Chapter 4
"Boss Axel!
"Yes!
He quickly glanced back at the sound of Donte's worried voice. There are only two reasons that makes Donte worry. It's either they are under attacked or something happened to his uncle,Giovann. The poor old man have been diagnosed with coronary heart disease recently and he doesn’t want to be in a hospital.
That’s one of the reasons why he brought him here in New York. Aside from his meeting with the organization members is Giovann’s treatment. The old man needs the best doctor they can get.
"What the fuck is it Donte!?
His pale blue eyes in slits. Since he started to take over as the Mafia leader, a lot have changed in his life. Or the changes started when his mother was murdered.
Donte's expression softened a little. He’s standing in front of his table while Axel is sitting behind in a swivel chair.
"Boss we have a problem at the hospital".
"Why? What's wrong with the old man now?
He asked irritably, he leaned back in the chair and listened to the next word that Donte have to say.They have a huge and luxurious office in one of the tallest building in New York. They occupy the whole floor.
"He's rejecting the doctors and refuse the operation,he is being sedated right now.Giovann è molto arrabbiato".
(Giovann is very angry)
Donte’s shoulders are tensed, he has been with Giovann for a long time. He knows that the old man has a long time sickness in the heart. He needs surgery and a very good doctor. But he doesn’t follow instructions from them.The man is full of pride and cannot accept to show any signs of weakness.
"Donte,you know he would die if the operation will be postponed for any more days! Call his doctors and tell them to do their fucking job,with or without his own consent!
Donte’s eyes widened but he knows it’s the best thing to do if they want Giovann to recover.
"ogni tuo desiderio è un mio ordine Axel". (your wish is my command)
He stepped back and left. Axel sat in his chair with a different thoughts on his mind. It’s about there business and how they can expand in this place where the competition is rough and very dangerous. They have a million dollar worth of guns to deal with and other weapons importing from the areas of the Middle East.
He needs the people here to get the supplies from him. The business transactions in Europe was swiftly handled by himself and he is sure that he can do business well in this City too.
"versami un bicchiere". (Pour me a drink)
He motioned his hand over into one of his men who’s standing closed to him. The man quickly respond and move to get him a glass of whiskey in there mini wine bar.
"Boss I giapponesi sono qui". (The japanese are here)
Another man from the front door gave him the message. He smirked, he is already expecting them to come and pay him a visit. The’re very arrogant to come to his place like this.
"Stay alert,you know my signal. If it turns out bad we need to disposed all of them".
Axel dialed a number in his mobile phone. Two rings and someone answered from the line.
"Yes Boss Axel?
"Tell me how many japanese men they have down the building?
"Ahm...from what i see from up here boss, three vehicles and a total of eleven men and one woman".
He arched his thick brows and then stands from his chair. He scan his office room with his eyes before looking back at the very thick wall glass of the office overlooking the scenery of the city below. Donte is in the hospital together with a few of their men.That left him with eighteen men but only four inside the office, two are outside the building who serves as his marksman and the others are below the building guarding the main entrance.
The guests are still downstairs, they are waiting for his approval to come up.
"Woman?
"Yes Boss Axel,a Japanese woman".
"Ok,keep watching and let me talk to them.You know my signal alright?
"Certo boss Axel". (Yes)
He dialed his phone while looking at one of his men in front of him.
"How many of them is asking to come up?
"Three boss, two men and a woman".
Axel twisted his mouth in a mocking manner. He took his glass of whiskey and gulped down half of the liquor. He sat back down in his swivel chair and gave a command to his men.
"Alright,send them up".
He gulped down the whiskey from the glass and run his fingers on the small weapon under the table. He also has an automatic small revolver hiding in his waistline.
If this visitors came for trouble, he can easily fight them with his hidden weapons and his men are ready for battle twenty four hours a day. His marksman up in the building next to them is always watching in the small scope of his high powered rifle.
The front door of the office opened, their guest have arrive. One tall man in early thirties, an old man and a japanese woman in a tight black body suit. They don’t have any weapons in their body.
