Chapter 27

Rupert looked at the younger man thoughtfully as he sat back on the bed.

Ricky let Cara and Reni cuddle back up to him and said sorry to them softly as he held them. He might not love them, but he did care for them. Rupert didn’t know why the young man was saying sorry, but the girls obviously did.

He was still finding it incredible that the sneaky little bugger had managed to impregnate the same three women that he thought he had. To be cuckolded by the husband of one of the women he had claimed was an insult in itself. So much for him being in charge.

The fact that Cara was also in love with Ricky was another. Until he had gotten carried away with being the King of this planet, she had been his girl for five years. To now hear her say that she would rather fuck the Egyptian than him, really hurt.

Rupert scrubbed his face. He wondered what the hell had gone wrong for him. He’d had such grand plans for the planet when he found it. He knew he wasn’t innocent, but even so, some of the things he had done were not normal even for him. It was all fucked up in his head.

Something Dusty had said came to mind, and he said to Ricky, “So what is it that the cuffs think you are guilty of if you’re such a goody-two-shoes?”

Ricky turned his head to face Rupert and replied, “Murder.”

Rupert frowned, “I don’t remember ordering you to kill anyone?”

“No, you didn’t. I made that decision myself,” Ricky replied.

“So, who did you kill?” Rupert asked with interest.

The girls also sat up and looked at Ricky with interest, as this was news to them, too.

Ricky grinned slyly and then looked Rupert in the eyes, “Eduardo and Jameson.”

“What?” Rupert said as he shot to his feet and gripped the bars tightly. He gapped at the man he had considered weak and impotent.

Ricky said nonchalantly, “Did you know that there was quicksand not more than 100m from your old compound and on the way to the caves?”

“Quicksand? What has it to do with you murdering two of my men?” Rupert asked in confusion.

They had all believed that the men had gotten lost in the swamp when looking for food. Not that he had missed them. They had a bad habit of brutalising their victims and even leaving them maimed. They would backhand the kids for just looking at them.

“Damn shame they fell in. I happily stood there and watched them drown. I probably could have saved them, but I just couldn’t find a reason to do so. It was not a nice death, choking on wet sand, and they didn’t go willingly.”

“I think it is the fact that I pushed Jameson back in when he nearly made it out that has me in trouble with the cuff. I don’t regret it for a minute. They were raping sons-of-bitches and the scum of the earth.”

“I just decided that the earth could have them back. I even did a little happy dance after I watched Jameson go under for the third time and not come back up,” Ricky spat at Rupert.

Rupert was impressed despite himself.

Cara slapped Ricky playfully.

“Damn, our boy really does have teeth. Hey Sayyad, I bet he was just itching to take you to the caves too,” laughed Cara harshly, loving the irony that Ricky had not saved two of the men who had raped him.

Sayyad paled but didn’t answer. Ricky had already expressed how he felt about him, and now he didn’t doubt that the young man would have his revenge if given a chance.

He and his two friends had raped a lot of the men. Jameson in particular, had taken a fancy to Ricky and had done him a couple of times before Cara had claimed him and warned Jameson off.

The girls and Ricky looked down when they heard a click. The cuff appeared on Ricky’s wrist and then it disappeared as it fell off.

“What the fuck?” Cara said in surprise.

The prisoners were further surprised when Ricky also disappeared.

Dusty and James had been listening to the conversation between the prisoners.

“Ow, fuck!” swore Ricky, as his arse bounced on the lounge chair he had appeared on.

He looked around in surprise and then noticed the two High Mages sitting on the longer lounge that was across from his.

He swallowed before saying, “Sorry, you caught me by surprise.”

Dusty grinned. “That is so cool. We’ve never transported anyone like that before.”

Ricky paled and swallowed again. If MPs who were mages could do what they had just done, no wonder they had the reputation of always getting the criminal. It was a hell of a way to make you not run away if you knew they could just zap you back to them.

“Hi, Ricky. I’m James, and the lovely redhead is my wife, Dusty. She is in charge of this little escapade and has been given judicial rights to deal with any prisoners however she wishes.”

“What do you mean, deal with?” Ricky asked with worry.

“Well, we just got relayed a message from HQ on Earth. Apparently, my application to become a Judge assigned to UNSEC has gone through. As long as I can justify my decisions, I have the right to deal with anyone who displeases UNSEC and me.”

“Queen Lee has also afforded me such rights as far as compliance with her Charter and for dealing with magical people who behave badly. In this system and Terra’s system, Sol 2.”

“The people here who have claimed this continent as theirs have also appointed me as Judge Advocate until they can get their own law system in place. The fact that some of the crimes committed happened on the continent that I now own also gives me the right to deal with the lawbreakers,” Dusty told him.