"So, ready for your first mission?" Aiden asked
"Will Elias join me in the mission?" I asked
"Sad to say, no. He will be busy finding recruits while you will be the one doing jobs"
"Okay, so, give me my first mission"
"Follow me to my office"
I followed him to the office, we entered. He went straight to the cabinet on the corner and started looking something from the pile paper.
"Let's see"
He started mumbling
"Hmmmm, maybe you are interested in this one. A group of drug-dealers. They have been a long running group, they are not heavily armed, they were last seen in Upper Session Road near a heirloom shop. I can give you some of the members pictures to know and identify them"
"What did you just say? A group? You think I, soloing, will beat or kill all or some of them alone?"
"I'm just asking if you're interested, so, interested?"
"No, I ain't dying on the second day of joining this organization"
"Okay, let me find something else"
He started finding again in the pile in the pile of papers.
"Okay how about this, a wanted man who lived in Manila, age 32, name, Navarro Rafael. His crimes, he killed and murdered around six people, stole their belongings and sold them. He fled here to Baguio and started living here secretly. He kidnapped, raped, and killed about 2 young teenagers and 3 adults, oh yeah, and murdered 5 males. He was last seen in San Roque Road which is near Asin Road and Naguilian Road. Killed or alive I don't know what you want, if alive, turn him to the police. If killed, call the police where his body is and reason why you killed him. So, interested?"
"..... Seriously, raped teenagers?"
"Y-yeah, that's what the record says"
"Looks like this guy is a danger to society. Alright, I'll see what I can do. Last seen in San Roque Road right? Near Asin and Naguilian Road?"
"Yep, oh yeah, using the big gun I gave you yesterday is too risky and bulky for a one man suspect, so, take this pistol for backup"
He took out a white colored pistol from his waist and handed it to me. It has a similar design to the gun he gave me yesterday, its design is geometric. He also handed me boxes of ammo"
"Be careful with that gun okay? Here is the photo of him"
He handed me a paper. It is a dark haired man, he has a goatee mustache, mmhmmm, mhhmmm, okay.
"Don't worry about the cops finding out about your gun, they just don't search kids right? And just play cool. Remember, dead or alive. I bought you a car outside, I bought it for you. Similar to Elias' car"
"Awesome! Oh wait a minute, I don't know how to drive and I don't have any driving licence"
"Oh, learn how to drive when you have the time, I will soon give you a fake student drivers license. You have to take a taxi in the meantime. Oh right, did you find the three million in your cabinet?"
"Yep, I was about to look at the cabinet for clothes and was met by a pile of money. I took some"
I started to walk to the door, I opened the door, I stopped.
"Hey, what would we name this organization since you said it was nameless. How about we name it now?"
"Name for this organization? Hmmm, I kinda want to name it right now. Today, or never"
He started thinking, looking around, I waited patiently. He started staring at me.
"What?"
"How about we will call the organization.... Black"
"Black? Why?"
"I kinda found your all black clothes badass looking. And I want it to be a uniform of this organization"
"You sure? This kind of clothes looks like some kind of a "geng geng" or some kind of a human who looks like he or she has bad intentions to do like a terrorist"
"You know, I hate thinking. Whatever caught my eye, I will use that idea so that I don't need to think more"
"Okay, Black then, one last question. Does the president or other people know about his organization?"
"Nope, just the three of us"
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After a long drive, I arrived in San Roque Road. I looked out of the taxi window, looking outside. My heart is beating fast about this first mission of mine. It felt different, I am like in a gang, ordered to assassinate someone. I am... Very nervous and scared.
"I'll take a stop here please" I said to the taxi driver
"That will be one hundred fourteen pesos"
I paid him and went outside of the taxi, the taxi driver drove off. There are people walking around, there are food stands around, selling ice cream, fishballs, kikiams, betamaxes, veggie balls and other street foods you can find. I can smell the fresh air again after a long time. Back in the organization, the air is plain.
I will soon buy real plants and put them in my room as a design. I started walking, I took off my black sunglasses and put them in my pocket to see more clearer and better. I have my cap on, my bandana raised covering my face, my jacket zipped, my pistol on my waist, perfect.
