Mark C. Miller Jr. is on his office dealing with some documents from his political party. he whistles every time he is done with a paper. someone knocks on the door five times and after a moment of silence Arturo opens the door letting himself in. Arturo sits in the chair in front of Mark's desk and he looks at him for a moment.
"you had balls to enter in here like that."
"well mine are bigger than your son's balls. I can tell you that."
"what brings to my office the son of an old acquaintances?"
"I came to say hi. well not really we are not friends that is clear."
"speak boy, a politician like me has to dedicate his time to affairs related to the well being of the citizens of this city and once in a while there is time for personal affairs. now you don't fit in either so your presence is a problem to me."
"you are a funny old man. I know that you know that I am Bloodstain and that I am taking the name that used to belong to my brother. we know that you murdered my brother on cold blood and that you are trying to keep it a secret... I can easily kill you right now but I had decided to leave behind anything related to the world of vengeance and I want to live my own life at the side of the girl that I love."
"I don't understand what do you mean with all this."
"it is simple. I came to declare a truce in between us. I won't come after you or your people and you let me live the peaceful life that I want. let's end this bloody battle in between evils. I am going to stay in the city working under the name Bloodstain for a while under the command of a gangster named Aristide Bellucci, who if I am not wrong is your partner's family member. a few jobs for him and I am done with the name Bloodstain."
"a truce. I like the sound of that. is good to see that you are a kid capable of seeing the whole picture. now let me congratulate you for finding love on this twisted city."
"oh by the way. now that we are on the topic of love. your son has been trying to get in between Fumiko and I. for respect to you I had let him live but I can't promised nothing if he keeps acting in the way that he is acting."
"when you say Fumiko, you don't mean Fumiko Suzuki daughter of Gluttonyc Justice?"
"yes, long story short we know each other since we were kids. I really love her like a lot."
"don't worry I would put that overgrown boy on his place. I won't take it personal if you beat him up once in a while just for him to learn a lesson or two."
"thanks for the peaceful conversation. it was nice talking with a business partner of my boss."
once the conversation is over Arturo leaves. Mark C. Miller Jr. can't believe that one of the most bloodiest and dangerous Villains let him lived to embark on a quest for love. Arturo has change a lot or is that he met someone worthy enough for him to let go of his anger and rage. to celebrate Mark takes out of a box one expensive cigar and he starts smoking.
on a luxurious Hotel on the rich zone of the city....
Mr. Blue-Ribbon is on top of his bed using a phone to call his boss (he is the man that Brandon Ice left on the city to give him a detailed description of the actions of the gangsters of the city) Mr. Blue-Ribbon stands up and he walks in front of a mirror and he looks at himself with vanity. he does his hair with some gel with a nice aroma.
Mr. Blue-Ribbon was told to only follow them and communicate with his boss, but he has been dying with the craving to get some prey. he is a man who takes the word self love to a whole new level and his second favorite thing after his love for himself is to kill. he was a famous unleashed dog who hunts every people on his boss' bad list.
the call ends. Mr. Blue-Ribbon takes his clothes off and he puts some striking, phosphorescent yellow clothing. he puts on some perfume before he leaves the room. he walks on the hallway with elegance. it might not be clear but he loves to be the center of attention and he shows on his own way to his prey that he is not a man of fear.
after he gets out of the hotel he walks quietly on the streets. he keeps walking until he stops in the dark side of the city, in the zone of the filth and poverty. his eyes are on a group of lowlifes who are dragging a man to a dark corner to beat him up. Mr. Blue-Ribbon smirks with excitement and he licks his lips.
"low quality meat is low quality no matter how you put it. its low grade won't change but when the wolf is hungry it doesn't matter if it is deer, rabbit or rat meat. meat is meat."
said Mr. Blue-Ribbon.
he gets a special metallic glove out of his suit. he puts it on as he walks to the dark corner in which his prey is awaiting for him. he touches with his left hand his purple hair (he is nervous not for fear but for the excitement of going hunting after so long) his clear blue eyes are bright like the eyes of a psychopath.
Mr. Blue-Ribbon has the glove on his right hand. he walks behind the lowlifes and they ignored him while beating the living shit out of that poor dude they drag to the darkness. Mr. Blue-Ribbon calls them "little mice" one of them looks at Mr. Blue-Ribbon and he makes a face pretending to be some sort of bad-ass as he looks down on him. Mr. Blue-Ribbon touches him with his right hand. the man falls dead with his insides completely destroyed by that single touch. the other guys are surprised and their screams are heard as loud as his creepy laugh.
later on the streets of the west side of the city closed to the graveyard...
Bandit Cadaver is running away while being pursued by Fumiko and Jurgen. Bandit Cadaver was sure that this time his experiment was going to be a success but just when he was about to finish his experiment he was disrupted by the cops that are following him right now. just two hours ago seemed like everything was solved and he was sure that there was nothing in between him and his goal.
it seems like Bandit Cadaver has a healthier body than the two cops following him at the moment. he turns around nervously. his phone is ringing which means that the people helping him are aware of the position in which he is right now. if they know that the cops already know his identity then this is really bad and it can even bring bigger problems in a not so far future.
