Chapter 9. John wick.
"There will be a car arriving shortly at your door Mr. Wick. And will take you to the New York Beleth, once there we will speak, you have my word you will be dropped back at you residence unharmed should our talks go poorly before I initiate any actions. Is this acceptable, in any case you will have the identity of the one who attacked you home no more than an hour ago." The Jump identity of mine was apparently well know for keeping his words. An oath given by him was considered invioble even by the High Table. And was as good as an actual marker.
"Accepted, I will be there." And the phones cut of.
Forty minutes later found me at a table in my restruant with Wick approaching the table.
"Please Mr. Wick take a seat, we have mucg to discuss and not much time to do it in."
As he took his seat I spoke, "As I informed you over the phone, I am aware who attacked your residence and am willing to give you this information provided you listen to what I am about to tell you. Whether you accept my offer or not you will receive this information and the car you arrived in will drop you back home, any actions I take against you will begin twenty four hours later at the earliest."
"Proceed, I am willing to hear you offer. But do keep in mind I am retired and not currently taking any jobs."
"Oh, Mr. Wick I am aware of your Retired status, and I want to keep it that way. The individual who attacked you this evening was Iosef Tarasov. The son of your former family head Viggo Tarasov."
"Thank you for the information, now what about this offer."
"The offer Mr. Wick is simple. I want you to head back to your residence an put any thoughts of vengeance out of mind."
"Why would you ask me to spare Iosef, he attacked me, an example needs to be made."
"Mr. Wick I care not for Iosef or Viggo what I care about is that marker you Owe Santino D'antonio."
"You are aware?" John asks with the first show of emotion in this discussion as his eyebrows arched in surprise. "And what about the marker? Santino vowed to not call it in as long as I stayed retired."
"Of course I am, Mr. Wick, while you are good, no one is quite that good. Indeed he did, but the minute you head out and kill Josef and viggo and I have no doubt you can, you will no longer be retired by the High Tables standards meaning he can and will force you to pay up."
"And you don't want that to happen? Why?"
"Because Mr. Wick Santino will require you to end the life of one Gianna D'antonio, Current Head of the D'antonio Crime Family and my Colleague on the High Table. And as I have heard you are quite fond of her and will in return assassinate Santino once free of the marker."
"I would yes, Gianna has my respect, I wouldn't like it if I was forced to kill her."
"Indeed, and as such you would have assassinated two members of the High Table in a matter of weeks, this would lead to Instability in the criminal world and the High Tables rule might be challenged. Hence Go back home and stay there, do not start something that I would need to get involved in."
"I would but Iosef needs to die."
"I knew you would say that, hence my proposal, we make a marker, I do you the favour of ending Iosef and Viggo Tarasov and use the marker immediately to force you into permanent retirement. Proof of death will be delivered within fifty six hours from now. Is this acceptable? And your car was it, will be returned as well."
"Do I have your word that's all the marker will be used for Mr. Beleth?"
"You do Mr. Wick."
"Then we have an accord."
I pulled out a meddalion and we made a notification in the ledger and sealed the deal.
"Mr. Wick, just in case you are contacted by Santino D'antonio and he cashes in the marker, do make sure to record such a Conversation won't you, why such a Recording of marker being used to fund the assassination of a member of the Table might find you being absolved of said debt all together."
"I will, thank you Mr. Beleth. For your time and warning." And he got up and left.
"Goodbye Mr. Wick may fortunes be Fair enough that we never meet again."
"Ryder, please contact Aurelio motors and pass me the Phone.
A minute later I was speaking to Aurelio.
"Aurelio, this is Beleth speaking, I am giving you a warning, I have credible info that Iosef Tarasov will be coming by your chop shop later today with a stolen car, do understand it was John Wicks car Iosef has stolen. Send my regards and condolences to Viggo won't you?" Total power move there bitch
"I will, Mr. Beleth, thank you for the warning"
"And Aurelio, I would suggest keeping the car in your shop, I'll have someone come by and collect it later. Viggo will understand. None of us want John Wick back in the game, least of all Viggo." And cut the call.
For now I'd wait once Aurelio had the car Viggo and Iosef would be dealt with in hours.
"Ryder contact Alex Merchant and have him get rid of Viggo and Iosef Tarasov, and then proceed to take over the Tarasov Family assets in New York. Make sure to tell him that Viggo and his son are to be killed within Forty Eight hours and proof of their deaths forwarded to Mr. Wick."
I planned on having Alex one of My lieutenants take over the Tarasov family after Viggo and Iosef were killed, the family wasn't that big, and operated solely in New York, however, New York was my Headquarters and Viggo was Growing Ambitious these days trying to branch out and go National. A show of power to the rest of the families was required as well, I was the only one on the table who earned the seat myself instead of inheriting it from the previous Holder. I personally ended a family and took their seat. So my reign wasn't yet as secure as I'd like it to be. And more power is always a good thing. Also just in case I can blow them all up from orbit anyway.
