The Mafia's Diamond

It was a last-minute bar tending shift or so Kitty thought; but as soon as she walked into “The Nighthawk” she had a feeling something was way off!!! She was headed back behind the bar when the manager approached her suddenly.

“Aaaaahhhhh Kitty perfect, perfect thank you so much for coming in on such short notice!! Now I know I asked you to pick up as a bartender but there’s been a change. I’m gonna need you to dance and help out in the VIP section.” Jack said with a wicked grin on his face while Star and Rusty came and stood behind her.

“Ooohhh, you lying son of a bitch I would still have come in but I would have been prepared I-I’m only in my street clothes!” Kitty growled as she jerked away from whoever was putting their hand on her left shoulder. Tears started falling slowly down her cheeks as Star slowly approached her.

“Hey, hey pretty kitty it’s gonna be ok you’ve danced before; you know how to work the pole a helluva lot better than certain porn queens around here!! Jack is an asshole for lying to you but don’t worry about not having an outfit…sissy always has your back you know that.” Star said wrapping her arms around Kitty and slowly walking them both over to a couple of empty bar stools and they both sat down.

“Yeah Star I dance, I work the pole but you know I-I-I’m not comfortable being naked!! That’s why I always wanna work the bar.” Kitty said while as she quickly wiped the tears from her eyes and turned to Star intertwining their hands. Rusty came up and ordered them some drinks and sat down to the left of Kitty.

“Oh, baby girl Star’s right you’ve got nuthin to worry about with you keeping yer clothes on and if any of these clowns tries anything…I’ll knock um the fuck out.” Rusty said as he downed a shot of whiskey while Kitty and Star drank soda. Suddenly Jack rushed up looking quite concerned!!

“Alright if the three of you are finished with the therapy session Rusty, Star would you please escort Kitty to the back Celseste she already has an outfit for you. Since you’re so insistent on dancing not stripping you’re going on first. Then you’ll assist Star in the VIP lounge.” Jack ranted as the three of them got up and headed to the back…as Rusty was walking by Jack suddenly latched onto his left arm with a vice like grip!! “I don’t know what kind of game you think you’re playing but you’re going to get burned if you don’t back the fuck off!!” He growled in Rusty’s ear.

“Hmmm well it’s not like you or your friends can really do anything so you’re the one who can fuck off Jack. Now excuse me I need to catch up with Star and Kitty.” Rusty growled back snatching his arm out of Jack’s grip and power walked quickly catching up with the two girls as they walked into the back where other dancers where scrambling to get ready. The three of them walked over to the seamstress table where a woman in her late 30’s to early 40’s was sitting down hemming a skirt.

“Hey Kitty oooohhhh Jack didn’t tell you that you’d be dancing huh? Tsk what an asshole but sugah don’t worry I always take care of you right?! Now I know that you’re into cosplay and supernatural…well honey I hope I didn’t disappoint!” Celseste said with a smile looking up to see who was approaching her. She put the skirt she was hemming down and came around the table; grabbed Kitty by the hand and practically dragged her to a mannequin and Kitty just stared at it with her mouth ajar. “H-hey what’s the matter luv don’t you like it?”

“Oh-no Celeste i-i-it’s perfect!!! I love it, it’s just sooo cute…a Neko; you even gave me ears a tail and heels too?!! How did you know blue is my favorite color?!” Kitty squealed with delight while Star went to the mannequin unzipped the dress and quickly handed it to Kitty.

“Sorry KitKat but for some reason Jack’s ready to bust a blood vessel so we should get a move on ok?” Star said as Kitty took the dress and quickly changed. Reemerging still wearing her sneakers Rusty approached knelt down untied her sneakers; taking the left one off first he removed her sock slid the heel on and did the same with her right as though she were Cinderella.

“Oh, baby girl yer looking so very sexy right now! Now we just need to get the ears and tail on and get your ass out on the stage.” Rusty said with a smirk as Celeste looked at her and just smiled.

“Ooooffff KitKat as hot as you’re lookin right now those pigtails…uuuuuuuummmmm no they gotta go!!! C’mon we’ll get you fixed up…Celeste you know how to French braid right? Not that you need a lot but just a touch o makeup!!” Star said as she ushered Kitty towards her vanity. Celeste quickly followed with the tail and ears as Kitty sat down in the chair. Much to their dismay they heard a familiar whiney obnoxious voice.

“Ugh is this a Halloween show or is this a strip club?! Well, when your too scared to take your clothes off when you work in a strip club you’ve gotta do something to bring the customers in!!” Evelyn said with a crude laugh as she sauntered in a Long Island Iced Tea in her hand.

“Ignore the skank over there baby girl; you know she’s jealous on account of your natural grace and rhythm not to mention that smoking hot body.” Rusty said as he shot a death glare at Evelyn. This stupid skag bitch better shut her fucking mouth before I shut it for her!!

“Ummm does anyone have any spray detangler? We need to get this hair looking proper!! Oh, there we go thanks Roxy!!” Celeste said as another dancer approached and set the spray bottle on the vanity. She picked it up; drenched Kitty’s hair and started gently pulling first a brush and then a comb through the chocolate hair streaked with purple. Working quickly Celeste had Kitty’s hair French braided, the cat ears placed and a multitude of pins securing it while Star lightly painted her face. As Kitty stood and walked around the chair Celeste clipped the tail around her waist.

“Oh, god damn Celeste you really outdid yourself this time!!” Diamond squealed happily as she rushed over practically drooling. She ran her hands over the fabric and the fluffy tail. “Oh Celeste d-d-do you think you could possibly do something like this for me too?”

“Yeah, hunny notta problem you know I always take care of my girls! KitKat you look purrfect hehehe sorry couldn’t help it!! Now please hurry up Jack’s gonna kill what few brain cells he has left!!” Celeste responded giving Kitty a slight slap on the butt. Kitty rolled her eyes and started walking towards the stage.

“Humph go right ahead Diamond if you wanna lose customers and money that’s fine!! I’ll be more than happy to take your customers!” Evelyn said as she cackled while Tallia and Shiva walked up and joined in. Suddenly all three of them were slammed into the wall by a beam of Royal blue fiery psionic energy!!

“Star please get Kitty on the stage before Jack’s head explodes…I need to talk to the skag triplets!! Huni relax I’ll be there in a minute and if anyone starts anything before I do get there Noah, Adam and Axel will handle it.” Rusty said as the two young women quickly walked out; then he stormed over to the trio he had pinned to the wall!! “Now as for the three of you…unless y’all want your dirty little secrets to come out you’ll fucking leave everyone alone especially Star and Kitty.

“Aaawwww what’s the matter Rusty you haven’t punched that v-card yet?!! God how fucking pathetic can you get?!!” Evelyn said with a wicked look in her eyes; Tallia and Shiva just started howling in laughter. Their laughter suddenly stopped as rings of that same psionic energy formed around and started tightening around their necks.

“What’s that I can’t hear you!! I think you just said you’re right Rusty we regret our stupid childlike behavior and we’ll never do it again!!” Rusty snarled dropping the three women to the ground.

“Yeah I got it Rusty I’ll lay off.” Tallia croaked as the energy ring disappeared she got up and stormed off to get ready for her set.

“That goes for me too Rusty!! I just wanna dance and make an ass load of money I could give two shits about whatever drama is going on!! Evelyn you’re on your own.” Shiva said rising quickly and following after Tallia.

“That just leaves you Evelyn so what’s it gonna be? Are you gonna use the virus sized brain cell you have and make a smart decision for once oooooorrrr are you gonna keep running that mouth of yours?” Rusty said crouching down in front of her as Evelyn still struggled and squirmed. “Last chance to make a wise decision.”

“A-a-aight I’ll lay off get this fucking thing offa me!!” Evelyn struggled to speak when the psionic ring suddenly disappeared. She was on her feet in an instant storming away from him crying hysterically. “Y-y-y-you’re gonna regret this Rusty…just wait till Jack hears about this!!!”

“Go ahead and tell him bitch!!” Rusty called as she stormed away; he started walking towards the stage. Stopping for a moment he took in a deep breath held it and then exhaled to calm down a bit. “Now time to see how baby girl is doing.” As he walked back into and around the club he noticed Noah was handling someone who had gotten to touchy with a girl in a private room, Axel was near the bar while Adam was near the stage death-glaring as a group of college frat boys who were cat-calling Kitty.

“Dude where the hell have you been? Kitty’s halfway through her second song and these fucktarded bastards keep inching their way closer…she keeps looking at me and I know she’s been wondering where you’re at?” Adam said loudly enough to be heard in spite of the music. “I’ve had my hands full with…shit here we go again!!” One of the frat boys was heading towards the stage and Adam managed to stop him while another climbed up.

“Hey, mother fucker get offa the stage!!! Let go of me right now!!” Kitty shrieked as the frat boy got onto the stage grabbed her right hand and started kissing it. She was about to use her pyrokinetic abilities when Rusty intervened. He was instantly on the stage grabbing the frat boy by the hair; ripping his hand off of hers and wrenching it behind his back!!! Lifting him off his feet with ease Rusty plowed through the club headed straight for the exit, the friends of the frat boy quickly followed!! One of them raised his left hand and a green energy beam shot forth right at Rusty. “Rusty watch out!!” A barrier of fire appeared on Rusty’s back that the energy beam bounced off of. He didn’t to notice as he reached the exit and flung the guy out and he landed on his ass.

“Yer gonna regret doing that!!! No one treats my boy like trash and gets away with it!!” The frat boy who shot the green energy beam growled when suddenly he was grabbed from behind!!

“Hey Rusty, how have you been it’s really good to see you!!” Marcus said as he treated the young man the same way Rusty had just done!! “Now then would anyone else like to try something stupid like this?”

