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Rascal
The next day,we’re back in Church. This time, Niko joins us from the beginning. Everyone has been working their asses off trying to get information on Rodrigo Sanchez and where he could be keeping Marley.
“To start us off, Ranger and I had a meeting with Andrei and Niko. Andrei is letting Niko handle the Bratva side of this, but told us to let him know if we run into any issues,” Prez tells the room. “Thor, did any of our contacts have information for us?”
“Believe it or not, the Murphy brothers were able to help. Finn and Lochlan are still in New Mexico and they’ve heard quite a bit of chatter,” Thor explains. “From the sound of it, Torres set Rodrigo up with a pretty elaborate set up East of Santa Fe on something like twenty acres of land.”
“Did they say anything about how many men they have,” Prez questions.
“They heard he doubled up but didn’t know an exact number,” Thor replies.
“Tech, see what you can find out about that property,” Prez instructs.
“Already on it, Prez.” Tech is typing away at his computer. That fucker does some amazing things with technology.
“Buster, are the Phoenix Riders up for a fight?” Prez moves right along.
“Yes, sir. Who ever you need will be ready to go at your word,” Buster says.
Prez nods his head.
“Got it,” Tech shouts. “Found his location and hacked his security feed.”
“What’s it look like,” Prez asks.
“The house itself is surrounded by trees, which will give us plenty of cover,” Tech tells him.
“Can you make out how many men there are?”
“There seems to be about six walking the perimeter. Rodrigo is in his office with two men standing outside his door. Another outside a room I would assume is where they’re keeping Marley. Then four more throughout the house,” Tech explains. “Fourteen in total.”
“We’ll take twenty-four. Ranger, Sketch and Buster, y’all will stay here with Mouse, Knuckles and the women. We’ll have Maverick and Tank meet us in Santa Fe. That’s seventeen of our own,” Prez states. “Niko, that leaves you and six of your men. That work for you?”
“It sure does. I have myBrigadier, Dmitry and hisboyeviks, his soldiers,” Niko says.
“Tech, how far is Rodrigo’s from here,” Prez asks.
“Eleven hours, give or take,” Tech tells him.
“We’ll leave in two hours. Load up on guns and ammo. No bikes, we don’t want to draw attention,” Prez announces. He dismisses us from Church and I head straight to my room to pack. I grab some gummies for Marley in case she needs them. Knowing that something happened to her when she was Rodrigo’s prisoner before, who knows what state she’ll be in when we get to her.
Once I’m done, I head out to the main room to wait for everyone else. The prospects are preparing the SUVs for us and making sure we have everything we’ll need.
“Has anyone seen Tink?” Diesel glances around the room.
“I think she’s in her room,” Minx tells him.
He looks to Hollywood. “You gonna talk to her before we leave?”
“Nah, not this time. You go ahead,” Hollywood says. Diesel shakes his head and walks away.
“Yo, Hollywood, everything alright,” I ask.
“Yeah, everything’s good.”
Something about his response tells me everything isn’t good, but I leave it alone. I head outside to get some fresh air before we’ll be cooped up in the car for half a fucking day. Some of the guys are already out here.
