Sam Spade 22 Case Of The Undercover Takeover Pt 01

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Author's note: This story has been spans a couple parts and includes the Musician's back story. This story has been edited. Thanks Ed! Any errors you now find are my fault for not following his notes.

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I was sitting alone in my office feeling the weight of the world pressing down on my shoulders. It was bad enough that Leanne and through her, all my wives and followers witnessed my breakdown. Then to top it off, May Song, a woman I felt closer to than anyone save Angela asked her and my sister wives to marry. That I wanted her made no difference, her path with Mi Ling kitty was to be a different one. Rather than facing that mess, I asked to be alone so I could get my act together.

I was sitting there resting my head on the desk with my eyes closed when I heard the office door open. After a minute I heard Angela say, "Sam, Benny Wabash is here to see you." When I didn't even look at her she added, "Are you going to feel sorry for yourself all day or are you going to work?"

I looked up at her and said, "Angela, you know damn well I never turned down work." I sighed and then added, "What's Benny want this time?"

Angela shrugged her shoulders and replied, "He wouldn't say. He only said he needed to talk to you in person." She lowered her voice, "I smell a rat so watch yourself."

Over the years, Benny had come in and fed me little tidbits of inside information. He knew everyone and for some reason everyone talked in front of him. As a snitch, he excelled and managed to stay on the sidelines without one side or the other taking him out. Wiping my eyes, I took a couple deep calming breaths and said, "Show him in."

Angela opened the door and Benny came rushing in. "Spade, you got to help me." He said quickly.

"Benny, have a drink, take a breath and tell me what the problem is," I replied pulling out a bottle and a couple of glasses. Benny always seemed high strung, but this was new level even for him. I poured two glasses and handed one to him. Before I could take a sip of mine, he finished his drink. Sliding the bottle over I said, "Talk to me Benny."

"Now that Don Bruce is gone and you have taken over the northeast, Don Miguel from Miami has sent a kill squad to take you and anyone associated with you out." He looked at Angela, "You may be good Angela, but against this group you don't stand a chance." He looked at me and added, "Since everyone knows me and my relationship with you, I am on the kill list also."

"I wouldn't worry about them Benny," Angela replied. "Sam took out the Brotherhood of Light without too much problem."

I took another sip and said, "Benny, do you need cash to disappear or would you rather be under my protection while I deal with good old Don Miguel." I had run afoul of Don Miguel more than once over the years. Uncle Gomez and Uncle Marty had used me as a test subject for a new drug. It made the person who took it act and do anything for the people around them. It was only later that I realized that the pair of elderly men who had drugged me were Don Miguel and Don Amech. I really liked Marty, as I referred to Don Amech, the old head of the east coast mob. To my shame I had been indirectly the cause of his death. I had just rescued and fallen in love Cindy and her parents had taken her away from me. Needing someone to talk to I had called Marty. He in turn rushed to come see me and on the way Lenny's men took him out. Once he was out of the way Lenny declared himself Don Bruce. Now I had a chance to pay back Uncle Gomez for drugging me. What that payback was, I still wasn't sure but I knew it wasn't going to be pleasant.

I realized that Benny had been talking and was waiting for a reply. "I'm sorry Benny, could you repeat that last part. I was wool gathering."

"I was asking what do you think I should do?" he said after a worried glance at Angela.

"Take a long vacation overseas. That way you can lose yourself in the crowds. When things die down here, you can return safe and sound." I looked at Angela and then pulled out my comcard. Handing it to him I said, "There's about one hundred g's in the account. Don't make large withdraws and you should be safe."

"I don't know how to thank you," Benny started.

I lifted my hand, "Benny you have always helped me when I needed it. Let me help you for once." I looked at Angela, "Take Benny to the airport and make sure he gets on a plane to London safely. First class."

She looked at me as if I lost my mind for a second before nodding, "Okay Sam. Come on Benny." She said heading to the door.

"But my clothes and stuff," he said to her.

"Buy new. We need to get you somewhere safe first," Angela replied as she led him out.

