Misty Gray
Pessimisty
Construction Site
~ Limehouse, London ~
Damian Nicolosi and Zachary Costa
~ Limehouse, London ~
Damian Nicolosi and Zachary Costa
Abel eventually stepped forward and Damian allowed him to take the gun from him. Something of an excited glint could be detected in Damian's eyes, should anyone look his way, as he watched Abel raise the gun in both hands to point at the back of his victim's head. Still, he rolled his eyes when Abel quietly apologised to the squirming, gagged victim. Eventually, Abel squeezed the trigger and the largest of smiles took over Damian's face. There was no sound of gunfire, nor any splashing of blood and other matter. The gun had never been loaded as there had been no intention of making Abel a murderer today. This had been a test and Abel had managed to pass it. It did mean Damian wouldn't get to have Alice slaughtered, but somehow this outcome still felt satisfying to him. Perhaps it was the sight of Abel traumatised in front of him that made him almost as happy as he would have been making a mess out of Alice.
Reaching down, Damian prised the gun from Abel's hands before giving him a firm squeeze of the shoulder. "You did good, kid. I'll make sure the boss knows how well you did tonight," he assured him, like he was doing him a favour and he'd passed some induction at a new job. "We'd make quite a good team," he added. Looking at Jake with a grin on his face, he then pointed to Zachary outside. "Get him to help you put this mess back in the car," he told him as he used his foot to kick the sobbing victim knelt at his feet.
Focusing back on Abel, Damian made it so the young man looked at him. "Once I'm safely away, I'll call off my men from outside your house. Get yourself off home to Alice now. Your conscience is clean, kid," he assured him, despite knowing full well the real toll the events will have just taken on Abel.
Once the three men were back at the car, Damian waited for Zachary and Jake to drag the unknown man into the car boot again. Once they had, he opened the car door to retrieve a syringe from the car's glove compartment and returned to inject the sedative into the man's arm. Tossing the needle in the back with the victim, he then slammed the car boot shut. "Give me the keys," he told Zachary, to which the man briefly hesitated before complying. "I'm driving now. Where do you two want dropping off?" he asked his teammates. Only when they were all in the car and the vehicle was in motion did he readdress who was tied up in the boot. "I'll deal with our guest. He's not actually one of the Kings, you know," he revealed. "He's some cop who stuck his nose in too much and needed teaching a lesson, by his own team's admission. Once I offload him, he's not our problem anymore."
After a short silence, he then addressed the two men again. "Where am I dropping you both? Your homes or some club?" he knowingly asked.
BasDorcha (Abel) neverbackdown (Jake)