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Hawk
Hawk knew the minute he walked through the back door of Mainline Ink II, and heard the shit Lizzy was sprouting, what he was going to have to do. It burned in his gut to disrespect his very new old lady but if he had to choose between disrespecting her and keeping her alive it was a fucking easy choice.
What he hadn’t expected was the dead black eyes and the gun pointed unwaveringly at his head. Safety off, finger on the trigger. Ready to take him out.
Leading fucking Lizzy out of his woman’s shop he met Ice’s eyes and saw the shock in his eyes as well. Hawk knew they had just seen and survived being confronted by the Crow and it wasn’t a good feeling at all. It fucking killed him to put the crazy bitch on the back of his bike but he clenched his teeth and went through with their play.
At the clubhouse he dragged her through the common room and into his office. Kid, Ice and Beast followed and once the door was closed he sat in his chair and stared at the woman standing defiantly in front of his desk.
“What the fuck were you thinking? Do you have any idea what you have just done?” Hawk snarled at the stupid bitch.
“I’m not sorry.” She whispered. “You don’t really want her. She’s not a good person. Jane told me she’s a Road Warriors club whore. You and I, we were happy until she came here, we were going to have a baby and then you threw me out.”
As she rambled on and on Hawk felt his rage building but he swallowed it down, letting her carry on.
“We were going to be a family. You were going to keep me and let the others go. I love you, Hawk. How can you not see that? How can you choose her over me? I’ll be the best mother for your children, not her. She acts like a man and not a woman and she’s so ugly. All muscles and dark. You don’t fuck dark, you only fuck light. Jane told me what I had to do and I did it. Now you’re all mine and we can go back to how it was before, but this time it will only be the two of us. I won’t allow any of the others to fuck you, only me.”
Hawk had heard enough.
“The only reason I took you out of that shop today was to save your stupid fucking life. I don’t love you, Lizzy, I’ve never loved you. I don’t even fucking like you. I wanted to fuck you, and that’s all it ever was, just a fuck. It’s my mistake that I let you hang around as long as you did. A mistake I have since rectified. There’s some shit going down with the club which is the only reason why you were brought back to the clubhouse. You weren’t brought back because I wanted you back. I’m done with you. Forever.”
Hawk watched her shrink inside herself but he didn’t give a shit. He continued to lay it out for her.
“What you did fucking ripped apart the peace I worked hard to arrange between the Iron Dogz and the Road Warriors. People are going to die because of what you did today. How does that make you feel? Are you still not sorry? Are you okay with men, women and children dying because you didn’t fucking get what you wanted?”
Her head was whipping side to side and she moaned softly but Hawk didn’t let up. He needed to know where the fuck Jane was and this bitch knew, had been in contact with her. Jane and Big Ed had slipped away and disappeared, and they needed to find them. And this bitch was their only lead.
“You fucked up, Lizzy. Why would you believe anything Jane said to you? She fucking hates you.”
Her crazy eyes flipped around the room and her mouth was open wide and wet with saliva.
“No, you’re wrong. Jane said if I went and saw that bitch you would come back to me. She said if I wanted you back I had to help her. So I did. I want you back, I love you. I don’t want people to die because of me. I didn’t know. I promise I didn’t know. I just thought if I could get her to leave we would be together again. Jane said she’d help me get rid of her. I didn’t know she meant to hurt people. I didn’t, I promise I didn’t.” She moaned.
“Where is Jane? Did you see her today before you went to see DC?”
Lizzy nodded. “Yes. She came to my house this morning, with a scary man. She said they were going to take care of it. I don’t know how, she didn’t say. I just thought they would chase her away or something.” But Hawk could see the lie in her eyes, she wanted DC dead.
“Did she say when she would see you again?”
“No, but she did say they had someone on the inside who was helping them. She said this woman would help them get to her when she least expects it. I don’t know anything more and I didn’t ask. I just wanted her gone but I didn’t want her dead.”
“Stop lying to yourself, bitch. What the fuck did you think Jane meant when she said she would take care of it? Are you so fucking clueless you just go along with arranging to kill someone? What the fuck, Lizzy?”
Hawk didn’t wait for her answer, he turned to Kid. “Get her out of here and lock her down. No one talks to her. If she needs anything get one of the brothers with an old lady to take care of it, not the women. They might feel sorry enough to help her escape.”
