Angel with the Mafia Devil

34: "What now?"

RIKU

I cant focus.

I cant think of anything besides them.

They were willing to turn to that son of a bitch in order to save us. But they cant stay there. We cant just leave them there as is. We have to save them.

I'm having some of our people track at least one of the siblings, but no signals are reaching any of them. I swear to god if that bastard dares hurt Berry.

"Figliolo, so che sei arrabbiato ma devi calmarti" 'Son, I know you're upset but you have to calm down' my dads voice spoke behind me. But it didnt make me feel better. I finally get my Dad back but then I just lose someone else again.

I got more upset and without thinking, I spun around and nearly threw a punch to my Dads face. Luckily, being the skilled fighter he is, caught my fist with no change in emotion.

Realizing my actions, I softened my body and pulled away, not wanting my father to see me tear up. He must have sensed my sadness because after a few seconds of silence, he pulled me in and hugged me.

"I know. I know you want to save them and we all do too. But you have to give it some time" I heard him but I wasnt listening properly, only the feeling of his strong arms around me again, one of the very little things that would calm me down as a kid.

"I felt this same way when I tried coming back to you guys times before" everything started feeling slower and I rested in his arms, softly crying into his chest. I suddenly felt vulnerable, having everything suddenly hit me like that punch I got before.

"Dad..." I could barely get any words out, my sobs just got in the way. Dad took us to the couch that sits in my office and laid my head on his lap, softly stroking my hair in a motion that was familiar years ago and still is.

"Its ok. We'll get them back. We'll make sure Aaron and Zane wont be used for danger. We'll bring Berry back alive and well"

"Bunny..."

"We know about the ring, Riku.." he trailed off, noticing my slight change in expression. I got that ring to propose to her when she graduated. It was suppose to be one of the happiest days of my life. But now, I might not be able to. I just sobbed even harder.

I started getting pictures in my head of the times we all spent, when those 3 first came in our lives, thought of us as family even if we were dangerous, gave us that beach trip, my confession to Berry and hers to me.

Her beautiful sapphire eyes..

Her soft, fuzzy hair..

Her smooth and savory lips..

The barrette I gifted her. She promised to never take it off..

Wait..

The barrette!

I suddenly got up from my spot, slightly startling dad, as I ran to my desk to get my watch. Dad got up and soon followed me, confused as to why I moved so suddenly.

"Son? What happened?"

"Her barrette! I gave her a barrette with a tracker inside. Mom gave it to me for safety measures and she was still wearing it when we separated!" I quickly explained as I pulled up the trackers status on my watch. Once it was up, I hooked the watch to my computer to enter a code to start a hacking process.

"No way they left town. But the trackers we use cant pin-point her her location" Dad stated as he stood behind me watching the screen.

"No, but if I can track where the signal ends from different directions, I can find the area that cant pick up the signal"

"It takes a hella lot to mess up a trackers signal, a systemed force field"

"Exactly, one that a mafia perhaps could possess" I helped him piece things together as the map on the tracker showed the areas the tracker and location, one road being where Berry was last seen, and then a zoned off area that it couldnt track. The road after the zoned area no longer had Berrys tracks in it.

"So if it stops at the area" Dad finally understands.

"Shes somewhere within it" I answer for him. The zone is pretty big but at least we narrowed it down but a ton.

"Damn. My son thinking as smart as his mother. Never thought the trackers work that well" He praised me and I felt happier by it, but then my mood changed.

"This is the only tracker of this kind, Dad. What do you mean by, 'trackers'?"

"Uh" he started, realizing this was something he wasnt suppose to tell me.

"The necklaces you and Miku have may or may not also be trackers that your mother and I made.." he said while giving a sheepish grin. My necklace is a tracker??

I had no time to think of that now, I printed the map off and left to find the others. We can scout the area to see which building those siblings are being held and properly strike a plan to free them.

Dont worry, my love, we're gonna save you guys.

BERRY

I was messing with my bunny barrette as I waited to be handed the dishes that needed to get cleaned.

I took the sink that was farthest from the fridge and started scrubbing, sneaking 2 - 3 knifes along the way.

If the plan works, the Irene's already know where we are, and are coming to save us soon.

All we have to do is buy them time.