Sorry fellow nairalanders....i have been under the weather; change of weather sickness. Anyway updates will be coming shortly.

cho25bc:
*Ghost mode deactivated*

Well! Well! Well! What else can I say? AWESOME!

I'm disappointed dat d story is yet to be completed.I came across dis piece 3 weeks ago,went 2 part one,demolished it and ran back here 2 part 2. I must confess dat I'm hyper-impressed with dis story.

I commend ur dialogue prowess, (d use of right words at d right time), d way u weave each characters together,d twists and turns, and d suspense is amazing. Ur style of minute by minute detail of every scenes,settings and locations is exceptional.I see d evidence of thriller movie addict in u through ur dexterity. I also love d surprises,d means through which d shocking revelations are being unfolded. D whole plot is mind-blowing. I can see dat u did a thorough research on firearms,US lifestyle,drug lords mode of operations,and high tech innovations.

I will comment on d key actors in dis movie (pls permit me to call dis piece a movie becos dat's d perspective I have abt it), den say something regarding d whole plot.

I'll start with Suzzane. I love her combination of beauty,brain, young age and bravery. I also love her attitude towards sex n men (although u didn't tell us whether she's still a virgin or not,lol). She come across like some1 who is focused,self-disciplined and possesses high self-control. However, I'm not comfortable with her new found love for blood,violence and murder. Althugh we can say dat she's justified in a way becos she only kills d bad guys, but when she's done killing all d bad guys,she might get bored and start killing d gud guys as well. I prefer her former timid personality to dis her present brutal nature. I don't know why I keep having d feeling dat she may be related by blood 2 d Sosai lineage, due 2 d way she was quick 2 pick up violence from Eric, unlike her other siblings, daniel and Victoria. Op, u are yet 2 tell us about her paternity. One more thing, u didn't tell us much abt her educational background, other than she was in junior high school when Eric came into d Philips home.

Eric- Inspite of d violent genes running in his veins, he has a heart. He's very compassionate and loves his people,always willing to keep dem alive at all costs. I also love his self-control charcteristics, just like Suzzane, he doesn't spend his time screwing hoes around. No wonder he's more powerful than Alex, becos he usually expends his energy on mental n physical trainings other than pussy banging,something that his counterparts always do. Dat is why only Lisa was romantically connected 2 him throughout dis story. No wonder she's helplessly in love with him. I wouldn't mind dating such a guy myself (winks). No need 4 bodyguards or fear of harrassment from psychopaths. However, his rude n arrogant behaviour often puts me off. Also d way he kills his enemies is too extreme.he's a fanatic butcher. Abeg Op,make him go easy on diz guys sometimes too na,haba! (A bullet or 2 d brain is enough).

Nina- my second best female actress in dis film (Diana is my 1st in d female category.I just love her maturity). She's brave and strong willed. She's a MAN trapped in a WOMAN's body becos no REAL woman will possess dat kind of character n strength. But she's arrogant n domineering, always bossing everyone around. She's also selfish. A keen observer of dis film will agree with me dat all she ever did in d whole plot centered around her own interests alone, even at d expense of other people's lives.I won't cite instances becos dere were many. How can she say dat she'd rather lose her father than her son? D old brute also deserves 2 live na.

Alex- I like his idea of resolving issues thru negotiation before introducing violence. Alex is also respectful, unlike his rude brother. But his unquenchable thirst for women is repulsive,maybe he's trying 2 compensate himself 4 all those times he was a feeble boy. But something is not clear to me Op. How did he escape his attempted suicide on d rooftop of his High school? U shielded dat part. All u said was dat Nina was dere 2 take him away frm d place n later replaced him with Eric 2 weeks after his disappearance. Pls clarify dat aspect very well 4 me.

Esther is a true definition of a mother and a wife material, bt she too dey pass her boundary sometimes. An instance was whr she wanted 2 beat up Nina when she saw how d latter inflicted injuries on Eric. What was she thinking?lol.

Chris is a genius. Rogers was a loyal friend.

My best characters so far are Cantona (Sosai himself). Dante (I just love dis guy,forget dat he's a bad guy). He's articulate and smart.Too bad he died easily. Earnest is my hero,always putting every1 first before himself. Lisa is also a good girl but vulnerable. These are d few personae dat interest me most.

I have reservations on d way Eric conquered Dante. It's too superficial and unrealistic. How can such a strong professional assasin sudenly turn 2 a puppy in d presence of Eric,all becos d latter's energy was boosted due 2 d threat 2 his mother's life? What kind of adreline can make things so easy 4 him while dealing with some1 his mother referred 2 as 'Eric's nemesis', considering d way you vividly described d latter as a ruthless murderer,a professional hitman who was even feared by Eric's superiors in battlefield. He was referred 2 as d best of d bests. Dis is a guy who blew up a hospital at age 8 when Eric was freshly born. D fact dat Eric was a born killer does not make him insurmountable by any opponent. In d thriller movies dat I usually watch, both d protagonist n d villain will be equal match to d end. They will have equal advantage in d physical combat, inflict d same degree of injuries on each other. Occasionally, Dante shud have d upper hand in d battle, even totally subdueing Eric at one point. Den when he must av thot dat he has won d fight (maybe Eric will pretend dat he's dead), he'll relax and perhaps turn his back on his supposed dead opponent, when all of a sudden Eric will leap 2 his feet and dive powerfully at him, catching him off-guard. Dis can lead 2 him being pushed and thrown out of d window,killing him finally. Pls if u are going 2 publish dis story, review dat part and also other similar parts. His hardened nature shouldn't make him immune 2 defeats as u painted him. He's also human,not an alien.

Dere some loopholes in d write-up,many unanswered questions, nevertheless, dis indeed is outstanding.

Pls be mindful of ur grammatical errors. Some Instances are 'informations/infos' instead of 'information/info'. Information does not av a plural. Another instance is 'lifes' instead of 'lives', 'and' instead of 'an' (most times I'm always left confused abt what u were trying 2 say). Also stick 2 one tense, preferrably past tense,instead of mixing dem 2gether.

Nobody is perfect. I'm not an expert in English language myself. We all just dey try.

All in all, I'll score u 95/100.

I'll state dis clearly. Dis piece of work is worth millions both in local and foreign currencies. Don't just write 4 NL literature section or other blogs alone 4 free,research on motion-pictures, especially in America who can buy dis story and turn it into a movie. Don't allow ur talent 2 waste. Pls don't ignore dis advice. And dis also goes out 2 all story-writers on dis forum. Make money wit ur talents. Try 2 publish ur stories, den adapt dem into scripts 4 filmmakers 2 purchase dem. Chimanda Adichie's epic novel, half of a yellow sun was turned 2 an afro-hollywood blockbuster. Lord of the rings, Star wars, Harry Potter and d likes were also written by people like u and me. We all know d outcome of diz movies 2day.Showcase ur talents 2 d world while u smile 2 d bank.

I admire ur sense of responsibility and devotion 2 ur family, always dere 2 help with d baby's care. Ur wife is a lucky woman,I envy am o. I pray 2 have ur type of man when I'm ready 2 get married(lol). Keep it up. May God continually bless ur home,but I want 2 ask,are u base in Nigeria or China?

I've never written such a long review on any story on dis section before,dat is 2 tell u hw captivating ur work is (abeg,no let ur head swell o, lol). I wrote dis comment early yesterday morning bt mistaken pressed d 'back button' while tryinng to edit it, hence all d texts were erased.I had 2 start all over again. Dat is how desperate I am 2 lend my voice 2 ur laudable work.

Finally, come finish dis story sharperly jare make man pikin rest from suspense. God bless u

Thanks for the excellent review and comment my sister. Words cant express how happy after going through it. Anyway, let me answer some of your questions.

At the final part of chapter 17 of part one, Nina reprimanded Eric because of what he and Rogers did to Jim, her mole and driver in the Philips family. She said "Do you know that if not for his timely phone call to tell me that Alex didn't enter the family car after school, you wouldnt have a twin brother......i got to the school on time to save him from jumping off the roof".

Dante is the best of the best for sure but

1. He let his feeling get in the way of how he handled the situation with Eric and Cantona. Remember he made a deal with Cantona not to come after him ever again. But he took the job cos he thought Cantona abandoned his father to his enemies despite all his services to the Family.

2. He underestimated Eric after beating him down, or thought he did, thereby taking him for granted.

3. The truth about Eric is he is a psychotic killer and a maniac. Not the average kind of humanbeing we see on a daily basis. Its just that he was lucky to end up in the hands of Esther as a baby and through her overly motherly care and love, he was able to learn right from wrong. And also how to control his psychological condition. This shows that love conquers all and can change anybody, no matter the kind of monster he or she is. That's also the reason for Eric preference for Esther to his his real mother, Nina.

Suzanne is a case of being with a monster for too long that one start becoming one. And she is still a freshman in the tertiary institution and also a virgin ....though her sexuality comes into question .....if she is into men or not i dont know .

All in all i love your review.......and i am based in South Korea.

Take care.

Sorry for the numerous typos and some uncompleted sentences. That shows how tired i was. Anyway, i have made the corrections and thanks for the comments.

Gotta go to sleep now.....see u all soon and have a nice weekend.

Diana glanced at her wristwatch. "Where is he?", she said out loud amidst the sound of the helicopter rotor engine.

"We gotta go now!", the old man said to the pilot after checking his own watch.

The pilot nodded and immediately went to work, putting his feet on the pedals and grabbing both the cyclic and throttle handles.

"What about Eric?!", Lisa shouted as the helicopter started making its ascent. "We cant leave him there!.....he gonna get killed!".

"Do you prefer we all get killed?", the old man asked. "He knows that there is a possibility of him not making it. That's why he said we should leave if he doesn't come out".

"No!!....let's wait for him!", Lisa bawled hysterically as the helicopter started leaving the building.

"If we do then we all gonna die!", the old man barked. "If the bomb doesnt blow us up, those gunmen will kill us all.

Then Lisa suddenly lunged at the pilot's position and got hold of the cyclic handle. The pilot protested and asked her what she was doing after her action gave the helicopter a slight jolt.

"If he dies then we all die", Lisa threatened as she held on the handle with a tight grip and stared at the startled old man with a fiery look in her eyes.

Diana thought for a few seconds and said, "Lisa, let go of the handle".

"Why?...so that we can leave the man that saved us all to die?", Lisa asked and tightened her grip on the handle.

"No....just leave the handle. I have a plan.....do trust me on this", Diana replied.

Lisa glanced at the old man and then looked at the frightened pilot before releasing her hold on the cyclic handle.

"The woman is damn crazy", the pilot could be heard saying as he took full control of the helicopter.

"I want you to take the bird to that side of the building", Diana then said to the pilot. "And move it as close as possible to the broken window you see there.

The pilot nodded and expertly did as he was told.



Eric fired of a few volleys through the big hole on the door and ducked behind the wall as countless bullets shredded what was left of the office door. Then he wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead and looked at the coil as it heated the paint can. It's just a matter of time before the explosives he had mix goes off, taking out everything in the top floor.

