Fosters: Blackhawk

by L. Ann Marie

  Fosters: Blackhawk

  Blackhawk Club Kids

  Copyright 2015 L.Ann Marie

  Published by L.Ann Marie at Smashwords

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  Acknowledgement

  For my beta readers, thank you for keeping me straight!

  The information on Indigo and Crystal children came from conversations with a friend. She told me about them when we noticed Down syndrome and autistic kids seeming to know about things that hadn’t happened yet. A reader gave me more information about her experiences. I added and stretched what I could and made up the rest.

  The Mohegan language you find is actual quotes and phrases, I thought was interesting. I found a document when I was looking up some genealogy; I saved the Word Document created in 2006. I have no other information on the document or who created it, there is no certificate attached to it. It is a bit of that useless information I find interesting. It could all be jibberish created by a second grader for all I know.

  Any people or names that appear come from my imagination. I make them up as I go along.

  Enjoy the book!

  Table of Contents

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter Twenty One

  Chapter Twenty Two

  Chapter Twenty Three

  Chapter Twenty Four

  Chapter Twenty Five

  Chapter Twenty Six

  Chapter Twenty Seven

  Other

  Connect

  FYI

  Cloud was burned by a woman he was ready to marry. Since then he’s concentrated on his obligations to work, the MC and his people on the reservation. He has been spending more time with the MC so he can get closer to his cousin the VP, Steve Knight and his family. He found him a couple of years ago and was shocked that he had family he had never met. Being raised by his grandparents on the reservation wasn’t even close to being bad but he has always longed for more family.

  He hopes to get Steve and his family to embrace their Native culture and heritage. He would be proud to introduce them to his tribe. Steve spends time with Cloud but not enough to learn of his people, the Mohegan tribe of Connecticut. Cloud isn’t giving up though.

  Getting over Mia he decides it’s time to start looking for a woman that would accept him, his heritage, his job and his MC. Once he finds her he needs to convince her to have kids to fill the house he built for his future family. His buddies on the reservation think he’s nuts and warn him of bringing a woman to the seven bedroom house he built. Maybe finding that woman won’t be easy but he’s got the time.

  CJ lived in care. She hated almost all the homes she was in except the last. She spent three years learning what it means to have a family. Her foster parents were in a car accident just after she aged out and the kids moved to the west coast with relatives. She misses them and could use their help and advice from time to time. She met an elderly aunt through friends and finally had family that was her own. When her aunt died she left her house to CJ and she was able to open a second group home and take more kids that needed to learn what a family is. She loves her job and her life as a foster parent. Her lying cheating husband does not. Once he took everything he wanted from her he ran off with the kids’ caseworker telling her how inept she was and she’s no good at anything but being a stay at home mom. She gave up on men convinced no one else would want to deal with her life and job. She wasn’t leaving the kids or her job for a man so she’s resigned to live single. She hoped for at least a date here and there but it just not in the cards for her.

  This is the story of Cloud and CJ.

  Chapter One

  CJ

  "Oh fuck!" What the hell is going on? The kids are running wild, a helicopter is circling, my clean friggin clothes are flying around the yard and Joey is tipped over with a towel on her face. I run to Joey lifting her wheelchair from her back. It sounds like she's crying, shit. I lift her into her chair and pull the towel. She's friggin laughing. The helicopter is hovering on the side of the house. Motorcycles are pulling into the yard. This has got to be a candid camera episode. I look around for the rest of the kids. A big guy has Christian, "Stay here Joey." I run to the biker dude. "Take your hands off him!" The guy is giant, he looks at me then back at Christian. I pull Christian away from him and kick him in the balls. Maybe english is his second language but it isn’t mine. "Keep your hands off my kid." I tell Christian to get to Joey. More friggin giants come closer. I yell at them to stay back and stay away from my kids. There's a huge crash in the house. Fuck!

  I turn and run toward the house, a giant catches me around my waist. "Whoa little ninja. There's a fugitive in there. The guys will get him out then you can go in." He lifts me off the ground and holds me against him. Who the hell are these guys? I bend at the waist and swing up with my elbow twisting around I kick him as hard as I can. He doubles over and I run for the door. Jacob and Jeremy are in the house.

  "Jacob, Jeremy! Come to me boys. I'm coming in the front, come to me boys!" I make the door and get lifted again. "What is with you friggin giant people? I need to get my kids out of here. They're going to be scared to death! Get your fuckin hands off me!" He puts his hand over my mouth. I bite the bastard. The giant takes a step in and slides, in slow motion he falls flat on his back with me on top of him. I push off and stand up turning; I take a step and slide. I land a few feet away on my back. Fuck! I hear the boys yell then a crash has the whole friggin house shaking. "Shit!" I try to move, men are running through the house, the boys are screaming. At least the damn helicopter is gone. Someone lifts me up, I turn and see a huge Indian in cargo pants and black polo. This is the friggin weirdest thing that has ever happened to anyone on the damn planet and I still don't know what the hell is going on.

