Woods (Aces MC Series Book 5) (16 page)

I took the information that I had
and scattered it across my dining table, from here I was able to work out who I
needed to pick off first. I was at an advantage from the other guys, Chloe had
done a fantastic job of putting this together, which made it easier to analyse.
I looked at the movements of Reece, Aiden and
Nick
and knew that it would be more beneficial to go after the ringleader
first. I now had a plan, I gathered the information and placed the paperwork
back into the envelope. As I turned, I saw that Chloe was feeding Doris. I
smiled at her kind heart, with everything that was going on she knew I didn't
have time for shit and had taken it upon herself to still help.
I opened the cupboard door under the stairs and leaned in to get my rucksack. I
kept this bag packed with all the essentials needed in order to carry out what
I had planned. Chucking the bag onto the floor, I stepped into the cupboard
further and pushed up the loose wooden beam to remove my glock. There was no
way that I was going unarmed and there was no way that all these guys were
coming back alive.

I closed the cupboard door, grabbed
the bag and flung it over my shoulder as I walked through the living room.
Chloe stood awkwardly fidgeting uncomfortably, I stepped closer and placed a
kiss on her forehead. "Stay here, make yourself at home babe."
"Are you sure?" I saw her confused expression.
"Yeah, I can't guarantee what time I'll be back but please stay."
Chloe smiled and I saw her body relax, "Okay, I'll be here when you get
home."
"And thanks again for giving me this information, like I said before it
won't be forgotten." I took a deep breath and smiled before I turned and
left the house. The crisp air pulled me out of my trance, I stood taking deep
breaths as I glanced along the street. How had it come to this? Lauren had been
dealing with this for weeks and she hadn't shared anything. I had so many
questions but I needed to deal with one thing at a time, those guys would pay
for what they did to Lauren then it would be a long healing process to make
sure she came to terms with her ordeal. I strutted to my van ready to right the
wrongs.

I drove to the first location, it
was a snooker hall called Riley's on the edge of town and I was pleased as it
was quite secluded. Chloe's information stated that Reece visited here three
times a week around two-thirty each afternoon. I parked up at the side of the
car park and removed his photograph from the envelope to analyse his face so it
was etched in my mind. With every car that pulled up, I glanced out the window
checking for a silver Juke only to be disappointed. "Where the fuck is
he?" I checked my watch 2.15pm, I was getting impatient and needed to step
from the vehicle and stretch my legs. I walked around the van to the rear and
opened the back doors thinking of how I was going to entice Reece over. He was
a petty drug dealer although the younger kids thought he was big time as he
flashed the cash and the weed whenever possible. I glanced over my shoulder
when I heard a car pull into the car park and my adrenaline kicked in when I
recognised the vehicle.

Reece pulled up and finished his
conversation on his mobile before he exited the car with his pool cue in hand.
"Excuse me mate," I shouted across the car park.
"What's up bruv?" he asked looking in my direction.
"Sorry I know you're busy mate but can you give me a quick hand with
this?"
He strolled over and I managed to grab the spanner from the back of the van.
"Sure mate, what you need doing?"
He made his way to the back of the vehicle and drew his brows looking confused
to see that the van was empty. "What you need help with?" he shrugged
and turned towards me.
I pulled my arm back and struck him with the spanner across the head as hard as
I could. The force caused him to collapse and I managed to grab him before he
hit the ground. I dropped the spanner and dragged him further towards the van,
he weighed a ton and it was a mean task trying to get him inside. I let go to
release his body and his torso landed hard in the back of the van. I had to
then pull on his jeans to lift his legs one at a time to get them up inside as
they were dangling from the back. I sat next to him for a couple of minutes panting,
out of breath from such an activity. Once I'd recharged my batteries a little,
I rolled him the rest of the way so I was able to close the doors. I needed to
get him tied, I couldn't allow him to wake and get free as this cunt was the
instigator of the whole rape and he needed to suffer for his crimes. I jogged
to the front cab, grabbed my rucksack and quickly made my way back around to
the rear of the vehicle. He was out cold but I wasn't taking any chances, I
removed a length of rope and proceeded to tie his wrists and ankles together,
pulling on the rope to make sure it was secure.
I let out a loud sigh as I closed the doors and leaned against them catching my
breath, "One down, two to go!"