“Oh, hey Marcus, I’ve been fine just fine hey thanks for the assist here. I didn’t know Andreas was coming in tonight. I’m sure Jack will be thrilled to see him…I gotta go check on Kitty but I’ll see you guys later?” Rusty said taking Marcus’s hand and they embraced each other. After a moment Rusty released Marcus and headed back to the stage where a visibly shaken Kitty was just standing there frozen and on the verge of a panic attack. “Whoa, whoa, whoa Kitty calm down ok; come with me we’re gonna get off the stage now.” He slowly reached up and grabbed her hands, gently pulling her down they walked towards a side door. Star appeared out of nowhere, wrapped her left around Kitty’s shoulders and the three of them were about to walk out when they heard a familiar irritating grating voice behind them and they stopped.

“Umm excuse me where the fuck do the three you think you’re going?!! I just heard Mr. Bellacor is here Star you need to get your ass up to the VIP lounge right now; Kitty I don’t know what the fuck happened but get back up on stage immediately!!” Jack ranted and raved like a lunatic as he rushed up to the trio. “Oh, god this is all I fucking need right now is the boss showing up outta the blue!”

“Hhhhmmm it sounds like you aren’t happy to see me Jack and judging by the chaos we seem to be missing a few girls. Now that’s strange because I recall you hired a rather large number of girls recently.” Andreas Bellacor said as he and three of his enforcers Marcus being one walked up. “Rusty, Star always a pleasure to see you and Kitty isn’t it? I usually see you behind the bar don’t I? Although I must say you are quite an amazing dancer and I’m so sorry for what happened. We seem to be short on bouncers too huh Jack? I’m pretty sure Kitty needs a minute to calm down after her scare which is where Rusty and Star were taking her so please go. Star, please take your time about coming to us but bring both of them with you.”

“Andreas this is quite a surprise!!! Yes I did hire a number of girls recently but you know how these things go they want more money, they don’t show up or they find other places to work; same with the bouncers.” Jack said talking a mile a minute while he fidgeted with his hands. Fuck Darien’s scouts are supposed to be here any minute!!!! All hell’s gonna break lose if Andreas or his goon squad sees them. I don’t know what the fuck kinda info Rusty’s got but I can’t let it fall into Adrian’s hands!!

“KitKat calm down everything’s ok; alright look at me right in the eyes…we’re gonna inhale 1,2,3,4,5 hold 1,2,3,4 and exhale 5,4,3,2,1. Alright good now we’re gonna do that again inhale 1,2,3,4,5 hold 1,2,3,4 and exhale 5.4.3.2.1 you’re doing great ok now just a few more inhale 1,2,3,4,5 hold 1,2,3,4 and exhale 5.4.3.2.1 ok see everything is fine.” Star reacted quickly when Kitty started to hyperventilate and got her to slow her breathing down before she passed out. She, Kitty and Rusty were outside. Kitty was leaning against the building; Star was on her left and Rusty was on her right.

“Oh, baby girl I’m so sorry I wasn’t there for you; I know Adam did the best he could but still I’m sorry. Jack’s running this place into the god damn ground since he clearly doesn’t give a fuck!! Stupid fucking asshole…Oh uhhhh sorry about that I’m just ranting to myself.” Rusty said as he noticed the girls looking at him like he had a second head.

“It’s ok Rusty I know you can’t be everywhere I-I-I just froze when he jumped onto the stage. Thanks sissy for helping me slow my breathing down so I wouldn’t pass out, and thanks both of you for being here with me.” Kitty said as her face grew hot and her cheeks turned read with embarrassment. She started fidgeting with her hands and after a few minutes she turned and walked back into the club. “C’mon guys let’s go back inside before Jack’s head really does explode!! I’m not going back on stage tonight though that’s for sure!!”

“Oh, silly lil kitten your sissy always has your back you know?! Yeah, we better get back and I need to get to the VIP lounge ASAP!!! Although Jack did say you were supposed to help me out and since you don’t wanna get back on stage…let’s go!” Star said happily while the three of them headed upstairs to the VIP lounge. “Hhhhheeyyyyy guys I’m sorry it took me so long to get up here!!!! What can I get you?”

“Star honey I told you there was no rush; Rusty it’s good to see you again please don’t just stand there you and Kitty have a seat!! Are you ok Kitty? We saw how those frat boys kept getting too close to the stage despite Adam being there. College is supposed to educate young people but evidently it doesn’t give them manners.” Andreas spoke first to Star and then gestured for her two companions to sit down. Rusty was the first to sit, which left the spot on the couch to Andreas’s right available!! Kitty blushed and fidgeted for a moment and then she sat down.

“I-I-I’m ok and yes normally I work as a bartender; I do dance it’s just well I-I-I’m not comfortable taking my clothes off!! Which I know is weird given that I work in a strip club but t-t-that’s why I usually work as a bartender.” Kitty said stammering a little while Adrian just listened and then took her left hand in his.

“Oh, my dear there’s nothing weird at all about not doing something you’re not comfortable with my dear. But I already said you are quite an amazing dancer so you not stripping is a moot point with your abilities. I do wonder if you’d be willing to perform a private dance for me? Strictly dancing I’d never force you to do anything you’re not comfortable with or ready for.” Andreas responded when Jack suddenly appeared.

“What the hell is going on up here?!! Kitty why are you and Rusty just sitting here I told you to get your ass back on stage!! And Rusty you need to be downstairs making sure bullshit like that doesn’t happen again.” Jack was shouting almost like a three year old having a temper tantrum but once Andreas stood up he very wisely shut his mouth.

“Well, you obviously didn’t hear me earlier when I told Star to bring Rusty and Kitty with you!!! I don’t know what you’re doing to my club Jack but I’m very displeased with how far down it’s gone…I’m giving you three months to change all of this or I will find another manager. Now Kitty will not be performing on stage tonight anymore because of the fiasco earlier; Rusty will remain at her and Star’s side is that clear?” Andreas calmly but firmly stated. Jack didn’t respond but quickly turned around and went back downstairs.

“Uuuuuuummmm lemme think about it while I help Star with your drink order? Oh gosh Maisy’s swamped and she’ll be having the panic attack if you drop this order on her right now.” Kitty responded as she hopped up off the couch and Star pulled out her pad & pen.

“Ooooohhhhh yeah the bar is very busy right now…alright what are we drinking tonight fellas?” Star quickly looked at the bar then glanced at Kitty with a grimace and waited patiently for the men to place their orders.

“I’d like a bottle of Merlot; two shots of whiskey and a shot of tequila, a margarita, a sidecar, and a Jack & Coke, Star please take your time there’s no rush.” The four enforcers placed their orders and then Andreas placed his. Both of them are much too pure to be working in a place like this. Andreas thought to himself eyeing both Star and especially Kitty.

“Alright KitKat c’mon let’s help Maisy stay afloat and then we’ll bang these out!” Star cried mischievously as she and Kitty quickly walked down the stairs and made their way to the bar. The lone bartender was on the verge of tears but she would not let them fall!! She looked up as the two women approached and a smile as big as the moon appeared on her face as they walked behind the bar and started helping out.

“Maisy relax honey we gotcha it’s gonna be ok just breathe; what orders can we start working on?” Star asked giving Maisy a much needed hug as she and Kitty walked behind the bar. Fucking idiot, he knew it was gonna be packed tonight why didn’t he hire more staff?

“Oh my god Star, Kitty thank you ssssooo much!!! I just don’t understand what Jack’s doing?? He knows we need two bartenders at minimum three is better!!! We need more staff period this can’t keep going!!! Ok let’s get this done…alright ummm Star why don’t you start with these three tickets please and Kitty can you do these three? Whoever gets done first can start on the next four?” Maisy said quickly wiping the tears from her eyes as the three made short work of all the tickets and soon the chaos around the bar was gone. “Oh god Star you’re in the VIP lounge…that means Mr. Bellacor and his entourage have been waiting for their drinks while the two of you were keeping me from drowning?!!” She said suddenly looking like a deer caught in a vehicles’ headlights!! Star looked to see Andreas his “entourage” and Rusty walking down the stairs and headed towards the bar.

“That’s ok Maisy I see how chaotic it is in here; my friends and I are happy to wait! But Kitty have you thought about my request for a private dance?” Andreas said ruffling Maisy’s hair while Star and Kitty quickly prepared the large order. Kitty looked up her face beet red and she nearly dropped the glass in her hand.

“Oh, that woulda been disastrous it woulda landed in the ice well!! Aight Star I’ve got the Jack & Coke and the Side car as well as the bottle of Merlot. That means you should have the two shots of whiskey and a shot of tequila plus the margarita.” Kitty tried to ignore Andreas’s question and focus on the drinks; to no avail as Andreas approached her and just stared with those piercing blue eyes!

“I got um KitKat let’s go!!” Star happily responded while they left the bar and returned to the VIP lounge, Rusty remained to order another whiskey and some sodas for his two favorite girls. Oh, my fucking god he’s asking her for a private dance?!! I don’t know if KitKat’s gonna be able to do it!!! Oooooooohhhhh that’d make Evelyn and her trolls so mad they’d fucking spit fire…hhhhmmmmm sorry KitKat but sissy’s gonna hafta make you come outta your comfort zone tonight. She thought to herself while the pair set the trays down and handed out the drinks. Rusty soon appeared handing Kitty her favorite Pepsi and Star was drinking Sprite.

“Thanks a lot Rusty!!! I really needed this…mmmmmhhhh is it hot in here to anyone else?” Kitty tried to steady her nerves but when Andreas sat down next to her, she couldn’t help but giggle. She guzzled her Pepsi and quickly turned her head covering her mouth as a belch came out. She tried to either keep her head down or looking to the right but Andreas wasn’t having it. He placed two fingers gently under her chin and slowly tilted her head up and turned it so she was facing him.

