7 Chapter-7 : Excommunicado

## 5 days later ##

## New York Continental ##

## 3rd POV ##

John was in the lounge of the the continental, along him were Winston and Santino.

"... Jonathan, just walk away" Winston said as he tried to de-escalate the situation.

"Yes Jonathan, Do as he...."

*Bang!!*

Santino said but before he could finish it, a bang sounded as Santino's brain matter was on the floor now as blood flowed out of the hole in his head.

Winston looked at this with a serious face and a heavy heart and said "What have you done..."

"Finished it!" John said as he out the pistol in his hand on the table and walked away.

John came out of the Continental as he got in his car and drove back to his home, 'little' burnt, but still home.

He found a bracelet and a photo that survived the fire in the ashes, he took them out as he he looked back, someone was standing there, it was Bobby.

"Like I said John, you pissed the high table to the skies, not only you broke the first rule of the continental, the blood that was spilt on the continental grounds was of one of the seats in the High table"

" The repercussions would be heavy John, you are lucky that Winston let you walk away from the continental grounds, your previous friendship still holds"

"Most probable step would be the excommunicado bounty, and know it John, the money they will offer for your head, would be much more than 7 millions" Bobby said as he further asked "So, you back??"

John looked at the sky as he clenched the bracelet in his hands,

He closed his eyes as a drop of tear escaped his eyes, after a few moments, he loosened his grip over the bracelet as he opened his eyes full of determination and focus.

"Now, that's the John I know, the man of determination, focus and sheer will, come get in the car, the 'weather' is goin to change, better if we head back home."

John nodded as they both went to Bobby's House.

As soon as they reached inside, he turned all the security measures to 'Apocalypse' level, all the defense systems were engaged, anyone who tries to enter the estate now would be killed impartially.

"So what do we do now?" John asked

"We..... Simply wait, the high table has doubled your Excommunicado bounty, your head is now worth 14 million dollars John, 14 million dollars, that's an amount for which everyone in New York will come after your head, no, people from all over the country will come to get a piece of that amount."

"So why are we here?? Doesn't that makes us an easy target??"John said thinking he made a mistake coming here.

"It's not that easy to get here John, not easy at all, the whole perimeter has now been covered with high power electrified wires, Automated machine guns and miniguns are now active, they will kill everything hostile, the traps in the lawn are active"

"this place here has been reinforced fully, my newly designed bulletproof panels, hydraulic gates, an underground bunker surrounded by 5 feets of hard concrete and 9 inches hard metal alloy, full of 'food' and 'snacks'. It would take a nuclear bomb to kill us. And I think even with its seemingly unending resources, High table wouldn't have a single Nuclear bomb."

"... "

"So we are safe in here??" John asked

"Yes, Absolutely!"

"Hmmm, so why are you doing all of this, what did the high table did that you hate them so much??" He asked again."

"The high table has been at the top for far too long, they don't care about the ones they kill to sit on that seat. And they killed some wrong people this time."

"They took away my family from me, I'll take away America from them, crippling their source of income and power."

John nodded at that, no one knew it better than himself.

"Winston has delayed your Excommunicado by an hour, I think the table will send an adjudicator to judge this matter, which I think wouldn't be in his favor, I think we would need to talk with him, but let's wait for now."

"Soooo, what happened that lead to you killing Santino??"

"It was that day when you called me, Santino had me to kill his sister, the only reason was the marker. But as soon as the marker was honored, he put a bounty of 7 million on my head, he betrayed my trust, he had me kill a friend, he burn my house, he bought me back into the world that I left for good, he made me break the promise I made to Helen, So I killed him" John explained.

"Hmmm, nothing wrong I see in there, can you tell me in detail what happened?" Bobby asked again

"Yeah, so what happened was...." John continued as he told in detail what happened, how Gianna died, Cassian, The cutting of loose ends, Santino betraying him, The talk at the continental, him coming back to New York, being hunted in the process, being injured, the gun given to him by the Bowery, seven bullets, the hunt at the art gallery, him reaching the NY continental, and finally killing Santino.

"Hmm, so as I see it, Bowery won't be spared by table either, he helped you knowing you will kill a member of the high table with the gun he gave to you... More allies I see" Bobby completed as he received a new notification on his phone.

Somebody just tried to get in but was electrified by the fence.

"Looks like they coming now John, many will come next, we should rest for now, we would have a 'party' later"

Bobby went to his room, monitoring the defense system as John sat and closed his eyes, his body needed rest.

Silent gunshots kept firing, as bodies kept falling all around the villa, some were killed by traps, some by electrification, some by getting shot.

All those who wanted to kill John for bounty were killed as soon as they tried to enter the villa.

The smarter ones kept their cool and waited for John to come out himself.

Time passed, it had been a day since John's Excommunicado, suddenly Bobby's phone rang as he smiled "So.. It's time huh"

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