Page 37 of Hell Yes
“That looks to be it. For now.”
“I need to get back to my office, now. I’ve gotta rework all our security.”
They walked back through the doorway to find Val on the other side, her hands covering her ears.
“Hey!” Jesse called out. “It’s over.”
She lowered her arms and wrapped them around her waist. “I’ve never heard gun shots so loud before.”
“The confined space.” Xander nodded. “You get used to it.”
“I don’t know if I’ll ever get used to this.”
“We need you to help us drag the remaining bodies down the tunnel.”
Val opened her mouth, but no words came out.
“What?” Jesse replied. “You said you could handle this. So, hurry up and help us.”
Val finally moved off the wall, and followed Jesse, with Xander behind her. He was still worried she might make a run for it. Or freak out. After all, the woman led a peaceful life up until now. Anyone in her shoes would be in shock.
But, contrary to Xander’s fears, Val quietly helped them as they dragged all four bodies down to room three. They kept a large incinerator on the farm to take care of all kinds of disposals, and today would be no different.
Jesse’s phone buzzed again.
“Sonny’s on his way.”
Xander nodded, and they waited.
Ten minutes later, with Sonny and Dante taking care of the clean up, Xander, Jesse, and Val headed back to the clubhouse. The dogs were patiently waiting at the bunker entrance and trotted along with them.
“I’m gonna be in my office for the next while,” Xander murmured. “I may need help testing out the new security updates.”
“We’ll be around,” Jesse assured him. “But first, I’m gonna take Val to my place to clean up.”
“See you later.”
Xander walked down the family hallway to his office and breathed a sigh of relief. Getting away from Jesse and Val was necessary at this point. He needed to get his head back in the game and get their crew secured.
With his headphones in place, he sat down and began to type commands into his laptop. One corrected code after another, he re-arranged their security settings. Then he downloaded all the data from the Krypt crew phones and began to filter through the information.
There was good news and bad news.
Bad news, the Krypt had downloaded information from Xander’s phone about the Hellraisers’ compound. The good news, nine of their crew were eliminated. Which left twenty-one members to go. It wasn’t just about discovering the contacts in Krypt’s gambling and drug running operations anymore. The Krypton had to go. Which was fine by Xander. One less competitor was always welcome.
Three hours later, with their networks and cameras once again secure, he finally took a break. Or rather, he heard the rest of the crew in the house.
He headed out of his office to find Gage so he could give him the latest news. As usual, their President was sitting in his office, talking to Jesse, but one on one. They both stopped talking when Xander appeared.
“What’s the latest?” Gage asked. “We gonna have to go full attack?”
Xander nodded. “The Krypt gained access to our compound info via our phones the night we entered their facility. I’ve reset all our security, but they have twenty-one members left. We gotta get rid of every single one.”
Gage nodded. “How did they get the data?”
“When they jammed the comms, our phones were vulnerable. They were scraped. I honestly didn’t think they’d have access to, or knowledge of, that kind of tech. From everything I’ve researched about them, they run a pretty basic operation. The gambling ring we walked into was anything but new or complicated.”
“We underestimated them,” Jesse announced. “And now we have to clean up our mess.”