The priest was lost in thought as soon as the four mercenaries left his sight. "We need to send some people to go and verify if the ship is at the dock," Barrymore who had been peering at his superior face let out."Go along with some men and be careful not to be tailed back to our hideout.""What about you? I suggest you leave this place right now.""I will. Let's be on our way."The group marched out of their meeting hall and were weary of snipers as they hurried close to their cars, hopped inside and drove into the main road. "Something is wrong at our headquarters. All my telephone calls were received by a strange voice... I hope that is not what am thinking.""What's on your mind?""I guess El Ramon had invaded our place and arrested all our men.""Call Greenwich port to confirm from the guards there. I believe they will have information about what is going on.""I already did. My calls were picked up by strange men who seemed interested in my location, but offered no vital inf
Barrymore parked at the port car park, hopped down the car and was followed by four hefty men in black uniforms. A moment later, the large gate was opened and the five men strolled inside. "Good evening, how can I be of service?""We are here to meet some sailors who docked in your port three days ago?""Only one ship docked here in the past week, and the sailors left two days later.""And the ship?""Along with the ship. Will they leave without it?""You mean there is no ship in this port?""Apart from some boats and speedboat, there is no single ship in our dock.""Mind if we take a look?""No. Please come with me."The pair were led into the port and then showed where the ship was kept before sailing back to wherever it was brought from."The only island in this way is Greenwich island. Perhaps your sailor was waiting for you there," the guard pointed toward somewhere far off and let out."They were instructed to wait for us here."The guard shrugged, peeked at his visitors and s
Onishi released his newfound lover from an absurd position, stand up from his kneeling posture, and breathed out loud."Did you enjoy the lovemaking?""Aye. It keeps getting better.""I wish we can make a baby now. High time we have an heir to the throne of Greenwich.""Too late. There is an heir already.""I don't understand.""Prince El Ramon's wife delivered a boy and he is with the mafia's assassins as we are speaking.""We must kill him. We can't afford to let him grow and claimed the throne.""Killing a baby is the least of my headache. Did you think your plug will supply mercenaries strong enough to defeat them?""The men you were talking about were trained and spent all their lives combatting. My plug knows a lot about them and he will send those who are capable of eradicating them.""Am scared of them. They look unbeatable to me.""No mortal is indomitable... Don't worry, my plug's men were up to the task.""Let's be on our way," Onishi mumbled as he picked up his clothing to
After swallowing more bottles of scotch, the crossed-eyed barman signal his visitor to follow him, and the trio walked out of the inn, into the dark environment, and were swallowed by the overwhelming darkness. "My clients were already waiting for us, please walk fast." Onishi hold Angel's hand and both sauntered with fingers intertwined, circled the large inn, and arrived in front of a small barn that was built with planks. "Follow me inside," the barman muttered, and the creaking of the door as it was pulled sounded louder in the silent night. Where they emerged was an empty barn, except for several wooden boxes and black polythene bags. And several lanterns hung on the roof turn their shadows into grotesque images. "It's okay. No need to grip my fingers in fear." "Am not scared." "You are." The light from their host torchlight lead the way, and the two gentlemen and a lady wobbled after it. Suddenly, the sound of the creaking wooden door as it was closed sounded for the s
Augur was the first to step into Priest's room after Sheila left, and he stood in horror at the lifeless man sprawling on the mattress in his pools of blood. He knew who did it and why she did what she did.It had seemed absurd when Sheila brought the suggestion, and it takes Augur's slow mind some days to accept the decision he made in a moment of anxiety."Why should everybody die because of a man's decision? The priest is fighting a lost battle and will bring everyone down along with him.""I agree, but what can we do? He is the most influential, richest and all my future is tied to him.""Kill him and take over your company. I will inform prince El Ramon of your service and beg him to support you.""Did you think he will agree with that?""Yes. This island still needs your services and knowledge of the sea. Even though your ships may be impounded by the prince, he won't still have the courage to send his men into the open sea without an experienced sailor.""Even though it was Pr
Harmony returned to the ranch as soon as the assassins left and only lasted for a while. "You killed him to look for the Prince's favour, isn't it?""I already told you the truth. It was Sheila that murdered him. I only lied to them to save our heads.""Tell that to a clown. You are the one that murdered him, and I feel pity for the poor lady you were lying on. Who knows what you did to her.""Keep your mouth shut and get off my sight. If you are too blind to comprehend the situation we are in, then there is no point proving to you that I did everything for all of us."The short, fat and equally mean-looking man shakes his head in disgust, hissed and let out, "did she help you to murder him, and then got murdered by you, or did you do it all alone.""Keep talking and I will put a bullet in your skull.""I had suspected there was a spy among us but had never believed it was one of the three Musketeers.""Tell me more!""Did prince promise you his post if you killed him?""Aye. And som
