4 3: Mafia's true face
*Violence ahead....read at your discretion*
"We have caught him" Llong, one of the subordinates of Mew said through the phone call
"Tie him in the storage, no food and water" Mew said over the phone
"Are you coming?"
"On my way" Mew said and shut the phone
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"Where is he" Mew asked Llong who was waiting outside the abandoned shed in the far woods
"Inside" Llong took Mew towards the shed and unlocked it
"Where are the documents that you stole?" Mew said sitting in front of the snitch they caught
The snitch just shook his head
"Are you sure, you don't want to tell me, I am giving you one last chance"
"What can you do?" The snitch laughed not realizing the doom that was coming towards him
"You called it" Mew said as he left the shed
Llong immediately locked the shed after Mew left and went to his car
"What are the next steps?" He asked Mew
"Keep him locked up for 5 days. Also keep a look out for cops, I'll deal with the matter" Mew gave his order and the car rolled off
Mew didn't belong to a syndicate, he owned the largest syndicate in the country. Everyone feared the Suppasit syndicate. No one would dare go against them, not even in their dreams, if they wanted to keep their heads on their body, they wouldn't dare. Some people who haven't heard of them would often fall into trouble for doing stupid things like the snitch that was caught today.
Bosser was driving the car as Mew sat in the back seat reading a new article.
"Sir, to the office"
"Yes, I need to take care of something"
Bosser drove to the tallest building in the country, a business company which was used as a front for the syndicates main office.
Mew went to his office and called
"I gave you a chance, you let it go"
"Please, don't do this, he is our only son" the man on the phone cried
"Give me the documents and I might return him to you with at least one hand"
"We don't have it, I swear"
"Get it back from the people you gave it to, you have half a day" Mew shut the phone on the man's face. He never negotiated, the man got played by Mew and really bad...
"We have located the five men in Tar's territory, what do you wanna do?" Tum texted Mew
"Capture them and take them to the port bay" Mew texted back. He knew of a better way to deal with them.
Five men from five different locations were kidnapped in a blink of an eye and no one even noticed. They banged on the door "what did we do to you?" "leave us alone", "who the heck are you?"
The door of the truck opened and the sun shone on their faces.
"Who ask you?" One of them asked again
"You messed with the Suppasit syndicate " Tum said
"We didn't even go near them, we swear" one of them replied
"Remember the night in front of the club when you fought...." And then it dawned on them what the hell was going on
"We were drunk....." The second man was interrupted
"Stop the noisy chitty chatter, it's hurting my ears" Mew said as he stood in front of them.
"Tum, put them into the shipping container" Mew pointed at the large steel sea shipment container
"Don't, we are sorry, we were drunk, we will never do this again, please don't" the men screamed like babies
"Hurry up Tum, I ain't got all the time in this world" Mew said as Tum dragged the men into the container that was lined with white plastic.....
Tum with the help of Tar, tied the men one by one to the chairs that were placed in the container
Once all five were secured in place, Mew entered and Tum left leaving only Tar with Mew inside with the five men to meet their doom.
The door closed and this was the last time the men would see the day light or even see anything in this life at least.
Mew rolled up his sleeve slowly and held out his hand towards Tar. Tar silently placed a metal bat in Mew's hand and stepped back as Mew stepped towards the men
"Please don't , I am sorry" one of them screamed as Tar placed mouth guards on each to stop them from talking anymore
"Do you not have any new sentences, I am getting bored of this" Mew said as he stepped closer and closer and lifted the bat
"Was this the hand the hurt him" Mew said as he bashed one of the men's arm breaking it. Slowly and steadily hand and arms were broken one by one.
"You" Mew pointed at a guy "you hit him on his head....tsk..tsk" and bashed the bat right on the man's skull making him bleed like crazy
"If you think this is over, the fun is just getting started" Mew said as he bashed more heads and chests. Once he was done flexing, he turned to Tar
"Call Llong to get me a new pair of clothes, I stink of blood"
"Are you done?" Tar was astonished, is Mew going to let them go this way, he has never done that before
"I am done" Mew said as the doors opened "Tum deal with the rest"
Deep down the men had hope, but what did they hope about....
Tum called his subordinates in and they dragged the five distorted men outside. One by one each was tied by a cement block on their ankles and chained together. They were then taken on a boat, and the boat sped of into the vast ocean....
Mew pulled out his binoculars and witnessed the ordeal. The five men were pushed right into the ocean like a linked chain they drowned due to the weight.
"My fishes needed a feast" Mew said to Bosser and he motioned him to start the car. Minutes later the scene was clear. Not a spec of evidence remained as to what had happened at that pier. Everything was spotless clean
5 days later, Mew visited the snitch again.
"Have you decided to open your mouth" Mew asked.
The snitch was dehydrated and shrunken like a starved man. "Give me food first and then I'll answer"
"First I need answers, the food is right there" Mew pointed at the covered basket
The snitch could smell food so he gave into temptations and spilled the beans. Mew then asked Llong to give the man his food. Llong opened the basket and pulled out a hot and creamy chicken soup with steak as the main dish, he was even given wine as an accompaniment.
