there are many tales on the world about a person who committed the greatest sin of all. they took the life of a family member. a brother, a sister, a mother, a father. and is even worse when it is a daughter or a son the victim.
now the tale we had follow till now is about a father who decided to take his son's life for the greater good, for his own redemption. but is there any forgiveness?
all excuses can be valid. every pretext can be send for a review. but the truth is simple, no matter how noble the cause can be. no matter how sacrificial the act. he who acts for redemption doesn't act out of selflessness. it is a selfish act, don't lie to yourself.
Damian isn't the hero of his own tale. if he acts based on his own desire then he is just like his own son, or even worse because he justifies his actions by victimizing himself and by demonizing his own son.
is Daniel Grinberg a monster? there is no doubt about it. is Damian's actions a convenient evil? indeed that is true. then what is wrong with Damian's actions? there is nothing wrong with his actions or desires.
the issue is that Damian believes that by killing those who do evil, then his own mistakes will be forgotten. two broken parts don't add up to one whole part. that is not how math works on real life.
so make no mistake. Damian is no hero, he is just a lesser evil than Daniel Grinberg. he is just an evil going after a bigger evil. there is nothing Heroic about that.
do you know what a necessary evil is? it is an evil that is needed to fix a situation that is hurtful to others. the evil in question is Damian. and the hurtful situation is Daniel's power and control over the city.....
lets go back to our story.
Damian wakes up inside of a car. it has barely been a week since he was release. there are wanted posters with his face everywhere. he has once more become the thing of legends he used to be. the Blue Devil is back.
there are cops everywhere trying to stop him. there are times like now in which Damian questions his action or what is happening. he can just run away. he can live a peaceful life somewhere far away from all the chaos. he can live in tranquility.
when he took the blame for some deaths. when he went to prison. his former boss gave him some money that Damian hide on an abandoned place. now that he thinks about it, there is still time. there is a simple exit he can take.
no one deserves to be saved by him. those who use to know him like Saul never visited. those who admired him never wrote letters to him. no one cared for him during all the years that he was on prison. so why should he care about them? he stops thinking.
there is remedy to his pain. there is no simple answer. and Daniel was his responsibility since the moment he came to the world. it is his job to take the life he started. it may sound like a cruel joke. but it is what it is.
Damian is driving a cop car. he stole it from a young man. he knows where his son lives. he is right now driving with direction to his son's home.
it was decided. today is Damian's final day. it all ends today one way or another. but there is no doubt. today is Damian's final battle against Daniel. it all ends with the death of either of them.
Damian has already taken too many lives on Daniel's side. he has send to hell many henchmen who believed to be untouchable.
while Damian is driving he looks away from the road for a second. he opens a pack of cigars that was on the seat. Damian puts a cigar on his mouth. while Damian was trying to find the lighter a ground of armed men surrounds the car.
they all shoot at him with heavy weapons. Damian receives some bullets as he crashes on the wall of a book store. Damian takes an assault riffle. he shoots back to his attackers killing some and wounding others.
Damian runs out of bullets. he takes two pistols out. he shoots as he gets out of the car. Damian throws some smoke grenades. as Damian keeps shooting he walks away with a backpack on his back. he is fully prepare for any incident to come.
Damian looks at his shirt covered on his own blood. he keeps going with no doubt. he throws some grenades around to scare or kill the attackers. he starts to run with all his might like if there was no tomorrow.
Damian's greatest fear isn't to die. it is to live knowing he didn't do anything. there are some trained assassins coming after him, professional Hitmen, and some lowly gangsters who are too weak to count.
Damian drinks multiple energy drinks as he starts to feel affected by blood lost. there is nothing stopping him from finding his way to Daniel's home. there is no one who can survive getting on his way.
.....
Yesterday.
Damian stands in front of a small old house that seems to be falling in pieces. Damian gets inside of the house. that house used to be his home long, a long time ago.
while Damian was thinking about the past, a man dressed as a cowboy walks behind Damian with strong and silent steps. the man in question is Roy Wilson, the prison warden and probably Damian's only friend on prison.
