Carlos turned towards Lapis when he mentioned Russians. "Morgan had people come and let Fernando out?"

"Yes, this trash do anything he asks."

Since it was people working for Lapis that had done this, even if not by Lapis' orders there wasn't much he was going to be able to do. "I'm not concerned. I'll just have Fernando brought back into custody and make sure it wont be discovered. I have a few workers from Russia myself." Honestly they weren't Russians at all. They were his uncle's children who lived in Spain. Carlos had heard his uncle's pleas for giving his son's a wealthy life and agreed in hopes of his own father giving him more respect for helping out the entire family. He took the three Fuentes Caluroso children from their homeland in Spain and sent them to a CDC training camp in Russia.

Carlos lifted the phone and dialed for Fiore.

Fiore stared a the phone as it rang next to him. In black letters the word "Satan" showed up on the caller id. He knew what this was about, Carlos and Fernando. He didn't want to answer but knew the consequences would be worse if he didn't. "Hello?"

"Are you watching Fernando?"

Fiore cleared his throat and started. "Well, you see....."

"Don't stammer."

"We know he's been taken, and we're doing all we can to retrieve him. The people who took him just happen to be pros at this. We're doing all we can."

Carlos leaned forward and pushed the button to switch to the outside cameras to watch the scene were Fiore, Rey, and Cielo tangled with the Russians. He contained the sigh and curse words that he wanted to shout at Fiore due to Lapis' presence. What angered him most of all is the incompetance shown by his workers against some of Lapis'. "I'm sure you understand the severity of the situation. Make something happen before I do." Carlos hung the phone up as his threat caused the color in Fiore's face to dissapear.

"Once again, you've proven superior fighting skills." Carlos stated this fact with a smirk remembering the first time he met Lapis Li when they were younger and demanded he show him a few moves.

Lapis chuckled. "Those Russians are something else. I wouldn't blame your boys not being able to get them." He explained their purpose in life. As children, they lived secluded in Soviet Union with the sole purpose of assassinating Communist leaders. What their father had been unaware of was the fact that the Soviet Union crumbled on its own. But with no news to learn this and somewhat demented - especially after his beloved wife's death - the kids kept training. Sometime after the man's death, he learned the eldest had set up a successful black market. To nip it in the bud, he personally killed him.

"Spinel, my Vice President and cousin, was most likely who hired them as body guards for his feminine queer of a son." He rolled his eyes. "I know he brought them after Morgan was stabbed during a fencing match. Idiot had no idea when it was and probably assumed it was in a dark alley.

"You're free to have them kill all four of them."

Carlos paused a few moments. He had only seen three at most. "Four?"

"The fourth is a sniper."

"I'm throughly impressed. Why don't you care if they're killed or not? Aren't they helpful to you?"

Lapis shook his head no. "They're simple pawns. I have many to replace them."

"I see, maybe it would be great practice for my three to keep going after them."

"Help yourself."

Carlos took out his phone to punch in the new orders to the three Fuentes-Caluroso's. "Kill the four men who took Fernando. I'll handle retrieving Fernando myself."

After the message was sent Carlos leaned back in his chair. "I'm going to let Fernando stew a while. It'll be more interesting ripping him from a happy settled living than it would be to take him now." He wouldn't touch Fuego knowing he was attached to a Li. Even if Lapis dissaproved of Morgan it wasn't his ideal to make moves against him when they held so much power.

"What are your plans for the rest of the day, Lapis? You could join me for dinner and drinks."

"Nothing much. I'd be glad to join you." The meeting he walked out on was not a priority. Lapis enjoyed the power and wealth he had accumulated. He oversaw every decision and allowed his inferiors to do the grunt work. After saying and hearing all he needed from the meeting from other corporate leaders - all of whom were trying to gain his favor - Spinel could handle the whenever he got back.

His deep, blue-violet eyes focused on the videos. He was well aware of Spinel's darkest secret. It used to be how his son was a queer that brought shame to him - not as much as Lapis would've liked. He had hoped the whole family would be stoned to death for their atrocity. But after extensive tracking, the man was found with a second family. The girl he had dated before being set up was the little "wife" and the children, before and after Morgan, gave him the "happiness" he always dreamed of.

Disgusting. How he'd like to get rid of the sinful man in the second in command position once and for all. If only it had been as easy as taking the one he enjoyed himself from his brother.

