07: Joy

Amy and Adam finally came up with a plan after their odd encounter with Jamie. Their plan is to act like a debt collector but instead of asking for money, they will have to take it forcefully even if they will have to kill the target. 

"So we go there and take him at gunpoint and take the money? Sounds just as simple as eating cereal every morning." Jamie comments, his voice sounds proud. 

"We wouldn't get the task if it was so easy." Amy says. 

"Amy is right. It's not as easy as it seems. Williams took a loan of one million dollars, he didn't repay it nor did he take all the threat seriously. Instead, he threatened back saying he now works for the rival gang and we can't touch him. He is a twisted fucker. " Adam fills in Jamie with the necessary information.

"Are we really gonna kill him for a million dollars?" Amy can't be more annoyed by Jamie, he is just a beauty without a brain. 

"He has also stolen drugs from one of our men. It is worth half a million. We are gonna go for the drugs and take whatever money he has. I believe he has both money and drugs with him. Just a few days ago he took two million dollars of loan from the rival gang" Unlike Amy, Adam doesn't lose his cool.

"You claimed to do research before doing work so  you didn't  know that?" Amy asks, shooting a pointing look at Jamie who just shrugs his shoulders.

"You are not the computer nerd here so do your job as a collector. I will go through the main door first. He doesn't have any other entrance. So, after I signal  you two come inside, is that clear?" 

Both Amy and Jamie nod their heads at Adam's authoritative voice. 

"Now check if everything is ready." 

Adam pulls out the gun from his waistband and inspects it, It's properly loaded. Amy has a small kit of  several types of knives with her, two knives are under his shoe sole while Jamie also checks his gun. Amy and Adam heard that he is a good shooter but they aren't so sure of that. He seems unaware of everything, not a pro like their boss claimed he would be. Adam was content with just him and Amy being in his team, he would take some of his boys when he needed manpower but his boss decided that Adam needed another permanent member in his team. Surely, Jamie isn't the member Adam would like to have.

They nod their heads at each other ,making sure all of them are ready for the little mission. They make their way towards the car that's allotted for them to use when doing missions.

Amy is the designated driver, she always has been. Driving is one of her favourite things to do. Moreover, she is a skilled nascar driver. She works as Adam's driver in the team. That's the reason why she didn't have to take part in action much as her action is mostly limited to the car. 

"I heard about your work from our boss.

It's impressive,Adam." Jamie compliments Adam which surprises both Adam and Amy. 

Adam nods his head to acknowledge the praise though Adam doesn't understand why he would suddenly say that, Jamie is definitely an odd case. However, he doesn't waste his time thinking about other things, he turns his gaze at the road ahead instead.

"I thought you don't talk when It's not about work ." Amy teases with a not so friendly tone, keeping her focus on driving

" I clearly remember I said I didn't talk when It's not something important. Now,do you wanna say complimenting your friend was useless?" 

Amy can't see Jamie as he is sitting behind her in the backseat but she is sure he is smirking at her which only irritates her even more. What's the case with this guy? She has never been so irritated with someone ever before nor has she been so intrigued by someone. 

"Whatever." Amy mutters, not wanting to get involved in an argument when they have important work at hand.

It takes Amy another five minutes to get to their target's home. Amy parks the car far away from his home as she doesn't want to get caught in camera. Not that this stinky shabby neighbourhood will have any cctv camera around but it doesn't hurt to be careful. 

"He got 1 million but still decided to live in filth like this? Now, I think he deserves to die."

Though Amy still finds Jamie annoying but she finds it funny.

Adam takes out his revolver which is now connected with a silencer when they reach in front of Williams' apartment, thankfully It's not a crowded apartment. It's most probably empty outside since it's late night. 

"Let's get this motherfucker." Jamie whispers under his breath. 

Ignoring Jamie's comment Adam rings the doorbell. Taking in the environment, finding out if they can make an easy escape in case things go south. 

It's been 2 minutes but no one answers the door. Now, it's their turn to get into action. 

Adam picks the lock and unlocks the door open. Surprisingly, it was easy to open the door. The audacity of a man threatening a mafia leader when anyone can have easy access to his home. He is either crazy or he is crazy. 

Adam takes the lead as discussed. Carefully, he looks around to find any sign of Williams. They had received solid information that Williams would be home at this hour. Soon, Amy and Jamie follow Adam. 

Adam doesn't like the idea of Amy tagging along in action. He knows she is more than capable to take care of herself but he is still worried. Whatever, Amy won't listen to Adam. Since she got promoted from only driver to driver and companion of Adam in the missions, she now joins him. 

Adam takes that Williams might be in any of the rooms, probably knocked out with drugs. They carefully take steps forwards, conscious of not making any sound that may alert the guy.