Bandit Cadaver is sweating as he runs feeling that someone is trying to steal his life and goals from him. they are trying to snatch for what he fought so bad. he doesn't deserve to be treated in this way when all that he did was for the peace of those who only he can see or hear. this isn't just but no one listens to what he has to say.
Fumiko yields at him. he looks behind for a second and he feels a pain in his left leg. he falls on the ground. he tries to drag himself until Fumiko and Jurgen are literally behind him pointing their pistols at him. Bandit Cadaver kneels looking at the moon feeling defeated and betrayed by faith.
"it took me two weeks to find and apprehend this annoying bastard."
said Jurgen feeling disrespected by Bandit Cadaver's speed.
"for my first case it wasn't that bad."
said Fumiko with a positive smile.
"yeah be happy because you only worked on this case like two days."
"don't be grumpy and after taking him to prison let's celebrate with a few drinks."
"that sounds like the right thing to do but I am not much of a drinker."
Bandit Cadaver is heartbroken but his consolation is to know that the ghosts don't blamed him for getting caught. since he was a little kid every time that he felt like a loser or that he failed to accomplish anything there was always a spirit at his side trying to comfort him. he has been cared and protected by them and that is all that matters to him.
earlier on the abandoned place used by Bandit Cadaver as his lab.....
a man wearing a white suit walks slowly inside of the lab. he seems to be on his early fifties with a few wrinkles. his whole hair is naturally gray. his sight isn't great so he wears glasses. he has a half shaved gray beard. he looks at the project in which Bandit Cadaver was working. he smiles in a sinister way.
"a man with that little scientific experience work on something so complex as playing god to bring 'this' back to life? is clear that his gift is on the necromancy category, but it is just a low grade power in comparison with me. well the world isn't perfect but for my introduction to this city I can do so much to prove who I am."
said the sinister and mysterious man.
"Professor Villan. Professor Barnett what do we do?"
asks one of his employees.
"what else is there to do? if not now then when are we going to bring hell to the city."
said Professor Barnett Villan with a wicked laugh.
the Professor Villan orders to his employees to take everything related to the experiment in which Bandit Cadaver was working because he is now interested in seen the project finish. some scientists are worry about the controversy that something so blasphemous as giving back life to the dead would be seen.
the organization for which they work is quite a bit strict about the protocol and they hate when the people who work for the organization don't follow rules but Professor Barnett Villan is an extravagant exception for his unquestionable talent which is also like fire dangerous and beautiful at the same time.
they take everything only leaving a few body parts that no one would need. they leave in some suspicious white vans like the ones every not so suspicious criminal use in stereotypical scenarios in movies. someone asks the Professor if he actually intends on bringing a dead body back to life? is he doing this for fun or to anger someone? the Professor only laughs with no intention of answering what is an obvious answer.
"I am no believer of superior beings capable of creation but if by doing this I become in some kind of way one of those superior beings. don't you think it is primordial to know how it feels like to become what other call a 'God.' I mean don't take it personal but aren't we humans meant to feel like 'Gods' once we create or better said recreate what is said to be done only by 'Gods.' I always wanted to know that feeling."
"yes sir you deserve to be a god."
"I didn't say anything about becoming god. by just manipulating fire you don't become a dragon or if you fly freely in the sky that doesn't make you an angel. there is no thing as god he is just another of those tales that you tell to your children to keep them innocent. what I meant is that I want to feel like one, not to be one. because unlike gods we are real."
earlier on the Bellucci Mansion.....
Aristide is reading a book about the greatest Gangsters in the History of Unified Factions of Amerigo (he thinks that by just reading a few books he is going to become smarter or better at planning hits against his enemies) Aristide is fascinated by the new things that he is learning from those books. Blind Thief knocks on the door and he gets inside of the library.
Aristide wants him to do something small for him. he keeps reading and he asks Blind Thief to wait for a moment until he finish reading the chapter. Blind Thief understands that only if a book is really of his boss' taste he reads it with emotion and despair to know more otherwise he would had burn the book.
Aristide finish the chapter and he puts it on the desk pretending that he doesn't care about that book when in reality he is dying of curiosity to know what happens after on the next chapter. he orders to Blind Thief to take care of some guys who's behavior has been strange lately. Aristide is sure that one of them is a traitor working for the cops.
since Brandon Ice brought the idea of a total war among King Pins it sounded like hell was going to be unleash on earth but no one has taken the first step. before any of them acted the authorities decided to make their move slowly thinking that they can take down every gangster before the war even starts, but well this is Heroic City were nothing goes well for cops or criminals. only Heroes are untouched by mistakes.
Aristide asks to Blind Thief to make sure that they are not cops before killing them. Aristide is nervous thinking that the cops are really trying to take him down even before he becomes a big name on the city. he wants to make a name for himself before going down. he wants to be remember in history for being one of the greatest criminals of all times to lived on this city.
many don't know or they pretend to not know but Heroic City isn't only known for the Heroes who protect the buildings and citizens but is also infamous for being the birth place to some of the most wanted and dangerous Villains on the whole world. two of the most infamous names to be on the list are Bloodstain and Lucky-Hit among many more. is for that infamy that many criminals go to Heroic City to make their debut.