Our frozen state only lasted for a moment as a heavy built Asian guy with a dragon tattoo and a scar over his left eye started walking to the front of the small army in front of us. The slow, steady steps he made gave a kind of suspense that would cause even horror movie lovers to tremble in bitter anticipation, but no one in the warehouse dared to move an inch, not because they were thinking logically about their current situation, but because they were simply scared stiff just because of how horrifying their opponents appeared.
As soon as the man finished his walk of intimidation he spoke loudly enough for everyone to hear "Well, well what do we have here, a couple a black guys in costume I see, so which one of you pansies is the leader here,"
I turned to look at Marcus and saw him in a daze his fist was now dripping with blood due his frustration. I felt people looking my way and turned around to see everyone staring not at me but at my brother expecting him to do something. As if on cue Marcus started walking towards the door, hands in pockets trying to stay calm "I'm the leader, the name's TopDog," Marcus was determined to not give the enemy the pleasure of his fear and stood confidently staring straight into the unknown man's eyes.
"Oh? you look pretty intimidating, a little on the short side but not too bad"
"Anyway we heard you bastards were gonna make a move on our turf so we decided to pay you a visit" the lackeys behind him snickered and rubbed their weapons as if they were just waiting for the order to full us with holes.
"What do ya mean your turf, last time I checked we operated this part of town" my brother retorted. "Well that's gonna have to change, you see our boss has had his eyes on this town for a while now and as you can see, he's willing to do whatever it takes to have it in his possession," he stated while brandishing an M10 double barrel shotgun. Now let's see I'll give you two choices, either you hand over your so called turf peacefully or we take it by force" and almost instantly we were staring down over a thousand barrels. The gang paled at this and started shouting and begging my brother to give up the turf
"Boss just give em the turf already!!"
"We can't win against them!!"
"Our lives aren't worth some stupid gang!!"
Multiple pleas for survival were heard from our gang as my brother was reluctant and facing an internal battle "What the hell am I supposed to do!!, I can't give up the turf how are we gonna eat, where are we gonna go, but I gotta think about Avric and mom and the rest of the gang, but if we give up we'll be out on the streets in a few months, oh god why is this happening." I saw my brother's look of defeat and knew his decision, he may be a badass but he's not a reckless person.
Fine the turf is yours tell your boss we'll be outta here by tomorrow," relief washed over the entire gang as my brother gave up the turf, the turf he fought for, the turf he earned was gone what was he supposed to do now.
"Thanks for your cooperation, my boss sends his regards" he started walking away as his business here was over.
But Avric was still freaking out as although the big guy was walking away the other guys never stopped aiming their weapons and still had creepy smiles and radiated bloodlust 'Something's wrong, something's wrong, but..what, these guys aren't backing off almost as if..... they're not finished' Avric stopped his thinking and observed the guy walking away.
As if reading his mind the big guy stopped and turned his head, our eyes met and he flashed a sadistic grin 'Oh no!!!' "MARCUUSSSS!!!!!!!!!", the big guy laughed out loud before saying the last words I heard before everything went black "Sayonara BAKA!!!"
Bullets rained, the screams of black men dying reverberterated off the walls of the secluded warehouse where the massacre took place. Blood leaked and stained the concrete floor where over a hundred dead bodies of the once members of the World Tribe laid motionless, Marcus was the first to get it. Assault rifles, SMGs and high caliber pistols turned his body into swiss cheese as it jerked with every shot that hit him. I tasted the salty tears running down my cheeks in the moment I was still alive as I watched him die , only a second later I felt the bullets penetrate every nook and cranny of my body as I didn't even get a chance to scream from the excruciating pain of having my very being siphoned by bullets that only lasted a second as my body went limp and my mind went black.
It was dark, not cold since I couldn't feel anything, and it wasn't very peaceful either like the mangas said it would be, well considering how I died that's not surprising. It was more like a sweet regret. Regretful because my brother and the entire gang is dead and sweet because I don't have to experience that hell on earth again.
'By the way where the hell am I and how am I still thinking, shouldn't I be going to gangster heaven right about now'
"Oh noo brother, gangsters don't go to heaven, don't you know that" an unknown voice which sounded like it was coming from right infront of me suddenly spoke. Weirdly I slowly started to regain my senses, I still couldn't feel my body but could smell the scent of marijuana and slowly opened my eyes to witness a sight I would never forget. A dark skinned man who looked to be in his 30s with a goattee styled beard and a full head of Jamaican locks was floating in the vast space wearing loose white robes and sandals with a blunt packed with reefer and he was....'glowing
I completely regained my sight, looking around I realized that I was in a pitch black space that seemed as if it went on forever, with the man infront of me being the only source of light. "Yo big man why is darker than me up in here, who are you and where am I, why am I not dead?"
"Ohhhh so you wanna die, alright let me get my lightning bolt"
"NAH! NAH! bro I'm good right here, sorry.
"Mmhmm that's what I thought"
"To answer your questions, I, am, GOD!!!" tendrils of blue lightning crackled all over his body and a clap of thunder sounded in the void we were in. I looked at the so called God in front of me with a dumbstruck look.
"Umm excuse me where's the frightened face and almighty praise I'm supposed to get. Ohh I get it there wasn't enough lightning and thunder, hold on let me try again. I, Am, GOD!!!!!" this time the entire space was illuminated with navy blue lightning and multiple claps of thunder echoed as if the space we were in had walls. My dumbstruck look had twisted into a look of annoyance as I clenched my fists and glared at the god in front of me "Yo what the hell man you tryna make me go DEAF!!" my voice was seething with frustration as in an attempt to look cool, the man in front of him had almost burst his eardrums with all the thunder.
"Yo who you think you talking to pipsqueak, didn't you hear me when I said I'm a god"
"I wasn't afraid of god when I was alive, why would I be afraid of you now"
'Dang this kid has got a mouth on him'
"Anyway welcome to my crib little dude. Now on to business, I have a proposition for you which could work out in both of our favours.
I listened to the annoying god in front of me 'Proposition? what kind of god gives out favours to humans?' "I can hear you, ya know." I was shocked at his sudden response as I hadn't even asked him directly.
"I can read your mind dummy, I'm a god remember." I looked at him with slight fear in my eyes as I now knew this guy was the real deal. "Yeah and I know all your little secrets too, I know about the Loli porn mags you got stashed under yo-," "ALRIGHT!! you were saying something about a proposition?"
"Oh yeah, forgot about that, but rather than telling you, let me show you."
He snapped his fingers and instantly our surroundings changed as we were now hovering in the sky about what looked like a bustling town, Thousands of people were running around, small children were playing and vendors were behind stalls selling exotic meat, fruit and vegetables large buildings made of stone and brick with gold and silver linings were standing in all their glory. Honestly it was just like the animes and mangas described it, only the real thing was much more beautiful and all the more exciting. 'I wanna go there,' the god saw my face and knew he had found the right person. "What is this place?" I asked in anticipation,
"This is your new world little dude."