Set-up

© Written by Victor Olusa

Episode 3

"Over 7 billion people roaming the surface of this planet Earth." Victor Olusa Chuckled. "Mother Earth will thank me for reducing the population once this project is a success."

Victor moved a pawn piece forward obstructing The opponent's rookie official from checking his King official, and also leaving an opening for his Bishop official to act at the next move.

"And in return we get richer. World domination in our palms." John Fishman replied with a smile. "I sure made the right choice joining your cause."

"Yes you did." Victor affirmed with a Stern gaze on the chess board. "I heard an ex CIA is causing some trouble. Have you handled it?"

John took a few seconds, thinking of his next move. "Kim is already on it."

John moved his knight in an L shape to the right eliminating a pawn.

"What's his name?" Victor asked. 

"Abel Oliz"

"You told me you had handled him 5 years ago!" Victor spoke with  his eyes strained. 

"It was a temporary one. I made a mistake, believing he would back out completely once his family is eliminated"

"You are a f00l..no offence!" Victor retorted angrily. "You killed an ex mercenary family and you expect him to lay low?? What were you thinking?" 

Victor angrily scattered the chess board, standing up from the soft black leather chair he sat on. He walked towards the large transparent window of his office and stared down at the activities of the bustling street. 

"I know, I'm sorry. I admit I was foolish." John apologized standing up also and stood at the backing figure of Victor.

"I have already put a bounty on his head. He will be dead within two days. No one can survive a ganged up murder" John added.

"Make sure you handle this well, or you will die a second death. And I personally will make sure the CIA know you betrayed them" Victor said with no visible facial expression.

"If he is still alive after two days, your family pays the price first" Victor added. "Dismiss"

John quickly walked out of the office. And then almost immediately a knock sounded on his door.

"Come in"

His Secretary walked in.

"Sir, The Inevitable 5 has finalized the day the biochemical weapon will be launched" She said.

"When?"

"In two days time sir." She replied.

"Any other info I need to know."

"No sir."

"Dismiss"....

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🎵 Baby welcome to the party 🎵

🎵 I'm off the Molly, xan and lean that's why I'm moving retarded 🎵

🎵Baby welcome to the party. I hit the boy young and I go skate in a rari 🎵

🎵Baby welcome to the party 🎵

🎵B!t¢h I'm a thot. Get me laid🎵

🎵Gun on my head. One in a hit. Ten in a clip🎵

🎵Baby. Baby don't trip. Just lower your tone. Cause you might get hit🎵

Abel moved his head tho and fro vibing to the drill song blasting from the speakers. 

With a small glass cup of scotch in his palm, he sat on the roof of the Mansion, looking down at the pool party organized by Sekani Daniels, son of Jàck Daniels. 

He took a sip from the cup of scotch and smiled faintly, seeing so many teens making out in the pool, some sniffing and swallowing hard drugs and ecstasy, others playing truth and dare, a few contesting in a drinking competition. It was a nostalgic scene for him, with the fact that he met his late wife for the first time at a pool party.

He heard a horn sound, and looked forward, squinting his eyes. The massive white Gates of the Mansion compound got opened by two security guards. Two black Range Rover Jeeps drove in first, followed by a black Limousine and two more Black Range Rover Jeeps trailed behind.

"Jack..." Abel muttered, gulping down the remaining content of the alcoholic beverage.

The front passenger side of the limousine opened up, and a guard dressed in a black suit, white shirt, black trouser stepped out, and rushed towards the back right passenger side seat of the car and opened the door. 

Jack Daniels stepped out, clad in a grey colored suit and trouser, white shirt and no tie. In his right hand was his briefcase.

More guards had already surrounded him as he walked towards his mansion, with each step he took was slow. A tired and hardworking politician he is. 

He was close to the Tall, brown doors of his mansion when a voice stopped him..

"Dad! Dad! Dad!" Sekani yelled, running towards his Jack half naked, clad in just his swimming boxers, with his body still wet.

"Hello son. Third party in a month this is!" Jack said at the fast approaching figure of Sekani.

"I'm yet to receive the alert dad" Sekani rudely replied.

"Is that how to welcome your father from work?" 

While the both exchanged a few words, Abel observed around and noticed a reserved teen who from the start didn't participate in any of the party activities. He just sat down on a plastic chair near the well trimmed flowers. With a face cap on his head, Abel couldn't get his face. But his body language when Jack arrived showed he had a motive, and not a good one Abel was sure of......

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2 hours earlier

"Is Abel dead?!!" John yelled immediately he entered Venom Tract den. "Where is Kim?"

"I'm here!" Kim replied, walking out of Shadows. 

The Venom Tract den is not really a den. Just an old garage, Kim agreed as a meeting point with all his clients. No one knows the Real Venom Tract den, or those in the cult. Only Kim is known. 

With both hands in his Brown chinos pocket, he walked towards John.

"Abel is not yet dead. That guy is one moth€rfu¢ker. He killed 11 men from The Zeno's gang." Kim chuckled softly. 

John agitatedly brought a gun from his back and pointed it at Kim. 

