Page 62 of Prophet
“There’s action over by the Cotton Candy club.
“What kind?” Talon asked.
Then we all heard it, a rumbling noise.
“The fuck is that?” I asked.
“Chopper,” Redemption answered. “I’ll never forget that sound.”
It got louder.
“Talon,” Hawk’s voice came over the comm again. “There’s movement at the front of the club.”
I turned, jumped on my bike and took off. Turning my head, I could see the first lot, then I raced across it to the club’s parking lot.
Just then, a loud roaring came down almost on top of me. Bullets rained down from over my head, one hit my shoulder, another hit the Ninja’s manifold. A third must have hit a tire as my bike swerved and slid to its side. I rolled off of it and my body skidded a few feet. A huge wind hit me as I rose up and limped-ran toward the copter.
A man and a woman raced from the doors of the club and hopped into the helicopter. Then another man from inside of the large whirling beast, aimed a rifle at me.
I dove down to the asphalt as bullets pinged along the asphalt in a rapid succession on either side of me.
The chopper rose from the ground as I stood up and it lurched my way. The incredible wind from the blades knocked me off my feet.
Up and away the large metal machine went ? taking the man I wanted dead ? with it.
I got up and felt like something a bus had just run over. Pain wracked me from several areas of my body, but I didn’t care. That fucker had been ten feet away from me!
Bikes roared from all around me as a fleet of riders came into the lot.
Redemption hopped off his bike and rushed over. “Man, you are bleeding. Fuck!” He reached to my shoulder.
I knocked his hand away. “Had to be Deacon, he was hiding under that club this whole fucking time.”
“Did you see him?” Redemption asked.
I shrugged. “Not close up, had to be him and he had a woman with him.”
“Jewel?” Redemption asked me.
“No, long red hair and she was tall.” I headed over to the entrance.
“Hey!” Talon shouted at the top of his lungs as he rode up on his bike and puled it in front of me with a skidding halt.
“Get the hell out of my way!” I yelled at him. “Jewel and my dad have to be in there or under there.”
“And this guy leaves bombs behind him!” Talon yelled.
Redemption grabbed my good arm. “Prophet! You need to wait!”
“No more waiting!” I seethed.
“Talon!” Hawk again came over on the comm. “Cameras have movement at the back entrance.”
I halted and pushed Redemption off me then I grabbed his weapon from its holster at his hip. I’d lost mine way the fuck back in time somewhere.
“Wait a damned minute!” Talon shouted at me.
I was all done with waiting. If the movement at the back had been his men, one of them would be telling me where my dad and Jewel were. If they didn’t tell me, I fully intended to use Red’s gun. Turning to go around the building, a loud rumbling sounded as the ground shook under me. Then everything went to a hot red as I was knocked off my feet. With my body hitting the asphalt, more rumbling rolled along the ground as it sounded like some roaring beast was underground. I lifted my head and saw the ground cracking with huge fissures that kept on going. They were rippling out in all directions as more booms sounded from all over.
