Capital Crime

Capital crime episode 21

Capital Crime Episode 21
Allow me..
RAY
“ Holy shit!
I made that statement after the collision. I blacked out. But now I regained consiousness, unfortunately, to alot of gunshot and firepower whizzing around me.
Not for long, Jerry and Matthew regained consiousness too. Garba was gone. The driver and the police esc-rt were both dead.
Valley? Valley was still under the cold but I could not pin it down if he was dead or not.
Jerry said to Matt: “ Tell me this was part of your plans”
“ Hell no! Absolutely not!”
“ You will send us to early graves” The boy argued, “ I told you. But you’d not listen”
“ arghhh!”
“ Cut him loose. The chains, get them” Matt said.
The boy grumbled and gro-ned before urging the detective that they had to leave the van- which was smoking and leaking gasoline. Not to add that it was a potential target for stray bullets.
He grabbed a black bag at the corner.
Matt encouraged him “ Its bullet proofed. The van is safe”
“ Well, not for long. If this group attacking us is the one I know quite well like the back of my palms”
The boy gro-ned again and cut his seat belt. He searched for the keys to my chains. He found them in Valley’s left pocket. He freed my feet.
I was thunderstrucked with shock. I mo-ned from the pains of the impact and still trying to remain alert.
“ Wait! ” Matt said “ I think… I think I broke something.” He picked it up “My intercom is damaged too.”
Matthew’s legs were bleeding. Then there was this hand motion. Was he shaking out of fear?
At the moment, the roof of the van took a blow from a rocket launcher. The impact threw Jerry off balance. The bag fell from his hand. Vibrating his head like one under a demonic spell, the boy staggered up again in a bid for survival.
I had taught him well, no doubt, I acknowledged proudly. Then I gazed at the boy when he momentarily fell again, crawled to the rear of the van and hammered his boots against the doors.
Quicky, I searched for a gun amongst Garba and Valley. I made sure that Matthew was not aware.
Funny, I found next to nothng as the boy had already snatched away every weapon before crawling to the door. The pistol was behind the boy, safely tucked into a holster.
When I made up my mind to dash for it with my last strength of the moment, the boy kicked the door open, twarting my plans.
The metal flew and landed upon the tarmac. Then, the boy dragged Mattew out.
“ Come on!
The boy came back from the bag. Then he helped me out after hesitating“ Grab my hands.”
I wonder if this young lad is on a hærd drugs diet. The energy in,side him is too much for anyone who just had a major accident.
I s₱0tted a bullet pendant on him.
I imagined strangling the boy with the necklace, only for a split second, before I was pulled out of my thought by an explosion . A worrisome sight welcomed me back to reality: The boy gave Matthew a pistol, took hold of a Tavor tar .21 Isreali rifle.
Again, Matthew began to fret. Aim and shoot the goddamn gun motherf-cker! I yelled in my head.
Jerry rushed into the van for the last time. He dragged Valley out of the choking smoke.
He returned, with equal energy and helped Mattew up, dashing behind one of the Hilux cars. He ducked a bullet and turned to his left, sending an offensive to his attacker. The man did not live to tell the story.
I impulsively followed . I could run away but I might run into a son-of-a-bullet. And there goes my deathy- son- of- a- bitch. Surely, that would be the end of ‘ Raymond grumpy de first.’
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JERRY
I fidgetedly switched on the shooting mode of my gun. I plunged myself to the forefront to get great marks. Foolishly, I popped my head from my hideout. (The riffles of the DSS agents seemed like child’s play when compared to the very advanced AR–17 guns which the terrorists wielded.
In a swipe, the group racked down a dozen agents. ) I ducked. Sent down by a stray bullet which caught me off guard. Nearly– but missed by a hair strand.
A masked man noticed my position after I released a slug. I instantly killed the man but was not spared by others. They gave me a full heat of their assualt with differnt exclamation marks.
“ Damn!” I yelled.