The minute the door closed I called home. I told Sue Ann that Benny now had my card and to make sure it was fine for him to use it for a total of one hundred thousand dollars. I could hear her typing and her reply, "Okay Samantha, it's all set up."

Mentally Sue Ann asked, "Goddess, why the call instead of just telling me like this?"

"Because Sam thinks the phone is bugged," Angela's voice replied in our heads. "Sue Ann I am giving him my card and taking the Goddess's back." She paused and added, "Woody? May I give him your gift?"

"Yes Angel," I replied mentally. I could tell when the spirit of my dead Angela came forward from where she resided inside the android Angela. She referred to me by pet names we used in high school.

I heard the outer door slam open and started to duck when the inner door of my office opened. Several men burst in and opened fire with automatic weapons. They sprayed the office and desk with their bullets for what seemed like hours before finally stopping. I listened to the sounds of them rushing off before sitting up and looking around. "Well shit," I said as I surveyed the damage. All of the chairs, the little couch, and my desk looked like Swiss cheese. Going over to the window I looked out just in time to see three men jump into a car.

"Jade, some jokers just shot up my office. They got in a dark green a car and are headed west on 4

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street. Track it and have someone deal with them when they stop.

"As you command goddess," Jade replied.

No sooner had I said that someone shot up the office, Kitten showed up, "Momma hurt?"

"No baby cat, momma not hurt," I replied. Sitting down I looked at the bottle untouched on the desk. "Come sit on my lap Kitten." She turned into a little black cat and rushed over to jump on my lap. As she snuggled in I stroked her sleek fur slowly. "Kitten, please don't interfere with people's love lives again. It upsets me."

Kitten was about to remind her momma that there are bigger things at stake than pride. But she saw the hurt in Samantha's eyes and could feel the weight she was carrying. So instead of fighting it she simply said, "Kitten will be good." She would have to talk to her sisters and find a way to help without it looking like they were helping.

We were still sitting there when Fats came in quickly with a little snub nosed .38 in his pudgy hand. Right behind him were a pair of gorillas in suits. I wanted to ask where he found them. Every time I have seen him, his bodyguards have been larger. Of course they still fall down just as quickly. But still...

Fat's stopped at the sight of the destroyed office and Spade sitting calmly behind her desk petting a cat of all things. "Spade, we need to get you out of here now!"

"Calm down Fat's, have a drink or three." I replied with a smile. "I already know about the kill team.'

"Not team but teams, they are hitting the capos and anyone attached to you. But you and Angela are on top of the lists for all of the teams." He paused. When Sam wouldn't get up he added, "Come on Samantha, I couldn't face Robert in Heaven if I let his little girl get killed without at least trying to save her." Fats begged. He turned his head slightly, "Make sure the way out is clear. We'll go out the back way."

I gathered Kitten in my arms and stood, "Okay Fat's lead the way." I knew he helped bring me back, but didn't realize he and my father were close. If nothing else going with him would give me a chance to pump more information from him.

I followed him out and down the stairs. Instead of going out the front we turned towards the back. There at the door waiting was May Song. Fat's brought up his pistol and I pulled his arm down and said, "May Song's with me Fat's"

He looked at her and then back at me before nodding, "Okay this way."

May Song looked at the large man with the goddess and then the other two behind him, "Are you sure you can trust him Samantha?"

"With my life," I replied. "It's a long story but yes big sister," I added mentally to her.

Fats hustled us into a car and as we rode silently, I sat with Kitten on my lap. I looked down at her and said mentally, "Why don't you go play with your sisters. Make sure that Mi Ling kitty understands that I accept her and having May Song as her person and momma."

Kitten looked up and said, "I .... Yes momma." This was not a time for her to push anything. She needed to talk to her sister Tigress and then the pair of them talk to Mi Ling kitty

Fats noticed that the little black cat was missing and looked around the backseat. Finally, he turned to Samantha and asked, "Where did your cat go?"

"Oh Kitten goes where she wants. I expect she is off having a chat with her sisters to discuss how to get around my orders without getting into trouble again." I replied.

