OOM: Bogotá on fight night

[latino_menace]

He'd never really thought that Fiona would take him up on his casual offer to come to watch him fight. Not that it seemed like she was full of shit or anything...but she is a woman. They say things easily, they're flippant and don't have the stomach for anything rough.

His opinion of women at the moment is, justifiably he thinks, low. Maria can shoulder a lot of the blame for that.

He always fights on a Friday and this week, he's definitely in the mood to cause some pain. He'd almost forgotten about Fi but when he opens the bathroom door and looks out onto the bar, he figures why not? He can even see her from where he's standing and she doesn't look like she's doing anything important.

'Busy tonight?'

He's never been much good at small talk.

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[justcallmefee]

Fiona has dropped to the side of one of the downed men to rummage through his pocket for shotgun shells. She stands, eyes still scanning the scene as she thumbs the rounds into the chamber.

She hears the shot and turns, the barrel dropping when she sees it's Ramon.

Her eyes play over his form. Not his blood. A little relief shows in her face.

"Where's Rico?"

[latino_menace]

He turns to look and sees him on the ground close by. He's alive, though holding his leg, and Ramon might go see if he's alright but then his eyes fall on Hector and his face darkens.

'Get up off the ground. What the fuck's the matter with you?'

'Ramon...'

'Shut up!' He stalks over, grabs the kid and drags him to his feet, pushing him against the car. 'Where's your gun?'

'...in my pocket.'

'What the fuck use is it in there? You sit on the ground and let a woman do all the work for you? What the hell is the matter with you?'

There's no reply and Ramon sneers in disgust, high on adrenaline and anger, and shoves him into the back seat - only it's not like in the movies, where someone dives in headfirst without effort, Hector bounces off the side of the car first because he didn't duck in time and Ramon has to kick the back of his knees to get him to fold down low enough to be pushed inside.

That done, he turns to Fi and eyes the gun in her hand.

'You're pretty good with that,' is what he says, casual, as though she didn't just take out three or four guys on her own. 'Did you kill that last one?'

He didn't think he heard a shot.

[justcallmefee]

"He won't be getting back up," she sneers, helping Rico to his feet and over to the car. "And no, I didn't waste a round on him."

It's kind of a ridiculous scene, this tiny woman hefting the giant to his feet, catching his weight across her shoulders, but she does it like it's nothing at all.

"Can we get the fuck out of here please?"

[latino_menace]

'Yeah.'

He leaves the door open for Rico to sit next to Hector and walks around to the back of the car. He has no qualms about wasting a round on the guy, and does so without thought. Then he goes to help Fi ease the injured man into the back seat and finds the car keys on in Henri's pocket.

'I've got to take Hector home and tell Raul to come get the body. Henri worked with him his whole life.' He is not looking forward to that conversation but his father might take care of it. 'And then I'm going to clean up and we can go out.'

[justcallmefee]

She doesn't even wince. She has no illusions about who he is, or what that man tried to do to them. Hell, she wouldn't have hesitated herself if she wasn't conserving ammo.

Fi touches his arm. If she wasn't speaking Spanish, her real accent would be coming through loud and strong.

"You want to leave him here? Doesn't this thing have a trunk?"

[latino_menace]

He looks at her, considering.

'I don't know if he'd fit.'

The car behind is a Mercedes with a big trunk but he doesn't want to mess that up. It's his.

'We can try I guess. Hector, get out. Make yourself useful for once.' He looks back at Fi. 'Can you help Rico?'

[justcallmefee]

"Yeah. Give me your shirt."

She beckons. He already knows she has medical training; she stitched him up.

"I need to put pressure on that leg wound or he won't last until we get back."

[latino_menace]

Even in situations like this, Ramon has no objection to getting his clothes off. He peels it over his head and hands it to her - hell, he would have thrown it away anyway - then steps out of the car.

He had liked Henri. Everyone did. He was part of the furniture (until you pissed him off) and Raul's closest friend, which is why he was trusted to drive Ramon places. Hector looks like he might cry but that might be because he's sobered up.

