For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
The fight had begun at the home of Joseph and Gabriella and they had already been killed by Sky using one of her lightning balls. Sky is deadly accurate with those, whereas I am still learning how to use them. Unfortunately, guns are not Jennifer’s strong point, she is an up close type of fighter and guard. She is also extremely fast at running, so she decided it was best to get closer to these men and fight them.
However, when Amerie had opened the car door to toss a gun to Jennifer, one of the men shot and hit Amerie in the arm. This caused her to lean forward in pain and the man shot again. Amerie then fell out of the car and onto the ground and didn’t move. Katresa then jumped out to help her and the same man shot again and Katresa fell to the ground beside Amerie.
“Only one way to do this girls,” said Aasta, “when I say jump out, we all go at the same time and just keep shooting in the direction of those men. Then run to a spot where you can get cover while Engla and I get our wounded back in the car. Okay, jump and shoot!” Jennifer didn’t realize that Amerie and Katresa had been shot, or she would have helped. Anyway, she was now at two of the men and began to fight with them.
While she did that there was a loud roaring of motorcycles coming along the road into the property. The Black Wolves were there and shooting in every direction! The attacking men decided the best thing to do was retreat, so they headed to their jeeps and took off down a dirt road. Aari and his men didn’t bother to follow them though. They stayed behind to help with the wounded.
Amerie, Katresa and Engla were all wounded, but the Black Wolves came prepared this time and had one of our vans with Samantha and Bridgette along, just in case. And it turned out to be a good thing. Meanwhile, with this going on with Jennifer’s team, things were happening with us too. Jennifer communicated with me, while she was fighting, that she sensed danger close by to us, and it had to do with Dorothy and myself. I told everyone we had better get in the cars and start heading to our spot.
Then the manager came out and called to me so I went to see what he wanted. Dorothy was starting to come with me, but Dawn told her to stay behind with them. “What would you like?” I asked. “Please sir,” he said, “there is a woman to see you. She said to tell you her name is the Cat, and you would know who it was. She said it was extremely important.” Now, when talking, cat and Kat sound the same, but I should have recognized a problem when he said “the cat”, a term Kat only uses when she says “the wrath of The Kat”.
Dorothy heard that, however, and it suddenly hit her. “No, Steve, don’t go!” she yelled, but too late, I was already gone. She ran after me though, with Dawn and Colette running after her. By the time Dorothy got to the kitchen where the manager had taken me, I was already on the floor gasping. Dorothy dropped to her knees to try and resuscitate me. After one breath I was able to say, “Sky”, clearly and she was there with us immediately.
Talk about the wrath of the Kat, I think the wrath of Sky is worse. She was angry like I had never seen her before, and she cleaned up the would be attackers very quickly. Dawn and Colette were now there and Dorothy said I needed fresh air right away. She knew what had been used against me, though she didn’t know it wouldn’t kill me, just slow me down a bit.
I was actually lying on the floor due to slipping on some oil that had been put on the floor deliberately, and then I hit my head on the stove, before falling to the floor. Maybe Jennifer is right, I am a bit clumsy at times. Anyway, everyone quickly got me outside, but Dorothy was last in line going out and she was stopped by a man with some bodyguards at his side.
“Well, well, look what we have here,” said the male voice, “I think it’s time for you to come home with my my dear.” Dorothy tried to pull the handgun she had taken from the car, but the man just looked at her. “Put the gun down, my dear,” said the voice, “you know that using a gun against me is very bad, and you know what happens to little girls who are very bad, don’t you?” “Y, y, yes sir,” she said, almost like she was in a trance of some kind and she dropped the gun on the floor.
Then Dorothy tried to run and call out for help, but nothing happened. “No, no, my dear,” said the voice again, “that is bad too. Do you want that big spider to get you again?” Then she screamed, but just barely, and she fell to the floor, curling up in a ball in the corner of the hallway, whimpering and crying. “That’s right, you will be eaten by that big spider,” said the voice, “unless you come with me right now.” But Colette was back and she yelled, “Stop!”
She also had her gun out, but one of the bodyguards turned and shot her before she had a chance to shoot, and she fell to the floor. But two lightning balls hit two of the bodyguards, killing them instantly. Another turned to shoot, but Sky killed him too. The head man and the other bodyguard were gone by this time however, but they left without Dorothy. However, no one was able to get near her, she would just scream and pull away whenever anyone tried.
Angel had taken Arielle back to our room after breakfast to keep her safe, so I called her and said to bring Arielle and the cats down to the lobby right away. They arrived quickly and Arielle knew the problem right away, even though she didn’t know it. She told us it looked just like what she saw in a movie where people had been hypnotized by using fear, something that the person was deathly afraid of, like some kind of animal, or insect, something as simple as a spider.
When she said spider, that got a reaction out of Dorothy. That’s when Ginger and Azura went over to Dorothy and began to purr loudly which seemed to calm her down quite a bit. “Well Steve, your turn,” said Sky. I just looked at her blankly. She sighed, then whispered something to me. “Right now?” I asked. She crossed her arms and looked at me, frowning. I guess she means now, so I did.
