Project Guardian: Book 2, Chapter 6.

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Project Guardian.

Book two: Avenging Angel

By SaraUK

 

Chapter Six of Fourteen


Previously...

    Tammy, Melissa and Maggie had a fun day shopping with Alexis, Sarah, Alice and Lana. It was getting late by the time they left the final mall, so they called in and grabbed a couple of fully loaded pizzas to take back to the base, so Bill and Ted could share it with them.

    Bill and Ted joined the others for pizza, and also had to suffer being told all about Tammy’s and Melissa’s first proper adventure shopping. Bill and Ted looked glad to finally see the day catch up with the two girls as they fell asleep cuddled up together on one of the sofas in Alexi’s and Sarah’s apartment at the base.

    Due to it being a Wednesday, Alexis and Sarah took the rest of the week off to give them all some extra time to dig up as much dirt on the McGarrett family as they could. Sarah, Tammy and Melissa spent a large chunk of the next four days being trained by Alexi in the art of self defence and the proper use of the telescopic shock stick that Bill and Ted designed.

    By the time Sunday night came around, Sarah was ready to return to school and show this Mike asshole that she’d moved on, and he wasn’t welcome in her life anymore. They also hoped that after five days of not being able to track her down would also drive him to the point of doing something silly and getting thrown off campus and banned.

Now the story continues...

    Sarah was too nervous to drive to college on the Monday morning, so she let Alexis drive them there in Sarah’s car. “Just remember what I’ve taught you over the past four days Saz, and our creepy Mr McGarrett won’t know what hit him when he tries anything with you.” Alexis said with a grin, as she thought about Sarah beating the crap out of the asshole trying to stalk her.

     “I thought you said it would be bad if I fought back when he tried something?” Sarah asked looking confused.

    Alexis had sat Sarah down and explained that they needed Mike to try and attack her in a very public part of the campus, so all the camera’s and lots of students got to see just how weird and unstable Mike McGarrett really was. Then they could use that to get him banned from campus, so Sarah could get back to a more normal routine.

     “It would be bad baby, but that doesn’t mean you let him get away with anything when he tries it, just make sure you defend yourself in a public place where plenty of students and teachers get to see it all happen.” Alexis explained.

    Alexis pulled into the campus parking lot and then into the spot an empty spot. They had no sooner pulled up when they saw an angry looking Mike McGarrett got out his car parked across the lot and start walking towards them.

     “Sarah! Sarah! Where the hell have you been the past five days?” Mike shouted as he tried to catch up with her.

     “Just keep moving Sarah. We need to get him into the main part of the campus where there are more cameras and people.” Alexis said as she took Sarah by the arm and started walking even faster. Mike seemed to speed up as well, so Alexis and Sarah broke into a full blown run. This only helped their case as everyone looked on as the two girls tried to get away from the weird man shouting the name ‘Sarah’ as he ran after them.

    Mike caught up to them in the middle of the campus grounds, but he was so focused on looking at Sarah, he took no notice of where they had stopped. “Where the hell have you been these past five days? I’ve been looking for you everywhere.” Mike snapped like he was talking to his wife or girlfriend. “You know you will never get far from me my sweet Sarah.” Mike added in a much calmer voice as he reached out to stroke the side of Sarah’s face.

     “Get the hell away from me you freak!” Sarah screamed as she slapped his hand away with as much force as she could put behind it.

    Sarah’s raised voice soon had all the people around them watching the show as it played out. Alexis thought this was working out even better than they could have hoped. Alexis also noticed that Mike was getting angry with Sarah, this was something else they wanted to happen, but the other thing that had to happen was something Alexis knew she’d have the most trouble with.

     “How dare you raise a hand to me you selfish little bitch!” Mike spat out as he back handed Sarah right across the side of her face knocking her off her feet.

    Alexis saw red and leapt right at Mike diving over his head and grabbing at him as she went over, then she flipped over landing back to back with him and she bent forward, bending him over her back and then she twisted his head until there was a cracking sound and he went limp in her hands and then fell to the ground dead. Alexis soon snapped out of her fantasy and then bent down to help Sarah get to her feet again, just as Mike went for Alexis.

    Mike made a grab for Alexis, but only found a boot in his face as Alexis did an imposable high kick to his face knocking him back stunned. It had all happened so fast that nearly everyone missed it.

     “You little bitch!” Mike screamed as he cupped his hand over his bloody nose which was pouring with blood. “You broke my nose!” He screamed in pain.