Then he raised the gun to fire off the last bullets in the magazine. The sound of the helicopter descending and hovering a few feet away from the office window interrupted him. He shielded his eyes from the gusting wind caused by the rotor blades and saw Lisa sliding the door open. She started screaming something he could hardly make out and gestured at him. Eric heaved a deep sigh with a smile.

"About time", he muttered and picked himself up.

Several shots from the office made the men to dive down again. Then the leader saw a hand come out from one of the several big holes on the door and flash the middle finger at them. The man immediately got up and rushed towards the door, sending volleys of slugs at it as he did so. The other men got up and followed suit.

Eric tossed his pistol away and stole a quick glance at the paint can before making a dash towards the office window with a broken glass. Putting more power to his speed, he threw himself in the air as he jumped towards the helicopter.

The helicopter shook abit when Eric's hands got hold of its landing skid.

"Go go go!", Diana bawled at the pilot who immediately moved the helicopter away from the building as Eric hauled himself into the passenger cabin with help from Lisa and the old man.

Then Eric quickly slided the door shut as the helicopter speedily flew away. He didnt even have enough time to take a breath before Lisa wrapped her arms around him and gave him a tight hug.

The leader kicked the door down and rushed into the office with the gunmen. He glanced around and rushed to the broken window with his gun pointed. With a somewhat frustrated look, he stood near the window and watched as the helicopter made its getaway.

Then a crackling sound made him and all the other men to look over their shoulders. Another crackling sound drew their attention to the paint can that was now glowing red hot.

"Mother....f@cker", the leader muttered those last words and turned his head to the helicopter that was now far away.

Eric and the rest in the helicopter watched as a huge ball of flame took over the entire top floor of the CANTONA TOWERS after a massive explosion ripped through it.

"Sorry again for the damages", Eric muttered as the old man watched the smoke that rose from the building floor that housed his executive office as the helicopter sailed away. "Lets just say it's a way of us getting even after what you did to my father".

The old man stared at the building and did so for a while with an expressionless look on his face. Then his lips slowly curved into a smile. "Alright then", he nodded, still smiling and looked at Eric. "Well i never liked the interior anyway......i guess we will have to refurbish it", he continued and held Diana's hand. "Refurbish it to our liking my dear", he continued and held the Nun closer himself.

Nina heaved a sigh and shook her head slowly after Eric broke the news to her. She dropped her weight on the sofa and glanced at Abigail who was coming down the stairs with her daughter sleeping on her shoulder.

"Bernard.....", Nina began and pursed her lips. "I knew he was a cunning bastard....but to plot against the Sosai?, i'm really surprised to hear that", she sighed. "He always displayed the 'willing to give his life' attitude towards the Sosai. Even all the members of the organization saw him as the one next in line to be the head of the organization and i envied him because of that".

"I guess he must have gotten impatient of waiting to be handed the crown", Eric's voice rasped out of Nina's cellphone.

"But we are to meet Bernard in about an hour and half to secure your father's release", Nina noted.

"It's not a meeting to secure any release. He just wants to finish up the job", Eric said. "So that's why i want you to go to Arlington Bay....That's where the old man said my father is being held. He said you know the location of the house".

Nina immediately got up and snapped her fingers at Chris. Then she gestured at him to pack up his stuff.

"Alex and Suzanne are on their way going to the area", Eric continued. "I want you to call and give them the address so that they can keep the place under surveillance and watch out for Bernard till we arrive there".

"Take her and the kid to the car and keep the engine running", Nina eagerly said to Chris and he immediately headed towards the door with Abigail following him. "So what's the situation in the Sosai's office?", she asked Eric as she gathered the files.

"One last problem to deal with", Eric replied. "Six well armed men, probably mercenaries from the way they look. Bernard must have hired them to make sure that the job is done well.....and to also tie all the loose ends".

"Yeah....to eliminate Dante".

"One more thing. The old woman showed up", Eric voice sounded quite concerned.

Nina furrowed her brows. "Which old woman?", she asked.

"The real grandmother", Eric replied. "The dead one wasnt your mother. And i think it's true because the Sosai seems to have developed this never seen before look in his eyes since this old woman appeared from nowhere. The funny thing is she is now a Nun.....and quite talkative, probably where Alex got his loud mouth".

Nina sighed with a downcast gaze and a somewhat worried look on her face. Then she said, "Okay then.....i will see you guys in Arlington".

"If we make it alive", Eric said.

"Make sure you make it out there alive.....my son", Nina muttered and ended the phonecall. Then she stared ahead thoughtfully for a few seconds and hurriedly walked out of the house.


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"What is he doing?", Diana asked the old man and watched Eric as he hastily came out from the the office inner room carrying the electric coffee kettle, an extension power cord and a bottle of Vodka liquor.

"I dont know my dear", the old man replied. "But he seems to be sure of what he is doing. And i hope it saves us today", he muttered and placed a hand on Diana's shoulder.

Diana nodded and rubbed the hand on her shoulder. "Today is not gonna be our last day", she said and looked at the old man with a faint smile on her face. "We gonna make it.....like always".

Then Diana looked at Eric with alot of interest and kept a keen eyes on him as he went to work. Keen eyes that reminded Eric of the first time he met Nina in Metro-city when he stole a glance at the Nun.

Eric grabbed the electric kettle and slammed it hard on the floor, breaking the appliance and startling Lisa who came over with a tape.

Lisa stood beside Eric and dropped the tape beside the extension power cord and the paint can on the office desk. She glanced at the bottle of Vodka and looked at Eric as he took the electric kettle apart.

"What is this?", Lisa asked and held the paint can.

"Careful with that", Eric warned when she slightly shook it to know its content.

"What is it?", Lisa asked again as she gently kept the can in its former position.

"Something highly dangerous", Eric replied as he hurriedly took out the coil from the kettle with the wires connected to it.

"How dangerous?".

"Dangerous enough to incinerate everything close to it......Or leave you with shrapnel related mutilations if you dont get blown to bits".

Lisa cautiously withdrew her hands from the paint can with a look of fear in her eyes. "What about this?", she asked and jerked her head the Vodka bottle.

"This......", Eric stopped what he was doing and grabbed the bottle. "....This is my painkiller", then he opened it and took a swill from the bottle.

"Painkiller?", Lisa snorted with a funny look on her face as Eric quickly set the bottle back on the table and continued with what he was doing.

"Well i'm not made of concrete. So i'm still feeling the pains of the beatings i took from your ex co-worker", Eric muttered as he attached the heating coil to the paint can and held it in place with the tape. Then he stole a quick glance at the wall clock in the office. "Five minutes have passed and the helicopter is yet to arrive", Eric said, looked at the old man. "Is your friend caught up in some....air traffic?", he asked.

"No", the old man replied. "And neither is the helicopter parked across the street. He is definitely on his way", he added.

"Well he better hurry up. You saw those men working on the elevator system", Eric grabbed the paint can with the extension cord and glanced around the office. "It gonna take them about six minutes to finish it.....if the guy working on it is very fast", he said and went to power plug socket on the wall.

"What are you doing?", Diana then asked as Eric connected the extension cord to the plug socket that was close to the door. "And what on earth is that", she asked again and pointed at the paint can.

"Something that incinerates everything around it", Lisa answered the question.

"A.....bomb?", The old man asked with his eyes wide open. "You brought a damn bomb into this building?".

"Yes sir", Eric replied and gently plug the wire connected to the kettle heating coil to the extension cord. "Sorry in advance for the renovation works you gonna be doing here after today".

The old man sighed and shook his head. "Isnt there any other way of dealing with these men apart from blowing my office to kingdom come?", he asked.

"Well, do you have any other way in mind?", Eric muttered, wiping away the sweat on his forehead as he gently backed away from the paint can.

"Wait......". Lisa immediately went to the office window and looked outside. "A helicopter is coming this way!", she said excitedly when her eyes caught the sight of a black helicopter hovering towards the building.

"Good you guys should get ready!", Eric said and opened the door to check on the elevator.



The man connected the last wire and the elevator came back to life with a low whirring sound. He nodded at the leader with a smirk and hit the button. Then elevator started making the smooth ride to their desination.

The leader made a gesture with his gloved fingers as the elevator went up and the air in it got filled with 'click-click' sounds as the men cocked their automatic weapons.

"More money to the person that kills him", the leader said with a hard voice and then put on his own mask.

The men tightened their grip on their weapon with their eyes on the elevator indicator. Their hard breaths told of their readiness.



Eric saw the elevator indicator showing its movement to the executive office. It was getting close. And there might not be enough time for them to board helicopter before the men come at them guns blazing.

Eric immediately pulled out the handgun tucked in his waistbelt and cocked it. "Take them to the helipad!", he bawled at the old man. The helicopter was now hovering over the building......and the elevator almost reaching the floor. Then Eric pulled the old man closer. "And tell the pilot to get you guys the hell away from the building if you dont see me in five minutes", he quietly told the man.

The old man nodded. He got hold of Diana's hand and hurriedly led her to the stairs leading to the helipad platform. Lisa came out of the office. She paused and held Eric's arm.

"Go on.....go to the helicopter!", Eric said to her. "I will join you shortly!".

"Dont keep me waiting", Lisa said to Eric.

Eric nodded with a smile and watched as she sprinted towards the stairs as the elevator arrived with a 'Ding' sound. Eric immediately backed into the office and pointed the handgun at the elevator door. And let the weapon to bark and send slugs that went straight to its door as it slided open.

"Get down!", the leader barked as the bullets whizzed into the elevator and struck one of his men. He grabbed the wounded man and used his body to shield the others as more slugs from Eric's handgun flew at them. Eric let off more shots, ducked inside the office and slammed the door close.

Then gun men rushed out from the elevator and dived to the floor. And lit up the corridor with heavy gunfire as they returned fire. Countless bullets rattled the thick mahogany door. Some bullets lodged in the wood while some tore out splinters as they went through it and ricocheted around the office. Eric kept shooting back at them and dodging behind the wall as the men sent hails of countless bullets that kept chipping off pieces of wood from the door.

The gun battle that ensued continued for a while and had Eric trapped in the office because he couldn't get out with all the bullets being thrown in his way. The five minutes was almost up and he was fast running out of ammo.

Eric slapped in the last magazine. "F@ck!", he cursed under his breath and pressed the barrel of the handgun against his forehead with his eyes closed. It seems like he is now facing a bad situation, an unlikely end.

Soon he will be out of ammo. The men will definitely come and give it to him in the worst way once they notice it. And he has to hit the switch and let the coil heat the mixture in the paint-can for about two minutes to be able to detonate his improvised explosive device.

But the gunmen were trained Mercs. Two minutes was more than enough time for them to notice and disconnect it if they overpower him. Trying to rush to the helicopter was now out of the equation. If the gunmen dont kill him in a hail of gunfire, they will definitely go after him and take out everyone in the helicopter before it takes off.

