CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
With the focus now around Port Sulphur, it was a matter of getting the drones, and Alvin, into areas that were shrouded in trees and swamp. If the drones didn’t send anything within a few hours, they would go in by boat and search every house they could find.
“I wish we had a tighter radius,” whispered AJ.
“Hawk,” said Tanner turning to them.
“He’s out on something for the senior team,” said Hiro.
“No, not that Hawk. Not Hawk and Eagle, Hawk. Bird flying Hawk.”
“Shit!”
They made the call to Hawk, hoping he could use his skills to fly closer to the suspected area. Not only did he agree, but he asked if he could shit on the professor’s head if he saw him.
“You can claw his eyes out if you ask me,” said Tanner.
“Good,” he smirked. “Let me find a willing bird.”
Scanning the trees and surrounding area, Hawk finally caught sight of a beautiful red-tailed hawk and sent his request to join the bird in flight.
It was a simple courtesy. Technically the bird couldn’t refuse, but Hawk always believed if he were going to invade the animals body, he should at least get their permission.
When they were flying low through the bayou, weaving their way through the trees and swamps, he kept his eyes on anything moving. Tyler Moses was hiding out here and he was going to find him.
“What do you mean she’s gone?” he whispered into the phone. He’d given Nicole a sedative, hoping she would wake a bit more cooperative.
“We’re not sure and we can’t find Helker.”
“Maybe he took her somewhere,” he said not believing the words as he spoke them.
“You know he wouldn’t do that. She’s been quite disagreeable lately and he’s had to punish her every day for the last two weeks.”
The statement made even Tyler wince. Two weeks of Helker’s type of punishment would ensure his mother was dead.
“She’s not here. She had no idea where I lived,” he said shaking his head, staring at the woman chained to his sofa.
“If you find her, you know what to do, Tyler.”
“I know,” he said calmly.
“Speaking of. Have you found a woman yet. You’re getting old, Tyler and you’ve yet to produce one child for our people.”
“I’m working on it.”
“You’re always working on it,” said the elder. “Find a woman in the next week or you’ll be excommunicated from our community.”
The line went dead and Tyler wanted to throw something and scream but he couldn’t. If he did, it would show weakness on his part. No. No, the elder was right. He needed to get a woman immediately and the chaos and debauchery of New Orleans would provide for it.
Walking toward the sofa he bent down, kissing Nicole’s forehead.
“I’ll be back darling, perhaps with another playmate. You’re my choice but if you don’t cooperate, I’ll be forced to ensure that you never speak of this again.”
He left the small house and locked the multiple locks on the doors. As the Jeep roared to life and he pulled away, Nicole opened her eyes and sat up.
“Okay, girl. Get your shit together and find a way out.”