Feeling along his jaw, he decided not to think of anything like that. He was here at a friend's house, about to enjoy a nice dinner and drink. CDC would be taking out the pesky Russians. Considering how much the four swarmed around Morgan, perhaps they'd take down that queer too. Also, Topaz would be gaining training from the Caluroso's rather than being a little shit who just terrorized people.

Lapis smirked. Things were going well.

Mateo rang the door bell to Jade's apartment.

Jade opened the door quickly when he saw through the peep hole just a tie. Mateo's height and the short peephole made it easy to distinguish when it was Mateo at the door. "Mateo..." He glanced around to see if Topaz was with him. When he wasn't he paled thinking Mateo had come to tell him the worst.

Usually Mateo would have come in and sat with Jade to deliver such news, Kaze was there and the conversation with Jade before left things a little sour. "Topaz is fine."

"Where is he?"

"He's with Hide. Somewhere..."

"Somewhere?"

"If I told you, it would make things difficult for you and for Kaze. Just know that I'm watching over him. Will you let that be enough? I'll take you to see him when I can."

Jade absorbed the news. Mateo watched him. He would've been glad to touch his cheek and comfort him, telling him he guaranteed with his life that Topaz would be okay. But the little rat Viento was peering from his perch the moment he heard Mateo's name escape Jade's lips. Like a meerkat, he stood on his knees on the couch, leaving the television program he was once engrossed in ignored.

"I understand," Jade said softly, knowing there must be a reason behind this. While the idea of paying him back for hurting his feelings crossed Viento's mind, it didn't occur to Jade as an option.

"Thanks for finding out, Mateo. I appreciate it. I hope Hidrogeno's going to be okay. I wanted to spoil him," he admitted.

Viento left his post and went over. "Where's Hide?"

"Hide is with Topaz."

Viento frowned and moved closer to Mateo. "Did you take him to Mario? As punishment?!"

"I can assure you, I did not." Mateo kept his calm demeanor even when Viento was in his face nearly screaming at him.

"I can't trust you. It's no secret you hate me and my family, not to mention you sent your own brother to him."

"Topaz is Jade's brother if Topaz wants to keep Hide around him. I wouldn't alter that." Mateo turned to go before he Kaze could scream at him more. What did Jade see in him?

Jade slowly went back to the couch and had a seat. His hands rested upon his knees as he thought. "What does he mean...it would make things difficult for us?"

Viento bit his lip as his hands grasped the back of the leather couch. He couldn't imagine Mateo putting Topaz and Hidrogeno anywhere else but Mario's. His eyes swung over to Jade, wondering if he should reveal more to him. Arms swung around him as he held on, smelling the scent of his love to calm the need to lash out.

Jade's hand felt along Viento's bicep as he began to lean against him. He could feel his heart racing against his back. "We'll talk to Mateo about them again..."

Fiore looked over his brothers after thinking about how they were going to get back at those Russians and fullfill Carlos' orders.

"You didn't learn anything about them Rey?"

Rey shook his head. "I just know that I would love to murder them!"

Cielo tapped his chin thoughfully. "You know they seemed like really nice people. Probably hang around a lot of bars or something. I bet if we went to a bunch of them we would run into them. Especially if we go to really high class ones where there's illegal activity!"

The two other brothers heard Cielo, but didn't respond. It wasn't until five minutes later that Fiore lifted his head.

"I bet you, if we went to a bunch of gambling ring bars, we would run into them."

Cielo's jaw dropped.

"Good idea Fiore." Rey nodded his head and stood up.

"Let's get going then."

Cielo sighed and rose to go with them.

Siberi munched on a few cookies as he swung his legs. Perched on a high stool, he had a good view of his oldest brother chatting with the bartender. It was made to look casual, but he was in fact consulting him on the going prices for some items that patron of the bar would scoop up before getting drunk. Tsavori chuckled, appearing slightly drunk and almost flirtatious. The bartender accepted any welcoming advances from the handsome young man.

The twins were engaged in a hand of poker. The youngest picked up on the game easily, but every time he tried to play, he received a smart swat at the bottom. This was no "child's game" they said before finally handing him a bag of cookies. The eldest ended up ordering him a soda while he "talked business."