"F@ck it!", Eric hit the extension cord switch and cocked his weapon. "You might as well go out in a big blaze of glory", he muttered and started shooting at the gunmen at the far end of the corridor while the coil started heating the paint can.

The man gently exhaled the cloud of smoke from his lungs after ending the phone call with a sinister smile on his face. He flicked the half smoked cigarette he held inbetween his index and middle fingers out of the van and checked his automatic weapon while the other men watched and waited patiently in silence. Then the man shifted his hard eyes at the men and glanced at each and every one of them.

"We have been given the go-ahead", he began quietly. "So you all know what to do. The orders still remain the same.....take no prisoner. Kill the assassin.....and anyone else you see in the building", he ordered.

The door of the black van immediately slided open and the armed occupants, all dressed in black combat fatigue with black hand gloves, quickly filed out of the vehicle with a tight grip on their automatic weapons. One of them went over to a switch box with a flashlight and opened it. The man quickly went through all the numerous buttons and flip switches. He pushed some and all the exit gates of the parking lot started sliding shut. He pushed other buttons that has "Elevator" and a number written above it and cut some wires with the pliers he took out from his breast pocket. Then he joined the rest as they moved quickly and steadily towards the elevator lobby in a battle formation with their SMGs in a ready-to-shoot position.

When the men gained entrance into the lobby that had it's lights turned off, they took positions beside the door of the only elevator in the lobby that has its lights on. Just like the lights in the lobby, the other elevators had been rendered nonfunctional. Their leader calmly came over. He took out a key card from one of his breast pockets and handed it to one of the men.

"All access card into the building", the leader muttered as the man accepted the card. "Including the office of the so called Sosai", he continued. He hit the button and stared at the indicator as they all waited eagerly for the elevator to arrive.



"Did you hear that?", Eric asked and looked Lisa.

Lisa listened carefully and shook her head. Eric dropped the cellphone on the table and immediately went over to the office entrance door. He unlocked it and cautiously opened it to peer into the corridor.

Eric glanced around the brightly lit place and at the dead bodyguards lying on the floor. Then his eyes caught the elevator indicator, indicating its movement to a new destination.

"Are we expecting somebody?", Eric looked into the office and asked the old man.

"I never expected anyone else to come here today except her", the old man replied and pointed at Lisa.

Eric made a quick glance around the office. "How do you monitor the activities going on in and around this building....or did you also leave the job to those dead men lying outside your office?", he asked the old man again.

The old man gestured at Eric to follow him and started heading towards the door to the inner room. "There is a monitor in that room", he said and opened the door. "It shows the recordings of the cctv cameras in this building", .

Eric hurriedly followed the old man into the room and looked around the place. The room was quite cozy with a few furnitures; a clean white luxury designer sofa bed and a custom made cabinet with a polished ceramic table for the coffee cups and liquor bottles. The room was designed for a peaceful and quiet relaxation.


The old man grabbed a remote controller almost half the size of a desktop commputer keyboard and tapped a button. The big screen panel monitor on the wall facing the sofa bed switched on.

"The son of a b!tch didnt even set the coffee kettle the proper way after making one for himself", the old man muttered as he glanced around the cabinet table.

"Hey old timer, hand over that thing, i'm in abit of a rush", Eric said impatiently.

"I prefer to be called the Sosai......or grandfather", the old man said with a stern look as he handed the remote controller over to Eric.

Eric chuckled. "It aint gonna happen....old man", Eric said as he studied the controller buttons. "Not after what you did to my father".

"His father was my number one enemy".

"Yeah, i already heard the tales: the two ass-helmets who couldn't swallow their enormous pride".

The old man ignored Eric and focused his attention on the big screen as several windows of the cctv cameras of the building appeared on the screen.

"What the hell?", the old man began and glanced at Eric when he saw only one window showing the recordings. The rest were blank with a 'No signal' notification.

"Someone must have shutdown the cctv cameras in the building", Eric muttered as he stared at the big screen. "Except the camera in elevator number three.....because the person intends use that elevator. That's why it is moving", he continued and pointed at the window showing the recordings in the empty elevator. "The other elevators are down too". Eric looked at the old man. "Elevator number three is the only elevator that gives access to this floor".

The old man sighed as he stared at the window. Then Eric used the arrow button in the remote control device to select the window and tapped the Enter button.

"And since the other cameras are down.......", Eric said as the other blank windows in the screen vanished and got replaced by the enlarged active window. "We have to use the elevator camera to see who it is", he muttered and stared at the window with keen eyes on the big screen. "Is there anyway we can shut down that elevator from here", he asked the old man.

"Sure", the old man replied and immediately went over to the sofa bed. He touched the wooden part of its arm and a switch box with several buttons pop up.

Eric saw the switches and nodded with a weak smile. "Good", he muttered and turned his gaze back to the big screen. "That will help our situation abit if we are in danger".



When elevator passed the third floor as it made its descent towards the ground floor, the gunmen took out the black mask tucked inside their combat uniform. They all put it on when the elevator arrived with a 'Ding' sound and cocked their weapon as the door slided open.

The six gunmen all stepped into the somewhat dim lighted elevator with their leader going in last. One of them pressed the access card against a red light near the elevator button. The light turned green and the lights in the elevator brightened, including the elevator buttons. Then the man pressed the button for the top floor and joined others in their ready position with their leader standing infront of them. The elevator started making the smooth ride towards the top floor carrying the six men. Sounds of eager breaths could be heard as it silently transported them to their destination.

Suddenly the elevator jolted and startled the men. And they glanced at each other with a confused look on their faces when the elevator then grinded to a halt. Their leader who seemed quite calm, smirked and looked at the camera above them.

"I think he knows we are coming", the man said as he stared at the camera. "Override the elevator system", he ordered and one of the men took out a plier and a screwdriver set.

Then the leader took out a small spray-paint can from his pocket. He shook it vigorously and covered the camera lens with a black paint while the man worked on the screws near the elevator buttons.



"Did you see who is in elevator?", Lisa asked Eric as he and the old man dashed out of the inner room.

"Yeah.....six-men strike team coming to kill us with machine guns", Eric replied. He was quite hectic, he and the old man as both of them glanced around the office.

"Oh jeez", Lisa gasped and rubbed her forehead. "So what are we going to do?", she asked.

"Still thinking", was Eric's answer. Then he looked at the powerbike and stared at it for a few seconds. "This building does have a helicopter pad, right?", he then asked and looked at the old man.

The old man nodded.

"How fast can you get a helicopter ride?", Eric asked again.

"Fast enough, i have helicopters on standby. All i have to do is make a phonecall", the old man replied.

"No i'm talking about the one from a rental company not yours....we cant risk tipping Bernard off".

The old man thought for a short while. "I will call in a favour from a friend. But it might take fifteen minutes before the helicopter arrive here", he then said.

"Make it ten", Eric said and handed the old man back his cellphone. Then he took out one of Dante's cellphone. "By the way, where is my father being held?", he asked the old man.

"A safe house...in Arlington Bay area. Your mother knows the place", the old man replied as he dialled a number in his cellphone.

Eric immediately dialled Alex phone number in Dante's phone and handed it to Lisa after pressing the Call button. "Tell Alex that the meeting with Bernard is cancelled.....you already know why. And also tell him that he and Suzanne should be on the move to Arlington Bay area", he said to her.

Lisa nodded and took the phone and Eric quickly went over to the motorbike. Diana stared at him as he forcefully opened its compartment box that was dented due to the bike's impact against the wall.

"So what's the plan?", Diana asked as Eric took out his cellphone and the small paint can containing the mixture. "Are you going to let them give you a beating while you disarm them without them knowing?".

"Nope, i got something even more better", Eric showed her the can.

"Oh i see", Diana smirked. "So what is that going to do against the six-men strike team?", she asked.

"You watch and see", Eric murmured and dialled Nina number with his cellphone.

"....Nothing is wrong with my helicopters, i just want yours to come pick me up", the old man spoke into his cellphone mouthpiece. "Oh...ok i want you to be here in five minutes cos this is very urgent", the old man concluded after listening to the voice that rasped out of the phone earpiece. Then he ended the phonecall and nodded at Eric.

"Lisa?, what happened.....what about Eric?!", Alex's voice said out of the cellphone Lisa was holding.

"He is okay.....we are all okay", Lisa replied.

"What about Dante?",

"Lying dead.....in the parking lot".

"Dead.....in the parking lot?. What did Eric do, violent-hump him with a chainsaw?".

"Worse......anyway, Eric said i should tell you that the meeting with Bernard is cancelled".

"Why?".

"Bernard is the one behind all that is going on. He is the one paying Gus and Dante to have your mother and grandfather killed because he wants to take over the organization".

After a few seconds of silence, Alex's voice said, "So what's the plan?".

"Eric said you and Suzanne should go to Arlington Bay area immediately. Your father is being held in a safe house there and your mother knows the location of the safe house", Lisa replied.

"We will be on our way", Alex said.


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It 12 mid night here so i need responses before i hit the bed....and please do accept my apologise.

Had quite a rough week so i couldnt finish the story as i had hoped. I promised to complete it this weekend.....yeah i know i have made more than a thousand broken promises but if you want me to upload the one i have written so far i will. But if you want to wait till i finish the entire story then it is still up to you guys though.

My sister i'm still writing na abi una want half on half?

kingphilip:
good morning oga

We still de wait o

Any hope for today

Nope....actually i'm at work now....coffee break

We had a five day holiday last week(korean harvest holiday) and the woman of the house took the baby to her mothers place and stayed there for two days. So it was just me, my phone and endless cups of coffee . Thats why i was able to write those updates. Today we will be closing very late. So i might not be able to post updates. And probably till mid week cos we are trying to cover up for the days we did not work. But i promise killer updates if i post them .

kejibabe:
@ironkurtain, u have been unbanned. please update , we still have more time before the end of today

Sis thanks for spreading my message

dimssy:
This is legendarily legendary.

Ice4jez:
ironkurtain u have my respect any day any time, u need to consider writing as a career cos u re really good

Thinking about it bro......and praying for a breakthrough

motion78:
What a great story!
You deserved a round of applause and standing ovation as we enter the grand finale of this ground breaking-oscar award winning blockbuster action movie. Happy to see hw eric manouvered and triumphed over dante bt dante remains my best character so far 4 this story.

P.S: my appologies to ironkurtain 4 my use of harsh words and inconsidrate terms.bt i knw it will spur up.
Pray dat d mods unbaned u so dat u finish ur gud work.

No worries bro......we are all entitled to our own opinions. I hope you enjoyed your weekend.

Mrlemuel:
Mr Ironkurtain, As I Dey Read Dis Tori, Na So My Brain Dey Show Me One Heck Of A 50 Grammy Awards Plaque, Itz Too Gud, Too Sweet... God Bless U As U Keep Typing.
How Is The Littleman(ur Kid) Doing?

My bros my little daughter is doing great and becoming more stubborn i appreciate the comment

Thanks for the comments

Eric could hear the crashing sound of Dante's body as he picked up the box cutter and went over to where the other three were tied to their chairs. The alarm of the car that it fell on started blaring out loud. Eric came over and Lisa gestured at him to untie Diana first. Eric stared at the old Nun for a few moments and proceeded to do so.

