After Wickers left we watched down the street for a bit, then the white limo left too. “I do not like when there are players I do not know,” I said. “The fact he left could mean he is more interested in Wickers, than in us,” answered Sky. “I hope so,” I said, then we went back inside.

Meanwhile, “What can you tell me now about those PI’s?” asked Wickers. “Just a small outfit from France,” said Booker, “there is Steve, the head of the outfit and 14 women, which includes his wife Sky, and her twin sister Kat. But something odd about those two.” “What is that?” asked Wickers. “Both are marked as ‘deceased’, with pictures of their graves,” he replied.

“That is a bit odd considering they are obviously alive,” said Wickers, “but not really noteworthy. But he does not scare easily for someone with a small outfit like that.” “Maybe he just doesn’t realize how big you are boss,” said Collins. “That is likely true,” said Wickers, “but he will find out, if he tries to stop me from taking my property. That woman made a deal with me and those kids are now mine!”

Now, back to us. “Thank you for listening Muffin,” said Mandy, “you are perfect to share secrets with since you cannot tell anyone.” Then she hugged Muffin and started to cry. “I am really scared Muffin,” she said, “if that man takes us tomorrow, all kinds of bad things will happen.” She hugged Muffin again and Muffin licked her cheek lightly.

“Oh, there you are,” said Dawn, “you should not be alone, time to come back out.” “Okay, sorry we left,” said Mandy, “sometimes I like to be alone, it helps when I am stressed.” “No need to be stressed,” said Dawn smiling, “we are here to protect you, so you are perfectly safe.” “You do not know that Mr. Wickers,” said Mandy, “he is a terrible man and has a large organization.”

Meow,meow=Must talk with my human, bad things here. “I hope you have been nice with Mandy,” said Dawn. “She has,” replied Mandy. Dawn then took me aside and told me what Muffin had said. I picked up Muffin and started talking to her like I often do and she kept talking to me the whole time, telling me things I certainly never would have considered to be possible.

It is imperative that we get these children away from here tonight. We need a plan and a good one. At about 1am we put our plan in motion. “Ready Kristina?” I asked. “Ready Steve,” she said. Kristina had left with the van at about 7pm and she would be returning shortly. “Where will you be taking us?” asked Mallory.

“That has to remain a secret for now,” I said, “the less you know, the better it is for all of you.” “I guess that does make sense,” she said. “Here now Steve,” said Kristina. “Carry the youngest ones out first,” I said to Kat and Sky. I had the girls keep the rest of the family out of sight while we did this, less explaining to do that way.

Next they took out Mary and Madison, keeping their arms around them as they walked to the van. “I cannot see the van,” said Mallory. “You will once you get outside,” I assured her. Mallory and Mandy did not know they were invisible since they could see Kat and Sky and the van too. Next they took Cassie, Kera, Astrid and Roxette, then they returned to the house. Kristina then left and headed to a town north of here where a helicopter would be waiting for them.

Meanwhile, “Found out who the guy in the white limo is,” said Booker. “You will tell me though, right?” asked Wickers. “Oh, yeah boss,” he said, “some guy that just goes by the name M, like just the letter. He is a fat guy but supposed to be strong as a bull. I checked him out. The family is from Brazil, seems he still lives there.

There were 4 brothers, one was killed by this PI, another ended up in prison. All four just use M for their name apparently. Very wealthy guys and they all hate this PI for killing the oldest brother.” “Good, so he is after that PI, not us,” said Wickers, “that can be very helpful to us. We let him kill the PI, then have him arrested for murder and no one even looks at us.”

Back to us. “Now for the next round,” I said, “do you want Sky with you Kat?” “No, I can handle this myself,” she said, “better she stays here with you.” While Kat was gone across the street, we went up to the second floor and Sapphire unlocked the door leading to the third floor. “You are getting good,” I said. “Thank you,” she replied smiling.

“Ready Storm?” I asked. Meowr.=Ready. I opened the door and he shot a small missile up to the room and I quickly shut the door. “How long Catalina?” I asked. “Just a few seconds should do it,” she said, “but we will wait a minute.” Soon we went up and all 3 men were sleeping. Catalina retrieved the missile and down we went. Kat rejoined us at the front door. “Everything is ready Steve,” she said…

To Be Continued.

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