2:47 AM
Downtown LA
December
Three days later...
"Do you have the target's location?", Leon asked, he's on a mission to kill a man, Jacob Falkon.
"Not yet...ugh! I can't get this bitch steady yet, but I'm seeing like a huddle of men forming around a car...it's him! He's at the entrance and has his ugly wife. Her face needs botox, for real", Nico replied to Leon through the comms as he moved a drone around on top of a casino and hotel, the Sweet Face.
It was known for having a lot of mafia leaders and members come on in to feed their gambling addictions.
"Shut up, Nico...just give me the signal to move at this point...", Leon was at the alleyway leading to the fire exit of the building, Nico stayed quiet for a moment before telling him to proceed.
"Noel,let's go...", Noel went up in front of him, Leon is on a private mission with only two people to help him, Nico and his bodyguard, Noel. He accepted the offer to kill this man only for a simple distraction from the stunt he did three days before, he wanted to forget and take his rage out of something, he thought this will be the best idea.
Noel steadily opened the fire exit to see the staircase leading up to the second floor.
He slowly stepped up, Leon following him, he checked every corner for cameras or anything that'll stop them completely, there wasn't alarms or cameras anywhere.
They noticed the door leading inside of the building, Nico is helping with checking the cameras too, since they hacked into the camera systems thanks to him.
"The storage area on the left hallway is clear, Elevator area in the middle hallway, where you're most near to, has two men in black suits, armed, and securing the area. You might need to wait a little to see if they move...", Nico explained to him, Leon placed an arm between Noel and the door before signaling with his hand to stop opening the door.
They waited for five minutes, Nico gave them the signal to take them down, Leon and Noel pulled out their guns, he opened the door slowly before running up to them. They both started shooting towards the men, they fell down to the ground since they're reactions where delayed.
°~3:09 AM~°
A pool of blood soaked the carpet they were standing on, Leon crouched down to the guns the men were holding, he gave one to Noel.
"This will be useful", Leon suggested, Noel grabbed it and placed in the waistband of his pants on his back.
"The stairs is completely clear, I repeat, the stairs are clear to move upstairs. Go to the storage area on the left, going to another hallway to the right, the stairs should be there", Nico directed them, Leon moved as Nico lead him to the stairs he was talking about, the storage area was full of boxes, chairs, and random objects organized on the tables everywhere.
"No one is on the hallway up there, go to the door over there, the employees only one going two hallways on the left, it leads to a room with an elevator, afterwards try to blend in, Leon. Do you have your mask on?", Leon went up the stairs, he placed the knife to its case and placed on his pocket inside his coat, Noel did the same.
Noel looked around for anyone hiding in between the darkness, they reached the door Nico told him to open, Noel went inside before Leon did.
He scanned the room for any enemies in sight, Leon pushed the elevator button, he turned to look at Noel.
Noel came up and stood next to him silently, Leon unmuted himself to ask for any additional instructions. "I'm all set...", Leon stepped inside the lift as the doors opened, Noel went inside and pushed the button to the 45th floor, the one he needed to go.
°~3:22 AM~°
"Fuck! stop at the...23rd floor now! They found the dead bodies already, godamnit! They're about to make an accouncement to leave the building at this point! Jacob just moved inside an elevator, I think he's going down...", Nico stayed quiet for a moment, Leon pressed the button for the 23rd floor.
"They found them...we have to go here now", Leon said, the doors slide open, Noel and Leon both stepped out before examining the area, no one is in sight.
They went up towards the double doors going to another storage area, suddenly they heard keys rattling from a distance to the left, they sprinted to the other way, Leon went towards a janitor's storage closet. He went inside before Noel stepped backwards rapidly, he closed shut the door before locking it.
He looked over at Leon, he was standing back trying to move in the ton of supplies off the floor, Noel slowly moved towards him, trying to back away from the door.
It was quiet as a midnight owl, but then deafening shots rang out through the door, making Noel fire a few shots back before Leon tripped at some empty boxes, Noel stumbled as Leon's feet slid down, falling backwards.
