I had finished my dictation on the plans I had lined up for Cooper’s up coming battles only to see him staring at me silently with friendly laughter in his dark eyes.
“Why are you looking at me like that?” I asked.
Cooper shook his head. “Your very sexy when your planning out a battle. You ever think of being a education merchant?”
“Yes. I have. Though I honestly don’t think I would make much of a good merchant in financial and tactical strategies. Marketing isn’t my strong suit.” I said and then waved a hand at the board. “Is any of this useful to you at all or do you already have plan of action and were merely entertaining yourself by giving me this task to busy my mind instead of worrying about my sons.”
Cooper pointed to one section on the board.
“That part right there you put up on the side there about cyber hacking military systems linked into the cyberspace gives me an idea for a job I can float to a former solo operator. It might be up his lane currently. Everything else. Will take some time to get done so save it to the back up files on your new Detapad. Is it big enough?”
I smiled. “It is the right size and I able to handle it with care. Thank you again.” I said and looked back up at the board. “Are you sure that line for military hacking will be helpful? It is the one bit of information I know little about it.” I asked and then felt Cooper behind me wrapping his thick muscular arms around me. I leaned back against him.
“I think it’s a strong possibility it can be helpful and if not it I’m current it will be fun to see how it plays out for Frosty and his ice head army.” Cooper said with a light hearted dark humor to his voice.
Fucking shit! The fuckers were in the city already and gaining at my back door. Omarion kept looking back like he was thinking of doing something stupid. I waved him on. We had to make to keep going. I had to figure out how to shake this shit head on my own.
I felt something. It was like a feeling of something creeping up on me. I leaned to the side on instinct and watched a stream of light barely go past me. But I felt the heat of the shot on my shoulder. I saw the ice energy hit Omarion but he burned it off with his powers and kept going. Fuck this shit.
I turned my bike around and drew my P20-Hawk and fired on the hover car.
I watched in surprise as the hover car caught on fire with green flames and then a second later exploded. “Holy shit! What the fuck?!” That was unexpected. Where the fuck did those green flames come from?
<Largo! Haul ass. Hexi says the invaders are flooding into the city. We got to get off the street. The Boss is waiting for us. Come on!> Omarion voice said over my head radio.
“Shit. Copy that!” I holstered my piece and took off quickly catching up to my brother.
The streets were empty tonight with the news coming in about the second invasion. The Kings were setting up a meeting and already recruitment was taking place to defend the city at all costs. The real problem was going to be the food shortage to take place once the invader trash went after the farms outside the city. My radio buzzed in my helt receiver. “Accept call!”
< Bro. I got a call from Hexi. She needs us to head into to home Base. She says the Boss has got a job for us. >
“Got it. I’m heading back to the place now. Tell her were on the way now. Copy!”
< Copy that.>
We rode on toward our apartment building. The skies above were violent with a lightning and ice smashing against each other above our heads. I wondered how we were going to do this time. Last time, the ice bastard was trying his hand at another take over of the city.
< Bro!>
“I know. We’re going to have to make it count this time and kick ice bastard’s balls back into his body. One thing is for sure The Kings aren’t going to make any deals this time. Cy can’t help us anymore. But before all that shit. We got to do a job for the boss man.”
I watched from position as Cooper reeducated my sons on sailing over the Outlands sand dunes. It was pleasant mid day morning with strange cool breeze in the air.
I felt happy.
I felt the rush of it and allowed myself a moment to let it show a little as I smiled at my pack and Master grinning at me while our sons fault to gain my attention of them.
I heard and felt something strange happening to my back I glanced behind me frowning as I saw a crack of lightning in the sky forming and quickly spreading into doorway. It was happening again. I could already see the invaders rushing out of the door way. Suddenly, I felt Cooper quickly at my side. He took me up in his arms and carried me away toward his large cruiser.
“Kane. Leave the damn boats and herd your brothers into the other cruiser. We’re leaving now. When I launch into the air you better have your brothers into the air. Let’s go!” He ordered rushing me toward his cruiser. The side door opened and he placed me inside sliding the door close and rushed toward the other side.
I watched as they started rushing out of the hole. Ice and frost wind came with them into the Outland desert. They were coming. War. The second Frost invasion war had begun. Kane and others were of age and I knew without thinking now all my children would be soldiers in the war for the dream realm.
“It’s going to be okay, baby. We’re all going to get back to the city in time. They won’t get you.” Cooper said.
I shook my head. “Damn it. Every time I allow myself to feel joy this shit keeps happening.”