"Are you fu¢king with me! Uhn! My life and my family's own is on the line here" John spoke out fearfully, with sweat allover his face. "Why in the world is one man not dead..is he a god? Or some kind of supernatural creature? Just one guy, you all find him hard to kill!"

Kim swiftly disarmed John of the gun, gave him a knee kick at his lower abdomen, causing John to squat in pain, blood dripping from his mouth. Kim threw the gun to the ground, dragged John up by the collar of his shirt and faced him.

"Never in your life point a gun at me. Or Hades will receive you" Kim calmly stated staring eye to eye at John, who fidgeted in pain.

"And I have a better plan. More like my last card tho." Kim added throwing John to the ground roughly.

John stood up slowly, whining in pain.

"What's the better idea?"

"Have you heard the name 'Russian Man of steel'?" Kim asked rhetorically with a smirk.

"No. Some kind of Soviet superhero movie  or what?" John replied wiping his lips of the blood stained on it.

"250 kills...Never missed his target...He is cold...he is heartless... top Hitman...Vladmir Ditri." Kim elucidated. "The only match for Abel"

"Then bring him over!!"

"Bringing a top assassin from Russia involves more than a million dollars" Kim scoffed.

"Name your price...The inevitable 5 is rich" John replied with a bit of pride, working for such powerful people.

"10 million"

"Deal!" John replied. "Fly him over tomorrow. Abel's head must roll by next tomorrow!"...

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While Abel slid down on the rope tied round his waist, with the other end of the rope tied at the edge of the roof, he kept his eyes on the boy who was still acting suspicious. 

He landed gracefully on his feet, removed the rope round his waist and saw the boy already making a phone call. Then the next thing that happened was the guards of one of Jàck falling to the ground dead. That guard just saved Jack's life, in a bid to separate Sekani from fighting his dad, he got in the way of an Ak 47 bullet. 

Commotion ensued immediately, with every teen that came for the pool party running Helter skelter for safety. The remaining guards surrounded Jack and Sekani, already armed with their pistols. 

Two gunmen came out of the shadows near the flowers, and sprayed bullets at the chest of the guards at the front.

Jack and Sekani and the remaining guards were already in the mansion, with the doors closed and  locked behind immediately.

"I don't want to die dad" Sekani cried.

"Shut up boy." Jack slammed angrily.

"You Call the cops now!" He instructed, pointing at a guard..

"That won't be necessary" A voice replied. And then three gunmen in bullet proof vests skid down on a rope from roof, giving cleanshots at the remaining guards surrounding Jack with bulleys from their  BR 18 assault rifles

The guards bodies dropped like flies. 

"What do you all want from me? Who sent you. I will pay you double the price you were paid..triple even!" Jack said scared to the marrow. "Please don't harm me or my son."

One last rope dropped from the roof and the teen with a facecap that was acting suspicious outside slid down gracefully.

"Your money can't save you Senator" The teen chuckled, removing his facecap revealing his yellow coloured Asian hair...Kim Lee.

"Tonight you shall breathe your last" Kim smiled devilishly.

He shot  twice at Sekani's chest, with the latter dropping dead on the ground.

Jack screamed, shaking his son's lifeless body on the ground.

"You declined the invite of world domination. And you threatened to spill it out to the press." Kim Spoke. "So foolish of you"

Jack's face widened in surprise.

"Victor sent you right. He was the one responsible for the mayor's death right?" 

"Just what I wanted to hear. A clue" A loud masculine voice boomed..

The three gunmen at the back of Kim dropped dead to the ground, with a bullet stuck in each of their right eye socket.

Abel stepped out armed with a Glock 19 pistol, a silencer attached to the muzzle. 

Kim turned sideways quickly and attempted to shoot at Abel, but the latter was faster, shooting Kim's hand first, disarming him of his gun. 

Kim moaned in pain, using his other hand to hold the hand Abel shot.

"Such precision. I must commend your guys coming out. My men are out there ready to storm in if I don't get out in a minute." Kim said.

"You mean those damned souls that are on their way to hell now" Abel laughed.

Kim wore a shocked facial expression.

"Who are..." 

"The Merc" Abel cut in. 

Kim smiled.

"It's a honour meeting you Abel"  Kim commended. "I expected you to be here. After that hit on Dante and the Mayor"

"Dante worked for you?" Abel asked

"And I came prepared" Kim replied ignoring the rhetorical question asked by Abel.

"Let me make a brief introduction of myself." Kim spoke on. "Kim Lee, leader of the most feared cult group in America. Connected to the Gefary Clan of the Russian descent. An assassin I am to be reckoned with"

Kim Lee paused allowing what he said to be digested by Both Abel and Jack at his back who was still mourning the death of his son.

"This was a set up" Abel muttered. "You knew i will come for Jack"

"I just wanted to meet the famous Abel Oliz before he died. Why do you think I came down myself to oversee the assassination." Kim laughed.

And suddenly the lights of the mansion went off.. leaving the whole house in darkness.

"Walking dead"...

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To be continued

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