“Kitty look at me please…would you grant me the honor of being your first private dance?” He asked again smiling as she again turned beet red!!! A couple of his enforcers were grinning like the Chesire cat while the other two were snickering…only to be silenced with a stern look from their boss!!! You fucking idiots need to shut up or she’s going to withdraw further into her shell!!

“Baby girl I think you should do it; it’ll give you a chance to get rid of any negativity from that asshole earlier. You know you’re a damn great dancer…besides it’s ok for you to come outta your shell every once in a while.” Rusty said sitting in a chair next to her and kissing her cheek which again cause more blood and heat to shoot up into her cheeks.

“The old goat’s right KitKat you need to blossom just a little. Besides just think of how jealous, envious and plain damn mad it’s gonna make Evelyn, Tallia & Shiva!” Star said with a wink as she nudged Kitty’s back.

“Sigh a-a-alright Andreas alright I’ll give you a private dance.” Kitty said as he stood and took her hand gently pulling her up. They descended down the stairs to a private room Star frequently used. Turning the knob, she found the room wasn’t in use; they entered and Kitty locked the door. Andreas sat down on the couch and as the music started she straddle him. “I-I’m a little scared I-I don’t really know what I’m doing!!

“Relax kitten just start grinding on me and we’ll take it from there.” Came the response as well as a kiss on the lips, slow with just a hint of passion. As she slowly started grinding he placed his hands on her ass and gently fondled her. Slowly moving his hands up to her back he gently pulled her closer, close enough for him to bury his face in her chest which he gladly did! Suddenly he picked her up and she instinctually wrapped her legs around him as he kissed and nibbled on her neck. “Oh god you’re so beautiful lil kitten!” She pulled away hopped onto the pole spinning around to the ground and doing a slow backflip!! Then she started twerking and he playfully smacked her ass causing her to yelp in surprise!!!

“Oh, sweet innocent lil kitten do me the great honor of going on a date with me?” Andreas asked and she stood frozen for a moment! Quickly recovering she resumed gyrating and dropped down almost to the floor he could feel his cock getting hard! “C’mere kitten lemme make use of those lips!!” He wrapped his arms around her waist and sat down on the couch and he started kissing her slowly at first then it became more voracious and passionate. Her mouth was open a little and he took that as an invitation to slide his tongue into her mouth. Meanwhile back in the VIP lounge Rusty, Star and the enforcers are sitting around in awe of what they just saw and what exactly was going on!!

“Damn I’ve never seen him like this; he’s smitten that’s for sure!!” Marcus was heard saying as he poured another glass from the Merlot. “Usually, he’s peeling girls offa him since they throw themselves at him!!”

“Eh-hem not all of us throw ourselves at him thank you very much!!! I’ve never seen a man act like that with KitKat…the stupid frat boys are sadly too common.” Star said shooting a look of death at Marcus who just simply grinned like the Cheshire cat!!! “Christ Marcus cut it out or I’ll knock that Cheshire cat grin offa your face and your teeth down your throat!!! Neither of us has had a great life but we’ve always looked out for one another. Anyone who even thinks about hurting her is gonna have a Jupiter sized problem…me!!!”

“Alright cool it demonic she-wolf before I get the fire extinguisher!!!! Andreas is hard when it comes to business but he’d never force anything with a lady!!” Blade said as he helped himself to a glass of Merlot! Marcus looked as though Blade had just shot his dog!!! “Jeez what’s the problem you weren’t planning on finishing this whole bottle yourself were you Marcus?”

“Sigh no Blade I wasn’t still it woulda been nice if you’d asked!! Sssssoooo Star tell me a story… specifically, your story. How’d you and Kitty meet, what’s your favorite color, are you single?” Marcus grinned again as the last question came out and he moved closer to Star.

“Oh, wow you’re just going right for it huh? Yes, I’m single Marcus it seems guys find me a bit intense!!! My favorite color hhhhmmmmm it’s a toss between blue and purple and as to how KitKat and I met mmmmmhhhh that’s a story that’ll hafta wait for another time. Ugh Jack’s looking up here and he’s also looking like his head is going to start spinning like in the “Exorcist”!!! Sigh I’d better find out what the fuck’s ruffling his feathers now!!! He said I’d be working here in the VIP lounge and KitKat would be helping me so what in the hell is his problem?!” Star said smiling at first as Marcus boldly held her hand and kissed it and then she saw Jack; with a eyeroll and a flip of her hair she reluctantly stood up and headed for the stairs. Rusty immediately stood and blocked her with one hand.

“Stop Star sit back down I’ll see what crawled up Jack’s ass and died now! You’re doing exactly what you were told to do, which is taking care of the VIP lounge. If he’s got a problem he knows what to do to fix it.” Rusty said gently spinning her around and giving her a small shove! She nearly fell but Marcus caught her and set her down on the couch right next to him. Then he quickly descended the stairs and walked up to Jack who actually looked like his head might start spinning!! “What’s the problem Jack?”

“My problem is one of my bouncers is sitting on his ass having the time of his life while the other three are doing all the work!! Also, where the fuck is Kitty? I need her on stage right now since Star is unavailable so if it’s not too much of a bother please go do your god damn job and find her!!” Jack vehemently spat as he kept looking around as if he were expecting someone to walk in or something to happen.

“Is someone looking for me? Uh-oh I think I left some things in the room!!!! Oh god that’s gonna be very embarrassing!!!” Kitty said with a look of shock on her face as Jack and Rusty turned around.

“Excuse me you were in one of the private rooms? With whom and doing what exactly since you won’t take your clothes off!” Jack shot back and was about to get in her face when Andreas walked up.

“She was with me and exactly what we were doing is none of your damn business Jack. Kitty calm down you didn’t leave anything I have them!! And Jack did I just hear you say she’s gonna be dancing again?” Andreas responded to Jack placing his chin on Kitty’s right shoulder and wrapping his arms around her waist.

“Aaaaaahhh oh I see she was eh-heh with you Andreas w-w-well then uumm. Y-y-yes, I need Kitty to do another set since Star is unavailable!!! And Kitty you need to get on stage right now!!” Jack stammered and fumbled for his words before glowering at Kitty and storming off.

“Uuuuummmm ok I guess I’m gonna perform again?!! Mmmmmhhhh I’m gonna need my tail and other item please!!” Kitty said looking first confused and then embarrassed as she spoke to Andreas!!

“Heh-heh-heh allow me to assist you with your tail my sweet lil Neko and as for your other item…here now hurry up and get on stage!” Andreas said coyly clipping her tail on and subtly placing her panties into her hand. Gently pinching her butt, she squeaked and instantly disappeared into the back. Rusty took his place at the front of the stage while Adrian headed back up to the lounge. The music started and Kitty was announced…as she emerged she grabbed the pole with her left hand and started slowing twirling!! Slowly walking towards the front of the stage she stopped dropped to her feet, rose shaking her butt!! Cash started flying towards the stage while she climbed the pole and jiggled her voluptuous chest!! Slowly twirling and doing a little flip she landed on her feet then dropped on her knees and started slowly crawling towards the front of the stage again. Suddenly she locked eyes with Andreas and for a moment she froze!

“W-w-what are you doing you’re too close to the stage?!!” She inched over to him and whispered in his right ear. She started slowly backing away and did a back roll impressive considering she was wearing heels. She slowly blew him a kiss starting rising to her feet and again started gyrating!! She was almost finished when suddenly there was shouting and a punch being thrown!! “Rusty, Rusty what the hell’s going on?!! Hey, what are you doing? Let go of me!!! I’m not a sack of potatoes god damn it put me down!!” He had jumped onto the stage picked her up and rushed to the back; as soon as he set her down she punched him right in the stomach!!!

“Ow damn baby girl you gotta nice hook!!! Look calm down and stay back here until I come back. Look Kitty I just did what Andreas told me to now please for once just listen and stay put!” Rusty said nearly doubling over after the sucker punch she’d given him. He rushed back out to the floor where Andreas had already taken out three other guys sadly more were coming!

“What the fuck is going on?!! Oh god I’ve gotta get down there Kitty’s probably on the verge of another panic attack!!!” Star screamed as she shot up after seeing Andreas punch someone and Rusty whisked her girl offa the stage. Marcus, Blade, Orion, and Vincent were already on their feet and rushing down the stairs to protect their boss!!! Star was right behind them and she rushed to the back to find Kitty standing there with a look of shock plastered on her face!! “Kitty are you alright? Hey KitKat look at me this isn’t your fault; breath hun just breath for me.”

“I-I-I don’t know what happened I saw Andreas by the stage and I uumm blew him a kiss? I figured it was harmless until someone decided to try and sucker punch him!! Oh my god I’m gonna be fired for getting my boss into a fight at his own club!!” Kitty responded as she broke down crying as Star enveloped her.

“Sssssshhhhhhhh calm down sweetie; blowing him a kiss might not have been the smartest thing to do but Andreas and his boys can take care of themselves. You were a bit too flirtatious, and you’ve learned not to do that anymore, right? Oh, my poor silly lil Neko everything’s gonna be fine.” Star spoke in her right ear as the chaos settled Rusty, Andreas and the other enforcers made their way backstage. “Are you all ok? What the fuck happened?!!”

“That’s precisely what I would like to know?!!! What in the god damn hell is wrong with you Rusty you see your boss is near the stage and yet you do nothing to protect him?!! I should fire all three of you!!” Jack was shouting but he wouldn’t get the chance to finish he was suddenly surrounded by the enforcers.