Just like the whole building, the house seems like a total bin of garbage. It smells everywhere, smells of several kinds of drugs, the paint from the walls are falling down. Adam notices a total of 3 bedrooms in the apartment.

Amy glares at Jamie  when he stumbles  upon a coffee table that makes unwanted sounds.

Jamje whispers a "sorry ", Amy rolls her eyes at the tallest among them.

Adam signals  them to stop with his hand when his ears pick up the  noises of someone crying. More specifically a kid crying and screaming for help. 

Adam's blood boils at that, he can already imagine what's happening. The thing he hates the most in the world is child abuse maybe because he was a victim of it. You fully understand the severity of any situation when you can relate to it. 

Adam checks his already loaded  gun and makes his way towards the direction from where the noise of crying is coming.

Quickly, Adam kicks the door open. The scene before him infuriates him even more. His face became red with rage. 

That fucker named Williams kicking a child on his stomach while the child is begging for mercy.

"W-Who the fuck are you?" The guy slurs, proving that he is  indeed drug influenced.

When the guy spots the gun in Adam's hand he tries to move and reach for his gun . But before he can do that, Adam shoots his left leg . 

Groaning with pain, Williams falls to the ground. Still he doesn't give up. He goes to make a move towards his gun but Adam shoots his other leg.

"Amy, help the kid ." Adam's voice sounds more stern than usual, Amy knows why that is so she does what she is  told to without questioning her best friend.  

"We are here for our job. Not  for saving a boy ." Adam's one cold glare is enough to send shivers down Jamie's  spine. 

Jamie swears Adam's eyes are now  pitch black, Adam looks as if he is gonna murder anyway who dares to stop him. Jamie doesn't doubt it so he keeps his mouth shut.

Amy helps the boy standing up and takes him in another room. Of course, they don't want the kid to witness what's gonna  happen here.

"Who is the boy ?" Adam enquiries Williams with a low voice, he places a sharp kick on the guy's stomach just like he did it to the kid. 

The man doesn't reply so Adam kicks him again, this time with more force causing the guy to cough blood. 

"N-No one." The man coughs out.

Adam takes  a quick look at the room before shooting him again and this time Adam puts a bullet right through his heart. He shoots once again just to make sure he is dead. Still not satisfied enough, he empties his revolver on the guy without any hesitation.

"Fuck! We were supposed to kill him after we got our money back. Why the fuck did you kill him now?" Jamie yells.

"Check all the toys." Adam orders, ignoring Jamie's outburst.

"What? Are we gonna play with kids' toys?" jamie jokes but he does what he's asked to. 

Adam calmly starts to check all the toys, breaking them in the process. And he finds either money or drugs inside of each toy, so does Jamie. 

"Search all the toys.Search the whole house." Adam barks an order.

"H-How the fuck did you know ?" Jamie asks, speechless.

"This fucker was torturing a kid and you think he will buy toys for the kid?" 

"What if it was his own kid's toys?" 

"He doesn't have a family." Well, that clears up everything. 

After 30 minutes of searching,they found all the drugs money. Though they still have to count the cash. 

After being done with the work at hand,Adam goes to the kid.

"You are ok now. Don't worry, kid." Adam sits beside him on the bed. The boy looks relieved at that. 

"T-Thank you,sir ." The boy  who seems not more than 13, replies. His voice screams the pain he tolerated.  

"Well, you are very polite, kid. What's your name?" 

"Joy, sir." 

"Did you know that guy?" The kid nods his head. 

Joy told Adam that he was sent by his mother in the city to this guy to work as his family was in urgent need of money. Williams promised that he would take good care of the kid but he lied. He tortured the kid every day. He abused the boy both physically and sexually.

Though Adam just killed that bastard but he wants to kill him again and again. But he controls his anger in front of the kid.

"Didn't your mother come to meet you in those last 2 years?" Amy asks, feeling sad that this little kid had to tolerate so much.

"She did. She said she married another guy and he won't accept me so she had to leave me here. She believed master took good care of me. He said he would kill me and my mother both if I tried to tell her the truth." He cries as he speaks. 

"Do you want to go back to your mother?" Adam asks, his voice is soft unlike the voice he always uses.

The kid shakes his head, "I want her to be happy." 

Adam's heart starts to beat faster at his words. It reminded him of himself. It just showed him that a dark future is waiting for the kid but he won't let it happen. He can't fix himself but he can help the kid.

Adam doesn't speak anymore other than telling Amy to have him checked up and treated before  enrolling him in the sunflower care in Adam's name. Adam will bear his expenses and his legal guardian.

"No one should know that Williams had a kid imprisoned." Adam warns, eyeing Jamie who nods his head. 

His boss will have the kid killed if he knows the boy is a possible witness of the incident.