Roy Wilson walks quietly. he doesn't make any unnecessary move. he waits for Damian's reaction first. he wants to know if Damian is disposed to have a brief conversation with an old friend.
Damian turns around. he looks at Roy with a small smile. there is some romanticism with touches of nostalgia on every wall. there is some lively reminder of the past. there is something especial about the house.
"please give up old pal. there is no rodeo out there that old timers like us can hold. we are but fragments of myths of the yesterday."
"you don't understand Mr Wilson. when I came out I was so conflicted. the city for which I brag for so long, is now nothing less than a dumpster. I need to correct the monster to who I gave birth."
"hold your horses. what you are about to do is suicide. not even the Blue Devil is immortal. you're on time to walk away."
"thanks for the concern. but an old dog like myself doesn't find retirement. an outlaw like myself isn't some piece of furniture, nor rots away on prison. the Blue Devil lives to die. the Blue Devil can only die on battle."
.....
Now.
while the streets of the city become a war zone. Daniel Grinberg is in the comfort of his home waiting for his father. Daniel owns the biggest building on the heart of the city. Daniel has bodyguards on the whole building. his room is on the penthouse.
from the penthouse he can see everything that is happening. it has many luxuries. the walls are painted of a bright gray color. the floor is black, it feels like glass. Daniel is siting on a white sofa. he drinks Vodka celebrating his reunion with his lost father.
he is warned by one of his men about the upcoming menace. Daniel smiles with melancholy thinking about his papa. all this years. all this time. and his father has come to kill him like something out of a tragic play.
Daniel Grinberg isn't alone. at his side are two of his most loyal servants. Sebastian "the Wild" Washington, a notorious hitman. Jacob "the Hammer Giant" Einarsson, the most infamous Hitman working for Daniel right now.
there is also a gangster from a neighbor city that came to make deals. Terry Davis, a notorious criminal who is known for his strength and loyalty. he has a rough face, but he is reasonable and smart. a man worth having on your side.
outside of the door is Jose "El Loco Bobo" Martinez. with another ten men. they are all heavily armed to fight. they aren't giving any choices to Damian. the battle was already over before it started.
.....
Downstairs.
right now Damian is on the third level of the building. he is walking with an ax. he stabs one guard on the back. he looks at all the corpses on the floor. Damian came with a limitless rage to release. the rage of thousands of generations.
Damian looks at the elevator. he awaits for it to open its doors. as soon as the elevator opens its doors four men come out. Damian stabs them all on the chest. Damian gets inside of the elevator. it slowly goes up.
Damian looks at a magazine on the floor. he takes it, it is about flowers and decorations. he reads it carefully. Damian feels the blood coming out of his many wounds. he knows he is losing too much blood. at this rhythm Damian will die.
even if he turns around and leaves there is no guarantee about him surviving. his date of expiry is today. he can mostly live till tomorrow. Damian is well aware of this. he is just laughing like a maniac.
the elevator stops on the tenth floor. he has fourteen floors more. the elevator opens its doors allowing Damian to look at those looking at him with rage. there are about twenty men waiting to kill him.
Damian takes a pistol out of his vest. he shoots randomly killing seven of them. he jumps at the others with a knife on hand. he is stabbing them without stopping. in question of seconds he was done with them.
the road becomes harder to walk. the way to the peak of the building becomes almost like an illusion well told. all becomes part of a nightmare.
after every step that is taken, there is blood from both sides. Damian is losing more blood at every second. he keeps trying to cover the wounds. he keeps using painkillers and other drugs to keep himself alive. he is barely holding to his conscious.
there is a moment that Damian follows an illusion of his son as a boy. there is an idea on his head that comes like a warning. he was the reason why his son became a monster.
Damian is well aware of the mistakes of his past. Damian knows he was the worse father to ever exist. there are many things on his head. but fear to death isn't one of those things that are tormenting him.
Damian lived his early years expecting death at every action, or after taking every dangerous choice that lead to chaos. there is nothing less common on his life than death and what it represents to him. it is just another phase.
there was one time on which he was stab by someone seeking vengeance on prison. there was a time on which he was shot from behind on the streets. there was a time that a malfunctioning machine exploded next to him. he survived death all those times.