The seven beasts were in a melancholy mood since the news of Jade's death, and nothing seemed to be working to make them happy. Not even the presence of the gift from the royal palace."El Ramon and his wife send us a ship and invitation to the palace for their wedding and coronation.""You guys should go and leave me with the baby. I'm not in the mood for celebration after losing my only daughter.""Jade's death is painful to all of us and it will be difficult to forget her. Yet, we can't keep living in this miserable mood forever.""Please let me be. I want to mourn her as long as I can. Go without me."The five men sighed, shrugged, and hissed. And then walked out of their ranch and were immediately lost in the dawn that covered the world at its time. It was the cries of a baby that brought the lost thought man out of his reverie, and he immediately stood up and wobbled closer to the baby couch far off, picked him up and began to sing a lullaby and dance along. Thirty-one years a
'Click.'The merchant looked stunned when the gun in his hand produce no sound, and he pressed the trigger again and again. A sudden uppercut send him rolling on the ground, and two hands jerked him up and then smacked him on the floor. "Wound you have shot me if there is a bullet in the gun?""No. Ahh! Am dying.""Take him out and bring me his head... And you, why are you so dumb that he snatched a gun from you and shoot at me? I would have been dead meat if I had not out rule putting bullets in your guns whenever you are around me in the palace."Am so sorry, my lord.""Too bad. I was considering your past service to the crown and this is the reason why I will spare your life. Collect my gun and every other thing belonging to me and stripped him of his uniform.""Please forgive me, my lord.""Get off my sight."The life of a mafia prince is difficult, and any leniency may result in a drastic outcome. That is why is easier to climb the mafia throne than to remain on it for a long t
The coronation proceeds the following day, and the wedding ceremony takes place three days later. Unfortunately, only one of the two suitors got married, while the other man was chained inside one of the cells in the dungeon. "Tell me how you start the fire that prompt your escape." "I send them out of the house with my continuous nagging and after hearing them lock the door at the other side, I raced into the kitchen, connect their oven to the socket and poured lots of dried papers inside. Then I dragged the cylinder of gas closer, lose it, and then hide inside the large freezer by the wall far off." "You take a great risk. What if you were burnt to death?" "He planned to kill me after all, so I decided to take my fate into my hands." "What happened afterwards." "I had drenched clothing with me, tied it over my nose, and then sneaked out of my hidden places. Since I had been in darkness for a long time, I can see two men searching blindly for me, so I jerked up a heavy rod and w
The dark witches were associated with evil, even before the reign of El Guje. And this was part of the reason why El Ramon was filled with anxiety as he alighted from the vehicle and was followed by his armed-to-the-teeth mafias."This place is filled with lots of bandits. Protect our prince with your lives." This order from the general is quite unnecessary because most of the bandits were probably shivering in their hideaways at the sight of the heavily armed mobs. And except for the sound of the rodents who scurried out of sight, the cock-a-doddle-do of the birds calling to their mates and the chirping of the insects searching for their breakfast, only the sound from the footsteps of the mafias seemed to be the disturbance to the serenity of that expanse forest. Moments later, the group arrived at the entrance of the dark witches' village, and all who set eyes on them scampered to the safety of their rooms. "Why are they running helter-skelter?" "Their previous experience in the
The journey to their destination was fast by driving, and the team arrived in a few hours, disembarked and spread across the deserted mass of land."This is the place where he stand and gawked at the ruin of that building.""Check and look for any item that can reveal the identity of the owner of this place."Apart from the Prince, none of the mafias knew what they were searching for, and this made them unearth several burnt gadgets, showed them to the prince, and then looked more puzzled when he shakes his head sideways in response."Where did this path leads to?""To the end of the island. It is an uninhabitable area of rocky land and a dangerous creek. And if we turn left then we will be heading towards the dark witches' village.""Let's drive there."The men breathed with relief when they were ordered to leave their blind search, and they immediately hopped into the trucks and sped out of sight. The route was barely passable, filled with erosion water and a slippery slope, and th