Mew picked up the phone and asked Mild to go check it and confirm the contents. Minutes later the documents were back in the office and Mew got up and turned to leave
"Oh! I forgot to give you your dessert" Mew headed towards the box and opened it. He swiftly pulled out a 9 mm gun and pointed at the man
"Enjoy" and he pulled the trigger right at the man's head "your last meal"
Mew and Llong left the shed and walked to Mew's car.
Mew pulled out his cigar, whilst Llong lighted the zippo and was about to place it on Mew's cigar when Mew stopped him
He took the zippo from Llong and walked towards the shed that now housed a dead body and set it on fire. Then he took his cigar and lighted it up with that fire...
Ah, how satisfying ...he though to himself.
Back in the office Mew sat with his subordinates. Llong held the East faction with Song as a second-in-command, Tar held the South faction with Tum as the second-in-command, Mild held the North faction, but he was also Mew's second-in-command, Bosser handled the West faction and he was third-in-command as well. Mew was the law, there was no objection about it
Back at the college, Gulf was writing his final exams for the second semester, he was not having it easy, but he managed to make it through with that. He managed to ace his exams and planned to spend the two-week vacation at his parents house.
His parents' couldn't have been any happier than that. They threw a party on the first day of his return home. Mom made all his favorite dishes and his brother pulled out all his favorite games for them to play. He even invited his friends over for the party, the day passed by happily. The time came for his night-shift and he said his byes and left the house.
"Good evening manager" He said cheerful
"Good evening, you sound happy" The manager said, "care to share the good news"
"It's vacation from college, I am going to enjoy to my fullest"
"Take it easy my boy" the manager said patting his head gently "btw the regulars are here and they are waiting for you to serve them, they denied my help"
"Don't worry, I'll take care of them" Gulf knew that there was no denying them, who ever they were they made it clear that they were stronger and not to be meddled with.
Gulf prepared their drinks one by one and then placed on the tray and headed upstairs, room 15 it was as usual. He heard noises from he room as he stepped closer and close, the voices familiar, Gulf approached the room and stood outside, his guts telling him that stepping in now would be dangerous
"You should have seen their faces when they were sunk to the ocean floor" Mild said laughing
"Bloooop, bloooop, bloooop, they sounded like fishes talking in the water" another voice said
"Imagine them begging to save their lives......" Mild stopped abruptly
Gulf couldn't believe what he was hearing, they had killed people, these people in the room were murderers, he needed to be out of here and soon...
Gulf took a step back and turned when the door opened and his nose was filled with a familiar scent and a hand was placed on his shoulder, he knew this was trouble.
"I wouldn't, if I were you" the sound was all familiar
Gulf slowly turned to face a familiar face, Boss Mew as they had called him. He slightly pulled Gulf into the room.
"Sit down" Mew ordered Gulf, and Gulf gave into pressure. All eyes were on Gulf...
"You ..." Mew was about to say something
"I swear I didn't hear anything" Gulf rambled in a loud voice. His words were met by silence and then there was burst of laughter from Mild
"That means you heard every word that we said" Mild said in broken sentence trying to control his laughter
"I swear I'll not tell anyone" Gulf said continuing to look down. He didn't want to met eye to eye with Mew. Mew's presence alone suffocated him, he wanted to be out of this room and fast
"Do you want to live or be a feast for the fishes?" Mew said in a flat voice
Gulf knew there was no escape and the question was thrown at him "I want to live", he said in the tiniest voice
"Great, from tomorrow, you will serve coffee at the office, be at the Suppasit Corp at 8:00 am, a minute late and you will be fish food" Mew said sipping his milkshake
Gulf knew he had messed up and real bad, this was his only way "But, I need to talk to the manager first" Gulf tried reasoning
Mew picked up his phone and texted something. Minutes later and a sweaty manager was presented in the room
"Your orders are our command, you can take him to work at the company, we don't mind" the manager rushed his sentence
Mew then sent the manager out, "any other excuses"
"No" was all Gulf could reply and before he could leave he was warned
"A word of what you heard outside and you will be fish feed"
Gulf ran downstairs like crazy..... being even close to Mew was hard and now he will have to work in his office, how will he cope with that. Gulf was given an early leave but full payment for the day. He had an early morning tomorrow.
He woke up and changed into a white shirt and black jeans, he didn't have any formal clothes for work, so he wore what he had...
"Where are you of to so early" His mom asked
"Mom, my work got transferred so I have morning shifts"
"Take care of yourself, don't over work yourself, we don't need thee extra cash baby" his mom patted him
"Mom, I am doing this for experience, not for money, don't worry, I'll take care of myself, you also take care" he kissed his mom on the forehead and left the house.
He knew that today was going to be a long and busy day and he readied himself for it by grabbing a cup of coffee on his way to the Suppasit Corp.
He stood at the entrance and looked up almost breaking his neck in process, the building was tall and lived up to its reputation. He went to the front desk and asked the receptionist for Mew...