Damian never expected to survived in either of those cases. so what he is facing today isn't too bad, nor too dangerous. it is just another day of his daily life.
little by little Damian is running out of weapons, out of bullets, he is running out of drugs, out of excuses to stay alive. his strength is enough to stay standing. then Damian notices that he is now on the fifteenth floor.
just like that after a long trail of blood, gunpowder, and death. he is getting closer to his dear Daniel Grinberg. his dear boy. the boy who became a man, or better jet a beast pretending to be a man.
Damian is by now so tired. he can barely walk. he is unaware of how far more he can go without falling dead. he is breathing borrowed time. his hands are trembling. he can barely hold a knife on one of his hands.
Damian finds himself in front of some stairs. he starts to run with all his might. behind him are many criminals, gangsters, assassins. all those who are payed to stop or to kill the father of the boss.
Damian is throwing up blood at this point. he is starting to think about his former wife, the mother of his son. she was an angel. she was so precious to him. the moment she died was the moment when Damian started to sink on the dirt.
he blames his wife's death as the reason why he committed many crimes. the reason why be abandoned his son. the reason why he didn't care anymore about the blood on his hands nor from his past. now is that he knows he did wrong.
Damian has a tear on his face. he cleans the tear. he doesn't have any right to feel those emotions anymore since he is the reason why Daniel is a monster. there is a lot of guilt on his heart.
soon Damian arrived on the twentieth floor. he couldn't give up anymore. Damian only had four floors more to go. he was so close to finding his son. Damian finally understood that he is no longer the Blue Demon, or maybe he was never a demon.
all this time Damian believed to be a Demon as his title suggested. but he was a mortal all the time since the beginning. the Blue Demon was just a title given to him, but it wasn't part of what he is.
Damian trembles as he starts to feel his body cold. there is fear coming from the eyes. Damian is afraid of dying before seen his son one last time. he breathes loudly.
his desire was at first to kill his son. but now he is no longer an executioner is search for a criminal to be executed. now he is a father trying to see his son one final time.
.....
Penthouse.
Daniel is drinking tea with some business partners. he seems to be calm. he left most of his people inside of the building knowing that Damian will struggle and he will eventually die before arriving to the top.
of course he knows there is the possibility of Damian making it on time. but by then Damian will be too tired. he will eventually drop dead. there is no fear on the eyes of Daniel a person who feels God-like.
Daniel asks to most of the employees to leave. he asks Jacob to stay closer to him. Daniel feels like if his father is about to get inside. there are many emotions crossing his mind and heart.
a tear falls from Daniel's eyes. Daniel is confuse. he wasn't sad or he didn't know if he was feeling sorrow. Daniel asks Jacob to bring him the best liquor on the floor. Jacob does everything that is asked from him without questioning his boss.
"aren't you afraid of a monster that survived the most violent age?"
"Sir Davis with all do respect we're talking about an old rusty grandpa who use to be good at fighting on those times of gang wars. I am a much younger version of that man. and I can guarantee that I am much better. I am much stronger than him."
Terry Davis admits to be an older man. he also admits to not be who he use to be. but he tells Daniel to not look down on those who grow up and lived their entire lives on violent environments. people like that were born to be monsters.
Terry Davis wishes luck to Daniel. the older man stands up. he grabs a hat and some private documents. he then says goodbye before leaving. he walks slowly smiling. like if he was sure that his life wasn't on danger.
"who the fuck the grandpa thinks to be. I am Emperor on this land."
the front door breaks. Jose falls on the floor all beaten up. Damian gets inside holding a silver pistol with diamonds. Damian walks in front of Daniel. both father and son are looking at each other.
"father welcome home."
"son, my little boy. I am sorry. I was a bad father. I failed you. I failed to protect your innocent soul and to guide you for the right path. I take the full blame for your mistakes."
Damian drops the pistol. he didn't had any other weapon on him. he walks slowly towards his son. everyone is looking at him without saying anything. Daniel is about to cry due to the newly found emotions.
