The Guilty Innocent (28 page)

“Me neither!” I chuckled.

“Man, I bet Darian didn't think you were going to actually
slap
him. Darian's so powerful, I bet he doesn't fear anything or anyone!” John stated proudly.

I had to agree. I looked back at John, his face rested heavily on Xavier's arm, he still looked tired. “Do you need to rest, John?” I asked. “You know, after giving birth and all, I'm sure you are exhausted.” I teased, chuckling at my own joke.

“Okay, call me dense, but I don't get the analogy.” John said as he looked at me, puzzled.

“You're dense,” Xavier retorted.

“Well, the way I figure, a vampire can transform someone else into a vampire, so one can easily look at it as giving birth to a new life.” I shrugged, not having much more to say on the matter.

“Makes sense now,” John said nodding his head.

We talked about all sorts of things, such as our favorite movies or actors, just about anything to pass the time away.

John looked at his watch and frowned. “Damn, how long are they going to go at it!?” he asked

I looked at my watch, the time was 1:53am. Sergio and Elise had been going at it for nearly two hours! Just when we thought they would go on forever, we could hear them reach a second audible climax. After ten minutes, there was a knock on the door.

“Come in,” John said.

The door opened and Sergio walked in, his shirt off, he had on the pair of blue jeans he had been wearing earlier. His short black hair was damp and disheveled and a thin layer of sweat gleamed over his body from the light that shone overhead.

“Feeling any more relaxed?” Xavier asked teasingly.

Sergio lowered his head and smiled, he looked back up at Xavier. “I want to thank you for earlier.” He gestured towards the living room of the cabin. “I really didn't mean to attack you the way that I did and I apologize for that.” Sergio said as he looked Xavier in the eyes.

“You don't have to apologize, I knew why you did it. You were frustrated and worried about your Pride member, that is understandable,” Xavier said kindly. “Look we don't have much time to waste, why don't you get cleaned up, then we will prepare you for the infiltration.”

Sergio nodded his head. Xavier, John and I rose off the bed, just as Elise walked into the room. Her hair was a tangled mess down the front of her robe. But she was positively glowing. I glanced at Sergio and he was looking at Elise as if he could go a few more rounds and I was not going to doubt his physical fortitude. But Xavier was right, our hours were numbered.

“You two have twenty minutes, no funny business.” I joked as I noted Elise's lusty gaze towards Sergio. Elise looked at me and smiled.

“Okay, okay, now shoo, so we can get dressed.” Elise said as she ushered us out of the room. We left and she closed the door behind us.

John turned around and looked at the close door. “Damn, how many rooms are they going to run us out of!?” he chuckled. Xavier shrugged, then walked towards the surveillance equipment to set it all up. With Xavier's instructions,
I
plugged the listening devices into the proper jacks and tested the microphone on the wires.

“Where did you learn about all this stuff?” I asked curiously.

He looked up at me as he checked the frequency on a one-way wire. “Well, remember last night when I told you that I always wanted to be a wise guy?” Xavier asked

“Yeah, you wanted to roll out with Al Cantone.” I jested, Xavier smiled.

“Well, Darian knew I had a fantasy about that kind of life. Hell, I think I still do...I'm sure I do, but back to the point. He would let me run some of his businesses for him and even make some deals on his behalf. Sometimes I would hold meetings with crooked politicians and wear all types of wires to tape our conversations and the deals that were made. I think that was Darian's way to satisfy my wise guy fantasy.” Xavier replied, his eyes staring forward, thoughtful. “Yeah, I'm sure of it.” He nodded his head and smiled.

I heard a door opened, then turned around to see Sergio and Elise exit the bedroom. Sergio was wearing a black sweater and indigo blue colored jeans. Elise had on a different bathrobe that was white and pink with sequined trim and feathered cuffs. What a bold fashion sense! They walked over towards us and looked at the equipment. Sergio picked up one of the bullet shaped wires and examined it.

“Where in the hell am I going to put this...” his eyes focused on Xavier. “Seriously?” he asked.

Xavier lowered his head, because he was smiling wickedly and did not want Sergio to see. When he had regained his composure he looked up at Sergio. “Actually you were right on the mark earlier. You remember when you told me to shove it up my ass?” Xavier reminded Sergio, grinning as he said it. A look of disgust flashed across Sergio's face and John laughed outright.

“Oh man, you should see your face!” John laughed.

Sergio grimaced. “You've got to be kidding me! Are you sure there is no other way?” he asked.

“No other way, from the vision Tasha received, it is a good chance that you'll be naked, I don't think they'll look up there, do you?” Xavier asked.

I could tell Xavier was enjoying Sergio's discomfort. I also noticed this time, that Xavier called me “Tasha”; I liked him calling me that. It was my nickname and the only two people who ever called me “Tasha” were my mother and Annette.

“I will help you insert it.” Elise whispered seductively into Sergio's ear. He looked at the little wire between his fingers then back at Xavier.

“You are enjoying this shit, I know,” he stated. “Ahh, fuck! Not a fucking word of this gets out of this cabin, does everyone understand that!?” he demanded, because it wasn't a question.

Xavier bit his lip, suppressing a fit of laughter. “Who... would... I tell?” He managed to ask between chuckles.

I had to go with Xavier on that one, who would I tell? Sergio was your typical heterosexual macho man. This must be killing him. I broke out into a fit of giggles; even John was watching Sergio and smiling.

Sergio looked up towards the ceiling and exhaled deeply. “I can't believe I'm actually going to do this shit,” he stated to no one in particular.

