Chapter 323: This isn't right and we all know it

River POV

I sit up fast. Too fast my head spins.

"Annie? Annie where are you?" I say trying to get my eyes to focus.

"Mommy. It's okay look at my face." She cries out She's so much like Lucky in most things she does.

"Mommy something scary happened. I need you mommy." I snap my eyes open. Oh god Annie. Focus River, focus on her face, breathing in and out. Something happened to the guys and Annie needs me I need to focus.

Hadley comes running screaming with this horrible blood curdling gut wrenching scream. I catch her in my arms pushing Annie behind me.

"Daddy!" She screams.

What the fuck is happening? What if they're dead? Are we being attacked? Where is everyone? I don't hear anything.

"Mommy, you can't go to sleep again. You have to get daddy, all my daddies need help!" I look at her then at Hadley.

"Thank you! I love you both. Annie do you remember where the safe room is?" She nods her head.

"Don't say it but do you remember the code?" She nods. I move them to my balcony attached to my room. I grab the the pulley system from the top of the over hang that covers my porch.

"Get in the basket." I help them in the safety basket we got it to lower kids down the ten feet to the ground. We also have a rope ladder.

"Hadley stay with Annie and be very quiet." I kiss Hadley's head.

"Annie your trained for this just remember we love you baby girl. Keep the door locked, we will never ask you to open the door we can open it our selfs. Be brave and I'll be back for you guys."

"Mommy don't fall asleep and forget us." I kiss her head trying not to cry.

I lower them down and watch till their between my dark room and the garage.

I grab my phone to try up pull up the cameras. They don't work.

I push my alert on my bracelet but for all I know Jasper could have snapped and did something stupid. Wait? How did I get to my house?

I was at the safe house and Jasper... "No" I say out loud smacking my self. Focus I have to protect my daughter and my niece.

Please don't be Jasper I don't want to hurt him.

I grab my rose gold Hellcat 9 mm. I kiss the handle that has the heart like my necklace on it.

I put it in the back waistband of my joggers pulling my shirt over it. I click the silent alarm in the safe before I close it.

I run through the gym staying in the blind spots. The camera's in here look to be on. I pull the door open and I hear yelling and crying.

Chailor I can hear her crying and Flame yelling. I hear a deep voice yelling but I can't hear them.

I move slowly, I peak quickly and see Mia against the wall crying her hands zip tied in front of her. Crash is on his belly hands zip tied behind his back in front of her. She sees me. I put my finger to my lips telling her to be quiet. I move to her staying behind the couch. I see Lucky on the floor in the same position as crash except his forehead is bleeding and his eyebrow.

I hear Victoria scream "This is how the military handles this situation? No it's not! Your Fucking out of line!" She yells at a man in military gear.

I pull open the small vent by Mia. I grab the knife out and cut her hands loose. I whisper to her "Safe room, use your code. Girls are there." She nods her head and hugs me crying softly. I free Crash and point to Mia.

"River it's the military. You can't fight them, just come with us." He pulls my wrist. I shake my head.

"It's over come on you don't need to hear this bullshit, let's go get Annie okay." I shake my head.

"I got this, go protect the girls." I say whispering.

"River you don't understand." Crash says quietly.

I see Pickle on the ground I crawl to him and cut his zip tie. He kisses me.

He pulls the knife from my hand and says "Thank you Kitten. I need you to go to the safe room. Where's Annie? I point down.

"They're in the safe room. Who are they? What do they want?" I ask him. He looks confused.

Then I see it. His hand looks shattered and there's blood everywhere.

"Who did this? I ask him again.

"I did it. I punched the wall. River what did Annie tell you?" He kisses my hand as he slides behind the wall with me.

"That's daddies were all bloody and she was scared of the yelling and the bad men." I say trying to look at them.

"Wait isn't that Ludlow?" Pickle grabs me holding me tight.

"Baby please listen to me.. go to our daughter she's scared and she needs you to hold her, I'll be down soon." He kisses me again and stands up.

"How the fuck did you get untied?" A man hisses.

"Mako how the fuck can you just stand there like this! You know me! You know Mumford he saved you! You would be dead if it wasn't for him!" Denalii screams.

"What about you Parker? You cried our first night in Iraq after basic training. There was bombs going off all around us. The other guys laughed at you even though we were all terrified. Who was it who stood up for you? Who beat up three guys for you? Who stayed up all night with you when you were to scared to sleep?" Denalii yells.

"It was Fucking Spencer okay! You think I like this? No I fucking hate it and I've never been more ashamed to be part of the military! This isn't right and we all know it but it's a order. Please Nunzio man I don't want to see you court-martialed like Burks or behind bars like that computer guy in the wheelchair." Parker says.

"We are doing what we can. This is our punishment for speaking up!" Mako says.

"Keep your mouths shut that's a order!" General Ludlow yells.

"River leave now!" Pickle yells. Everyone turns and looks at me.

Victoria and Lucy gasp and start crying when they see me.

"No!" I walk out further in the living room.

"What is happening?" I ask.

"Miss just step back and I'll explain." I look at him.

"I wasn't talking to you. Your just some monster who threw my family on the ground, tied them up while my daughter watched in horror." He looks at me disgusted.

"Watch your mouth little girl." He says getting in my face.

"Raleigh get out of her face! Don't you dare fucking touch her!" Denalii yells.

"Or what Nunzio your nothing more then a cripple now. Pathetic waste of space, I would have just let you die."