"That was quite a show", Diana said to Eric with a smile as he cut her loose. "And i didnt know that trophies are bludgeons, occasionally presented as an award for achievements", she continued and still smiling.

"I'm glad you figured that out", Eric murmured as he untied the ropes.

"Oh i have also figured out alot of things.....like why she is so into you apart from your......performance that got the other man so jealous".

Eric ignored Diana and moved over to Lisa to cut her loose.

"So....", Diana felt her hands and rubbed her neck. ".....arent you gonna say anything for Dante or whatever his name is?", she asked Eric.

Eric paused in what he was doing and looked at Diana. "Am i suppose to say something for the man i just crippled and threw to his death?", he asked.

"Well, something....anything for the guy?", Diana replied, still rubbing the bruises on her neck. "Atleast to show some respect for the dead".

"Well i'm cutting the f@cking ropes that he forgot to untie", Eric grunted as he cut the ropes and started untying Lisa.

"A short prayer would be good though", Diana suggested.

Eric glanced at Diana with a resigning sigh and then straightened up. He bowed his head with his eyes closed.

"The man died, amen!", he muttered with one hand on his chest and then made the sign of the cross.

"Amen to that", Lisa chuckled as Eric continued untying her.

Eric set Lisa free and then looked at the old man who was staring at him with alot of expectations and eagerly waiting for his turn to be released. Eric ignored him and dropped the box cutter on the floor. He picked up Dante's handgun and one of the magazines lying under Lisa's chair.

Lisa asked Diana if she was alright to which Diana assured her that she was in good shape. Then both of them stared at Eric as he went over to old man, holding the gun and the full clip in his hands.

Eric slapped in the handgun magazine, cocked back the hammer and pointed the muzzle of the weapon at the old man's head.

"So....how did you know about the diamonds i got in Congo", Eric asked the man with a murderous look on face.

The old man glanced at Diana and Lisa, and stared at Eric with a confused look on his face. "I don't know what you are talking about", was his reply to the question.

"Dont f@ck with me old man!", Eric barked and put the handgun in its business mode. "You gave Nina an assignment to do in Congo, right?", he asked.

"Yes", the old man agreed with a nod.

"I was the person that carried out that task. Only Nina in your organization knew about that. But nobody, not even Nina, knew that i took diamonds from Jacques", Eric stated. "So i want you to give me some answers before i splatter your brains all over your sweet looking office", he threatened.

"I see.....", the old man nodded and looked at Eric from head to toe. "Now i know the real reason why that rebel leader was brutally killed", he smirked. "Anyway, young man, all i know is our organization was contacted by a European royal family to conduct a secret rescue mission. So i gave your mother the job because she was the only one good enough to accomplish it. She reported a successful mission....except for Jacques getting killed and his rebel group getting wiped out which wasnt suppose to happen because that wasnt part of the plan".

"Hey old timer!, i already know about that f@cking story cos you are looking at the guy who made it happen!", Eric loudly interrupted the old man. "And it doesnt answer my damn question!", he retorted.

"Well that's all i know", the old man said coolly and looked away.

"Bullsh!t!".

"Then you better be prepared to use that weapon because i cant tell you what i dont know".

"You are f@cking lying old man!, i know you had some dealings with him!".

"Some dealings with who?!".

"Dealings with that motherfucker called jacques!", Eric blurted out loud. "That's how you and your number two buddy knew about the diamonds in his possession!".

"Young man i don't even know Jacques!.....and neither do i know about his sexual affairs with mothers!", the old man angrily blurted out louder.

The old man's last words made Diana and Lisa to sneer, despite being highly concerned that the gun in Eric's hand might go off in the heated argument. But the old man was very angry. The hard look on his face and the flame in his eyes as he stared at Eric, said it all. Eric saw the expression and realized that he must have pushed the old man, his grand father, too hard.

Then the old man took a deep breath and gently exhaled to calm himself down. "I dont know about the diamonds you are talking about", he muttered quietly. "And i never cared to know even though Bernard.....". The old man paused. And then looked at Eric with furrowed brows.

Eric smirked and put the handgun in safety mode. "Even though Bernard what?", he asked as he tucked the weapon in his waist belt and picked up the box cutter.

The old man remained silent with a thoughtful gaze on his face

"Let me guess....", Eric began as he bent over and started cutting the ropes used tie the old man to the chair. "....Bernard talked about some diamonds that Nina might have stumbled upon after killing Jacques and probably tried to convince you to give the orders to go get it from her", he continued as he untied the ropes and set the old man free after unlocking the handcuffs.

The old man got up and heaved a deep sigh after he was freed from the uncomfortable position. "How did you get to know about all his plan?", he asked Eric as he straightened his suit jacket and checked for any stain on it.

"I was the one that got all the intel on Jacques that my mother gave to your organization", Eric replied and glanced at the old man from head to toe. "None of it mentioned Jacques being in possession of any rare diamond. No one knew he had it,......not even his own men".

"So for Bernard to know about the diamonds meant that he and Jacques were very close", the old man muttered thoughtfully. "Like....friends".

"Or co-conspirators", Eric added.

"Co-conspirators?", Diana asked and glanced at the old man. "Conspiring to do what?", she asked and looked at Eric.

"He wants to unseat grandpa from the throne and take over the organization", Eric replied. "What do you even think gave our 'Guy Mac-fly' the courage to come at you?", he asked and jerked his head at the broken office window; he was referring to Dante. "He literally steamrolled through your bodyguards like they were nothing. I know he is one tough dude, but he still has to have the knowledge of the security formation for him to be able to waltz into your office. And my guess is Bernard was the guy that planned the security for today's event", Eric muttered and glanced at the old man

"He is definitely right about that one", Diana agreed.

"And that's also why your boy, Bernard tried to kill my mother.....twice", Eric continued. "The second one, you already know about. The first one was suppose to be done by Jacques".

"The rescue mission", the old man muttered.

"Yep", Eric nodded and picked up Dante's cellphone. "Bernard used that mission to set her up", he continued as he inspected the device. "But there was one snag in his plan. He didnt know that i was the one going for the rescue mission. So Jacques ended up getting the wrong info on the person coming to make the deal with him.....and everything went awkward for everybody on the day of the deal". Eric handed the cellphone to Lisa.

"Awkward?", Diana chuckled and glanced at the old man who hurriedly went towards his desk and opened one of its drawers. "Awkward as in you singlehandedly annihilating a rebel faction?".

"Who is this old woman?", Eric asked Lisa quietly and gave Diana a curious stare. "And....why is she here?".

"Eric...i want you to meet Diamonds", Lisa introduced.

"Diamonds?", Eric snorted with a smirk and looked at Lisa. "What the hell is it with people and diamonds?".

"She IS the diamonds that your grandfather wanted", Lisa told him.

The smirk on Eric's face slowly faded as he turned his gaze back at Diana.

"And she is your grandmother", Lisa added. "She is Nina's real mother".

Those words made Eric to throw glances at Diana and Lisa with furrowed brows. Then he shrugged with a sigh.

"Well, i was expecting to see something else....other than a seemingly talkative old woman", Eric then said. "What are you doing?", he asked when he saw the old man taking out a cellphone from the desk drawer.

"I have to call my men to get us the hell out of here", the old man replied. "And to get that fool, Bernard".

"No", Eric objected. "Not now".

"Why?", the old man asked.

"Bernard is very smart. And he knows alot. Probably everything about you and the organization", Eric replied and took the cellphone from the old man. "He definitely knows what you gonna do or what your next move gonna be after a failed attempt on your life. So he will probably be prepared for it", he stated. "Besides, we also need to know if there are other players in this plan of his. I suggest we play along with it", Eric added.

The old man nodded with a smile. He was highly impressed with what Eric said.

"Eric......", Lisa began and showed Eric the cellphone he handed to her; Dante's cellphone. It was vibrating an incoming call.

"Just like i thought", Eric muttered as Lisa came over and handed the cellphone to him. "Calling to know if the job is done", Eric glanced at the old man and stared at the caller number.

Diana thought for a short while and said, "Give me the phone".

"What?", Eric looked at her.

"You want us to play along with the plan right?".

"Yeah..but.....".

Diana gestured at Eric to hand over the cellphone that was still vibrating. Eric glanced at the old man who shrugged his approval and then handed the cellphone to her.

Diana closed her eyes for a few seconds.

Muttering, "This is going to be easy", she immediately went over to the desk and placed the cellphone on the table. Then she glanced around the table and grabbed the box of tissue near the office intercom.

Eric and Lisa stared at Diana curiously as she snatched a few plys from the tissue box. And got flabbergasted with their mouth open when she quickly folded the tissue and stuffed it in her mouth.

Then Diana put the cellphone on speaker mode and pressed the answer button.

"Been waiting for your call".

Lisa gasped when Diana perfectly mimicked Dante's voice.

"Anyway it's done.....the old man is dead. I killed the other guy earlier, it took alot of work but he is no longer a problem to you now", Diana continued in the fake voice. "So let's round up this business cos i have other place to go".

"Good....very good", the voice boomed out from the speakers of the device on the table. "The rest of the payment will be wired into your account immediately. It's nice doing business with you Mr Dante, take care".

The phone call ended before Diana could say any other thing.

The old man sighed and rested both palms on the table with his head bowed. "Do we have to play along with this plan?", he asked, still bowing his head. "Because i can still make him tell us everything we want to know", he muttered with alot of anger in his voice.

"So what's the next plan?", Diana asked Eric.

Eric glanced around the office that was partly trashed, and at the powerbike that he had used to do the damage, lying on the floor. Then he reached for Dante's cellphone that suddenly vibrated an alert for a new message. A bank alert.

Dante immediately lunged at Eric and threw a right hook at him. His fist got stopped a few inches away from Eric's face by a powerful grip that caught his wrist. Then Dante made another move with the other hand and got a blinding smack on the face that sent him staggering to his side.

Dante thought his jaw fell off and felt his face. He looked up and saw Eric coming at him again, muttering, "you threaten my mother?". Then he swung into action and threw another punch at Eric. But Eric ducked the punch and his open palm met Dante's face again and landed the explosive smack that filled the room. Then a punch hit him before he could react and sent him tumbling to the floor.

Eric stared as the seemingly disoriented man got up with his mouth and nose bleeding. He waited until Dante was fully standing on his feet....and started going at him again. Dante made a wild rush at Eric and got dropped to his knees by a powerful kick to the guts. Then Eric grabbed Dante by collar of his overalls and swung an uppercut that literally stood him up. Dante made another feeble attempt to hit back but Eric's powerful arms wrapped around his waist and lifted him off his feet.