  "Two boys are in a room upstairs screaming, they won't let anyone near them." He throws me over his shoulder and carries me upstairs. I'm too friggin stunned to do anything but wait for him to put me down. He walks to the old rooms and stops in front of the door the boys are screaming behind. He sets me down gently and turns me around. Holy friggin shit he's scary. The boys scream for help reminding me they need me.

  "Jacob, Jeremy! It's CJ I'm opening the door." I turn the nob and open the door slow. "I'm right here guys." When the door is halfway open I see them in the corner between the dresser and the wall. They're crying. "I'm right here guys. Nothing bad is going to happen, I'm here." I walk closer slowly. I don't stop talking, when I make it to the dresser I sit on the floor. "Jacob can you reach my hand?" I put it out for him. He doesn't move. "Baby, I'm right here, if you put your hand out you can reach me. You can do it Jacob." He moves his hand from Jeremy and reaches for me. "Good boy, hold Jeremy for me Jacob." They calm down enough to li
sten. We hear a crash and they start crying again. "I know baby, it's scary but I'm right here. We can do this together right?" Jacob nods. I pull his arm toward me, he holds onto Jeremy and they both slide closer to me. Another crash and they're on my lap. I'm talking trying to keep them calm, still wondering what the hell is going on.

  The Indian giant moves into the room, "pretty brave boys coming out with all this craziness going on." He says gently, his voice is soothing. I look up at him. He looks tense. "Do you think we can go see the other kids, there's a little girl in a wheelchair looking for her boys?" Jacob looks at him and holds onto me tighter.

  "Sounds like Joey is looking for you Jacob. We should check on her, her chair tipped over when the helicopter came close."

  He sucks in a breath. "She ok?"

  I could tell him the truth but I want to get downstairs with Joey and Christian. "We should go and check." I tell him. He nods.

  "Can I carry you down? Someone put marbles all over the place and everyone keeps falling on them. I'll carry you down with your mom ok?" We just look at him. He's a giant but he has a soft voice. Jacob nods. Jeremy squeezes me. The giant sees and nods at me. He lifts me up with the boys on me. Holy mother of God, he's strong. He carries us to the door, another giant is in the hallway, he nods to our giant and we move through the hall and down the stairs. There are so many frigging guys moving through the house. I hear 'clear' more than once. What the hell are they doing? A huge man is sweeping marbles. This is too friggin bizarre to be real.

  We go right out the front door and Joey yells. "Jacob! Jeremy! I'm so glad you're ok!" She's smiling but has tears on her face. Our giant lowers us to the ground, Jacob runs to Joey climbing onto her lap. Christian touches his head. Jeremy doesn't let me go. The giant steadies me and walks with us over to Joey.

  We hear another crash and see two men fly through the second floor window. Our giant stands in front of us and pulls a gun. The guys land and roll around. Christian thinks this is 'sick'. I'm thinking its fuckin nuts but I can't say that to him. Brantley and Taylor come running to us. Damn.

  "CJ! We saw the helicopter. Tony's mom said we can come home to see what's happening." They're so excited. Friggin woman, she wasn't supposed to let them walk home alone. They won't be going over there again.

  They look at our giant with a gun pointed at the two men on the ground. The guy in cargos is sitting on the other guy. He's cuffing his hands behind his back. When the guy underneath lifts his head I wish he'd put it back down. He's got a swastika tattooed on his cheek. Who does that? He's a seriously scary looking guy then he winks at me causing me to suck in a breath and the hair at my nape to stand up. The giants don't look so bad anymore. The kids are all quiet. Jeremy slides down me and holds my hand. I look around, motorcycles litter my yard, the helicopter is sitting across the field, black pickup trucks and two suv's are on my front lawn and my laundry is everywhere including hanging from trees. Great, it's not bad enough the dryer broke now I have to climb trees to get our clothes. I was pissed that I had to hang them out in the first place. Damn dryer!

  The first giant that I kicked walks up to us. Shit. "Sorry about the kick earlier. My boys get nervous around loud noises." I say trying to look sorry.

  "CJ kicked you?" Brantley asks. I work to keep the smile off my face.

  "CJ you're not afraid of anything! Way to go!" Taylor says. Our giant laughs.

  The first giant doesn't look happy. "You're CJ?" He asks me. I nod. "These your kids?" I nod again. The boys look proud, I never say 'foster'.

  "The girl ok?" Another giant asks. I just look at him. Holy crap some of these guys are handsome.

  "Once CJ got me up I was fine. The towel hit my face and I hit a hole. It was no biggie." Joey says. I smile at her. She's so friggin resilient, nothing gets to her.

  "Sorry about that little lady. I didn't see the clothes flying until I was landing. I saw you go over but couldn't get to you. I was called into the house to get the two little ones out." Our Indian giant says.

  "So you saw her fall over and went into the house but didn't see if she got back up?" Christian yells at him. Shit!

  "I saw your mom pick her up. I was called into the house to get the two boys out before they got hurt." Our giant says still gentle but his eyes are flashing like green emeralds. He's amused.

  "If CJ didn't pick her up would you have helped her?" Christian asks in a normal voice.

