1 The Cherised Son

"I always knew you were not to be trusted, you animal "The 55 year old man fumed and in a flash, he had his leg up ready to swirl it at his opponent who was a beaten up young man stained with his own blood begging for his life while on his knees, the breaking sound of bones was heard as his leg met up with the young man's neck .The shrieking sound of pain was deafening as it rang through the building followed by loud laughter.

Ryan had arrived with a few others right at the moment where his father on the verge of killing one of his own surbodinates and he chuckled

"well,well well, Jones .. what have you gotten yourself into? you didn't add milk to father's coffee,did you?"he asked totally ignoring the fact that the man on the floor was coughing up blood and gasping for air

"nope,he added sugar" Mikael,Ryan's father and the leader of the Dragon's gang replied witha sight frown as he wiped his face with a handkercheif that he pulled out of his coat pocket and watched his son move closer to the dying man.

"Okay,now that is defibntely extreme ,i wopuld have had more mercy if it was milk" Ryan commented with a smirk right before he drew his leg back and with a good amount of force,hit dying Jones clearly at the jaw . Ryan's smirk turned into a slight frown

"Take him away and carve him a smile, he should be happy i killed him right?"Ryan questionned no one in particluar as three men rushed foward and drgagged away Jones's lifeless bloody body.

"Now ,this is definetely a good afternoon"Ryan sighed in content and then chuckled

Mikael joined his son in chuckling as he moved towards him drawing him into a hug "Welcome my heir, did the eggs fall well?" which was the secret phrase of whether the something was successful or not "Yes, father.it did "Ryan replied pulling away from the hug as his father led him towards a relaxing area that was in the building where a few armed men were gathered and guiltly moved away in respect of the boss.

Sitting down on his throne like seat while his son took the seat opposite fromhimcrosing his legs in the process, Mikael inquired "Of course .but tell me all about it" and that's just what Ryan did, he frowned as he told him about the slight argument with the details and smiled whence heard the agreement was signed then grinned when he heard the shipment was due to arrive in the next week. "So father, you should just relax and worry about nothing, the Cartel would not dare back down from a deal with your son"

"I'm not worried about the Cartel, Ryan .I'm worried about the troublesome Owl's gang recent move,here in Chicago, they seem to be up in our business these days and this deal is something big"

"This shipment details is a secret known to me ,Alec and Alex and you, father.do not worry "Ryan tried to reassure him but worried crease still appeared on Mikael's face so he added "I promise to either restrict or eradicate them after the shipment is done, so smile old man "he ended on a humorous note

"That's a deal then "Mikael affirmed with a smile

*****

In another part of the town

"Did you get the information on the shipment yet?"

"No" A feminine voice which belonged to a woman with her head bowed in shame,replied

"You need to do better, kid"

"Yes, father". she affirmed

"that is 'boss' to you " the voice came at her harshly and she shivered

"Yes boss"she replied

"you can go now"her father who was also the leader of the Owl's gang ordered

and as she turned to leave,taking a few strides,he called out to her

"Eva?"

She stopped in her tracks knowing her father only called her by her name whenhe was deadly serious

"Do not fail me" he added.

"Never"she replied solemnly and headed out of the room.

As soon as she got outside,she drove straight to the headquaters , on entering the building ,most of the people who were members of the gang bowed in respect

"Get the hell away from me and find out where the route where that Goddamn shipment will pass into this city or beieve me,you really don't want to know"

"yes maám "they choursed and each headed out .

"that was perfect" a voice came out to her from a someone who was just entering the building,as soon as she recognised him,she sighed out

"Derek.."

"Hey Eva" Derek said with a smile as he moved closer

"well ,what do you think? did i even sound a bit like him?" she asked she threw a ball his way

he caught it in time and repolied hust as he thre it back still moving closer to her

"you are defintely his daughter,i have told you a thousand times"he replied

she caught the ball and sighed

"then why doesn't he see me like that?"

"that,my dear frenemy,i do not know"he concluded.

