A day ago,
Inside a dimly lit room, an overly weighed man was wearing only a baggy trouser while his tattoo-covered upper body was bare. As he sat on a sofa accompanied by several women wearing only lingerie, he had a lit cigar in his mouth.
"How was she able to get the money to pay off most of her loan? "I told you to do everything to make that impossible for her to achieve, and you all even got yourselves beaten up." Big Joe stared at Brute who was kneeling down.
"We're sorry boss but we did our best to follow your order, however that kid totally overpowered us." Brute pleaded.
" Oh! I'm sorry, but does it look like you did your job well?" Big Joe raised his eyebrow as he focused his gaze on Brute.
"Forgive... Forgive me for my insolence." Brute apologized while stuttering as he received a glare from Big Joe.
"Tsk..Besides are you basically telling me that only her kid did this to you and your crew members including Slick who is now in the hospital?" Big Joe asked as he took another puff from his cigar.
"We didn't realize that the trash had awakened to become a metahuman and were caught off guard." Brute replied.
Big Joe took another puff of his cigar. "You realize that we're talking about the same weakling who never had the guts to look at me straight in the eye, even when I tried to molest his mother right in front of him? And now you are telling me that he is stronger than all the members of your crew combined."
Brute lowered his head in shame.
"That bastard now thinks he has what it takes to run our show, huh? We need to put him in his place and remind everyone in that district why we rule that area boss." One of the thugs in the room spoke angrily.
"I suppose you're right, Otto." Big Joe agreed with his second - in - command.
"However, it seems that I have just had an amazing idea. In fact, I'm going to have to kill two birds with one stone, and these fools might have opened up an opportunity for me to finally get what I want." Big Joe smirked.
Big Joe had always been smitten with Natasha's beauty from the moment he laid eyes on her. He had tried to woo her then but his advance was strongly rejected.
When Natasha came to borrow a loan from him, Big Joe had secretly plotted to have her business fall into bankruptcy. He ordered his lackeys to extensively disrupt her stall by demanding a high amount of protection money daily so that she would fail to repay her debt.
He had hoped that Natasha would come asking for more time when her payment was overdue then he would take that chance to make her his woman. Because Natasha was indeed unable to pay at the agreed time, Big Joe's plan almost succeeded.
Despite this, Natasha was a stubborn, strong-willed woman who refused to bend to Big Joe's expectations. Instead, she insisted on keeping the contract causing Big Joe's plans to fail.
This incident gave Big Joe a second chance to pursue Natasha. He stood up from the sofa he was sitting on, revealing his massive body size.
Each step Big Joe took as he walked closer to Brute who was kneeling made the room rumble loudly. Big Joe stood over Brute like a tower as he looked down on him. "You're very lucky, because the only reason I haven't snapped your neck yet despite your foolishness is because your actions just gave me an opportunity. However, you must prove your usefulness by effectively completing one task."
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Current Day
Natasha woke up in the morning a bit later than usual. When she stepped out of her room, she noticed that Kyle had already made her breakfast. He had placed a note on the table by the side of the dish which stated he didn't want to wake her up and he had already left for school.
A face lit up with a bright smile as she sat down and ate the meal Kyle had prepared for her. After a short while, Natasha was finally dressed up to go to her stall, she locked the doors to the apartment and graciously climbed down the stairs that led to the main entrance to the entire building.
Without a doubt, Natasha followed the route she took every day. She wasn't in a hurry to get to her destination because she was sure that there were still repairs being done at her stall. All she was intending to do was observe, therefore Natasha continued to walk in slow steps.
Although she was worried that she wouldn't make any money today either, especially since their family was in dire need of it. Fortunately, there was no longer any thug that would come to disturb her business any longer now that Kyle had dealt with them.
Every stall owner couldn't stop thanking her for it because business was much more peaceful than it was before and this was the only reason Natasha was so optimistic about her predicament.
Few minutes later, Natasha arrived at the stall but as she was about to enter a car suddenly pulled up right behind her. Before she could react, two hefty looking men hurriedly alighted from the vehicle and grabbed Natasha from both sides. They forcefully dragged her into the car under the watchful eyes of everyone present at the scene.
Nobody was able to do anything to save Natasha. They wouldn't be able to succeed at that task even if they tried because these thugs were metahumans that could match up to in terms of strength.
Seconds later, a man in a black suit alighted from the vehicle from the passenger seat next to the driver's seat. He slowly walked to the center of the street with his hand in his pocket.
"I don't need to make an introduction of myself but I have a message from Big Joe to you bunch of lowlifes." The man loudly announced which caught everyone's attention.
As it turns out, you have all finally found a hero. So the boss wants you to be the one to tell that stupid punk that if he wants to see his beloved mother, he should come find her himself..." He paused very briefly. "Alone." he added before bursting into loud laughter at the downcast expression on the faces of his audience.
"You fools, this is our territory, and if you stick around here, you have to follow our rules. There is no escaping it nor is anyone capable of saving you from it and we're about to make an example of that bitch and her son."
He turned around to walk back to the car but before he entered it, he launched an energy ball into Natasha's stall causing further damage to it. He smiled wickedly and entered the car which drove away along with Natasha.
Immediately the car started to gain momentum, the man pulled out his cell phone from his pocket and dialed a number. After a few rings, the call was finally connected to the receiver and he began to speak.
"Hello boss, we have completed the task successfully and we've got the mother."
"The information given to us was very accurate, so we are now bringing her to the agreed location."
"..."
"We left the message just as you instructed and it was flawless that he would not be able to notice."
"...."
"Our plan is proceeding exactly as planned and it's just a matter of time before we take back the territory."
"..."
"Understood boss. I'll give you more updates when he arrives." The man concluded before hanging up the call.
Natasha in the back seat caught his gaze as he turned backwards. She was struggling to free her hands that were tied but to no avail.
"You truly are such a beauty. No wonder Big Joe is obsessed with you. It's too bad that because of you your son would be in a serious situation." The man said to Natasha.
Natasha's eyes widened when she heard Kyle's name being mentioned. "What do you mean? Why are you doing this? And what does Big Joe want from us? You don't need to go to this extent just to collect the rest of the money I owe Big Joe."
"I can assure you lady that your problems right now are far more serious than a debt." The man said with a chuckle. Then he turned around to face the front.
"Don't ignore me, I asked you fools a question, answer me you bastard." Natasha screamed.
"How troublesome, put her to sleep already." The man ordered one of the thugs sitting beside Natasha.
Natasha was unable to react before she was suddenly pressed against the car seat by and a syringe was stabbed into her hand causing the fluid in the syringe to be passed into her bloodstream.
It only took less than five seconds before she lost consciousness as she was transported to an unknown location.
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