186 Abducted (2/2)

”Do what?” Laz replied back, looking at her.

”That... like... sound skill? I guess?” Leona didn't know how to describe it any better that Ruby did so she just used the first words that came to mind.

”Sound skill?” Laz was confused.

”Yeah. You basically locked down the entire crowd. Even we were unable to move...” Ruby followed up to clarify.

”Uh.. Really?” Thinking about it, Laz realized that what they said made sense. He didn't do it intentionally, but when certain thoughts entered into his head, his energy was stirred.

”So how did you do it?” Leona pressed. It really was an interesting way to use energy. For her who enjoyed singing, she was amazed that such a skill for using your voice existed.

”I was... thinking about something and it just kind of happened...”

”Thinking about something?”

”Uh. Yeah... How do I begin to explain...”

”Is it hard?” Thinking about the words in the song, Ruby was wondering just what had happened to cause him to use his energy without even knowing about it.

”It's... a story from before... from before my grandpa was arrested...” Leona had already told Ruby the different stories that Laz had told her from their last date, so she knew as much of his history as Leona did.

Laz started explaining everything about Kat. How they met, how they became entangled, how she had taught him how to fight, how she was there for him when he had found himself alone. Listening to the story, Leona had tears in her eyes while Ruby kept turning away to wipe her noise. The way he was talking about Kat showed that something had obviously happened. When he finally got to the night when he was forced to watch her die, they both broke down crying while hugging him.

Laz wasn't trying to be depressing, nor was he trying to get their sympathy. The wound had healed quite a bit since it had happened, but it was impossible to remove the feelings from his voice.

Laz just sat there quietly while both girls held on to him and let their tears run. Laz didn't tell this story before, to anyone except Vivi, but she was a different story. It was a while before either of them was able to sit up and look him in the eyes. Laz didn't shed any tears this time since he had already cried out every tear he had from back then.

Just as Leona and Ruby were able to stop the waterworks thanks to Laz's comforting, Leona ended up getting a text message from Reggie. She read it absentmindedly while staring at her phone before she shot up off her seat.

”I have to go...”

”What happened?” Ruby asked, alarmed.

”It's my mom... Reg just texted me to tell me she was taken to the hospital.”

”What happened? Can we help?” Laz asked.

”I just need a ride back so I can pick up her car and Reg and head to the hospital.”

”Sure. Let's go!” Ruby said, getting up while grabbing her purse. She then grabbed Leona's hand and led her for the door. Laz got up as well and passing by the stage, he noticed Leo had just finished a set. Leo saw him leaving and reached forward to grab his hand again, a gesture which Laz returned.

”You ok?”

”Yeah. Something happened to my girl's mom so we have to go check it out.”

”Ok. Hit me up if you need something brother. I've got you!”

”Of course.”

Watching Laz leave, Leo couldn't help but frown and wonder why he had a bad feeling. Laz wasn't exactly the best employee, but he was a strong ally. Even Leo had heard a few things about what took place at the gang's warehouse and he couldn't help but think that Laz was involved. And that wasn't a level of firepower he could hire. Yet Laz never complained. Thinking about what he had first heard from the home office, Leo turned his head towards the middle aged man who was standing alone in a corner with a drink in his hand and made a gesture with his head, indicating the way Laz just went. The old man simply nodded and disappeared behind some curtains, taking his drink with him.

As Ruby sped down the road, Leona was constantly checking her phone, but she didn't hear back from Reggie. Just as they were about to get to her house, she got a text back saying that he was waiting inside for her.

She jumped out of the car as soon as it parked and gave Laz a quick kiss and Ruby a quick hug before she took off inside. Seeing her run inside, Ruby and Laz got back in the car. While they were driving, they had decided they would wait at Laz's place until they heard from her since it wasn't far. They had offered to go originally, but Leona told them it would be alright and she would let them know as soon as she found out what had happened.

As they began driving though, Laz couldn't shake having a bad feeling. It took him a while, but he finally figured out what it was.

”Go back!” Even before they had entered the park where he lived, he told Ruby to turn around.

”Why?”

”Because, I didn't check the house...” Laz couldn't help feeling regretful for his oversight. He had been worried for Leona and stuck in his own thoughts so he had forgotten to do something as basic and check his surroundings when they dropped her off.

Ruby quickly understood as she had made the same mistake and sped off back towards Leona's house. Arriving not five minutes later, they noticed that all the lights were still on as before but the car was still in the driveway. Laz quickly took out his phone and tried getting a hold of Reggie, only to find his phone was off.

Using his spiritual sense, he confirmed that the house was empty. He told Ruby he couldn't get a hold of Reggie and she pulled out her phone, quickly dialing Dee.

After a quick bit of back and forth texting, Ruby's face had darkened.

”What?”

”Reggie's phone wouldn't connect all night. He's with Dee and just figured it was a network problem and he was going to take care of it tomorrow.”

”All night? So that means...”

”It wasn't Reggie who texted Leona earlier...”

”GOD DAMN IT!” Laz said while stomping the ground, causing cracks to spread out from the imprint he left of his foot on the concrete.

”Is there anything...?”

”Go back to my place and get Vivi..”

”Your wolf dog?”

”Yeah. Tell her what's happening and bring her here,” Laz ordered as he walked up to the door. Without much effort, he forced open the lock and went inside, quickly noticing that a fight had broken out. Stuff was overturned and destroyed. Bending over, he found several empty cartridges... except these didn't look like normal bullets.

'The hell... where have I seen these...' Laz thought as he examined it.

'Looks like... injection rounds...' Thinking back to when he had seen Bill shoot a bear with these things, he quickly understood. She had been drugged and knocked out.

'But... this stuff is used on animals, why would they bring something like that for a per...' The answer quickly appeared in his head.

”THAT FUCKING BASTARD.”

Black flames uncontrollably rolled out from Laz's body as he roared towards the sky.