Sisters Grimm

The Juniper Tree

The day had almost flown by without a hitch; Romy, Nila, and Gunnar still in the workroom while she worked; Barney and Riley had departed to the back exit to let the team leader finish his smoke break, and the remaining were watching tv and making dumb bets to see if they had the balls to do them. Round the time they were winding down, everybody but the mother and daughter were eating the takeout Riley had pick-upped; the security alarm had gone off. The green eyes feel with instant anger and made a bee line for the workroom to find Nila crying over the red headed woman; they flickered to the screen and saw a black street bike flying off down the road. The plates already being ran through the system; Riley saw that her baby sister had been shocked through a shortage in the breaker line to the security camera. Relief flooded to her pounding heart when a faint heartbeat was felt. The Expendables were not too far behind; Gunnar's face had paled out when he saw the curtain of curls ladies across the floor, "she's alive. Take her to her room; I need people with me." Barney heard a strong protective nature in her voice as she kept looking at the unconscious woman.

"Why?"

"Somebody has shorted our system and until my computer genius is awake, I have to maybe few hours to fix this." She snapped to the second in command.

Barney heard the anger, made sure he had his weapon on his side, "Gunnar will stay with the child and Romy. The rest of us will cover the ground."

"No need; it was in camera three back bay. Somebody throw the breaker creating a short to the main computer line. They aren't targeting us." Riley whispered, "look.."

All eyes turned to the photos downloaded... Romy, "they are after my sister."

Barney rubbed his face; he recognized this work. It was the same guy that they were sent to kill, " let's get this fixed and then figure out why.." he growled.

Gunnar lifted the sleeping shrew, carrying her toward her room and was followed by a scared fiver year with a fear stained face. Barney felt like they had threatened his family; she may be a cold and quiet person, but Romy was a good person the only one other then Nila who didn't have blood on her hands.

Upon further investigation around the perimeter, Yang found a small remote, " think I found something?!" Riley came around the corner quickly, snatching the remote and looked directly up to see a small box. All the men jumped when they heard a shot ring out, a muffled thump made all eyes looked down to see the blonde trigger happy woman holding it, " she can track this box, "ametures..leaving the main device behind. We are dealing with goons." She hissed "good find. You boys have any ideas what this is?"

"Not a clue."

She stuffed it into her back pocket, "it is a shock way sensor; they are put on security cameras or phone lines to tap into them or shut them down. They installed it wrong because the camera still running. Instead of shutting or tapping, it just sent a shock way through the wires." Her explanation made since.

"You can track that box?" Caesar questioned.

Her eyes cut to him quickly, "no I can't, but I can't get finger prints and have Romy run this."

"Let's start the process." Barney commanded, entering the building again as everyone followed.

Gunnar held the little girl who had cried herself to sleep against his shoulder; her little hands clutching his shirt, and head tucked safety in the crook of his neck. Romy was still out stone cold. His territorial nature was brought to the surface when Riley popped her head in; she nodded for him to follow. He didn't bother to put the child down; he carried her with him. The team stood around the work table all silent, " now, why they are after Romy is for one reason; we were sent after a well known weapons dealer who came to America few months back. He has caught wind of her knowledge; she is the most sought after weapons creator." Barney explained, "he is a dangerous man. Sells weapons of not the normal usage; grenade launchers, rocket launchers, and high powered artillery used in extreme warfare. He calls himself Godfather death, but his real name is Omar Remand from Bulgaria."

Riley nervously scratched her neck, "so, he wants my sister for his own profit?"

Barney nodded reluntantly; Riley sighed on the verge of crying. The team felt a dangerous emotion feel the room as they knew that their new found silent friend was in grave danger. Gunnar hadn't made any effort of responding until, "they want to play dirty; so will we." His voice low and very highly dangerous.