     “Touch Sarah again asshole and I’ll do more than break your nose.” Alexis growled as she got Sarah to her feet and took a quick look at the red mark on the side of her face before turning to face Mike while keeping herself between Sarah and him.

     “Who the hell are you anyway?” Mike mumbled through his hand. “Some dyke that thinks she’s in love with my girl?” Mike asked with a sick sounding chuckle.

     “I am in love with her you fucking asshole, so piss off and leave me alone!” Sarah screamed at him making Alexis’s ears ring as she shouted it over her shoulder.

    Alexis and Sarah could both tell that Sarah’s words had just done more damage to Mike than the kick to the face Alexis had just given him. He took a stunned couple of steps back as he looked at Sarah in true horror, but the look soon changed to one of anger again, but aimed at Alexis this time.

     “I’ll kill your little dyke bitch, and then you’ll come running back to me.” Mike spat out as he dived right at Alexis, but was grabbed and thrown to the ground by a couple of large security men.

     “We’ve called the police, and they should be here any minute miss’s. Did he hurt either of you?” One of the security men asked as he cuffed Mike’s hands behind his back while sitting on him. He wasn’t a small man, and he didn’t look too bothered about the fact he was crushing the life out of Mike either.

     “The asshole slapped my friend across the face and then threatened to kill me if I didn’t get out his way and let him start on her again.” Alexis said sounding scared, but it was all a put on for the people standing around. She held Sarah close to her, so they could really play it up for the teachers and students stood around watching and cheering the security guards on as they fought to keep Mike on the ground.

     “Get the hell off me you fat piece of shit!” Mike shouted up at the man sat on him.

     “Shut it.” The security guard said as he slapped mike across the back of the head, making him smash is face into the ground.

     “I’ll have your job for that fatty!” Mike snarled.

     “OOW, I better get off you then.” The man said as he got up off Mike and left him with his hands cuffed behind his back. The security guard than stood and almost looked like he was waiting for Mike to try something, which he did. Mike got to his feet and then made another go for Sarah, but didn’t get more than a couple of feet before he fell to the ground screaming in pain like an eight year old girl.

    What Mike hadn’t seen was the second guard stood with a taser aimed at him just in case he tried something. “Stay on the ground, or we hit you again buddy.” The second guard shouted in warning, just before he shocked him again anyway. “It looked like he was about to go at her again.” The guard said with a grin as he looked at his security buddy.

     “You’ll get no argument from me on that one Stan.” The first guard said.

     “You bastards! I’ll see to it that you both fry for...” Was all Mike got out before he was screaming in pain again as Stan zapped him for a third time.

     “I’m not sure how you were raised sonny, but where I come from, we don’t hit woman, and you’d do good to remember that before you say another word.” Stan said as he bent down to look at the man lying on the floor gasping for breath after being Tasered.

     “Would you like to press charges against him for assaulting you miss?” The first guard asked as he stepped over and saw the red marks on the side of Sarah’s face. “I’ll need to get some photos of that miss, if you don’t mind?” The man asked as he got a camera out his belt and then held it up to get some photos.

    Alexis and Sarah were both impressed with how thorough the security man was as he pulled out a note pad and started taking down everyone’s name that saw what happened. Alexis and Sarah knew that Mike’s father would have his work cut out for him this time, and Mike wouldn’t be allowed on campus again anytime soon either.

    The police finally turned up and Mike started barking orders for the police to arrest the two guards for what they had done to him, not that it did him any good once the two security guards explained what he’d done and then security guard number one, whose name was Ron; showed the two officers the photos he’d taken of Sarah’s face.

    Mike soon found himself in the back of the police car while the officers asked Sarah and Alexis a bunch of questions. Once the officers had a statement and the list of names of all the people that saw the attack, they were then ready to take Mike down to the local precinct for charging. Ron the first security guard had got another member of security to bring out the disks with all the footage of the attack on it, so the officers had a copy of that as well.

    Sarah and Alexis both looked relieved to see Mike being driven away in the back of a police car. “I know it’s not rape, but he’ll be looking at time for assault.” Alexis said as she wrapped an arm around Sarah’s waist and started walking her towards the classroom where their first lesson was being held.

     “Seeing him do any time will be worth it Lexi.” Sarah said with a sigh that made her sound tired.

     “How’s the face? Sore? Alexis asked as she raised a hand to the still red cheek where Mike slapped her.

     “Very, but it was worth it to see him get arrested.” Sarah growled as she put her hand over the one belonging to Alexis that was now cupping the warm red cheek. “I thought you were going to kill him just after he hit me though.” Sarah giggled. “You had murder in your eyes.”

