Rico sipped the coffee as he watched the passerbys. After getting their stuff packed away they had split up. Coin and her contact were taking the truck back to the farm to set up the plane. While Rico and Artemis scouted out the possible locations of John Ryan.
This coffee shop was one of the possible locations. They were both disguised in civvies with their weapons hidden as they drank their coffee. As they were sitting there a pair of people in military garb walked in. Their gear looked… unique. They had a piece of metal that Rico recognized as Amazonium.
It seemed Artemis recognized it as well. He kicked her foot when she started growling quietly. She looked over at him in confusion but he just shook his head. Amazonium was not as difficult to find as she probably thought it was.
Rico leaned over and whispered to another table in English. "Hey what is with those soldiers?"
"Hm?" one of the people at the neighboring table looked up from his phone and looked around before frowning. "Those are Queen Bee's personal guards. Seems like they are on the prowl again."
"Prowl for what?" Rico asked in confusion.
"Queen Bee will send them out to either get her some foreign based food or for them to kidnap someone that she can play with." The man explained before looking back down at his phone. "Try not to draw attention to yourself. A good looking foreigner like you might just get picked out of the crowd and dragged to the palace."
Rico frowned and nodded as he discreetly pulled out the silenced glock and passed it to Artemis. He was asking about them because one of them had already glanced in their direction. "Meet up with Coin and keep searching for John Ryan. I will try to meet up with you later." Artemis accepted the gun in confusion and hid it while looking at him.
But then the guards who were quietly talking to each other and occasionally glancing in his direction walked over to their table. "Sir, we ask that you step out with us." There was a sigh from the next table over.
Rico nodded, "certainly." He then leaned over and kissed Artemis on the cheek. "I will be back tomorrow." He whispered in her ear.
While she was recovering from the shock of being kissed on the cheek one of the guards dropped a wad of cash on the table. "We apologize for the inconvenience but we should only keep him for a day or two." They then escorted Rico out of the coffee shop once they got their coffees. Right outside was black official looking vehicle that he climbed inside of.
As he did he looked out the window and cursed his luck as he saw John Ryan walk past on the sidewalk. If he was not being basically kidnapped he would be able to finish the mission. How unlucky.
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Queen grumbled in annoyance as she sent out a few messages and then leaned back in a chair. Already having a headache. Mostly because of the two jets that just got shot down. It was not a massive impact, but it would still be noticeable. Not to mention the pilots they lost.
All because her staff decided it would be better to grab three slaves. She would have preferred to have kept quiet about it. Then grabbed them on the ground. But they decided they wanted to ship them right to the market.
Even then, openly discussing it on a radio channel was even worse. She would have to have them cut back on how much freedom she gave them. Especially if they planned to act like.
"Queen Bee, the pair of guards you sent out to get coffee also grabbed a man they figured would be appealing to you." Her butler declared with a slight bow.
She narrowed her eyes. "Was it violent?"
"No, quite the opposite. It seems he was very compliant. They said he is American and appeared to have been a rather beautiful woman. So he is probably married, which from what I understand is your favorite." The butler remarked, earning him a glare. "Should I tell them to drop him off and not bring him?"
Queen Bee thought for a moment before sighing while leaning back in her chair. "No, actually I think I might need the relief. Especially with the headache my subordinates gave me today. Can you prepare my room? I am just about done here."
"It has already been done. I also prepared the toy room that is adjacent to your room just in case. All the equipment has been cleaned while we will have the man's spit run for possible diseases. Please do enjoy yourself." The butler bowed as Queen Bee pulled herself up and began walking toward her bedroom.
As she walked she could already feel herself building in excitement. Hopefully they were not a disappointment. Because tonight she really would need him to put in work. Or at the very least survive whatever she wanted to do to him.
She was already having so many fun ideas. As she walked into her room she walked to a cabinet and opened it. Inside were several monitors and screens. She watched through them for a moment before she opened a door to a walk-in closet and tossed her clothes to the ground. She looked at a few outfits and grabbed them and walked back out to the closet. She then watched as a vehicle pulled up to her palace.
Then she saw him. She sucked in a breath and smiled with excitement. He really was handsome. She looked at her outfits and chose the sexier one. Then she whistled and a maid walked in, quickly putting back the discarded outfit while grabbing the dress she was wearing earlier.