Fats looked at her not understanding but didn't push it, they had bigger problems than a cat. He had heard reports of her little cat that would disappear and appear out of thin air. Instead he said, "I can get you to a little airport off the island. From there you can fly to any of the hubs and to safety. Once we drop you off, go to the last hanger and ask for Robin, and tell them Little John sent you." He paused and then added, "Robin is a little rough around the edges Samantha, but you can trust her."

"My little sister will be fine," May Song replied simply.

He looked at the oriental woman and then at Samantha, "I didn't know you had a sister. Just how many sisters do you have Samantha?"

"I'm not sure to tell you the truth Fats. But have two that matter to me, May Song here is mother's first born and my big sister. Then there is Jane, she is my half-sister and finally me... The runt of the group." I smiled at him and then her, "I am blessed to have May Song beside me now."

"More like I am the one who is blessed," May Song replied aloud.

"I don't know if a blessing is what I would call being around Spade is," Fat's said with a laugh. He sobered up and said in a low serious voice, "Take care of your little sister May Song and trust no one." He looked at me and added in a whisper, "The man from the south put a 100k new dollar bounty on your head."

"I guess I should go down and see him in person and collect it myself," I replied coldly. I thought for a moment and then said mentally, "Fa, rally your brother and any others you want or need and then try to make peace with the clan that refused to join." I paused and then said, "Heather, once Lady and or Arianne are awake find the night walker situation. Do we need to remove those who can reach our family before they think to attack? Have them and any of your sisters who can help, help them do what need to be done."

I paused once more and looked at May Song. Mentally I said to her and through her everyone else, "Sisters and daughters, we have a tiger by the tail and if we don't stop it now, the war all fear will happen no matter what we do. So if you must act, act without reserve or compassion." I looked down and continued, "It takes a lot to take a life. So if you find you cannot, then tell Heather or Leanne, they in turn will pass on to me or my wives who will deal with it." Raising my eyes to look at her I added, "There is no fault to be found is you not being able to take a life, so do not fear on that count. Always be true to yourself."

"Goddess, the male you had me soak with his axe, Cichol, has asked to be allowed to take up his axe and join you," Heather replied.

"Once I know where, yes," I replied after a moment.

A few minutes later the car slowed and turned into a small airport. It drove over to the hangers and stopped before one. "Be careful Sam," he said knowing full well where she would head. Instead of running, she was going to take the war to Don Miguel.

Walking over to the hanger, I looked in the big open doors and saw a twin engine prop plane. Beside it was a woman with long fiery red hair and wearing a jumpsuit who was wiping a wing down with a cloth. After a moment she turned and saw May Song and I watching her.

Robin was wiping her plane down and caught sight of a pair of women watching her from the open doors of the hanger. "Who the hell are you two?" The pair moved forward and she realized the man was in fact a woman.

"I'm looking for Robin," I said as I walked forward with May Song beside me. We reached her and I added "Little John sent me."

So this was the one, she thought to herself. But to make sure she said, "You must be Spade." She looked at the smaller oriental woman before adding, "Who are you?"

Before I could reply May Song said simply, "Death."

"You don't look much like dea..." Robin started to say when the small woman's hand reached out and began choking her. She could feel her fingernails acting like daggers in her neck.

She pulled the woman close and said in a voice that reeked of death, "You will be respectful to the goddess or I will send you to your ancestors. May Song threw the pilot away from her and added coldly, "Now human, you have one more chance before I feed on your heart."

Sam Spade was the goddess? She could make a fortune selling that little tidbit, Robin thought to herself. Between that and handing the woman over to Don Miguel, she would be set for life. She looked up at the oriental woman and then Spade and rolled over until she was kneeling. Touching her head to the concrete she said, "I live to serve. How can this lowly human serve you, Goddess?"

"You think it's that easy?" Angela said walking forward with Cichol beside her. She looked down at the woman and said, "I am known as Angela, the goddess's angel of death." She looked at May Song and smiled, "Though my sister May Song, may have me beat when it comes to granting death to you."

