“Sir, sorry to interrupt, but neither of them are tainted.”
“Are you sure?” the first man asked.
“Yes sir, Barrett must have been mistaken. They have no Dragon blood in them.”
“Well, no shit, you dumb asses!” Tommy yelled as they both left the room. “Livi, can you move?”
“Yeah.”
“We have to get out of here, babe. I don’t think they’re the type to keep witnesses around for long.”
“Okay.” Livi lowered her head and transformed to Fae. Rolling back and forth, she shook out her wings and then shrunk to the size of a dragonfly. The ropes slid away from her as she flew over to Tommy.
Tommy kept her gaze as she returned to her normal size. “Now that is something to see.” Livi untied the ropes and he winced as he brought his arms up. “Let’s go babe, through that window.”
“You know they’ll be looking for us.”
“Hell yeah, but by then, they won’t know what hit them.” Jumping up and out through the low window, he kept a look out as she crawled through. “You’re slow.”
“Sorry ‘bout that. I seem to have gotten beaten up recently.”
The side of his mouth lifted as he brought her to him, wrapped his arm around her waist, and took off running for the woods. They knew they still had to make it look like they were human, just in case they had security cameras up around the grounds. Stopping off at the cabin they had been in he grabbed his phone and they headed back out.
Dialing the Sheriff’s station in Alston, he knew the call would be recorded, and listened as one of the dispatchers answered. “Krystal, it’s Tommy Moilanin. Officer needs assistance. We just escaped from a basement. Livi and I have been held for the last day at Hunters Campground. She needs a bus. They beat the shit out of her.”
“My God, Tommy, hold on.”
Tommy waited, listening as she made the call out over the radio.
“Hold on, Tommy, your Dad is here.”
“Tommy what’s happening, are you alright?” Galen asked.
“We need back up. The owners just spent the last day torturing Livi and keeping me tied to the wall.” Moving quickly he lowered the both of them behind a bush when headlights came toward them.
“We’re rolling, what’s your location?”
“We made it to the sign going into the campground. We’re hiding behind it waiting for help. I can’t move her anymore dad, she’s bad.”
“We’ll come in silent. Just stay on the line with Krystal. I’m on my way, son.”
Tommy glanced down as Livi breathed hard. “Livi?”
“I think I have a punctured lung. It’s hard to breathe, Tommy.”
“It’s okay, honey, help is on the way. Just stay with me.” Lifting his head his eyes narrowed when the gates to the campground started shutting. “Krystal,” he whispered. “They’re shutting the gates.”
“Roger.”
Twenty minutes later, Tommy noticed four Sheriff’s vehicles and an ambulance rolling up to the gate, and two armed men going toward them.
“I’m Sheriff Moilanin, we have a call for assistance from this location, open the gates,” Galen called out.
“You’re mistaken, no one called.” One of the guards called back.
“My dispatch is on the phone with them right now, open these gates.”
“Sorry, Sheriff, this is private property and you need to leave.”
“Sheriff, help us!” Tommy called out. He knew all his Dad needed was probable cause, and he just gave it to him.
Tommy ducked, hiding them as the guard ran their way and his Dad lifted his hand motioning for the SUV to go. Tommy covered Livi’s head as it smashed through the gates and Alston’s forces quickly took over the situation. “Krystal, they’re here. I have to go and get the paramedics.” Tommy hung up as his Dad ran to them.
“Are you alright? Holy shit, Livi! I need paramedics now!” Galen yelled.
Tommy stayed behind when the ambulance took Livi away to Alston’s clinic. He brought his Dad down to the room they’d been held in and thankfully, the Hunters hadn’t had time to clean the evidence up yet. Six arrests were made and the entire campground was shut down as a crime scene.
* * * *
Livi smiled, or tried to, when Tommy walked into her room at the clinic. “Hey you.”
“How are you feeling?”
“Fine,” she said as he sat down on the bed. “Mom was waiting here when I arrived.”
“Did they take pictures first?”
“Yes, Deputy Moilanin. And took my statement and documented all my injuries, etcetera etcetera.”