Four or Dead by G O A

Four or Dead Asher...Present

"Dad," I say when I step in and make my way to my father's desk and plopping down in one of the seats

"Asher. To what do I owe the pleasure?" My father asks setting down his phone and facing me with his businessman's face on

I try to remember the moment the father I had known turned into this

Someone who can look at his son with no affection at all

"Have you seen the video?" I ask him

He gives me a confused look and leans back in his seat. "What video?"

I pull out my phone and open the video before turning it and reaching across the desk to show him

He leans forward again and watches the video carefully. I watch his furrowed eyebrows deepen as the video goes on. The second Emma appears his eyes go wide and he looks up at me

"What I ask?" Something's clicked with him and now he has a panicked look on his face

He doesn't answer me and instead grabs his phone and quickly makes a call

"Tony. Emma sent us a message. The last hit, she was there and she saw one of the cameras." My father falls silent for a second while I try to make sense of what he's going on about. "We need to get her out now."

He hangs up the call and tosses his phone hard on the desk before standing and raking his hands through his hair

"What the hell is going on dad?" I ask, losing my patience

I hate when he keeps things from me and it's clear that something is going on that I don't know about

He leans his arms against his desk and drops his head for a moment

When he lifts his head again the man looking back at me reminds me so much of who he used to be

"Emma's in trouble. What she did was a signal she and Tony came up with. If she had an opportunity to send a message there was a few ways she could use it. She must have noticed the cameras and realized it was a chance to get a message to us." My dad explains as he paces

"What does that signal mean? How much danger is she in?" I growl out

He stops his pacing and I can see just how worried he is and it immediately has me panicked. I❞

"Things must be really bad for her to use that message." He says simply and I feel like a knife has been thrown through my heart

Emma's in trouble and I thought she had betrayed us. Is she even still alive? How bad is she hurting while I was so far in my own head?

Tony bursts in suddenly and for a second it startles me

"Boss we got a problem." He says making his way to the TV and turning it on

A news station is on and a picture of Emma smiling is there on the

screen

"Reports say that Miss Hanson has been sent to a facility for a rest before she takes on her new role in the company that her fiancée founded. When asked about her condition Mr. Dalton had this to

say.... Emma has been through a lot of stress with this new transition and wedding planning. I thought she would enjoy a little time away to have a rest. I assure you my fiancée is well-taken care of...... While many believe his word to be true, some speculate that there is trouble in paradise for the couple already..." My dad turns off the TV and curses under his breath

"He's moving her. She could be anywhere by now." My dad's voice starts to rise. "What do we have to go off of?"

"We've been able to break a couple of his men thanks to the boys. There are three main locations that Zane uses. The problem is that not all of his men have complete access except for his personal security. They know the basics about the few locations they've been allowed to see. We don't know in which location they have Emma and we have no way of

knowing how to get in and out. A few words from a couple of low-level men isn't enough to go off of." Tony says with a sigh of defeat

"We need to hit them all and take out as many men as possible. If we're prepared for every outcome it won't matter how much we know. It's not the smartest plan but we have no other choice." I firmly remind them

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"He's right. If we wait any longer we may learn more or we may not. By the time we know Emma could be dead." Tony agrees

My dad is sitting again and has a look of contemplation on his face

When he comes back from wherever his mind is he nods

"Okay let's do it. Tell everyone to be ready. Everyone. I want to overwhelm the locations before Zane has a chance to fight back. We might only have one chance to get the upper hand here. Where is the first location?" My dad asks

"A hotel in the city." He says and it clicks then that Emma's location had been hovering in the middle of the city near an area well known for its luxury hotels

"We tracked her to a location but we weren't able to get a floor or room obviously but when we spoke to her she described it as gold dripping everywhere," I add in

"I know which hotel it is." Tony says with a hint of hope in his voice

"Good. Let's get ready." My dad says with a nod and Tony starts making

some calls

We knew we were grasping at straws here. This could get us all killed

Our lack of knowledge is a major disadvantage but if it means getting Emma back I don't give a damn

I will be spending the rest of my life making it up to her for thinking for one second that she was against us. Leo believed in her and the rest of us hesitated. I want to hate Leo for knowing our girl better than us but what makes me even angrier is that we didn't try harder to learn everything about her

How well did we even know her? I thought I did but I realize now that Emma was always putting her best face on for us. She hated that we were keeping things from her but she never said a word. We pushed her away and didn't even care. We don't deserve her, but....Leo does

He loved her first. They were best friends and we forced him to turn on her. She could have been happy with him and we ruined that. There was a lot for us to discuss the moment we have Emma back with usContent is property of NôvelDrama.Org.

Like maybe she would be better off... without us. Logan, Jayden, and I didn't deserve her. \°

Maybe we can send her and Leo away when this is all over..')

Speaking of..

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Some of the head guys join us and the rest of my crew files in behind them. Leo looks pissed and makes a show of separating from us and focusing his gaze on my dad

"We got a message from Emma. She's in trouble and we have no intel on exactly where she is. However, we know a few of Zane's properties

Each of you takes as many guys as you can and we are going to hit each one until we find her." My dad pauses for a second and his expression turns darker. "Try to get someone to spill where she is and...kill without prejudice. Let's go."

The men all shout out their agreements before turning and leaving the room. My guys stay out and wait for our assignment

"There is one location that we got that could be where Zane plans on hiding Emma but according to our source, the location is hard to find

It's in a large wooded area with no path leading to it. The source said Zane choppers in, never drives. It's going to be tough to find but I'm sure you guys can handle it. I'll send the estimated location to your phones. Let's find her." My dad pulls out a drawer next to him and pulls out his gun and another. He removes his suit jacket and places them in his holsters before putting his jacket back on

"We're on it," I say and turn to give the guys a nod

Jayden and Logan turn and head out the door. My dad walks around me and leaves to until I'm alone with Leo

"Hey, can we put the attitude away until this is done? We need to be a

team right now." I say maybe a little too harshly but I'm in no mood to deal with his attitude right now

He scoffs at me. "I told you she wouldn't betray us. You claim to love her and then you believe so easily that she wouldn't fight for us. You're a piece of shit Asher and you don't deserve her love, but she is a better person than all of us. She won't stop loving you no matter what you do

Don't ruin that Asher. She deserves better than that."

He turns on his heels and leaves

I stay a moment longer and let out a sigh. Emma means everything to me and I'm ready to prove that even if I lose her in the end

T'll leave a trail of bodies on my way to find her if that's what it takes

Zane has no idea how far we're willing to go for her but he's about to find out