“You aren’t firing anyone Jack!!! I shouldn’t have been that close but when Kitty did what she did I heard some extremely lewd comments about her. Obviously, the mother fuckers didn’t know who I was because when I told them to apologize and shut the fuck up one decided to sucker punch me!! I won’t tolerate anyone speaking like that about any of my girls.” Andreas angrily responded and Jack tried to back away but with the men in a semicircle around him he had no place to go. “We’ve been itching for a scrap I just didn’t think it’d be in my club.”

“Uuuhhh hey boss looks like someone called the cops; we got four squad cars in-bound.” Vincent said noticing the flashing red & blue lights through one of the windows. Ahhh fuck this is never supposed to happen here!!! What the hell are you thinking Adrian?!!

“It’ll be alright Vincent we’ll deal with it. Hey Kitty relax this isn’t your fault ok?” Andreas responded and as he turned to head up front he stopped placed two fingers under her chin and gently tilted her head up so she was looking him in the eyes. Suddenly he kissed her lips while wiping away her tears.

“Andreas quite a surprise to see you involved in a fight at your own club…I assume these were the ones involved in the fight?” Officer Nick Tompkins asked pointing to the group of tied up individuals.

“Yeah sorry about that Nick these two dickheads right here decided to say some extremely lewd things about one of my dancers when I told them to shut the fuck up and apologize this one decides he wants to sucker punch me. I had no choice but to defend myself and that’s when the melee started.” Andreas responded using his telepathic abilities to mind control the officer. This wasn’t the first time he’d done this and it wouldn’t be the last either!!

“Can we see the security footage just to confirm this?” Nick asked turning to Jack, who was standing there twiddling his thumbs nervously still encircled by the enforcers. Six more officers entered the club and were standing around waiting to be told what was going on.

“Y-yeah sure no problem right this way.” Jack said as he, Andreas and the two police officers headed to his office. They walked in and Jack quickly pulled up the footage…it was clear that what Andreas had said was what happened. Still Andreas couldn’t help but think something was off about the footage.

“Ok we’ll take it from here Andreas I’m assuming you’ll be pressing charges on them?” Nick asked while his partner walked to the other officers, explained what happened and they cut the men lose only to put them in hand cuffs.

“So, you’re all under arrest anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law, you have the right to have an attorney present if you can’t afford a lawyer one will be provided for you.” Aarron said as the officers hauled the men away throwing them into the squad cars.

“Yeah we’re pressing charges; I’ll have my lawyer on it in the morning. Thank you Nick.” Andreas responded shaking the officer’s hand and as he followed his fellow officers out of the club Adrian turned and returned back stage where Star and Kitty were still standing. Kitty turned to face him her mascara running.

“Star I’m sorry I didn’t mean to get my mascara all over you. Andreas are you alright?” Kitty said as she slowly approached him. He gently embraced her and gently kissed her on the forehead.

“Yes lil one I’m fine you on the other hand have had quite a bad night!! Jack shut it down for the night…humph everyone seems to have already left so it shouldn’t take long. Now where did Rusty go?” Andreas wondered as he looked around. He soon spotted the bouncer quickly approaching and it seemed he had some fresh injuries!!

“KitKat don’t freak out about getting makeup on me…Rusty what the hell happened to you?!! Oh god your nose is broken and jeez just look at your knuckles!!” Star cried grabbing his left hand and examined it closely. “C’mere I’ve got something that’ll help.” Walking to her vanity she opened a few drawers and started rummaging…after a few minutes she pulled out a small bottle and some gauze as he sat down. “Here dab this on your nose, healing potions and poultices are my specialty.” She placed some of the folded up gauze on the top of a bottle and poured a little of the thick blue cream out. Handing it to him; he started slowly daubing the cream as he was told with his left hand…wincing one or twice he soon felt the bones in his nose realigning and repairing themselves. He soon felt a warm sensation coming from his nose and after a few minutes he was breathing normally!! Reaching with his right hand he slowly felt his nose and to his surprise it was fully and completely healed.

“Holy shit Star that stuff really works!! Any chance it’ll work on my knuckles and bruises?” Rusty happily asked as the cheesiest smile grew on his face. She started laughing as she took the gauze from him; pouring more of the cream onto the gauze she handed it back to him and he started daubing around his eyes and both his hands. These were all soon healed and Rusty kissed Star on the cheek, he turned and saw Marcus was shooting daggers at him with his eyes. “Marcus what’s with the death glare?”

“Well since the club unfortunately has closed early Kitty would you like to join me for an impromptu dinner?” Andreas asked kissing her on the left hand again. I’m quite impressed with how good Star is as a healer that might come in handy!!!!

“Uh, uuummm y-y-yeah I’d love to have dinner with you!!” Kitty squealed happily while her face turned as red as a tomato. “Just let me change into my street clothes ok?” She quickly rushed towards Celeste’s table where her tube top, jeans, and other belongings were.

“Uuummm Star would you care to make it a double date?” Marcus said fidgeting with his hands until Orion slapped him on the back of the head. He glared at Orion, Blade and Vincent as they laughed. Andreas just smirked he knew this was going to happen and that was fine.

“Yes Marcus I’d love to have dinner with you, our boss and my best friend!! Now I’m gonna change real quick ok?’ Star rolled her eyes and said with a giggle then she turned to follow Kitty. Rusty quickly walked over to Andreas and pulled him towards his bodyguards.

“There’s something going on that Jack doesn’t want you to know and everything’s here on this drive. I can’t explain right now but Kitty and Star are in danger!! I can’t stay so tell the girls I said bye?” Rusty said shoving a flash drive into Andreas’s hand and then took off without another word.

“Ok what the hell was that about? What the fuck could be going on that you don’t know about Andreas? Jack would never be so stupid as to try pulling something under your nose!!” Orion hissed while staring at Adrian trying to read his reaction.

“I’m not sure but I gonna find out; in the meantime, Orion keep this safe and no one says a word to the girls!!” Andreas calmly responded watching Orion quickly put the flash drive in his pocket and he looked up to see Star and Kitty now dressed in street clothes walking towards them. “Wow you both look beautiful!!”

“Thank you, h-hey where’s Rusty? He usually takes us home but I thought he’d at least say goodbye.” Kitty said as she and Star looked around noticing Rusty had already left. Kitty stopped momentarily and started scratching her head where some of the bobby pins had held her ears in place. “Mmmmhhhh those ears were cute but man all those pins ugh now my head itches!!”

“KitKat stop you’re gonna mess up your hair.” Star said as she gently grabbed Kitty’s hand and pulled it away. The two then resumed walking towards the group of men; Marucs stepped forward reaching out with his left hand to Star. She placed her right hand in his and he gently pulled her forward enveloping her in his arms. She blushed and giggled as he brazenly kissed her on the cheek!

“Kitty mwah shall we get going?” Andreas said kissing her on the cheek and interlacing his right arm with her left and all of them walked out of the club unaware that Jack is on the phone with a most sinister person.

“This is a fucking shit show Darius he has fucking everything on that drive!!! Not to mention the fact that Andreas was here when your scouts were could have ruined everything!!! Rusty can’t be allowed to give the drive to Andreas…my head will be on a silver platter!!!” Jack shouted knocking over a lamp!!!

“Calm the fuck down Andreas can’t do fucking shit!! And Kitty’s gonna go for an awesome amount at the next auction!!! I’ve got a few buyers in mind that’ll go into a bidding war!! As for Rusty I’ll take care of him don’t worry just do your little managerial duties.” Darius McCray responded and promptly hung up. He stood up walked out from behind his desk, walked to the door of his office, and opened it. As always one of his bodyguards was right there in case anything happened. “Drake I need you to round up the boys we’ve gotta pick someone up! Rusty just royally fucked up sticking his nose where it didn’t belong.”

“Sure, boss no problem!! I’ll have everyone ready in ten minutes!!” Drake said as he pulled out his phone and started walking down the hall towards the stairs. By the time he made it downstairs there were several men gathered around with wicked smiles. “Alright boys let’s go hunting.” Back at an Italian restaurant in the heart of the city Andreas, Kitty, Star, Marcus, and the other enforcers are walking out. Star and Marcus were holding hands while Andreas had his left arm wrapped around Kitty’s waist and her head was resting against his chest. Blade opened the door while Marcus and Star entered first and then Andreas and Kitty. Orion and Vincet jumped into the front while Blade climbed into the third row of seats with Marcus and Star. They sped away and just in time since it was starting to rain! Andreas was kissing the top of Kitty’s head when suddenly her phone started buzzing in her purse. She quickly dug into her purse and pulled it out saw who was calling and answered it.

“Hey Rusty, what’s going on you left the club without saying goodbye!!! Rusty, Rusty why aren’t you saying anything?” Kitty said her eyes became the size of dinner plates and her blood turned to ice when an all too familiar voice answered.

“Mmmmmhhhhh it’s been too long since I’ve heard that sexy voice!! And I’m sorry to say but he can’t talk right now; he’s tied up and getting the hell beat outta him!!” Darius said with a wicked laugh as he walked over to a visibly beaten Rusty who was tied to a chair in a warehouse. “Say something to your baby girl!”

“B-baby girl I-I oomph!!” Rusty started to speak but was quickly silenced by Darius slamming his fist into Rusty’s stomach.

“Now I want you to put this on speaker phone I want your new Romeo to hear everything.” Darius snarled wheeling away from Rusty walking over to a table that was full of knives of various sizes.

“Rusty…a-alright I’ve got it on speaker now what do you want with Rusty?!!!” Kitty shrieked at the sound of her friend being hit, quickly pulled the phone from her ear and did as she was told placing it on speakerphone her hand visibly shaking. Andreas gently took the phone from her and rested his left hand on his thigh.

