes, I’m killing this one
. With rage, Bella runs after the hombre that’s
walking away with Paty.

Bella takes a swing, hitting the drug soldier hard in
the knees, cracking the knee caps. The impact and damage causes the drug
soldier to fold. His grip becomes loose and Paty quickly moves out of his arms.
 

Yes
, thinks Bella,
swinging at his head with all her strength and knocking him out. The hombre
falls forward onto his face with a load, excruciating scream.

Paty and Bella turn to look at each other, smiling.
Si,
we make a great tag team, and all of the play fighting with our hermanos helped
.

Bella then sees that Paty is bleeding. “Prima, your
leg,” says Bella, as Paty faints from the pain and from losing so much blood.  

Bella quickly inspects Paty’s leg.
Oh, dios mio,
Paty has two gun wounds and they’re bleeding like crazy
.

I
need to
do something. I need help to get her to the boat. I will have to drag her, because
I’m not risking leaving her on the beach to get help
, deliberates Bella.

Bella wraps her arms under Paty’s arms and starts to
pull her slowly.
Hmm, my prima is dead weight because I know that she
doesn’t weigh that much
.

Bella starts to get real tired and sits down to take a
deep breath before continuing to pull Paty again.

After a few moments Bella decides to try again, she feels
a hand on her shoulder causing her to yell out in fear.

“Okay, it’s okay,” says Officer Ford, starting to pick
up Paty to carry her to the waiting boat.

Bella realizes that it’s the SEAL officer and breaths
out in relief.
Gracias, dios mio
, thinks Bella, getting up to follow him
into the ocean.

Hmmm, I wonder where Jessy is at
. Bella turns to look back. “We need to get Jessy,”
says Bella, putting a hand on Officer Ford’s arm.

“Jessy is on the boat,” responds Officer Ford, without
looking at her. He continues into the water.

How does he know that,
wonders Bella, looking into the ocean and not seeing
anything?  
Damn, I need to trust him because he knows what he’s doing
.

Okay, I’m staying close to him because I don’t want to
be left behind. I need to get back to Greg
, thinks Bella, feeling an enormous anguishing heartache.

Officer Ford wades into the water a few more feet and
hands Paty over to the SEAL. The SEAL quickly takes Paty down the boat to
inspect her injuries.

He then turns and picks Bella up putting her into the
inflatable boat.
Si, I can see Jessy and she looks okay
, thinks Bella,
with relief.

The SEAL grabs his medical bag and starts to extract
the bullets from Paty’s thigh.

It’s a good thing that it didn’t go in real deep,
thinks the SEAL, extracting the bullet.
 There is another wound, but I see
that the bullet went through and out her thigh. This is good.
He starts to
clean the wounds and applies pressure as it starts to bleed again. Then he dabs
a bit of antiseptic ointment on the wounds.

I need to put some butterfly closures until we get to
the medical department on the ship,
thinks
the SEAL
.
He applies some antiseptic ointment over butterfly enclosures.
Then the SEAL dresses the wounds.
This should be good until she gets stitches
.

Bella sees as the SEAL extracts the bullet.
Oh, dios
mio
, thinks Bella, queasy. She feels sick and leans over to the side of the
boat to vomit.

This is too much. I’m tired and scared
, thinks Bella, turning to look at Jessy. Jessy hands
her a bottle of water.

Jessy doesn’t look well
, thinks Bella. She moves closer to her. “You’re
okay?” asks Bella, concerned with how pale she looks.

“Si,” replies Jessy, looking out into the ocean.

Hmmm, she looks to be in shock. What do I do about it!
I don’t know
, ponders Bella, taking a
drink of water.

Officer Ford turns to the SEAL, putting on his ski
mask. “Take them to the ship and come back,” orders Officer Ford into the mic
getting off the boat.

I need to get to the SEALS and get them out of this hell
hole. Who knows how many are on the compound
, thinks Officer Ford, splashing into the water.

El Mextli yells out in frustration. “Que en la
chengada is happening! Jamie!” yells el Mextli at the top of his lungs. He
walks to the door in his officina.

Jamie is walking down the hall when he hears the gun
shots. He starts to turn to go and investigate when he hears el Mextli call
him.

Damn, what does he want now
, thinks Jamie, turning around to go and see what el
Mextli wants.

“Si?” says Jamie, walking towards el Mextli’s officina.
Hmmm, he’s standing at the door and he looks furious. Damn!

“Que pasa!” demands el Mextli. He gets out his gun, runs
into the hallway and
expects for some
answers.

“I was going to see when you yelled,” replies Jamie,
turning to go to investigate when el Zorro runs down the stairs and heads
straight to el Mextli.

“Mextli, las mujers are not in the room!” yells el
Zorro, turning to look at Jamie “Where did you hide them?”

“Que!” yells out el Mextli, going out of the officina
and down the hall, running up the stairs to the third floor. He looks at the
guards and starts to yell.

“Imbeciles!” roars el Mextli. He goes into the room investigate.
Where are these Viejas?
contemplates el Mextli. H strides to the window
to look outside.
They must have escaped from here, but how
? He turns and
walks out the room.

“Jamie, I want you to wake all of the hombres and look
for the
viejas
!
 When you find them, bring them to la officina!” yells el Mextli, going to the
officina to take a shot of tequila.

This is inconceivable. My plan is going down the drain.
Estos
imbecile
s
are inept. I’m going to hurt estas viejas after they make the call to their familia
.

I will not have any mercy. I’m the lord here in Baja
California and will also be the lord in California
, thinks El Mextli, taking a drink of Tequila.

He’s taking another drink of tequila when Jamie
strides into the officina.

“Mextli, muchos hombres are dead!” says Jamie. “I have
the hombres searching for the mujers.”

Mextli turns to look at his favorite eye candy and
with regret shoots him in the heart.
He’s good for nada
, thinks el
Mextli, with rage.

El Mextli walks out into his yard and looks at what
remains of his army.

Damn, my plans are now on hold. I have to get some
more hombres. My new soldiers need to be strong and vicious. My right arm
hombre needs to be superb, a badass.

I need to leave now before I get killed
, thinks el Mextli
.
“Follow me!” barks el
Mextli at his hombres going to get into his expensive black carro.

Damn, I better hurry and be ready to leave
, thinks his driver.
I don’t want el Mextli to get
pissed off and kill me
.
El Mextli is furious and who knows what he will
do next. He didn’t become the Baja California drug lord because he is sweet
.

The other hombres quickly get into several of the
other vehicles, following el Mextli into the pueblo. El Mextli escapes his
execution.

Several of the remaining men are fighting against the SEAL’s.
The drug soldiers that are left behind don’t stand a chance. The SEAL’s quickly
exterminate the remaining men.

Oh, fucking yes, I’m going back into the room and open
up the door. I’m going to kill the guards
, thinks Christian, climbing up the tree and entering the room.

The door is open and Christian hears the alarm that
went out.
Damn! Now the drug soldiers have been alerted to our presence
,
thinks Christian.
I need to locate el Mextli because I’m going to make him
pay for my familia’s heartache.