Dangerous In Black (two)

Twenty

Dallas

Dallas had been jittery for the most part of the day and anyone who'd been at the compound from last night into today would know why. Today was the day, she'd finally be in Arturo's arms; if it all went well at least—
She was strapped with two knives and a small handgun Greece had made her take, like Arturo, Dallas had taken up a knack for knives, but alas Greece had managed to throw in a gun for her own safety.

Dallas fiddled with her fingers as she sat on the couch awaiting everyone else. Allegro was going to go over the plans again, in front of over twenty men plus the inner circle. Soon men dressed in black entered the room, and Dallas couldn't help but notice them nod their heads at her, which shocked her to no end.
"Why are they nodding their heads at me?" She whispered to Greece.

Greece smiled, "It's a sign of respect, Dall, you're part of the inner circle, family. They'd be crazy not to."
Dallas nodded as more men poured in and Allegro took center stage, running over what they were going to do. Both Greece and herself would be on the outskirts with two other cars, just in case things got sticky and they planned an ambush. Allegro had thought of everything, but he needed no foul play, at least not yet. Their main goal was attaining Arturo, vengeance would come later.

As they piled into the cars, Dallas took Greece's hand into her own to which Greece gave her a firm squeeze. The driver of their car, Erin gave them both a small nod before driving off. The meeting point seemed closer than it actually was as they parked the car in an abandoned parking lot, close to a dumpster. Greece suddenly pressed a button which made the screen in the car turn on, "There's a camera on Allegro's car, he turned it forward so we'd be able to see what's happening."

Dallas nodded grateful, the monitor crackled to life and Dallas held her breath as she recognized Allegro, Alejandro and Alessando standing in a triangle facing a man, Dallas immediately recognized as the enemy. Her gaze traveled across the screen until she recognized one of the men who'd broken into her house and tried to grab her, the one Greece had lost, at the sight she heard Greece huff, "He's lucky he's still breathing."

If not for the dire situation Dallas would have chuckled, unfortunately Dallas couldn't hear what they were saying but recognized when the bad man made a signal and their car door was opened and they threw the lifeless body of Arturo on the concrete ground. Dallas' breathing completely stopped when he made no move, not a single move and with the camera quality she couldn't tell if he was breathing, all she could see were his battered clothes from their failed date and blood, lots of it.

"Is he...." her voice trailed off when Greece's hand grabbed hers.
She couldn't see neither of the Martini's expressions but none of them made a move to Arturo and her stomach churned, oh god, oh god.
She gulped when she saw Alessando's hand go to his waist band where he held his gun, "What is he doing?" Greece whispered harshly noticing Alessando's movements as well.

Dallas bit her lips when she saw him grip his gun firmly as if going to point it but halted when Allegro signaled his men forward and they lifted Arturo's lifeless body away from the camera view. Dallas did not breathe easy, seeing the lifeless body of the man she loved being lifted away did not ease her worry, what did they do to him? Is he even alive?
But Dallas watched on as the men continued to negotiate and soon Allegro had nodded his head and walked back to his car.

But Dallas narrowed her eyes when Alessando didn't move, "Greece!" Dallas yelled when she saw Alessando lift his gun and fire a shot at one of the bad guy's men. The bullet hit him smack in the skull and as he fell to the ground Dallas couldn't help but scream as three more shots were fired each hitting Alessando. Dallas and Greece both watched as Allegro bolted out of the car, Alejandro covering him as he hauled Alessando to their nearest car.

Their driver Erin suddenly reeved the engine, "Allegro want us gone now, Yakov knows we're here."
Yakov had taken Arturo from her and now as they sped down the street all she could think of was seeing everything he'd done to Arturo being given back ten fold. It was a game of cat and mouse as Erin maneuvered through the streets. The gates of the compound soon an earshot away open and ready as we sped through its safety. Dallas couldn't help but notice the numerous amount of guns peaking over the ten foot wall, just waiting for any intruders. None dared to show their face as the compound gates were closed.

Dallas sped out of the car as a bleeding Alessando was rushed into the clinic. Allegro grabbed her arm, preventing her from going to Arturo, "I know he's all you want to see, but Alessando needs you more right now."
"Is Arturo al—"
Allegro nodded, "He's breathing, but Alessando won't be soon, Dallas please."

Dallas gritted her teeth before nodding, "Prep the clinic for surgery."
Dallas ran into the room and covered herself in scrubs. She examined his writhing body and took note of his entry wounds. Time to get to work.

Allegro

Stepping out of the car, Allegro had a fairly good idea of who he was dealing with. It wasn't a surprise to him, Yakov Andrie was a Russian boss who was in the business of human trafficking and he'd heard about him from numerous sources. He was on his way up but was no way on same level as his family. Yakov was in his early thirties, with blonde army cut hair and dark eyes. He was more on the bulky side dressed in a fur coat and a cigar propped in his mouth.

"Friends." His Russian accent shouted as the two groups stood facing each other.
"It's unfortunate we have to meet like this Allegro, I've heard great things about you." His lips held amusement.
"I'm sure you have. Haven't heard much about you— mhm?" Allegro grunted.

This caused Yakov to grin, "Don't be mistaken, Mr. Martini, however I am known now. As the man who successfully captured one of your brothers and lived to tell the tale."
Allegro gritted his teeth, "Not for long you aren't ." He whispered underneath his breath.
Yakov didn't seem to hear it, "Before I reward you with your brother, I'd like to discuss what I want."
Allegro nodded, "And that is?"

"Twenty million dollars."
Allegro signaled Alejandro to get the check book and gave Alejandro the order the write the check, "My brother."
At that, Yakov signaled for his release and Allegro watched as they threw Arturo's lifeless body onto the floor without a care in the world. He watched with miffed eyes as Arturo made no move to get up or breathe quite frankly.

"He's alive." Yakov assured.
"One more thing. You will leave my business alone." He lifted an eyebrow.
"And I will leave your and Arturo's girl alone."
Like hell! Allegro thought, he was going to put a bullet through his skull.
"Done." Allegro agreed casually, as if he wasn't feeling venomous. His men lifted Arturo away and secured him in the car and drove off.
Allegro turned his back as he made his way to Alejandro to sign the check not before gun shots went off and instantly he lifted his head to see Alessando's pointed gun and Yakov's men aiming at Alessando as three gun shots shot through his body and Alessando hit the pavement.

Without signing the check he raced to his brothers side, his men and Alejandro flanking his sides as he got Alessando safely to the car and drove away. Immediately telling Erin to get the girls out of there.
Fuck! What had Alessando been thinking!
Suddenly he saw Yakov's number pop up on his phone and he answered swiftly, "I thought you knew better than this Martini, you just declared war."

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A U T H O R ' S N O T E

hiya,

I hope this makes up for the amount of boring chapters I've been making you read recently.

more to come ❣️