Only a fool will be sleeping when his or her house is on fire. El Ramon is no fool, and this is the reason why his eyes are unblinking as he welcomed Banjo into his parlour.After the usual salutation, the sleepy-looking mafia was permitted to seat down."You have my ears.""He left the palace, went to his house and spend an hour inside, emerged later and went into Johji Inn. And it was very late in the night when he left the Inn.""He didn't come to the palace, so I assumed he went back to his house.""No. He waddled inside the heavy rains for hours and was followed by my men who lagged some feet away.""Be quick. Where did he go after leaving the inn?""Towards the end of the city.""And then what?""Nothing.""What did you mean by nothing?""He arrived beside a burnt down house, gaped at it for a while, then walked back into Johji Inn and he is sleeping inside the liquor section as we are speaking.""When was the house burnt down?""Just of recent. The ashes were still fresh and s
Zuma ordered more liquors and was drunk than a skunk when the stars appeared for their night duties. After finishing the content in the last bottle in his front, he belched louder, placed his two palms on his thighs and stood up with a grunt. The inn was populated by the few night crawlers, and no one seemed to notice the man wobbling among the columns of chairs and tables, nor seemed to mind when he crashed into a table filled with empty bottles, staggered and fell, and then stood up and resumed his waddling. A moment later, he arrived at the outside of the Inn, breathed out loud with relief and walked closer to the gate side."It's already late, Honey. Come to my room and let me make love to you through the night.""I need a man that can penetrate me through the backside. It's been days since I experienced doggy style.""Spend the night with me for just a few dollars.""Is that not Zuma?""He looked like him.""Hey! Come here...What's wrong with you?"He ignored the invitations o
The two guards attending to the pregnant woman in captivity were having the worst time of their lives."I want the water to be hot and not lukewarm. Please prepare another one for me-. And you, did you call this disgusting morsel a meal? Get it off my sight before I puked and prepare my a flavorful feast with lots of vegetables, fish and meats."The two men scrambled out of sight, and one promptly returned to inform her of the readiness of hotter water for her bathe."Holy Madona! Did you want to burn my skin?.. I need cool water to mix it, please."After fetching two more buckets, the man was appreciated with more scowl and nag as he hurried out of the presence of the bitter woman. "The food is done.""Thank you, I hope it was worth all the time I had spent waiting for it.""Huh!""Oh my gosh. This is worse than the previous meal... Please take it out of my sight and get me a jug of juice as you prepare me a sandwich."After hundreds of errands in a few hours, the two men slammed t
El Ramon fixed his eyes on the outgoing mafia, turned towards the lady on the queen's throne beside him and asked, "why did he lie?""I have no idea.""Are you sure you don't?""Yes, my lord. I don't know why he speaks with false tongue."El Ramon shrugged, stood up and let out, "go back to your room and remained indoors. As I warned earlier, don't accept anyone inside until I allow you to.""As your lordship wish,"Mafias and maids bowed as he strode through the palace corridor, and the grim on his face became less horrific suddenly."I am on my way to see you, my prince.""Here I am. Tell me about the progress.""Nothing yet. All this island was ransacked but we didn't see the subject."" Did you meet Zuma on your way in?""Yes. And he was as sad as doom and hardly noticed my presence.""He lied that he spend his night in his house when I have mafias watching his places and he hadn't stepped there since he left here yesterday.""Why will he tell an untruth over trivial things like t
All Banjo's efforts to locate Andrea proved abortive, and after searching through the nook and cranny of the Inn, he shrugged, hissed and instructed some of the men at his back to go into the town and search for her. All the ladies of services claimed they haven't seen any stranger except for a lady who believed she saw someone in a black tuxedo and head scarf."Where is she?""I have no idea. She informed me she is a new worker here, and I advised her to stand on her feet and look for customers.""Did you see her after?""No.""Did she talk with anyone else?""Not sure. I was picked by a rich merchant and we were together afterwards.""Don't hesitate to inform any mafia around whenever you see her again.""I will. Did she steal something from the palace?""Worse than that.""Any bounty on her head."Banjo nodded his head, stepped closer to the lady and whispered, "she is supposed to get married to my best friend in two days. My friend is dying from her absence, and I had vowed to ca
"Why did you agree to trick me?""Am sorry, your highness. Her majesty made me do it.""Where is she?""I have no idea.""This may cost you your life. Speak now.""Before all gods, I have no idea where she went to. I was ordered to remain indoors and not to attend to anyone until she comes back.""What kind of clothing did she wear?""An oversize black gown, scarf and black net... She was talking to herself and I believe she is on her way to search for Jade.""Gush!" El Ramon exclaimed, cast a killing look on the kneeling lady, shakes his head and announced, "I will be back for you. Remain indoors and don't attend to anyone."The lady was too shocked at his shrieking voice, and the prince did not care to wait for an answer, but breathed out loud and stormed out of his wife's room."Where is Banjo?""At the rear gate.""Call him for me now!"He was still fuming and walking from one end of his palace to the other end when Banjo strolled inside, bowed and let out, "here I am, my lord.""