Siberi's eyes swung over to the door as the three Fuentes boys entered the establishment.

The three walked into the bar and divided to go talk to the separated Russians. Cielo willingly took the table where they were playing poker. Tall handsome Russian was right there! He walked up to the table and giggled a little to get their attention. "You all look like you're having fun, maybe I could join you?"

Fiore was going to take the table before Cielo had bounded towards it. He noticed Siberi sitting alone, he could use the boy against his brothers if he needed to. He walked over and stood next to him. "I can't believe your brothers bring you to a place like this and sit you alone in a corner..." Weren't they well aware there were predators in places like these that would love to snatch up a boy his age?

Rey whined when the only one left unguarded was Tsavori. He didn't go over to stand close to him like his brothers had with their own targets. He stayed a slight distance from him and leaned against the bar. His "cool" pose. He was sure if he watched Tsavori he would make stupid comments about him wanting him or something, but there was no avoiding it. Rey gave disgusted faces as he watched Tsavori flirt with the bartender.

Dravi nodded, pulling out the chair beside him for Cielo. His hand was guarded against his body. Darin, seated beside him, wouldn't have seen it anyways. He had fished out his glasses from his pocket to be able to see everything close to him. His "four eyes" immediately made anyone looking at him lose interest.

"I'll deal you in after this hand," Dravi said with a wink.


Siberi turned his attention to Fiore, finishing the cookie he had been nibbling on. After swallowing, he spoke. "I don't want to stay home alone." He was still young enough, in his brothers' eyes, to require supervision. But he still preferred to tag along, wanting to be more like them instead of the baby of the family. Grabbing hold of his soda, he drank it, still keeping his eyes on Fiore. He had been quite neglectful of watching his drink.


Tsavori leaned in for the bartender to whisper into his ear. He spotted Rey then and smirked, quickly ignoring what the bartender was telling him. Thanking him and leaving him to serve drinks to patrons, the Russian approached Rey.

"Well well well, if it isn't my friend."

"Sounds good to me, gorgeous." Cielo nodded his head with a smile as he leaned in closer to Dravi to look at his hand. "Oo, you must be lucky. Red's my favorite color."

Fiore ordered a soda for himself, he was interested in being a good role model. He wouldn't drink in front of him. "I still think you should be at home." He smiled a moment. "I wish I had a little brother like you." It would be much more interesting to have a younger brother that adored him rather than his arrogant brothers who were off doing this own thing constantly.


Rey groaned as Tsavori talked. "Friend nothing. I didn't want you to come over and talk to me. Go back to flirting with your friend. "

Dravi smirked. "I'm very lucky." He laid his hand down, fanning it out, causing the other players to toss their cards down in frustration. "What's your name?" he asked, gather his winnings and then the cards to shuffle.


Siberi put his drink back down and wiped his mouth on the back of his hand. "I want a dog. But I can't have one," he declared, as if it were a reason why he'd rather not be home. He wanted to play poker with the twins and kill people with Tsavori. They got to do all of the fun stuff. He didn't enjoy being ignored. Tilting his head to the side, he gave Fiore an inquiring eye. "Why?"


Tsavori approached Rey nevertheless. "You're gazing at my perfect body, wondering what it would be like against yours..."

"AS IF!"

"Why else would you come here? Not to drink. Not to gossip with others looking at that tight ass." The Russian ended the distance between them, rampaging boundaries people keep for comfort. "You've come for me. I'm pleased to say yes, Rey. Let us talk where it is more comfortable. And private."

Dravi smirked. "I'm very lucky." He laid his hand down, fanning it out, causing the other players to toss their cards down in frustration. "What's your name?" he asked, gather his winnings and then the cards to shuffle.


Siberi put his drink back down and wiped his mouth on the back of his hand. "I want a dog. But I can't have one," he declared, as if it were a reason why he'd rather not be home. He wanted to play poker with the twins and kill people with Tsavori. They got to do all of the fun stuff. He didn't enjoy being ignored. Tilting his head to the side, he gave Fiore an inquiring eye. "Why?"


Tsavori approached Rey nevertheless. "You're gazing at my perfect body, wondering what it would be like against yours..."

"AS IF!"