I passed through people, couples walking and flirting, kids laughing and playing, most of the kids stared at me, might be because of the clothes I am wearing. I looked at the faces of the passersby, not a single one of them who looked like the wanted man I am searching for.
In the description, his height is 5'7, I am not good in height numbers and what it looks like so the height will be useless. But 5'7, he will be taller than me. Round face, there is a wound on the right side of his face that looks like a knife wound which is good and makes it easier for him to identify, he has dark hair, goatee, that's all.
I looked at the electrical pole in front of me, he had a wanted poster on the pole. The reward is five hundred thousand pesos. The minimum reward Aiden said is one thousand five hundred pesos, I wonder which is bigger, the reward like the wanted poster say or Aiden's.
Someone suddenly bumped into me, it is a shady tall man wearing a black jacket. He turned around to look at me.... Fucking hell, am I dizzy or something? It is him. The wound on the right side of his face, goatee, his hair is a little longer than from his wanted picture. He turned around and continued walking again.
Shit, I am frozen in place, my target is there, just there right in front of me and looking at right now! Really, I am scared, my legs are shaking. I accepted the contract, the crimes he did are very disgusting and unforgiving. I have to stop him continuing this activity of his. I have to either kill him or take him to jail.
But thinking about killing him... Felt different. I have been dreaming during the ride going here, dreaming about interesting and stylish ways on how I caught and bring justice to him. I want money, I love money, I need to act.
"Sir, are you Navarro Rafael?" I asked him
He stopped, and turned his head around. His face looks calm.
"Kid, are you calling me by name? Have you got no respect? And how did you know my-"
I pointed the poster from the pole behind me, pointing at his wanted poster. His eyes widened after looking at the poster, he looked around him. Hmph, he can't just assault me in here because there's a lot of people around.
"I think it is better for you to go to jail and learn so that you aren't ever going to commit crimes again"
"Buwisit!"
He started running, shit. I started running also, chasing after him. Ha! I am getting closer to him easily! Running during my thief days really made me faster! We ran straight, he made a turn to the left. I followed, entering Naguilian Road. There are more people walking on the sidewalk.
Navarro is pushing people away, he doesn't care if they flew to the road, the incoming cars stopped right on time before they ran over the people. Navarro suddenly threw a woman at me.
Mistake number three, the third time I got turned on to the police station. The time where my comrades betrayed me, they threw someone at me, to make the cops slow down. They are my trusting stealing comrades, until the day they betrayed me. In instinct, I leaped to the right, then continued running again, letting the woman land to the ground with a thud, sorry.
Navarro got slowed down because of the people on his way. I saw a straw rope on a table of one of a shop, long straw rope. I looked at the owner of the shop, he was shocked, watching what Navarro is doing. I took the straw rope without getting noticed and continued chasing him.
The crowd of people died out, making us run freely on the sidewalk. I ran as fast as I could, getting closer to him. He suddenly made a right turn, entering the road. I followed him, there was a car incoming. Mistake number four, the fourth time I got turned on to the police station. The time where I was running away from a person I stole his money and stopped because there is an incoming car.
I jumped over the hood and slid over to the other side and continued chasing. We entered Sofia de Vera Street. He keeps throwing things at me, making me slow down. A food from a guy on the side, a sign, a vegetable, a fruit, everything he sees he throws at me, I am not used to this kind of thing. He even took a hot boiling pan of oil from a street food stand and splashed it at me, including the pan.
I went to the left. Some of the oil splashed on my jacket and my bandana. I covered my eyes with my hand, the oil burned my hand, making my hand itchy. Even tho I have a gun, I have no intention of using it even tho during my taxi ride, I was imagining about using the gun on him by shooting his leg to collapse.
But, really, seriously, I can't. I am just too afraid to use and shoot a gun. We ran, ran as fast as we could. He ran to the left going to the other sidewalk and made a left turn. We entered Quezon Hill Road two. Navarro suddenly tripped over to the ground.
I went to him and made him roll over the pushing cart and make him face down to the ground. I took out the straw rope I got earlier, grabbed his arm and started tying him. He struggled, you fuckin- quit struggling! He turned his body around and swung his right arm to my face.