'Get his legs.'

At least the kid is strong for his age. It's not too difficult stowing the body and two of his crew come and help before going to get the other dead guy, Juan. Every one of them asks if Rico is OK and expresses sorrow about Henri - they might be trigger happy assholes but they do, at least, share some comradeship.

'How's he doing?' he asks Fi as he gets behind the wheel. Seeing as she's in the back, the kid gets the front and looks happy about it.

[justcallmefee]

Rico groans again, probably because she's wrapped Ramon's shirt around his thigh and is twisting it tight to stop the flow of blood. This means she's covered in his blood now.

"He'll live. But I hope your uncle knows a good surgeon."

She looks down at her tunic and sighs.

[latino_menace]

'My father and Raul know everyone useful.'

This is probably not much of an overstatement. Ramon guns the engine and pulls a quick U-turn to get the hell out of here. He knows this city backwards and takes as many backstreets as possible to avoid traffic but it still takes thirty minutes or so to get back to his father's house. As soon as they're there he jumps out, pausing only to say,

'Stay with him. I'll call the doctor and then we'll get him out of the car - Hector, come on.'

Five minutes and he's back with two guys to help.

'We'll put him in the kitchen.'

[justcallmefee]

She gets out of the way, completely unselfconscious about wiping her hands on her jeans.

"Want me to wait outside?"

[latino_menace]

Ramon gives a look that clearly says she's a freak.

'Not unless you want to go out to dinner covered in blood. Come on.'

He forgets that she has no idea he has rooms in this house as well - and it's a pretty damn impressive looking house. Rico is half supported, half carried around the side of the place and through the back into the kitchen, which is a room that looks far to nice to have a man bleeding all over it. No one gives a damn about that though, it has a big enough table to let him lie down. People start getting clean towels and water; Ramon ignores them and gets a couple of beers out of the fridge, handing one over to Fi and watching the scene dispassionately.

'The doctor won't be long,' says a voice and Fi will have no trouble being able to surmise who this is. Apart from being bigger and taller, the man looks very like the older version of Ramon. 'And Raul is coming over.'

'Henri is dead, papa.'

'...oh.' Ramon shows no special respect for the man but there is an easy familiarity, far more like equals than father and son. He doesn't look at him while this news is imparted and Salazar the elder doesn't look at his boy, choosing to muse in the direction of the window instead. 'I'll tell him. He'll want to talk to you obviously but perhaps it would be better if he didn't see you until tomorrow anyway.'

'I'm going out after I clean up.'

'Who's she?' Emanual nods at Fiona as if she can't hear him speak.

'She's with me.'

Beat.

'She killed about four of them and kept Rico alive in the car so don't give me shit, alright?'

His father closes his mouth, looks amused (for unclear reasons), then winks at Fi with an expression she'll probably be quite familiar with. 'Go out then. But I expect you here before lunchtime tomorrow.'

Ramon just shrugs (he'll be late, he always is) and jerks his head towards Fi, indicating the stairs so she knows to follow him.

[justcallmefee]

She waits until Ramon is a few steps ahead of her and turns to look back at his father, an impish grin on her face. The resemblance is uncanny, and maybe she lets a little of the fire in her eyes shine through, who can tell?

She has to tear her eyes away, lest she be left behind though.

The house must be huge, for as long as it takes them to get to Ramon's rooms.

"You live here too?"

[latino_menace]

It's probably a good thing he didn't see that. He would hate to be jealous of his father. Or maybe he'd offer to share, who knows?

'No.'

He unlocks the door, revealing a very large bedroom and en suite bathroom, with another two rooms through an archway - a sitting room and what appears to be a games room. It has a pool table in it anyway and a setup for a cards game.

'They're just left here from before I moved out - what are my parents going to do, let someone else move in? I stay here sometimes if I'm nearby or if I need to be around for work.'

Basically, if his place is closer to whatever club he falls out of at 4am, he comes here rather than making the trip to his place. Or if there's a threat and the family need to be kept secure. The two houses are interchangeable for him, he comes and goes as he pleases.