"Mew, who?" The lady kindly inquired, she felt that a kid has ventured to the wrong place
"Can you please call Mr.Mew, he told me to come here at 8:00 am, I have 2 minutes remaining, if I am late....." Gulf couldn't complete his sentence as he shivered at the though of being fish feed. It was race against the clock and Gulf lost horribly
"If you give me his full name or ID, I can direct you towards that..."
"Are you lost, fish feed?" Mild came laughing towards the counter
"I am not fish feed, I was here on time, she didn't know who I was talking about...." Gulf reasoned
"Sir Mild, good morning" she gave him a slight bow
"Morning, ummm" he looked at her badge "Jane"
"He was looking for a Mr.Mew and there is no one as such....." She was cut short by Mild
"Are you sure?" Mild gave her a look "What is your CEO's name?"
"Mr. Suppasit"
"First name?" Mild getting angry
Jane pondered over the though when it hit her, shit!!!, she messed up "Mr.Mew"
"There you go Jane, this is the first and last time, hope you will remember it, he is the CEO's guest"
Mild then took Gulf's hand and led him to the upper offices, the long elevator ride was nauseating. Gulf had never had such a long ride.
"I was on time" Gulf said
"I know, the CCTV's don't lie" Mild actually came to the reception when he saw the discussion between Jane and Gulf, he knew that Gulf was scared, so he decided to help him a little
They took corridors left and right till they reached the CEO's room. Two knocks and Mild entered followed by Gulf
"You really want to be fish feed?" Mew asked
"But I was here on time..... the receptionist " Gulf was cut by Mild
"It's his first day, cut him some slack...." Mild earned a glare from Mew but Mew didn't continue that topic. Gulf owned him one.
"Introduce him to the other departments as the tea attendee, once that is done, make me my gun powder tea" Mew said as he turned back to his papers
"But gun powder is illegal" Gulf said innocently
Mew looked up from his papers and was about to say something
"I'll explain it to him" Mild said hurriedly as he led Gulf outside
"Don't question him? You are only alive because he is in a good mood" Mild said
"Good mood!!!, he looks like he would skin me alive" Gulf shuddered at the though
"He would, in a different way" Mild said chuckling, confusing Gulf in the process
"But gun powder...."
"Yes, gun powder is a type of tea, it is not actually gun powder" Mild explained to Gulf
Mild gave Gulf a long tour of the company, by the time they were done it was afternoon.
"Take a 15 minutes break and then prepare the tea for CEO, also address him as CEO or else no one would know who you are taking about" Mild then left Gulf in the break room and headed off
Gulf was still not clear what the company catered to, he had a lot to learn, and he was ready for it, starting from the process of making tea and learning the types of tea his CEO liked.
Gulf was in the pantry preparing tea when another worker came in, initially he only observed Gulf but then he just couldn't
"Whose permission do you have to be in the company"
"The CEO" Gulf responded as politely
"Where is your badge?"
"They didn't give me any" Gulf didn't want to start a fight
"What if you are a spy" saying that he dragged Gulf by the arm outside the pantry towards the elevator
"Stop this please" Gulf tried reasoning
"I'll report you to the senior" he said pushing him to the other side
Luck for Gulf, Mew was just headed towards them,
"Mew.... CEO," Gulf called out and all blood drained from he other persons body
"Unhand him, this instant" Mew ordered and the man almost jumped back 100 meters "Are you growing tea leaves that my tea is not yet ready"
"I was making it but he" Gulf pointed at the other man
"He what???"
"Nothing, he didn't have a badge, so I thought he was a spy" the man spoke broken words
"You are fired" Was all Mew said to the other guy and then he turned to Gulf "Get my tea in 10 mins in my office"
"Yes" Gulf said as he headed back to the pantry.
Few days later, tea making became a speciality of Gulf and people from other departments would come solely to drink Gulf's tea.
Gulf was delivering flavored tea to the secretary department when he heard Mild talking to someone
"This quotation is not making sense, I have looked over it multiple times but I just can't point it"
"Can I help?" Gulf intervened, Gulf was a student in the business college, so he volunteered.
"You!" Mild said "Try it" Mild was skeptic that a 19 yr old kid would actual figure out the problem.
"Can I also get the ledger for the past 6 months" Gulf requested. Mild send the other secretary to get it as Gulf opened the quotation, but stopped in his tracks
The quotations was about arms and ammunition. He looked at the papers and then at Mild and then back again
"Silence is golden" was all the Mild said
The ledger was given to Gulf and within an hour the issue was rectified. Mild and the other secretaries were awestruck.
In the evening, Mild took Gulf to Mews' office
"CEO, I want him on my team" Mild almost demanded, he had discovered a gem in the desert
"As long as he is somewhere I can see him, you can keep him there" Mew finalized.
"Yes!!!" Mild said and then took Gulf back to the secretaries office.
Gulf couldn't say anything in this matter
"I won't help you, unless you don't tell me what the business caters to" Gulf said to Mild
"You don't have a choice, but I'll tell you, do you know the Suppasit syndicate" Gulf nodded, he had heard about them "This is their head quarters and you are working directly with the mafia boss"
Gulf just sat in the chair like his soul has reached heaven already..... trouble alway found him when ever he ran away from it.
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