The Celestial General

Chapter 06

Charles's - [P.O.V]

I think she could see the mystery we were going through and her hug at least made me think straight.

The only reason I felt reluctant to pay immediately was because Drian despite called my brother, Exposing myself could put me or him in real

"Where?" Drian asked me sternly.

"How would you get that huge amount of money, Charles?" He asked as his eyes got reddened.

"How?" Drian asked as he began to cry.

I grabbed his hand.

"Trust me, I will find a way Drian." I said as I hugged him holding my tears in, so he can be strong.

"You have to trust me." I said to him.

"Let us do it like this okay?" I said to him as I released him.

"Go home, find anything valuable we can sell to raise up the money, while I will go to my friend Ceepron and ask him for help, okay?" I said to him and he nodded in response.

I took a step away from him before I turned, running my hand through my hair as I ran as fast as I could, from one street to the other till I had found Ceepron staying in a dark corner of one of the building's walls.

"Charles what's up?" He asked, looking at my body.

"My brother, I need your help." I said to him.

"What's up, tell me, who hurt you?" He asked.

"Forget guy." I said running my hand through my hair.

"I need money right now." I said looking at him.

"How much?" He asked.

"$15,000." I said looking at him as he looked away, seeming not interested in what I had to say.

"I can do anything you want Ceepron, just help me, it's for my mother's life." I said to him as tears filled my eyes.

Somehow I was sure he could help in a way.

I and Ceepron had a serious history together. When I was much younger, he introduced me into a gang where I was taught how to use weapons, sell drugs and how to express extreme violence, before I was taken in by my foster mother and repented for the better good.

I used my gangster training to get a personal security job in the Ontario family.

That was how I got to meet Benita.

"Please." I begged him zooming out of my thoughts.

"Okay, follow me." He said and I followed him till we were finally inside his room.

He lights up his cigarettes before opening up a box.

I looked to see a blue glowing transparent stone inside the box, wondering what it was.

"What's that!" I asked him.

"Nothing." He stated before standing back up.

"You want to save your mum's life, right?" He asked.

"Yes, I do." I said, cleaning my tears.

"Good, all you need to do is to deliver this box to my guys at the train bridge and they will pay you… They are Bona's guys, so don't be scared, you are safe." He said to me.

"That's all?" I asked.

"Nope, you can use this to protect yourself." He said while giving me a gun and I dropped it over the table back in return.

I had to go gangster mode for the sake of my mother, she was worth it.

"Can you atleast help me with any cash?" I asked him and he looked at me annoyed.

"Do this job now, or you can forget it!” He said, pointing towards his door, unconcerned even so he knew how important it was to me.

I picked the box and he looked at me surprised.

"I'll deliver it." I said, carrying the gun from his table before I ran off from his place.

I ran as fast as I could like a flash.

Because I knew that no matter the pain that I felt now... It can't be compared to the pain that I would feel if I lost my mother.

I would rather lose my life than let her down, not again after the first pains she had earlier gone through there.

So I ran with the briefcase in my hand.

But then! Boom!

I got hit by a powerful Force.

The hit threw me off guard like a stone.

I was hit by a suspicious bus.

My brain began to twitch with a painful sound, as I tranced to recall a historic accident that had happened to me years ago and that had also caused me to lose all my memories before now.

The bus driver rushed to help me, but then I got up limping in pain before forcing myself to keep running again.

Tears flooded my eyes to recall that I have been through all this because I have no money and it was worse before now.

I recalled all the humiliations and embarrassments I went through while growing up.

"Broken worthless Maggot!" Madam Moran's voice echoed through my head as I kept running non stop.

"You're a Lowly Dog!"

"You will never be wealthy in your life!"

"Forget your Visions, you're a Loser."

I held my head with my hand crying in pain as I ran further more.

"Him and his entire family are all indeed sick, look at them, dirty filthy animals!" The voice said.

Tears rolled out from my eyes.

"Filthy poor dirty rats!"

"I will end you and bury you with my money and no one will say a Word!"

I fell to my knees as I cried holding the box to my face before I got back on my feet.

I was hurt but I wasn't ready to give up.

Even so those words kept echoing in my head.

I ran faster till I had reached under the train bridge, the money was what mattered now.

Black tinted cars suddenly surrounded me.

A man stepped out of the car and he stretched his hand for the box which I held in my arms.

"I demand my money first!" I ordered, not caring what the heck his business was.