MC: Moniz: Book 9 (19 page)

“Trackin’ from KC control shows the school?” he asks.

“Yeah, I don’t show it. KC Security doesn’t show it. Jewelry tracking doesn’t show it.”

He scans the feeds then look back at me. “He got in control.”

“Yeah without an alert to me or Brantley.”

“Fuck!”

I run my hand down my face. “He can’t be in IT VP. He’s too fuckin’ smart and knows too much.”

He looks at me like he’s scanning my face. “Yeah. Get to KC. Pres’ll have more questions.”

I turn to close down but Jerry is pulling a flash. “Pres looks pretty mad. I thought I’d put the video on flash and mark your times. It’s on a doc on the flash.” He hands me the flash and talks to Danny about a cop right off the ramp.

VP hits my shoulder. “Like him. He’s Digs for BS.” I nod. “I’m out,” he says walking away.

I look at Jerry. He’s smiling. “He drops ‘g’ on ends of words, loses pronouns and gives orders and nothing more.”

“Yeah. Nice catch. He likes you. If you can stand it he’s a decent boss. Just don’t take, post or send pictures of him.” I close out of admin and wipe the computer then set it to do a security scan sending me the results in admin.

He laughs. “I watched him shoot the billboards. Now that I understand him I don’t mind working HS boards for him. He scared the shit out of me barking orders I didn’t understand. You should let people know what red means.”

I crack up. “Red is worse than his normal speech. He drops ‘g’ on verbs all the time. When he’s red he scans, his mind is like a computer running scenarios. He doesn’t know he scares people when he’s red. Just do your job and you’re golden. If he threatens you brush it off. He’s never killed a Brother.”

He pales. “I’m not a Brother.”

“You’re safe then. He’d ask Jake to kill you. He probably won’t. Thanks for the drive.” I walk out then run to my bike. I hope Jerry stays with VP, they’ll be good together.

Walking up to KC I use my thumb to get in. “Meeting room two,” Sheila says. I throw her chin and keep walking. It’s funny to see women here but it’s not Security anymore. The kids rotate jobs so they never get bored with one thing for too long. Once they decide a path they get switched. Sheila likes moving around and she’s good at every job so Little Ben uses her like Pres uses Danny.

I thumb into the room and see Jessie against the wall arms crossed. He’s pissed. Nikko has a black eye and bloody nose by the looks of it, it’s broken. I look at Jessie. “Where’s Pres?”

“His office with VP. This piece of shit was throwing shit at him.”

“I’ll be right back.” I wait for him to say something. He throws chin.

I knock on Pres’s door. VP opens it a crack then let’s me in. Danny is standing bent over the desk with his hands flat on it. Pres is at the window looking out at the lot. “How did he get out?” Pres asks without turning around.

“Do you want to see or me to tell you?” He always wants to see so he doesn’t have to ask stupid questions.

“Let me see it,” he says. I sit at his computer and run the feed on full screen. “He would have missed their feeds.”

“Yeah.”

“Control has him tracked to the school?” He’s barely controlling his anger.

I can’t think of a fuckin’ thing to say here so I just answer the question. “Yeah. I show him in KC Training from every other program. The kids show him in Training too.”

He looks at Danny. “Brenna was right. Little Ben even pegged him. I pushed for him to be in there because he wanted IT.” Fuck. Is that why the kids were protecting Jeremy and Aubrey?

“Danny says yes. I’m not sure,” VP says looking at me.

“He’s nineteen. He needs to go.” Danny says.

What? “Nineteen?”

“Darren found his birth record. He showed us last year. He’s small so it would have been overlooked unless you were looking for it. Darren was looking for it. He got something from Nikko when everyone else can’t read him and started looking for the records.”

“Fuck. Why didn’t he say?” Teenage boy that doesn’t want to be older? He was looking for something.

“Danny says that too,” VP says.

“Get the fuck out of my head!”

He smiles. “Enough disrespect for one day. Just checkin’ you’re straight with this.”

“Is that what happened to Nikko?” Fuckin’ kid. Pres has always had his back.

“Jessie went off he was disrespectin’ Pres. Have his guns and knife.” He goes to the door to answer a knock then let’s Little Ben in. “You get it?”