Robin knew she had to tread lightly or else she would end up dead. She looked up and started to say, "Please have mercy..." She lost her voice when she saw the large man holding a huge battle axe. Suddenly a memory from her childhood rose up. While she had been born in the United States, she had spent every summer in Ireland with her grandmother. All the way up until she graduated high school she had gone to live with the old woman. While her parents were relaxed Christians, her grandmother followed the old ways and had schooled her on the Celtic gods. She knew she was looking at the god of war and whimpered. "My lord I didn't realize."

Cichol held up his hand and stopped the woman. He looked at the goddess and said, "Goddess, allow Erin and I to prove our worth to you."

I was going to say no but Angela said to me mentally, "Say yes Samantha."

"Very well Cichol. Prove to me that you and Erin are worthy to walk beside me into the lion's den." I said choosing my words carefully.

He walked forward and around the woman kneeling. "Oh how you have fallen false daughter," he said angrily. He spun and the great axe flashed as it sheared through the tail of the airplane and buried itself into the concrete below.

Robin knew she was screwed when the axe went through the tail of her beloved plane like a laser cutting beam. The tail section fell to the ground with a loud crash and she jumped slightly. "Please lord, have mercy on me," she said glancing at him and then away.

"Mercy?" Cichol said pulling the axe from the floor as if the concrete was nothing more than water. "Where was your mercy when our priestess was too sick to preform mass and asked you to step in?" He swung and brought down the axe right next to her to slam it into the concrete. He pulled it free and said coldly, "Where was your mercy when your nana, lay dying and begged you to perform the last rites for her soul?" He slammed the axe into the concrete on her other side. Pulling it free he roared, "But most of all where was your Mercy when you hid her jewelry and our sacred chalice so you could sell later?" He slammed the axe into the ground just before her. "Erin thirsts for the blood of a black heart. She will make right the wrong you have done."

Robin knew all he had said was true. She refused when her grandmother asked her to say mass in her place. When her grandmother lay dying, she had said sure she would perform the last rites and then went out drinking instead as the old woman died alone. Then arriving home, had ransacked the house and hidden goodies before her relatives could come claim them. She never imagined that her crazy grandmother had been right about the old gods. "Please don't kill me," was all she could say.

"May Song, what judgment would you say?" I asked her.

"Let Erin feed," May song said coldly. "Human, be thankful it will be the axe. If it were up to me your death would take an eternity."

"Angela?"

"Goddess, I know you will give her a second chance and normally I would agree. But this one is not worth saving." Angela said. "Pass your judgment and be done with it."

I caught sight of someone in the shadows and said, "What say you Musician?"

The others turned quickly as a girl not much older than 19, dressed in a skirt and pleasant blouse stepped forward. In her hand was a violin and bow. Behind her were two other girls dressed like her that followed behind. "Goddess, it is not my place to pass judgment on her."

"Just as there are different types of music than yours, there are people who follow a different path. What would you say to one who has lost her way such as this one? Show me you are worthy." I replied. I didn't understand why she and the others were here but was going to use the tools I had.

"Sister, you must turn over a new leaf." The musician said trying to find words. Suddenly the woman's mind lay open to her and she saw the kneeling woman was planning on betraying the goddess even now. "I feel sorry for you." She looked at the Goddess, "Sometimes you can't fix a problem."

"Sometimes you need to think outside the box," I replied. Turning to May Song I asked, "Remember where we talked alone? Take her there." I looked at Robin, "I hope you find your way Robin. It pains me to know that even when facing death, you are still trying to screw me over."

"Where did you send her? Death Valley?" Angela asked.

"Stone Hinge when it was new," The musician replied for me. She looked at the others and then turned back to the Goddess. "I understand giving her a second chance. But why throw her back in time?"

May Song appeared and said, "Little sister, the goddess always gives others a chance to change their ways. In this case, that useless human will learn to follow the old ways or die from her deceit. My question is why are you three here?"