Page 60 of Beta Team-The Saviors: Part two
“Me too,” Gavin and Keon say at the same time.
“Call Kane,” I tell Kira. “I need someone here with you, and we need to move quickly.”
And move quickly, we did. Kane and his guys were at the house within thirty minutes. We put a plan in a place while waiting and were in the SUV minutes later to meet Axel. Jason kissed us all, including Tivon, when we left, and Tyler looked like he was about to burst.
“Ask,” I finally say.
“What the fuck is going on?” Tyler says, leaning between the front seats. I let Tivon drive again, which put me in the passenger seat and available for his bullshit. “Are you going to bend that pretty ass over for Tivon?”
Tivon chokes on a laugh, and I glare at the side of his head before looking at Tyler. “We worked through our shit.”
“Does that mean you’re going to quit fighting against us?” Tyler asks Tivon.
Tivon nods. “But like I told Aryeh, you have to be patient with me.”
“Fuck that,” Tyler laughs. “That’s no fun.”
“Tyler,” I growl, making him roll his eyes. “You can’t steamroll this.”
Gavin starts cracking up. “That’s Tyler’s MO. You just gave him the green light.”
“We’ll talk about this later. We need our heads in the game,” I say, giving Tyler a serious look. Besides the shit eating grin, I know he’s on high alert.
This can go one of so many different ways. But since we’re almost positive this is set up, we can prepare for the worst. Best case scenario, we get Cryptic and get a lot of answers. Worst case…I don’t even want to think about it. We drive the rest of the way to meet Axel and his team, talking about everything thatwe know so far, which, admittedly, isn’t a lot. When we pull in behind Axel’s SUV, I take a steadying breath for my first big mission back in the field. We get out and start strapping on our vests.
“The house he’s at is up that way,” Axel says, pointing to the west. “According to Nolan’s intel, he’s alone, but it could all be bullshit. He started digging a little deeper, but we still can’t figure out what we’re walking into. The house is abandoned, two stories with a basement, and that’s where this Cryptic should be. There’s only one house within a five mile radius, and it also looks abandoned. What’s the play?”
I adjust my vest for the fifth time, letting my nerves get the best of me. I feel a hand slide across my spine and blow out a breath, because I don’t even have to look to see who it is. Tivon’s strength bleeds through everywhere. I’ve never been this nervous for a mission, but I’ve also never had a hit like the one I took, and it spooked me so bad. This one has me all fucked up. I roll my shoulders back. “I’m going to admit, I’m nervous as fuck to walk back into this. Tivon can take point.”
Axel’s eyes widen slightly, but he nods and turns to Tivon. “What’s the plan?”
Tivon subtly squeezes my arm. “I’m going to find a spot to do some recon. They hopefully don’t know we’re here yet, so maybe we can get the drop on them before they can get it on us. There’s enough of us to surround the place while some go in.”
Axel taps his vest. “We have cameras that Nolan has access to so he can be an extra set of eyes from a different perspective. There’s obviously nothing he can hack into out here to watch us, so it’s the best we have. Nolan, comms check.”
“Loud and clear. Cameras are on and running.”
“Anything new?” I ask.
“Not really. I’m backtracking into his system right now without resistance. Take that for what you will.”
It most certainly means we’re fucked.
26
GAVIN
Ican practically feel the nerves rolling off Ari in waves. It was confirmed when he handed over point to Tivon. I look at Keon to gauge his reaction, and he gives me a small smile.
“He needs this,” Keon whispers. “Ari and Tivon.”
“I’m patching someone else in. Hold on,” Nolan says.
“Hey guys,” Les’ voice filters through the comms, and I’m more confused. “So, Holden has been looking at what Nolan has found, and he has a theory.”
“Go ahead,” Ari says.
“Hey,” Holden says when they switch over. “You remember how Les found me, right?”