     “I did think about snapping his neck and putting an end to it, but that wouldn’t be any kind of revenge for you, would it?” Alexis asked with a sigh just before they walked into class.

     “And it would have been you sat in the back of that police cruiser we just watched drive away.” Sarah pointed out looking worried.

    Alexis noticed a fear in Sarah’s voice she’d never heard before, but as she thought about it, Alexis realised that Sarah had already seen her being driven away like that. Alexis just wanted to pull Sarah into her arms and let her know that everything would be alright, but she couldn’t, not here, and not now.

    The teacher knew all about the trouble out in the courtyard, so he just waved Sarah and Alexis over to their seats and then carried on teaching the lesson. The lesson passed in a blur, neither girl taking in much of what the teacher had said. Alexis was glad when it ended so she could talk with Lana and find out what was going on with Mike back at the precinct. Sarah was glued to Alexis’s arm like she’d vanish the minute they stepped apart, Alexis thought about pointing out that the other students might work out they were more than just friends, but Alexis didn’t think Sarah would be to bothered about that at the minute.

     “I’m sorry Sarah.” Alexis said once they had a drink, and were sat in a quiet part of the campus grounds, so they could talk about what happened.

     “Sorry for what Lexi? Sorry for helping me get that creep out of my life, or sorry for ever hooking up with me again?” Sarah asked the last part with tears in her eyes and in a voice that was close to cracking.

     Alexis placed her coffee down and then took Sarah’s drink out of her shaking hand before she wrapped her arms around Sarah and hugged her for the longest time, and when they broke the hug, Alexis looked deep into Sarah’s eyes before she finally spoke.

     “I will never be sorry for bringing you back into my life Sarah, never.” Alexis placed a hand on the back of Sarah’s head and pulled her closer for a much needed kiss. “I’m sorry I never came for you sooner, I’m sorry for being such a chicken and not showing myself to Alice before I did. She would have made me come back to our old town and see how you were doing, but most of all I’m sorry for ever leaving you in the first place.” Alexis was soon kissing Sarah again before she could give a reply, not that she had one to give, other than ‘wow’

     “I’m the one that should be sorry Lexi. I didn’t mean any of the stuff I just said, and I know you love me.” Sarah said just before leaning in for another kiss from her.

     “People will start to talk about us you know.” Alexis tried to sound worried, but the goofy grin killed any sign of real worry.

     “Let them talk, it may even stop the guys from hitting on us both, though I’m not sure it will help with stopping the women from having a go, or the feminist groups from trying to add us to their fight for more power.” Sarah smiled. “Unless you’re worried about the gossip?” Sarah asked with a smirk when she saw the look Alexis gave her.

     “The only thing I care about is you Saz, and making sure that asshole Mike McGarrett never lays a hand on you again.” Alexis raised a hand to the still red cheek where Mike had slapped her across the face with the back of his hand.

     “Thank you for not killing him Lexi.” Sarah smiled as she leaned her head into Alexis’s hand. “I don’t think I could live with you being taken away in a police cruiser again.” Sarah added with a shudder as she thought back to the night she stood on Alex’s old lawn and watched that car drive him out of her life.

    Alexis just pulled Sarah closer and held her for the longest time saying nothing. There were no words to say how sorry Alexis was for the past seven years of hell Sarah had gone through, so Alexis wasn’t going to even try and come up with any. Sarah was just happy to have Alexis back in her life, even if she was a kick ass babe now that spent a large chunk of her time protecting her identical twin from trouble, a job that she was now being trained to help out with.

    Once they finally stopped hugging each other, Alexis got her cell phone out and made it look like she was placing a call to someone, but really she was just getting Lana on coms to find out what was going on with Mike down at the police precinct.

     “Lana, you there baby face?” Alexis asked with a giggle.

    “Hey G, how’s Sarah doing? We all saw what that asshole did to her.” Lana asked with worry in her voice. “We also saw you kick him right in the nose as well.” Lana added with a giggle.

     “It did feel good to do that, but snapping his neck would have felt even better.” Alexis growled.

     “Easy tiger.” Lana warned. “That would just mean more trouble for the old man when Mike’s father called for the death sentence, because you know he would.” Lana pointed out.

     “Speaking of our creepy stalker, how’s he doing down at the precinct?” Alexis asked.

     “He’s trying to get hold of his father as we speak.” Lana giggled in Alexis’s ear.

     “Trying to get hold of his father?” Alexis asked.

     “Yes, it seems that his father’s cell phone isn’t picking up, nor are any of the other people he’s trying to get hold of.” Lana said with a dramatic sigh.

