It was now dark and the girls were back in their hotel. They had two of them in the hall all night for guard duty. Actually, they changed every two hours, that way they could all get enough sleep. Anyway, Kristina was about to shower and she noticed they had not brought fresh towels yet, so she asked Misty to remind them, which she did promptly.

One of the hotel employees came up to the second floor with towels for everyone, but there was a man with her too. That didn’t sit well with the guards, so they asked him who he was looking for. “Oh, a Miss Misty,” he said, “I am a friend of hers and heard she was in the city.” “You are lying sir,” they said, and that was all they remember. He went into action, hitting the girls in the throat first, then he proceeded to kick and punch amazingly fast.

Finally he slammed each of them, head first, into the wall. The rest of the girls were so busy talking in their rooms that they didn’t hear a thing, except the last thump. But then it was quiet, so they thought it was people that were staying across the hall from them. They were a bit noisy. “Now young lady,” said the mystery man, “you will let them know the towels have arrived, then keep totally quiet and I will not hurt you. But, try to run or yell and I will kill you. Understand?”

“Yes, I understand,” she said very nervously. Then she knocked and said she had their towels, so Misty opened the door wide, something we are never to do. The man pushed his way in and began kicking and hitting Misty, then slammed her head against the desk and she fell to the floor. That’s when the employee screamed! That alerted Kristina who came out of the shower and into the other room, invisible, and she attacked the man who was now beating the employee.

Kristina kicked and punched this man numerous times and finally with one last kick while he was against the wall. He then fell to the floor, dead. The other girls were now in the room too and Kitty communicated to me what had happened. I immediately contacted Kat and told her to get her Wildcats over to Misty’s hotel right away, and to watch for any other men that might be hanging around the hotel. Kat got her Wildcats up and going fast, since they were not yet in bed.

They were not far away either and didn’t see anyone around outside the hotel, but when Kat went in first she noticed two men waiting in the lounge area and told some of her girls to hang onto them. Six of them went into the lounge and over to the men. “Hi fellas, waiting for someone?” asked Amber. “Yeah, unfortunately,” said the one, “and when he gets back down we have to leave right away.” “I’m afraid you won’t be leaving,” said Amber, “until we have a little talk.”

Then the girls pulled out their guns and took the guns, and knives, from the two men. “Now, who are you working for?” asked Amber. “Don’t get involved,” said the same man, “it’s no place for little girls.” That’s when these girls decided to toss these guys around a little. Then they dumped them back onto their chairs and Amber asked again. One man said they worked for Wolfgang who had gone upstairs to see a woman named Misty.

“And who is Wolfgang working for?” asked Amber, “I’m getting a bit impatient with you two.” There was no answer, so they picked up one man. Then Kera and Marlena kicked him a couple more times, knocking him back onto his chair. “Your turn,” said Amber to the other man. “No, no, we’re working for Mancini,” he said, “Tony Mancini.” “Coward!” said the other man, “Wolfgang will kill you for that.”

“That man’s name is Wolfgang, Kat,” said Amber, “how is he?” “He’s dead,” said Kat, “Kristina made sure of that.” “Well, well,” said Amber to the two men, “guess you will have to get a new boss.” “You killed Wolfgang?” said the second man, “When his family finds out, you gals will be dead too.” “Don’t count on it boys,” said Amber, “lots of men have tried to kill us, but the Wildcats still roar. And if that man’s family comes after us, they will be ripped apart by our claws.”

Then Kat told them to let the men go, so they did. “Our guns and knives,” said the one man. “They belong to us now,” said Amber, “be thankful we’re letting you go.” “Thanks,” said the second man. “You never say thanks to a stupid dame,” said the first man. That’s when Amber kicked him hard in the stomach. He groaned and fell to his knees. “Getting on your knees is even better than saying thanks,” said Amber, and the girls laughed.

The men finally made it out the front door but immediately fell to the sidewalk. They had been shot in the head! Meanwhile, “Well done, my dear,” said a male voice, “your next target will bring you a very nice bonus.” “Thank you sir,” said the sniper, “it shall be done tomorrow.” Back to us again. Sky and myself arrived in Misty’s room to pick up the wounded and bring them back to the clinic.

The girls in the hall were the worst injured, plus the employee which I decided to take with us. The manager said she had no family or friends in the city, she was just here working off a debt she owed a Mr. Meyer who owned the hotel. That is quite interesting. The manager insisted we leave the woman behind since it would be up to Mr. Meyer what to do with her. I told him the decision was mine and if Mr. Meyer didn’t like it, then he could contact me to object.

But I also said it wouldn’t do him any good. I told the manager to tell Mr. Meyer to mind his own business, this is not something for amateurs. Sky took the girls that were on guard and I took Misty and the employee. We were soon at the clinic with Dr. Samantha checking out everyone. “You won’t be taking me off my case, will you Steve?” asked Misty, “It’s my first case and I can do this.”

“Well, right now it’s up to Samantha,” I told her, “we have to wait and see what she says.” Amazingly Samantha gave her the green light to return to work in the morning, but she will be a bit sore, so she should take it easy for a couple days. Laura and Abigail didn’t fare quite as well, so they will have to stay at the clinic, along with the employee. I will send Nakedra and Natasha from my team to replace them.

The next morning Sky and I returned the girls to Milan, then we went back home. I didn’t like the fact those two men had been shot and killed by our sniper “friend”. Kat had wanted to follow them. But, maybe that is why they were killed. Does this sniper, or snipers really, work for Tony? Or do they work for Leopold Meyer?

That last one would be the most likely. I had just finished visiting Beryan who is still in the clinic after being shot by those snipers. I apologized to her a second time for my stupidity which put her there. She didn’t agree with me about that however. Soon there was a knock at the door and I opened it…

To Be Continued. ©2025 Steve McLeod.