I took a drag from my cigarette as the authority fire department attempted to put out the fire on the building.
Kai kept staring at me. “What are you going to tell-“
“Hush!” I said as I looked up to see Cooper’s crusier coming down on our location. “Your father is here. Do not say anything. You’ve done enough for a death sentence in our pack but you are still my son. You may not value that connection with me but I birthed you into this world.”
Kai was quiet.
Cooper’s cruiser was barely on the ground when the doors opened and he jumped out and hugged me. He then drew me back and stared at me..I saw his face change into a mask of rage.
“What happened?”
“I set the library on fire.” I said calmly.
Cooper stared at me. “Okay. Where was Kai during all this?”
“We had an intruder. He caught Kai off guard and held him. The intruder told me to burn the library or he would kill Kai. So I-“
“-I have the live footage of what happened. I told you honey. I’m always watching and listening.”
I stared at him. “Why did you ask me?”
“To see if Kai would be man enough to tell me the truth. He let that boy in my house to steal my secrets and sell them to my enemies then got your library burned to hide his crimes. Hmm. You lying for him is understandable and makes me happy you understand the kind of shit he’s into now. That’s not going to save him though. Kai let that piece of shit into my house and near my woman..well that puts him in an un easy stance.”
“Can you forgive him? Just once.” I asked.
“You know me honey. Kai. I think it’s time you did some growing up boy. I been a bit to easy on you lately. Well that is over.. You just burned up every bridge between you and me and now all that’s left is a rite of passage to hell for you, boy. Strip!”
Kai stared at his father open mouth until Kang grabbed him and started taking off his clothes leaving him with only his underwear on and nothing else.
Cooper stared at him. “You make it twenty-four hours on your own then your life is your own but you ain’t no son of mean. You betrayed a mother that loves you. A father that provided for you and a pack loyal to you. I told you when you came of age loyalty and trust bind us together. Get the fuck on.”
“Dad. Don’t do this!” Kai begged.
“Bitch!” Cooper snarled. “What the FUCK are you? Are you even my son?”
“Holy shit. Don’t listen to this little shit. Kai. We done with you.. Get the hell out here bitch.” Kang snarled.
“Fuck you.” Kai spat at Kang. “You think your hot shit because mother pretends to favor you. That whole naming show was bullshit to help her bastard son. You ain’t shit but a fool under her spell.. Your weak.. I challenge you to be the heir of the Cooper pack.”
“Fuck you. I ain’t listening to none of your horseshit. I know who I am and you ain’t pack no more. We nothing.. Get the fuck on before you can’t leave. You thieving bastard.” Kang said.
“Kai. Please leave before your tongue gets you killed.”
“Shut up, bitch.” Kai said and attempted to slap me but Kang back slapped him and kicked him to the ground with swift kick to his chest and started stumping on Kai while Cooper stared on silently.
“I give up. I give up.” Kai begged laying motionless.
Kang kicked him in stomach one last time before standing beside his father pushing me back behind him. “I catch you near my people or mother again. It’s over for you, Slag.”
Cooper stared at Kai.. “You weak sum-ah-bitch. I show you mercy and you spit in my fucking face and try to turn my son against his mother. My Daddy would have killed me if I did half of the shit you pulled tonight.” He paused and stared at Kai.
Oh shit. “Kai. RUN!”
“Fuck this shit.” Cooper said finally losing his patience. He drew his Mac P90 from his gunbelt as Kai took off running as he fired at him. I hugged Cooper’s waist. “Let him go. It’s the only way he’ll learn.”
“Your a good woman but your a piss poor liar. There’s no hope for that boy. You know that right.”
I knew that. Kai was a roin now and would proable be dead before the dawn of the next day. But still. “He’s my son.” I said and it was enough.
End of 2nd Series…..
End
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Five hours later after our retreat from from the park and Omarion was still burning with Lightning energy as we came to the target location of the People that took the car. The street traffic was all pale skinned corporate vampires and corpo security were policing the area moving toward us.
I frowned as I saw Kang and Cooper coming up to us frowning. “What the fuck are you two doing here?”
Cooper ignored me facing Omarion. “We came to burn this shit hole. What is your mission here?”
Omarion smiled. “You’ll have to get in line old man. These shit heads did a burn job on my Boss and I aim to set the fires first.”
I turned to see a corpo coming up to us from the building. “Cooper. There is no need to be here. We have no need of your mate.”
Omarion looked at Cooper and back at the corpo. He walked up to the corp and grabbing him by the throat and started coughing him. “Why do you want Peaches?”