****

Why can't we just erase those barbarics before the shipment?" Alec questioned Ryan as they stepped out of the building

"Because we are better than them? "Alex asked rhetorically making Ryan chuckle at his two childhood best friends.

"No, dummies, we are not better than them but we can be if we take things carefully, imagine winning without fighting, that would be the real victory but if they then refuse, I will show them my father's wrath resides in me" He said as they went into their currently empty warehouse opposite them and took seats each going through their phones

"Okay, that sounds good "Alec commented

"Totally okay, Count me in "Alex added

"It's Friday night, what should we do?"

"Or what can we do?"

Ryan palmed his face at his notorious best friend

"How's that different from what I said?"

"Doesn't have to be, your majesty" Alec said with mock respect while Alex just laughed

"You are a real Dumbo" Ryan stated

"At least, I'm not boring like Alex"

"It's not called being boring, it's knowing when to be reserved or not "Alex said and the other two kept quite as they knew how ruthless he could be

"And while, you too immature boys were bickering, I thought of an idea" he added

Alec raised a questioning eyebrow at him while Ryan just waited for him to continue

"The G-boys are playing at Raquel's tonight, so how bout we go…-"he was trying to say but was interrupted by his other side and twin brother

"Let's go party!!!"

"Sometimes, I can't believe you are 26"Ryan said

"We are all 26, just I'm more fun than you guys" Alec stated proudly

"No, you are just a 15year old kid trapped in your older self-body"

"Ouch, that hurts" Alex chuckled at Alec's feigned hurt tone

"Alex is the best of us all "Ryan commented making Alec roll his eyes while Alex just chuckled but mainly to hide the fact that he had actually blushed not because of the compliment but because of who said it. He has had the biggest crush on Ryan since they started training together. Ryan never seemed to notice but took him being protective, kind and friendly as something normal.

"Okay, if you guys are done with flirting, shall we go to the party?" Alec said making the other two sigh while shaking their heads

"It doesn't begin still 9pm, dummy" Alex pointed out

"What? There are chicks there you know" He asked smirking

"Chicks you say? "Ryan inquired; he liked the idea very much. Alex just smiled smiling while checking up stuff on his phone knowing just how much Ryan loved women broke him every day but who was he to complain

"Yes. Yes chief "Alec replied with his signature smirk

"It's 6:56pm currently. We leave by 8pm"Ryan declared looking at his watch

"Yes chief, now let me go get dressed. Can't dance to Notorious B.I.G in these," Alec said joyfully while pulling at the black mafia outfit he had on

"Its 2021, grow up Alec" Ryan shouted after him but he was already out of the warehouse while Alex just smiled at his twin's retreating figure which brought out quite a few memories of them when they were young.

"Sometimes, I find it hard to believe sometimes that he's a mafia" Ryan said drawing him out of his thoughts

"Most times, here" Alex replied causing them both to chuckle.

"How about you? Ryan asked

"What about me?" Alex asked

"Not gonna go change or something? you are not going to a McDonald's ,are you?" Ryan asked standing up with a slight chuckle of which Alex joined in before replying

"I will but not now"

"I see" Ryan said and made to leave but turned back to see Alex looking at him

"Is something wrong?" Alex asked him

"Nothing. Just-"

"Just what?" Alex asked.it was rare moments like this when Ryan showed him that he was just as human like them that made him fall for him in the first place. He knew Ryan was feeling uneasy about the shipment without him saying it so he got up and put his hand comfortingly on Ryan's shoulder before saying

"This warehouse will be filled up by next week, I promise"

Ryan smiled and put his hand on top Alex's and smiled then left without saying a word knowing Alex would know how grateful he was for that statement.

He couldn't let his father down.

In his room,as he changed Ryan stared an old drawing of his which he drew when he was still young

it was a drawing of Willis Tower and on top of it was the Dragon's Owl Logo

"We are going to own the city ,old man.i promise" Ryan reaffrimed to himself with a smile