Chapter 11

TRIGGER WARNING!!!

The unrestrained screams of pain echoed in the air disturbing the calmness of the night. The creaking of the crickets were overshadowed by the screams. A man strapped to a chair kept on screaming as the other people in the room pretended like there wasn't a man screaming from pain. A needle was inserted in his neck as a yellowish liquid flowed into his bloodstream.

He fought against his restraint trying to get the needle off him. The more the liquid was injected in him,the more pain intensified. His muscles clenched as they were affected by the drug flowing into his system. His body felt like hot lava was being injected into it. His heartbeat increased and decreased as it strained painfully in his ribcage.

Luca walked into the room,his eyes taking in the scene before him. Noticing his presence,the men stood on guard, nodding in greetings before they went on to what they were doing.

Luca made his way closer to the injured man, Marcus following behind him. He observed the man,his face devoid of any emotion. "What's that?" He asked Marcus in an icy voice.

" I have no idea what it is. Doc only said that it won't kill him. It will only cause pain" Marcus replied in a bored tone.

Luca noticed how the vein in his hands popped. He stared at the man's bloodshot eyes, feeling anger slowly creeping in. Not being able to control himself,he landed a punch straight on the man's face.

Marcus gave him a handkerchief to clean his hand.

"Did he tell you how long the effect will last?" Luca asked with an unreadable expression on his face.

Marcus stared at the restrained man silently, looking at him as though thinking of something before he replied. "Doc said that it will only last for a few hours but we have been injecting him for a long time now, I think it might mutate his cells"

Luca signaled his men to pull out the injection from his neck. The man let out a sobbing sigh as he tried to catch his breath.

Grabbing the man's hair in his hand, Luca forced his head up to meet his gaze. He stared down at the man with cold eyes. "Why did you guys decide to lay an ambush tonight?" He said in a whisper low enough for just the man to hear.

The man pulled on his restraint trying to get away from him. The hand on his hair tightened pulling on his scalp tightly. The man begged, his face covered in tears and mucus.

"We were not informed, I swear. I'm just a new recruit, I know nothing" He screamed as the pain on his scalp increased.

Luca's expression hardened at his words,his fingers tightening around the man's scalp. "Then that's too bad" he said, shoving the man's head away.

Luca stepped away from the man. He rubbed his hands vigorously on his face out of frustration. Grabbing a nearby whiskey bottle,he threw it on the ground,the glass shattering as tiny shards flew in the air.

The man trembled in the seat as he stared at Luca with wide eyes, scared to even blink. He made a short prayer to God hoping to survive this.

"P…please, I don't know anything just l…let m..me g..go," he managed to splutter out, his voice shaking with terror.

Luca made his way outside, taking a huge breath of clean air. The cool air did nothing to soothe his tense mood.

Marcus followed after him standing beside him. "Here" he said, offering Luca a cigarette from his pack of cigarettes. He helped him light his before lighting one for himself.

Neither of them said anything. They stood in silence gazing at the bright moon as they took puffs from the cigarettes.

Luca threw his cigarette on the wet grass watching as the flame died down. "Everything seems so suspicious. With a security like ours, I don't get why the attacks get too close to being successful" He said his voice laced with frustration.

Taking a drag from his cigarette, Marcus replied. "The mole we planted in their territory always fail to give us an information on time"

Luca remained silent, plenty of thoughts going through his mind. His mafia organization was one of the most powerful and undefeated for years now but recently things seems to be going wrong.

"One thing I'm sure of is that the enemy is within us" Marcus said in a dark tone,his eyes flickering to Luca for a second. "Should I send a message to your father for help?"

"I don't want his help and please don't speak of him here" Luca said before turning to leave. " I'm heading inside now"

Marcus stared at Luca's retreating form before he called out to him. "You're sleeping here tonight?" He asked, smoke escaping his lips as he spoke.

"I'll sleep here for tonight and head back in the morning" Luca replied without turning back to look at Marcus.

Marcus watched Luca's form as he retreated into the building. He stood with his hands in his pocket as he was lost in thought.

Pulling out his phone,he dialed a number on it.

"How's the current situation in the club?" He asked as soon the call was answered.

"Much damage wasn't done sir and we were able to get the press to avoid writing stories on this" the person replied.

"What about the injured victims?" Marcus asked.

"Their family was compensated. Don't worry boss, everything is taken care of" The person assured.

Ending the call, Marcus ended the call before walking back into the house.

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Somewhere in a different part of the city, Sebastian sat in a private booth of a five star restaurant having a conversation with his friend. His friend spoke up breaking the comfortable silence,

"I heard the news about what happened at Marcus club." He said, looking at Sebastian with suspicious eyes. "Why do I have a feeling that you're behind it?"

Sebastian threw his head back as he chuckled, swirling the drink in his hand. " Please don't flatter me, Samuel. I'm too busy for that" he replied in a light tone.

"But I do suspect that my father has something to do with it," Sebastian continued, his tone turning serious as he spoke.

Samuel raised an eyebrow at Sebastian's comment,a question in his eyes. "Why do you say so?" He asked, leaning closer.

Sebastian shrugged, sipping his drink. " Luca disrespected father at dinner today and father isn't one to take disrespect so likely"