Chapter 18: News


    -Dominic-


    I smirked looking down from the door of the jet. The wind barely letting me breathe but it was a thrill


    nheless.


    "You''re not scared are ya?" I looked back at Harry who, like the rest of the members on board, had his


    gear ready to go.


    I scoffed at his question, "Sure I''m the one you''re supposed to be asking?" I asked back with a


    confident look on my face. Heughed and turned to nce at the rest beforeing back round to


    look at me.


    "I guess you''re right, the only reason they''re here is that they trust you know what you''re doing."


    I raised an eye-brow, pointing to the backpacks strapped to us, "About this?" I asked and he nods, "Oh,


    I''ve actually never done this before."


    I watched in amusement as his face turns white. "What?! Dominic you''re going to get us killed!"


    Iugh out loud at his expression. The rest of the crew seemed to have heard myughter over his


    concern which was for the best. Having one person panic was fine but having the whole ce know


    I''ve never actually skydived yet am making them do it for the first time with me would then actually get


    us all killed.


    "Just do as we trained and you''ll be fine! Trust me, I was taught by a professional." I reassured him


    while patting his back.


    The truth was, Xavier was the one who told me about how to skydive during one of our training


    sessions. We had gotten sidetracked from a physics lesson and he just happened to have experience


    which he liked distracting me with by giving me a whole synopsis on ''how to skydive'' only to kick me


    from behind and scold me about pausing my consecutive punches.


    I shook my head. What was I doing? Having my life sh before my eyes? I didn''t have the pleasure. I


    had to give our team back up as soon as possible.


    "Ready?!" I shouted, and everyone got in their positions. "WOO!" I eximed, jumping out of the ne


    first, instantly having my breath knocked out of me. For a moment, life, death, fighting, walking, living,


    breathing, it was all forgotten and I felt amazing. For the first time, I felt at peace. Falling through the


    air.


    "Dominic!"


    But unfortunately for me, peace wasn''t really my scene. I let out my parachute and glided towards


    where Nick was. I had already nned beforehand that London would help the outer right, Sydney


    would help the outer front and Texas would help the inner right. That left me to help Nick deal with


    central.


    After what happened to Tyler, most of the Texas division had started to fear or respect me slightly. That


    in itself allowed me to get to talk to them. I knew I didn''t have a lot of time so nning an escape wasn''t


    easy. The best way to do it was to have Harry and I convince them to join our side.


    We came to realise that the reason this division specifically went against Nick was because of theck


    of involvement. They wouldn''t be involved in shipments, in ns and weren''t told everything that they


    should have been told which then led to a lot ofck of trust. Florida promised a tighter rtionship, it


    was more beneficial for both of them which had them agree.


    Aside from that though they all had a tight friendship with Nick and the rest of the divisions and for the


    most part, didn''t even want this to happen in the first ce, rather, they needed something while Nick


    was away.


    I used that to my advantage, convincing them that they were needed, how much Nick cares for all of


    them, so much so that even I -someone who didn''t know any of them- could understand. Which was all


    true. I then ended up promising them that they''ll be satisfied with the oue of this war if they joined


    our side. They hesitated but ended up agreeing.


    Through them, I was able to know what Florida was nning, where they''d be and what strategy they''d


    be using. I informed them of our n and we made a separate one. The one we''ll be using now.


    "Dominic!" Nick called as Inded. I grinned at him, getting out of my parachute gear before making my


    way towards him.


    "Hey!" I then looked to see there was a guy behind him already tied up but he wasn''t unconscious like


    the n said Nick would end it. He was awake and looking down at the floor. "That him?" I asked and


    Nick nodded back at me.


    I walked up to him, crouching down in front of him which made him look up at me with confusion. "He''s


    a little young isn''t he?" I ask Nick again while flicking the kid''s forehead, making his eyebrows furrow


    but he didn''t talk back.


    "He turned 23 a couple days ago, he''s not that much younger than us," Nick answered which seemed


    to make the kid''s ears perk up with surprise, turning to look at Nick


    "You remembered?" Despite Nick telling me, he wasn''t that much younger than us, the way he said that


    made me soften. It reminded me of a ten-year-old child who had thought everyone forgot about him


    and from what I know about Nick and his gang, I probably wasn''t too far off.


    This instantly made me protective over him like he was my little brother or...like a son.


