6 Chapter-6 : The Marker and the Oath, You abide by both

## 3rd POV ##

John went to his home, which was not too far from Bobby's house, about 5 minutes on a car.

He opened the garage and was surprised to find his car in the garage, his Ford Mustang Boss 429, one of the few originals remaining.

He went towards his car and saw a paper attached in the windshield's wipers, he took it out and read "Нашел это для вас" (Found it for you)

'Thanks' he said as he put the paper down and sat inside his car.

Put his hands on the wheel, and caressed it, this car was his second love, another thing he could go against the world for.

He opened the dashboard as he took out a picture of him and his wife, he kissed the picture as he got out of the car and moved towards the basement of his house, he put his gun, the ammo, the suit, the belt inside it and cemented it again, trying bury what he wanted to leave behind.

He got to his room as he opened the suitcase given to him by Bobby, inside it was a full body suit, made of an unknown material, along with an innerwear.

In a seperate box was a rolex like analog watch which had a paper stuck to it which said

"John, be ready, a storm is about to hit the shore, and whole new York would be affected by it, but it will affect you the most, always be ready, under the board is the weapon you are most famous for, be sure to use it, the times ahead are hard, be sure to keep check of it"

John read it as he took all the clothes out and open the board under the clothes, and what he found inside was....

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"Yeahhhh, very funny" He said as he put down the box of pencils.

He tried the suit on as he looked himself in the mirror, what he found was not the wick that had retired, but the one who he has always been.

He wanted to leave this life behind, even now he was searching for peace he desired.

"Guess I am retired now.... " he said as he took his tie off and was starting but suddenly

"Dinggg-Donggg..." there was someone at his door.

He moved towards the door as he opened it, and was surprised to see who it was

"Santino... " He said as he looked at the person in front of him.

"John... May I come in??" Santino said

"Yeahh, sure..." John replied

They both moved inside as Santino signalled his men to stay outside

They both sat at the table with a cup of coffee as Santino said "Listen John, with all sincerity, I don't wanna be here"

"Please don't, I am asking you not to do this" John said

Santino takes out a round object from his inner pocket as he says "No one, gets out and comes back without repercussions" he put the marker on the table as he continues "I did this with a heavy heart John" he said as he slided the marker forward a bit.

"But remember, if not for what I did at the night of your impossible task, You wouldn't be here, right now, like this, this is because of me, cause it played a part in it."

"Take it back!"

"Take it back??"

"Take it back!"

"A marker is no small thing John, for a man to grant a marker to another is an oath bound by soul" Santino said with a slightly louder voice.

"Find someone else" John said

Santino took the marker in his hands as he opened it, showing a bloody thumbprint inside as he said "Listen, see this, Remember!, This is your blood, you came to me, I helped you, don't do this you know the consequences!"

"I am not that guy anymore.."

"You look same to me" Santino said as he pointed towards John's suit.

John just shakes his head as he returns the marker back

"I am sorry"

"Yes, you are right, you can't, but he can, 'the Boogeyman'."

St the door of the house, Santino says "You have a beautiful home John, Buona sera" as John closes the door.

After 5 minutes there is a sudden boom inside the house as a room explodes into flames, there are consecutive several booms as Santino fired grenades from his launcher.

## Next morning ##

## outside D'Antonino art gallery ##

John comes out of the art gallery, he had just talked about his promise with Santino.

To complete the oath and honor the marker, he had to kill Santino's sister, Gianna D'Antonino, head of Camorra crime organization, in line to inherit a seat in high table, and half owner of D'Antonino estate.

He didn't want to, but he had to, he made a promise to Helen, that he would leave this line behind and get out all of this.

He made his mind to do the job and get over with it. Get out of this shiithole for good.

Suddenly his phone rang, he answered the call, It was Bobby.

"Hey John, how are you, I heard you had a 'talk' with Santino D'Antonino, your house is kinda burnt, you okay??"

"Yeah"

"That's Nice, have you opened the case I gave you yet??"

"Yes??"

"Awesome, I wanted to tell you, if you have some 'business' around to take care of, wear that suit, I designed it, is completely impenetrable by knives and bullets, and do wear that innerwear before wearing the suit, it distributes all the force all over your body, meaning that impact of the bullet would become evenly distributed and damage reduced drastically."

"If you do somehow get injured, there are two pills in the inner pocket of the suit, a red one and a blue one. Take the red one, it will keep you up and running even with the injuries. Take the blue one before doing your 'business', it will cope up for your 'rusty' body"

"Thanks, but why are you doing this?? " He asked Bobby

"It's simple John, now that you are back, you are bound to be against the table somehow, cause they would not let you go back again, at that time, we will have same enemies"

"Cause even if you are not an enemy of my enemy right now, it wouldn't be bad to make you a friend, cause I think, soon our paths will cross again..." Bobby said as he disconnected the call.

Bobby was just preparing and waiting for the right moment for him to step in, At that moment, all the guns would be pointed at him, so he was doing his best to keep John in his best condition as no matter how skillful and powerful he was, he was still a single man, John was literally the best partner he could find for now and complete his mission.

John looked at the phone for a bit as he kept it back in his pocket, he dusted off his suit and got into his car.

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