Chapter Four – Damian

He found the Jackal's information ready for him when he took over and grinned. The Jackal had found where Jason was finally, following security cameras and what not. Damian had no idea how the Jackal did it but he was impressed.

Now for his role in things, he picked up the landline now his mobile had been smashed he should probably get some calls out of the way.

"Hey, Sonny. You agreed to help me. I've found Jason; he's at a warehouse next to the river. No, I didn't say that." He snapped. "I don't want you to send you're guys in. They'd just screw it up. I want you to send a cleaning crew in an hour."

There was silence. "They shot Jason, Sonny. What would you do?" He slammed the phone down.

He picked up the phone again. The Jackal may have told Elizabeth what they were doing but he guessed the computer hacker hadn't realised what the end game was going to be. He knew though that Elizabeth could lie on the stand if it was for Jason. Damian hoped the same courtesy would be extended to him.

He rang Carly and Sam, asking if they knew where Jason was, as if he didn't know himself. He imitated Spinelli speak the best he could but didn't pull it off as well as he'd hoped. Still Carly and Sam could now testify on his behalf, if it got to that.

He picked up the gun the Jackal had helpfully tossed to the side. He had better find Jason alive, or those bastards won't get the easy death they don't know they want yet.

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Damian parked the bike a way away from the warehouse so they wouldn't hear him drive up and ran the rest of the way. Plastering himself to the wall, he could hear talking inside. He got his gun out and was about to open the door when he realised it was opening already.

As the guy stepped outside already tapping his cigarette's Damian recognised him as one of the guys on the Jackal's list. This guy had been the one to shoot Jason, he realised measuring him up against the silhouette Spinelli had seen as the man walked past him without noticing him.

Before he could turn around Damian pressed the gun against the man's head and fired. He flinched, trying to be ready for the backfire hurting his arm but he wasn't ready not in the least for the blood splatter hitting him. It wasn't much but it was disgusting. He'd never killed a man before but instead of freaking out he tried to concentrate.

This man had hurt Jason and there was two more inside who had probably heard the gunshot. Jason's spare didn't have a silencer like the one Jason normally used. He snuck in through the door the now dead guy had left open and shut it behind him. He saw a guy approaching and ducked just in time to miss being shot himself.

He focused as hard as he could, trying to remember anything Jason had told him and anything he'd found on the internet about shooting a gun accurately. Yet he still didn't manage to hit the man exactly. He stood up when he was sure the man was down and shot him where he wouldn't wake up from.

Last but not least he found in the main storage area. He was using Jason as a human shield. He tried to think of a safe way out of this without Jason getting shot. The chances were slim, the man was skittish and Damian didn't know what to do.

He figured if he could use his looks to his advantage. No one would figure he could hurt anyone if he acted like Spinelli.

"Let my friend go." He pretended to be terrified, making his tone sound foolishly brave. Hands holding the gun in a way an amateur would. He hoped the guy would recognise this and step away from Jason.

"Where are the two other men?" he ground out at Damian, shoving the gun harder in the side of Jason's head. Jason moaned, unconscious and in a bad way but at least he was alive. Damian would have to celebrate later though as the man was still waiting for an answer.

"They were jumpy and attacked each other by accident." He shrugged in a nervous apologetic way, letting his hand slide slightly left away from the target. He saw the man's eyes narrow and had to hold back a grin. He was buying Damian's act alright.

"Fools!" The man muttered. "Put the gun down or I will kill your friend."

"Please, don't kill him..." Damian begged lowering his gun but not dropping it. The man took the bait stepping sideways and pulling his gun on Damian instead. Except Damian already had his gun back up and shot the man first.

Now he just had to wait for Sonny's cleaning crew to get here, to help him get Jason to the hospital.