Page 54 of Rebel Fighter

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Trevor

“Hello, Robert,” I call out as I put the red dot on my rifle directly in the center of his chest. “You took someone that belongs to me and now it’s time for you to pay for your crimes.”

“Trevor,” he sighs, shaking his head. “You were always so meddlesome. I should have known eventually you could come back for Emma. I see I took too long marrying her off.”

“We both know even if you had she still would have come to me the second she knew I was back. Emma and I were always meant to be, that’s a fact you just never could accept,” my voice is gruff as I answer him through clenched teeth.

“She was never yours!” he shouts, taking a couple of menacing steps toward me. “That whore of a daughter is mine to do with as I please. The only role women play in this society is to breed male heirs. She is my property to marry off as I see fit. You are just a low-life piece of scum who never should have touched her. You ruined everything!”

His words make me flinch. I don’t care how he talks about me but to say those things about my Little Vixen makes me want to punch him in the face, now more than ever. I would really prefer to just shoot the asshole and be done with it but I promised my government contacts that we would try to bring him in alive depending on the circumstances. They understand it might not be possible and it’s a risk they are willing to take. Thank fuck.

“Emma isn’t anyone's property. She is her own woman and deserves to be able to make her own choices. You will let her leave with us and you will never come after her or Alexis ever again. They are no longer a part of your family.” My tone makes it clear that I’m leaving no room for argument. “Get on your knees, hands on the back of your head, and surrender. There are some people who want to speak with you.”

“It’s funny you think I would listen to anything you have to say,” Robert chuckles deeply. He holds one hand up and flicks his fingers forward as if summoning someone. Out of the shadows, a tall slender male appears wearing an all-black suit. He looks completely put together without a hair out of place. If it wasn’t for the fact I knew exactly who he was, I would assume he was ready for some sort of business transaction. Though I guess as the head of the Silent Death Family he technically is here for business.

“So this is the male that’s been causing you some trouble?” Wyatt calmly states as he slowly approaches.

“Trever Griffin, my daughter's high school boyfriend who doesn’t know when to leave well enough alone. I’ll leave him here for you to handle. Do with him as you wish,” Robert states confidently. He turns to walk away, at the same time Wyatt raises the black pistol in his hand and starts to fire off several shots in my direction.

I dodge and roll to the left avoiding the shots, quickly raising my rifle to return fire. All but one of my bullets miss and graze his thigh. All around the building shots begin to ring out. We knew there was a good chance of this becoming a firefight and wanted to make sure we had the bigger guns. I take my eyes off Wyatt knowing he’s down for the moment and try to track Robert. When the shots started he took off running. I catch his figure moving off to the left of the warehouse directly to where we suspected Emma was being held. I knew I couldn’t let him reach her. With a quick look at Rome, I motion for him to take care of Wyatt and provide cover while I go after Robert. There is no way in hell I’ll let him get to Emma and get away.

Keeping my weapon at the ready I dodge between cement pillars and downed tables for cover making my way around the room. Every so often I’m confronted by one of the Silent Death Family members and without hesitation, I raise my weapon and shoot. At this close range, my shots don’t miss and their bodies fall to the ground. I make sure to kick their guns away as I pass, leaving them to suffer where they are. They made their beds, they can lay in them.

“Robert, STOP!” I shout raising my gun once more, training it on him. “You’re not getting away this time.”

“You can never just leave well enough alone can you,” he grumbles. I didn’t realize it before but Robert had his own gun. He turns toward me quickly, raises the 9mm, and fires two shots. The first hit me in the left shoulder going straight through, and the second managed to graze my side.

“Fucking A!” I shout before returning fire. I should have expected Robert to have a gun but I honestly didn’t think he would. I had never seen him carry one before so this was a first. God, Emma, and the guys are going to have a field day over me getting shot. Emma is going to be hella pissed and the guys are going to laugh their asses off and not let me live it down.