The whole world seemed to turn upside down in Dante eyes when Eric body-slammed him hard on the old man's desk. A large amount of blood spilled out from Dante's mouth as he rolled out of the table and fell on the floor. He staggered as he got up while Eric stood by and watched. Then he glanced around frantically and staggered toward a glass display cabinet with trophies in it. Eric followed him as he staggered painfully towards the baseball bat standing beside the cabinet. Dante reached for the bat but a power grip from behind stopped him short. Then the grip spun him around to the incoming fist that delivered a sledgehammer blow to his face.

Shards of glasses rained on Dante after the impact of the blow sent his body crashing into the glass display cabinet. Eric grabbed the stunned man and slammed him against the display cabinet again, breaking more glasses in the process before hammering vicious punches into his guts. Dante pushed Eric away as his hand grabbed one of the trophy. He swung it at Eric. But the hand got controlled, the trophy dispossessed and Dante screamed painfully when his elbow got snapped. Then Eric propelled Dante away from the broken case and pushed him away.

Dante stumbled and fell on the old man's desk. Then he saw a box cutter beneath the file rack and grabbed it. He wiped his profusely bleeding face and nose and made a wild rushed at Eric groaning, "I'm gonna kill you!".

Eric immediately grabbed the trophy on the floor as he too went at Dante. He docked down as Dante went for a face stab and swung the object at the appendage that came within the reach of his arm.

The bronze-made trophy met Dante's knee with alot of brute force and the cracking sound of his knee-joint filled the room. And so did Dante's painful groan as the leg that took the violent blow, buckled. Eric swung the trophy at Dante again, to his face and hit the man with a jaw dislocating blow that sent him dropping face-down to the floor. Then Eric held Dante down to keep him in that position and tightened his grip on the trophy with a murderous look on his face.

Lisa and the other two watched as Eric savagely clobbered Dante's head, back and spine with the object. Every blow he delivered left a sickening crunching sound of bones.....and Dante's mouth spewing out alot of blood.

After about half a minute of the air in the office being rented by an unrelenting thumping sound of a savage beatdown being meted out, Eric stopped and slowly lowered the bloodstained trophy he was holding over his head. Then he shook his head with a sigh, as if he had gotten tired of what he was doing. He tossed the object away and and emptied Dante's pockets, taking both cellphones and the handcuff keys out of it. And then roughly turned the body he had mangled after he was done checking the pockets.

Dante was still breathing. But it was a laboured breath and a wheezing sound could be heard as he struggled to inhale through his bleeding nostrils. His tongue was partially hanging out of his blood filled mouth and the sharp look he always had in his eyes was now a dull gaze with bloodshot eyes. His fingers were still moving, quite slowly and uncontrollably, probably due to the many 'brain damaging' blunt force traumas he took to the head and spine.

Eric shook his head again and then grabbed Dante by his ankle. "Like i said earlier, i dont have time for this sh!t", he muttered as he dragged Dante towards the broken window. "I have other important business to handle man......". Then Eric let go of Dante's leg and stood over him. ".....And i don't wanna handle this business with my emotion running high", he concluded with an expressionless look on his face as he stared at Dante who seems to be trying to say something, but only succeeded in spurting out more blood from his mouth.

Then Eric grabbed Dante by the collar of his overall. He roughly heaved up and rested the man's paralyzed body on his shoulder.

"I guess it's time for you to go on that vacation......", Eric grunted as he carried Dante closer to the broken window. ".....But it gonna be a permanent one.....cos in hell you gonna fry sir".

Dantes body smashed through what was left of the window when Eric tossed him out of the building. His mangled body speedily made the several hundreds of feet descent down to the street below the building.

Lisa let out a loud scream and shuddered with her eyes closed.

Then for a moment, she noticed that it was only her shriek that filled the room. With alot of fear still written on her face, Lisa opened her eyes and saw Dante staring at his handgun like he had never seen it before. Then the fear on her face turned into a look of surprise when she looked at Eric and saw that he was still alive. And with a smile on his face.

"Oops!......", Eric began. Then he slowly stood up with a painful grunt and dug a hand inside his trouser, reaching for the crotch. "I forgot to mention that....during our little rolling around, i slipped out the clip from that pistol and replaced it with an empty one", he said and pulled out a handgun magazine.

Dante stared at the magazine Eric was holding. He immediately dislodged the magazine in his handgun and found out that the man facing him wasnt lying after seeing that it was empty. With an overly stunned look on his face he dropped the empty ammo case and quickly reached into one of his pockets.

"Ah ah!......", Eric reached into his crotch again and pulled out two more magazines. "I also took those ones out", he said and tossed the three of them under Lisa's chair. "I warned you about letting your emotions to get the better part of you", Eric added. "Sh!ts like this are bound to happen on the job bro".

"Oh dear", Diana chuckled. "It's like you boys are now on a level playing field.......or perhaps, the odds has been stacked against someone else", she chuckled again and looked at Dante.

"Shadap!!", Dante barked angrily at Diana with a hard glare.

"Oh....okay sir", Diana murmured mockingly and turned away.

Dante stared at Eric for a while. "Hm....good", he then muttered with a nod and lowered his eyes to his handgun. "Very good. You really took me by surprise cos i didnt see that coming. Anyway......", Dante tossed the weapon away. ".....i dont need this gun to kick your ass", he said.

Then Dante zipped up overall and started rolling up the sleeves. "See, i wanted to make it quick and easy for you....", he began as he pushed his sleeves close to his elbow. "......because i really admired your bravery in the face of death. But since you have decided to make it hard for me to do so with your slick hands, i guess i will have to use my hands.....and make your girlfriend watch while i beat you to death my friend", he continued.

"Now let me be straight with you....my friend", Eric began irritatedly. "This week have been nothing but engagements in an unrelenting old school throwdowns with big ass motherfuckers, and taking matchetes and sh!ts to more extremely violent big ass motherfuckers. So you can see that i've been very busy and......i'm kind of getting really tired of all these bloodletting activities", he sighed.

Dante chuckled. He glanced at Eric and looked at his balled fists.

"My devotion now is to handle my business with this old man. So i'm not in the mood for any physical contest with you", Eric continued. "And neither will it do anything to change her mind if she doesnt want to hook up with you", he pointed at Lisa. "I also heard about some certain deal you sighed with this old man. This is a clear violation of the deal and my advice to you is to.....perhaps apologize and honour the deal by walking away, so that we wont have this kind of situation again".

Dante laughed out loud after Eric concluded and shook his head.

Diana stared at Dante as he laughed and then looked at Eric. "No......the deal has been cancelled", she said to him. "Isnt it?", she asked and looked at the old man. "

The old man looked at Diana and smiled. "Oh yes....there is a new deal", he said and looked at Eric. "Killing him is the price you have to pay if you dont want your father and mother to be bother again......for life", he said to Eric.

Eric looked at the old man. "That's an interesting offer", he said to the old man. "But i'm gonna pass cos i can still set my old man free without doing your dirt", he continued.

"What about fulfilling the promise you made to Esther your mother?", Lisa then said.

"I made alot of promises to her and none of them involves this guy", Eric said with less concern.

"Of course it does. He was the one that set off the bomb that killed Ernest, Esther's fiance", Lisa said.

Eric heard it and slowly turned his head to Lisa with furrowed brows. Lisa wasn't sure of the authenticity of what Dante had earlier said about his deed at the hospital. But she's well aware that anything that affects or in anyway affected Esther negatively, brings out the monstrosity in him.

"He said it himself and boasted about it Eric", Lisa continued. "His father took the bomb to that hospital. But he was the one that positioned in the place that killed all those people.... Including Ernest who died saving you".

Eric slowly turned and looked at Dante. "I have known this girl for more than five years.....and she has never lied to me for once", Eric muttered as he stared at Dante with the look in his eyes turning into a cold murderous one. "So is it true?", he asked with a throaty voice.

"Of course that's the truth", Dante replied and balled both fists. "But after i'm done killing you, i might go seek out that mother of yours and make it a complete family in hell", he added. "So enough of this talks cos i have a vacation to plan".

"Nope", Eric murmured and shook his head. "No one threatens my mother", he muttered and started approaching Dante with a determined look.

Wow......okay guys pls give me a few minutes. I didnt expect to get ten likes that quick.

Hm......i know the story didnt turn out to be what you guys expected. You all wanted to see a perfect guy and a fighting machine that always comes out victorious in every confrontation. Anyway i wanna mess with you guys abit.....so if i get up to 10 likes or more for the last update i posted, then i will post the continuation. . Am waiting.....

CHAPTER SIXTEEN.



Dante glanced at the clock on the wall and sighed. "Well", he muttered impatiently as he got up and went over to Lisa. "It's like your loverman is indeed too busy to answer a damn phone call", he said and took the cellphone from Lisa. "I guess i will have to use another way to draw his attention. But before that, i will have to take care of this business". Dante looked at the old man.

"Kevin just give him a few more minutes", Lisa said. "He said he will be very busy doing something today".

"Very busy doing what?", Dante asked without looking at Lisa as he slipped the phone inside one of his pockets.

"Doing something we call a job", Lisa replied.

Dante smirked. "Anyway.....", he cocked the handgun. "His presence here wont even stop what i intend to do. So i can as well go ahead and do it while we wait for him", Dante said and pointed it at Diana. "And i dont want to keep the old lady waiting".



Eric speedily swung the bike into the underground parking lot of the building and scanned for the elevator for transporting goods. He saw it and brought the bike to a screeching halt infront of it. He kick out the bike stand and got off to press the button. The elevator arrived and he hurriedly pushed the bike into the wide spaced lift.

The security saw what Eric was doing and started approaching, demanding what was going on. But before the middle aged man could come over to stop him, the door slided close. Eric hit the button to the top floor and heaved a sigh of relief when the elevator started making its ascent to the destination. The bike was quite heavy and he thought the transporter would sound the 'too much load' alarm.

The few people walking around the lobby, probably workers not taking the day off for the holiday, got startled as the motorbike roared out of the elevator when its door slided open. Some jumped out of the way and took cover into their offices as the bike rode through the corridor and heading towards the stairs leading to the rooftop.

Eric's entire body shook as the motorbike galloped through the stairs and sent the rooftop access door flying open with the motorbike. Then he rode to the side of the building that was facing the CANTONA TOWERS building. He stopped near the concrete ledge and studied the building top floor and the office tinted windows. And checked the distance between the two buildings.

"I have done alot of sh!ts....", Eric muttered as he looked down to the street below. "But this is an insane-to-no limit sh!t", he sighed.

Then Eric got off the bike and glanced around the rooftop. There seems to be some kind of a maintenance work going on with a few tools and pieces of woods lying around the place.

Eric kept looking around until he saw what he was looking for; a stack of thick wood plank. He checked the wood thickness and immediately hauled three of them on his shoulder, carrying the woods that was quite heavy to the building ledge. He rested one end of planks on top of the waist-high ledge and rested the other end on the rooftop tar and gravel floor.

Then Eric took off his trench coat. He unsling the sawed-off shotgun from his shoulder and dropped everything on the floor. He pulled out his Smith and Wesson handgun from his waistbelt. As he was about to drop the weapon, he stopped and stared at it for a few seconds and turned to the CANTONA TOWER building with a thoughtful look on his face. Then he dislodged the magazine from the handgun and took out all the sixteen bullets in it.