He stayed silent as Kid took Lizzy’s arm and forcefully removed her from the office. The bitch didn’t want to leave. When the door closed behind them he turned to his cousin who had been silently watching.
“My woman is going to cut my fucking balls off for this shit. What the fuck do I do now, Ice?”
His cousin gave him a look he couldn’t read.
“We go to the Warriors and lay this shit out for Doc and Tiny. We have to let them know they have a rat before Jane makes her play. That’s all we can do and you will have to explain to them why you did what you did today. DC is a club kid, she’ll understand, eventually.”
Ice suddenly gave an evil laugh.
“After she’s made you suffer. She is one harsh motherfucker of a bitch.”
Picking up his phone Hawk sent his woman a message. Through the course of the afternoon he sent a fucking slew of texts, and no answer. He tried calling. No answer. He left her voice messages, a lot of them. In the last one he threatened an ass spanking if she didn’t call him.
“Stop fucking around with your phone. Let’s get out of here, Hawk.” Kid growled in exasperation. “We have to have a face to face with Doc and get this shit sorted. They took her to the Warriors compound, so she’ll be there and you can fix your shit while we hunt for their rat.”
Following Ice and Kid he frowned heavily at the sudden silence his presence caused in the common room. He paused, looked around the room then focused on the brothers hanging out with the bitches. Sin and Beast stood at the bar and both of them gave him a chin lift. They would keep things tight while he rode out to get his woman.
His phone beeped and the message pissed him off. His woman was going to get a red ass if she carried on with her shit.
He gave a chin lift to his men and walked out while trying to call his woman back. No luck, it went straight to voicemail.
Jesus, she was so fucking stubborn.
It took time to get to the Warriors compound because of the early evening traffic and they had to take care while splitting lanes because there were some clueless motherfuckers on the road. He didn’t need to get taken off his bike right now.
Pulling up to the partly open steel gates at the Road Warriors compound Hawk frowned at the party going on behind the heavy gates. Music blared and bikes roared as they did burnouts in front of the open garages. He swore viciously when he spotted DC’s cage pulled up next to a few other rides.
He tried calling again, and again it went straight to voicemail so he left a message.
“When I get my hands on you, baby, your ass is going to be red. That’s a promise.”
Hawk cursed long and inventively as Skel walked up to him with a sly grin.
“She’s so fucking pissed at you, Hawk. I’m glad I’m not you, our girl’s going to make you suffer.”
Hawk sighed heavily. “It was the only fucking play I had, brother. I got a call to alert me to the shit going down and I raced over to intercept the bitch but I was too late. So I played it the only way I could to keep DC safe.”
Shaka and Tiny strolled up and Hawk met Tiny’s ice cold eyes, refusing to back down.
“What the fuck happened today?” Tiny demanded. “My girl has shut down and we’ve had to fucking deal with the Crow in full on pissed off mode. She’s going to demand retribution and if she asks we will have to have a fucking good reason why we can’t give it to her.”
Hawk nodded. “I had a very good fucking reason. We need to discuss this somewhere there are no ears listening. Apparently you have acquired a rodent problem. I need to talk to Doc.”
Hawk watched as Tiny’s entire demeanour changed. He went from slightly pissed to full on enraged in seconds.
“Doc’s on a run. Bring your rides inside.” He stalked off back to the clubhouse without another word, Shaka following after shooting him a scathing glance.
“Fuck.” Skel motioned for the gates to be opened fully to allow them entrance.
When they walked into the common room of the clubhouse it was filled with Warriors but no women, and definitely no DC. Skel led them through the silently watching men up the steel stairs and down a passage to an open door. The large office was a mess, dust, dying plants, papers and bike parts everywhere. The walls were covered with paintings done by his little bird, some obviously done at the same time as the one he had in his office. But there were some very dark and ominous paintings as well and Hawk would have liked time to study them but now was not the time.
Hawk took the chair at the desk and waited as Kid, Ice, Skelly and Shaka settled in the remaining chairs and on the messy couch. Tiny sank into Doc’s chair.
“Let’s hear it.” Tiny snarled.
Hawk leant forward in his chair and started to lay it out.
“Earlier today two of my men went into Jane Warne’s house. It was obvious that she was long gone. We immediately hit Big Ed’s place and his old lady, who happens to be Snake’s daughter, was happy to tell us she found some shit on his phone and kicked him out. He told her he was moving in with his girlfriend. So we know they are together. I called Snake to see if he had anything to say and he wants us to sit down at a table as soon as possible.”
