Return to the King

Chapter 16

Alex's Past POV

"Set up the breach."

Two guys came from around me and placed the C4 on the doors. Carefully, not trying to get blown up here. They took some steps back and got themselves ready for the breach. I turned my head and looked at the rest of the group and they nodded their heads, indicating that they were ready just as I was.

"Breach."

The two guys hit the detonator and the C4 exploded, making the doors fly off their hinges. We moved in, two in front, two went right and two went left. We scattered around in the warehouse with our flashlights on. We were careful of any traps that could have been about in this place. As we shifted to the front, I looked carefully with squinted eyes and then held up my hand.

"Hold up guys, look in the middle. That's...." I leaned my head forward and looked to see something green blinking. Then I saw something red and instantly I flashed my light onto it and a bomb, planted on a chair in the center of the room!

"Get out the building!" I screamed as we all started running, "Code B! Code B! Get out the building now!"

We ran out of the warehouse and the bomb went off, sending everyone flying in one direction. We landed on the ground but luckily no one was really hurt. I stood on my feet and brushed myself off.

"Call Fred."

"Calling Fred." The phone replied and I peacefully waited.

"Alex? I thought you were busy with the warehouse. What's up?"

"I was busy with the warehouse. However, we came to find a bomb here!"

"A bomb?! Are you guys alright? No one died, did they?"

"We are all good. However, we gonna need someone to come and inspect the scene. I don't know if we can find anything, but its better to inspect than to do nothing at all."

"Alright, I will have the guys go out there. In the mean time, I need to get back to Antonio and Maurice."

"What's going on with them?"

"Antonio might have gotten into something huge. I think he found some missing women. I am going to send a copter your way and then you can go help on your own."

"Thanks for the help Fred."

I hung up the phone and went to speak to the others about the bomb and what are some things we could find. It wasn't long when the copter came and my wife was jumping out of the seat to come to me.

"Are you alright?! I heard there was a bomb here. How the hell did that happen and why are you and my brother so annoying?!" she questioned while she punched my arm.

"What about Maurice?!"

"Right now, he is the ONLY one who has not called Fred because of some emergency! Antonio beat the hell out of a witness so that guy needs help and then you have a bomb on your ass. Ugh you two! Let's go!" She grabbed my earlope and pulled me by it while we got into the helicopter. I almost tripped over my feet as she pulled me and got into the helicopter with her.

The ride was short but Nia caught me up to speed with what she knew about Antonio's case. Apparently, someone was waiting on his behalf and, well, Antonio's temper got the best of him as it seemed and he well... beat the hell out of the person to the point they needed a medical emergency.

It wasn't long until I looked down to see the scene Antonio was at. It was a mansion not too far from the warehouse. That's not a coincidence. I guess they wanted to keep something close for easy passage and access. Hm.. I would need Fred to figure out whose name these places are in so we can get some sense of something in place. We landed on the ground and Nia jumped out of the helicopter quicker than anything with a worried expression. She was running up to a car when I came out of the helicopter and I saw Antonio in the car. He drove off quickly and I dialed Fred. What the hell happened in the time frame that we left?

"Fred?"

"Alex, have you made it to Antonio yet?"

"Literally just landed and he was in a car. He drove off at high speed. What's the situation?"

"A truck, loaded some women on it and he's trying to catch it and try to make it crash into a police barricade. However, he can't make that car crash with that little car he got. Why didn't he take an SUV or something?!"

"Not to worry. Nia! Let's go! We got work to do!"

Anonio is going to kill me, but this is for a good cause.

Alex's Present POV

"So yeah, that's what happened, but again, it was for a good cause, I swear."

I was watching Anotnio in tears over the wreck of his favorite SUV. Had that since he was about 18 years old and never part with it as far as we were concerned. He was just sitting there saying why repeatedly. Maurice laughed while recording him and I was getting patched up by Nia over the glass that shattered from the window due to the crash. Anotnio needed more help since he had the police shooting at his car and damn near could have killed him. It was a mess to be honest, but we got the guys who were driving the truck at least.

"I think the police will handle the truck even though we should inspect it, but you guys want to get something to eat in the meantime?"

"After you wrecked my truck?! I swear you had better fix the damage to that really nice guy who will be fixing my car for a month!"

"I will deal with the truck. I promise you! I didn't mean to wreck your car, but it just happened!"

"It just happened that you so took my FAVORITE SUV and wrecked it to pulp!"

"Anotnio! Stop complaining about your truck!" Nia said as she slapped me upside the head.

"Ow! But, he-" She glared at me and I zipped my mouth shut quickly. I looked away with a pouting face and sighed.

"I will not complain about my truck. However, even though food sounds good, we should actually go get information off this truck and get Fred involved. You know he moves faster than regular police men, and now that Lori has her hands full with the media, we could move quickly without probably getting too much exposure."

I followed behind Anotnio, Maurice and Nia and went around the truck. An officer tried to stop us at first, but with a glare from Maurice, he backed down and gave us access. We looked up and noticed the truck wasn't even open yet.

"What is the meaning of this?" Nia questioned first.

"Why didn't you guys open the truck and start the inspection?"

"Well dear sir, this is police business, so I do wonder how did you get to the access point of this investigation?" We all turned to the new guy with a non-lit cigar in his hand, slowly approaching us with his hands in his pockets.

"Oh... it's you again. How interesting that you found your way. Have you pieced any pieces to the puzzle that you were working on?" The guy addressed Maurice and Maurice placed a smirk on his face. Without any notice, I texted Fred a message and then called him quickly. I placed him on speaker and he muted his background so that no suspicion to be aroused.

"Well... if it isn't the chief that I ran into while I went to speak with Lori about something important. I didn't expect to see that pretty face to be here. Then again, the cameras and media are here, so of course, like any chief, you would want some type of credit for your officers who completed a task that should have been dealt with before my brothers and I got here. Shouldn't you be standing next to Lori and basically making yourself involved in the investigation or did we not know what was happening until the news came on?"

"Well... aren't you... delightful? Well... sir... even though it is none of your business-"

"Actually, it is our business." I said as I stepped up next to Maurice.

"It is all of our businesses in the first place." Nia said.

"And quite frankly, we wouldn't have been here... causing a ruckus if someone were doing the jobs that should be being done in the first place." Antonio angrily said through gritted teeth.

"And who are you guys suppose to be?"

"Well... mister Arogant chief, I actually never did introduce myself to you earlier but I guess the time is right now. I am King Maurice. These are Queen Nia, King Alex and King Anontio. Due to a missing person who is of interest to us-"

"We were invited to do the task-"

"That your department couldn't handle and seem to care about."

All of us boys said with a smirk on our faces. The chief was stunned for a second. You would think he was going to swallow that cigar in his mouth. He let out a small cough and cleared his through with a charming smile placed on his face.

"Well.. it is an honor to be in the presence of royalty, but alas, you do not have jurisdiction to be here. The king-"

"The king allowed it and we have been under the radar. We intend to keep it that way."

"That wouldn't be a problem... chief... now would it?" Maurice said as he locked eyes with the chief and stood directly in front of him. The chief coughed and shook his head.

"No problem at all."

"Good. Now open the truck." Maurice said, and walked over to the truck. I looked at the chief, who thought no one was looking, and he locked eyes with someone in the distant. He kept looking back and forth at the truck and the person and I immediately turned to the direction he was looking in. A male, black suit, clean white, pressed, button-up shirt with black glasses on stood across the police line. Nia must have noticed as well because in her hand was her phone and she was recording the man as best as she could. The male walked away and I turned my attention back to the chief.

"Alrighty... let's open the crate then.