Chapter 65:
A boring life at school, or maybe....
Our music videos were broadcast in TV, seems like Mariam’s idea of getting Compton getting good vides works. Some artist started to use this place as their background for music videos.
Although this place is one of the most dangerous place in America, but with only music at least the brotha is entertain. But we manage to find out the pusher that selling drugs in Compton. Alex as usually taking them down, asking them where is the money.
“You getting over your head homie!! I know people, scary people!!” We know that this drugs belong to the De Santo Gang cartel. Mika is usually scary with squeezing information from the pusher until he confess with all the information about the gang.
At night the gang arrived with multiple vehicles, but with the help from LAPD, we manage to arrest them without having our ass shot.
Compton community suddenly change to a more cultural resident, where people started to be involved in music thanks to Mariam’s plan.
Finally the 1st step, Compton is clean from gangs and drugs, with teenage and children including the resident there is living with society and contributing with society.
That takes 1 week from the last time we meet. Mika is showing her real potential from acting, for now I have a routine taking Mika to the studio with Mariam in the morning, and at night she is with me taking down small time gangster outside surrounding Compton.
Until the Hardware and Naomi found leads that Damien will strike on the dinner among the Italian family that going to have dinner there. Hardware manage to get an invitation for me and Mika to be there.
“So Mika looks like Alex bought some really nice dress here?”
“ugh….is just a job…” Mariam eyes is shining right now.
“Damn Alex where the hell getting this nice dress here?”
“uh…yeah…you know…I found in the thrift stores”
“Bullshit, this is some really nice dress, did you stole it?” I give Mariam a middle finger. And Amin laugh at me
“Bro!! If Pris find out you doing this, she will be pissed!!” I give him a German suplex with he knock out from it.
“Read the atmosphere!!”
Its already evening, and its about time for us to be going to the dinner. Hardware already make the arrangements with a vehicle. Its a frigging Bentley
“Damn homie, where the hell you’ve got this from?”
“Well I got my ways…” Hardware is the driver, while Mariam explain that she will monitor Natalie about her movement.
We split up, Naomi then brought out Mika from her house, damn Naomi, Mika look really hot.
Mariam nudge my back.
“Ckukuku…looks like another girl for ya…”
“Ugh…shut up…”
Her make up is really making her much more mature compared she really look like. Looks like we going in.
We ride with Hardware, while Mika look at me
“How do I look?”
“damn…hot…” she is smiling.
“About the meeting, so do we need to…protect or avoiding?”
“We’ll wait for Damien…I just wanted to see the target…”
Mr Tracy called Mika and she pass to me
“The guy’s name Alberto Blandini, he is the vice family head that involved with the distribution of heroin in LA. Top target with the FBI and LAPD..”
“Well then what do you need then?”
“Just make sure that Damien doesn’t kill him, we need him to testify…at least Damien doesn’t continue this vigilante stuff again…”
“We’ll then which part Fox going to be involved?”
“He is targeting with Ustio Maldini, the most wanted man in Europe…let’s just hope Damien doesn’t encounter with him…”
“Yeah…that will get even worst..”
“Who is Fox?” Mika is asking him
“Umm just an acquaintance” Mika is staring at me still not satisfied with my answer.
“Is that so?” She must assume that Fox is a girl…maybe I could use that.
“Its a guy…got it?”
“Uh huh…okay..” She looked excited about this.
Once we reach at the restaurant, looks like we arrived when a lot of those mafia cars and guys with suits. We head inside the restaurant and ask the receptionist and we have been arrange. Not bad Hardware. We take a seat that is for two of us. Mika is really sexy right now seem some of the guys are eye balling him but i forgot that Mika hid her gun on her legs.
“Easy Mika no gun blazing yet”
“Hmph! Stupid horny old men”
“Just enjoy the dinner”
They served wine and appetiser a salad and bread.
We enjoy it. Seems like someone buying a caviar with crackers. Mika look at in disgust and said to me
“Eww.. that is fish eggs, i hate it…”
“Uh huh…” we didn’t eat it just in case if the food is been spike.
Mika sip the wine but damn Junk, her boobs is really showing especially a perky breast. I tried to avoid looking at her but she notice it and smiling.