After stuffing all sixteen bullets in the pocket of his trench coat and slipping the empty magazine inside the sleeve of his shirt, Eric quickly straddled the motorbike and rode towards the other end of the rooftop. When he got there, he turned around and faced the ledge, with the tires of the bike pointing at the stack of wooden plank he had leaned against the concrete barrier.

Eric tightened his grip on the powerbike handle and looked up to the sky. "Like i said, please dont ask me unnecessary questions if we meet on the other side", he muttered. Then he looked ahead and sent the bike sprinting towards the wooden plank.



"Dante.....i'm begging you. Please dont kill her", the old man pleaded as Dante took an aim at the Nun. "Tell me what you want and i will do it", he said.

"What i want?", Dante smirked and looked at the old man. "I want you to suffer.....and then die", he said and looked at Diana to take a shot at her.

Then a rumbling sound, like the sound of an motorbike made Dante to turn around, in time to see something looming at the office window from outside.

The motorbike crashed into the office and sent shards of glass flying all over the place. The bike landed on the old man's big desk and Eric propelled himself at Dante while he was shielding his face from the pieces of glasses flying all over the place. Dante managed to let off a shot in Eric's direction before their body collided with a loud thud and making Dante to lose his grip on the handgun. The motorbike hit a few furnitures and missed the three people tied to their chairs before slamming against the wall.

Lisa let out a scream as both men made a brief hard struggle and rolled around on the floor. Eric stunned Dante with a right hook to his jaw and reached for the handgun Dante had dropped. But Dante recovered quickly and went at Eric as he dived at the weapon. Eric landed on the weapon but Dante was already on top of him, pressing him to the floor and slamming several hard punches to his sides that made Eric to groan painfully. Dante delivered more hard punches to Eric's back and ribs as he held him down. Eric managed to free his hand and swung his elbow backwards. The blow caught Dante on his jaw and made him lose his balance. Eric freed the other hand that was hold the gun and turned it towards Dante to take an aim. But Dante had already recovered and grabbed Eric's arm. He expertly disarmed Eric of the weapon and hit him with a powerful hook to the jaw.

Eric groaned as two more hard blows met his face and opened up a cut on his lip. Dante hit him again and swung the barrel of the handgun at his face several times.

The old man watched as Eric took a merciless beating from Dante and looked at Lisa. "Eat guys like him for breakfast huh?", he scoffed at her. "He is just like his mother", he muttered and looked at Diana, who was watching the fight in silence. "A total failure".

But Lisa wasnt listening to the old man. She watched with alot of fear that Dante might decide to use the gun the proper way though she was surprised to see Eric being the one taking the beatings.

Dante stopped and straightened up with the gun pointed at Eric who laid on the floor with his hands on his bruised face.

"Turn around and remain face down with you arms and legs spread apart", Dante ordered. Eric did as he was told and Dante did a quick search on him.

Seeing nothing on him, Dante grabbed Eric by the collar of his shirt. "That's a very rude way of coming in here and joining the meeting. Now get your ass up and go over there".

Eric quiet got up with his hands raised and limped to where the other three were tied to their chairs.

"Get down on your knees and put your hands behind your head", Dante ordered again with the gun pointed at Eric.

As Eric did so, he looked at Diana. "You?", he began when he recognized the face.

"Good to meet you again my dear", Diana said to Eric

"What are you doing here?", Eric asked the Nun. "What is she doing here?", he asked Dante.

"You have to know that you are in no position to ask questions here", Dante warned as he picked up his chair that had fallen and pulled it closer to his captives. "So you better keep your mouth shut and only talk if i say so.....i hope you understand me?",

"Yes i understand", Eric replied and felt the bruises on his face.

"Good boy".

Then, Dante sat on the chair with keen eyes on Eric and the muzzle of the handgun pointed at him. "So how was it?",  he asked.

"You are one hell of a tough guy",  Eric replied and spat out blood mixed with saliva."Your fists are damn good for sure because i havent seen anyone hit that hard",  he continued and licked the cut on his lower lip.

     Dante smirked. "Glad to hear that....but i'm not talking about our fight you fool",  he muttered. "I'm talking about you screwing her last night",  he jerked his head at Lisa.

     Eric stared at Dante for a while and then glanced at Lisa and the others with a confused look on his face. "Am i suppose to answer that question?",  he asked and looked at Dante.

"Well you can see that i am the one incharge here", Dante said and waved the handgun at Eric. "And i asked a question. So i expect an answer".

Eric shook his head with a sigh. "I dont think i can give you the answer to that question", he said to Dante.

Dante stared at Eric for a few seconds in silence. "Why?", he then asked.

"Because....i dont see how it helps my situation.....or yours", Eric replied with furrowed brows.

Dante smirked. "How do you know that it doesnt help my situation?", he asked coolly. "You dont even know anything about my situation".

"Dude, neither do i know your life situation, nor your history with this girl", Eric said and jerked his head at Lisa. "But one thing i know very well is that we are having a very unpleasant situation here with someone who seems to be doing a job with alot emotions, which, to me, is very bad for this line of work....".

Dante pursed his lips and stared at Eric.

"...So giving an answer that could potentially make those emotions to run high, doesn't seem quite appealing to me....or anyone in my position", Eric continued.

Dante stared at Eric with and expressionless look on his face. The atmosphere in the office started getting tense with the other three wondering what Dante was going to do as he remained like that for a while. Then his lips curved into a friendly smile and he lowered the hand bearing the weapon.

"First, the friendly smile", Diana whispered. "And then.....you already know what's coming next", she glanced at the old man.

The old man said nothing and continue watching.

"Hm......my emotions", Dante began quietly and got up from his seat. "Emotions.....running high. My emotions running high", Dante muttered as he paced around Eric. Then he stopped infront of the man who was still on his knees. "Perhaps you are right. Me knowing that you sticked your c@ck in her gonna hurt my....emotions", he said with the friendly smile still on his face.

Without any warning, Dante swung the handgun at Eric and pistol-whipped him across his face. The hard blow knocked Eric to his side and left a bleeding cut on his temple. Then Dante shot his right foot forward and drove it into Eric's guts.

Eric groaned painfully.

Dante delivered three more vicious kicks to Eric's body and began to stomp him hard. Every blow delivered drew out blood from Eric's mouth and nose. And opened up other fresh cuts on his face.

Lisa screamed at Dante to stop as he continued to viciously swing his legs, fist and the pistol at Eric. Eric grunted and groaned painfully as the blows rained down on him. Some he managed to shield from making their impact on the intended target.

Then Dante stopped after Lisa screamed at him again. He wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead and licked his lips with a look of satisfaction on his face. He stared at Eric as he laid groaning on the floor and smiled at what he had done to him.

"I told you so", Diana whispered at the old man.

The old man still remained silent. But this time, the look in his eyes showed that alot of anger was welling up inside him.

"Dont worry my friend", Dante said and wiped his forehead again as he backed away to his chair. "That's just a warning....or rather a stimulus to make you answer every question i ask you".

Eric painfully took his former position and said nothing with an expressionless look on his face as he stared at Dante.

"So....", Dante sat on the chair with a mischievous smile. "I'm waiting for your answer to my question".

"What kind of a sick man are you?!!", Lisa tearfully blurted at Dante.

"Lady!", Dante glared at her. "Cant you shut your mouth for once and let the men have some discussion?!", he retorted.

"He is right", Eric groaned and wiped the blood on his nose. Then he spat out more blood mixed with saliva and looked at Lisa. "Shut up and let the men talk",

"Good", the mischievous smile on Dante's face brightened up. "Very good. So go ahead and answer my question".

"So what was the question.....", Eric muttered and wiped his nose again. "Oh yeah.....you wanna know how it was f@cking her, right?", he continued and looked at Dante

Dante nodded with the smile still on his face and the gun pointed at Eric.

"Well.....i would say it was one heck of an unforgettable experience; a once in a lifetime enjoyment to be frank", Eric shrugged with a sigh. "You know,.......with her being untouched for almost a year, the good feel was out of this world".

"I see", Dante muttered and keenly stared at Eric.

"But the best part was having the thoughts of you stuck in that restaurant and playing 'the loser's waiting game' while i was hard dicking her down", Eric continued and looked at Dante with a wry smile. "I almost had a screaming premature ejaculation".

The smile on Dante's face slowly faded.

"What an idiot", the old man murmured and glanced at Diana. "He has just given Dante a reason to kill him in a terrible way", he sighed.

Diana pursed her lips and ignored the old man.

"And....oh....do you also wanna hear the part where i was making a thousand promises to her when the sex got so.....".

"Shut up!.....just shut your mouth!", Lisa retorted, interrupting Eric as he continued. "Kevin...Dante, we didnt do anything. I....i swear....Please do believe me.....we did nothing!", she said the lie with a desperate voice. "I only met him because i wanted to get some informations. Dont listen to him".

Dante sneered at Lisa and stared at Eric with alot of distaste written on his face. It's obvious that nothing is going to save her "boyfriend" from a certain death. But she was still putting up alot futile attempt to make it not to happen, even lying through her teeth. To Dante it only meant one thing; that she was still very much in love with the guy. And it hurts Dante's feelings. Now all he wants to do is to end his rival's life quicker. And in a horrible way.

"He is just a lying disrespectful jerk.....and that's why i left him", Lisa continued and gave Eric a quick angry glance. "Dante please, just let him go. Let them go and you can do whatever you wanna do with me. We can still go on that vacation you wanted us to go. I promise to do whatever you want if you let them go", Lisa begged.

Dante laughed. "Lady, i can still make you do whatever.....and i mean WHATEVER i want you to do without sparing their lifes", he then said to Lisa. "Even without breaking a drop of sweat", Dante added with a smirk.

Then Dante sighed and looked at Eric. "I want you to look at her", he ordered Eric.

Eric took a quick glanced at Lisa.

"Keep looking at her!", Dante barked.

Eric sighed and kept a steady stare at the girl.

"I want you to take a good look at her for the last time", Dante began coolly and gestured the handgun at Lisa. "I want you to take your time in doing it cos i'm gonna kill you right infront of your b!tch. After that, i'm gonna take her. And while you are lying in some cold morgue or turning into maggot food in the ground, i'm gonna have alot of fun with her.....Lots of fun", Dante smiled. "When i'm very much done with her , i will leave what's left of her for any fool willing to take her. Or perhaps send her to go join you in hell. I just hope you will be able to recognize her".

Then Dante got up and cocked the handgun. "Any of you wanna say something to this fool before i send him back to his maker?", he asked, looking at Diana and the old man. Getting no response from them, he said, "Okay then", and pointed the gun at Eric.

"Kevin...i'm begging you....please dont do this", Lisa begged and sobbed with a downcaste gaze. Then she looked up and her teary eyes met Eric's eyes as Dante aimed the weapon at his head. Eric slowly shook his at her and muttered, "Baby i'm sorry", and then stared at the muzzle of the weapon with a look of defiance.