"Good day Mr. Brussel! The old man greeted him with a small smile in his face. Axel stand up ready to return his greetings.
"Welcome to my humble office Mr. Nakamura,Please have a sit".
He motioned towards the two leather couch facing his office table. Between them is an antique table made of an expensive wood. His men are now in silence but ready to slaughter the new comers in his command.
The old man sit stiffly in the couch, his two escort standing beside him. The tall man look at them, calculating his men while the woman’s eyes roamed his body up and down desire obviously emitting from her chinky dark eyes.
"Drinks?
He offered them holding his glass that was newly refilled by one of his men. He sat down at the other couch facing the old man.
"Sure..Mr. Brussel,arigato".(thank you)
"Please can someone give Mr. Nakamura a drink?
He commanded for his men to be at eased and pour the old man a drink. His men are all ready for a fight weather it’s a hand in hand combat or at arms. One of them bring the glass of whiskey in the table for the old man.
The chinky old man is sizing him up and looked at him with a killer smile that’s more creepy than friendly.
"You look very young Mr. Brussel, how old are you if i may asked?
He smirked and he wants to gauge out his eyeballs. He has no right to asked for his age but he answered despite everything.
"I'm twenty eight, but I don't think you came here just to asked that. Let's get down to business Mr. Nakamura".
The old man laughed without humor. He didn’t even glanced at the man who brought him his drink and again he looked at Axel with his eyes angry and insulting.
"Is Europe not enough for your business?
Axel felt his annoyance trying to surface. But he tried his best to be calmed. If his next question is again only to insult him, he swore he would signal his marksman to shoot. He touch his the big ring in his thumb.
"What if i told you that the whole world is not enough for my business?
He said irritably, of course he is exaggerating but his blood is already boiling from this men who came to just throw insults at his feet.
"You are a very ambitious man Mr. Brussel,do you know how long it took for me to rule this place?
He’s not even interested in his history but he is forced to listen at the old man.
"And how long is that Mr. Nakamura?
The old Japanese man sighed.
"Five decades! And now you come here trying to steal that away from me!.
The veins on his neck are moving in the strength of his loud voice. He just shouted at Axel. Axel’s face turned red in anger, he move his hand to scratch the diamond earing in his right ear.
His men alerted but no one dared to put out a gun.
"I'm not trying to steal anything from you Nakamura! The consumers have a choice,and they choose me so how it's gonna be is up to you".
He run his gaze up and down the man’s figure sitting in his office at his own couch. He can easily break this man's neck if he wanted to.
The old man’s eyes widened. He cussed in the air with his language. If he only understands what this old man is saying he would definitely lost his life in instant.
"Minagoroshi ni suru! (Kill them all)
In a fast and calculated move the big man beside Nakamura jumps at one of his men and took one gun. He stands up trying to get his own weapon but the woman was quick to stopped him. She is a skilled woman in martial arts.
The big man shoot at his men inside the office. And Axel was slammed against the floor with the woman’s feet, she's incredibly fast.Axel landed face down on the floor.He groaned but kept still he covered his ears with both of his hands. Which made the Japanese woman grinned in triumph.
Then the whole room was silent. Three single shots was fired coming from the glass wall of the building. The glass wall shattered and pieces of it rained all over the office.When Axel opened his eyes he smirked. The three visitors lay lifeless in the floor, all was shot in between their eyes.
He stand up and removed the dirt from his clothes, his slacks and grey button down shirts is dusted. After a few seconds more of his men came up the office.
"Boss Axel?
They sighed with relief when he smiled at them. He have no traces of blood or any injury. Well aside from just a scratch in his forehead and his nose it must be when he fell down the floor. But six of his men was killed, the four inside the office and the two guarding the door.
And he would have been dead if not for his marksmen outside. Now he thought he needed more practice in martial arts.
"How's the three vehicles and their men downstairs?
He remembered asking them about the men downstairs. He took his phone from his pocket and send a message to Donte.
"All blown up Boss, our territory is clear".
"Good!