    Alexis could tell by Lana’s tone that Bill and Ted had something to do with Mike’s trouble to reach out and touch someone. Alexis also knew that Mike would end up digging a deeper hole for himself if he didn’t have the backing of his father and lawyers to protect him.

     “I’m not even going to ask how the guys are pulling that one off.” Alexis said sounding worried. “Just thank them for me Lana, and let me know if he makes bail and gets out before Sarah and I get back to base later.” Alexis asked.

     “You’re most welcome dudette.” Bill’s voice suddenly chipped in on the ear piece.

     “About the coming back to base Lexi.” Lana’s voice said sounding nervous all of a sudden. “You and Sarah will need to stop at the apartment we set up for Sarah, just until the police have finished building a case against that asshole McGarrett.” Lana explained.

     “You’ve got to be kidding me Lana!” Alexis whined. “Can’t we just spend some time there to make it look like Sarah’s living there?”

     “No, the old man says we need to play this one by the book. The father will have some of his own people looking into different ways to turn this around on Sarah, and he doesn’t want to give him any help.” Lana warned. Alice and I have already been shopping and filled the cupboards and refrigerator for you.” Lana added trying to make Alexis feel better about it all.

     “I understand, but it will mean me having to restrain myself from just killing the creep.” Alexis warned Lana in return. “Thanks for getting some food in for us.”

     “That did cross the old man’s mind as well Lexi.” Lana giggled some more. “But he said it’s a risk he’s willing to take if it will get that creep off the streets and in jail where he belongs.” Lana explained Bob’s reasons for doing things the way they were. “And you’re welcome over the food, but Alice and I will miss your wonderful cooking.” Lana said with a pout in her voice.

     “You still have Maggie to cook the meals for you, but I can’t see Tammy and Melissa being too happy about it.” Alexis pointed out.

     “They weren’t, but I did say you’d be okay with them going to your place and using the games systems, but they were to keep out of the closet.” Lana giggled.

     “I still can’t understand why Mike’s father keeps covering for him though. Doing some time in prison might straighten him out.” Alexis growled.

     “Mike may not get the help he’s expecting this time anyway.” Lana said with a smug edge to her voice. “The old man’s found out that Mike’s father has been trying to get some government contracts to do some building work, but he’s not had much luck.” Lana added.

     “What’s all this got to do with Mike?” Alexis asked.

     “Bob’s going to have a word with some people he knows up on the hill, and see if he can’t get them to talk Mr McGarrett into letting his son do the time, if it helps him get the contracts he’s been after. It turns out that money is the only thing that means more to Mike’s father than he does.” Lana pointed out the reason for what Bob was working on.

     “I don’t like the idea of giving this assholes father more money, but if it helps us get the creep put behind bars, then I’ll live with it.” Alexis sighed as she looked at a confused Sarah sat next to her. “I better go and fill Sarah in on what’s been happening. Let me know if anything changes, or I need to be on the lookout for trouble.” Alexis added.

     “You’ll be the first to know G.” Lana said before coms went dead.

     “Do the police still have him in custody Lexi?” Sarah asked looking worried.

     “Yes they do, and Lana says the old man is working on something that may stop his father helping him get off, not that it will be easy for him to make this go away.” Alexis smiled as she pulled Sarah closer to her side as they sat on the bench under a tree.

     “That would be nice. I’m sick of looking over my shoulder all the time, wondering what crazy thing he’ll try next.” Sarah sighed as she rested her head on Alexis’s shoulder. “I thought it was all over when you took me away from that place, but it looks like he’s more screwed up than I first thought.” Sarah added with a sad sounding chuckle.

     “I can see his point though baby.” Alexis smiled as she watched Sarah’s head whip up to look at her. “I’d do anything to keep you close to me, now I’ve gotten you back in my life.” Alexis added just before she pulled Sarah’s head closer for another kiss.

     “The difference is Lexi; I want to be with you. I never wanted anything to do with him after I found out what he was really like.” Sarah said as she ran her tongue across her lips, so she could taste Alexis on them still.

     “Well lucky for you, I can take care of myself and you at the same time.” Alexis grinned.

    Sarah found that she wasn’t worried for Alexis’s safety or her own anymore, she’d just be glad to finally be rid of the sad little man stalking her. The two of them sat in quiet and enjoyed their drinks before making their way to the next class.


*****

    Sarah looked confused at the end of the day when Alexis drove them home, but instead of going to the base, she made her way to another part of the city.

     “Where are we going Lexi?”

