My Last Good-Bye (Massimo)

[massimo]

Massimo shook his head. This was becoming very stressful. "I don't give a damn what you prefer!" He yelled for the fist time that night. She was so stupid it was unreal. He ran a hand through his hair.

His mouth half opened in shock when she showed him Shadens nails. That was something he hadn't known. Massimo had been too busy with other things to pay attention to what was happening over in London. He took a step back and sat down on his desk. He hardly heard her next words. He was thinking.

Finally he stood up again, "Well I honestly believe I would be doing Xavier a favor because I know how he hates Shaden. How he wants him dead." The smirk came back to his face. Everything was back in control now. "So I think I'll keep Shaden. And let you go back to tell Xavier that I'm taking care of his problem. I'm sure he'd be fairly happy with that." He looked Shaden.

[arielle]

Arielle scowled at him. She didn't like being yelled at and she didn't like the way he was looking at her. "I am not stupid you arrogant asshole so stop looking at me like that. If Xavier wanted you to kill him, he wouldn't have sent me here now would he?"

She would have liked to punch him in the face, but she didn't. Five more minutes and they would be busting down the door. She clenched her jaw. She didn't know if everyone let him talk to them in that way, but she wouldn't.

She rolled her eyes. "Shaden isn't the only one that Xavier wants to teach a lesson too. his presence is needed in London and I am not leaving without him."

Arielle walked up to him. She was close enough for it to be intimate, but nothing but loathing swept from her body. "Maybe someone should teach you some manors. You obviously don't know how to speak to a lady.

[aubrey]

Aubrey growled softly and paced the back alley. It had been five minutes. no word from Arielle. She looked over at Kaden. he seemed easy enough, but the way he watched her with his intense eyes began to unnerve her. She hissed at him. "Fuck it. Let's go."

Aubrey rushed down the stairs, taking two at a time. She reached behind her and pulled out two guns that she had tucked away in the waist line of her jeans. She loved her little Firestars. Not that it would do wonders or kill, but it would give her time.

What was he thinking coming here by himself. She was furious. Aubrey didn't take lightly to being left behind. And he damn better not have left because of something he might have heard. She rolled her eyes as she turned around the corner. The damn men in her life we all worse than little high school girls. No one knew how st step up and ask questions anymore.

When she felt Kaden directly behind her she sighed. "Get ready baby." They kicked the door down together. Aubrey stepped through first and grinned down at Massimo, pointing both guns at his head. Sure someone could try and advance toward her, but she would just pull the trigger. The combination of both guns would explode his head. There would then be plenty of time to take down his guards and burn his ass before he could even begin to ty to heal himself.

That one thought brought a sadistic twist to her face. "I do believe that you owe me a heart love and I like catching up on old debt."

[kaden]

Kaden sighed softly as he watched her pace back and forth. Someone would have thought that she was scared. He knew better. Aubrey was livid. She was pissed as hell. He watched her closely. Too many times had he been thankful that he wasn't on the receiving side.

Kaden didn't know who she was more pissed off at. Massimo or Shaden, but either way he had a feeling that she was about to make them pay. her anger was welling up inside of himself. Their bond kinda did that sometimes. There was a thousand different emotions running through her that now he was connected to and he didn't understand a damn one of them. he raised his brow at her hiss. "Yes mam'."

He bounded down the steps after her. Getting in her way was the last thing that he really wanted to do. He let her take the lead. He was, after all under her and he was expected to follow her orders. That wasn't why he came with her. He came because he was her friend, and he loved her for pulling him out of the slump that he had been stuck in.

Plus. He couldn't back out on a good fight. He blew her a mock kiss. "I am always ready baby." Aubrey had her guns, he had his knives. he was feeling pretty good right now.

Kaden let himself get distracted by nothing and followed her toe to heel. He jerked one of his knives up into the spine of one of Max's body guards and watched him fall to the floor, paralyzed. He reached out for another one, sweeping him infront of his body and pressing a knife against his throat.

Kaden then grinned at Shaden. "Having a party without us love, is that it?" his eyes glinted with humor. He knew Aubrey's didn't.

[Shaden Grace]

Shaden sighed. She was so stubborn. All she had to do was leave and she would be safe. But no. She wanted to trade places with him so he could get out of here. And he was pretty sure she had no clue what it was like to be without blood or locked up in a cell. Plus in all honestly this was his fault she was here. He couldn't just leave her here.

He looked down at the message on her phone. Who was coming down? Could she be here. He knew the answer as soon as he asked himself that question. Yes. She was here. And she was pissed. Shaden lowered his head to stare at the floor for a minute. He was sure she was pissed off more at him then at Massimo. After he had come here without her. Really bad move on his part.

