Word had gone out. Finally, it was time for war again. It was time for action. All the men of Don Black, Bane, and Greg Chase were excited to hear that they would be indulging in heated action that night. It had been a boring couple of weeks, and if anyone was being frank, they were losing their mojo. ''Load up all the barrels to the maximum,'' Bane ordered his excited men, while his establishment was busy with intense preparation. ''Yes boss,'' the leader of Bane's gang, Malik said with energy. Malik had been complaining. Nearly every day that passed had Malik complaining about the inaction that had suddenly taken up the stem in their gang, and now he was more than excited to be back to work. ''Marcus! We are back on track. Some action, finally!'' Malik called his friend, Marcus from Boss Shen's gang. Marcus' eyes glared. ''Is this a new business line, or have you been able to figure out who the faceless person is?'' Marcus asked Malik. ''We suspect that Ban is not dead. We
Marcus froze on the spot when he sighted Mr. Ban.''Boss! He's alive, Mr. Ban is alive, I've seen him,'' Marcus turned around and mouthed the words to Boss Shen.A pang of fear hit Boss Shen, but he pulled Marcus back.''If they spot you, they'll kill you. Let me be in front,'' Boss Shen said as he pulled Marcus to the back.When Boss Shen spotted Mr. Ban as well, he froze on the ground.This had to be a joke, it had to be a dream. Mr. Ban was hale and hearty, in fact, Mr. Ban even looked better than he ever did before he entered a coma. Mr. Ban was conversing with another man that Boss Shen could not identify.It was Lloyd. In Boss Shen's entire life, he had never been this frightened. ''Ahem!'' Boss Shen cleared his throat nervously. He remained as close to the door as he could so that in case anything went wrong, he could easily turn around and make a run.''What?!'' Mr. Ban yelled in dread, took out his gun, and pointed it at Boss Shen.''If you move an inch, you are dead,''
"The person that shot at you is in this house. We must not allow him to see you," Barter told Charles Ban as he led him and Lucy underground.He had already sent Lloyd's girls to a different room in the underground and was now leading Charles and Laura Ban finally. "The person that shot me is here? Why have we not shot him? You want to leave him until he has the chance to aim at me clearly this time?" Charles Ban asked. "No, you won't get to see him, or he won't get to see you rather," Barter replied. Charles Ban glanced at Barter nervously. "I hope nothing goes wrong. How did anyone even find out about us? What happened?" Charles Ban asked."I don't know about that for now, all I know is that there is no time to mess around. Get in. Get inside the room," Barter said, gently pushing Charles Ban and Laura inside the room that Mr. Ban and Lloyd were in. "Is everything ready? Malik, send some people to go and keep surveillance on the house while the rest of us show up later," Don Bl
It was a horrible experience for Greg Chase and his faction.Imagine being so sure that you are attacking a person and taking him unaware, unknown to you that the person you are going after is already aware of your coming.''Ahhhh...please, please...'' one of the men sent by Don Black was begging for his life as he was being tortured in Mr. Ban's house. Shadow lay on the ground as Barter had advised him to. He saw already that there was no way he would defeat anyone to capture Mr. Ban wherever he was, so he obeyed Barter and lay on the ground, acting dead. ''Who sent you? Who sent you people in here?'' Barter interrogated the man he was torturing.''It's Don Black, and the others,'' the man replied in a hurry as he squirmed in pain from the torture that he was undergoing.Shadow lay flat like a dead log, as other members of Barter's faction walked around the large living room, trying to see if anyone was still alive so they could kill the person correctly.At this point, Shadow star
"Someone must have informed Ban about our coming. What's up with Shadow? Did he make it?" Don Black ranted when him and his cohorts all retired back to his house for a meeting.At 2AM, deep in the night, Greg Chase and his fang looked pale after facing a horrible nightmare at Mr. Ban's house. All of them stared into thin air as they pondered about what had just happened to them. "Any leads? Someone must have let the cat out of the bag and caused us this huge defeat," Don Black said again, looking at his comrades expectantly.There was silence in the room."Mr. Chase, your exerts were supposed to join us in this attempt, why didn't they show up?" Bane asked Greg Chase with a hoarse and tired voice. "It was too sudden, they said they couldn't just jump in to it like that. That's not the way they work," Greg Chase replied. "I said it earlier, Greg! I told you already, that this was happening too fast..." Don Black was saying this when Greg Chase interrupted him. "Yes, but us it not
Shadow walked to Don Black's house. By the time he got there, he could hear Bane talking about how they had lost him."You didn't lose anyone, I didn't die," Shadow announced as he walked into the house. "Shadow!" Don Black and Bane echoed at the same time, getting up to welcome him while Greg looked at Shadow, relieved that he made it. At least, Shadow would tell them what really happened inside Mr. Ban's house, and if the man was still alive indeed. "Ha! Shadow, I knew you'd make it..Someone like you can't just die like that," Bane said, praising Shadow. "Yet, I heard you crying and claiming that you had lost me. Who are you kidding?" Shadow replied, taking a seat tiredly. "Are you not happy to see me?" Shadow asked Greg Chase, considering the fact that he had not said anything. "I am," Greg Chase replied with a smile. That was probably the first time ever that Greg Chase smiled at Shadow, and Shadow could not hide his surprise in any way. "Oh, I had to almost die in the wa
"I just want to know who sold us out," Greg Chase asked. All four men exchanged glances among themselves. "We were sold out, if not we would have succeeded. There's nothing wrong with the plan that I suggested, it's just that someone told on us," Greg Chase made this as clear as day. "You might be right, but we are still on the same page. If we had thought it through properly, we would have left no room for being sold out, you get me?" Don Black said to Greg Chase politely. One thing about Don Black was that he never saw a mistake from Greg as an avenue to insult him, he always felt that Greg Chase was a special man. "What makes you thing that whoever leaked the information, still wouldn't have done so if we spent one year planning the attack?" Greg Chase asked. Don Black heaved a deep sigh. "At least we know that the spiller is not any of us here, that means it's one of our men," Bane said. Shadow immediately leaned back on his seat."I don't think I'm part of this conversati
"It doesn't work that way with me," Shadow said to Greg Chase. He could have been offended but he understood Greg's position, and the fact that they were on the same side made Shadow understand better, if not he would be cross with anyone that advised him to double-cross someone that saved his life. "I understand your position but you have to choose Shadow. Us or Ban? If you are going to protect Ban, it's best to take his side, or else you know that you should help us get him," Greg Chase explained, and he was right. Shadow had to pick a definite side. Shadow quickly came to a realization. The reason that he had not taken Barter's side was that Barter had told him that Mr. Ban was dead and that Barter was alone, prowling. So there was no need to take Barter's side since there was no head and no financial backing, but now he knew that Mr. Ban was alive.Or was Mr. Ban even alive? Shadow didn't see Mr. Ban nor hear anything from him or about him, so why was everyone so sure that th