He smiled at the back of his mind. Their biggest competition in business is just gone and he already knows how to fix the police in this city. The most important thing is beating down their toughest competitors. Axel can already smell the Billions of dollars coming into his account after this incident.
"Hey baby, why don't we go somewhere private? Hmm".The woman's sweet voice whispered in his ear. She's the club's most famous stripper in one of the VIP clubs in Broadway New York. The woman run her
"Welcome to the Phillippines,Thank you for flying with us".The cheerful and warm greetings of the flight attendants standing at the airplane's door exit barely reaches Axel's hearing. He just came out from the business class deck of a famous international airlines. A total of six men are behind his back while he's walking the stairs getting out of the plane. The long flight has been exhausting.
“Oh Red! I’m so happy you came to help me today, this luxury jet will be full of guests. How’s your Dad? I am glad he allowed you to take the part time work today”.
The jet interior meet Axel's classy taste, the tidy and luxury brought by the plane is enough to gave him the feeling of comfort that he desrves.The seats are very cozy and designed to be modified as a single bed whenever anyone wishes to take a snooze. When the pilot notifies them that the plane is ready for take off, a female attendant finishes a demo of safety measures and emergency exits. Axel paid no attention to the common rules and leaned his back against the cushion of the soft leather seat.
"Stop it Donte".Axel tries to reprimand the tall man sitting not far from him, it was obvious how the amusement and teasing shows in his face. Why, Axel had just displayed something he doesn't usually do and that is showing some affection towards a girl he barely knew. He knows deep inside he can't blame Donte for getting amused. He saw what he did to the woman in the floor. His kisses towards her was maybe something Donte thought he would n
Axel put his utensils down, the sight of a good looking couple drew his attention towards them. Donte and him decided to spend their dinner at a famous beach restaurant tonight.
"Are you sure you don't want to meet up with him Boss?When Donte's eyes widened as he turned to his side, Axel never express his emotion through his face but it's as if the man beside him knows exactly how he feels. He just let out a deep sigh instead.
"Can i ask you something?Curiousity won over Reda and she couldn't contain herself from asking, she also knows the owner of these resort has an Italian blood. Maybe Axel is related to them, and if they were relatives it would be at her advantage having the owner Mr. Alexander Brussel treating her as a part of his family. And specially her Dad who works for the man in quite a long time.
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* Axel *It was not what I had expected, for the old man to come down first than the rest of his army. He walks slowly dressed up in a fancy white suit with a formal white hat on top of his head. I could tell that he has no hair underneath the expensive fabric of the hat, but his build is still strong with his legs walking evenly unlike the rest of the old men that I have seen who have reached the age of over sixty or nearly seventy years old. I opened the door beside which alerted all of my men inside."Boss Axel!"Donte who was already going down first tried to stop me, but I didn't pause for a single second and directly landed my feet on the ground to meet the old man. "Stay where you are Donte, or follow behind me but don't embarrass me by meeting him first."Donte cleared his throat to answer me that and also to stay calm. The enemy is just sitting there behind the old man who's closer to me now. "Hi there! Mister Axel Brussel in the flesh, I am glad to meet you."His cheerful vo
* Axel *"She is safe Boss."The relief surged when I heard Rafael reporting the situation with Reda. I asked him to escort her into the airport for her flight at five pm and Rafael was able to call after twenty minutes."Did she get inside the airport Rafael?""Yes Boss, I watched her pass through the security and enter the staff entrance. She is with her colleagues."I exhaled slowly. "Good job! come back now. And Rafel.""Yes Boss Axel, I am with the driver. On my way back to you at the hotel."I paused for a couple of seconds. "Thank you, Rafael.""You're welcome, Boss Axel. Anytime sir."I click the end button and look at both Donte and Rocus with all the other men inside the room. Everyone is trying to hide the most deadly weapon they have on their clothing. With me, I only have a small knife hidden in my boots and one in my belt. We can't bring anything that's going to blow since the hotel is still a strict public place with security and cameras everywhere.For more than one ho