     “I didn’t want to say anything sooner and have you worry about it all day, but Bob wants us to stay at the apartment he sorted out for you, just until all this stuff with Mike is sorted out.” Alexis explained as she pulled into a secure underground parking area that belonged to the apartment block they’d be stopping in.

     “Does this mean we won’t get to see any of the others until Mike had been locked away?” Sarah looked horrified as she asked.

     “No, we’ll be going to see them later on tonight, but we will make it look like we have jobs at the airport, just in case Mr McGarrett has people watching us.” Alexis explained as she got out the car and then walked around and helped Sarah to get out.

     “It’s going to feel weird being someplace new after getting so used to being at the other place.” Sarah said as she let Alexis lead her up to her apartment that she’d never stopped at yet. “Won’t the other tenants be able to tell anyone that asks that I’ve never set foot in the place before?” Sarah asked.

     “How many people did you remember from all the places you’ve stopped at in the past?” Alexis asked the simple question.

    Sarah gave it some thought as they made their way up in the elevator, but by the time she stepped off it again on the floor where she took her apartment to be, Sarah still couldn’t remember any of her neighbours. “Weird, but you’re right; I can’t remember a single one of them.” Sarah finally admitted.

     “The other thing that will help us here, is the fact that a couple of the other girls living in this apartment block just happen to look a little like you, so anyone that does have a good memory will get confused if they're shown a picture of you.” Alexis pointed out with a grin.

     “You really did think of everything didn’t you?” Sarah said looking impressed at the details Alexis had added to help make the story work about her living here.

     “I’d love to take credit for it all Sarah, but Lana and Bob are the brains behind all this sort of stuff. I just beat people up and keep sis safe.” Alexis said as she stopped in front of a door to one of the apartments and then pulled out a key and let the two of them into the place. “Home sweet home.” Alexis giggled as she saw Sarah looking around.

     “It’s a nice looking place I have.” Sarah giggled. “What do we do about clothes?” Sarah asked looking worried all of a sudden, as she realised they would need to bring some of the stuff over from the apartment at the base.

     “Go and check out the bedroom.” Alexis smiled as she pointed to a door on the far side of the living room.

    Sarah looked a little puzzled, but she did as Alexis said and made her way into the bedroom with Alexis following close behind. Sarah smiled when she saw the large bed, happy that she and Alexis would still be able to share a bed, but Sarah had already seen that the couch was large enough to sleep two. Sarah made her way over to what looked like a closet and opened the double doors to reveal it was a walk in closet full of clothes for them both to wear.

     “Wow! They really did think of everything.” Sarah said as she ran her hand over some of the things in there.

     “The apartment also doubles as a safe house, and a fallback place to regroup if anything happened at the base.” Alexis explained as she went to a blank panel on the wall and where there was nothing but a light switch. Alexis touched her thumb to the switch, but never turned it on. Sarah heard a light humming sound just before a click and then the large mirror at the far end of the room slid to the side and revealed another room.

     “What’s in there Lexi?” Sarah asked as she followed Alexis into the hidden room.

    Alexis didn’t need to answer Sarah, as she could now see it had weapons lined up down one side of the room and a rail full of Alexis’s leather look cat suits and helmets, as well as a large computer system that looked like a smaller version of the one in command.

     “So we could live here and you’d still be able to go on missions at short notice then?” Sarah asked as she looked around the room.

     “Yep. Lana explained that her and Bob had put this together just in case you couldn’t get use to living on base with me, and they wanted me to be able to go on missions without the need to return to base, or find a quiet spot to change into the armour in the trunk of my car.” Alexis explained as she also looked around the room.

     “I think we might need to use this place a little more often now I know about it.” Sarah smiled as she closed the gap between the two of them, and then wrapped her arms around Alexis and kissed her. “I also want to try out that bed in the other room as well.” Sarah added with an evil grin when they stopped kissing each other.

     “Now that sounds like fun.” Alexis giggled as she led Sarah back out the secret room and ran her hand over the light switch again to close the door.

     “Will the door open for me as well Lexi?” Sarah asked as she looked more closely at the scanner masquerading as a light switch.

     “Place your thumb on the switch and see what happens.” Alexis said with a grin.

    Sarah placed her hand on the switch and then watched as a faint light ran down her thumb as it got scanned. Sarah smiled when she saw the secret doorway appear as the mirror slid to one side.

     “It doubles as a panic room, so I had Bill and Ted add your finger prints to the file.” Alexis explained as she touched the scanner again, closing the door. “Let’s go and get something to eat before we leave for work.” Alexis added as she wrapped an arm around Sarah’s waist and led her out the bedroom and into the kitchen section of the apartment.