The firepower was intense. I quickly scampered, half squatted back to where Ray and Matt were.
When I was safe , I noticed my team mate Yetunde was lying flat on the coal tar.
A bullet cut through his proof and pierced his chest from behind.
“Shit!” Another stray bullet sent me downwards, taking cover.
******
The masked men made a mighty circle around us. We were sitting ducks within the circle.
“ There is little you can do now,” Seth said in his deep voice, “ Detective Panshark.”
Seth glanced at me “ We have met before. Your face though.”
He looked away and rested his gaze on Ray.
He uttered not even a single word during this act.
He jumped up with joy, his face brightened from cheek to cheek. In equal amusement, he thr-st himself into Seth’s arms.
“ Yeah! Yeah! Thats what Im talking about.” He said and hugged the broad shouldered- Seth.
“ A while bro. A while, it has been” Seth replied as he squeezed tightly unto Ray “ It took a while, Little bro.”
“ You are the man. Bleep it! ” Ray said after a good inspection, “ You look so good. Ha-ha , come here”
He grabbed Seth again, passionately. “ Thank you.”
“ Thank you my brother”
He was pushed away a little as Seth gazed upon Matt and I like an eagle hovering against its preys.
“ You are bleeding.” Seth said to Matthew.
Matthew said something about Seth going overboard and contrary to their plan.
“ What plan? Ray enquired.
Seth told him that if he had informed him, Ray would try to stop its execution. Then returned to Matthew “ This is not the way I visualized it. Its even more. ” He continued. “ But Im a very desperate man and these are desperate times.”
“ Is my own life even sure now? Matthew asked.
“ Depends. Im a business man. Give me what I want, you get yours.”
“ You think so? Matthew said calmly “ you might just be another foot soldier in the hands of those in power.”
Angered. Seth took off his eye shades. His eye balls were red with terror.
A hot slap covered the face of Matthew. Again it came.
“ Where is my money? Where is it? Seth became impatient.
“ I think its in,side this bag” Ray said, “ Why are we still talking?
Give me a f-cking gun. Somebody. Goddamit. Gimme that!” He reached for one.
I impulsively stood to my feet. “ Wait! Wait! Wait! Please! Listen to me. Just a minute. Please. listen. ‘Please’
He yelled at me and sent me back to my knees with a slap of the gun.
“ Quiet!
I insisted. I said: “ Wait! To start with– I have no idea of any plan going on here. And–”
“You lie!” Ray uttered “ Such a beautiful liar.”
“ Sure. I have a lot of plans.” I ch¡pped in, “ But not to die. Definitely not here with this man or any other fallen agent out there.”
A litter of dead bodies scattered around the circle. Smoke and the stench of putrid fuel filled the air. The only thing in place was the des**tification of the landscape by innocent citizens– excluding those caught dead by stray bullets.
“ Whats your point? Seth asked.
I boldly demanded to be reabsorbed into the gang. I added ‘ Please’ with authority.
“ Ive never wanted any of these. I was forced into everything I’ve done. “ I paused, “They held me ransom with my girlfriend and tricked me into doing everything I’ve done. Believe me. Please.”
He stepped back and gazed at the me.
He said “ You had your chance once. You failed to pull the trigger on your target and that led us to where we are today.”
“ Allow me. Let me prove myself now. I’ve grown and matured. You can see that for yourselves. Let me pull the trigger now. Let me be your best hitman again.”
Seth did not hesistate. He provided a gun “ Very well then. Lets see what you can do”
I snatched the weapon and instantly sent a bullet into matthew’s forehead.
The pistol fell from my hand. This happened simultaneously as the moment when Matthew body fell lifeless upon the tarmac.
I may be day dreaming but I just murdered my friend.
“ Damn!” Seth said “What d….Bleep… By God, son, you are worse than a hitman in winter. Boy, you are a stool pigeon who just got promoted.”
“ Really? I uttered
“ Once a hitman” Seth began“ Always a hitman”
“ I want him” Seth added “ He comes with us.”
“ Well I don’t” Ray argued with Seth“ Kill him too.”
The story continues….

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