Tiny nodded. “That might be a good idea, but you be careful, he is not to be trusted, his name is very appropriate.”
Hawk gave a small nod in acknowledgement before he continued.
“We were lucky we got to Big Ed’s old lady first because she had his phone. It was because of what we found on his phone that I played it the way I did at DC’s shop. We needed to find out more about their plans and Lizzy had the answers. The bitch told us Jane is planning on taking DC from here, from inside your clubhouse. One of your club whores is a rat. Someone no one suspects and she can apparently get close to DC without raising any suspicions. She’s going to deliver DC to Jane and Big Ed in exchange for their help in solving a problem she has and a large sum of money. Lizzy has no idea what her problem is or who the rat might be. Do you have any ideas?”
Tiny turned in his chair and looked at Skelly. Something went down between the two of them and Tiny sighed before he turned back.
“Yes, we do, but I need to look into it before we make our move. There are others who will be hurt if we move too quickly.” Tiny said quietly.
“Right.” Hawk was done talking about this shit. He wanted to speak to his woman. “Where’s my old lady? She hasn’t answered her phone for the last couple of hours.”
Tiny grimaced. “Ja, about that. Doc needed her skills for some club business. They left about an hour ago.”
Hawk sighed and rubbed his hands over his tired face. How the hell was he supposed to deal with this? She was his old lady. How could he let this disregard of him and his club pass?
“Hawk, brother, this is part of who she is.” Skelly interrupted his thoughts. “Doc knew it was going to piss you off so he left me behind to try and explain.”
Hawk was pissed and he showed it. “So explain this shit to me, Skelly. Explain how my old lady is not where she’s supposed to be. Explain how I was not informed about the need for her to go on an unscheduled run and without my men taking her back.”
Skelly held his hands up in supplication. “We received some totally fucked up information late this afternoon. If not handled properly it could impact both of our clubs, and not in a good way. If it’s allowed to play out the way it’s been set up to play out we will all be sitting behind fucking bars very fucking soon. Doc needed his Crow to get to the bottom of it.”
“Where the fuck is she?”
“On the road. The informant is in Durban.” When he saw the look on Hawk’s face Skel immediately set out to assure him of his woman’s safety.
“She’s safe, Hawk. She has four brothers as her personal security and there are ten of them on the run. Rover and Grizzly will be on her ass, keeping her safe.”
“Fuck, I have so much shit going down in my own club I don’t have time to deal with this right now.” Hawk came up out of his chair. “I’ve got to get back. Keep me in the loop regarding your rat.”
Hawk rode away with rage burning through his gut. How dare Doc give his woman an assignment without speaking to him first? DC belonged to him, not to Doc and not to the Road Warriors.
He was in a foul mood when he walked through the doors of his club and everyone saw it and made sure they stayed out of his way.
He tried to catch up on work to keep his mind off his little bird. But after receiving several messages from the brothers who were riding along with the trucks on the way down to Durban he was in an even worse mood. He gave up on work and went up to the guestroom he was using while his room was being decorated.
Hawk lay with his hands behind his head, staring up at the ceiling unable to sleep. He was worried about his little bird. They had not ended the day on a good note at all. She was pissed at him, and he totally understood, but she didn’t know why he had done what he did. And not answering her fucking phone did not give him an opportunity to explain.
Rolling over he picked up his phone and sighed as he saw the time. Four in the morning. He would call once more and then it would be up to DC.
It rang twice and suddenly she was there, her voice so fucking tired his temper spiked.
“Hi Hawk.”
“Where the fuck are you?” He growled.
“I’m on a run with Doc. He needed me on this one.”
He was silent for a few seconds and then he didn’t try to disguise the anger and violence in his voice when he spoke. But it became concern for her safety and he let her know it as he asked where she was.
When she told him she was safe he wanted to shout bullshit but reigned himself in. The reports from his brothers had let him know how fucking dangerous the weather conditions were on the N3.
Hawk was so fucking pissed off with Doc and even though he knew DC couldn’t tell him what the hell they were doing in Durban he still asked. She didn’t answer him instead she threw the fucked up situation with Lizzy at him. And then it was his turn to evade answering because there was no way he could adequately explain the shit over the phone, and he knew she was going to give him hell.
She didn’t, she left him listening to dead air as she shut her phone down.