"Why else would you come here? Not to drink. Not to gossip with others looking at that tight ass." The Russian ended the distance between them, rampaging boundaries people keep for comfort. "You've come for me. I'm pleased to say yes, Rey. Let us talk where it is more comfortable. And private."

"My name is C ielo Fuentes." He smiled wondering if Dravi remembered him from their first meeting. "What's your name?" A little glee came over Cielo when he picked up the cards delt to him. He could definately impress Dravi with his poker skills! Hopefully he would pick up how to play the game quickly!

Fiore smiled. "Well for one, because you are adorable. Two, so I could have someone to take along with me that would absorb what I say and be a great fighter. "

Rey held his hand against Tsavori's chest to try and push him back away from him. "You're so full of yourself. Just like all those gross Russians. For your information we're here to kill you all."

Fiore would have punched Rey for giving away their true intentions if he had heard him. Rey just couldn't bear letting Tsavori think he was there to oogle him.

Dravi leaned in close to Cielo, smirking. With the amount he drank, he was quite flirtatious. "Dravi," he announced in a cool whisper and obvious wink. His motions were slower than usual. This was a time to relax. Picking up his cards, he looked over them before picking a few to drop to improve his hand.


"I'm a great fighter," Siberi responded, quite excited. "Want to see? I'm good."


Tsavori laughed at the declaration. He moved his arm about Rey's waist and yanked him close against him. "That's so cute. You think you can kill us." Before he could respond, he was quickly backed against the bar.

Cielo tossed the same amount of cards Dravi did, obviously copying him. "Dravi, what a great name. I loved living in Russia because of all the beautiful men, but you're definately way more attractive than any I had the pleasure of meeting."

Cielo couldn't contain his giggles as he let his shoulder brush against Dravi's. Cielo had wanted to touch him and feel over his arm in the least obvious way. So muscular and hard! It sent chills down his spine.


Fiore smiled at Siberi. His brothers seemed like they were doing fine without him. Maybe he would be able to use Siberi against the other Russians. Either way it was a win win situation. "Alright, I would love to see."


The hispanic shifted against Tsavori trying to pry from his grasp. Once again Tsavori's strength overpowered his own. "If you would stop trying to grab me, I bet I could put a nice gash on your face."

Rey could smell Tsavori's cologne with how close the two were to each other. It smelled so nice, he nearly stopped fighting back just so he could inhale it. Rey hated to admit even he liked the scent. He had to remind himself how big of a dirty Russian Tsavori was. Back to his senses Rey tried to get his hand free to hit Tsavori.

Darin watched his brother and Cielo. Obviously flirting. He found them kind of cute together. Smiling, he tossed a number of cards down and continued to observe them.

Dravi smirked, feeling quite confident of his hand and impressing Cielo. He spread out the cards and sat back with a wiry grin. The others at the table groaned. Cielo mimicked Dravi and laid out his cards. The Russian read over his cards with the slightest of interests, then gave it another look. Straight flush. When Cielo made no move to collect them, Dravi scooped up the winnings and slid them before him.


"There's no room here," Siberi said. He grasped his glass and sucked up the last of his root beer before setting it on the bar. The boy copied his brothers by leaving some change beside his glass as a tip. Leading the way, he took Fiore outside.


Tsavori smirked and released his hold on Rey's hand to let him strike him. Right across the cheek, he received one. Rey looked quite proud, but frowned when the Russian laughed.

"You're so cute." He grasped him and gave him a hard kiss.

When they had met before Cielo had immediately been drawn to Dravi. Sadly he hadn't looked like he was interested in him. A grin crossed Cielo's face. It was obvious! Dravi just hadn't have noticed him before! He was too engrossed in the mission he had to retrieve Fernandno. Now that Dravi wasn't working he was able to express just how interested he was in him.

Cielo watched the money and coins as they were pushed in front of him. He clapped his hands. "I won! How great." He thought a moment as he glanced at Dravi. Maybe he could make an exchange for the winnings.

Cielo turned his body towards the Russian and smiled. "I'll give you all this money if you give me a kiss? I'd much rather win that than dollars."


Fiore followed Siberi outside. He thought it was adorable how the little boy was going to make an attempt to show off more than likely limited skills. He smiled at how cute the scene was going to be. They moved to the parking lot out back where there would be plenty of room.


Rey's eyes remained open as Tsavori's lips were against his. He pushed at Tsavori yet once again made no progress. The Russian's body pinned him hard to where there would be no escape.