Leon felt his heart skipped a beat as he fell down on the floor, his back slammed against the wall. As Noel also fell down, his back pushed Leon back against the wall again, Leon reflexively wrapped his arms around Noel's waist instead of pushing him away.
Noel realized he's sitting on Leon's lap, in a panic, he turned his body around to see Leon have a little shocked expression on his face.
"My apologies, Sir Cashmere! I didn't mean to-", Noel gets cut off.
"It's alright...", Leon replied softly, staring into his lush, green eyes, he could see his eyes through the light going through the wall.
He could feel his hot breath from his nose as he was breathing rapidly, his face was only a couple of inches away from his.
He stared into his eyes deeply, his arms were still around his waist, he unwrapped his arms before unconsciously reaching his hand to slowly move some of Noel's hair out of his face, revealing he has a beauty mark under his eye and another one on the right side of his nose.
Noel felt confused for the sudden gesture, he felt some type of tension around them, and it wasn't bad tension, it was a different type of tension that felt harmless around his presence.
Noel felt Leon breathing on his face, they both stared at each other softly, Leon moved his hand away from Noel's face.
"I- I think we should get going, Sir Cashmere...", Noel slowly stood up before fixing his sleeves from the awkwardness he felt just now.
"Right...I apologize", Leon stood up before dusting himself off with his hands.
"That was unexpected...", Noel told him, Leon felt a sudden wave of embarrassment from what he did, looking through his eyes was somehow pleasant, looking at his eyes was a good thing to see.
"It was...", Leon replied, calmly as to hide how dumbfounded he felt, looking at Noel, he looks quite handsome in his eyes, this startled him completely at the moment.
"This was unexpected...", Noel opened the door to see the man laying on his back with gun wounds on his chest, he had killed the man as he shot through the door.
°~3:38 AM~°
"Leon! What the fuck happened?", Nico noticed they were taking a little longer than he expected.
"I'm fine! I just thought I was dead for a moment", Leon replied, sternly.
"Go ahead! There's a man coming towards the other direction, clear to move", Nico directed, Leon signaled Noel to move, but Noel put his hand in front of him, signaling him to stop.
"There's someone there...", he said quietly, he saw a room covering with a curtain, he saw a pair of boots on the bottom of the curtains.
"Oh shit...", Leon cursed under his breath, Noel shot the person twice, the person stumbled down to the ground.
"Goddamn, tell Noel he has good eyes. I would've killed you if it wasn't for him", Leon scoffed, they both went towards a staircase going downstairs.
"The guy is on the 15th floor, the ballroom, I saw him walk out with...two other ladies?! He's cheating on his wife man! I'm finna record this shit now, that's messed up, you know what I'm sayin'?", Nico told him, Leon sighed in annoyance.
"I don't care about that, just focus for fuck's sake!", Leon replied to him before muting himself, Noel scanned around the hallway before going furthering inside.
"He's on 15th floor now...", Leon told Noel, he nodded his head in affirmation, it felt like he suddenly forgot what just happened.
"I also want to apologize for...", Leon tried to say something but then he became quiet for a moment, he couldn't find the right words to say from the incident a few minutes ago.
"It's fine, Sir Cashmere. I'll forget about it", Leon fought the urge to sigh from relief. "Please do...", Leon thought to himself, he continued following him.
"He's going inside an elevator for god's sake! Wait...he's on the 20th floor! Go downstairs now!", Leon went towards another staircase going down another floor, he preferred not going on the elevators as much due to the chance that someone else might get in.
"Go now dude...like he's standing there. Wait nevermind he's moving", Leon went through another hallway to another staircase, they both were dashing through at this point.
"Cover your face...", Leon ordered Noel, they both brought their hoodies over their head and put their black face mask on, they dashed through the hallway and finally going through the last staircase leading them to the hallways to where he was.
"You're so fucking close, like deadass. Two hallways down, first go to right, second go to left", Nico told him, Leon ran down the hallways as directed, Noel was in front of him before stopping on the corner of the hallway, he peeked his head a little, on the corner of his eye, he could see the old guy, wearing a white suit with a red shirt and blue tie.