It was like she suddenly woke up from sleeping and she looked at me. “Is that something you do often?” she asked, “Because I certainly enjoyed that kiss.” The girls all laughed. “Prince Charming does it again,” said Sky, smiling. Dorothy told us that the man was Mr. Stone and she would soon tell us more about him. But first, another problem is coming our way…
To Be Continued. ©2025 Steve McLeod.
After Cristy filled me in on Joseph and Gabriella Meyer, I once again communicated with Jennifer and let her know. I told her it was time to confront the fake grandparents and asked her if she wanted me to join her while she did so. She said no, this was her part of the case and she didn’t want me around to mess things up. I’m not sure what she meant by that.
But I did want another ghost with her group when she confronted the pair, so she consented to have Sky join in, that way she could come back to me if I needed her. I still have Angel with me too. Sky left Azura to help guard me as well, then off she went while everyone was sleeping. In the morning, while we were having breakfast, Kat and some of her Wildcats came bouncing in like they always do, landing at a large empty table.
They never said anything to us and I didn’t let on that they worked for me, but I did watch them, something that Dorothy noticed. “Do you know that group of women?” she asked, “They look like some sort of gang.” “They are a criminal gang with about 200 members,” I said, “they ride around all over Europe. I understand they are now expanding into America and Canada. I was just wondering why they were here in Paris right now. We have enough people to deal with already.”
“I see that one of them seems to be watching us carefully,” said Dorothy. “Yes, I’m not surprised by that,” I said to her, “they know who we are too.” Meanwhile, back with Jennifer and her group. She confronted Joseph and Gabriella after breakfast about their little deception and told them they would be leaving right away. We don’t like when people lie to us.
“We did lie,” Joseph admitted, “but if we told you the truth, that we were criminals and worked for John Meyer, then you wouldn’t help us. But honestly, those two children are real, we adopted them two years ago. Camille saw them and said they were so cute she wanted them to work for her porn videos. We said no, very strongly. I suppose it may seem strange, but we do love those children. But Camille and Tony kidnapped them and used them anyway.
Then the children disappeared which means they likely sold them to someone in Asia, which they often do, or they were killed by some of John’s men. John told us to forget all about the children, we could always adopt more, but we loved those two and wanted them back. We were hoping that you and your team might be able to find them for us, that’s why we hired you.”
“Well, if you had been honest from the beginning,” said Jennifer, “maybe we could have found those children, but it becomes more impossible with each passing day. And it seems like it is something that you and your family need to sort out. I don’t know how you expected us to help when you didn’t tell us what was going on. So, we are leaving.” “Well, I’m afraid we can’t really let you leave,” said Joseph, “you must stay as our, shall we say, “guests”.
“Sorry, but we are leaving,” said Jennifer again. Then she and all the girls got up and went out to their cars. But as soon as they got close to the cars, men came running out from every direction, with automatic weapons and quickly had them surrounded. Even with Jennifer and Sky, there was no way they could protect the other 7 girls. Jennifer immediately communicated their problem with me, and I relayed the information to Kat. She was furious and came bouncing back over to us.
“You tell Joseph Meyer that he has incurred the wrath of the Kat!” she said angrily, but still in her little girl voice. She was about to leave at that point, but I asked her to stay. I also asked if her brother was close by. I already knew where he and the Black Wolves would be, but I had to do things this way for the moment. Kat smiled and said she would contact her brother right away. “You work with criminals too?” asked Dorothy.
So I told her that my wife was Kat’s sister and they had an older brother named Aari, leader of a criminal gang called the Black Wolves. “My wife is the only one of the three that decided to follow life as a law abiding citizen,” I said, “but Kat and Aari will still help her, and by extension, me and my team also. Family ties can be strong, and they have helped us on more than one occasion.” “I always say, use what you have available,” said Dorothy smiling.
Then Misty called and told us that Tony and Camille were in Paris right now looking for Arielle. “Oh please, don’t let them find me!” she pleaded, “You said you would protect me!” “We will protect you,” I said, “so don’t worry about Tony and Camille.” We were now finishing breakfast, so after paying, we went back out to our limousine and Sherry opened the trunk. I then opened a secret compartment revealing several types of guns.
Dorothy was impressed, especially with one rifle. “How close do you need to be to hit someone with that?” I asked her. “Not very close,” she said, smiling, “want me to do something?” Meanwhile, back with Jennifer and her group. “Okay girls,” said Jennifer, “when I say ‘now’, get in the cars quickly and stay there.”
She said ‘now’ and the girls moved fast and the men began to shoot, but too late, only Jennifer and Sky remained outside and they didn’t fall no matter how many times those men shot. Joseph and Gabriella were standing by the door to the house so Sky quickly tossed a lightning ball at them and it was a direct hit, killing them both. Amerie tossed a gun out to Jennifer and she started shooting at the men…
To Be Continued. ©2025 Steve McLeod.