He handed Elise the bullet shaped wire. Then facing us, he began to unbutton his pants. He pulled them down and I noticed he was not wearing underwear. Frankly, I have no idea why I continued to look. I think, subconsciously, I wanted to see for myself if his manhood was as big uncovered as it appeared tucked away in his tight fitting jeans.
Shame on me...for shame!

Sergio had to be the most endowed man I've ever seen to date! At least ten inches and I'm not exaggerating! I fought the urge to crack out my measuring tape, I was sure I had one in my bag. I looked down to see Xavier eying him up as well. I popped Xavier on the back of his head and he turned his gaze towards me, smiling sheepishly.

“Keep your eyes off of him,” I warned playfully.

“Yeah! Keep your damn eyes off of me!” Sergio stated as he doubled over for Elise to place the wire into his rectum. Which she did with glee, pure glee. I believe she gained some sort of satisfaction out of the predicament that Sergio was in.

Xavier leaned closer to my ear. “As if you were not looking, and probably mentally measuring,” he whispered.

Oh-oh busted.
I giggled. Elise glanced up, she heard what Xavier said to me and she was smiling. Personally, I have not the slightest idea how she could handle him. Sergio erected himself now and began to buckle up his pants.

“Okay, so I take a gun with me just in case, but my main purpose for doing this is to get caught so that I could get inside to find out more information.” He exhaled deeply again. “I hope this shit works out, don't forget to save me,” he said before turning to face Elise. He peered into her green eyes and leaned forward to kiss her passionately.

He released her, then grabbed his leather bomber jacket and walked towards the door. I thought he was one of the bravest people I've ever known and I wanted to let him know how I felt.

“Sergio!” I called out, he stopped in his tracks, turning around to face me. “I just wanted to tell you how honored I am to have met you. Please be careful,” I said.

“Likewise,” he said, then he turned and left.

A few minutes later we could hear the engine rev up and heard the tires kick up gravel as he sped off down the rode. I walked over to Elise and held her hand. I didn't say anything, there was really nothing I could say, it was as if her man had gone off to war. I wanted Sergio to be safe. I wanted Devin to be safe. I wanted all of this to be over. We waited for an hour as we listened to Sergio blast heavy metal music as he drove to the mansion. I was hoping that the goon from the restaurant had given us the right information.

“I'm here,” we heard Sergio say. I kind of wished it could have been a two-way radio, but that would have been a dead giveaway. The last thing Sergio needed was to have multiple voices coming from his ass, telling him to “look out for this, get more information about that.” I could hear his car door shut softly as his foot steps moved quickly into what I assumed to be the perimeter of the mansion.

“There are armed guards surrounding the mansion, I can smell the scent of the shape-shifters around this area, some have marked territories.” Sergio relayed. I was slightly confused, I had heard that phrase before. I wondered if he meant what I thought he meant, but I wanted it confirmed.

I looked at Elise. '“Marked territories', does he mean what I think he means?” I asked.

She nodded her head. “Exactly. All male shape-shifters feel the need to mark territory, it is an instinct.” She said clearing up any confusion I may have had.

“I'm going to try a get a little closer, it's more difficult because they have shape-shifters on patrol as well. Wait-what the fuck! Holy shit Elise, you're not going to fucking believe this! Their pack alpha, it's Ivan! He has
just
arrived in his car, now he's going inside! What the fuck is going on!?” Sergio questioned.

Xavier glanced up at Elise. “Is Ivan the pack alpha that you contacted? Do you know him personally?” he asked.

Elise was listening intently to the receiver, her gaze shifted to Xavier. “Yes. I contacted him and asked for permission to vacation in Russia. I suppose he now knows we were not planning a vacation. We have been acquainted for a few years, I never thought that he would betray his own kind to the mortal world!” Elise said, visibly disturbed by the new information. I myself didn't know what to think.

“Why would the local wolf pack side with the Russian Mafia?” I asked, I hoped I did not sound as naive to them as I sounded to myself. Xavier looked up at me and shrugged his shoulders.

“I have not the slightest idea, I'm hoping that Sergio will be able to gather some information that will expose what's going on here.” The four of us continued to listen as Sergio relayed more information to us.

“There is a limo pulling up...I've counted seven Japanese males emerging from the limo. I suppose they are all here for some kind of meeting or something. They're all walking inside now, who could they be...possibly Yakuza?” Sergio speculated. From what I was hearing and based on the last four days, I was willing to bet his assumptions were correct. If Sergio
was
right and those Japanese men
are
Yakuza, then we are
really
in a shitload of trouble!

“There are two guards in a watchtower overlooking the mansion. They are armed with high powered rifles with scopes, and they probably have silver ammunition,” Sergio relayed. “Okay, I've circled the whole perimeter and I've counted twenty-seven guards in the front of the mansion, including the two in the watch tower. Around the back, there are another ten guards to total thirty-seven guards.

“So I guess this is the point where I try to storm the fucking building.” Sergio paused.

I looked at Elise, I could see her jaw tighten and I knew she was holding her breath. I couldn't say that I'd blame her, I was on pins and needles myself, and I would be in worse shape if this were Xavier doing this extremely dangerous mission.

“Everything will be alright Elise, don't worry about a thing.” I said, I hoped it gave her some inkling of comfort. She looked at me, her pretty green eyes focusing on mine and she smiled.

“Thank you, Natasha. I am worried about Sergio,” she took a deep breath then released it slowly. She looked back at Xavier. “I sure hope doing this does not get him killed or...”she shook her head and began to slowly pace the room.