Damian hugs his son. Daniel's clothes get stained with Damian's blood. Daniel whispers on his father's ear out of concern for the wounds. Damian stays silent. he is dying and there is nothing to save his soul nor body.
"I wish happiness comes to you."
Jose stands up. he looks at a pistol on the floor. he takes it and shoots. the bullet hits Damian's head from behind. the body falls on its knees. he died with a smile. he was able to die after saying goodbye to his son.
Daniel was angry. but at the same time he felt relief. he ends his deals. he sends away his business partners. Daniel looks at the lifeless corpse.
Daniel tells Jose to leave. Jose receives a call. he answers the call with a smile. he talks with his siblings. he tells them that he will give them a big surprise. he was able to get a bonus at work. he ends the call. Jose leaves.
Daniel sits alone on his sofa. he asks Jacob and Washington to leave. they leave quietly without looking back. now Daniel is completely alone. he cries quietly.
the city feels lonely. there is some bitterness on Daniel's heart. he wanted to have his father for a longer time. a part of him wanted to kill his father with his own hands. another part of him wanted to hug him.
there was no one to help cure the loneliness on Daniel's heart. there he was contemplating his own loneliness. there was nothing that could be done or said. Daniel was drinking to alleviate his wounded soul.
the way his father looked at him. the sorrowful eyes of his father are still on his mind. it is probable that he may never forget what happened tonight. he has no time to worry. there are too many business deals and opportunities coming.
Daniel doesn't have time to have a heart, nor to think about his own emotions. all that matters to him is to stay as the gang lord on the area. the last image of Damian's death will always hurt. but he will eventually forget.
then someone knocks on the door. Daniel stands up slowly. he is looking at the view of the city with tranquility. someone opens the door and gets inside. Daniel has a small conversation with the intruder.
there and then Daniel got shot twice. he walks away from the window. he is bleeding too much right now. if no one comes to his rescue he is going to die tonight. Daniel walks towards a remote control that can activate an emergency alarm.
out of nowhere Sebastian comes back. he takes two bottles of good expensive liquor. he looks at his boss who is bleeding out. he then looks at a night visitor who is dressed in all back clothing. black gloves, black boots, black t-shirt, and even a black mask.
"hahahaha. you clown are so dead. my left hand man has come. he will end you. he will end your entire family. I will piss at your grave."
"oh no, that can't be boss. I am out of clock. you know I don't do extra hours, especially because I don't get payed enough."
"that is your boss. he is about to get killed. you sure you don't care? really?"
"nah, I can get job at any place with anyone. I am a popular professional on a sea full of clients and jobs. I am so sure about that fact that I can tell you, one day you will either become my next target, or my next boss."
Sebastian gives a business card to the intruder. takes again the bottles of liquor. Sebastian gives a thanks to his boss for the years they worked together and leaves. he wasn't joking about leaving. Sebastian has his own rules to follow.
the intruder is now alone with Daniel. the crime boss asks the intruder to take anything. nothing seems to change his mind. Daniel offers everything, money, drugs, girls, guys, and he even offers him the place on the top as the boss.
what Daniel doesn't understand is that not everything is for sale. he can't buy many things and for sure he can't buy his own life. the intruder came with all the intentions of ending the Grinberg bloodline tonight.
the intruder aims at Daniel. then he shoots. a bullet hits Daniel on the neck. another bullet hits him on the upper jaw blowing off part of it. another bullets blows off most of Daniel's fingers on his right hand. he is there bleeding out with multiple wounds.
then the intruder takes the mask off revealing to be no other than Miguel, the cop. Miguel kicks Daniel with all his strength on the stomach. Miguel drags Daniel to the balcony and pushes him off to a tragic end.
that was it. that was Daniel's end on the hands of one of his multiple victims. it was brutal and it was so quick. it didn't lasted much.
Miguel puts the mask on once more. he walks out of the building. by the time that everyone realized that the boss was assaulted, Miguel was already gone.
that night Miguel stole a car. he drives out of the city. there are many of his former colleagues after him. they followed him with orders to kill.