He was talking to two women, one was blonde, the other one was a redhead.
°~3:56 AM~°
"There's three men standing there, I have to pull out my other gun. Here it is...", Noel whispered quietly, he reloaded the firearm before he finally the final move that'll eventually get over with the job.
He shifted through rapidly, firing his gun at the two men, one of them falls down, Noel dodges the bullets from the other guy, Leon came in and shot the target with one single bullet, it flew straight through his heart, he fell to the ground on impact.
Noel finished killing the other guy, the two women screamed at top of their lungs before running away in their heels.
"Go now! There's a group of men coming your way!", Nico yelled through the comms, they both sprinted rapidly through the hallway, they found a fire exit in front of their eyes that could help them go down to the first floor. As the dashed through the hallway, they could hear a huddle of footsteps heading their way.
"Fuck!", Leon exclaimed, Noel lifted up a counter table from the corner before looking back as he saw a man getting in his view, he lunged the table in front of his face, knocking him out completely.
They both ran inside the fire exit door before running down the stairs.
They hurriedly ran down until a huddle of men burst open the door they just went out of, he kicks open the other door, leading to the 18th floor, this was the casino area.
They both ran out hurriedly as people watched them in surprise by how their being chased by a group of men, trying to shoot them down.
Leon ran towards the elevator was about to close with a couple inside, Noel got inside successfully, none of the men were able to reach them.
The couple were about to reach the first floor to their miracle, they both looked at them suspiciously.
"Have a nice morning", Leon greeted them before the doors slide open, dashing through the main lobby fast alongside with his bodyguard.
The security spotted them, chasing after them, they both run out the main entrance with full speed.
They ran towards the alley, where his car was located.
°~4:23 AM~°
He saw the security guards chasing after them, he saw his car, he shot at the guy a few times before his body was flat on the ground.
Noel shot the other guy down, Leon pulled out his keys, pushing the button to unlock it, the car beeped in response.
They both hopped inside the vehicle fast before Leon pressed the button to start the engine.
He stepped on the gas and started to dash through the alleyway before finally going through the avenues.
He went at full speed, Noel looked back to see three cars were chasing them.
"Fuck...here's the bitch you might need for this case...", a voice said, Nico was waiting for them at the car the whole time, he looked through the cameras with three laptops and a tablet. He picked up an AK-47 and handed it to Noel.
"Thanks, Sir", Noel opened the window before aiming and shooting at the driver leading the car.
He dodged a few bullets before defeating the first two cars down, crashing side by side to each other.
It made a huge explosion like those in the movies, Nico looked back in amazement.
" Are we in Fast and Furious or what?", Nico asked, in astonishment.
"Stop fucking around...", Leon replied with a rude tone, Nico looked at him with annoyed eyes.
"I'm not fucking around as much as you...", Nico insulted him in response, Noel finally went back to his seat and rolled the window up completely.
"Here's the firearm, Sir", Noel gave the gun back to Nico, he placed at the bottom of the car beneath his feet.
"Damn! I'm getting tired as fuck, I'm so hungry too, bruh...I want Mcdonald's", Leon looked back at him for a few seconds.
"Just order online, here's my card...", Leon turned to another street before pulling out his wallet and pulling out his card before handing it to him with his free hand.
"Thank you, man. Appreciate it", Nico slumped back into his seat as he closed all of the laptops before stacking them one on top of the other.
He pulled out his cellphone and began his order, Leon stopped at a street light before putting his right hand into a fist, he extended his fist to Noel, looking at him directly.
Noel noticed the gesture, he balled up his hand into a fist and gave him a small fist bump.
Leon extended his fist to Nico, he looked over and fist bumped him aggressively. "We're done with our job, thanks to you both. I've could've died at this point", Leon sighed in relief, he was done with his mission. All he wanted and wished for at the moment was to take a nice, warm bath and taking a long, restful sleep.