Part one of three of something
It was a hard day, the sky was steel, the kind the 'Tenant likes to jam into my face if I slip up one more goddamn time. No fuckin' way, it wasn't gonna happen today or tommorow and anytime. It was my time, today I was gonna get out and
do it: I was gonna kill Nico.
The smoky office was filled with people, huddled around some silly board like it was vintage pornography.
"By Gods, he can't do that!" A fat man exclaimed, the cigar nearly fell out of his mouth.
The fattest man, who also had the smelliest cigar, the assumed leader of this legion of lard stood up. His jiggling bosoms rose above the smoke like glorious mountains. He coughed, long and rough, the phlegm dangling for dear life in his throat. He must've been coughing up a fetus, I don't know, it was hard to tell from the air-vent.
"I'm afraid," Pause. He coughed up another fetus, "I'm afraid he can. The Sarge gave him Order 334."
A gasp ran through the huddle, the gasp of scared men awaiting their final judgement.
One of the slimmer men, obviously an apprentice, leaped onto the table, frenzied with confusion and rage. "WE GOTTA KILL HIM! HE'S A DANGER TO US ALL!"
"Blast it, Gordon!" The Leader pulled the acolyte down from the table, "YOU KNOW WE CAN'T DO THAT! NICO IS NOT JUS VITAL TO OUR MISSION, HE
IS OUR MISSION! HE'S MY MISSION! HE IS MY LIFE! WE CAN'T JUST KILL HIM, WHO WOULD LEAD YOU FOOLS, THEN? HUH? TELL ME!" He was nearing tears, and his palms began to bleed from his fingernails digging into them. He slammed a fist on the table, splintering wood, "THE OPERATION MADE ME NEW AGAIN, AND IT'LL DO THE SAME TO
MY-
OUR" he corrected himself with unease, " PRECIOUS NICO!"
This puzzled me, what did it mean? As quietly as I could I rummaged through my backpack, throwing aside the ammo and pack of Camels until I found what I was looking for: The file photo of nico:
By gods, it was true. I didn't want to believe it. The fat old man...and
Nico? Father and son? Christ, it all seemed so clear now, everything that didn't make sense now did. It all fit together like some sort of sick twisted puzzle.
I had to take out both of them...There was no other way.
I cocked my shot gun, the cap falling onto the thin metal of the vent with a clang, startling the fat men. They looked up and saw death rain upon them.
The first shot I fired missed Nico's father by a good margin, but nailed some poor bitch who was ready to leap out of the window. Sorry, pal, but you aren't gonna mess up my pavement.
Pulled a grenade from my pocket, it felt good in my hand. I smiled, it was my grandpa's grenade, the kind he used to kill Gerry back in dubya dubya two. He'd be glad to know I was putting it to good use. A salute, a pin dropped, and then it was off into the mass of fat men rushing for the door.
Blood sprayed from the group, the walls were splatted with dust and gore. God, it was a sight. I felt pumped, I was ready to
do this. I wheeled around and faced the fat fuck, ready to fire off another round.
He lunged at me, bowie knife in hand. His voice screeched as yelped a war cry and stabbed viciously at me, taking a chunk of my cheek off. I put my hand to face, he did quite a number on it. I spit at his face and then slapped him with my bloody hand,
my blood.
He reeled from the blow, giving me a chance to get a shot off...just one, though.
I cocked another shot, said the fastest Hail Mary of my life and fired off again at Nico's dad, hitting him square in the face. Chunks of flesh splatted my body, the blood seemed thicker than normal to me. It was hotter than usual, too, it stung like...like
oil.
I looked up, or rather down, again at the Leader, Nico's father, the man behind all my misery,
robot.
It sputtered red oil from it's jagged mouth, bits of shrapnel plastered him. Damn fine shot, I would've pat myself on the back but I had to finish off this sum-bitch.
From it's gurgling voice box, a sinister recorded message filled the air, stirring the smoke, "
YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE HONG KONG ALIVE!!" My eyes widened in disbelief, NO!
The fire ate everything, plumes of flames enclosed off the rubble, noxious gases molded together and formed green clouds, scarring the sky.
A rock had hit me on the head, I was bleeding badly. The blood matted my hair, stained my headband, mingling with the sweat and grease. Yet, I smiled: The worst was over, but there was still ugly left in this world. I cocked my shotgun and headed off into the sun, and looked back at the rubble. I nodded, the nod of patriots, and then patted myself on the back and walked on...