"I have always being the better guy", Dante said proudly to Lisa.

And then he pulled the trigger.


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Chris used the computer mouse to fastfoward the cctv recordings made by the cameras in Gus house. Nina stood beside him with her eyes focused on the windows in the computer monitor and keenly watching all the activities it had recorded.

"Wait!", Nina suddenly interrupted Chris in what he was doing. Then she pointed at window showing the recordings of the camera in Gus' mini bar. "I want you to bring up that window and go back", Nina said to Chris.

Chris did as he was told.

"Stop!....pause it right there!".

Nina looked closer after Chris paused the video and gasped as she stared at a particular face. "Oh God...it's.....it's him!", she muttered.

"Him who?", Chris asked.

Nina immediately brought out her cellphone and frantically dialled. "All of you should do whatever it takes to contact Eric!", she almost barked into her Bluetooth. "Send text messages to his phone.....or do whatever it takes to get his attention!", she said breathlessly.

"What the hell is going on?", Chris glanced at the face on the computer screen that got Nina's attention and seemed to make frantic with fear. "Who the hell is that guy?", he asked her.

"That guy you see on the screen is Dante", Nina said as she waited impatiently for Eric to answer his cellphone.

"Who is Dante?", Alex voice asked.

"Yeah who is Dante?", Chris asked the question again.

"The most efficient killer i have ever known and the only person that have ever given me sleepless nights", Nina answered and cursed out loud when the automated voice told her that Eric wasn't answering the call. "This guy....is Eric's nemesis. We have to warn him or else we will lose both the Sosai and Eric", she said desperately as she dialled the number again.



Eric could see the CANTONA TOWERS building as the motorbike raced through the light traffic on the financial district of the city. He rode the bike at a normal pace to avoid arousing suspicions, especially after the violence that he had perpetuated at the highway in Route 82. He made careful survey of the activities going on in the street as he got closer to the building. Then he brought the motorbike to a halt.

Eric reached for his cellphone inside the pocket of his trench coat with a sigh. It had been vibrating incoming calls and new text notifications. He chose to ignore it because he wanted to stay sharp for the business at hand. But when the phonecalls and notification started getting incessant, he decided to find out what the hell was going.

Eric saw alot of missed calls. Thirteen from one particular number; Nina's cellphone number. And countless text messages from both Alex and Suzanne. He decided to call his mother than read the numerous text message.

"Eric!.....", Nina's desperate voice rang out of the earpiece after he dialled the number. "........where are you now?", she asked the question quite frantically.

"I'm still on my way", Eric replied. "What's the matter......what the hell is going on?", he asked.

"Eric we have a very serious problem!", Nina said.

"Yeah what the f@ck IS the problem?!", Eric asked quite irritatedly. He wanted to know what's the problem other than to be told that there was a problem because he already know that there is a problem. There is always one.

"I think your grandfather is not behind all these things going on", Nina replied.

"What makes you think so?", Eric asked.

"Because i just found out that he is also among those Gus intended to kill", Nina replied.

"So how is that a problem?, Gus' gang have being subdued and i'm sure Alex and Suzanne have taken care of Gus", Eric said with his eyes on the building.

"Eric, Dante is the one sent to kill your grandfather", Nina said.

Eric heard the name and remained silent with furrowed brows.

"And you know how he operates....he never leave any witness alive", Nina continued. "I'm saying this because of that girl, Lisa".


Alex took out his cellphone that vibrated a text message notification and looked at the picture that Chris sent to his cellphone.

"So this is the guy sent to kill grandpa", he muttered as he stared at the picture.

Suzanne came over and take a look at the picture in his cellphone. Then she grabbed his phone to take a closer look at it.

"My God!", she began as she stared at the face. "I have seen this guy before. He was with Lisa in her office when i went there to give her some files!", she said. "And both of them seemed quite close.....like good friends".

"Really?", Chris voice asked. "Then i guess he must have been using her as a way to get at the Sosai", he said.

"Then she is in trouble", Alex sighed. "The guy would probably want to eliminate anyone who knows one or two things about him".

Then Chris told Nina what Alex and Suzanne said about Lisa and Dante as she continued making the phone call to Eric.



"Eric, that guy is a well trained killer and very efficient at what he does", Nina's voice sounded the warning to Eric. "And his is probably more than a match for you my son.

Eric remained silent and listened to his mother.

"I can lose the Sosai who is my father, but i don't wanna lose you", Nina said quietly.

Eric sighed. "So what are you saying?......that i should back out and let Dante do his job?", he asked.

"If that's also another way to guarantee your father's freedom, i say you do so", Nina replied.

"What about Lisa?".

"Son remember what i said to you the first time i recruited you. I told you that there are things you can have and things you cannot have. Beside you warned her not to interfere because you knew very well the grave dangers that comes with this kind of situation".

Eric sighed again with a downcast gaze.

"If you go after Dante and fail, not only will you lose Lisa and your life. Dante will also go after those very dear to you.....like Esther and her husband and little kid....even us", Nina continued. "He has the uncanny ability in finding out things....he has done it many times. That's why he is regarded as the best of the bests. I suggest you let go of this mission".

Then Eric looked up and stared at the building that was hundreds of metres away from where he was standing. "How can i access the Sosai's office?", he asked Nina.

Nina heaved a sigh of resignation and said, "It is inaccessible if you dont have the access card. You cant even use the elevators without it".

"Where and which side of the building is the office located?", Eric asked again.

"Top floor and overlooking the right alley and the main street",

Then Eric shifted his eyes to another skyscraper standing next to the Cantona towers. "Give the phone to Chris", he said to his mother.

"What do you want me to do?", Chris voice demanded.

"What is the distance between the Cantona towers and the immediate building on its right?", Eric asked.

After a brief silence, Chris said, "The buildings are spaced with the city's standard measurments. So that building, standing in that position next to the Cantona towers, is more or less fifty feet away".

Eric nodded and stared at the building for a while.

"What do you intend to do?", Nina voice then asked.

"Nothing too drastic". Eric ended the call. He throttled the motorbike and started heading towards the other building with alot of urgency.


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Nina smiled and ended the phonecall. She heaved a sigh and looked at the injured man on the floor. He wasn't moving anymore and remain motionless with a pool of blood underneath his body. Then Nina heard a faint sound behind her.

"It's okay....you can come out now", Nina said to Abigail without looking at the woman who cautious descended the stair. "I hope your daughter is okay?", she asked and started searching the dead man.

Abigail nodded her head with fear in her eyes as she stared at the dead bodies. The large pool of blood in the livingroom terrified her. And the smell of it made her sick.

"She is asleep in the room", Abigail said as she cautiously stepped into the living room, trying not to step on the spent bullet casings lying all on the floor.

Nina nodded. She emptied the contents in the man's other pocket and checked his wallet and i.d card. Then the living room door slowly opened.

"All clear", Nina said out loud without looking in its direction.

The door opened wide and Titus stepped into the living room with a gun in his hand. Chris followed behind him with a lot of caution and holding his laptop infront of him. Titus glanced at the dead bodies and looked at Nina as he paced towards her. Then he stopped and looked at Chris who was still following behind him.

"There isnt a chance of them raising up from the dead and attacking", he said Chris with a sigh. "So dont worry and stop hiding behind me like an idiot".

Nina sneered and shook her head. Then she dropped the dead man's wallet and straightened up.

"Are they all dead?", Chris asked as Titus went over to the mini bar.

"Yeah", Nina replied and looked at him.

Chris took a deep breath and glanced at the dead bodies as he exhaled gently. "What a mess", he murmured and shook his head. Then he looked at Titus who was coming out of the mini bar with his hands and arms clutching several bottles of liquor. "What the hell do you think you are doing?", Chris asked Titus with a scoff.

"Taking my payments", Titus replied with a smile and adjusted his posture so as to prevent a bottle from falling down.

"Getting paid with booze?!".

Titus ignored Chris and looked at Nina. "Big mama i gotta go", he said to her and adjusted his posture again. "Gotta return the van to the garage before someone find out that it is missing".

Nina nodded with a smile. "Thanks Titus", she said and pat him on the back. Titus tightened his grip on one bottle that almost fell down when she did that. "Please dont drink yourself to death.....not yet, because i will need your help someday", she continued.

Titus gave Nina a bright smiled. He nodded at Abigail and glanced at Chris before walking out of the living room, muttering curses at the bottles as he struggled to keep them intact.

Chris sighed as he watched the man leave the livingroom. "Everybody around you all seem to be abnormal", he said and looked at Nina.

Nina laughed and pulled out one of her Desert Eagles. She walked over to Chris who stared at the 'hand cannon' with a tensed look on his face and handed it to him.

"Point and shoot at any of them if they happen to.....resurrect", Nina smiled, pressing the handle of the weapon in his palm and wrapping his fingers around it. "I have to go check the other rooms before we get the hell out of here", she continued and hurriedly ascended the stairs leading to the other rooms.



Nina kicked the door open and saw herself looking inside what looks like a library and study room. She quietly entered and glanced around the place, both at the brown Oakwood desk that has a desktop computer on it and the cabinet with bookshelves. She ran her fingers through some of the books in the shelves. She opened a few drawers in cabinets and then rested her eyes on the desk. She went over to the desk and went through the files on the table. Seeing nothing that got her interest, she sat on the chair and checked the desk drawers. There are three of them, one was locked and the other two were empty.

Nina took out her knife and forcefully pried the locked drawer open. She slowly opened it and saw that it contained some files; three of them. She opened the first one and saw a picture; her picture. She stared at it for a few seconds with a smirk and opened the second file. It contained the picture of one of her twin sons. She took a closer look at it and saw it was Alex's picture. She dropped the picture on the table and leaned on the edge of the desk as she proceeded to read the document in the file.

Nina's eyebrows furrowed thoughtfully after a short while of glancing and reading through the prints on the papers. She dropped the file next to the picture on the table and open the other file that contained her picture. She went through the paper in it and stared ahead with a confused look on her face. Then she looked at the third file and reached for it.

Nina opened it and the picture she saw made her remain still with her mouth open. Then she quickly went through the document in the file and gasped as she read it.

"Boys!, i think we have a problem!", Nina then spoke on her Bluetooth as she grabbed the three documents and quickly walked out of the study room. "Eric!....are you there?", she asked as she entered the livingroom and dropped the files beside Chris.

"What is matter?", Alex's voice asked.

"I saw some files in Gus library. Files containing my picture, yours and that of your grandfather", Nina said and dropped her weight beside Chris who heard what she said and looked at her with a surprised look on his face.

"Meaning what?", Alex demanded.

"It means that your grandfather is also among those Gus intended to kill", Nina said.

"Well, Gus and the entire hit squad have been eliminated, so i dont think we should worry about that", Alex said.

"No....Gus knows better than sending these men to go against a man like your grandfather", Nina said. "Eric where are you?.....Where the hell is he?!", she barked after getting no response from Eric.

"He is on his way to grandfather's office to handle a business", Alex replied. "Or probably handling the business now".

