Chapter 2

18 years later

Downtown Middletown of California

There were a line of beggers, they wore rags as they begged endlessly, the sun had set that Sunday evening and the beggers gathered in their usual spots, by the side of a thrift store. The beggers murmured as they begged the people who got in and out of the thrift store with little luck of getting anything from them.

The beggers had theirselves in groups as they chatted happily, there was a particular group of beggers, 3 guys and a lady, they sat crosses legged as they chatted, looking around the environment warily.

"where the fuck are those morons?" Cassidy whispered, looking at his wristwatch, Kelvin nodded, "it's already 10pm" he said, "well they are supposed to be here an hour ago" Cassidy said. "should we abort the mission?" Akash asked looking at his boss. "call my mother" Golgotha said, Akash nodded as he pressed some buttons on his wristwatch and an holographic image appeared, "what's wrong?" Annie's Stern voice asked. "mother the team suggests we abort the mission" Golgotha said with his usual cold voice, "so? why are you informing me, you are their leader, be a leader!" she yelled and the holographic image disappeared. Golgotha clenched his fists as he raised his right leg to his chin level and placed his right hand on his leg.

"they are here" Akash announced when he noticed the convoy of black jeeps that parked at the other side of the street. "I'll go change first" Cassidy said as she got up and limped into the thrift store leaving the trio behind.

"who are you?" the thrift attendant asked Cassidy suspiciously. "Asis agent Cas 39" she said, "oh...the female store room" the woman said, Cassidy smiled and headed to the female store room. in some time, an entirely different woman walked out, Cassidy wore a knee length body hug, it had a show me your back design, with a v neck line, her cleavages were exposed, she wore a diamond necklace with dropping silver ear rings and a silver heel with a purse.

"can I seduce a man with this look?" she asked, "like a whore" the attendant said she pulled Cassidy by her hand and whispered into her ear, "you are working with skull?" she asked, "yes, second mission with him" Cassidy said, "I'm so jealous, I just have to stay here undercover" she said and rolled her eyes, "the guys have gone to get dressed" she said with excitement, Cassidy nodded as she waited.

In few minutes three handsome men walked out, the thrift attendant couldn't look away, Cassidy's mouth fell open with amusement, she couldn't help but drool over Golgotha. Cassidy walked over. "you remember the plan?" Golgotha asked as he adjusted his bow tie, the trio wore matching black suits with black leather shoes and blue bow ties. "we do boss" the three chorused.

The thrift attendant walked, as they followed her, they reached a wall, she pressed a button hidden behind some clothes, the wall opened like an elevator, the next thing seen was a lively casino, Golgotha circled Cassidy's waist as he stepped in with her, behind them were Akash and Kelvin who went in opposite directions.

There were business men scattered around the casino, some playing poker, some gambling, some drinking, on a stage was a woman singing a slow song which made everyone calm, whores clinged unto the fat old men who kissed them and gave them money.

"have you sighted Hawkins?" Cassidy whispered into Golgotha's ear as they headed to the gambling center, "yes, no matter what happens I must get the diamond" he said back. "we could make it quiet" Cassidy said, "I don't intend to" Golgotha said as they reached the table were men laughed and some frowned as they lost their money, he dropped a bundle of money and collected his own game.

"who's this chick?" one of the old men asked when he saw Cassidy, "she's some hot whore" another said, most of the men now had their eyes on her not noticing Golgotha's presence.

"she's with me" Golgotha said coldly, the men finally noticed him, "well I want her" an old baldy said, Cassidy rolled her eyes, "typical Shawn White" she thought. "I don't intend giving her up, let's play the game" Golgotha said, "no! I want her! state your price" another man said, "no, I want her" another said. "let's do this, whoever wins, gets to keep her as their play thing" Golgotha suggested, the men mumbled, "fine" they all said and eyed Cassidy with hungry eyes, she looked away, not intimidated, she could kill them all with her eyes closed, she sat down waiting for the game to start.

"sighted Hawkins yet?" she whispered, "yes, I'm a tad away from him, I think he's heading to the gamble center" Kevin's voice sounded through the speaker in her ear, "perfect, he'll place a bet on me, win, I get the diamond, Golgotha gets revenge" she whispered back, "it won't be that easy" Akash's voice sounded, "he's got company, this man really is a fraud, he has multiple buyers, he plans to take all their money and keep the diamond" Akash's voice sounded again, "well he's sure unlucky cos the big boss wants it, we get the money and the diamond" Cassidy whispered, "true" both guys voice sounded through the speaker.

The game began

The men struggled to play and win, but Golgotha played with ease, he was winning, few were too, but by this time, it was evident who the winner was going to be, "you scum, how are you doing it?" the men asked. "I have IQ something y'all don't have" Golgotha said with a grin, annoying the men, as the game concluded, with him emerging as the winner. "fuck" the men cursed all accepting defeat.

"tough guy can I play?" Hawkins asked. Golgotha grinned as he turned to see the man, "why?" he asked, "I want to wipe the feeling of success from your face and get your woman at the same time" Hawkins said with a fat smile as he eyed Cassidy who looked away, to look scared, this made Hawkins more determined, he loved the scared ones, "let's play" Golgotha said.

while they were playing...

A punch collided with fury's face and a fell harshly on the floor, hitting his head on the toilet, he was bleeding terribly, his head could crack open at anytime, fury was the right hand man to Hawkins, and at that moment Akash was handling him, it was a funny scene since fury was about 5 times bigger, he had a very big structure, but compared to him Akash was just a little boy with a normal body, though tall, no one would believe he could unarm the tough guy and beat him to a pulp.

Akash frowned, seeing him slowly dieing, he grabbed his collar and slapped him on his two cheeks, that revived him a bit, "where's the diamond you bastard?" Akash yelled, fury laughed like a maniac, "you should give up, I'm not telling you nothing, you son of a bitch!" he yelled back laughing at his bravery, "oh no you don't call my mother a bitch" Akash said and gave fury another slap, the man's teeth has started falling out and he was bleeding terribly, Akash dragged him up and pushed his head into the toilet, the man struggled for a few seconds before being let out, "Jesus, you cruel bastard, just let me die" fury said.

"I'm going to let you die now since you're such a loyal servant, then I'll send your family to you" Akash said with a wide grin, fury's face broke into a frown, "coward, dragging my family into this, it's between you and I" he said weakly, "oh no I have no business with either you or your family, just tell me what I want to hear" he said, fury was quiet, "if I can beat you like this, imagine how easy it will be to kill your sons" Akash said with a smile, "fine, I'll talk" he said, "I'm listening" Akash said, "the diamond is in Hawkins stomach" fury said, Akash smiled, "he's bought himself a terrible death" he murmured as he hit fury's head on the toilet, the man died immediately, Akash rolled his eyes, he washed his bloody hands, he had done a clean job, there was no blood stain on his clothes, he dragged fury into one of the toilets and locked the door, the mobbed the floor clean, before leaving he placed a "in repairs" sign on the toilet were fury was.

stepping out he saw a man entering, "one of the toilet is being repaired" he said, "okay thanks" the man said, Akash nodded and walked away, he looked at the security camera and pressed some buttons on his wristwatch and the cameras came back on.