     “Do we have any food in?” Sarah asked as she watched Alexis open the fridge door and saw that it was fully stocked.

    Lana said that her and Alice had called in and stocked the place with food for us.” Alexis said when she saw the shocked look on Sarah’s face.

     “It is a nice looking place, but any place would look nice with you in it.” Sarah smiled as she rested her head on Alexis’s shoulder again while they looked in the fridge for something to make for dinner.

     “That’s the same way I feel about you Saz.” Alexis said just before she worked out what to make for dinner.

    Alexis soon had Sarah helping her as they sorted out dinner, and then they both sat down at the dining table to enjoy it once it was ready.

     “This all feels so weird Lexi.” Sarah said as she looked at Alexis sat facing her. “I keep expecting the real owner to return home and ask what we’re doing in their apartment.” Sarah added with a giggle.

     “I know it must seem weird Saz, but trust me, the place belongs to you, and I live here with you as your special roommate.” Alexis grinned as she looked over at the bedroom where the large bed was.

     “By special roommate, I hope you mean we share the same bed.” Sarah grinned back.

     “What other sort of special roommate can there be baby.” Alexis asked.

    Once they had finished their meal and Alexis had helped Sarah take the dirty plates back to the kitchen, Alexis took Sarah by the hand and then pulled her towards the bedroom. “Time for desert.” Alexis smiled as she took a giggling Sarah to bed before they had to get ready for work, or what looked like work.


*****

    Alice was sat in coms next to Lana as she worked on one of the computers in the room. Bill and Ted were busy on another couple of the machines in the room, when they saw Alexis and Sarah enter the room.

     “Hi Saz, Lexi!” Alice shouted as she jumped up and ran over to hug them both.

     “Hi sis, everything alright?” Alexis asked looking a little worried as to why Alice looked so glad to see the two of them.

     “I’m just glad to have someone to talk to.” Alice said as she looked over her shoulder at Lana busy tapping away on the computer still. “I’ve already melted the girl’s brains trying to educate them.” Alice added with a giggle.

    Alice had been spending a lot of her free time when not on missions, trying to keep Tammy and Melissa’s education up to speed.

     “We need to find you a hobby of some sort.” Alexis said as she gave Alice a hug.

     “What do you think to the apartment Sarah?” Alice asked as she gave her a hug. “Pretty cool right?”

     “Yes it is, but I’ll miss swimming with you and the others in the mornings though.” Sarah pouted. “It will be a fun place to go to though every now and then once all this mess is sorted out with McGarrett.” Sarah added with a frown.

     “It won’t be for long, and you’re here now, so we could go swimming in the evening instead.” Alice offered as a solution to the problem.

     “Do we have any more news on him yet?” Alexis asked as she walked over to see what Lana was working on.

     “We finally let him get hold of his dad, but not before Bob got his people up on the hill to give Mr McGarrett a call to talk about him doing some government contract building work for them. They did point out that all the trouble his son Michael was getting into was still a sticking point with them, and he needed to put some distance between his company and his son.” Lana explained.

     “So where does that leave Mike now then?” Alexis asked feeling happier that Mike the asshole could be looking at no help at all from his father.

     “It’s working like we hoped. His father has refused to help him out, and he’s now being seen by a court appointed lawyer.” Lana said with pride.

     “Is the lawyer any good at his job?” Alexis asked.

     “He’s not bad, but he grew up watching his mother get beaten by his father, so I’m not expecting the lawyer to fight to hard for him.” Lana explained.

     “What a shame poor Mike is being defended by someone like that.” Alexis said sarcastically.

     “Yes I know, isn’t it funny how that worked out?” Lana said sounding just as sarcastic. In truth Lana had fixed it so Mike McGarrett got this lawyer because of the lawyer’s background.

     “You’re railroading him all the way aren’t you?” Sarah asked as she walked over to stand with Alexis, while Alice took her seat next to Lana again.

     “We do this sort of thing all the time with billion dollar companies Sarah, so playing with Mike McGarrett like this is a breeze.” Lana shrugged. “We were set to have some trouble with his father, but now he’s looking forward to building things for the government, Mike won’t know what hit him by the time we’ve done with him.” Lana said doing an evil laugh like a villain in a movie would do.

     “Do you want me to get you a white cat to stroke?” Alice asked with a giggle as she thought about Lana playing the villain in the old James bond movies.

     “I’d say yes, but you know that I’m allergic to cats.” Lana pouted.

     “How about a cute cuddly toy one instead?” Alice asked with a grin.