"That's not possible", Chris said as he stared at the screen of his laptop. "The signal from his Bluetooth shows that he is there with you guys".


Suzanne and Alex glanced at each other when they heard what Chris just said.

"Eric is not here with us", Suzanne said and glanced around the rooftop.

Then Alex dipped his hand inside his pocket and took out the pouch Eric gave to him. He opened it, searched through the diamonds in it and brought out a Bluetooth earpiece; Eric's Bluetooth earpiece.

"I think Eric doesnt want to be disturbed while at work", Alex said and waved the device at Suzanne. "He left his bluetooth with us", he informed his mother.

Nina heaved a sigh of desperation and looked at Chris. "Are you sure those men are the only ones that were present in Gus house today", she asked Chris.

"Yep", Chris replied.

"You didnt see anyone else leave the house before they did?".

"No....no one else left the house before and after they left".

Nina sighed deeply with a worried look on her face. "What about Gus' call records?", she asked eagerly. "Do you have all informations on each and every persons he called or called him throughout this week".

"Most of the numbers in his call log belong to his under bosses, including her husband", Chris replied and pointed at Abigail. "The phone number that appeared most in his incoming call list this week is the number you called yesterday night. The Sosai's number".

"This doesn't make sense", Nina murmured thoughtfully. "This doesn't add up", she shook her head and sighed again.

Then Chris glanced around the living room. "Is this house the only place where Gus meets the members of his organization?", he asked and looked at Abigail.

Abigail glanced at Nina and nodded her head. "This place is where my husband always meets the other members whenever Gus calls for a meeting", she said. "All his business dealings are done here".

"And do you know why all his business dealings are done in this place?", Nina asked.

"This place is his secret location", Abigail replied. "And the government doesnt know that this mansion belongs to him. It is not registered to his name", she continued.

"Did Vincent tell you that?".

"No....Gus ex wife told me that", Abigail looked at Nina. "She also told me alot of things about that man before he murdered her", she added.

"We have to go through the cctv recordings for this week", Chris then said and got up. "Do any of you know where the computer is?", he asked.

"Follow me", Nina replied the question and started heading towards the library.


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"Damn you Eric", Allen muttered and rubbed the back of his head as he stared at the policemen putting the yellow tapes around the Chevy SUV. "Damn you motherfucker", he muttered again and turned his gaze at his partner approaching him.

"He got hit with bullets from a sniper rifle", Zack came over and said to Allen. "The damn bullets ripped through the bulletproof glass like it was nothing". Then he sighed deeply and looked around. "But from where did the shooter take the shot?", Zack muttered with a bewildered look on his face. "Every f@cking building standing where the bullet came from is more than a mile away from this bridge".

"They used a high powered rifle", Allen muttered. "Probably a military grade type....with a high caliber armour piercing round", he continued and looked around.

"Well that explains why the bullet took out half of his arm and his head".

Then both detectives turned there heads to look at the two Federal agent that were approaching them with an expression of disappointment written on their faces.

"What the hell happened?", one of the agent who had earlier been introduced as Special agent Murphy, asked.

"What do you mean?", Allen answered the question with his own question.

"I thought you guys said that you had the situation under control and well secured", agent Murphy asked again with and irritated voice.

"I thought your buddy said that you guys are taking over the operation?", Allen pointed at agent Tim.

"Infact, we are the ones that suppose to be asking you guys what the F@CK! happened here", Zack added.

"Now you better be careful man", agent Murphy warned and stepped closer to Zack who glared at him from head to toe with a condescending smirk. "I can make you get demoted to a fucking traffic cop assh@le!!", he warned.

"Guys.....calm down", Special agent Tim said and put his hand on his partners shoulder to calm him down. "Why dont we work together to see how to sort out this mess that just happened", he advised.

"Yeah....so lets start by you placing a call to your people and tell them to start making use of their resourses cos it is a code red situation in the city", Allen said. "You boys can see that we are probably dealing with a group of killers running around with high powered guns. We will alert the police department and tell the to send every patrol helicopters to watch and report any suspicious movements", he continued.

Agent Tim nodded his head", "We will do that immediately", he said with a smile of approval and motioned at his partner who immediately slipped out a cellphone from his pocket and started making a phone call.


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The taxi speedily drifted out from an alley, dodging a few cars that blared their horn with their tires screeching to avoid a collision.

"The next building on your right", Alex said out loud and pointed at a twenty storey office building.

The man behind the wheel worked it hard and expertly drifted the taxi into the underground parking lot of the building. Then he hit the brake and the taxi grinded to a loud screech halt that echoed all over the parking lot. John hit the trunk button and immediately unbuckled his seatbelt. Suzanne jumped out of the car and snatched the case in the car trunk. Alex grabbed the Ak-47 assault rifle and followed behind as the three of the raced towards the door leading to the elevator lobby.

Suzanne pulled out one of her handguns and took an aim at the glass door as they approached it.

"Stop!", Alex said breathlessly and reached for his wallet. "I have the access card. The entire city cops are on alert..... we cant risk triggering the alarm of this building", he said and handed the key card he took out from his wallet to Suzanne.

"Good day Mr Barry Philips.....", an automated voice began when Suzanne pressed the card against the electronic lock system of the glass door. ".....hope you enjoy your stay", the female voice continued as the glass door slided open. The lights automatically switched on and illuminated the wide lobby and its well polished ceramic floor.

"Dad's access card?". Suzanne glanced at Alex as they hurriedly headed towards the elevator.

"I made a copy.....dont ask why", Alex said and pressed the elevator button.

"I dont even wanna know".

The elevator stainless steel door slided open and they rushed inside with Suzanne telling Alex that the destination was the rooftop of the building. Alex hit the twentieth floor button and murmured something inaudible as he continuously punched the close button until the door did so.

"You all gotta hurry up cos Gus is almost there.....and there is no more traffic light to slow him down", Chris voiced out.

"We are almost there", Alex said as the elevator started making its ascent and stared at the indicator with alot of impatience.

"So what's the plan?", John asked, glancing at Alex and Suzanne. "I dont see how coming to this place is gonna get the job done".

"Handkerchief", Suzanne muttered.

"Handkerchief", John repeated the word and cocked his ear with a knitted eyebrow.

"Yes.....i want your handkerchief", Suzanne pointed at the neatly folded piece of white cloth tucked inside John's breast pocket.

John stole a quick glance at Alex and reached for the handkerchief. He slowly took it out and handed it to Suzanne with a keen look in his eyes. Suzanne took the handkerchief and felt it inbetween her fingers before stuffing it into her side pocket. Then the elevator door slided open when it reached the top floor of the building.

"You guys better hurry cos the situation is now taking a different turn", Chris voice said.

"What's going on?", Alex asked breathlessly as he raced towards the stairs leading to the rooftop access door with the others following behind him.

"Two guys just arrived at the bridge and their car plate number says Feds", Chris replied.

"Damn!", Alex cursed as he reached for the door handle. "What are they doing now", he asked and kicked the door open when he found out that it was locked.

"Taking over whatever operations that is going on there", was Chris reply. "And you guys better hurry up in whatever you are doing cos Gus is almost there", he added.

Suzanne immediately rushed towards the ledge of the building after Alex sent the door flying open with a kick. On reaching there, she laid the sniper case on the ground and zipped it open. Alex glanced at Suzanne as she quickly assembled the parts of the Barret M-107 heavy sniper and looked ahead. He could see the Third Eastern bridge that was quite far from their position.

"Do you intend to shoot Gus from this position?", Alex asked Suzanne as she slapped in the the magazine containing the .50 BMG calibre rounds and balanced the big sniper rifle on the concrete ledge. "That bridge is more than two kilometers away from here!", he protested and pointed at the bridge.

"One kilometer, nine hundred and eighty-five meters", Suzanne corrected as she peered through the rifle scope and made some adjustments.

"Are you sure you can hit him from here?. Dont forget he is riding in a bulletproof car".

"This is an anti-material rifle with armoured piercing round".

"But.....you....".

"Will you shut your f@cking mouth for a sec, i'm trying to concentrate here!".

Then Suzanne took out the handkerchief. "Hold this", she said and handed it to Alex.

"What am i suppose to do with this?", Alex asked.

"Just hold it up", Suzanne replied and put her finger on the trigger. "I want to measure the wind power", she continued.

Suzanne looked at the handkerchief Alex was holding up. She stared at it and monitored how it fluttered to the current of the slow wind. She did so for a short while and then peered through the rifle scope. And aimed at the Chevy she could clearly see as the vehicle made its stop at the bridge.




Gus brought SUV to a halt, several metres away from the police squad cars standing on the bridge. He heaved a deep sigh of relief and smiled weakly as he stared at the two policemen gesturing at him to step out of the car. Two other men wearing dark suits were standing beside the policemen. Gus already knew who they are but he didn't mind because staying alive was his main objective for now.

Gus sighed again and reached for his seatbelt buckle. His hand got stopped midway by the vibration of his own cellphone in his pocket. Gus immediately reached for it with alot of curiosity written on his face. Seeing the caller number which he recognized, he pursed his lips and pressed the Answer button.

"I gotta say that i admired the way you and your boys made your moves on me", Gus began with a scoff and looked at the policemen who were still gesturing at him. "I made a costly mistake of underestimating you, woman".

"I'm glad i made a good impression", Nina's voice said. "But it's gonna be a damn shame that it all ended with you trying to get protection from the cops".

"Well.....it's not yet over. Infact, this is just the beginning", Gus chuckled and glanced at the men in suit that looked at him with alot of impatience as they waited for him to exit the vehicle. "I just played my cards and put myself in a better position where i will remain untouchable while i make my plans to get you", he smirked.

"You are right about that", Nina said. "And you are in the exact position where i want you to be. But what you still fail to understand is.......no one is untouchable. So any last words?", she asked.

Gus chuckled and held the cellphone infront of his face. "Yeah....go f@ck your......".

The driver side window screen of the Chevy exploded as the bullet went through it. The slug hit Gus' hand that was holding the cellphone and the limb also exploded into chunks of flesh that splattered all over the front passenger seat.

Gus blood curdling scream could be heard coming out of the SUV as all the police men near the vehicle including the Federal agents, docked for cover. Zack also did the same but Allen drew his weapon and started running towards the SUV. He could see Gus screaming and holding the profusely bleeding stump that used to be his hand.

"Gus get down!", Allen screamed as he raced towards the car.



"That's what you get for trying to bite the hand that feeds", Suzanne muttered and immediately discharged the spent bullet casing. Then she took another accurate aim at the screaming man that she could see through the sniper rifle scope and stroked the trigger.

The M-107 heavy sniper shooter thundered and the .50 calibre death took flight, heading towards it target at a supersonic speed. Suzanne watched as it hit its target and left him with a catastrophic puncture wound to the head that took more than half of his face....and his life.


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To all my followers and fans, i want to apologize for not being able to post updates. The reason being that i intend to post the entire final draft of this story next week that's so i'm trying to use the limited time to complete the story. Pls do bear with me.