“Aaawww such an obedient lil toy!!! Andreas it’s been a long-time man how the hell have you been? Heh-heh-heh in case you didn’t hear I’ve got your boy, and you have something quite important to me that I’d like back! Rusty decided to stick his nose where is wasn’t wanted and I understand he gave you a flash drive. You’re going to drive to the docks now and hand it over once that happens you get your friend back. He’s quite worse for wear but for the moment he’s alive how long he remains so is up to you.” Darius made his demands picking up a knife looked at set it down and then picked up another and repeated this several times.

“Darius it has been awhile…I had hoped to never hear from you again but I digress! Rusty don’t worry I’ll get you outta this!! You had better not lay another finger on him; you’ve been sneaking around my turf conducting whatever business life a fucking rat…I’m gonna show you exactly how I deal with rats!” Andreas stated with a surprising amount of control in his voice.

“Man, you ain’t about to do shit!!! Now I’m gonna send the address to the lil stripper girl’s phone; you’ve got 20 minutes to be here or he’s gonna be in a barrel of concrete!!” Darius snapped back and then hung up.

“O-o-oh my god what’s going on?!! Why does a rat bastard asshole like Darius McCray know you and why does he have Rusty?!!!” Kitty screamed as she clutched at Andreas’s arm. He gently took her into his arms holding her as she beat her fists into his chest and tears pouring down her face!! “Will someone please tell me what’s going on?!!”

“Sigh Kitty this isn’t how I wanted you to find out but I-I-I’m in organized crime. I do have many legit businesses like the “Nighthawk” but the majority of my business is well.” Andreas sighed and as calmly as he could spilled the beans. She had stopped beating his chest and she tried to scoot away from him…he wouldn’t have it and he gently grabbed her hands pulling her back into his embrace. “Kitty look at me please; you have nothing to be afraid of I’d never hurt nor allow anyone or anything to hurt you!”

“H-h-h-h-have you murdered people? W-w-w-what exactly is it that you do…drugs, gun running, trafficking?!” Kitty stammered as she slowly looked up at him; despite what she had just heard there was a softness in his eyes. “I-I-I assume you all work for him? W-w-w-what about Rusty how’s he connected? And what are we gonna do to get him back?!!!”

“Yes we work for Andreas we’re his muscle or enforcer whatever word you wanna use. Rusty’s father worked with Andreas’s father they’ve known each since they were kids; Rusty is a bouncer at the “Nighthawk” but he also keeps the gangbangers and wanna be’s inline. No, we don’t deal with drugs, and we especially don’t have anything to do with trafficking.” Marcus explained when suddenly Star fainted slumping against his shoulder!! “Star, hey Star what happened? C’mon hun wake up open your eyes!!”

“Darius is the last person Star ever wanted to see or hear from…sigh she’s gonna kill me for telling but!! Her dad was a dealer who worked for Darius problem was he liked to sample the product!!! Her mom was one of Darius’s prostitutes…even though she was married she still kept working.” Kitty said while Marcus scooped Star up in his arms cradling her head stroking her hair. “Now please how are we going to save Rusty?!!”

“Mmmmmhhhhh w-w-what happened?” Star mumbled as she regained consciousness and found Marcu’s brown eyes full of worry and concern. She reached up with her left hand and gently cupped his face.

“You fainted after the call with Darius!!! Kitty was telling us about your parents’ connection to him please don’t be mad at her. I’m so sorry for whatever shit you had to go through.” Marcus said as he helped Star to sit up. He kissed her forehead and she slid off his lap and into the seat next to him.

“Sigh no I’m not mad at her my childhood woulda been a lot better if they would have just kept their hands off me!! Well once my powers manifested they never laid a hand on me again!! But enough of my sob story what the hell are we going to do about freeing Rusty?!!” Star said staring directly at Andreas.

“He sent the address…we have to save Rusty!!” Kitty shrieked looking at her phone that was still in Andreas’s hand. He quickly sent the address to Vincent and handed Kitty her phone back. She stuffed it back in her purse and she stared at Andreas.

“Calm down lil Neko we’re gonna get him back; but we can’t let Dairus get that flash drive though. Blade I want you to bring everyone to the docks now!!!! Orion I want you to make a replica of that drive that ought to fool Darius long enough for us to get Rusty. Now when we get there Kitty and Star you’re staying put in the Escalade.” Andreas stated while Blade pulled out his phone and started calling and texting people.

“If you think we’re gonna hide while Rusty’s in danger you’re dead ass wrong!!! One thing you’ll learn if you don’t already know is I’m stubborn!!!” Kitty stated her face clearly showing her anger. “I can handle myself especially with my pyrokinesis!!”

“Don’t even try talking either of us out of this!! We’re going with you and that’s final.” Star said as she glared at Marcus, who wisely shut his mouth. “Whatever you tell us to do we’ll do…if you say run we run, if you say hide we hide but we’re gonna be there to get him back.”

“Blade I can see why you called her a demonic she-wolf!! Alright Kitty you’re with me; Star you’re with Marcus and we’ll divide everyone else up when we get to the docks. But just as Star said if we tell you run you run if we say hide you hide got it?” Andreas threw his hands up and pulled Kitty into his lap! They rode in silence the rest of the way to the docks; as they approached five other black SUV’s were already there and men were standing around waiting a few looking impatient. “Is there a problem Nathan; I’ll be more than happy to fix it if there is?!!!”

“N-n-no there’s no problem boss!!” Nathan stammered as he quickly fixed his face and dropped his eyes to the ground.

“I’m glad to hear it now Nathan take point; Carter, Gauge, Max, James, Adian, Luca Riley, Blade, Chaos, Thunder with me the rest with Marcus…before anyone asks these ladies are with us and are priority number 1 if things go south.” Andreas stated as the two groups formed and headed into the warehouse. Once inside they heard screaming, Kitty cringed and she was in Andreas’s arm instantly!!! “Hey, he’s gonna be ok alright? C’mon let’s go.” Deeper into the warehouse they went until they saw Rusty!! Andreas reluctantly released Kitty and he Blade, Marcus, Vincent, and Orion stepped forward. “Darius get that fucking knife away from him right now!!”

“Aaaaaaahhhhhh punctual as always I see!!! Humph man I know you got a lot more people with you…c’mon out everyone no need to be shy!!” Darius shouted flinging his arms out. He patiently waited for all of a second and then started charging at Rusty!! “I said get out here now or he pays for it!!”

“You son of a bitch!!!” Star shouted rushing forward; she wouldn’t get far when Damon grabbed her wrist yanking her back!! “I shoulda killed you when I had the chance!!”

“Well, well Cassiopeia Reynolds it has been awhile…mmmhhh you look stunning as always. Aletria darling you’re here somewhere c’mon let daddy see you!!” Darius sneered wickedly as a sick smile grew on his face. Slowly all of Andreas’s men emerged yet Darius still only saw Star!! “Oh, c’mon you two were always attached at the hip now show yourself!!”

“Fucking asshole sick sadistic son of a bitch!!!” Kitty swore reluctantly coming out from behind Nathan and Luca. Her hands were encased in red-orange fire and it was taking all of her self-control not to roast him!!!

There’s more to this story that we don’t know isn’t there Aletria? I look forward to hearing it! Andreas telepathically spoke to her. The fire encasing her hands reluctantly disappeared and she scuffed the front of her left sneaker on the floor “Here’s the drive now let him go!!” He tossed the drive to Darius while Blade and Orion walked over and started untying Rusty.

“No what are they doing here? You’ve gotta get them out now!!” Rusty growled as Blade and Orion slowly helped him up and carried him to safety. Andreas, please get them outta here and don’t give him that drive!!!

Rusty trust me everything’s gonna be alright!!! Andreas mentally responded without taking his eyes off of Darius. “Be smart Darius and get the fuck outta my territory; if not expect to be dealt with!!” He growled backing away from Darius and slowly making his way back to his men.

“Heh Andreas you don’t run shit anymore I’m taking everything you got including the “Nighthawk”!! Darius scowled as he watched them leave. I’ll let them at least make it outta the warehouse and then we’ll have some fun plus I’ll get my toys back!!!

“Alright let’s get outta here!! Remember what I said about Star and Kitty…that goes for Rusty also!! We gotta…everyone down now!!” Andreas shouted they had just barely made it out of the warehouse when bullets started raining down upon them. Fuck I shoulda known that asshole would have snipers out!!! Everyone dropped and started running for cover or the waiting Escalades!!! “Orion Blade get Rusty outta here now!! Allie stay down it’s gonna be alright just stay with me, ok?!! Vincent move!! Alright we’ve gotta get outta here before…ALLIE no!!!” Were his last words as he watched her fall to the ground!! He ran over took her in his arms and rushed to an Escalade. Lifting her top, he saw the hole in her stomach near her left hip and placed her left hand over it; she whimpered and he caressed the side of her face. “Hey, it’s gonna be ok you’ve gotta hold pressure on the wound ok?”

“Cassie can do better; c’mon sissy I know you can do it!! Sissy she wouldn’t want us to throw the gifts she gave us away!!” Allie said as Cassie just stared at her like a deer caught in headlights tears streaming down her face.

“I-I-I haven’t since!!! I don’t know if I…sigh aight kitty aight I’ll try!” Cassie responded while Allie was pouting! She knelt on the floor of the Escalade in front of Allie lifted her shirt and placed both her hands over the wound. A crimson energy beam projected from her hands and into the wound…slowly the hole began closing but Allie grimaced and whimpered!! It was nearly closed when Cassie suddenly fell over!! Marcus took her in his arms sat in the third row and started kissing her forehead.

