Hugh was getting rather irritated now. First he loses his brother Bradley, then two other key people from their organization, Blake and Garret. Now they have lost the 13 women they had kidnapped! Apparently they were kidnapped by some gang named the Black Wolves, which are a gang from Canada that we have encountered before. Of course, this was all planned by us and executed by the Black Wolves. Aari knows how to do things with amazing precision at times.

It wasn’t hard to find where they had taken the girls, we had some of the Wildcats watching their ‘business’ location and an invisible Kitty put a tracker on the truck. The Black Wolves then followed it at a very safe distance so they would not be seen following the truck. Getting the girls back was then quite simple, the four guards at the warehouse were no match for the Wolves. It’s actually good having the Black Wolves separate from the Investigators, they make a good undercover, or rival gang, whenever we need them.

Three of the girls needed to come back to our clinic so Sky brought them. Amerie, Crystal and Cassie had been beaten for disobeying orders. Crystal, as you might remember, is one of the triplets, with Sky and Angel being the other two. As can be imagined, Sky and Angel are not happy with that. Sky wanted to ‘visit’ our three ‘guests’ before she went back, but I told her Rock would handle things on this end. “But they’re my girls,” she said, “I won’t seriously hurt them, just a little hurting of them.” She looked at me, pouting, so I hugged her.

“You and Misty take your Leader position seriously,” I said, “you are always concerned about your girls, and I’m very happy about that. Buuuut, I just don’t want you to get carried away. Can’t you trust me to take care of them for you? I won’t let them get away with it, after all, they are my girls too.” I smiled and hugged her again. “Okay, dear husband of mine,” she said, “whack them good for me!” “And I will buy you a nice gift when this is over too,” I promised. She whispered to me. “I can do that,” I said. “Yes!” she said emphatically, then she was off back to Australia.

I then went to visit our ‘guests’ for a while. “I see your brother lost our 13 girls,” I said to Bradley, “not a good thing. If he doesn’t get them back, then I will destroy your little organization totally. And that includes you three as well.” “Hey, wait!” said Bradley, “You can’t hold me responsible because my brother lost your girls. I wasn’t there!” “You took them in the first place,” I said, “so yes, you are responsible for their disappearance, or rather, their kidnapping by another gang.” “What? Who kidnapped them?” he asked, “I don’t see how they could get into our place.”

“Apparently your brother moved them to some warehouse,” I explained, “and this gang followed them, killed the four guards and took our girls. If we don’t get those girls back, you are headed for an early grave.” At that point Garret, who was sitting on a chair to my right, decided to try and jump me. But just as he got in range I put my hand on his chest and he literally flew back to his chair groaning. I didn’t want to kill him right then, just give him enough of a jolt so he would realize I’m not easy to overcome. The other two just watched in amazement at how I handled Garret since he was considerably bigger than me, though certainly nowhere near the size of Rock.

I had Rock with me, but left him just outside the door just in case I needed his assistance. But I wanted to see what these guys would try to do if I went in there alone. They failed the test and I let them know if they tried that again I would separate them and handcuff them too. I also reminded them they would never get out of our ‘jail’, we have guards and cameras everywhere. “We are not some small operation,” I said, “we are a large organization and we have great resources at our disposal. You were very foolish to kidnap our girls and now losing them is even worse. You better hope your brother gets them back for us, and quickly, my patience is running out and so is your time.”

I then left them to talk a bit. “You idiot Garret!” said Bradley, “It will be easy to get these women, you told me. They’re just some dumb tourists, you told me. Now look what is happening!” “How was I supposed to know they were part of some large organization?” he asked, “They looked like any other tourist. Man, that guy really hit me hard.” They didn’t really say anything important over the next half hour. We wouldn’t really need to keep them any longer, but they need to be taught a lesson and their organization needs to be dissolved, permanently.

They do have a lot of money in the bank and that’s not good, that means even if we destroy what they have, they can just rebuild again quite quickly. We have Akila back here again and she is working on hacking into their bank account so we can drain it dry. “How’s it coming Akila?” I asked. “Their money is now our money,” she said smiling. “Good girl!” I said excitedly, “I knew you could do it. Everyone in the library cheered. I decided that we would keep our three guests overnight so it would give Dawn and her Night Owls time to fly over to Australia.

I want to make sure we can crush Intimate Jewels quickly and completely. Then I went to visit our three patients in the clinic again. They were feeling a bit better now that they were home and being looked after properly. Then I went back to visit our guests. Blake stood up when I entered and asked when food was coming, they were hungry. I then kicked him in the stomach, then punched him, then touched his chest and sent him backward onto the bed. I then went to Bradley, punching him several times until he was lying on the floor.

“Now you know a little of what it feels like when you beat my girls,” I said, “though you beat them worse than that. You will get food when I say so.” I then let Rock come in and he punched Garret a couple of times in the stomach, leaving him lying on the floor groaning. Meanwhile, back in Australia a jet was landing. Four vans were waiting for them and off they drove to the hotel. Sky’s team, minus the three girls sent back to the clinic and Akila that I also wanted back, leaving her with 12 girls plus herself.

Then there is Kat and her Wildcats, plus now Dawn and her Night Owls. The Black Wolves will also help out where needed. I have left Sky in charge of things and Kat agreed with that. Plus they have 6 of the ghosts with them as well. Hugh doesn’t realize what trouble he has coming his way. Back at the chateau. Poor Misty, she wanted to go along too, but Samantha said no to that. However, she came downstairs when she smelled fresh donuts, but, she was too late, the last of them disappeared before she got there. So, she shuffled away looking rather dejected. In the hall Steffie met her and she froze.

But Steffie didn’t say anything, she just waved to follow her. So, Misty shrugged and followed along upstairs and into the tower. Steffie went over to that special stone and again pushed with all her strength opening the secret door. She smiled and pointed for Misty to go in, so she did and Steffie followed, closing the door after her. Once inside the room Misty smelled something, fresh donuts! Steffie had sneaked the last 8 donuts for her and Misty. Misty gave her a big hug. “I now declare you to be a junior Sneaker,” she said. “YES!” said Steffie.

To Be Continued. ©2026 Steve McLeod.