“Anything interesting with me…” damn Mika you getting bitchy right now. She suddenly doing the unexpected she suddenly took a cracker with caviar and using her lips and give it to me, she is being slutty, with that kind of pose. Seems the guys there is getting arouse. Until one of them approach us and introduces himself, he look young though
“I’m Leonardo Elio” he shake my hand and kiss Mika’s hand. But i could see she is glaring at him. I hold her arm, and convince her he is not a threat.
“I going to blow his ball of his leg….” Feisty
“Easy…”
“That is a fierce glare, what a lucky man you are senore”
“Uh huh…”
“Anyway nice to meet people like you, at least i don’t see an old man passing by”
“Yeah….”
He went back to his table while Mika look at me, she is being seductive and asked me
“Now lets start a conversation with a question” damn she must be bored
“So anything interested with sports?” Okay a general question she is showing her boobs at me
“Basketball…”
“Interesting next question music ?”
“Uh anything that interest my ear”
“Mmm going both ways…” she is getting the wrong idea or she is getting a deep meaning in this. She is even smiling at me with her eyes is looking at me. Damn she is hot. Dammit ever since i started to like Slyvia i start to girls in a a way that i could not manage to think about, shit!!!
“Next question, movies ?” Her smile and her pose just by sitting at the chair is starting to arouse the guy around since that people started to eye balling at me. For now, i could feel a strange feeling right now as if Nat and Sylvia is behind me right now. Gotta be careful with my answer
“Nothing that interests me….” Not into tv or movies ever-since little
“Uh huh…playing hard to get….” Huh what is the connection between movie and whatever shit she is thinking”
“ next question” gotta be ready for anything right now
“Dance moves?” Now its getting artsy right now
“Uh maybe hip hop” something i used to it
“Hihihi” she suddenly getting close to me again while smiling again
“Last question….” Shit this is it. Before she started to talk suddenly one of the leader called everyone
“Shit…fucking old man” THANK YOU OLD MAN!!!!
The old man is making a speech about the gathering and his own birthday.
Leonardo was there as well and we’re listening to his speech
“Today marks my 78th birthday and i telling that we all are proud to see our family is strong as ever. Those day that few years ago when this city were belong to the infamous 102 now they are long gone….” I suddenly saw a waiter is getting close to him and he does look like Damien, shit it is him!!!! My adrenaline kicks in and rush towards the old man please reach him in time.
I suddenly saw Damien is pull something from his tray, dammit its a gun!! And its a silencer glock!!
I jump towards the old man and push him aside everyone was surprised by this and Mika pull her gun out and aim at Damien. Shit he is aiming at Mika and i manage to reach his hand and kick him off. Shit its not Damien and i pull the old man away and shouted at him
“Get yourself protected!!!! Get somewhere safe!!!” The guy started pull something from his body. Shit its a bomb!!! Its strap to his body!!!
“This is revenge for those who betrayed the 102!!!” Shit!!! I push the guy away and tried to pull the bomb from his body. But its sealed.
“Don’t be stupid asshole!!!!” The guy suddenly pull the plug from his body and its direction towards Mika i instantly jump towards Mika.
“Get away from this guy!!!” The leader and Leonardo manage to hide between rooms
I pull Mika away from the guy and run away from the blast zone. The bomb exploded and i manage to hide from the explosion. But our clothing has been torn.
Once the bomb is done. I ask Leonardo about the old man they instantly aiming their guns at me. Mika started to get crazy with her gun antics
“Easy Mika, its too hot…”
“Senore….. i could feel a strange aura from…..like those killer assassins”
“If i said anything at all you won’t believe me….”
“Test me senore….” Huh i felt i just wanted guns blazing but i want to talk to them, someone entered the room. Its Damien and a few people with him arm with heavy weapons.
“Looks like senore we will continue after this!! Grand uncle leave this place!!!! If you are not involved with them, proof to us by making sure my grand uncle survived after this”
Mika weren’t sure about this but we have no other choice. The problem is they are arm to the teeth and we only have guns.
I charge at one of the guy and knock him down. I tell Mika not kill them
“But how the hell am i suppose to shoot at!!”