“I knew she could do it!!! Aaaahhh shit did that hurt though!! I don’t know if the bullet went clean through…Andreas will you check if there’s an exit? Damn it if there is Cassie can’t heal it; it’s been a while since either of us have!!” She didn’t finish her statement and tears welled up in her eyes. He smiled kissed her forehead and slowly rolled her so she was facing away from him. Again, he lifted her shirt and was relieved when he saw the exit wound.

“The bullet went clean through love I see the exit wound; be still I just need something to aaahh my tie should work!!” He responded quickly untying his tie and firmly holding onto the wound.

“Uuuuhhh what happened?” Cassie blinked her eyes slowly and found herself looking at Marcus’s worried face his emerald eyes sparkling.

“Boss where are we headed?!” Vincent called as all the Escalades took off like bats outta hell. They raced down the road in silence save for Allie whimpering when Vincent started banging on the steering wheel. “Aaahhh shit we got motorcycles coming up fast!!!”

“Just drive we’ll deal with them!!! Cass uumm is it ok if I call you Cass or would you prefer Cassie? A-anyway I need you to keep your head down!!” Marcus said as he set Cassie onto the seat next to him.

“You can call me anything except Cassiopeia!! I’ll sock anyone who tries calling me that. I guess I need to spill the beans on how we know Darius huh?” Cassie said burying her face in her hands. “My folks worked for that fucker you know that and they like to beat me like a drum till my powers manifested. I was fourteen went that happened well that’s also about the time my mother killed herself and my father tried to make me his toy!! When I fought back he decided to give me to Darius in the hopes that Darius would forgive his debt!! Darius was more than happy with that deal and h-he started using me!!! I tried to fight but even with powers what the hell can a fourteen year old do against a grown ass man?!! One day Allie was brought in and Darius split his attention between us. We were both abused sexually by him; we spent two years being held until we finally managed to escape.” Suddenly a motorcycle pulled alongside!! The rider pulled a semiautomatic out and shot out the window…Marcus reacted throwing himself onto Cassie and then a ball of indigo plasma appeared in his hand and he hurled it at the rider!! It hit the motorcycle and it veered off to the right into a ditch!!

“Once we’ve dealt with them we’ll head for the “hospital” Vincent; hey honey stay with me keep those pretty eyes open.” Andreas said carefully repositioning her so she was looking at his face; he was keeping the tie firmly on her wound telekinetically. Another motorcycle was spotted in the driver’s side mirror!! Marcus rolled down the window stuck the top half of his body out and started blasting indigo plasma beams from his hands at the cyclist!! He nailed the motorcycle square in the front tire sending the rider flying over the bike and crashing onto the road. There were no further incidents although everyone was on high alert.

“I think we’ve lost them…alright I’m headed for the hospital. How’s she doing boss?” Vincent asked looking at Andreas in the rearview mirror. If she dies I Adrian’s gonna be pissed!!!

“We need to hurry!! C’mon honey stay awake…I hate to do this but I’ve gotta get you to wake up!!” He responded pressing on her back near her wound.

“Uhhh aaahhhh!!!! C-c’mon just let me rest my eyes for a few minutes I’m ok I swear.” She moaned and said softly as he caressed her face. Again, they rode in silence until they reached their destination. It looked like an abandoned building on the outside but inside it was a full scale hospital!! Allie was placed on a gurney and rushed into first an X-Ray to see if there were any fragments or if the bullet was actually in her and then a CT scan to see what damage had been done!! Thankfully, she just needed stiches to close the wound on her back and a dressing for her stomach. Rusty was taken straight into surgery while Andreas was at Allie’s bedside; Marcus and Cassie were in another room and the others were sprawled out in chairs trying to sleep. Allie’s eyes fluttered and she slowly opened them and found herself staring into Andreas’s piercing blue eyes.

“Hey there baby how are you feeling? Hey, no stay in bed; you don’t wanna reopen your wound!” Andreas said as he placed his hands on her shoulders and gently held her down.

“I-I’ve gotta go to the bathroom! Where’s Cassie and Rusty how is he?” Allie said while Andreas let go of her shoulders and suddenly scooped her up!! He carried her to the bathroom like she was a bride; gently setting her down she slowly walked over to the toilet and he walked out closing the door a little. She did her business stood up, flushed the toilet and slowly walked towards the sink. She washed and dried her hands then started walking towards the door…Andreas opened the door took a few steps towards her and again scooped her up carrying her back to bed. Carefully laying her down he ruffled her hair and kissed her forehead.

“Cassie and Marcus are in the next room…using her healing power took a lot outta her. She wasn’t very cooperative with going to sleep so she had to be sedated. Rusty is going to be fine; he’s gonna be out of work for a while broken ribs, broken leg in three places thankfully Darius didn’t puncture his liver came damn close though.” He responded pulling up a chair and he sat down. “Allie is that her mutant power or is she a magic user?”

“Both, Cassie’s healing is magical her mutant power is similar to mine she generates a chemo pyrokinetic energy. I-I’m a magic user too, telekinesis…when we finally escaped Darius we were living on the streets until a woman named Madelyn took us in. She was a Wiccan and taught us but Darius wanted his toys back!!! We had been free for three or maybe four years Cassie’s older me she was fourteen I was thirteen when Darius!! We spent two years in hell before escaping and another two on the streets before Madelyn found us. She helped us get jobs, not great ones but still it was something!! We were able to get an apartment together and we thought we were gonna be able to move one!!! One night we were headed to Madelyn’s for a ritual and to just hang out…when we got there the place was torn up and M-M-Madelyn was!!” She burst into tears and was hysterically crying so Andreas stood, took her in his arms climbed into the bed and held her tightly. Her head was buried in his chest, and he made sure to stay away from her stiches.

“Sssssssshhhhhh oh my poor darling you both have been through so much because of him!! But he’ll never get anywhere near either of you again I swear it!!! I know Marucs he’s ready to erupt like a volcano…he’ll get his chance soon! So, is this when the two of you met Rusty?” He said softly in her ear while softly stroking her back.

“Yes a couple of Darius’s goons were waiting for us…Cas tried healing Madie but we were too late!! She was hysterical and wouldn’t stop I tried to pull her off but it was no use; I used my telekinesis to fling Madie’s athame and hit one in the shoulder…that’s when Rusty appeared!!! He trapped them in a ring of fire grabbed Cassie threw her over his shoulder grabbed me by the arm and got us to safety!!!” Allie replied slowly looking up into Andreas’s eyes…she was surprised to find that as she was looking up he was looking down!!! He gently nuzzled her nose with his and then passionately kissed her!!

“I-I-I’m sorry that was quite forward of me!! Oh, my poor lil Neko you were exposed to not only organized crime but to possibly it’s darkest side at such a young age!!! I would completely understand you being of afraid it and of me but I promise no I swear I’ll protect you and Cassie even if it costs me my life!!! Even if it means that things between you and I romantically go no further than tonight!!” Andreas said as he softly stroked her cheek with his right hand. I’ll completely understand if she doesn’t want to date me!!! It’ll hurt like hell but I’ll understand; I’ll also understand if either of them no longer work at The Nighthawk!

“I-I-I’m afraid of this life b-but no I’m not afraid of you!!! I’ve never been afraid of Rusty and somehow I knew he was in it!!!! If you’re alright with taking things slow I-I-I-I wanna see where this where we go romantically!!!” She stammered and fumbled for words; she heard him chuckle and he kissed her again. Meanwhile back in the warehouse on the docks Darius had attempted to open the files on the drive…only to see his laptop infected with a virus and it promptly died!!!

“This fucking stupid bastard thinks he can trick me?!!! Giving me a drive that had a virus that fried my laptop!!! Oooooohhhhhh I’m so gonna enjoy killing him and then taking back my toys!!!! I’m tempted to keep them but I know I’ll make a fuck ton of money auctioning them off…decisions decisions!!” Darius ranted as he paced like a tiger in a cage!!! Back within the safety of the “mob hospital” Andreas is cuddled up with Allie when she suddenly started struggling and crying out!

“Mmmmhhh no stop!!” Allie cried elbowing Andreas in the stomach and nearly slapping him in the face. He woke up with a huff grabbed her hand and started kissing her right temple and cheek.

“Hey, Allie hey c’mon wake up!! Darling you’re having a nightmare…lil Neko wake up!” Andreas softly spoke into her right ear. Sitting up he gently took her into his arms and started caressing her face. Her eyes flew open and she started crying; struggling in his arms. “Ssssshhhh it’s alright sweets it’s alright you were having a nightmare.”

“Oh god I-I’m sorry if I hit you I didn’t mean to. I haven’t had any nightmares in a while…just hearing his voice was all it took!!” Allie said as she calmed down a little and then started crying.

“It’s ok lil one you surprised me when you elbowed me but I’m alright. Do you wanna talk about it? It’ll help I promise…I think both of you have been repressing and you need to start dealing with this.” He replied stroking her hair; he slowly lowered his left arm which was around her back down towards her butt. His hand slowly rested on her butt, and he gently squeezed.

“Aaahh A-Andreas stop!! I uumm where do I begin?! My birth parents were addicts; first it was alcohol and then drugs or it mighta been the other way around I really don’t know. Then they got into gambling and borrowing from the wrong people; CPS was called several times and I was placed into foster homes which were somewhat better than my actual home? I say somewhat because at least in the foster homes I ate regularly. But my parents would always clean their act up long enough to get me back satisfy the required visits and once the social workers stopped coming it all went back to hell. On my twelfth birthday I got a grand present my pyrokinesis…my parents were not so thrilled, and they did the best they could to keep me weak by starving me so I couldn’t use my powers. Then on my thirteen birthday they gave me to Darius for the same reason Cassie’s father did and again Darius was more than happy to take me forgiving their debt!! He did all kinds of horrible things to us but for whatever reason he never umm took our virginity? S-s-sorry I-I don’t wanna talk about the things that were done to me…not right now.” She squeaked and then began reliving some of the worst moments of her life tears streaming down her face.

