Page 76 of Arresting the Warlord

I rolled my eyes and gave Jake a 180-degree view of our new accommodations.“Are you tracking us?”

“No. The iridium is blocking our scanners.”

I gave myself a mental head smack. Duh.

“Can you free yourselves?”Jake’s voice was laced with concern.

“I think so.” I tapped my bracelet. It was deader than a doornail.“My bracelet’s not working.”

“Giovanni must have set up an energy suppression field. None of your weapons are going to work either,”Jake advised.”

I mentally scanned the area. Eight of Giovanni’s monsters roamed the catacombs. Had they escaped or had he deliberately released them?“Be careful. Our mad scientist’s super soldiers are in the catacombs.”

“Copy that. Is the suppression field affecting your abilities?”

I summoned a tiny bolt of lightning.“Not at all. The cell door is as old as the catacombs, blowing it won’t be a problem.”

“Be careful,”Jake said and gave me a fierce mental kiss.

I kissed him back. “Don’t get dead on me.”

“Warlords are hard to kill.”

“Is that a promise?”

“It is.”

“I’m holding you to that and Giovanni’s about to find out messing with shamans is a bad idea.”In my mind’s eye I could see Jake attaching an explosive device to a security keypad. The shit was about to hit the fan.

“I’ve found three surveillance cameras,”Uncle Jesse announced.

“Take them out.”

His arms and legs gyrating wildly, Uncle Jesse danced around the dungeon and yelled like a lost soul,“Hu-hu-hu-hu-hu.” Flames erupted from the cameras.

I turned my attention to Jia. The anger in her eyes didn’t bode well for a temporary partnership.“My name is CeeCee Tsosie. My team is here to stop Giovanni from creating more monsters. I think that’s your objective too. I propose we join forces and take him down together.”

“You’re Coletti,”Jia snarled.“Give me one good reason why I should work with you? Plus, that old fool over there blew up your shuttle and got us captured.”

I watched Uncle Jesse switch to his Death Dance and cavort about our prison like a demented Ninja.“This is Coletti body armor, but I’m a shaman, not a warlord. That old fool is not as harmless as he looks.”I let tiny bolts of lightning form on my palm.“I can get us out of here, but Giovanni’s creatures are loose in the catacombs.”I released my freeze hold on Jia.“Truce? Oh yeah, Giovanni installed an energy suppression field in his swell dungeon and your weapons are as useless as mine.”

“Shaman?”Jia carefully got to her feet.

“I’m a protector of my people and I can control the weather and other things.”

Jia gaze roved over my petite frame.“You’re Polizia?”

“I am.”

“What did you hit me with?”

“I psychically stopped your ability to move.”

“Handy talent.”

I smiled as I felt Jia trying to breach my shields.“I know one of your abilities is to cloud people’s minds. Give it a rest. It won’t work on me. I’m also aware you’re a master thief and a paid assassin. But I’m a shaman.”I turned and blasted the cell door with a huge bolt of lightning.Kaboom!The door disintegrated.

Jia’s eyes bugged in shock.

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