Between his legs Rey felt the pressure of Tsavori's thigh. He tried to block out the feeling of his leg, but it was intensified by the heat of full lips moving against his own. His mind drew him back to how he longed to be kissed this way by the boy he adored when he was younger in Russia.

Tsavori had that familiar smell of cologne, the accent, the hard muscular build, but Rey loved more than anything how Tsavori was so forcefull.

All the fight Rey had in his body shifted to desire as his arms moved up to allow his hands to delve through Tsavori's hair roughly. His lips moved against Tsavori's to return the kiss roughly.

Darin watched them. He had not heard Cielo introduce himself to Dravi the first time. As the Russians' sniper, he stayed in higher locations to ensure no one harmed his brothers from a distance. Had he known, he would have cautioned Dravi from falling for the enemy. Even though the others discounted any other interests Dravi had in others, his twin knew better.

Dravi smirked, humored by Cielo. Leaning in, he kissed him softly before harder.

***

Once outside, determined to show someone willing to listen that he was indeed capable, Siberi immediately flipped around and tossed a series of thin knives out. Fiore blinked. Nothing registered in his mind. As he tried to move, he realized he had been pinned by the knives. Each clung to his clothes, close to his body.

***

Feeling Rey respond the way he wanted him to, Tsavori loosened his pressure on him. Instead of holding him against the bar, he allowed his hands to roam. He assumed it had to be his technique that made Rey just melt against him.

Cielo nearly squealed inside of himself as Dravi's lips touched his own. His arms wrapped around him as he returned the kiss. Immediately he mm'd to let him know how much he was enjoying himself. Fiore and Rey can be upset all they want with him. Dravi had to be his true love since he was this interested in him!

~~~

Fiore glanced down at himself and the knives pinning him. He had but one word to sum it. "Wow." He couldn't believe that the little boy was capable of something like this. He hadn't even the time to react to Siberi's motions.

"You're amazing."

~~~

Rey's hips moved on their own to press harder against Tsavori. His lips parted for a soft moan before pulling away. "You taste like vodka." He stated the comment in a breathless whisper, still taken by their kissing session.

He knew he needed to get away from him before he let himself get out of hand. "Get away from me.."

The other players glanced at one another before watching Dravi and Cielo. Only Darin rose to give them some room. He hit the bar to get a drink for himself. He paused, noticing his eldest brother was engaged with someone. Sighing, he drank.

***

A broad smile stretched across the boy's face. His brothers would often downplay his skills to keep him from volunteering in dangerous hits. Maybe in a few, they'd allow him to stab someone fat, slow, and too "poor" to afford guards. Otherwise, he stayed behind to pout and kick rocks until they were done.

He began yanking out the knives to slip back into their sheathes against his body.

***

Tsavori smiled and turned his head to kiss over his neck slowly. "You don't mean that. Everything else says other things. Very different things," he whispered, his Russian accent heavy.

Cielo smiled slowly when their lips parted one another. "I'm so glad we got to know each other better. I don't think there's any way I could kill you now that we're together like this."

~~

Fiore clapped his hands once he was free. "That's fantastic." He wondered how Cielo did with hand to hand combat.

"How would you like to have a friendly game?" Fiore unsheathed his own knives from the holsters around his ankles.

~~

Rey did his best to try and block out how great the feeling of Tsavori's touches were. "I have to kill you, I can't do this." He thought it over a moment before smirking some, taking a handfull of Tsavori's hair and pulling it some so he could look at Tsavori's face. "Maybe I can kill you afterwards."

Dravi felt along Cielo's cheek. "Now why would you want to kill me?" he laughed, not taking it seriously.

***

Siberi gathered the last of the knives and backed away from Fiore. With an inquiring gaze, he nodded quickly. A game sounded like fun. He watched the man remove his knives. Keeping the ones he had just pried out from Fiore's clothes, he stood ready to defend the first attack.

***

Tsavori was quite humored by Rey's insistence on killing him. What exactly had he done to get that idea into his head? Was it when they first met? He had inconvenienced him by kidnapping him for awhile.

Chuckling, he kissed his ear. "Alright, feel free." Leading him out to get a suite in a hotel, he took him dangerously close to where his brothers and him were staying for the time being.