“Ssssshhhh it’s ok my lil Neko you’ve at least started and I’m proud of you. Now close eyes and go back to sleep. I’ll be here when you wake up.” He responded nuzzling their noses and then kissing her. As she closed her eyes Andreas was tempted to look into her memories to see exactly what had been done…after a moment he closed his eyes also. I won’t do that to her!!! I won’t enter her mind or force her to do anything she’s not ready for!!! Back in Cassie’s room Marcus is sprawled out on a couch; while Blade, Orion and the others are crashed out in different rooms. The next morning Andreas was roused by someone impatiently knocking on the door.

“Argh come in whoever it is!!” He yelled sliding Allie out of his arms and sitting up slowly. The door opened and Thunder cautiously entered. “Thunder what the fuck is so important?!” Allie’s eyes fluttered and slowly opened; she grabbed Andreas’s right hand and with a smile he turned and kissed her forehead before he got up out of the bed. “Well fucking answer, me!!”

“There was a fire at the Nighthawk and Jack is dead. Can’t be sure but more than likely arson and that’s Darius’s MO.” Thunder said rubbing the back of his head with his left hand. Andreas stormed over to him with his hands balled into fists. Suddenly he thrust out his left hand and a beam of blue electrical energy shot forth destroying a chair!!

“Wait what happened to the Nighthawk?!!” Allie said as she tried getting out of bed. Andreas turned at the sound of her voice and rushed over to her!! “Mmmh I’m alright I just can’t stay in bed all day. Now please tell me what happened to the Nighthawk?” He wrapped his left arm around her shoulders supporting her as she walked over to Thunder.

“Someone set fire to the Nighthawk and Jack the worthless piece of shit that he was is dead!” Andreas responded as he telekinetically moved another chair over to them and helped Allie sit down. “Honey, I know you don’t wanna be in bed all day but please don’t push yourself too hard!! Alright Rusty won’t be leaving anytime soon but I need to get to the Nighthawk. Allie and Cassie are going to be staying with me so we need to go by your apartment and grab your things.” Andreas responded as he turned to Thunder who quickly walked out to inform Marcus and Cassie of what happened.

“Jack was a piece of shit but he didn’t deserve to die!” Allie said as she burst into tears. Suddenly a wheelchair rolled into the room nurses following quickly behind!! “Rusty what the fuck are you doing you should be in bed!!

“Not a chance in hell baby girl…what’s this I hear some douchebag torched the Nighthawk and Jack’s dead?!” Rusty said glaring at the nurses who quickly backed off! “Yeah go on beat it; Jack was working with Darius…all the girls he hired wound up being auctioned off by Darius although I think he kept a few. Everything’s on the drive and with the club being torched I’d say he’s already fired the first shot.

“Rusty ugh I figured you wouldn’t be following any orders what so ever!!! Hey KitKat, how are you feeling?” Cassie said as she and Marcus walked into Allie’s room. She kissed Rusty on the left cheek walked over to Allie and kissed her forehead. “Can’t say I’m sad about Jack but fuck the Nighthawk’s gone…what are we gonna do?”

“First we’re getting Rusty back to his room…don’t even try giving me any shit you’re not leaving right now period!! Second we’re going to see what’s left of the club and figure out how soon we can get it rebuilt; then we’ll stop by your apartment so that you girls can grab clothes and any important documents. Social security card birth certificate bank books; both of you are going to be moving in with me. I guess I should say the three of you right Marcus?”

“Oh, c’mon boss you know I go stir crazy fast!!! Sigh aight fine I’ll do it for now!! You girls take care of each other and I will be calling regularly so Cassie if Marcus gives you any problems I’ll handle it.” Rusty said glaring at Marcus, who started rubbing the back of his head with his left hand.

“Cool it Rusty he’d have to deal with Andreas first and then whatever was left you’d get. Anyways you old goat you’re going back to your room and we need to get moving right boss?” Blade said grabbing the back of the wheelchair and pulling Rusty outta the room. Rusty scowled as Andreas and the others headed over to the nurses’ station. One of the nurses picked her head up and smiled as she locked eyes on Andreas.

“G’morning Andreas how did you sleep?” Rosealie asked completely ignoring Allie & Cassie. Allie frowned and slowly stepped towards the desk. “I’ll be right with you ma’am.”

“Hey, how about you look at me right now before I knock you on your ass!” Allie growled and while Marcus and the others chuckled Adrian walked up wrapped his arms around her and kissed her cheek.

“Oh, uh eh-hem I-I didn’t know you were so close with Mr. Bellacor; I’ll call the doctor so he can start on the discharge paperwork. She picked up the phone and paged the doctor who appeared instantly!! “Dr. Mayhew I believe your patients are ready to go.” The doctor immediately appeared from a pillar of light.

“Connor it’s good to see you; look I’m sorry but we’ve gotta go now so please send any further instructions and necessary medications, supplies anything to my estate.” Andreas firmly said and the doctor simply rolled his eyes.

“Of course, Andreas of course I’ve heard about what happened at your club. I’ll send everything over which I don’t believe will be much primarily painkillers or I can also prescribe muscle relaxers.” Dr. Connor Mayhew responded and walked away.

“Alright shall we go?” Andreas said and then passionately kissed Allie. She blushed and giggled resting her head on his chest as they walked out. Rosealie I got you this job as a favor to Rusty but if you ever disrespect this beautiful young woman again you’ll be looking for another position do you understand?!!! He telepathically called out to her.

I-I understand and I’m sorry Andreas!!It won’t happen again I swear!! Rosealie responded as her eyes widened giving her the look of a deer caught in headlights. Meanwhile the group of seven exited walked over to an Escalade quickly entered and it pulled away!! Flying down the freeway and city streets until they arrived at what remained of the club. Cassie and Allie were on the verge of tears as they slowly walked through the doors of the club. A few firemen and police were still there; they turned and one walked up and shook Andreas’s hand.

“Ahh Andreas I’m sorry to see you under such circumstances; we suspect arson it seems someone poured gasoline everywhere and then torched the place. Jack was found behind the building with a gunshot to the back of his head. Looks like someone’s trying to go to war with you.” The officer stated flatly looking at Allie and Star and then turning away.

“Oh, I know exactly who’s responsible for this Nick and trust me I plan to handle it.” Andreas responded narrowing his eyes and balling his fists relaxing a bit when Allie touched his arm. “Hhhmmm it’ll take some time to get this place back up and running…Allie I’d like to make you the new manager.”

“Y-y-you what are you serious?!! Oh my god I can’t do that I’ve got no experience!!! I’ll screw something up I know it!!” Allie shouted while Cassie smiled the biggest smile.

“Oh my god you’ve got to be kidding me you wanna make her the new manager?!!! You might as well not even bother rebuilding if that’s the case!!! She’ll turn this place into a whitewashed shell of what it was…nothing but burlesque shows instead of what we’re supposed to do which is strip!” Evelyn stormed up screaming and was about to get into Allie’s face when Blade slammed his right shoulder into her knocking her to the ground. “You just assaulted me right in front of all these cops?!!”

“Hhhhmm oh I’m sorry miss what happened? It seems to me that you tripped over something and fell.” Nick responded as he the other officers and the fire fighters left. When the last fire fighter left Andreas turned to glare at Evelyn.

“Whatever she decides to do with this club Evelyn you won’t be a part of it!!! Your employment here at the Nighthawk is terminated immediately!!! Blade get her the hell outta my sight!!” Andreas shouted and Blade grabbed her arm and dragged her away. “She thinks I don’t know what the fuck she’s been pulling in my club...I’ll make her regret it if she tries anything!! Hey sweets relax you’re gonna be fine; as for you not having managerial experience I’ll bring someone to train you and to run it until you’re comfortable.”

“KitKat you can do this!! I’ve got you; you know Rusty will back you…Adam, Noah, Axel all the girls will be behind you well except maybe Shiva and Tallia but if they give you any shit guess what you can just fire their asses!!” Cassie squealed with delight hugging Allie a bit too hard.

“Aaaahhhh Sissy my back!! Mmmh jeez you gotta grip on you Sissy I’ve gotta get back to the gym that’s for sure. Oh my god Andreas t-t-thank you so much for this opportunity I won’t let you down!!” Allie squealed and Cassie quickly let go; Allie embraced Andreas and he kissed her left cheek.

“I know you’ll be great sweets and whatever you want to do I’ll support you. We’ll discuss this more later right now we need to go to your apartment and gather your important documents and clothes then get to the safety of my mansion.” Andreas said as she leaned her head onto his chest and he lead them out to the Escalade. As they entered Andreas sensed someone was watching them!!! It didn’t take long for him to find who it was…Evelyn was trying to hide and failing miserably!! Whatever the fuck you’re thinking Evelyn, I’m warning you now not to do it!!!!

What the fuck?!!! Oh, sssshhhhiiiitttt you’re a telepath?!!!! L-l-look I-I-I!!! She was so shocked that she was barely able to form coherent thoughts!!! She started backing further into the alley but didn’t see the pallet behind her!!! Tripping over it she landed in a pile of trash and started having a fit!! Andreas chuckled and Allie, who was sitting in his lap, her head resting on his chest looked up at him curiously.

“Andreas what’s so funny; why are you laughing?” Allie asked him he looked down at her with a smile and started softly rubbing her left arm. She started blushing and he kissed her forehead which caused her to blush even more!!!