The corpo gagged. “We no longer need her.”
“Your fucking liar. Answer my damn question now.”
Cooper nodded. “Yes. I would like to-” He started to ask but something in his pocket beeped loudly. He took out his detapad and looked at the screen. He stared at the screen until his eyes started turning into pools of moving flames of light. “Blood Hound Omarion. Blood law seven as been broken. I, King Cooper call you to burn and Princess Inc to the ground and hunt down the board members responsible for the attack on Peaches mother of-“
Omarion dropped the crying man as he started burning in flames of light. He drew his sword and ended the man’s life. Omarion looked at me. “Peaches is my mother.”
I frowned shaking my head. “How? Your fucking old enough to be her-“
“-Peaches is a Genetically engineered Human. She’s a lot older then you think. She wasn’t allowed to keep me by the corporation that owned and created her. They took me from her and left me on the streets.” He said and looked at Cooper. “Is she alive?”
“I don’t know.” Cooper said quietly.
“I’m going too burn these fuckers to the ground.” Kang roared.
The look on Omarion’s calm acceptance face pissed me the fuck off. Just one more disappointment. I grew up with Omarion. We had no one but each other and then we had bought our own pack registry finally becoming pack brothers.. I never knew who my parents were.. Omarion had a mother and now.. Alright fuck em. “Let’s finish this bro.”
Omarion smiled at me and nodded taking out his sword and leading the way to the building.
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Music played softly a few feet away on my work station as I read from Garret Wild’s Dreamer’s sailing adventure in the Outlands. It was a charming story about the first Nomad’s attempts and success story of sailing the desert sand dunes of the Outlands.
Cooper had been born in the Outlands and had traveled out there every year with my sons teaching them the ways of his ancestors and taking them on the Rite of Passage in a more controlled environment and with his guidance and protection. I wondered what it was like.
The music stopped. I felt the presence of one of sons and looked up in the direction of my son to frowned at Kai and another young man with him. The other man was a corpo dressed in a black suit and with silver blue eyes. I put my book down setting it on the couch and facing them. “Kai. Who is this you’ve brought to your father’s house?”
The man did a mocking bow to me and smiled looking around the room. “It is a pleasure to finally meet you. G. E. H. model 0042M. Your son was gracious to allow me this audience with you.”
“Your an Executive or security Chief from the company then. I can’t go back with you. Cooper bought my contract.” I said frowning at him and keeping Kai in my side vision as he edged around me. “Why are you here?”
“Terry Serio. Do you know that name?” He asked.
I shook my head edging around the couch and putting distance between me and the both of them. “No. No. I’ve never heard of him. Who is he? Another G.E.H. or rival corpo?” I asked.
The man shook his head. “No one important at this stage. Just a solo hired to retrieve something taken from the company. He supposedly failed in his job but that was a lie. He found the item. He just decided to pocket the item to sell for later and put it somewhere safe until he could retrieve it again. Silverback. You must be knowledgeable about of it.”
I frowned at him. “Yes. I am. I don’t have it and whoever this Terry Serio is didn’t give it to me. I’m not lying.”
He smiled and I saw strange white glow come from his eyes that radiated a heat in them. “Oh I know your telling the truth the problem is you Silverback is inside you. It wouldn’t be wise to fight us. Your son has no choice in the matter. He owes us big and we have agreed to compensate him for his betrayal by funding his rise in Cooper’s pack.” He said calmly.
I felt a punch of invisible hit my chest and then the feeling of ice started creeping from my chest and spread all over my body. I fell to my knees as fought hard to breath.
“Just come along with Mr. Ice and me, Momma. They’ll fix you right back up with no memory about what happened and I’ll get you back to the pack safe and sound. You ain’t human so they’ll fix you up nice right and you’ll be seeing me better then all my brothers soon enough.” Kai said coming up behind me and started putting electric hand cuffs on my wrists behind my back.
I stared at Mr. Ice. I could feel my breath being stolen from my body. “Lying to my son about the Silverback isn’t going to get you-” I paused Mr. Ice brought out a laser knife. “I see. So you’ll be doing the operation here then?”
“What?! Yo. That’s not what-“
“Be silent.” Mr. Ice said calmly and Kai closed his mouth. “There is no need to worry. First I get what was promised to me and then I put your mother asleep, reprogram her and the next morning she will have no idea what is missing from her body. Easy!”
I shook my head slowly. “Lies. This will not go as easy you would like.” I said drawing power from Silverback and drawing it up to the surface around my body.