Little Ben throws chin. “Yeah. I need a fuckin’ office here. I threw Darren out so I could use his computer. I wiped it when I was done.” He hands me a flash. I pop it in and play it. It’s the admin feed at KC Training from last night. I look at him. “I didn’t think you had the time to do this one and I needed it before I talk to him.” He shrugs.

Danny paces. “I don’t give a fuck how he did it right now. He needs to be gone, our family, everything we believe in, never touched this kid. We have girls that are afraid of him but don’t know why. Darren, Little Ben and Jessie tolerate him because you asked them to. He won’t even look at me or Kate. Even Tess shies away from him. He needs to go; he’s old enough and has his own money. Let him go Ben.”

Pres looks out the window. I watch the feed and see Nikko climbing the stairs to control. “He’s not worried about the feeds?”

“He looped them,” Little Ben says. He slides down the girder along the outside of the room and climbs through the window.

I look at the time and write it on my hand. I pull an admin menu and make it small so I can run at the bottom right checking the Security program. “He’s in as Brantley.” I make it bigger and follow him. “He’s trying for everything. Thank fuck Brantley only has regular Security clearance. He put his old tracking on the computer, it’s not on the server he looped it to the computer. Bull wouldn’t know unless he ran it in admin but that computer can’t get admin. He’s logged out.” I drop the window down and watch him on the feed. He takes the medic bags out looking for something. He pulls needles. Fuck. I look at Pres.

“He’s out. He no longer has my protection. Do you want me to take care of this?” He’s looking at Little Ben.

Little Ben takes a minute. “No. I need to talk to Jeremy first but he’s mine and I need to do the shit jobs myself.” Pres throws him chin. “Geek can you get me Jeremy?”

I pull tracking and text Brenda to get Jeremy to the new computer in the back hall. Pres had it put in for the kids to call if they need us. We watch her bring him over with Jacob. I pop on the screen and Jacob pulls me up to video chat. “Little Ben needs to talk to you Jeremy.” I get up and move to the door but VP stops me.

Little Ben sits down. “Nikko is out. Is he coming back at us?” This is why he’ll make a good president. Use what you have. Pres always said that when the kids were growing up.

“Yes, but it’s later. He’s in Rhode Island,” Jeremy says.

“Will we be hurt by this?”

“Yes, but it’s a building and Brother that turns. No family,” Jacob says.

“Is there a way to avoid this?”

“We did. They forgot you had me,” Jeremy says.

Little Ben laughs. “Thanks Brother. Anything I should know?”

“He said a few more days and Ally and Elizabeth get hurt. He’s glad Pres saw. It’s right,” Jacob says. Shit.

Little Ben gives them a minute then throws chin shutting the chat down. He looks at Pres. “Too fuckin’ close for me.” He stands and pulls his phone. “I need a Prospect to pick up a new car from Main St. Motors. Sign as Little Brothers. Make it four-door in green. Deliver it to KC Security in forty-five minutes.” He swipes and texts someone as he’s walking out the door. I jump back in Pres’s seat and follow him in the hall then to the meeting room. He stands outside the door like he’s waiting for something. He looks at his phone and nods then thumbs the keypad and walks in. I full screen the meeting room and raise the volume then stand moving behind the chair. VP moves close on the right and Danny on the left. Pres sits down.

Danny slaps money on the desk. “Jessie shoots him.” He’s fuckin’ nuts! This kid was going to hurt Ally and Elizabeth.

“No fuckin’ way. Little Ben beats the fuck out of him.” Pres says.

VP puts money down. “Both.”

They’re all fuckin’ nuts. I squeeze in and raise the volume. Little Ben is looking at him across the table. “Let me guess. You’re here to talk some sense into me. They send the fuckin’ golden child to counsel the bad seed?”

“No and watch how you talk to me.”

“That only works on the brainwashed kids. Fuck off assho–,” Little Ben flies across the table and has him against the wall a foot off the floor with one hand.

“Holy fuck that was fast!” Pres says.