“Anywhere but the head and chest!!!” I wanted to see how good she is with a gun
“Fuck!!!!” She shoot at the guys legs and Leonardo look at me
“Senore what the hell you order you girl to spare their life?”
“I made a promise….”
“You are interesting senore, hahahahah!!!!”
He ordered his men to not kill them and shot at the legs
“Captured them alive!!!”
It was a dangerous moment right now because the other group is trying to kill them. I had no choice but to take them myself.
“Leonardo!! Cover me!!!” I jump towards them and shooting at their legs and they we t down and i knock them down with kicks to the chest and abdomen.
I ask Leonardo to get his men to pull away and he order them to pull away.
“Get out of this men and hold your ground!!!!”
I jump towards them while Mika tried to shoot at one of the men and this time she shoot at the balls even the guys feel
“Geez, thats gotta hurt”
I tried to shoot them and manage to take their guns and now i’m doing the gun-fu that Amin mention. Mika and the others were surprised to see this and one of Damien’s men said to him.
“Shit he is agile!!! Damien this is impossible!!!” I tried to aim at Damien but he manage to pull away and ride his getaway car. I called everybody
“Anyone cool? Anyone got shot?” Seems they only just slightly injured and no one did not died or killed. One of Leonardo’s men talk to me
“That is some move there son!!”
“Its like one of those movies!!”
Mika approach me and kiss me
“Get away from my man!!”
Leonardo said to me
“Well i gotta be grateful for your help, then let us continue then.”
We take seat together with Mika. And Leonardo talk first
“Now we owe you… and thank you for protecting my grand uncle but before that we have to introduce each other”
“I’m Alex and this is Mika”
“You look familiar though young lady, aren’t you with Gale?”
“Yeah, i quit from his stupid place the bastard trick me that i could be famous”
“Gale….he owe us money… i rather think that you need see other options” Mika seems in an agreement
“Yeah, at least my man here pull me out from him”
“Well i’m pretty sure if a guy like him i rather not getting even more trouble than i should. Are he was once a with the 102?”
“Yeah it did…”
“Well then what about your story?”
I explain about the plans to unite all the gangs and prevent Damien from attacking other gangs. Leonardo seems starting laugh
“Hahahahahahahaha!!!! This is not something you hear everyday!!! Why do you want to go so far instead of killing him…” i know in my heart even if Damien is taken out it will not end.
“To break the cycle…”
“Huh?”
“The thing is even i have to kill him the cycle of violence and death will continue on and i really hope that maybe if they all unite we could stop it”
“Huh…” he took a deep breath, i know that he wasn’t convince but he started to look up and said to me
“Look…the way our family went before was dark but we are going to change our ways and start the business in our own way, the italian way”
“ and that is?”
“Owning a restaurant and wine that is italian at least our family could protect them” he has the same thinking as me
“Could not believed in my 30 years of life that someone is thinking like me”
Suddenly someone is talking to us from behind
“Sounds like the place is clear….”
“Grand uncle!!!”
“Sit down…child, so what are you discussing?”
“Well the. Grand uncle looks like i just befriend this partner here…” uh huh he is a strange guy.
“Indeed but could i join your discussion?”
“Its not a good idea for you uncle not just after what happened”
“At least i feel safe with my own nephew and this two people here”
“Very well” he sat down now it really look like a meeting with them
“Son… tell me more about this proposal…”
“I just wanted LA a safe place for my friends here….” He look at me and said with a smile
“Never to believe a hound dog for Darrel talking politics to us now, indeed you have change” huh? How did he know my identity?
“Leonardo was in Italy when you started to controlling this city”
“Then….”
“This Damien of yours…. Tell me more about him”
“I’m part of the 102….you could a terrorist group…”
“Yes they are…and Darrel did a pretty good job in taking control of this city”
I explain about the situation and the problem arise from Damien vendetta.
“He must have some resentment from his past then go on”
“Then i wonder about the De Santo gang?”
Leonardo look really pissed about it. And he said to me
“That is disgraceful group of people tried to use our name to sell off drugs to this prople in the city!!! I hate them more than anyone”
“But i know the drugs come from….”
The old man and Leonardo was surprised by this said to me
“Then who would that be?”