He picked his head back up when Arielle started talking to Massimo again. He laughed at her comment about teaching Max a lesson. Now that, was something Shaden would pay good money to see.

His eyes turned toward the door when he heard footsteps, he knew who it was even before Aubrey kicked the door down. Aww poor Massimo would have to spend money to buy a new one. He watched Aubrey and Kaden. Shaden hadn't expected Kaden to be here but it was a interesting surprise.

Shaden grinned back at him, and shrugged, "Yeah, you know how I am. Can't keep me away from a good party." His own eyes held slight humor but then he looked at Aubrey and gave her an apologetic smile. Although that wasn't going to help much.

[massimo]

Massimo still smirked. Un-bothered by her comments. "You have a lot of spirit. I like that. But you really don't understand what your getting yourself into." He put his finger over her mouth, "You should watch what you say." He dropped his hand and looked over at Shaden. Noticed the guilty look. Saw him look over at the door.

Realization hit him of what was happening and quickly turned around. But it was already to late. Aubrey pointed two guns to his head. And just like that. Everything was out of control again, plus now he'd have to buy a new door.

He sighed in frustration, and looked back at Shaden. Was he really worth all this? He thought about grabbing Arielle and putting a gun to her head. But Shaden was right there, and Massimo was pretty sure Aubrey could shoot faster. So he stood there looking from Shaden to Aubrey, ans then the gentlemen he didn't know.

He looked back at Aubrey and tried to stay calm, "Sorry, sweetheart, I lost my heart a long time ago." He said crossing his arms.

[arielle]

Arielle growled softly. He had touched her. She didn't like being touched. Not by anyone. She was about to argue more with him. It was the only thing that she could think to do. She had to stall for time. but then, the door came crashing down. Figuratively and literally.

She smiled at Aubrey. "It's about damn time. If you were going to be here why didn't you just come and get him yourself. We could have skipped out on all of the unpleasantness." She pulled two guns out of her over sized bag. One good thing about owing Max a favor, people recognize you and are less likely to suspect you of anything. especially if you were a young woman. A tiny, young woman. She threw the heavier one to Shaden.

Arielle shoved the gun against Massimo's temple. She hissed at him. "No one touches me unless i give them permission." She glanced over at Aubrey. her eyes were black, already a bad sign. She liked how she looked at no one but Massimo. her gaze flicked up to Shaden. She mouthed the words 'what-did-you-do'?

She had ignored the man following Aubrey in until she heard his voice. She froze and slowly looked over at him as Shaden quipped back. She kept the gun pressed against Massimo's head. "Aubrey you bitch, why did you bring him? You have a hundred guys running around in that fucking coven that would have came and you had to bring him?"

She let out a frustrated scream and then glared at Massimo. "Wish you would have just made the damn deal with me now?" She huffed. "You could have just dealt with one crazy pissed off girl, now you get two." Arielle grinned at him. "Lucky you."

[aubrey]

Aubrey just glared at him. She looked up to Shaden and scowled. "Wouldn't we all be so lucky." She shot him a terrible look. How could he sit there and just look at her like that. How could he have come to New York alone? Without her was one thing, but alone? he could have brought someone-anyone.

She was speaking to Arielle but she glared at Shaden. "Shut the fuck up Arielle, please. Kaden is here because he is obviously the only one that I can fully trust at the moment." She voided her face of all emotion. It was completely blank. All but her eyes. Her eyes were black and glossy with her rage.

She was putting up her shields. She didn't want either of them to feel her rage and her hurt. That wasn't going to make the situation better. "Massimo, lost heart or not, Shaden belongs to me and Xavier. He is coming back with us whether you want him too or not. Xavier will allow you to keep someone in his place, depending on the one chosen."

She glared down at him. "As much as I want to blow your head off and light the whole place on fire I have orders and you know that you can't keep him." She smirked. For once, she loved vampire politics.

"Move your ass Shaden, we're leaving." She kept her guns on Max and was relieved when Arielle added her own. Good girl. Always be prepared. She would blow his head off if he moved. She would blow his head off if more goons came down those steps. She might just blow his fucking head off for the hell of it. She hated him and she hadn't forgotten that he was the reason she was standing here to begin with.

[kaden]

Kaden grinned up at Arielle's outburst. Shit. Aubrey didn't tell him that she was going to be down here. He wouldn't lie and say that he didn't halfway expect it. He laughed lightly at her. "Arielle love, how long had it been? A few years? Glad to see that you are back in new York."

