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On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 10:21 AM, ijinkhan@... via groups.io

<ijinkhan@...> wrote:

[OLD Luke]

Luke woke from a dream. He only remembered bits and pieces. He saw the police cruiser tossed in the air like candy and crumple around the tree with a terrible crunch. His boat met a similar fate and that was what got him to his feet.

He stepped out of the small cabin on board the Divine Pleasure. The bright sun made him squint. Three men were chatting it up with Tiger. She lounged in one of the aft fishing chairs looking great as usual.?

“Hey skip, you sleep much? It’s like after 2!”

“Enough, Luke said, his voice rough. You guys getting any fish?”

A chorus of positive words came from the three of them.?

“Keep at it then, we head back in an hour.”?

Luke pulled his phone and called the hospital. After a short conversation he smiled at Tiger, “Maggie’s going to be okay.”

“Sweet. You are the man, skipper.”

“I do the best I can.”

The dream came back to him and he dialed Jones.

“What up?”

“You hear about Tad?”

“Yeah, ain’t that a bitch.”

“He was murdered,” Luke said.

“News ain’t saying that. Said he cracked up his cruiser.”

“Did he do it airborne or slam it sideways against a tree?”

“Oh shit.”

“Jones, do me a favor and contact your people. Find out what you can.”

“厂耻谤别.”

“Will you reach out to the ‘nights?”

“I sure as hell won’t,” Jones said angrily.

“It’s for Tad. I’m not letting this slide.”

“Shit man, okay. No promises.”

“Thanks. Call me as soon as you hear something.”

Luke hung up the Sat phone and looked out into the Gulf. He was going to get dirty on this one, he felt it in the waves under his feet.

They were docked back at the Marina before Luke heard back.

“I hear Emma wants to see you.” Jones sounded mollified.?

“At the Henderson Mansion?”

“Yeah, out on Culvert, you know.”

“Okay, thanks Jones. Hang loose, I may need you real quick.”

“I’m just waiting to get my hands on someone responsible.”

“Get your hardcore crew together Jones. I’ll call you on the when and where.”

Luke looked at Tiger who was doing to clean up around the boat.?

“Can you finish up here?”

“I gotchu boss.”

Luke fired up his old pickup and spun the tires getting out of the parking lot. The last place he wanted to go was vamp central. That was just where he was headed.

(New Scarlett MacAleister)

Scarlett finished her surveillance of the Los Muertos group who had been down to the docks meeting with Nakamura and she made note of the estate where they had driven to. She drove off, not wanting to spend much time in the area, just in case the vampire and his crew had taken notice of her. As the rode away into the night, Scarlett recalled she was supposed to acknowledge the Midnight Society's request that she pay them a visit.

?

It was a quarter to midnight. Perfect timing, she thought as she rode toward their meeting place. Best to get this over, she thought.

Scarlett rode her bike up to the building that served as the organization's headquarters, a high rise office building in downtown Raconteur. She stopped in front of the building and stepped off the bike, leaving it parked as she walked inside to meet with the organization of vampires. At the front doors, she was let in by a security guard. She immediately made him as a human, likely some sort of servant to the Midnight Society. As she appeared, Scarlett noticed three more guard materialize out of the shadow in the lobby.

Dressed in her black leather bodysuit, guns under her long coat as well as her wakazashi, the guards immediately took notice of her and approached cautiously.?

"Can I help you."

"I'm invited," she said.

"Name," the guard at the counter asked.

"Scarlett."

He nodded, "These gentlemen will take you upstairs. But first, your weapons."

The redhead smiled, "Really? You think I'm going up there, to a room filled with vampires, unarmed?"
The guard grimaced. He reached over and picked up a phone, placing a call. He spoke to someone on the other end and explained that "Ms. MacAleister refuses to come up there unarmed."

Someone replied and the guard set down the phone, "Fine. But there will be many armed guards up there. You are advised to...behave yourself."

"When haven't I behaved," she smirked. "Come on boys, let's go see the VIPS in the penthouse."

She led them to the elevator and the three got inside with her. She stood and waited with the men surrounding her as the elevator rose through the building....

(tag Prince, Kitty, etc)