Ahh, why can't all my jumps be as simple as Rick and Morty, collapse a government spanning a few million world's and they leave you alone, but here I have to try and be considerate, it's good that I could kill the whole High table right now if i wanted to but I couldn't cause that would make my jumps boring. Huh, The Jump Identity Influencing me again I suppose, Really need a Mind palace going some time soon. Also need to get into the mind of someone a little bit less Homicidal than Crime lord or Rick fuckin Sanchez, tame as I was by John Wicks Standards he was still able to Claw his way into the High table at the Relatively Young age of twenty eight.
Either way it was just a matter of time before the whole Film Storyline is sidelined. AHH it feels good being able to do and get away with shit like this. The inner megalomaniac showed up again.
Two days later Alex had gotten rid of Viggo and Iosef and proof was sent to John Wick. Alex also took over as the head of the Tarasov's. New York was mine, not completely but the only other major faction was the Bowery king and he was more information broker than a Crime Family, all others gangs were technically independent but I got a let's call it Tithe in exchange for tolerating their existence. And when they got ambitious one of my lieutenants ended up mysteriously inheriting their empire.
And then three days after that I got a call,
"Mr. Beleth, this is Wick, D'antonio called apparently meeting with you was enough in his eyes to be seen as out of retirement, he pulled the marker out, I have a recording of the conversation. You'll receive a copy momentarily."
"Thank you for your services Mr.Wick, I'll ensure you get out of this little situation, Gianna will be most displeased her brother has attempted to kill her, and the high table more so. Goodbye Mr. Wick."
"Ryder, call a conference with the rest of the high table, a video conference if you will at the earliest convenience. And also set a sniper on Santino's ass ready to kill when necessary."
A couple hours later, the conference was called.
"What does The Titan want of the Table?" Yes, my nickname in the criminal world was actually The Titan. The head of the Spanish Vasquez family asked.
"Mr. Vasquez, I being news of an individual attempting to use a marker to arrange for one at this table."
"Elucidate Mr. Beleth, who is it that dares?" The head of the Carrilo family from Brazil speaks.
"The Brother of Ms. D'antonio is apparently owed a marker by The boogeyman, he attempted to cash in the token and take Ms. D'antonio Seat at the table."
"While it is disappointing my brother is attempting to murder me why are we discussing this in an official table seating Titan?"
"Well Ms. D'antonio considering I myself have used a marker upon John wick to prevent him from ever setting foot back in the moonlight, this is an adjudication on the topic of absolving Mr. Wick of his debt as he has granted us information about a plot against one of us, and as the table holds an attack on one of us as punishable by death, even if it is via a marker."
"I find myself Agreeing with Titan, normally I would set the usual ten million bounty against him, but as he says Mr. Wick did this table a service, provided Santino is dead within the week John wick should be absolved of his debt. Any who disagree?" The Turgnev Family head says.
After a moment's silence. He continues with,"Very well, them let Santino D'antonio be excommunicated for Treason against the High Table. Provided he is dead within a week John Wicks debt to him shall be forgiven. Are well all agreed?"
After eleven agreements I speak up and say, "I agree as well, if you would but wait a moment." I mute the conference and say, "Ryder, tell him to take the shot and confirm the kill."
And Ryder speaks into the phone. A couple seconds later, "Confirmed sir, through the forehead and a confirmation shot followed through his right eye." I nodded and dismissed him.
I Unmuted the Conference and said, "Santino has been Confirmed dead." Power move again, it took me a second to get one of the family members of the High table dead, cower in fear bitches.
"Already?" Asked the Vasquez.
"He was operating in my territory as nearly violated my Marker to John Wick, I wasn't going to let him walk around Scot free now was I. Now that that business is done with do we have anything else to discuss?"
"Yes, Titan we would ask whether you were the cause of Tarasov's fall."
"I was, it was the favour I did Mr. Wick, Iosef Tarasov attacked Mr. Wick and nearly started a war in my city, he needed to be dealt with. If that is all, gentlemen, ladies, signing of." And cut the call.
And thus went the next few years of my life. My network of Hotels was actually a household name in both in the criminal world and the regular world. Using the funding from my Farms I built up over two thousand Hotels, Resorts, a few casino's. A tech company that supplies Clean energy to literally the entire world, let me tell you the Middle Easter Representative on the Table was not happy about that particular activity. A few assassination attempts were sent my way before I blew up his house just as he was driving away from it as a warning.
My strains of enhanced marijuana as a legal Recreational drug had the Carillo chomping at the bits. By the time nine years had passed my organization employed over a hundred thousand enforcers, a couple hundred assassin's of Canon Wicks caliber and a few trained personally by me who were like Peak human in assassination and subterfuge. I was so proud when they infiltrated and exfilitrated from the highly secure facility the Table used once a year to set up next year's administrative agenda or new rules an the like.
In my last month there I had actually decided to nominate Remus My Right hand for nearly twenty years as my successor both as head of the Titan Family and my to my Seat at the High Table. And retired from the life of crime. It was soon time for me to leave this world. I woke up again in my warehouse at jump Chan's table.
"You did well with the Jump, derailing the canon by using a few words was Rather inspired. Anyways since you have been on vacation for a month wanna jump immediately?"
"Immediately I think, this one will be ridiculously short like a week at most kind of short. Ill take a week long vacation later."
"Well then get to choosing, I'll send you off on you way."