Book 1: The Peak

Chapter 9: Double Duty

The sun shines on a beautiful Thursday morning. Pat and Zach wake up and head over to a bagel shop near their home. "Any job today from martian?" asks Zach. "Nothing right now." says Pat. "we've done a few jobs already I'm just glad he's not called us in 2 days.". Zach nods his head and bites his bagel. Pats phone rings and he answers. "Hello? Yes Simeon. Yes we will be right there." They get in the car and start to drive. all of a sudden pat gets a text. it reads "Head to my house. One man job. Important. - Martian" "Son of a bitch." sighs Pat. "What?" "Martian needs us now." "But Simeon needs us to!" Pat gets an idea. "Ok, I will drop you off at Simeons and I will head to Martian." Zach agrees. Pat drops Zach off and heads off to Martians.

Zach walks to the back of Simeons shop and Simeon looks confused "Where is Pat?" "He got held up at another job but I can help you with whatever job you need." Simeon looks concerned. "Well this job requires stealing a car back and driving really fast. The cops might be involved. Can you handle that?" Zach smiles and has a determined face "Oh hell yeah I can." Meanwhile Pat parks his car near martians house. He walks towards Martian. "Hello son, how are you today?" "Ok I guess. You?" "Very displeased." Pat looks around. "At me? This is not a 'I have to kill you' kinda thing is it?" Martian laughs. "No my boy, I am displeased with an old friend of mine. A lawyer named Steven Marbles." Martian hands Pat a piece of paper with info on it. "He's been a lawyer for 3 years cause of me. And now he has evidence that could cause a...big problem for me."So you need me to like steal the evidence?" "Yes..then I want you to kill him."

Pat looks shocked and backs up. "Kill him? can't I just like scare him and like make him shit his pants or whatever?" "No son, he needs to be dealt with. Its not a problem is it?" Pat looks at the paper. "N..No sir. Not a problem." "Good. His office is a few blocks from here. Make sure you take care of him in a private place. And be sure to take a picture of him as well." Pat gets in his car and drives off.

Back to Zach he's seen by a mansion. He sneaks over the gate and knocks out a security guard. He makes his way into the garage and looks for the car. "Black car, white car, brown car? yeah cause i want to drive around in shit all day." Zach then stops and see's the car he is after. "Ah! The Green Banshee."Zach gets in the car and searches for the keys and tries to start the car. The car makes a loud noise and alerts more guards. " Ah for fucks sake." Meanwhile back at Pat he is seen parked a few steps away from the lawyers office. He looks at the paper with has a picture of the lawyer. "This is crazy." The lawyer Steven walks out of his office and gets in his car. Pat proceeds to follow him.


Back at Zach he's seen driving like crazy away from a few police cars and a few cars from the mansion. Zach laughs as he's driving "THIS IS THE MOTHER FUCKING LIFE" As Zach drives fast he almost hits a mailbox and swerves into an ally. The cops miss him but another car follows him. Meanwhile back at Pat he follows the lawyer and the lawyer stops near his garage. Pat doesn't see anyone else around and he gets out of his car. He walks towards the lawyer and the lawyer turns around. "Who the hell are you? You've been following me for a while." Pat looks scared and gets his paper out. "Sorry sir i just. I was hired to protect you. "What? From who?"

"Martian Madrazo has hired someone to kill you." Says Pat. The lawyer Steven sighs with annoyance. "Son of a bitch. That man cannot let things go. its cause of the files I have on him isn't it?" Pat nods his head. "God damn prick. what do we do?" "Well first thing is do you have the evidence?" "Yes, I keep the folder next to me always...wait..how did you know about martian coming after me?" Pat punches the lawyer in the face and knocks him down . He gets his gun out and points it to the lawyer. "So..martian sends a kid? Pretty pathetic." Pat puts his finger on the trigger. "Listen kid...Martin is a very bad man. You don't want to be working for him. He will end up betraying you." Pat looks unhappy as he points the gun to him "I have a job to do."

Meanwhile Zach is seen parking his car by Simeons shop. Simeon comes out and looks shocked. "The car is not as damaged as I thought." "Yeah well I had to cut through a few allys." Simeon looks happy and hands Zach a lot of cash. "Good work. For your good work you get more than just money...your own car." Zach eyes light up. "Sweet!" "Just come by tomorrow morning and I will have a few cars for you to pick out." Simeon shakes Zachs hand as Zach starts to walk away. Zach looks at his phone and its 5 pm. He starts to walk home and is stopped by a man. "YOU!" yells the man. Zach stops and turns around. "Huh?" "You are the prick who stole my car!" "Sorry you must got me confused with someone else." "Hell no. I was following you!" The man goes to punch Zach and Zach dodges easily. "Look guy I was a just doing my job. You acquired that car illegally." Zach starts to walk away as the man stands there pissed off. He gets his phone out. "You think you can steal from me? I will hire any bounty hunter and get your head on my wall. You will pay! YOU WILL-" The man stops yelling as a sniper shot is heard annd the man falls on the ground. Theres a sniper hole in the mans head and on the building access the street a man with assassin gear on puts his sniper down and gets his phone out "Target #2 is down. Repeat Target #2 is down."

Pat gets back to Martians bruised up and cover in smoke. "You looks like you had a busy day." says martian. "Yes sir. He almost escaped. So i had to blow up his car." Pat shows a picture of a blown up car and a burned body. "Hm..and the evidence?" "It was in the car. I managed to get the folder but thats it." Pat hands Martian the folder. "Oh well. You still completed the job. Well done." Pat starts to walk away and gets in his car. He looks out and see's martian walk into his house. Pat then opens the glove compartment and reveals the real evidence folder. He looks back at martians house and drives off back to his house.