Mr. Ice nodded. “Yes. I will. It saves time. All I need is the Silverback in your chest and yes it is inside you. It was put inside you before you came out of the deep sleep before birth. He kept your secret to the end but your explosive show at the park finally revealed what was inside you from the beginning. Now this won’t take long though it will hurt a bit.” He said and proceeded to drive the knife down toward my chest.
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I lay in bed at peace.. My body was still a glow with power but my excessive violent energy was stomped down. I could relax. I lay next to Cooper who was rubbing his large hand on my backside smoking a thick cigar. My spirit was calm under his masculine care.
“Thank you.” I told him.
Cooper shook his finger at me. “No thanks required. So what was all that a few hours ago with Kang and Omarion?”
“Mr. Astro was on a case and needed a distraction to hide him as his pack brother. I provided it and then things got out of hand when I amplified their powers with my energy.”
Cooper nodded. “Did you mean any of that stuff? The words you said to Kang?”
“Of course. I love my children however Kang is twice blessed by Lightning Baby and the flame deva because of you. That’s why it got out of hand. I lost control of my emotions. Why?”
“Damn. I wish you had lied about it. The others are going to get jealous now.”
“I didn’t mean-“
Cooper held up his hand. “I know. You didn’t do anything wrong. You were just expressing your love and pride of your sons. Legendary flame king. I like that. Thank you.”
“Why are you taking all this so well?”
Cooper frowned. “Why wouldn’t I be? I just the best news I’ve ever had in my life along with some great sex. I’m winning at life.” He said and then his detapad buzzed on the night stand I froze.
Cooper stared at me. “I got you. Don’t worry.” He said and reached for Detapad and looked at the screen. He stared at his screen and then sent a short reply and but it back on the nightstand.
“Is it the kids?”
Cooper shook his head while rubbing my backside. “Nope. I made a mistake. Now. I know what I have to do. It’s your old slavers. They sent me an offer for you.”
“Okay. That is strange. I am an old model GEH. I thought they retired me once you bought my contract did they want to take my DNA for cloning or something else?”
Cooper shrugged. “I don’t give a fuck. Just the fact they contacted me a second time today shows they’re trying to fuck me over. You felt it didn’t you?”
I nodded. “Yeah. Is it about what happened today?”
Cooper nodded. “Oh sure and they’re trying to fuck me over. This isn’t out of the blue. Remember. They contacted me earlier today before we went out with the boys.. They offered me 5 Million ebs for you.. This time they offered me two GEH warrior models and 10 million ebs. What’s that sound like to you?”
Asset liquidation. Corporate takeover. esperation. Greed. War.
Cooper nodded staring at me like he could hear my thoughts. “They’ll try to kill me then they’ll come after the boys and then they’re going to try to steal you.”
“My sons? Why?!”
Cooper nodded his head but his eyes were lost in plans. “To make you come to them. That ain’t going to work though. I ain’t giving you up. I’m sorry honey I’ll have to burn em down anyone that gets in my way to fuck me over ain’t walking away.”
I nodded. “Yes. If they aim to kill my sons please burn them all.”
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I knew this was bound to happen again. I just wish I could have avoided.
Peaches sat with her eyes lowered and Cooper and his kid staring at us.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t plan on meeting you.”
Largo snarled at her voice but I popped the back his head. He glared at me in surprise.
President Sergio was following us and would meet up with us soon. We needed to hide.. I got down on my knees and presented my sword to her. “Bless me mother wolf with your grace. I am on my king’s mission.”
“A distraction. I understand.” Peaches said in a soft voice.
Lightning traveled up my arm lighting the sword with power as I felt her reach her hand forward to touch my forehead first. People took notice and started making a wide space for the impromptu ceremony.
“I bless you, my son with the grace given you by the mother of the Nomads. Rise above the rest. Fight with honor. I name you Iron Endurance. You are kissed by lightning and your enduring will is like the Iron steel sword of the Heavy Metal Dragon.” She said and then put her hand on the blade of my sword.
I saw Kang come to bow to his knees to Peaches. “Mother. Bless me too. Please.”
I half wondered what Kang was on but I didn’t care. President Sergio was here looking for us trying to find us in the crowds and street traffic. I stayed bowed. Largo had caught on finally and was quiet pretending we were apart of Cooper’s group.
I glanced at Peaches. She nodded. She closed her eyes and then when she opened them lightning sparked from them. She placed her hand on Kang’s head. I felt a kick of power around her.
Shit!
