“Very funny. I’m not amused with the ‘Beard’ showing up to intimidate.”
Rachel, like Jean, saw the cold blooded killer flow over Nick’s features. “Hey… did you just insult me? After all we’ve been through, I would figure you’d assume I can handle myself. Flo saved his ass. I had my pepper-spray in the other hand. One more word from Majd, and I would have sprayed him and her until they dropped, after which I zap until all movement stops.”
Nick grinned and nodded. He sipped his refreshed drink. “There’s too much Islamist intimidation crap going on. This place is beginning to resemble the idiot European Union nations that don’t have armed citizens, importing the Islamic plague into their midst. Their own citizens, terrorized daily by these assholes, have actually begun knuckling under to the lunatics. They have Islamic No-Go zones now, where police have to ask permission to enter. Did you bunch know the French allow these troglodytes to burn nearly a thousand cars of citizens on New Year’s Eve since the ‘Arab Spring’ bullshit. Laugh now, but I’m rethinking my stance on mimicry. We’re not the French. We don’t surrender our identities and culture to a bunch of Islamic throat-slitting cowards. You’re lucky Nazari didn’t have you arrested for a hate crime, Rach.”
“Cala and I are with you, Muerto,” Johnny said. “It is a mistake to laugh this plague off. They will continue to infiltrate our country like locusts, destroying everything in their path. I wish I could have seen you frighten away the bearded pussy, Rachel. He surely would have tried to humiliate you.”
“No one intimidates or humiliates me, Johnny,” Rachel replied with calming tones. “I understand the threat. I also knows it’s related to the upswing in missions against terrorist ghouls you guys have been involved in. Let me make this clear – I don’t care how many innocent Islamic dupes there are. I adhere to the old cliché: go to bed with dogs and wake up with fleas. I’m not ready to execute Flo and Majd, but I don’t plan on letting them threaten Jean or me.”
“A woman in one of those burka things walked by me yesterday,” Tina said. “I was dressed a little for the warm day in something Gus likes to see. She muttered ‘disgusting’, thinking I didn’t hear her.”
“I stopped Tina from grabbing her by the throat,” Gus admitted. “I was in the wrong. I’m beginning to believe we need to intimidate them. The ones who don’t like our culture need to get the hell out of the country.”
“Just so we’re on the same page and we don’t stir the ‘Daughter of Darkness’ into a rampage,” Nick said, “I want to keep the Nazaris in our purview at all times from now on. I don’t like what I’m hearing. Lately, when I don’t like what I’m hearing about the Middle Eastern contingent of our citizenry or illegal aliens, I get violent thoughts. School just started. Let’s cool this conflagration until we gather more information on what the Nazaris are trying to do. I detest the indoctrination aspect and that is exactly what the new crap with ‘Common Core’ is trying to institute.”
“I’m in for the walk to school,” Gus said. “It will be interesting to see whether this Majd guy begins showing in the mornings with his wife. Deke’s been neglected anyway. He needs to make the jaunt over to the school.”
“I wish to come too,” Johnny said. “The Cleaner will accompany me in case we have any trouble from Flo.”
“Yes! I will handle Flo,” Cala agreed.
Nick leaned back, hands gliding over the close cropped hair at his scalp. “This will not be escalated to a war at the elementary school. It’s a nice walk. We’re going to look like a parade with all of us going. That said, anyone wishing to accompany us to school is welcome, but with reservations. We don’t want confrontations at the school, especially now since I had to cover for Viper and Cracker with a killing.”
“Oh… that is so wrong!” Jean stood with hands on hips. “Cracker and I investigated a dangerous situation. We assisted in a police matter. We should get a medal for shining a light on those leg-breakers. Also there’s no way the police get a conviction without our evidence.”
“True,” Nick agreed, “but you need to confer with me about any surveillance gigs you get interested in. As to the school problem, I’d like you to stay away from Flo. Let’s cool things down. We’ll try the live and let live response for the time being, okay?”