    Nickughed back at him, "Of course I remembered! I buy you a new de every year! Well, except for


    thest 10 years because I was in prison of course." He then reached into his backpack before taking


    out a long box. "Here."


    I untied Liam and let him reach for the box, taking it gently before unwrapping it. I watched as a smile


    formed on his face, looking down at the knife that had his initials engraved on it. "Your first knife?" He


    asked Nick to which Nick nodded positively. He tried to hide it from Nick but I saw a few tears


    streaming down his face in happiness making me ruffled his hair with a grin.


    We then heard someone running in our direction and I brightened up when I saw ke emerging from


    the forest. He seemed battered but overall fine which was a relief. When he saw me, his worried


    expression turned to one of happiness. "D!" He then ran up to me as if going in for a hug which I was


    ready to ept but then an image shed in my head.


    Tyler. The way he touched me.


    "Let''s save the hugging for when this is done, alright Love?" I said casually which made him pause,


    slightly confused but respected it anyway which I was thankful for. Instead, he stood next to me and I


    took that chance to slowly put my hand in his, enjoying the warmth that came from it. He squeezed my


    hand back in reply.


    Suddenly, Nick and ke both put a hand on their ear-pieces, listening in to the radio from who I


    assumed was the other members. "Most of the opposing members are down. We had some surrender.


    It won''t be long until this is finally over." Nick announces which makes me sigh in relief.


    "By the way sis," Nick starts,


    "Hmm?"


    "How the hell did you get London and Sydney here?" He asked, truly bewildered which amused me all


    the more, but apart of me was concerned.


    I tilted my head to the side to emphasise my worry. "Have you forgotten that I live in a mansion, Nick?


    I''m rich!" I startughing when I see the look of realisation hit his face. "When you first said that London


    and Syndey wouldn''t be able to make it with the costs and distance, it was in my house! Maybe it was


    the stress, I don''t know, but I knew right away that getting a private jet and having them arrive wasn''t a


    big deal and since you werepletely out of it, I decided to surprise you!"


    This time all three of us burst outughing, I caught Liam chuckling along too.


    ---


    It was safe to say that after hours of fighting, our side finally won. Everyone who opposed us was


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    knocked out safely and fortunately we had some peoplee with us willingly.


    It was 7 pm when we got back to the meetup sight where we set up camp and waited for everyone to


    wake up. As soon as they did, this was going to turn into a huge stepping stone for Nick. He talked to


    me before about what he was nning but whether he''ll y it out or not, I''m not sure.


    I sat down in a private little area, away from everyone for a bit, drinking some water and clearing my


    thoughts when someone took a seat next to me.


    "You okay?" ke asked calmly. I wanted to tell him I was fine but...I couldn''t. I knew the guilt would


    eat me up inside if I didn''t tell him about how Tyler had touched me, even if it meant it would change


    things between us.


    I shook my head negatively in reply, sighing slightly, before telling him. I told him the truth about what


    happened, how it happened, what I had to do as a result of what happened and although, for the most


    part, I didn''t care, after I told him my hands were shaking.


    I didn''t want to look up at him because if he was disgusted or angry, I didn''t want to see those emotions


    in his eyes but he made me look up anyway. I shut my eyes tightly but,


    "Look at me," he says which makes me open them and I see nothing but love.


    "What he did to you was disgusting and cruel, he deserved everything he got back and that doesn''t


    make you any less strong and beautiful. You don''t need to worry, you will always be mine, okay?" He


    whispers before kissing my forehead.


    It took everything in me not to cry as I smiled and said, "Okay."


    "BOO!"


    I almost jumped out of my skin, letting my reflexes act and swinging a punch at whoever had tried to


    scare us. To no surprise, it was Jake who was now holding a bloody nose, moaning in pain.


    "Sweeetheaarrrrtttt, it was just a joke. This hurts you know! I hurt all over!" Heined his whole


    body swinging towards us again. I chuckled a little,


    "Should have thought about that before you decided to scare us, but I''m sorry J," He grinned back at


    me after that.


    "It''s okay! Also, I was meaning to tell you that the gang is awake and Nick is going to talk to us all now."


    I nodded and together all three of us made our way to the giant campfire where Nick was now standing


    in the middle. Nick turned back and looked at me for confirmation. I nodded back at him, giving him my


    full support. He then turned and looked at all of his members, all of who whether they liked him or not,


    was listening intently, waiting for what he was going to say.


    "As of today, I am disbanding The Skulls and Bones Gang!"