     “That would be so cool.” Lana giggled back as she thought of herself sat in the chair over near the large monitor with a cuddly toy cat on her knee while she planned out all the different ways to destroy Mike McGarrett’s life.

     “When do you think he’ll make bail?” Alexis asked, trying to get them back on topic.

     “He’ll be up before the judge in the morning, so he should be back on the street by lunchtime.” Lana had a rough guess.

     “The judge will let him out after what he did?” Sarah asked looking shocked by the news. “I thought he’d be kept in until trial with his dad not helping him.” Sarah added with fear in her voice now.

     “We need him to get bail, so we can keep pushing him to do more stupid things, so he goes down for a much longer time.” Alexis explained. Lana and Alexis had a bigger plan set out for Mike McGarrett, but they didn’t want Sarah to know too much, so she could play her part for real until it was time to fill her in on it.

     “But he’s going to keep coming after me until he does.” Sarah pointed out the error in their plan.

     “Yes he is, but I’ll be there to protect you, and the lawyer should be sorting out a restraining order to keep him away, so if he does come near you, then we can have him locked up as a breach to his bail conditions.” Alexis said as she pulled a shaking Sarah into a hug.

     “What if he doesn’t do what you expect him to do?” Sarah asked.

     “We have other plans set up to cover for anything he can think of, plus a couple he hasn’t.” Alexis said calmingly. “He won’t get to hurt you anymore than he already has baby.” Alexis added as she broke the hug and looked Sarah in the eyes with the most serious look Sarah had ever seen.

     “I believe you will Lexi.” Sarah smiled just before hugging Alexis again. “I really believe you will.”

    Alexis and Sarah left Alice and Lana going over some details for other parts of the plans they had in store for Mike, as they went to see how Tammy. Melissa and Maggie were doing. Alexis also wanted to let the girls know it was okay for them to keep using the game systems in her apartment, but they were to keep away from the room where she kept all her clothes and outfits for all the different missions she’d been on.

    Tammy and Melissa were playing some combat game when Alexis and Sarah got back to their old apartment. “Hi Lexi, Sarah!” Tammy shouted when they saw them enter the room. “I hope you don’t mind us being in here still Lexi?” Tammy asked.

     “No I don’t mind you using the game systems, but I don’t want either of you wandering around the apartment and please keep out of my closet.” Alexis warned the two girls.

     “Yes Auntie Lexi.” Both girls whined at the same time.

    Alexis could just see both girls rolling their eyes as they said it, but she was looking at the back of their heads, so she couldn’t be sure. “Trust me when I say that you will both live to regret it if you break that rule, and I find out you’ve been in there trying my things on.” Alexis warned them.

     “We promise not to go into your closet trying on your things Lexi.” Melissa said as she turned to look Alexis in the eyes, so she could see just how serious she was about doing what Alexis asked.

     “Okay, but remember I did warn you there would be trouble if I found out you snuck in.” Alexis added with a pointing finger to the back of each girl.

    Alexis and Sarah then left their place and walked down the hallway to see Maggie. They would have gone to see Bob, but he was in Washington talking to people about McGarrett construction. Maggie was sat reading a book and listening to some music on the radio when they entered the apartment.

     “Hi Lexi, Sarah. How are you feeling now honey?” Maggie asked as she put the book down and then turned off the music before she looked at Sarah. “Lana said that horrible man hit you earlier today.” Maggie added with anger in her voice.

     “Yes he did. But did Lana tell you about the security guards tasering him?” Sarah asked with a giggle as she thought back to Mike screaming like a little girl as one of the security men fired god knows how many volts into him.

     “Yes she told me that, she even said I could watch the video the next time I was in coms.” Maggie also giggled, just at the thought of the nasty little man that had raped Sarah getting tasered.

     “He won’t be a danger to anyone else for very long.” Alexis said with confidence in her voice. “By the time we’ve done with him, he’ll be spending the rest of his life in prison.” Alexis added with a growl.

     “Sounds like he should have been in there a long time ago.” Maggie said, letting Alexis know she agreed with her.

     “Sarah and I will be stopping at the apartment we got for Sarah when she first moved in with me. We need to make it look like we both live there until all this stuff with Mike is sorted out.” Alexis explained. “I’ve told Tammy and Melissa that they can keep using the game system in my apartment here at the base, so don’t worry about them being in there.” Alexis added.

     “Thank you for that Lexi, and I’ll make sure they clean up any mess they make.” Maggie smiled.

    Alexis and Sarah gave Maggie a hung and wished her a good night before they went back to say goodnight to Tammy and Melissa. Their last stop was the command centre to say goodnight to Alice, Lana, Bill and Ted.

