“Red and Hollywood are out of the question, they know them,” Hack said. “And I’m not comfortable sending anyone else. Ya’ll want us to hurl shit at you until you don’t react?”
Both the men in question exchanged glances.
“You really think they’ll say shit?” Baldy asked.
Cass had yet to unclench his jaw.
“They circle you with a Steel MC Garage logo on the side of the truck,” Onyx said. “Expect the worst.”
“We can toss another magnet logo on the side,” Baldy said. “Leave the number and hide the logos.”
“Good idea,” Red piped up. “Now, let’s figure this out. Baldy, you can tow in a car and say someone sent you with it. Take Cass with you for backup. Once you get in on the property, you can figure out how many people they have there and if there is women and children there.” Red picked up the papers he had laid in front of him.
Onyx hadn’t thought about women and children. He just wanted to end this group of people that had stepped over the line when they took him. The women may not be innocent, but the children—they were. Any hate they spewed was taught and not truly understood.
“I got this.” Baldy nodded. ”We can go in and figure out what we need to do. Then what is the plan?”
Red smiled. “We’re going to bomb the shit out of them. At least the ones close to us. The others I want Hack to relay to the Steels in their state and they can do what’s best. Brick is ready when we are.”
“You good Cass?” Hollywood asked, his demeanor a duck on the water. Cool, calm and collected, but Onyx knew what bubbled under the surface. Hollywood had that way, the good cop, aware of the danger, but not about to poke a bear when there were other ways.
“Yeah.” Cass ran his hand over his head as if it were a white board needing to be cleaned. “Just threw me off a bit, never heard anyone call my babies anything worse than wild hellions and that was their mother. Lil’ Mama’s told me things she’d been called growing up, but those are my kids you know. They’re my heart, I’m the one they puke on when they’re sick and the one they bring books to before they go to bed at night.”
“I feel you,” Onyx said. “But I don’t want your reaction to make it so their uncles in here have to raise them.”
The cool blue of Casanova’s eyes cut across the table and recognition of how serious this could get finally hit the man. These people had a hatred, deep seeded, coming from their own fear factor. One, where truth and fiction twisted in a horrific blend of pain.
“Back to Brick,” Red said. “The man is twisted and wants to go for some rainbow theme because of them co-opting the name ACT UP.”
“Now, he’s just trying to show off,” Hack said. “But I kinda like it. Is he gonna make us blare the soundtrack to Rent as he pushes the button?”
“Fifty bucks says he holds his fist in the air yelling ‘Act Up fight AIDS’,” Baldy said shaking his head. “While I appreciate Rosario Dawson stripping and the fact Beno now knows how many minutes are in a year, we really shouldn’t have let Brick watch it.”
The men let out a light laugh at the insanity that was Brick and how he’d been since that fateful night when Lil’ Mama tried to teach the men about theater.
An unease crept up Onyx’s spine, but he’d promised Topaz he’d speak on her behalf. “Topaz said she knows how to set explosives,” Onyx added. “She was taught by Dell in New Mexico, she was the one who reset the charges at the cabin.”
“That’s good to know.” Red made sure to have full eye contact with Onyx before stating his next point. “If you’re okay with sending her, we can have her in the second wave with Brick and Cass. Three experienced with munitions would cut time down, but from the gossiping hens you’ve made it pretty clear she’s your Ol’ Lady. You aren’t just fucking.”
“By gossiping hens I assume the men who were at the Roadside?” Onyx said, getting a nod from Red and he took in the room of brothers. “Fine, yeah, I like her more than peanut butter and jelly with a cold glass of milk and I don’t want her hurt.”
“They can get the job done at least twice as fast with the three of them. But Baldy and Cass… we need that intel before we do anything.” Red hit his gravel on the table. “This meeting is adjourned.”
Topaz couldn’t believe it! They actually trusted her to go with Bounty, Brick and Cass and set the bombs they had in the back of the van. They were going to set explosives around the entire compound of ACT UP. Baldy and Cass had come back with all the information they needed to know about the group.
Though, Cass needed at least ten minutes alone to scream when he came back. Lil’ Mama was holding tight to her toddlers’ hands as Preacher Girl rocked Maddox. All not understanding why Daddy was broke down on his knees slamming his fist into the ground. When little Braxton broke free of Lil’ Mama’s hand and ran over calling Daddy, everyone with in ear shot lost any hold they had on tears.
The little curly haired boy, his skin shades darker than Cass’ but his heart didn’t see that. His heart told him not only was Casanova