“I don’t give a fuck what you believe or don’t. Pres pulled his protection you little shit. I never have to hear you use that a-fuckin’-gain. You watch how you speak to me because I earned that.” He drops him. Nikko falls on the floor holding his neck.

“You can’t hit a minor.” He croaks out.

Jessie shoots his foot. Danny’s laughing. “You’re right. Too bad you’re not a minor asshole.”

“Where’d he get the gun?” Danny asks.

“Took it from Little Ben,” VP says. I didn’t see it.

Little Ben picks him up and throws him in a chair. Fuck the kid is strong. “Here’s what we know. You looped the feeds and went to the KC last night. Shimmied along the side of the control room and climbed in the window. Used Brantley’s password for the admin panel and looped your tracking right from that computer to the school. You tried to get to other files but Brantley isn’t cleared for them. Once you closed out you trolled the medic bags for some hypodermics. This morning you dropped your tracking in the couch in KC. You sidestepped your way across the training room to the elevator. You climbed the stairs to the meeting room of the Club and slinked your way to Darlene’s car where you slept for an hour or so. They brought you to the house in the City where you got high and paid the whores in cash.”

Nikko’s eyes are huge and tears are running down his face. Danny slaps money down. “He spouts off again and Jessie pops him.”

“No. Little Ben again. It’s respect,” VP says.

“Fuckin’ Jeremy! I hate that fuckin’ kid.”

Little Ben laughs. “He’s not your biggest fan either, but no, I watched you myself.”

Jessie opens the door to Darren. He hands Little Ben papers and a gym bag. “You fuckin’ deaf bastard. That’s my shit!” Darren smiles at him. Danny slaps more money down.

“You are nothing! Worthless deaf dumbass!” Darren is across the table pretty fuckin’ quick. Jessie has one arm and Darren the other. Little Ben walks around the table.

“Did you forget Pres pulled his protection? You never had mine. You’ve been around long enough to know how it works. Jessie can get rid of you. Darren already lost proof of your existence. No one outside the yard and the whores know you. You are already just another illegal alien.”

“You fuckin’ di–”

I cringe. Little Ben pulls him by the front of his shirt and throws him over the table and into the wall. “I am the fuckin’ guy that decides if you stay a breathing illegal alien or not.” He walks to Nikko and throws him into another chair.

“Broken arm,” VP says throwing the wad he took from Danny and Pres. They’re all fuckin’ nuts.

“Bogus bet. Look at it we can see it’s broke,” Danny says.

“Shut the fuck up!” Pres yells at them. VP takes his money back.

“So here’s how it goes Chin. The gym bag has the exact amount of your bank balance. Darren put Danny’s money back in the trunk then moved the trunk to the new Security building safe. We didn’t think you really want him pissed at you so we’re seeing it as a favor to you.”

Danny growls. “Steals from me.” Pres waves him away.

“A car is waiting outside for you. You have one month with it then we track it down and take it back. You take your money, your clothes and your worthless life right the fuck away from us. Keep driving Chin, don’t turn around, don’t setup in New England. We will not let you walk twice. This is your one and only chance to keep breathing. Get the fuck away from here as fast as you can. I let Jessie loose in one hour. Hope your new car is faster than his bike.” Little Ben holds the door open. “Here are your birth records,” he holds the papers out to him smiling.

“Fuck. I’d be afraid to go by him if I was Chin,” Pres says. We all nod.

Chin grabs the bag from the table and hops along through the door grabbing the papers from Little Ben. They watch him hop along down the hall. Sheila says bye so sweet to him calling him Chin. He pegs her a finger and she points a gun at him telling him hers is loaded. We all crack up. Fuckin’ kids.

I switch the feeds and see him get in the car holding his arm yelling something. He peels out and the boys come running in. They come behind the desk and watch the feed with us. Jessie and Darren hand Little Ben bills. VP asks him what it’s for. “He’s got a thing with green. Won’t wear it, sleep on it or sit near it. The pussy hates green. They didn’t think he’d get in the car.”

“How’d you know he would?” Danny asks him.

“Jeremy says he’ll come back at us. If he had to walk out Jessie would have killed him.” He looks at VP. “Did you win?” VP nods. “You’re buying.”