“Darrel mention to me before about this because the De Santo Gang was once part of the 102 alliance, they were never thought us as allies rather than a stepping stone for them. Since the cartel from Brazil and Argentina wanted contacts and control over this city”
“Indeed…. But why Darrel?”
“Because Darrel is not an just a leader of a gang but he is part of FBI that tried to catch the ring leader of the drug business in LA. Though they bought some of our top leaders in our gang and taking control of the 102, but Darrel kick them put before it happens and that when that incident between us happen…”
“Senore how old are when that happen?”
“I was only 12 at that time….”
Leonardo stand up and look at me again
“Those eyes of yours….grand uncle!!”
“Good choice child, seems like we will help them in this idea of yours”
“Yes i have to agree because we wanted to have good life here i’m pretty sure all of our family here wanted peace for the future generations”
One of them approaches Leonardo and its a little girl about the same age as Hana
“Papi…..i’m sleepy i need to go to bed….”
Leonardo carried the child and said to me
“If this idea of yours would secure my child future and the Elio family shall be part of this endeavour” he stand up and he offer his hand as a sign of friendship
“Thanks…i have a young sister at the same age like your daughter”
“Maybe one of these day i could meet them”
“I lived in Malaysia”
“Malaysia eh? A pretty far away place from this place…” he is pretty smart for a mafia
“Plus we are not mafia anymore just family to find a better life”
“Consider this family will help you…” we both shake hands while the child approaches Mika whom she suddenly hold her hand
“You’re really cute”
“Thank you”
“For now Leonardo its better that you keep in contact while i need to meet another group”
“Talk to the triads….the chinese family maybe will be interested in this idea of yours”
“Got it thanks”
“What do you need as a start of our friendship?”
“ if any of your men found Damien just call us”
“Then you plan to stop him is it?”
“Yes and the LAPD is working together as well”
Not long enough Mr Tracy enter the place and introduce himself
“I’m detective Tracy, Alex and Mika is with us from the start. Did he brief you whats happening?”
“Yes, and we will assist them”
We both said farewell and the old man said to me
“How old are you child?” I took a breath and respond to him
“15….”
“ very young to think like this….very well”
“Be safe and stay cautious during this time, there is no telling what Damien will do”
“Or the De Santo Gang”
We leave the place but our clothing are torn and Mika said to me
“Darn it!! I don’t even have time to eat!!!” Yeah we didn’t have a proper dinner
“Hardware still remember the old taco place?”
“Yeah that old man still there wanna go there ?”
“Yeah”
We head towards the old man taco joint where Mika and Hardeare bought the beef taco while i took shrimp tacos.
“Why don’t you eat meat?” Yeah Mika and Hardware don’t know that i’m a muslim
“Its my faith, i can’t eat it if its not halal”
“Halal?”
“Meaning in arab permissible by a muslim”
“Uh huh….” Hardware said to me
“Do you know my cousin is a muslim…. Maybe you want to visit his place? Its a place where he prays and lead them” that is an imam
“Yeah sure….” We head there and its a small place like a house but Hardware called his cousin
“Hey brotha!!!” The man wore a robe and muslim headscarf like those arab
“Yes brotha?”
“This homie here is a muslim he need a place to pray”
“Go on ahead brotha”
“Assalamualaikum brother”
“Walaikumusalam brother”
Mika saw something different from me and Hardware said to her
“Maybe this one of reason that he is a change man”
“Shut up…” i went inside and pray to Allah that Damien could change.
After i leave the musollah, the Imam talk to me
“You must be faithful with your child child i could sense a conflict with you”
“Homie stop talking nonsense again!!” I understand what he said and i smile at him
“Thank you…i will remember that”
Mika look at me asked me
“Why do you pray?”
“Its my faith…hopefully Allah will answer my prayers”
“Uh huh”, she suddenly hold my arm and said to me
“You’re getting interesting by the minute”
Now that i’m getting myself into trouble again and Hardware makes it worst for me
“Hey homie, i’ve got a feeling that those people talk about these day…a lady killer…” that asshole i rather not think about it.
“A lady killer sound cool” Mika is getting a different understanding about this…
We went back home realising that another problem arise and this time is in Compton. This time a different group of people is gathering in front of the neighbourhood. No time to rest eh?
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