Diego and his five men arrived at Alec's last known location in haste and dropped down. Looking around, Diego noticed the car Alec took roughly parked with the front door still open. "Come on, he shouldn't have gone too far", Diego said and gestured for his men to move forward.
Just as Diego attempted to charge forward, he noticed a blasted pillar just next to the car. He bent down and touched the sand, and sifted launcher fragments. "This dicks", Diego swore angrily and stood up.
"Hold on! Look at this, a rocket launcher's fragment. Find the carrier and take him down, a top priority. You, follow me", Diego ordered. Then they slowly spread across the incomplete building.
While they advancing, they heard a series of gunshots coming from above. Diego suddenly sprinted upstairs towards the sound. Alec should be there. He immediately gave his men signals, which they responded obediently.
However, Diego suddenly noticed something wasn't right. He quickly ran downstairs, and just then the spot he once stood was blasted apart by a rocket launcher.
"F**k!" Diego screamed and shot in the direction. "Diego Hernandez, good to finally meet you", a voice sounded from above. "Who are you, and how did you know my name", Diego asked as he tried to pinpoint his location.
"It's not that difficult to gather information about you. A thug who was so desperate to live a godly life, by what, giving out half of your money to charity. Humph! You are even stranger than I thought. Let me not even remind you where that money is coming from."
"Shut up! Where is he?" Diego screamed back. He gestured his partner to go to the other side. "Who? Santiago, your brother? Don't worry he is disposed of. You see, just in case he didn't tell you, not only did he open his mouth to the police about our core member's location, heaven knows how he knew about it, he also borrowed a large sum of money from us, which he wasn't able to pay. At least that was why he wanted to escape from his godfather by reporting him to the police.
"Luckily, he was not feeling good that day, otherwise...", the voice was tinted with anger and hatred. Diego swiped the sweat from his face and retreated slowly.
"But that doesn't matter anymore, Diego. He has been caught, which resolves the matter. As for you Diego, although you don't have good records with us, the godfather has decided to forgive you, but on one condition".
"Yeah, what is it?" Diego asked as his partner gave him the signal of affirmation, indicating he was in position. "I want you to bury all hatchets and work with us. We are in need of bodyguards, as most of them have been killed by your brother. I'm hiring your men to work with us as our bodyguards. Don't worry, your rank will be higher. Just say the word, and you will work for the all mighty godfather", the voice said.
"F**k your godfather", Diego said and gave the signal, and his men began firing as they approached the top floor. However, they surveyed the surrounding, but there was no one. Just as they were about to retreat, the gunmen suddenly appeared from behind the pillars and began firing at Diego's men, catching them off guard.
They didn't have time to fully retreat, and unfortunately, they took all the brunt of the attacks. Out of the eight of them that approached the top floor, only four were able to leave unscathed. The remaining three were killed instantly.
"Sir, four is down! We were ambushed!" Diego's partner screamed as he ran down. Diego gritted his teeth and took out a grenade, pulled out the pin with his teeth, and offered some prayers on it, which he threw in the direction of the voice. Moments later, there was an explosion.
After the dust cleared, Diego peeked up a little, but quickly retreated as bullets pelted across the wall. The voice then laughed softly. "Radical Diego, radical. You see that's why I like you. You are very decisive, you don't hold back, but I'm running out of patience. For the last time, I'm offering you the role of the bodyguard again, otherwise don't blame me for what's going to happen next", the voice said.
"Just in case you don't know, you are all cornered, you only have one choice, join us, or join your mates in hell", the voice added coldly. Just then, the mafia gunmen came from all directions, circling Diego and his men.
Diego gritted his teeth, but he could not do anything at all. If he knew things would end up like this, he wouldn't have come. See what you've caused brother, Diego thought painfully.
For the first time in a long time, he felt hopeless and despair. He has always thought of himself as invincible, but right now, he could only laugh at himself. No one was invincible. We are all made of flesh and blood. Anyone can die at any time, it doesn't matter if you are a king, or an emperor, you are still the same as any human.
"You have ten seconds to decide", the voice said. "Ten... nine... eight... seven", the voice counted down. Diego was in a perilous situation. He could not move, nor could he order his men to escape. They just stood there, hopeless. Despite the situation they were in, they showed no signs of despair.
They looked at their leader with determined eyes. This sight warmed Diego's heart. His men were very loyal to him to the end. They all beat their chest, indicating solidarity to him. They were willing to follow him to the grave. For the first time, he felt like crying. He swore that if he leave here with his life, he would never put them in this situation again.
"... five... four... three... two... one", Diego stared at them at the final moments. I will see you in the next life. Then a gunshot rang. Diego subconsciously closed his eyes, but nothing happened to him.
He looked at his two men, but they were still standing. However, one of the gunmen pointing the gun at Diego suddenly collapsed, with a bloody hole at the centre of his forehead.
At first, the gunmen didn't understand what happened. Another gunshot rang, and a gunman fell again in the same manner. Confused, they shot in the direction where the bullet came from. Diego took out his gun to kill them.
"Make one move and I'll blast you to pieces", the voice raged. Right after he said that another bullet whizzed past and killed another gunman, remaining three gunmen. Diego didn't stand on the ceremony, and took out his gun and shot one of them, and then his men took the remaining three down.
"Mistake", the voice said and aimed his rocket launcher at Diego. Suddenly, he screamed in pain and dropped the launcher on the ground and scurried away. Diego, on hearing the voice trailing off, ran towards his men and ordered them to head to the bus.
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"F**k these thugs", the leader cursed as he limped towards the red car. He already knew all his men would have died by now, therefore he didn't have much time. He ran all the way towards the red jeep to report to godfather. His legs were bleeding profusely, so his speed was greatly reduced.
The leader was just ten meters away when another bullet hit his back, breaking his spine. With a thud, the man fell and cried in pain. He struggled to stand and run, but he could not feel his limbs anymore.
A shadow suddenly hovered over him. He looked at the figure and spat out blood. "I want to know more about your godfather", the figure said. The leader cursed and spat out blood. Then he smiled creepily. "Oh, Santiago, I feel sorry for you. As a piece of advice from a friend, I urge you to run, because when godfather strikes, he never pulls back. He would attack his enemy mercilessly until even his spirit breaks, ha-ha", he cackled loudly.
Alec sighed and took out a paper. It was the paper he took from the gunman at the shop. "Can you explain this?" He said and showed the leader the paper. The leader stared at him without saying anything. "Adios, motherf***er", he grinned widely and showed Alec a grenade. The pin was on his mouth. "F**k!" Alec exclaimed and ran away from the leader. Just then, an explosion erupted, sending Alec flying away.