Page 8 of Homecoming

They do a similar thing to what we do, except they are a hell of a lot less legal, and they pretty much always do the assassination jobs. Jynx is the best at what she does in the criminal world, and has been for years which is an even more impressive fact when you take into consideration that she is in her twenties.

D is her uncle, and he is a bigger crime boss than my father and brother by far. The difference is that D does jobs for the organization that Alaric works for, and because of the nature of them and how good he is at his job, the organization leaves him alone.

I really don’t know how that came about, or how he still gets away with it, but he does, and it works for everyone involved. My point was that he is her uncle, and she has been raised in the life much like Rage and I have. She actually taught me what I know about a sniper rifle, and she is the only reason why I am as good as I am.

D is also another one of Alaric’s best friends.

“Hey!” Ace greets us, as happy as always. Don’t let that fool you though he is as deadly as they come, they all are. “Been up to anything fun?”

“By that he means deadly,” Jynx grins, her smile sharp.

“The same old,” I reply and then add, “Oh, we just got shot at. Does that count?”

“Definitely,” Malachi replies. Curiosity sparking in his eyes as he asks, “Do tell, what happened?”

“Liam happened, what else,” Alaric says.

I turn the camera so that they can see him.

“It’s been a while, Alaric,” Jynx says fondly.

I try to move the camera so that I have sort of got all of us in the shot, and we can at least see her.

“Were you on a job?” Rome asks.

“Yeah, technically, and it wasn’t Liam,” I reply. I quickly fill them in on what happened.

“Fucking Blake,” Jynx spits. She knows exactly what he is like and what he has done to me, and it’s safe to say that she is not a fan. “Just say the word, and I will take him out.”

Rage grins, “We know you would. I think if it were completely up to us, we would get you to step in, but the organization is involved.”

Alaric takes over, “I don’t want to risk you, even though D is involved with the organization there are special circumstances that protect him. It would protect you to a certain extent, but we don’t want to risk it. Neither of us would be happy to have you guys that close to an organization run operation.”

Jynx sighs and rolls her eyes, “I know, and I love you guys for that, but if you need me and my services, just say the word. I am sure that we can figure out something that would keep everyone involved safe, and Blake dead.”

“She’s right,” Rip smirks, “we have our ways, and we have plenty of resources. If you need help, just yell.”

“Got it,” Alaric smiles warmly, “thanks, guys.”

We all know that we aren’t going to do that, it’s like Alaric said, we don’t want to risk them. Alaric is technically on the opposite side of the law to them. He is above the normal law enforcement, but he is still on the side of the law, Jynx definitely isn’t.

“How are the grandparents?” I ask.

Jynx smiles, “They are great. We are actually heading out to see them in a couple of days.”

“That’s great,” Rage replies. “I bet it’s still an adjustment, even though it’s been a while.”

“Yeah, it is. I mean, they mostly remember us as little kids, so I think they have been struggling with that more than we have,” Rome replies.

“I can see why that would be odd,” Alaric agrees with a frown.

“How is Sawyer and the rest of the Conspiracy?” I ask.

Jynx doesn’t really talk about the grandparent's situation that much, but then again, Jynx doesn’t really talk about anything much. It’s just the way she is, the only reason why I know as much about her as I do, is because we run in the same circles, or rather our parents and her uncle did, plus her uncle, D, is best friends with Alaric. We have pretty much always been in each other's lives.

“Amazing. They are handling a lot of shit for us at the moment so that we can do a couple of jobs for D, and they are doing great.” Mason replies. “Fucking awesome to hang out with, too; you guys will have to meet them at some point.”

“Sounds good to me,” I reply. “You guys talk about them a lot. I would love to meet them.”

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