He smirked at her. He looked back up to Shaden. "Damn son. We should get together and do this more often. I haven't felt this much love in a room in a while." Kaden groaned as the man in his arms struggled. With a roll of his eyes he slid the blade across his skin and felt the blood flood over his hands. He shuttered as he let the body fall to the floor.

Kaden licked his hands. "mmmm. Do you taste as good as your men do, Max? Or is tonight just my lucky night." He looked back up toward Arielle and blew her a kiss before winking. She was pissed off at him, but he didn't care. He was just as pissed off at her. It was her fucking idea for them to separate in the first place.

He looked back to Massimo. Hopefully they would be able to just leave, but somehow he didn't think it would be easy. He didn't know that Xavier had volunteered someone to stay behind in Shaden's place. His eyes fell back to Arielle. She was the only one that wasn't BNC. Like hell he was going to let her stay.

[massimo]

Massimo looked around at all of them. As of this moment he had three guns pointed to his head, and maybe one more if Shaden decided to use his. So now he had some thinking to do. He watched Shaden. Just remembering what had gotten them into all this. It was just because of some human. He shook his head. This was insane. All of it.

He listened closely to everything that was said. Not upset in the least that some of his men lay bleeding on the ground. There was more. Massimo could call them in, but that wouldn't do much good. He ran his hands through his hair again.

Again the question came back to him: Was Shaden really worth all this? He'd always caused nothing by trouble for Max. And Aubrey said he could have someone to take his place. If that was true or not he wasn't sure. And of course the first name that came to mind was Arielle, but he quickly removed that idea. He wouldn't want her around here. No. The only person he would except in place of Shaden wasn't even here. And even if she was they most like;y wouldn't let him keep her anyway. Chloe. He'd always longed to see the girls true anger, and Massimo knew he could get it out of her easily enough. He love to see her in pain. He smiled at the thought.

"Don't call me Massimo. I don't even like it when Shaden does. Just call me Max." He was getting tired of the gun pointed at him. And he didn't like his business being threatened either.

He had to come up with an answer to all this soon. He back at Arielle. Maybe she wouldn't be so bad to have around for a little while. Just long enough to teach her a lesson about she talked to him. But again, he'd rather have Chloe. It truly was a shame she wasn't here. Hell if she'd been here this could have been over with a long time ago.

he put his hands the desk and stared down at the wood. he took a few deep breaths and then finally looked back up at Aubrey. "The person I would want isn't here, so why should I let Shaden go and why would Xavier want him back anyway?" He asked, trying to by a little more time to think about this more. His hands went into fists on the desk.

[Shaden Grace]

Shaden glanced at Arielle and just barely maneged to catch what she mouthed to him. He just shook his head. There was no way in hell he was going to talk about it. He held the gun in his and thought about pointing it at Massimo but really, three was enough. Massimo didn't enjoy pain like Shaden did, so really only one gun was needed for him. He smiled as he watched Massimo. Poor guy. He was probably going insane right now. He wouldn't let Shaden go easily but he wouldn't want to die or lose his business.

"I think you should kill him. Then he could see Amelia again." He said still looking at Massimo. The others wouldn't know who he was talking about but of course Massimo would. And of course it would piss him off that Shaden even said her name. Which made it all the more amusing.

He looked over at Kaden, and the corners of his lips turned up into a small smile. Shaden really has no plans on getting into another fight like this one for awhile but hell if Kaden liked it that much then Shaden would just have to bring him along on his next fight whenever that may be.

He took a few steps toward Aubrey, but he didn't move to far away from Arielle in case Massimo tried something. He kept watching him closely, "Awww, why can't we call you Massimo. Its such a lovely name." He took another step closer to Aubrey. Then he took the gun in his hand and shot Massimo in his shoulder. "My bad." He said with a smirk.

[aubrey]

Aubrey shot Kaden and Arielle both a look that let them know if they both didn't shut up that she would shut them up. She didn't have time for their bullshit. She was swimming deep in her own. Why did everyone with a penis have to be so damn difficult.

She huffed in annoyance. They had been here longer than she had intended. She was ready to go. None of then should have been there in the first place. Aubrey tried to ignore Shaden's words. He was always trying to be a smart ass. She usually found it funny, but tonight he was just pissing her off even more.

"I will call you Peter fucking Pan if I want too you bastard. I don't give a damn whether you like it or not. Shaden. Move. She is a big girl and she can take care of herself." Aubrey growled at him. In some ways Arielle was worse than she was. If everyone thought that she was vindictive, then they had another thing coming. Arielle was double whatever she was and Arielle never forgave anyone for anything.