  "Yes. I wouldn't have left her. Your mom was running to her before I touched down, I saw her lift her up and she was laughing." He smiles at Christian. Joey laughs saying it's true. I laugh with them, I thought she was crying. Only Joey would think all this craziness was funny while she's face planted into the grass.

  "Thank you." Christian says. He looks at me and nods letting me know it's the truth.

  The Indian giant looks surprised but smiles. "We take care of our own and treat our women and kids with respect."

  "That's what the Little Brothers say." Brantley says. The giants laugh and nod.

  A group of men come toward us, Jeremy climbs up me. I shift him around so I can hold him. The group slows seeing his reaction. Jacob turns away and Joey puts her arms around him. "You have to stay back, our brothers get nervous." Christian says to the group. The men nod surprising the shit out of me. They don't move closer.

  One man comes over standing by our Indian giant, he's big, has a scar across his cheek and a patch on his eye. "My name is Danny. I'm the Building Super for the MC. We have a crew coming to repair your house. I was hoping we could buy you dinner at the Diner and put you up at the hotel for a couple of days while we take care of that?" He smiles making me want to smile.

  The kids yell 'yeah' and I'm thinking what a relief. "I'm not sure how much more my little guys can handle so I'm saying yes. I'll need to get them some toys and clothes and Joey's machine and meds."

  "CJ we need our blankets." Jacob says.

  "And blankets." I tell Danny.

  He nods smiling. "I have a guy that can help you get all that put together and you won't have to lift or move a thing."

  "I like the sound of that. Can we go in the house to at least point to what we need?"

  He laughs but looks at our giant. "It's pretty messy in there, if you and the oldest boy can do that it would be better than all of the kids going in."

  "I can stay with the kids right here." Our giant says.

  I look at Joey, she nods. Brantley comes over to me. "CJ, I can keep Jeremy while you and Christian go in. That way you can make sure they get the blankets." Jeremy slides down and holds Brantley's hand. I wink at my smart little man and thank him.

  "Before I leave my kids with you I need to know your name." I say to our giant.

  "Cloud, nice to meet you CJ, Jacob, Jeremy, Joey, Christian, Brantley and I'm sorry but I didn't get your name." He says to Taylor. I'm floored.

  "Taylor." Christian says smiling. The kids have huge grins on their faces.

  "Now that you know everyone, you're not quite strangers. Cloud, I'm going to collect what we need and I'll be right out. Thank you for keeping watch." He smiles and nods as he sits down on the grass. Brantley, Jeremy, and Taylor sit with him.

  I take Christian's hand and walk into the house. Men are still walking around. They're all in cargo pants and black t shirts with the MC logo on the back; this must be a uniform for them.

  "Don't be alarmed by what you see. It will be fixed before you come back. I think we can get this done in three days." Danny says from behind me.

  I spin around surprised he's right behind me. I hold my heart and nod at him. "Christian get what you need for three days, put it in front of your door and get Brantley and Taylor's stuff." He nods and runs up the stairs. A man follows him up.

  "CJ what can I help you get for Joey?" Danny asks.

  I don't know why I'm surprised by him again but I am. I turn toward the kitchen, "I need her machine and medicines. We'll need a handicapped room at the hotel she likes to take care of herself. She has
a wheelchair in the bathroom for the shower." I point to the bathroom door. He nods to another guy and keeps following me. I pull our meds travel bag from the cabinet and fill it with the daily meds.

  "Do you need special food or drinks for the kids?" He asks.

  "We drink Gatorade, fruit juices and water. Granola bars, popcorn or fruit for snacks. I try to keep sugar to a minimum; I have two ADHD boys that go off the charts with too much sugar."

  He nods watching me. Now that he's asked I pull a box of granola bars from the pantry. We may need them. "I'll have the snacks brought to your room." He says distracted. He's typing on his iPad. I leave the meds, the machine and snacks on the table and start up the back stairs. Christian has piles of stuff in front of the doors. Opening the hallway closet door I pull duffle bags and drop them at the doors. I'll get to them after I get the twins bags filled. Christian helps with their toys while I get their clothes; I put their blankets on top.

  Back in the hall I notice the piles are bagged. I like this; I don't see anyone around so I drop the bags with the others and go downstairs to Joey's room. I pack her two bags getting her a couple of books and her laptop. I put it in front of her door and go to my own room and pack for me. I throw in my own technology and think of the boys. Walking to the living room I grab the basket that has the Gameboys and tablets.

  Christian comes downstairs carrying a bag followed by a giant that has the rest of them. "I got everything I could think of, the bathroom stuff is in the backpack."

  "The backpacks." We say at the same time. He runs to the mud room and pulls them off the hooks. A giant picks them up and carries them out of the house. Wow this is service. Christian smiles at me and nods.

  Danny comes down the stairs, he doesn't look happy. "It may be more like a week. They made a mess of the rooms up there. We will cover you for as long as it takes. I'm sorry for the inconvenience CJ, I'll make sure it is done and done right before you come back home."