Amore Mia

Chapter 37

This place has not changed a bit, Dr. Martin thought as he and Alfred entered Rick's base.

Rick's men greeted Dr. Martin as they walked through the halls. Rick and some of his best men sat in the main room, standing up as soon as Dr. Martin entered. Rick smiled at Dr. Martin, eager to do a job together again, Dr. Martin walked toward Rick stopping in front of him, holding his hand out to greet Rick.

"Rick, I would say nice to see you again, if it was not for the current situation, I found myself in."

"Ahhh, Amico, I am very happy to see you again. How long has it been?" Rick tilts his head at Dr. Martin's while beaming.

"Too long Rick, too long."

The men standing in the room looked with admiration at Dr. Martin. He is a legend in their eyes, even they cringe when thinking about the stories they heard about him. The person who kidnapped his granddaughter must be crazy or has a death wish. Dr. Martin is best at saving lives but even better at taking them.

"You better have good news, Rick... Who took her?"

"How do you know me, Martin, of course, I do. The Blood Riders have her." Rick motioned with his hand for Dr. Martin to take a seat.

Dr. Martin walked toward the couch and sat down. Rick scratched the back of his head, uncertain how to tell Dr. Martin about the 'problem'.

"Hmm, we have a bit of a problem, remember I told you there were two gangs after her... well the gang that wanted her dead, has her in their hands."

Dr. Martin frowned at Rick not saying anything. Rick tilted his head at Dr. Martin, pondering about something. "Martin, these two gangs are quite dangerous, what did this girl do to get mixed up with them?" Rick lifted his eyebrow questioningly at Dr.Martin.

The door to the room opened which got everyone's attention, they all turned towards the door. In front walked Jace and behind him Nathan and James.

"It's about time you got here, Jace. What took you so long, and who did you bring along?"

Rick looked behind Jace at Nathan and James suspiciously, making everyone in the room on their guard except for Dr. Martin. Seeing who it was, Rick smirked at Nathan,

"Well... well... well this is quite an interesting day. We have both the famous fighter and the greatest gang member together under one roof. But tell me, Jace, to what do we own the pleasure to have the famous Reaper here?"

Nathan ignored Rick and looked over at Dr. Martin.

"Nathan." Dr. Martin greeted Nathan first.

"Dr. Martin." Nathan greeted him with a nod.

"How interesting... you two know each other?" Rick asked excitedly.

"He's my granddaughter's boyfriend."

"Who's your granddaughter? I thought Miano has no children?" Nathan asked bemused.

"Yeah so did I... but found out today, that Amore is my granddaughter." Dr. Martin said, the proudness noticeable in his voice.

Nathan looked doubtfully at Dr. Martin not knowing if he should believe him or not.

"I did a DNA test, I have the proof if you don't belief me."

"She's my wife," Nathan proclaimed

"Excuse me, what? Who?" Dr. Martin asks, baffled by Nathan's words.

"Amore, we got married. Isn't that what you told me to do?" Nathan looked annoyed at Dr. Martin, not understanding why Dr. Martin is getting upset.

"That was before I knew she was my granddaughter." Dr. Martin said through gritted teeth.

"That makes you family now," Jace said. Instantly regretting his words as soon as he saw Dr. Martin enraged expression, he slapped his hand over his mouth to cover it.

"Oh, merda la tua morta!" Rick said in Italian, which means 'oh, shit your dead.'

"You!" Dr. Martin said furiously while standing up.

"We are wasting time here, you two can sort this out after we found her, that's if she's still alive," James said

Nathan and Dr. Martin instantly jerked their heads over at James, glaring at him as if they wanted to stare him to death.

James instantly recalled what he said, "What? Don't look at me like that, according to what Jace has told us the people that have Amore are really dangerous." James said while showings his hands as if he is surrendering.

Nathan ignored James and looked back at Dr. Martin. "How do you know them?" Nathan asked while pointing at Rick.

"That's what I also want to know. How do you know him?" Dr. Martin asked while pointing at Jace.

"Sanguinante inferno, we cannot do this now! After we found Amore we can do the tea party thing, okay? Okay!" Rick looked frustrated back and forth at Dr. Martin and Nathan.

"I agree! Jace already informed us on some of the thing's you guys know." Nathan withdrew his look from Dr. Martin and looked at Rick.

"Do you know where she is? We are working on time here!" Nathan asked impatiently

Someone burst through the door and hurried over to Rick, "We found her. Our intel confirmed she's in an abandoned warehouse in London."

"In London? That does not make any sense, why would they take here there." Nathan looked confused at Rick.

"Are you saying my intel is incorrect... Nathan?" Rick looked, challenging back at Nathan.

"All I'm saying is, this could be a trap. We are not the only people looking for her. Do you know, who the other gang is, that is also after her?"

"Yes...!"

"Who?" Nathan and Dr. Martin asked at the same time.

"The Red devils..." Rick said then looked away.

"What?? You mean that son of a bitch Carter, wants MY granddaughter?" Dr. Martin said furiously.

"What? You mean Carter? Carter the fighter, Crippler?" Nathan asked enraged.

"YuP," Rick said, emphasizing the P more than needed.

"He is mine. I will kill him myself. Nobody gets to touch him except for me.... understand?" Nathan said while scowling at all the men in the room.

"I agree with Nathan on this... leave Carter to him." Dr. Martin said with a stern expression while gazing at everyone in the room.

"Agreed, Rick said." Then everyone in the room nodded in agreement.

"Do you maybe have another lead?" Nathan asked Rick.

Rick looked over to Tony, the guy who previously told them the location.

"Yeah, but it's a 50|50 change that she would be there," Tony said.

"Where?" Nathan asked

"Rio..."

Nathan looked away contemplating.

Dr. Martin noticed Nathan's serious expression and asked, "Nathan, what are you thinking?"

"Okay, hear me out for a second." Nathan looked at all the men around the room. "What if Amore is really in Rio and we go to London, won't we fall into the other gang's trap, who set this whole thing up?"

Dr. Martin listened attentively, then asked, "What do you suggest Nathan?"

"We split up, one group go to London and the other one to Rio, I will go to Rio."

"I will go with you." Dr. Martin said.

Nathan looked stunned at Dr. Martin

"Okay, then that's settled. I'll send a group with you guys, not like you will need it, but just in case. Jace, you will come with me to London. Tony give us the coordinate."

Tony nodded then replied, "I'll send it to you."

"Good, Martin, I'll send Rio's coordinates to you, you know where the weapon room is, take what you need."

"Don't mind if I do, Nathan follow me. I'll show you where the good stuff is." Dr. Martin motioned for Nathan to follow him.