Page 40 of Benga's Rise
Tweedle-dee nods with a smile. Dumb just follows us out to pop-ups where Brinks has a class.
He stands fast. “Pres, VP, Pres’.”
“Brinks, we’re just on a tour.”
“Roger, Pres.” He steps aside and we walk through.
The new ranger is in the simulator and does exactly like Brinks did. We walk through.
In Ops, I think Tweedle-dee is going to have a stroke. Tweedle-dumb says nothing. “This is all your town?” Tweedle-dee asks.
Cort rolls his eyes, turning toward the Colorado board. I answer. “We run Ops for four Clubs. Two in Colorado and two in New Mexico. Some of these feeds are of Colorado right now, they must have something going on. That’s the MC Op room so it’s with the main Club.”
“You run Ops for Major?” Tweedle-dumb asks like I lied.
I pull him over to the Ops room screen and show him. “The wall says Colorado Badass just like Major’s cut. Yeah. This is information that’s on our website, it shouldn’t be a surprise to you.”
He isn’t listening. “What happened to Jordan?”
I point to the city Ops room. Jordan is on Ops making this better. “He runs his Club in the city, that’s about a hundred miles from here. We run their Ops too if they need it. They were our first training classes so they’re usually good to run on their own. We do tandem Ops when we need to with all four Clubs.”
“You run Ops with Jordan and Major.”
I shake my head at this fucking dick. Pulling two headsets, I hit Jordan’s room. “Jordan, it’s Raid with visitors doing a tour.”
We watch Jordan turn and flip on our Ops room. “Needle and Piston, long time, Brothers.”
I look behind me and see Tweedle-dee. I hand him a headset. “Needle here didn’t believe you are in the city or we are connected in Ops and through Badass.”
Jordan laughs. “Needle is old school and doesn’t do computers or didn’t when I met him. I bet Web and his crew will blow his mind.”
“They’re just checking on their trainees and taking a tour. They probably won’t see Web.”
His head cocks a little and he scans the room. Cort is still watching whatever is happening with Colorado. “Needle, I know you’re not up on technology and shit, but that Club you’re standing in, the Training Center is nothing compared to the IT and Ops they run. Their Security company has been in business forever and is bigger than MC Badass. Don’t fuck with Cort because you don’t have that information. I just gave it to you. Major tried to get him to take lead in the Council, but he wanted to get his Training Center up and running first. You know Major, so you know Cort wouldn’t get that kind of push without reason.” I’m shocked and throw chin to Jordan. He’s a President and showing why.
Tweedle-dumb nods. “I didn’t understand. Thanks, Jordan. Are you running the city here?”
I shake my head. Dumbass. “He’s the President of the Club.”
“Oh, congratulations. We should come down there. It’s not far, is it?”
Jordan takes a minute telling me this is not a welcome Brother. “I can put you up for a night. We have construction going on for a new Clubhouse. You know how I like order and everything here is not orderly right now.”
Tweedle-dee laughs. “Maybe next time, Jordan. Major expects us in Colorado tomorrow. I’m thoroughly impressed with the training here. Enforcers pointed guns at Needle for stepping close to a trainer.”
I smile at his obvious delight in that. Tweedle-dumb gives him a look. “Don’t fuck with any of them, Needle. You’ve never seen Enforcers like they have. Cort doesn’t just run the Club, he’s their top Enforcer. Raid is next. These aren’t Brothers that need to prove shit. They’re smart as fuck and deadly, even the women.”
Tweedle-dee is smiling proud again. “Their little trainer killed one of his Brothers.”
Jordan is shocked. “That was your Club? If you send them the apps, they’ll get you good Brothers for Security. Don’t send them assholes. They take training seriously, Brothers. I have a whole force of Security and Enforcers that prove it every day. When I need help, they’re at my back with bikes, stock and Brothers. They even run the Ops. This is not a Club to be fucked with. My Club, Major and Maverick at his second site benefit from that training and help. We all have their backs. You’re lucky he didn’t send the whole class home in bags. That was fucked up.”
Tweedle-dee nods wiping the smile off his face. “We’re seeing that. My Club will stay until they’re ready. I’ll talk to Cort about the apps.”
Jordan nods, but I know he’s watching Tweedle-dumb. “Needle?”
“He’s got you and Major’s trust?”
Jordan shakes his head. “The whole fucking Club earned that trust. Cort and his Officers earned respect, trust and our loyalty. Badass runs deep in them. I have some of theirs that stayed in the city, he never lost respect from any of them.”