"Who you want is of no concern to me. you don't want to lay claim to anyone tonight then fine, Xavier will send you someone later." She grinned. It was cruel. "Don't think that he would give you anyone in his inner circle though. He won't even let you keep Shaden, and he doesn't even like him."

Aubrey smirked. "It's none of your damn business why Xavier wants him. He belongs to me. I will be the one who says if he goes anywhere or not. I brought him in, I marked him." Aubrey bared her teeth, "That means i keep him."

Aubrey would have loved to relish in Massimo's anger after saying that, but she didn't have the chance. She knew that Shaden was going to do it. She didn't know how she knew, but she was already moving forward before he even fired. Then it happened. Once in Massimo's shoulder. Shit.

"GOD DAMMIT SHADEN!"Aubrey really had wanted to rip the smirk off of his face herself, but she didn't have time for that. "Kaden go get the damn car. Arielle, keep your gun on him and back the fuck up." Aubrey pressed the barrel of right gun against his lips, forcing it into his mouth. With the gun in the left pressed under his chin. She threw a nasty look at Shaden. "Could you be anymore fucking childish about this?"

She turned her face to glare down at Massimo. She hissed. he had stabed her and threw her off of a building. He was the reason that she was a vampire in the first place. He was the reason that Xavier had her on a very short leash. She should have just blown his fucking head off.

"Massimo. You have five seconds to decide who you want to stay. If you don't want anyone here that Xavier had freely offered then you can wait and take it up with him. Shaden is going back to London whether you like it or not." She yanked the gun out of his mouth, but left it heavily pressed against his cheek. "Tick tock asshole. you're running out of time.

[kaden]

Kaden cheered out to Shaden. Good fro him. Kaden knew a little bit about this guy. He was sure that he had most likely just gotten something that he greatly deserved. He would have high-fived Shaden. But suddenly Aubrey's anger was flooding the room.

It washed over him in a great rush, but that wasn't all. Aubrey was terrified. Terrified that she was never going to see Shaden again if they couldn't get him out. He looked at her in astonishment. He didn't expect to feel that.

For once Kaden didn't argue or second guess her or even tease her. He simply nodded and turned. Bounding up the stairs.

[arielle]

Arielle sighed unhappily, but did as she was told. The only reason she was letting Aubrey get away with talking to her like this was because she had never seen her like this. She backed up, slowly. Kaden wouldn't be coming back down. That was a relief in itself.

She kept her gun pointed on Massimo, but she looked back and forth between Shaden and Aubrey. She was going to get an explanation for this. One way or another, she was getting one tonight.

Aubrey was seething and Arielle knew that she would blow his head off. Aubrey didn't make idle threats. If she said something, she meant it. She shuffled her feet nervously. Massimo might have been a bastard. But he didn't deserve to die. Shaden had came to him, it wasn't like he had dragged him here.

"Aubrey. Lets go. You have Shaden, you won. Lets just go. Massimo didn't do anything tonight and we don't have time for your little games."

Arielle cringed. There was more to this than just Shaden, she knew that. However Aubrey was about to cross that line and they didn't have time for her personal vendetta. She backed up to the door and smiled lightly.

"As always Max, it was nice to see you. But I think that it's time for us to go now. "She put one foot out of the office. She wasn't just afraid of Aubrey killing Massimo. She was afraid of him killing Shaden and Arielle didn't feel like being around when that hell was unleashed.

[massimo]

Amelia. Just saying the name nearly tore him a apart. Shaden had no right to even say her name. He felt his left arm twitch, and he shot a very cold look at Shaden. His time would come. That was a promise. He looked away from him. Massimo did his best to just let it go. So he was too busy to focusing on staying in control to see Shaden walk toward Aubrey. Or see him point the gun at him. He just felt the sudden sharp pain in his shoulder. He turned his head to look at his shoulder and saw the blood.

Massimo didn't take any kind of joy in pain. Thats why he had a lot of people working for him. So he wouldn't have to deal with the real fighting. He took a step toward him but then the gun was in his mouth. And he stopped. Massimo stared wide eyed at Aubrey in shock. Okay. She wasn't playing around anymore. That point was clear.

He was more then happy when the gun was removed. He sighed. Looked over at Shaden one last time, then back to Aubrey. "Just get the fuck out of here." He said and stepped away from her. "But he still has a fucking debt to pay." He sat down in his chair and just waited for them to leave. After they were gone he'd have to make a few calls to put things back in order for him. It would cost a lot of money, but in the end it was worth it.