I entered the cab and picked up
the envelope to check my next location. Aiden was a regular gym goer and it
wasn't too far from here. I glanced at my watch it was only 3.30pm but it
stated on the paperwork that he didn't usually arrive until 5.00pm. I slowly
pulled out of the space and made my way from one side of Epping to the other,
the gym he attended was attached to a hotel on the outskirts on the town and I
was trying to work out how I may be able to get him into the van.
As I drove into the grounds of the hotel, I noticed CJ sitting in one of our
unmarked cars at the back of the car park away from the main building. We had a
few for such emergencies that were registered in people's names that weren't
linked to the club, this way they weren't known to the police but tonight I
didn't give a shit and was driving around in the clubs van.

I parked behind CJ and exited the
vehicle making my way to his opened window.
"How did you know where he was?"
"Don't worry about that, I have everything in place." CJ pointed to a
skanky looking
scag
head loitering by the tree's
to my right.
"I know that Aiden leaves between 6-6.30pm most evenings but I didn't know
if we could possibly catch him on the way in?"
CJ frowned, "How do you know so much?"
I took his photo from the envelope, "Chloe did some
reconnaissance
for me."
He smiled and took the photo to study the bloke, "Oi Doppy bollocks come
here." He encouraged the skank to walk towards the car as he moved his two
fingers back and forth. "This is a photo of the bloke, you need to go in
there and see if he's around." He nodded animatedly but I was a little
concerned as he looked vacant. "Are you taking this all in?" CJ asked
again talking slowly this time, his actions made me snigger. The guy nodded his
head and studied the photo before scurrying in the direction of the gym entrance.

"How you bearing up?" CJ
asked and I heard the compassion in his voice.
"I've just gotta focus on the task at hand at the moment but once we've
caught up with them, that's a whole fucking different matter."
"Totally understand, no one knows how they'll react in certain situations
until they're in it but you seem to be calm which is worrying."
I smiled, "It is for them!"

A few minutes passed before the
scag head made his way from the foyer of the gym and over to CJ's car.
"That man is talking to the receptionist," he rubbed his hands
together and his eyes widened as he saw CJ put his hand into his pocket.
"This is yours," CJ handed him a small bag of weed. His eyes twinkled
before he scurried along the bushes and out of sight.
"Where the fuck did you find him?"
CJ sniggered, "I know a lot of undesirables, they come in handy every so
often."
I rolled my eyes and looked towards the building to see Aiden coming out,
"That's him but he's come to the gym early today."
CJ checked him out also, "Don't knock it. Right, you need to just follow
my lead." CJ started the engine of his car and slowly made his way through
the car park towards the exit.
Aiden was busy texting and I took this opportunity to message Buster with my
requirements in order to satisfy my needs later on at the safe house. These
bastards needed to pay for what they did to Lauren but I was missing one thing
and he needed to get it for me in order for it to work.
I got into my van, and followed his car at a safe distance through the car park
and under the barrier to travel through the grounds of the hotel.

I could see CJ's car in the
distance as he moved slowly down the gravel road until he came to a standstill.
Aiden slammed on his breaks and waited a while before he got out of his car to
investigate. "Cleaver boy!" I muttered to myself as Aiden stood
talking to CJ through the car window. Before long, Aiden walked to the rear of
CJ's vehicle and started to push it hoping that he could move it out of his way
so he could pass. I pulled the van over to the side of the road and doused a
rag with chloroform. He was a big guy so he needed to be taken down quickly and
without a lot of fuss. I exited the vehicle and stealthily made my way up
behind him. I jumped onto his back taking him by surprise as I grabbed him
around his neck and held the cloth to his face making sure that I covered his
mouth and nose. He fought as best he could but I felt him slowly become weak
and took this opportunity to pull him down to the ground.
"I got out to help but it looks like you're doing fine on your own."
CJ sniggered watching me bring the hulk of a man down to the ground.
"You can laugh as much as you fucking like, you've gotta help lift him
into my van."
CJ rolled his eyes and I slowly let go of my hold to release the bloke
completely. "I'll just move your van closer." CJ jogged back to my
van and drove it so that it was parked beside his car. He exited the van and
shoved his hands under Aiden's arms as I took the bottom half by carrying his
legs. We lifted as best we could and slowly moved the dead weight towards the
van. I let go of his legs to quickly open the doors and was pleased to see that
Reece was still unconscious.
"Right we'll lift him on 3, 1...2...3!" We both used all the strength
we had left to move Aiden and dropped him in the back of the van. I rolled him
some more making sure I had the room to close the doors and sighed with relief
knowing that I had two of Lauren's attackers.