“Kang. Son of Cooper the legendary Flame King of Newark.” Her voice echoed with power as elemental flames lite Kang’s body. “Kissed by lightning. The pride of the flame deva. Rise to your position. Take hold of your legacy and bring honor to blood of your noble ancestors.”
Holy shit. I was running hot and seeing lightning. Damn it. I still waited until President Sergio was gone to rise. I nodded to Peaches. “Thank you mother wolf. Be well.”
Peaches bowed. “Rise to sky Mr. Astro and take your brother with you.”
Hmm. Good idea. I needed to use up energy before I burned out and crashed. I took Largo’s hand as I did a low squat and forced the power into my legs to spring up into the sky. Up and up ignoring Largo’s screams as I landed on the top of a building and sprang again to the next to get away.
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I sat at our reserved table while my sons competed with other men in competitions for weapons and ranking. The roin young nomad men competed to acquire entry into the Cooper Pack by show of fighting prowess and to garner some show of my attention for a blessing. My mate sat with me drinking his beer with a small on his face as he stared off at the men ignoring my gaze fixed to his face.
“What are you grinning about?”
“You have all these young men trying to get a smile from the most pretty female in the park and she only has eyes for the king of the Cooper pack. I’m feeling very proud of myself right now.” He said. The arrogance dripped from his voice.
I smiled at him but then I felt, Lightning Baby’s touch on my son Omarion. I looked around until I spotted him being chased down down a tall female intent on getting him and his pack brother. His gaze locked with mean and he advanced toward me. I started to stand and the crowd of males started making attempts to block his entry to me but he pushed shoved and made his way to my side finally.
I took a seat. “Hello, Mr. Astro.”
“Hello, mother wolf. It’s been a while.”
Kang came to attempt to push Omarion aside but Omarion wasn’t easily moved. Kang glared at me standing to his left. “This piece of shit don’t deserve to be here.”
Omarion looked at me with an arched eye brow. To question how I would respond then he smirked at me thinking it was going to be same like before.
“He’s touched by lightning and a child of the mother of the Lightning Baby. I am mother of the Nomads. He is my son in the same way you are my son. Let him speak on what has come to say and be on his way.”
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Omarion clapped me on the back the of the head.. I turned toward him.. “The fuck-“
“Mr. Golden is talking to you.” Omarion said smoothly.
I grimanced and looked at him. Mr. Golden stared up at me frowning. “Sorry, Sir. Go on!”
“Largo. I really need you to focus. The time to aquire sexual favors is later. The villains that destroyed Mr. Sergio’s body will be coming to get the items in question. You need to Identify them and rightly dispose of them before they move on to his daughter. I thought this was made clear to you by Chairman Sergio.”
I grimanced. “It was made perfectly clear. It won’t happen again.”
Mr. Golden stared at me and then got out his wallet. Omarion turned away. He held out two gold ebs cards to me. “I put 10k on each card combined that’s 20k ebs extra plus the fee you’ll receive from Chairman Sergio to keep you focused. Take it.”
Damn it. Now I felt like an asshole. I took the cards.
Mr. Golden turned to Omarion. “Omarion.”
“I’m on your zone.” Omarion said.
“Good. I have to go now. Please take care of yourselves and keep alert. Do not engage President Sergio or allow her to engage in the hunt. Our biggest asset was Chairman Sergio. He has effectly been disabled and the corporation put on a hault. President Sergio is now the only asset we can’t afford to lose.. I will be engaged in the legal front of this battle while you will resolve the physical front. Stick to the plan. Good day gentlemen.” Mr. Golden said. He then turned and got in his ride and drove off.
“Fucking hell dude. Are you still drunk? We don’t need this shit right now family. I had to call in Mr. Golden away from his work to come with this plan because we’ve been holding our dicks without clue of what to do.”
“I got it undercontrol.” I said and then noticed them in crowd of people advancing toward us. “Hot zone! None friendly. Corpo. Looks like the ones that raided the president Sergio’s apartment from the footage.” I said leaning against the car.
Omarion nodded and took a position to my blind side. “Yeah. They must have been waiting for Mr. Golden to leave. Head south to the Nomad central Park area. Roll out on three, two-“
I heard a cruiser above coming toward us. I knew that cruiser. “President Sergio showed up in style. One!” I took off running as Omarion followed.
I took out the tracker to check the location of the car. It was on the move now and headed away from Sergio corporate apartment. “They took it.” I said as Omarion grabbed my shoulder and pulled me out of traffic.
“Holy shit. She’s moving fast. Put the speed on bro.”
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