I swayed my head backwards, making him miss. My irritation on him is going up. Without hesitation, I took out the pistol from my waist, held its barrel and hit his head with the grip of the pistol as hard and strong as I could.
"Move again and I am going to hit you again. If you continue then I won't hesitate to shoot you!" I shouted to him
His eyes widened out of shock to see a gun on my hand. He knows that the gun is real because of its texture and hardness. This man might know about guns. I see, I pointed the gun at him.
"You know what, no warnings. Get behind your back and for me to tie or I will shoot you to death"
He followed my instructions and rolled, I grabbed both of his hands and tied him. I took out my phone, Aiden sended me a message. He messaged me the phone number of the police station. I used the phone number to call the police station.
"Hello, what is your emergency?"
"Yeah, ummmm-"
I don't know how to say it. People around just watch us, I made Navarro stand up and went to the other side of the road going to the sidewalk. I let him go.
"Run and I will shoot you" I said to Navarro.
"Did you know about Navarro?" I asked the police from the call
"Yes, a wanted person. What about him? Did you find him? Tell me his address or where is his location"
"I have him with me right now, we are in Quezon Hill Road two just near the road between or going to Sofia de Vera street and Ponce"
"You.... Have him with you right now? You caught him?"
"Yep, I'll keep an eye on him while waiting for the police"
"There is actually a BCPO Police Station 1 near you so lead him there. Go down Sofia De Vera Street until you arrive at Naguilian Road, then, turn to the right. Follow the road until you see a two way street. Ask people around where the police station is to turn him in"
"Understood"
I hung up the call
"Okay old man, we are going to take a walk back down again"
"Fuck you"
"Oh, I repeat again, if you try to run away, I won't hesitate to shoot. If you think that I won't shoot you, I didn't mean by killing, but shooting you in the leg. You don't want to risk getting a leg cut off or missing right?"
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"I want to turn in a wanted person" I said to the cop outside of the police station
"A wanted person? Caught by a teen? Okay kid what is his name?"
"Navarro Rafael"
"Navarro Rafael? Oh, yeah yeah, but are you sure?"
The cop went to the police station doorway
"Oi, Gonzales, can you hand me the wanted paper of Navarro Rafael?"
"Navarro Rafael? Oh, that dirty scum, give me a minute" we heard someone inside
"Here it is"
The cop came out of the police station and gave a paper to the cop number one. Cop number one came to us and started looking at the paper and Navarro Rafael, looking at his face closely.
"It is him, and a kid is the one who caught him. Turn around Navarro"
Navarro turned around, the cop started patting his body, searching around his body.
"Hey kid, are you hurt" he asked
"No, not a scratch"
"How did you manage to catch this guy"
"Well, we ran and ran, chasing him after-"
"And he pointed a gun at me" Navarro interfered
"Well, actually, it was a fake gun"
"I know what's fake or not kid. There may be hard fake guns out there, realistic like a gun but I still know their differences. I can hear real bullets inside when you hit it to my head. To be honest, your gun has a beautiful unique design"
.... Fuck
"I have to go now, I have lot more things to do" I said while walking away
"Is it true that you have a gun kid?"
"No"
"He is lying"
"Kid, come back here for a second"
"Nu uh"
"What do you mean nu uh"
"I don't know what he is talking about but this is a fake gun"
"He is lying sir, why the hell would I surrender up on a kid"
"Eyy, Gonzales, can you look out for Navarro Rafael here?"
"Okay"
"Kid, I said come back. You know that I care for my society and if the gun is real, I should confiscate it for safety. Don't worry, you won't go to jail"
I... Could just surrender it but, in my thoughts, I won't. Why? It felt like a gift Aiden gave me, a precious gift mostly it has a beautiful design. If he made the gun all alone, then he has to make one again.
I started walking back to Naguilian Road.
"Kid, I said come back"
"No"
I suddenly heard a very loud car, a familiar sound of a car, coming from Asin Road. I looked behind, a familiar car emerged, a black cat with reds in it, it is Elias' car.
I raised my hand to stop him. He stopped the car right in front of me.
"Oh, hey there Lucas. Is there something wrong? You look like you are in a rush"
I went to the door backseat, I was met by a lonely girl, sitting, looking at me. Wait a minute who is she? Is she Elias' girlfriend? I'm sorry to interrupt.
