I nodded. “And if there are more than two?”
His smirk sent shivers through my body. God, he was so sexy. “Then you’ll take care of it,” he said, running his thumb down my cheek. “If you can kick my ass, you can take out these chumps.”
It made sense, and at this point, it was our only option. He moved quickly ahead of me, sticking as close to the wall as possible. I could see the shadows of the men moving down the tunnel as he slipped into the other fork of the tunnel and held himself against the wall. I hung back, just out of sight and waited. The men were just about to us, guns in hand, but not really watching for a threat. Parker made his move, slipping out and wrapping his arm around the first guy’s neck, snapping it instantly. I moved quickly, firing off just one shot as the man turned to see what was happening. He dropped to the ground, dead just like his friend.
“Nice shooting.”
“Nice…neck breaking.”
Parker grinned at me and motioned me forward. “Come on. Let’s get out of here.”
There was more light in this part of the tunnel and we moved much faster down this passageway. I was excited to get out of this hole and see daylight again. It wouldn’t hurt to have warm clothes either.
“There’s the ladder,” Parker pointed up ahead.
“Oh, thank God! I need a warm bath and the biggest steak ever.”
“When we get out of here, I’ll massage your tits.”
I glanced back at him in confusion. “Did you just say that you would massage my tits?”
“Yeah,” he shrugged. “You look stressed, like you need a good tit massage.”
I just stared at him as he waggled his eyebrows at me. And then I started laughing. Leave it to Parker to make jokes about tits at a time like this.
He motioned for me to climb up first, which I happily agreed to. We still had a long way home once we got out of here. Without any way to call anyone, we were basically on our own. I really hoped that Parker was good with directions. I hit the last rung of the ladder and smiled as the sun hit my face, but it was all short-lived when I saw five men standing just a little ways off and a helicopter sitting beyond them. We were so fucked.
“Why did you stop moving?” Parker asked.
I took in all the men standing there and calculated our odds of getting out of this thing alive. They weren’t very good if we stepped out there, but if we went back down in the tunnels, there might still be a way out. I got ready to drop my weight and glanced down quickly.
“Run!” I shouted, placing my hands on the outside of the ladder and letting my legs dangle. Parker’s eyes widened and he slid down the ladder. I released my tight grip and slid down, just barely missing Parker as he rolled out of the way in time. He grabbed my arm and yanked me after him just as a man appeared at the top and started firing into the shaft.
“Fuck! I thought we got rid of them!” Parker shouted as we raced down the tunnel.
“They’re like a bad case of acne. They just keep popping up.”
“That’s a really weird reference,” he shouted over his shoulder. “Remind me to ask you about that if we ever get out of here.”
A loud boom sounded from above and the ground shook beneath our feet. Parker turned, his eyes wide as he leapt toward me and tackled me to the ground, his body covering mine as rocks fell all around us, crushing us beneath their weight.
Chapter Twenty-Five
Cap
“What exactly are we doing, Cap?” Sinner asked from the seat beside me.
“We lost communication with Parker and Blake. They were doing a job for Knight, and their SUV stopped moving about a half hour away. Then the signal was lost completely. We need to go get them.”
“If they’re still alive,” Burg muttered from the back seat.
“They’re alive,” I insisted. I hadn’t lost a man in years, and I wasn’t about to change that any time soon.
“Let’s face it, if their SUV is stopped and the signal is gone, that most likely means that the SUV was blown up or something.”
“That doesn’t mean they’re dead,” Cazzo jumped in.
“Thank you,” I said, happy that someone else was seeing things my way.
“Yeah, Cazzo’s right. They could have been taken hostage or shot after the SUV was blown up. It all depends on who captured them.”
“Thanks,” I muttered, happier when he hadn’t gotten involved.
“Who are these guys anyway?” Burg asked.
“I’m not sure exactly. We were tracking down a senator’s connections-”
“Oh, for the love of God,” Cazzo all but yelled. “Another fucking senator? When is this shit gonna end?”
“This doesn’t have anything to do with Knight and his vendetta,” I assured him.
“Nothing?” he questioned.
“Alright, he found the information in Blakely’s home safe, but it’s not about anything to do with Knight. This is about something bigger.”
“And what’s that?” Burg asked curiously.
I tightened my hands on the wheel and gritted my teeth. “I don’t know that either.”
Cazzo and Burg threw their hands up and groaned while Sinner started laughing.
“But there is something going on,” I reassured them. “I swear, you know I wouldn’t let Knight go off half cocked if I thought there was nothing to go on.”
“So, what’s the plan?” Cazzo asked. “I mean, is this a shoot ‘em up situation or a recon?”
“Considering who’s involved and how this all came about, I would say definitely shoot to kill.”
Knight slowed in front of us. He was traveling in another SUV with Hunter, Derek, and Alec. Knight pulled over to the side of the road