'I don't have any women's clothes obviously but if you take yours off, they can get cleaned before we go. Or borrow some of my mother's, I don't know.'

This may be just a ploy to get her naked (he's sure she won't notice his sly cunning there) and he's not shy about kicking his own clothes off. But then, he never is.

[justcallmefee]

She takes a little turn around the room, and heads into the game room, running one hand down the felt of the pool table.

"You have someone who can get blood out of these jeans?"

Game room scoped out, she heads for his closet, pawing through his shirts until she finds one in silk. Red? Blue? Something jewel-toned and sharp looking.

"You attached to this?"

[latino_menace]

He shrugs.

'It's a shirt.'

He doesn't get attached to clothes. As for the laundry, he simply goes to the door, opens it and yells a name. He picks up his own jeans and holds them out to the maid that appears.

'Get rid of them. And clean up hers. We're going out as soon as they're done so hurry up.'

He really wants to be out of here before his uncle shows up and before his father realises how much danger Hector was in.

[justcallmefee]

She pulls the shirt out and throws it on the bed, skinning out of her jeans and tunic, palming something before handing them to the maid.

"Gracias, señora."

Standing there in her bra and panties, she shoots Ramon a look. The knife in her palm unfolds and she deftly cuts the sleeves off the shirt. A little tuck here and there, and voilà! A sexy little dress that goes down to mid thigh.

[latino_menace]

'Clever.'

He wanders over and touches the hem, running the thin material between his fingers.

'Flimsy though. You never know when it might just fall off.'

[justcallmefee]

She slits her eyes at him, but she can't help but grin back at him. She slips it off again, hangs it back in the closet.

"Shower?"

[latino_menace]

'Yeah.'

Her back is given an appreciative look as she turns to hang the dress up and he waits until she turns back around before pointing the way, following behind her.

It's not some poky, cramped, stuffed-in-a-corner en suite. It's a proper bathroom, complete with large tub and seperate shower. Ramon pushes his shorts off and lobs them in the direction of the laundry basket (missing by a mile) then turns the water on and holds the door open for her.

'After you.'

[justcallmefee]

"Gonna wash my back?" she drawls over her shoulder at him, stepping into the enclosure.

"Fine with me, but I told you -- no shagging until you've bought me dinner and we've actually had a conversation first."

That doesn't stop her from reaching for him, her fingertips following the water as it runs down his chest. She looks up an him from beneath her lashes, green eyes dark and a little wild.

[latino_menace]

It didn't occur to him for a second that she might have been asking to use the shower on her own. She was in her underwear in his bedroom - that only means one thing to him.

'You never said anything about a conversation before.'

Once the door closes the glass steams over immediately and it's a wonderful thing to be able to raise his face and feel the hot water ease some ache out of his muscles. The fight seems a long time ago now.

Not as good as stepping into her space and running his hands down her sides though. And she looks at him like that, he kisses her. It's just the way it is.

[justcallmefee]

It's the way it's always been between them, even the way his hands follow down to curve around her ass. She doesn't even give the pretence of resisting this time.

It's different, kissing this younger man. Hot water is washing away the sweat and blood and the smell of gun powder, and his scent surrounds her. It is very much his scent.

She sinks into him, and maybe he can feel something in the way she touches him. Maybe he's just too caught up in the hot naked guapa in his shower. She doesn't know. And right now, she tells herself it doesn't matter.

He's here. He's touching her.

[latino_menace]

He's hard before twenty seconds have passed and would be even without the adrenaline this evening has brought. She is beautiful even if he doesn't know what she expects of him, even if she seems ridiculously complicated most of the time.

'You looked good with that gun,' he murmurs, pressing his erection against the base of her abdomen. 'Really fucking hot.'

[justcallmefee]

Her breasts press against his chest, and one hand skims down his side, down the hollow of his hip before curving around his shaft, her palm stroking down that hard ridge.

"Damn right I did. You don't still think I'm one of your throw away pieces of ass, do you?" She fondles him, nibbling along his jaw.