*John Wick POV*
Ughhh. Where am I? My head hurts... wait... he said he'll send me to heaven... but... where is this place...? I'm in a bed? My body feels light... hmmm... there's another person beside me...? He opened his eyes so wide at his realization... his neck is turning mechanically sideways like a robot who was rusting making creaking sounds. He felt it was something ridiculous when he stared at the person sleeping beside him... he swore that this woman died in his arms after the operation on her failed causing his mind to break down... he remembered her last words to him...
Helen Wick: John. listen to me...
John: *bawling* No. No no no no. Helen stay with me, you said we'd live happily...
Helen: I'm sorry John... I know my *cough* body will not last anymore... promise me... John... no... Jardani(John told her his true name of course they're husband and wife)... You'll live a life*cough* of happiness after I die... I left a gift for you that will help you recover... *cough*John, I love you... it was my luck and fortune to have met a man like you... I know that you did *cough*many things in your past... I don't care about your past, you are you*cough* and this woman's husband, make me proud John, I'll...*cough be... watching... over... you...
After that was the passing of his wife, he remembered everything that happened after that, how he received his wife's memento... a dog. How an bastard took it away from him as he remembers the conversation he had with that bastard's father after he kidnapped him
Viggo: So... and then you got married, eh,and settled down. How'd you managed that anyways?
John: *panting* Luck, I guess. Yeah
Viggo: Yeah, while you had your wife, I had my son, and believe me you had a far better deal. *Chuckles* And then you left, and the way you got out, lying to yourself that the past held no sway over the future... but, in the end? A lot of us are rewarded for our misdeeds... And that is why God, took your wife... and unleashed you upon me. This life... follows you. It clings to you, infecting everyone who comes close to you. We are cursed... You and I.
John: On that... we agree.
Viggo: Finally! A common ground! *chuckle* ok.
John: Step aside. Give me your son.
Viggo: John Wick.. heh, *mocking tone* Baba Yaga.. It was just a f*ckin' car, just a f*ckin' dog.
John: Just a dog... Viggo.
Viggo: *mocking* yeah?
John: When Helen died, I lost everything. Until that dog arrived on my doorstep. A final gift from my wife. In that moment, I received some semblance of hope. An opportunity to grieve unalone. And your son took that from me! Stole that from me! Killed that from me! People keep asking if I'm back. And I haven't really had an answer. But now, yeah, I'm thinkin' I'm back! So you can either hand over your son... or you can die screaming alongside him!
He remembered everything including Santino D'antonio's plot to frame him for killing his sister to fulfill his blood contract(Bowery King was a spy placed by Saya's family to monitor the High Table) and remembered him being rash as he killed Santino inside the Hotel Continental that made him broke the rules of the hotel and made him the enemy of the world of assassins (except for Saya's family as they didn't care about anything as long as it didn't touch their families' interest. Zeno also proclaimed that they will abstain from this hunt and intends to just watch from the sidelines) he was given an hour's time ny his so called 'friend', Winston, to get away from the hotel as fast as possible to which he did. He also remembered that the High Table sent an 'adjudicator' to hunt him down as he is the best assassin the 'human' world knows. They punished the Bowery King with 7 slashes, 1 slash for every bullet he gave to John Wick. What they didn't know is that one mistake, yes, one mistake they did was touch the Bowery King as the 'Organization' treated everyone as part of their family, they share the pains and glory they have as well as their wealth... and those 7 slashes... hooo boi... John decided to hole up in Winston's hotel to defend it from the High Table... after the defense, Winston and the High Table reached a common ground and Winston in return betrayed John by shooting him which made John fall to his 'death'. What they didn't know was John was picked up by a beggar serving the Bowery King, he offered John something... something he won't ever regret accepting. They offered John shelter as well as training for a year led by Zeno Zoldyck himself, in the condition of wiping the High Table and raze them to the ground and after that he is free to go wherever he wanted to. After he wiped the High Table off of the face of the Earth, he himself killed Winston after his hunt of the High Table executives. After that he felt lost, he didn't know where to go. He decided to pledge his services to Saya's family in return for the favor they gave to him. Saya's grandfather shook his head and explained to the John that he didn't treat those under him as subordinates but as a family, as long as he understand this part, he is free to join the family. You're asking that they are too lax and may have spies in their group? Hmmm... who knows? *evil chuckle* Only those who tried to betray the family and those who executed them knows what happened to them... After swearing his loyalty to the family he was treated as one and mostly relaxes since it hasn't been long since his wife died and mostly recuperating mentally. He wasn't usually called and he was only called to operations which is extremely hard and he completed all of them with ease.
After having his peaceful days, he met with the young master of the family, he was curious because of the huge amount of bloodlust/aura surrounding the child. He spent time with him and taught him how to use different guns and weaponry. Later on he was given a gift by the young master... the greatest gift he had ever received in his entire life.