The Death of Ray Brooks Part 2

Alex PV's

All set, I then grabbed a disposable phone and made a call, a few seconds later a voice is heard on the other end of the line. "Hello, who's speaking?

I gave a wolfish smile and replied calmly. "Hello Ray Brooks, remember me?"

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Ray Brooks PV's

My whole body trembled at the sound of that voice that comes straight from my nightmares, I kept a strong front and said. "Swagger... Damn Brat, where are you, tell me if you dare!"

Then that damn voice gave me an answer, which I didn't expect. "Oh... Alright, I was just calling for this, I mean I'm at your house, your wife is in the kitchen with the maids, you have two minutes to get here, or I'll kill her."

I was terrified, how he found me, how can he, just at the most important moment of my career he appeared. "Damn murderer, I'm going to take revenge for my son's death!!"

soon I got an answer that almost made me have a heart attack. "Oh... You never cease to amaze me, Ray Brooks, as I recall, you were the one who killed my father, then kidnapped me when I was 14 and tortured me for a week, I still managed to escape and spared your life.

A few years later your terrorist son plus al-Qaeda freaks planned the 9/11 attack and I found out, tried to save the country and you put a bullet in my chest without mercy and still declared yourself a 'Swagger Killer'.

Totally disregarding that I spared your life years ago, but again you made a mistake, and that mistake cost retarded Jack Brooks his life, and now 12 years later, it will cost his wife his life."

My whole body shook as I remembered these events, if my wife dies because of me, how am I going to explain myself to my son on the other side? With that in mind, I accelerated my car straight home. "Bastard! Don't do anything to my wife, she is innocent and has nothing to do with this!"

"I was also innocent, do you think a 14-year-old boy gets involved in conspiracies and kills army retirees?

Come to me, and beg for her... You have less than 1 minute to appear in front of me, or it's like you said, I'm going to become a Brooks Killer!"

I threw the phone on the passenger seat and accelerated, there was only one more curve to go to get home, as soon as I arrived, I left the car running and ran to the kitchen, my wife was standing there helping the maids prepare lunch, noticing that it was a lie, I took my cell phone and screamed. "Where are you coward! Didn't you say you were at my house, with my wife hostage? Where are you, why don't I see anyone here!"

Soon a calm voice came out of the phone, was the last thing I heard. "As always, you and your son are fools, a family of fools.

I'm right here, but not to kill a worthless old woman, but to kill you, and you're right where I want you.

Here's the projectile you gave me 12 years ago."

Hearing those words, I tried to run but there was no time, the last thing I saw was the neighbor's house, but specifically a gun upstairs.

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Alex PV's

(A few seconds before..)

As soon as Ray Brooks arrived in the kitchen, he started to neglect and insult me, totally forgetting that I knew where his wife was, but that's not surprising given the nature of this family, so I'm down to get this joke over with.

"As always, you and your son are fools, a family of fools.

I'm right here, but not to kill a worthless old woman, but to kill you, and you're right where I want you.

Here's the projectile you gave me 12 years ago." Before he'd even finished processing what I'd said, I'd already pulled the trigger, and my bullet had landed between his eyebrows.

It took me a little time to process that I had finally avenged my father's death, six cigarettes and a joint later, I already felt calmer, lighter, it felt like a stone had been lifted from my heart.

I started to take the Black King apart, and put it away, once I was done, I went to the garage where Frankie and Nez were waiting for me, and Frankie as usual was the first to ask. "So Alex, are you done?'

Nez looked at me, saw I was a little happier, and then answered for me. "Of course, he's finished, call the cleaning crew, and let's go!"

I smiled at Frankie who was mad at Nez and said. "It's like Nez said, I'm done. Don't be mad at her, Nez was just trying to divert my attention because she thinks I'm going to be sad whether I like it or not, Ray Brooks killed my dad."

All Frankie's anger is gone and then she hugged me and said. "Um. I'm not going to be mad at her, I'm sorry for making you remember these sad things."

I smiled and stroked her head and after a while she said. "It's all right my little angel... Have the cooks arrived yet?"

Nez looks out the window, sees the cleaning crew coming in, and then says. "Yes, they've already arrived. But I still don't understand why you didn't just kill that mentally ill dentist!"

I looked at a disgusted Nez Rowan and said. "Well... It wasn't for lack of will, it was simply because if I killed him, his customers would get angry and some would want revenge, and that's not very good for me, after all, the cook has been active for many years and acquired a lot of influence, a lot of people owe him favors, if I kill him, it would give my organization a negative policy and I would lose a lot of clients and money."

Nez thought for a moment and said. "Makes sense, I wouldn't have thought that far, and would have just blown him up with his slaughterhouse!"

Hearing Nez speak I responded. "You were just looking for an excuse to blow everything up! But to be honest, I want the police to find out about him and put him in jail forever, this will give us a base to steal from his business and customers, I wish the same end to the alchemist, I already have his techniques and everything he has developed, soon the police will arrest him, and I will steal all his business!"

Nez gets embarrassed and changes the subject. "I see, are you going to expand our organization again, with Reddington's unwitting help?"

I shrugged and said. "Exactly, no one told him to turn himself into the police, I saw an opportunity and I'm going to cash in! Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to make a call."

Nez says. "It's all right!"

"See you at home, loved our new home in Washington!" Frankie says.

With a smile on my face, I call Mrs. Kaplan, a few seconds and she's already picked up. "Hello, this is Kaplan, who do I speak to?"

"Kate, it's me how are things out there?"

"Everything is going well, thanks to you, I can hear everything Ray says and hears, thank you very much!

How was it by your side?"

I smiled when I heard Kate's words, I was also interested to know what was going on, so I answered her question. "It wasn't as good as I thought it would be, but I'm glad he's no longer in this world.

On top of that, it's just wireless eavesdropping, simple eavesdropping implanted in the tooth, with the most advanced technology in the world.

How is he?"

"He's talking to Elisabeth, he's just given away all the information about Ranko Zamani, and the Feds have already taken Elisabeth to him, and put her on the case."

I let out a sigh, Ranko's a nice guy, he's just been unlucky, and now Reddington is using him. "Sometimes I forget that Red has no friends, Ranko is a nice guy, and he's using what's left of his life to pay Reddington a favor, a man of honor indeed."

Kaplan is silent for a moment and then says. "Do you still believe Ray has no friends? You, Dom, and Dembe are his friends, and he would give his life to protect them.

Don't say those things, believe him."

I was serious for a moment and said. "Is it? Kate, I want to believe it, but sometimes it's hard...

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(A/N: Sorry I'm late, it's just that your author-san is unemployed and was looking for a job, I just arrived.

P.S Pass your POWER STONES or Zamani will eat your cookies!)