    Alexis and Sarah were soon on their way back to their new home to get some sleep before going to college the next day.

     “How long do you think it will take Tammy and Melissa to get nosey and start trying on our things?” Alexis asked Sarah with a grin, as she drove the car back to the apartment building.

     “Why did you let them play games in our apartment if you knew they would end up trying on our clothes?” Sarah asked looking confused.

     “Because it would make it a little more exciting for them, if they thought they would be in trouble if they did.” Alexis giggled. “It’s good training as well. They will have to remember where everything goes.”

     “So you set this whole thing up as a training program for the two of them?” Sarah asked.

     “Yes, but have you ever known a kid that didn’t want to do something they weren’t suppose to do?” Alexis giggled as she thought about the early days of her dressing back when she was still Alex, and he’d sneak into Alice’s room to borrow some of her things. He was good at it until Alice came home early one Saturday and caught him dressed in her clothes. Alice had been cool with it, and loved having a twin sister to do stuff with.

     “So they won’t get in trouble if we catch them doing it?”

     “Yes they’ll get in trouble, just not too much trouble.” Alexis pointed out. “I’ll do it in such a way as to inform them of what they did wrong to get caught.” Alexis added.

     “You do have a lot of clothes for them to get in trouble with.” Sarah giggled at the sneaky way Alexis had found to keep the two girls training while she was away helping her with the problem of Mike McGarrett.

    Alexis and Sarah were soon back at the apartment complex, and Alexis pulled into the underground parking area before they made their way up to the apartment. They got ready for bed and were soon under the covers cuddled up to each other drifting off to sleep.

    Sara was still worried about Mike, even though she had Alexis to protect her. The fact that she knew Mike would be back out on the street tomorrow, and she was now trying to get use to sleeping in a strange bed again wasn’t helping Sarah to find the much needed sleep she’d need for going to college the next day.

 

To Be Continued Next Sunday  

 

Story by SaraUK

 

Edited and Posted by SamanthaK

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Action-packed as usual

Thank you both.

Obviously the message hasn't got through to Mike yet. I'm looking forward to his 'comeuppance'.

As a friend says; 'A dick with a man on the end' though calling him a man is stretching the truth a bit.

S.

Yes...

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...a new Project Guardian. Can't wait for what more in store for the creep.

Love tmf

I volt for this episode!

Oh and I have to admire Mike for keeping 'current' with his supposed ex-'girlfriend' :)

The only thing that could make the tasering more fun is if the security guard had 'accidentally' hit him in his crotch. Oooops. :)

I like it, no slamming him to take him down, well not too much anyway, and the slow destruction of his existence will be fun to watch. What I do worry about is once the contracts are firmly in hand, will Mike's father go back to help him. It is one thing when you are trying to get the contracts and it is another thing after you get it for unless their are formal clauses in the contract about Mike then it is possible this is only a temporary measure.

It is hoped by the time good ol' slimebsll dad finally feels safe to protect Mike again, Mike would be beyond saving.

Kim

Mike's dad

As slow as government contracts are to be negotiated, drawn up, renegotiated, redrawn and the bidding process completed, Mike should be well-buried so that daddy can't do a damn thing except hope he doesn't end up like Alex(is) was supposed to have ended up while he/she was in prison. Of course, rape isn't unknown in prison, either. Rather fitting "poetic justice" in Mike's case, don't you think?

Hugs,
Erica

Good point

That is a work of months at least if not a year, depending on the urgency of the contracted for item of course.

Kim

Project Guardian: Book 2, Chapter 6.

Yes, NEVER hit a girl! But tasering is not enough! Add some jailhouse bedlam to give Mike a ruff n ready look

    Stanman
May Your Light Forever Shine

Mike...

Well what can we say about a creep like that. One is that he got kicked in the face by Alexis. Two got put down on the ground hard by the security gaurds. Three got tasering him not once, but three times. Four got taken by the police to the police station. Five his dad is leaving him to his own mess. I think that is all we need to know about Mike ever.

Loved the chapter, can not wait for the next chapter.

Joshlyn Amanda

Faith

Sarah needs to have more faith...in Lexi, in the team, and in herself. Mike has a lot more power with her because she's so afraid of him. I realize that her rape was extremely traumatic, particularly when yolu realize that she was at such a low point min her life. Her grief over Alex and the belief that she had no one to turn to had to make things so much worse.

I hope that somehow it ends up that Sara either takes down Mike, or has a major part of the takedown. That would give her that confidence again, and a belief in the team.

Another great story!

Wren