I know I was undecided when I showed up on if I wanted Robert dead or in jail, I had every intention of putting his slimy ass in jail but he gave me no choice. I wasn’t going to let the asshole have even more chances to put bullet holes in me. My return fire put one bullet through his chest and the other through his forehead, just like my years of training taught me. His body dropped to the floor immediately as blood began to pole around him. Checking around me to ensure no one else was nearby I made my way over to him, keeping my eye out for anyone approaching me. When I reach him, I squat down and kick his gun away. Not like a dead man is going to be able to use it but I’m not taking any chances.

A few minutes later all the gunfire begins to come to a stop. My best guess is everyone is either now dead or ran away. “Clear!” a voice shouts, echoing around the open warehouse. Shortly after a chorus of clears can be heard from several different people.

“Trevor!” I hear Rome shout, his voice closer to where I’m located as he approaches. “Oh thank fuck,” he sighs when he sees me. “Oh…,” he trails off coming to a stop where I’m squatting down next to Robert’s body.

“He didn’t give me a choice,” I answer his unasked question. I stare down at Robert’s lifeless body before me. Years of abuse, trauma, and hate, slowly are starting to feel complete. We’re free, Emma and Alexis are free. That’s a feeling that I was almost scared to admit would never happen. If he had been arrested for his multitude of crimes I have a feeling he would find a way to make our lives hell, especially for Emma. At least now we will all have a chance to start healing in time. A million things will need to be taken care of with Robert’s death. That will have to be a problem for another day, especially now that everything will be handed to his son William. He’s a whole other problem.

“Status update?” I look up at Rome. Really I’m more concerned if Emma got out but I trust Steel and Shadow to have done their job.

“Emma is safe in the cars. Wyatt managed to get away with the help of some of his guys. And it looks like you got Robert so…,” he trails off letting me make my own conclusions on how this night went.

“So, we made out in the end,” I nod, contemplating our next moves. “Have Steel get Emma back to the compound. We need to call the authorities and let them know about Robert and what happened here.” I stand, slinging my rifle onto my shoulder, and wipe my hands on my thighs.

“Uh, Boss,” Rome starts. “Maybe we should also get you a medic.”

I look down at my left arm and nod in agreement. “Yeah, that’d be a good idea. Get ready for a long night.”

Rome walks away to make the necessary phone calls and I find a set of grates set up nearby to take a seat on. It’s definitely going to be a long night answering a ton of questions. The authorities are going to want to talk to Emma but I should be able to hold them off until tomorrow. My woman needs sleep and to see her daughter. After that, the authorities can ask questions with me and our lawyer present.

THIRTY-FIVE

TREVOR

It’s been three weeks since we rescued Emma from her father’s capture. Twenty-one days since I put two bullets in Robert killing him. Five hundred and four hours since Emma and Alexis were freed from the asshole's chains. The first week was rough. Multiple government agencies kept the news under wraps as they did investigations. Killing Robert in the Silent Death Family owned warehouse helped seal the ties we predicted they had. It helped that Rome had thought ahead and wore a body camera that recorded many of the events, including capturing on video Wyatt at the location. With a lot of that evidence, and Emma’s victim statement the government had plenty to start wrapping up their cases and begin dismantling the empire he had built. We also made sure to get the tracker Robert had implanted in Emma out and given to the authorities. I told them to check Nora as well because I wouldn’t be surprised if he had one placed in her. I had Alexis checked as well but it appears she didn’t have one.

William had been brought in for questioning multiple times. Not many charges were able to be stuck to him as Robert was a control freak and didn’t let William touch many parts of his businesses. Emma said she didn’t want to hear too much about the whole process just yet. She wanted time to just enjoy her freedom before needing to face the horrors of her past one final time. I wanted to tell her to just rip the bandaid off now but I would respect her choices since soon the news would be everywhere and she wouldn’t be able to avoid it much longer.

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