Hello and welcome all, thanks for clicking on my story! I'm really excited to unveil this which hopefully will become future masterpiece. I've been really working the first chapter and planning out the entire story but I decided to take a break and write this prologue as it'll help for the story. This story is obviously OC heavy considering it takes place far before the canon of Breaking Bad.
Basically "Turning Torn" is the story of Mike Ehrmantrauts transformation just as "Breaking Bad" is Walt's transformation. I'm going to try and write it to where one chapter equals one shows worth of story and hopefully one day it'll lead all the way back to that first time we meet Mike after Jane dies from her OD. The good news is you don't really need to be a fan of Breaking Bad to enjoy this story.
This is rated T now for violence, drug references, and some minor language.
Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy.
TURNING TORN - The story of Mike Ehrmantraut
Prologue
Is he the right guy?
After doing all this research on him it doesn't seem bright but it might be the best option. With his experience being a beat cop for the Philadelphia Police Department maybe he knows more than most men do. The few other guys I've hired for this situation weren't nearly as experienced in the field.
Ronald Frescott, my first gun for hire, did a pretty good job at what he did. He cleaned up any situation that would get us caught or ruin business, but he didn't have much experience going in which probably cost him. He wasn't too stealthy and had a real itchy trigger finger. I figured he'd be a good guy to get on the inside being that he had dealt in organized crime before, but I guess that doesn't mean you know what you're doing.
While cleaning up after he'd completed a hit he was seen fleeing the scene by neighbors. They identified him and he got put away. Serving life was a damn shame for an overall decent guy for the job. Of course I couldn't keep him in jail because he knew way too much about me. I ended up having to take him out Ordell Robbie style. I bailed the guy out and then … "took care of him". I don't fool around when it comes to liabilities. I was growing close to the guy, I guess, but I knew I could have better, and better is needed to run an operation such as mine.
Jimmy Conroy was another gun for hire I had. He was a bit of a prick if I had to put it bluntly. He was always walking around emitting arrogance. He never really had a way of talking to people either. He was rude, tough, and punishing. I know what you're thinking, that sounds like the perfect type of person for the job of taking care of illegal matters such as investigating and killing people, but it's not. Guys like him have a short life span. What happened to Jimmy was very usual for loudmouthed bastards like him.
He got too rough one night at a bar and got into a fight that ended up taking a turn for the worst. He was a mean drunk which you could expect from his not so stellar personality. Ended up cutting a man's throat with a pool stick, and then also got life in prison for murder. Sadly his fate was the same as Ronald's.
Those two were polar opposites of this new guy in quite a few different ways, which is great. Those two had been in organized crime before and had already been in the system for whatever. This new guy I was thinking of hiring is different. With him, if I can trust him, it would seem as if I'd never get caught and neither would he. He'd never be seen or get into an alcohol induced bar fight. Honestly I couldn't really see this guy being a problem for me at all except for his previous endeavor as a cop. I don't really even hate cops like most of the drug dealers do. I try to fly under the radar as all people who want to be successful in this line of work should.
Being an ex-cop had its advantages however. For one major thing he would fly under the radar. He'd never been in legal trouble for anything before and that was the most advantageous reception. He's sly about his movements and has actual training with firearms. He's meticulous and likes to think things out before he does them. He's clearly very intelligent and quite normal, nothing wrong with the guy. He doesn't sound like a snitch the way he's talking, but is that a chance I'm willing to take?
He is a family man however which bodes well for me. He has a wife and a daughter which is actually quite surprising for a guy in this line of work. You usually tend to see the lone wolf self centered egotists live this life, but not this guy.
The wife's name is Debra, early to mid forties, seems quite average. She works nights which are good because that's likely when I'll need this guy the most should he come work for me. I don't think she'll be of any concern as long as he keeps his new employment on the DL. His daughter, Jennifer, probably won't be of concern either. She isn't to the age where she would really do anything to impact the operation. She's only a junior in high school and shouldn't be informed of me either.
He has this partner at the police station that he's buddies with that really worries me. He hangs out with him, sees him all the time, and it's quite not what I want. Hopefully after my guy retires from PD that'll be a thing of the past. His name is Rick Ramsay. He's a Police officer, husband, father, and "good guy". Hopefully he's not too good.
I can't do this; it's too hard of a decision. My whole life is at stake.
Wait. I think I may have made up my mind. If he was a snitch he would've already known about me and he'd had enough evidence to put me away by now. But there is also the element of how this guy will act. He seems cool as a damn cucumber but how do I know what he'll do on an actual job?
I don't know if this guy has gone crazy or something too. I mean what a tale. Cop turned PI hit man? That doesn't seem like too much of a normal occurrence. Once you're in with the good guys you usually stay there. This is some real Star Wars type a' shit right here. Am I dealing with Darth Vader?
Ugh. I'm gonna have to read more into this… It's just too risky. I just hope this guy isn't a danger to me or this operation.
Should I really hire Mike Ehrmantraut?
Ahhh, short and sweet. Hopefully you enjoyed. The chapters will be much longer than this but also a lot more in depth and enjoyable. Please drop a review, favorite, and look out for chapter one.