"Kid! Just give me your gun! That's all I want!" The cop outside shouted
"Can you please drive?" I said to Elias
He stepped on the pedal and drove off, I looked behind the window, looking at the cop. He is just watching us driving away, and started walking back to the police station. He doesn't look like is in a hurry, he looks like he has no intention to chase after us,vI sighed in relief.
"What happened there?" Elias asked
"Well, I just finished the mission Aiden gave me, a wanted criminal. I turned him to the police and blew my cover that I have a gun. Long story short, when I finally caught him because he tripped down, funny for an old guy. I used the pistol Aiden gave me and used it against him to... You know, make him afraid"
"Lucky you, already made a mission, that means, you will be the very most first recruit to accept and finish a mission under our organization. While me, I am just going around, finding recruits, but it is I myself the one who participated to find recruits. Oh yeah, I heard that we finally name our organization because of you, it is named Black right? To be honest, I found your all black clothes kinda cool. He said it will be our uniform"
"Wait, you still haven't accomplished any mission?"
"Yep, just like I said, I am finding more recruits. When you arrive back at the organization, Aiden will pay you a large sum of money. Can you treat me to the arcade at Mega Center Mall where you play arcades? I'm kinda broke and want to have some fun"
"The three million pesos Aiden gave me and the reward he will be giving me, I am very rich in just one day. Yeah, I'll soon treat you gu- wait a minute, I thought first recruits will get a five million pesos"
"Ha, I thought you would fall to my lies. Oh yeah, that girl with you, her name is Katherine Garcia. She will be our third recruit. Maybe knowing her will be good"
I look at the girl leaning against the car door. She looked like those hot chick tomboys you see on the road, family, streets, sidewalks or whatever. Aaaaaahh! Why the hell tomboys are always the hot chick ones!
"Did both of you say about millions of money?" Katherine asked
Oh, wait a minute, her voice doesn't like a tomboy. She has the right tune for a girl, a cute voice. I like cute and cuties
"Yes, since you will be our third recruit, you will get one million pesos in just one day" I said to her
"One million dollars for joining? Wow"
"Yeah, and no more for the upcoming recruits"
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"We won't promise that you will be always alive while doing some missions we give you, and this is very damgerous. You could die any time. I am not saying that just because you are a girl that means you are not good at these things" Aiden said to Katherine
"I don't care, I'll just sign" Katherine said and started signing contract
She didn't even read the contract fully, Aiden just, damn. Elias and I signed the witness part in the contract.
"Okay, you are now part of the organization. In the next room, it is a dorm, your room will be the third room. There will also be a one million pesos in your cabinet as well. You may go now, dismissed, oh yeah, can you stay a bit Lucas?"
"Yay! Easy one million pesos!"
Aiden and Katherine went out of the office
"What is it?" I asked Aiden
He took out a big bag under his table and threw it to the ground, in front of me.
"What is this?"
"Didn't you say you finished the mission I gave you? This is your reward, eighth hundred thousand pesos. That's all, dismissed"
........
"That's all it takes?"
"Yep"
Eighth hundred thousand pesos! I am surprised! It is more than the reward of the wanted poster of Navarro Rafael! I picked up the bag and was about to walk out of the office.
"Oh yeah, where do you get this money from?" I asked Aiden
"Hmm? Oh, well, promise me that you won't say it to anyone?"
"I promise"
"I print, that's also how the government makes money, there are three ways the government makes money. They get it from taxes, borrowing money from other countries and lastly, imprinting. I have a hidden machine that imprints money similar to how the government has. Sadly to say I can't just tell where it's location is. Only you and Elias know it"
"Okay"
I walked out of the office and out of the workshop room, meeting the big ass cube room.
"Uhh, where is the dorm room again?" Katherine asked
I jumped, she was just standing the whole time
"Oh, just follow me"
I went towards the door, opening it, meeting the beautiful hallway again.
"Wooooooow!"
Katherine admired it, I went towards my door
"That's your room there" I said to her, pointing the third room
She opened the door
"Wooooaaah"
I went inside my room and threw the bag on the floor. Eight hundred thousand pesos in just one day? Hah! Easy money!
........
Oh shit.
I forgot to buy plants