Page 59 of Seamus: Unconventional
I lift Vinny up and Katie notices, telling Cort she’ll get Wilson the new and what they have for straight service for Sarge. I don’t ask what else there is because Vinny is stressed enough that I feel it.
Shadow and Light follow us to a table at the back. I guess they all feel whatever this is. “What’s up, Vin?”
“The chip means you die together.”
Light shakes hard and his hat falls but Katie catches it and plops it on her head. “The way I heard it is if something happens to any of them, Alder will plug their chip into the server so they all keep that connection. The server means every partner will still have the connection.”
I see where this is going and send Light the need for the watches. He barks making Vinny jump but I see the watch. “The watch, Katie.”
She smiles taking the hat off and the watch out of the pouch stuck to the inside. They’re too much. I take Shadow’s hat off and see the pouch. “Good call, Brothers. So, this is called Leon Lessons. The watch is chipped and jammed so no one can take your information or stop our tracking, plus you get Leon Lessons whenever you need them. Shadow even got a voice for him in your book app, Vinny, so you can still hear Leon read to you.”
Katie cries leaning into me. I get the watch on Vinny then wrap an arm around my girl. Mark is frozen in place. “Mark? Shadow or Light can get the voice to your phone or tablet.”
He hugs me. “Leon Lessons,” he whispers giving me a squeeze then he walks away. I watch as Tyson and Dreng lead him out. Tyson turns and throws me chin. They have his back and will settle him.
Vinny is on the table with my beasts showing him how to ask and get answers. Katie is a mess of tears but watching intently.
Aylen shows beside me and puts her arm around my girl. ‘I got her.’
I let her go and find a seat by the Brothers. It’s still a good night.
Chapter Ten
Maestro Club
I ride to Honor with the boys because they like going to the school as opposed to virtual from Maestro. I answered O’Rourke at breakfast but he’s not exactly observant to human interactions and his vocalized pride in homeschooling explains a lot. He grew up on a farm so his upbringing is filled with more animals than people. If I was a kid, I’d want to go with friends too, so the ride and conversation doesn’t bother me in the least. The partners have more work now so the ride gives me time alone with them that I wasn’t getting before. I like it.
Katie is with Wilson and Gonzo to meet Piper then onto Sentinel for a meet with Sarge and Anchor.It’s an Op day so I’m glad she’s got work to do too.
I love this job more than any other I’ve had. I smile at the line of bullshit, the only jobs I’ve had is military and the farm, military was good until they chipped us then it wasn’t. Our jobs were good but everything was a lie and we knew it. We performed the job well enough for continual positive recognition so it wasn’t all terrible, but it was tainted like a bad after taste left by sour milk.
I walk into the meeting room surprised with so many here. “Brothers.”
“Seamus, Mark loves the Leon Lessons.”
I give Kristos a nod. “He said he’s honored. I like that he says it with no embarrassment.”
“All the kids do. It’s part of Little Brothers. I’d invite you but Mase is getting scary with the territorial shit.”
I laugh. “He is funny about that territory but knows how to protect it in a way I’m never challenging.”
The boards light up so we sit but they’re all Ops rooms as if we’re looking in to other Clubs. Phoenix shows on the main board with the back of Cort until someone mumbles something softly to him.
Cort turns. “Get to your Ops rooms if you’re a Control. Brinks is with Stella, she’s having the twins. Aylen and Ben are with her. Zeke and Ops Protectors are on jobs. I need Ops Controls. The general woke up just to meltdown.”
I’m up and look at Kristos. He nods. “Get to Donna at aero. She’s got open stations.”
Donna is the Air Club in a Club building across the runway from here. I go. Seeing through the chip behind my eyes, Light has the team of partners on the move. Fuck. No one thought to tell me?I get on a golf cart with a frantically waving Asa. “Thanks. Light has the team moving.” It takes some effort on their part to exclude me from their movements but I did say I had a meet.
“VP Jack Control to VP Light, Maestro teams. Boss Shadow team work to VP MB.” The little VP possesses a mastery over the golf cart’s capabilities that I’m not sure I’ll ever attain. I don’t golf and this would not be a chosen mode of transportation for me. My partners seem to enjoy the carts but it’s just not my thing.I’ll be adding teams to that lineup so I’m glad someone like Jack is paying attention. The Brother doesn’t miss much.
I nod and hold on to this jacked up golf cart, not merely a normal one, Badass seems to enhance anything with a motor. I’m glad they stick to things and not living beings. We slam to a stop a foot away from a Jeep that just pulled up and Asa is running before my internal organs fall back into place. Christ Almighty.
“Pres, Myers sent me to run IT for you.”
I turn fast. “Thanks, Tony. I need a team ready with two handlers and Mil in Ops with Circuit.”
He runs like he knows the way so I follow him at a jog. This skeleton isn’t Op enhanced and doesn’t move like the full robotic does. Everything is upstairs but I follow Tony’s pointing finger and take the elevator.
