Page 39 of Benga's Rise
Cort looks at me. I shake my head. “Maybe show them our Enforcers?” I don’t want to say real and give him fuel when the others react.
He nods. “Hade, get me an Enforcer team covering me and Raid. I don’t care if they’re trainees.” Shit, this pissed is going to last.
“Roger, Boss.”
Cort turns to the Presidents. “So, this is the Training Center and our offices. We have rooms on the top floors. We’ll show you around, then end in my meeting room where we can talk. I hope your Enforcers follow so they can see the training and results.”
He gets more of courses and walks to the door. Our Enforcers have the doors opening before we’re there. They take positions moving to the side making a line as we walk in.
The Prospect acknowledges. “Pres, VP, Presidents.”
“Moe, we’ll be taking a tour that ends at my meeting room. Have drinks and something for our Officers and four Brothers to eat up there. Their Enforcers can be brought to the cafeteria.”
“Roger, Pres. A meal?”
I look back. “Have you eaten?”
They nod, but don’t say a word. “Fruit and our normal shit.” Cort is done before we start. Fuck, he’s pissed.
“On it, Pres.”
“Thanks, Moe,” I say, following. “We’ll start at Training, Piston and Needle.” Presidents should use real names. Needle.
Two of our Enforcers are at the doors, two are behind Cort and me. We hear Mounty yelling orders before we see him. They have Security trainees with Freedom, Victory and Falcon and the Enforcers trainees on the other side with Mounty. There are Enforcers trainees around the edge of the room watching Tweedles’ Security trainees and standing readied.
I point it all out to Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dumb. They’re impressed and looking at everything. Cort walks right to Freedom and waits until she finishes telling the Brothers how to kill someone by the angle of their hand while putting force to break their nose and send the bone to the brain. Personally, I don’t think she should go that far with lessons for them because they’re idiots, but she’s the trainer.
A couple of the Brothers stand when they see their President. Freedom looks back and steps aside for Cort. “Your President walks in a room and you’re sitting?”
A brave Brother answers. “Sir, Freedom is our trainer and told us to sit. We follow her orders always. Seeing our President is a surprise, but we do have orders.”
Cort nods. “I can see that you’ve learned. Thank you, Brother. Now I’m going to give you another order, when your President and Officers walk in a room, you will acknowledge them. As a President, I can tell you throwing chin works. You don’t have to disrupt the class, but you will acknowledge your President and Officers.”
Everyone stands. “Roger, Pres!” They all throw chin making me laugh.
“Good job, Brothers. Don’t forget that one.” Cort turns to Freedom. “Freedom, this is Needle and Piston, Presidents for this group of Security trainees. How far along are they?”
She nods to the Presidents. “They’re about two weeks behind the other class, but we’re making progress, Pres.”
Needle steps closer and an Enforcer steps in between him and Freedom. “Step back, Sir.”
Tweedle-dumb is pissed. Cort smiles. “Good job, Nova. Needle, your Club forced us to keep a guard on the women. He means no disrespect and is doing his job. That job is to keep her safe. Our Enforcers would challengeeveryoneto follow that order. That includes me. The package must always be safe is the lesson. Nova is normally on Victory, but a group of unknown Brothers surrounding the package poses a threat that he took seriously.” He turns to Nova. “Who is on Victory?”
Nova stands at attention. “Falcon, Pres. I asked him to step over when I saw the Brothers come in.”
Tweedle-dumb nods. Tweedle-dee laughs. “This is just what we need for our Security.”
Cort nods. “You had a question, Needle?”
“Why are they two weeks behind? Did the other class start first?”
Freedom looks at Cort getting a nod saying she can answer. “No, they’re three weeks behind for their time here. The other class started a week after them. Because they believe they know everything, the first couple of weeks was teaching them that there is more to learn. They are getting it, but it was slow going. Falcon can tell you about the other training areas, but I believe they’re a little behind in those too.”
Tweedle-dumb is pissed. He moves forward and Nova blocks Freedom completely. Cort stands in front of Nova. “You sent them to be trained. Look around you. The Enforcer trainees at the walls have guns readied, our Enforcers have guns readied. The Enforcers I called to cover me and Raid have guns pointed at you. I do not do pissing contests. Freedom gave a report. If you don’t like the report, don’t send us trainees that aren’t willing to learn. They should have been prepared for this. You’re paying for them to get trained and they came in thinking they knew what Badass training meant. They’re learning it now and we will send you back a trained Security force. That’s what you’re paying for. Let us do our job and you can give feedback when that job is done.”
Piston/Tweedle-dee comes to my side. “I agree. What we’ve seen is impressive and I want this level of commitment from my Brothers. If I knew how to get it, they wouldn’t be here. Keep mine for however long it takes to get it right. Do you train trainers too?”
Cort finally stops eyeing Tweedle-dumb and turns. “We do, but we’d need apps to find a good fit. We can talk about that in the meeting room. We have three classes on hold while we’re here.”