“Evelyn was trying to spy on us…I sensed and warned her; she got so flustered because she was unaware of my telepathic magic that she tripped over a pallet and fell into some trash.” He responded and Allie, Cassie and the enforcers burst out laughing!!! Vincent drove to Allie and Cassie’s apartment; the girls Andreas, Marcus and Blade climbed out and entered the building. Going up to the third floor they went down a hallway stopping at apartment 312. Allie had to dig in her purse to find her keys; she unlocked and opened the door.

“It’s not much but it’s home…well it was home.” Allie said as she headed to her bedroom and Cassie did the same. “Alright it won’t take me long; Cassie and I always had a feeling Darius would find us and we’d hafta bail in a hurry sssssoooo.” She went straight to the closet opened it and pulled out a backpack already stuffed full. Dropping to her knees she motioned upward with her left hand and some floor boards popped off. Reaching in she grabbed an envelope and replaced the boards. Carefully opening the envelope, she saw her birth certificate as well as her social security card!! Satisfied she closed it then handed it to Andreas; she was about to place the backpack on her back but he quickly took that also.

“Darling what are you doing you know you can’t carry that not without reopening your wound. Now c’mon let’s get a move on.” Andreas said slinging the pack onto his back; giving her a gentle pat on the butt he then wrapped his right arm around her and they walked out to the living room of the apartment where Cassie and Marcus met them. Blade who had been standing watch at the front door was on his phone…he hung up and rushed toward the four of them.

“We’ve gotta go right now!!! Vincent and Orion just spotted three SUV’s coming our way!” He said almost panicking; quickly calming down he took the lead as they walked outta the apartment. Allie was about to lock the door when Cassie grabbed her arm!

“KitKat c’mon we gotta go don’t worry about the door!! We were about to look for a bigger place anyways!” Cassie said as the five of them quickly headed for the elevator. They were headed towards the Escalade when suddenly three SUVs pulled up guns were drawn and bullets started flying!!

“Allie, Cassie get in now!!! God damn it Allie what are you doing?!” Andreas shouted as Allie stepped around Orion and Blade!! What the fuck is she thinking?!!

“I’m gonna buy us some time!!!” Allie shouted throwing her hands out in front of her and beams of fire shot forth at the trio of SUV’s. The beams nailed the first SUV and it instantly exploded and burst into flames…the other two SUV’s were so close to the first that they also caught fire!!! Andreas grabbed her from behind and everyone quickly piled into the Escalade as Vincent took off!!!

“KitKat what the hell were you doing?!! I’m usually the reckless one!!” Cassie shrieked while the Escalade flew through the city. Cassie was leaning against Marcus while Allie was resting in Andreas’s lap. They soon arrived at a palatial mansion; pulling into the long driveway Andreas carried Allie and her backpack inside while Cassie, Marcus, Blade, Orion and finally Vincent walked inside. While Andreas rushed upstairs to the east wing into the master bedroom Marcus and Cassie headed towards the west wing along with the other enforcers. He gently set Allie on the bed dropped her backpack near the closet then pulled out from his jacket the envelope and set it on his desk.

“Allie what you just did was incredibly reckless, dangerous and plain damn stupid!! You coulda been shot again!! They coulda just grabbed you and Cassie would have rushed in without thinking well, she woulda tried to and then Darius would have you both!!” He shouted and she curled up into a ball wrapping her arms around her legs, laying on her left side!!! She started whimpering and he rushed over to her. “Oh, my lil Neko I-I’m sorry it’s just I don’t know what I’d do if anything happened to you!! Come here darling I’m sorry I didn’t mean to yell.”

“He used to take his anger out on us…I-I-I-I’m sorry Andreas I just wanted to help! Mmmmhhh oh no!!” Allie said and then suddenly started crying as she suddenly heard a pop and felt warmth slowly running down her back towards her hip. Andreas gently pulled her arms away and carefully pulled her legs down until they were fully extended; he then slowly lifted up her shirt and saw her wound had dehisced!!!

Sasha I need you to come to my room now!! He telepathically called and a strikingly beautiful Russian woman suddenly appeared from a spiral of Indigo fire! She shooed him away and was about to lift Allie’s shirt when Allie started trembling, thrust her right hand out and a vase started hovering slightly above its stand. “Calm down lil Neko Sasha’s one of the best healers and magical teachers I’ve ever known. She’ll be able to take of you.”

“Het, het, het (no) I will not being the one healing her!!! This is something you could easily have healed but instead you took her to hospital and now look!!” She sternly said rolling her hazel eyes as she lifted Allie’s shirt slowly while the vase returned to its base. “I understand your friend Cassandra is a healer also?”

“Y-yes Cas is a healer b-b-but she hasn’t used her magic since healing me yesterday. But I know Madelyn wouldn’t want that for either of us…Cassie still blames herself even though there was nothing she coulda done!” Allie said while tears slowly started falling and she quickly wiped them away. Sasha stepped back and motioned impatiently for Andreas to come forward. He sighed and they quickly changed places! “I guess I’m not the only one keeping secrets huh?!”

“I’ll tell you later now hold still for me I’m outta practice.” He responded cupping his hands over her wound…a beam of green psionic energy entering into her wound. She tried to remain as still as she could but she started squirming as her entire back started feeling hot as the wound closed and new skin appeared. Andreas’s hand gently came to rest on her back and he was breathing heavily!! “Andreas are you alright?!”

“Y-y-yeah lil Neko don’t worry I’ll be alright; I told ya it’s been a minute since I’ve used my healing powers. Sasha, please look at the wound on her stomach it may also have dehisced.” Andreas responded dropping onto the bed next to her. Sasha paced and slapped him on the head.

“KitKat is everything ok?!! What the hell…you’re a healer too Andreas? I’m guessing you reopened your wound KitKat?!!” Cassie asked as she and Marcus entered the master bedroom. Cassie rushed to her best friend while Marcus just stood near the bed.

“Da (yes) he’s a healer; something he shared with his mother and yet that’s the ability he let wither!! Telekinesis and Electrokinesis he got from his father…telepathy he gained that on his own. Now then milyy (darling) I assume you healed the wound on her stomach da?” Sasha said while Cassie helped Allie slowly turn onto her back. As she gently lifted Allie’s shirt Cassie saw that the wound on her stomach which was nearly fully healed had also reopened.

“Yes, but like Andreas it’s been a while since I’ve used my healing magic so sorry KitKat, I’m afraid this is gonna hurt.” Cassie said as she cupped her hands over the wound and a crimson energy beam emanated forth into the wound; Allie squirmed and whimpered a bit in pain, but the wound soon fully closed. “KitKat are you ok?”

“I-I’ll be alright Cass don’t worry mmmmmph A-A-A-Andreas are you alright?!” Allie asked as she slowly wiggled over and placed her right hand in his left. He gently kissed her head, and she giggled. “Cass are you ok?!”

“Don’t worry about me darling, I’ll be fine. Now then we need to get the two of you some breakfast!!” Andreas responded as he slowly stood and helped Allie up; Marcus rushed over to Cassie as she was dropping to her knees!! Marcus gently wrapped his arms around her holding her as her legs shook.

“Breath Cas, I’ve got you; come on hey focus! Look at me, that’s it keep your eyes on me…there we go that’s it just breath.” Marcus said softly as he slowly turned her so that they were staring into each other’s eyes. “Everything’s alright hun…Andreas’s right you need to eat.” The four of them slowly walked out of the massive bedroom and walked downstairs into the kitchen.

“Master Andreas, Marcus and our lovely guests!!! Please come sit down; we’ll have breakfast ready for you in a moment.” Reed said ushering the four of them into the kitchen and to the chairs at the island. “We’re preparing bacon, eggs and pancakes but if there’s something else anyone would like we’re more than happy to prepare it.”

“Can I have my eggs over hard? And can I get strawberries with whipped cream on the pancakes please?” Allie asked as she sat down gingerly in the chair and Andreas pulled out for her. He sat down next to her and placed his right arm around her shoulders.

“Yes of course; Master Andreas, Marcus would you or our other lovely guest like your eggs a certain way?” Reed asked with a smile as one of his Siou chefs stared preparing her eggs; another went to the refrigerator and pulled out strawberries and a can of whipped cream.

“I’d also like my eggs over hard please and can Allie and I get some black coffee?” Cassie chimed in while Marcus started grinning again like the Cheshire cat. She noticed and started laughing as he kissed her on top of the head. “Oh, damn it Marcus would ya please stop fucking staring at me?!”

“Sorry Cass I can’t help it your just so damn cute!! But c’mon you can’t tell me you ain’t digging all this attention!” Marcus responded with a sly smile taking her hand in his and kissing it gently. Meanwhile Allie and Andreas were giggling as the chefs quickly started preparing the meals. Four plates were soon placed in front of them and Allie immediately started hoovering it!!! Three sets of eyes were instantly fixed on her but she was oblivious…then she started choking!!”

“Allie…alright everything’s gonna be fine I’m gonna do the Heimlich maneuver!!” Andreas shouted springing from his chair wrapping his arms around her waist placed his left fist around her stomach and delivered three sharp upward thrusts! Bits of eggs and bacon came flying from her mouth and she was raggedly breathing. Cassie and Marcus were quickly beside her as Andreas gently set her down. The chefs were all staring their eyes the size of dinner plates as Andreas softly rubbed circles on the small of her back.

“KitKat are you alright?!” Cassie asked with tears in her eyes while Marcus held her keeping her from getting to her best friend. Andreas slowly stepped back as Allie slowly reached for a glass of water that one of the sous chefs set in front of her. “Yes girly drink, please drink!!”

“I-I-I’m alright I’m sorry I guess I ate a little too fast.” Allie said as she slowly drank the water and then slowly lowered her head onto her folded arms. She felt Andreas softly stroking her hair. Marcus slowly released Cassie and she wrapped her arms around Allie.

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