We were both startled by CJ's
phone ringing and laughed as I held my chest trying to calm my heart rate. CJ
answered his phone and put Duke on loud speaker.
"We can't find our precious cargo anywhere, have you had much luck?"
"You won't find them either because their wings have been clipped."
CJ stated closing the doors firmly.
"Excellent, see you soon." Duke ended the call and CJ returned his
phone to his pocket.
"You get over to the safe house and get these cunts sorted, I'm just going
to move his car out of the way and then I'll join you."
CJ held out his arms and brought me in for a hug, he grabbed my head and placed
a rough kiss on the top of my head, "Fucking love you man, stay
strong."
I appreciated his words and knew that he was right, I needed to get this scum
over to the safe house and let the fun commence.

Twenty minutes later, I pulled up
outside a building belonging to Greenall in the middle of the forest in
Matching
Tye
. As I jumped from the van I was greeted by some
of the guys who'd come to help me remove the shit from the back.
I stretched my arms trying to loosen some of the built up tension in my neck
and back as I walked to the rear of the vehicle to see Recon already in the
back using his feet to move the two blokes.
"What you all waiting for, grab a fucking arm, leg or even a cock and get
these cunt's inside." Recon was in one this evening, the bloke was a scary
motherfucker at the best of times but I could hear the venom in his voice and knew
that he was up for it.
The guys dragged Reece and Aiden through the long grass and into the building,
one of them was now conscious and his pleases for forgiveness could be heard.
Pitiful little cunt, he didn't stop when Lauren pleaded with him so he wouldn't
be getting any sympathy from me.
Duke greeted me, "We'll follow your lead Woods. I'm happy for you to do
whatever you feel is necessary."
I smiled grateful that Duke would allow me to do this. As president of the club,
it would usually be his call but he knew that I needed to do it my way to try
to gain some kind of closure. I was surprisingly calm but that only made their
fate worse because I was going to have some fun first and degrade them as they
had Lauren.

I followed Duke into the building
and we took a sharp right into a room that was covered in plastic. All three
boys were now conscious and looked to have been doused with a liquid possibly
water to wake them up.
"What do you want to do with them?" Duke asked leaning on one of the
walls with his arms folded across his chest.
I turned to face Laurens attackers, "He's mine!" I pointed to Reece
and saw the horror on his face as his eyes widened with fear. "Take him
next door and I'll deal with him in a minute."
"With pleasure!" "Justice and Lyric each grabbed an arm and
dragged him from the room as he protested his innocence.
Once he was out of sight and the door was firmly closed I turned my attention
to the two young lads kneeling on the floor, they looked petrified at what
their fate may hold.
"These two are not to be touched!" Everyone in the room looked at me
with varying degrees of expression but all meaning the same thing thinking I'd
gone soft.
I smiled, "They're going to touch each other instead." I pulled out
my glock from the waistband of my jeans and clicked off the safety,
"Strip!"
The two guys glanced at each other and then back at me in disbelief of what I'd
asked them to do. There lack of response only infuriated me further. I fired a
warning shot and it ricochet nearly hitting Aiden in the process, the noise was
deafening and echoed around the room but I didn't care they weren't taking
orders and I was starting to lose patients.
"I said fucking strip now." The guys knew that I was now serious and
started to unbutton their garments and discard them onto the floor much to the
amusement of the group as they didn't know where I was going with this.