Well, it has been a few days since our last burials and it was now time to talk about Adamson again. We can’t leave him running around or Cynthia will never be safe. And if we leave him alone, he will come back on his terms and surprise us like last time. We can’t have that happen again. It is time for us to surprise him and put an end to his empire ambitions. So, I called, I mean Kat and Jennifer called, a meeting of our team leaders and a few others.

“Okay, we have waited long enough,” I said, “now Kat and Jennifer have decided it was time to go after Adamson.” “We did?” they said together. “Um, yes, anyway, we need to move quickly so we can surprise him before he surprises us,” I explained. “What is all this “we” that you keep saying?” asked Kat and Jennifer together. “You know, I really like when you talk like that,” I said smiling. “Talk like what?” they said together.

“Like that, talking at the same time,” I said. “We only do this when we get excited or nervous or something,” they said again. “I still like it,” I said, “it’s so perfect since you are twins.” They both sighed together. “Sorry I’m late,” said Samantha, “did I miss anything?” “Not too much,” said Kat and Jennifer together, “except Steve seems to be talking like he is going on this trip to get Adamson.” “I love when you two talk like that,” said Samantha smiling.

They both gave a big sigh together. “As for you Steve,” she said firmly, “you will not be going anywhere until I say it’s okay, and it is not okay right now!” “But Samantha,” I said pleadingly, “this is important for me.” Then she called Erika into the library with us. Erika came right over to me and stood in front of me, looking right at me. “Why do you want to go away and maybe get yourself killed?” she asked, “I want a mom and a dad. And, I want them married. To each other.”

She then grinned rather sheepishly. “Why don’t we talk about this another time,” I said, “we are having an important meeting.” “Are you going to stay home then?” she asked. “Yes, I will stay home,” I said, “and that’s a promise.” “Good,” she said and gave me a big hug, “I love you daddy!” “I love you too,” I said, “now, off to bed.” She hugs Jennifer next. “I love you too mom!” she said, then she looked, “You should be holding hands.” So we did.

She smiled and ran off to bed. Kat then came over. “She has the right idea,” said Kat, “maybe you two should do some serious talking.” “Steve, Rock has a real nice shotgun, if that will help you think faster,” said Annelie smiling. “Very funny,” I said. We finished our meeting and it was decided that Matt and the Knight Riders would take on this task. Kat and some of her Wildcats would go along to help out.

Aoife, from the Wildcats, and Astrid, from Kristina’s team, are the two best snipers we have, so they will be going along for sure, just in case they are needed. Mostly they will likely just be used to scare Adamson. We want him to sweat a little first, and hopefully tear down his organization a bit more as well by scaring off any friends he might have left. So, everyone left the next morning, getting to their destination by mid afternoon.

Then they needed to do some driving. Everyone would be using our armored vans this time. First stop was one of Adamson’s friends at his organization headquarters. This was really just a gang that handled a lot of “imported goods” for Adamson. That is what he called it on his financial records. The headquarters was located in a nightclub on the edge of a fairly large town. Matt and his Riders went inside and the doormen tried to stop them, but they just kept walking.

“Hey, Mister Stork!” yelled Matt, “Get out here so we can talk about something important. I promise you will be interested as it has to do with Adamson.” Mister Stork came out with 4 big men around him. “And just who are you, coming in here and making all this noise?” he asked, “You might scare my customers.” “I just want to warn you Stork,” said Matt, “stay away from Adamson, he is poison right now. And if you don’t stay away from him, my boys and I will destroy you.” He laughed.

“You will need more men than that to do the job,” he said, “now leave while you can, or my men will start shooting. Oh, and the sheriff here is my brother, so he won’t help you.” “You are a fool, Stork,” said Matt, and he whistled, which brought in more Riders. Suddenly people were running and screaming, trying hard to get out of the nightclub. The Knight Riders were easily handling Stork’s men who were afraid to shoot in case they shot a customer, so they tried fighting.

However, they were no match for the Riders and soon Matt and his men were smashing everything in sight. They did a very thorough job too. Finally they told the employees to go home because things were about to get hot. They hauled Stork’s men out to the parking lot and then set the building on fire. Then they all travelled to another city and went into a nightclub there. Matt asked to see the owner, a man named Gordon Blacken. He came out and sat at the table with Matt and Alfred.

“Peter Adamson sends his greetings,” said Matt, and he then whistled. His whole team of Knight Riders came walking in and began smashing everything in sight. “You will regret this!” said Blacken, “and so will Adamson!” “You talk big for a man on the losing end of things,” said Matt, “Bear, this man’s arm is broken.” “My arms are just fine!” growled Blacken. “I will fix that,” said Bear, and there was a loud crack.

The customers were all gone by this time, so all employees were moved outside to the parking lot and soon the nightclub was on fire. But one young woman was standing in the parking lot, shaking. “You best go home,” said Matt. “But, but, I live here sir,” she said still shaking, “Mr. Blacken owns me and he keeps me locked in the basement. I have nowhere else to go, I have no family.”

By now she was crying. “How old are you?” asked Matt. “I’m 20, sir,” she said quietly. “Kat, I need you to help a young woman,” he said and soon a van pulled up at the parking lot, “you will be safe with these girls.” Marlena and Amber spoke kindly to her and took her over to the van and off they went. Matt and his Knight Riders left in a hurry too as the police and fire department were getting close…

To Be Continued.

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