The very next day Riley put on his suit and went to work. He wondered who he would have to kill. He hoped it wasn't anyone he knew. As he was walking down the street towards the building, he looked across the street. He thought he saw the evil, demonic faces of Huey and Jazmine. A bus then passed by, and they were gone. He hoped they weren't really there, and wondered long ago how BET managed to bring them back to life, and to brainwash them to do their bidding. He continued to walk down the street until he reached the building. He went inside and met Walt inside his office.
"Ah Riley, how nice to see you. I have your assignment." Walt said with a grin.
"Alright, who do you want me to ice.?" Asked Riley.
"One by the name of Wuncler."
"Ed Wuncler? Da third?" Riley asked, scared.
"No, Wuncler the first." Walt answered.
"Man, how am I supposed to kill him?" Riley asked.
"However you please, that is the one rule of the business."
"Alright, I'll go and do it. I don't know how, but I will."
"Good boy. Don't make me come and rescue you." Walt said. Riley got up and walked out of the building. He thought about ways to kill Wuncler. He couldn't just go to the mansion and kill him. That would cause too much panic. Riley looked up. He noticed there was nobody looking at the tree. Riley was curious. He crossed the street and walked up the hill. The tree was not moving, but 3, purple colored fruits were growing from it. They were about the size of watermelons. He kept looking at them until he heard a voice.
"Riley Freeman. I have been expecting you." Riley turned around. It was Ed Wuncler the first.
"What do you want Mr. Wuncler?" Asked Riley.
"As you can see, I have paid all the reporters a good deal to stay away from this place so I can talk to you. I'm prepared to make a big investment on this tree." Wuncler said walking up to it, then turning back to Riley.
"I am willing to pay 1 million dollars for ownership of this tree. If you accept, this tree will get the marketing it deserves."
Riley thought about it. It was a lot of money. But Riley knew he had a job to do.
"I know it's a lot of money, and I knew you would be skeptical about it, so I have the money in my pocket, right now." He said taking out large roles of 1000 dollar bills. The tree's tentacle branches started to creep behind Wuncler.
"Of course I would need to know how to take care of the plant. Like what it eats, and what soil does it use." Wuncler said.
"Well, you need to…water it every Thursday."
"Of course." Wuncler said.
"But whatever you do,"
"Yes?"
"Whatever you do,"
"YES?"
Wuncler bumped into the tree and turned around. Its tentacles were very close to him.
"Oh my god!" Wuncler exclaimed. The tentacles quickly wrapped around Wuncler, as he screamed in fear. The dollar bill rolls fell out of his hands as he was carried to the top of the tree, and shoved into the mouth. The tree made all kinds of disgusting noises as it chomped away. Riley noticed the dollar bills on the ground, and picked them up. He put them in his pocket, and began to walk down the hill. When he got to the bottom, 4 men walked towards him. They were all African American, and didn't look too pleased.
"We know what you did, Freeman." One of the men said. "You murdered Wuncler. He was one of our biggest sponsors."
"You…from BET, right?" asked Riley.
"You guessed correctly." The man answered as he and his partners came closer. Riley whipped out his knife. The four men then whipped out their katanas. Riley didn't feel so confident. Just as things were about to take a turn for the worst, one of the men's arms was mysteriously cut off. He screamed as his blood splattered out. The man fell down and behind him was Walt, holding a gold colored katana. Riley then lunged and stabbed another guy in the stomach as Walt proceeded to fight the third guy. Riley fought the fourth guy, with his knife alone. As before, Riley did very well. He then got swiftly kicked in the stomach. Riley tumbled on the ground. The fourth guy raised his sword up, as his arms were quickly sliced off by Walt. He then stabbed the man in the stomach. Walt walked over to Riley and helped him up.
"Dude, thanks for helping me out." Riley said.
"Yeah well, I can't believe you were just fighting with a knife. You really need to learn how to fight with a sword. I oughta teach you some day."
"Sounds cool."
"Well, you got the job done, so I am happy. A cleanup crew is on the way, and you shall be receiving your paycheck very soon." Walt said. And in a flash, he was gone. Riley had a couple bruises on his face. He walked down the road, intending to go back to his house. He wondered if all this murder was beneficial. How would he explain this to his children when they grew up? He didn't know. But then he remembered what Walt said; how he only needs Riley to kill bad people. Sure, Wuncler was greedy, but Riley never really saw him as a bad person, even though Huey did. Riley walked up to his door step, unlocked the door, and went inside. Cindy was right there.
"Reezy! My man!" she said hugging, and kissing Riley.
"Hi C-merph. What's cookin?"
"Well, I got some ramen I wanted to eat."
"Nah, I mean what's up.?"
"Your paycheck came here today, and there was a lot of money in it."
"Really?"
"Yeah. You're not doing anything bad, are you Reezy?" asked Cindy.
"No."
"Riley, who are you working for?"
"I uh…work in waste management."
"Yeah ok. But how you… got those bruises on yo face?" she asked.
"Oh! I fogot to say, I had a run in with some BET."
Cindy gasped in horror.
"Oh no! You beat them, right?"
"Uh yeah! My boss and I beat their asses! Nobody roughs up young Reezy!"
"True dat. Imma gonna kiss every bruise so it feels better." Cindy said as she kissed Riley's face.
"Now I gotta fix dinner." Cindy said. She stopped herself.
"Oh! I almost forgot! Ed and Rummy called. Ed said his grandpappy left a note saying about how he is leaving forever and is leaving all his money and estate to him."
"Really?" asked Riley, intrigued.
"Yeah, and he invited me and you to his party he is throwing at the mansion! Tonight! Plus, he rented out the Woodcrest county fair this Sunday! And he invited us to that as well!"
"Awesome!" Riley exclaimed.
"Oh no you don't." Robert said coming down the stairs. "You two aint running off again and leaving me with my grandchildren. If it weren't fo me, they would be stinking up the place!"
"Just take a look at Riley's pay check, Mr. Freeman." Cindy said. Robert opened it up, and smiled.
"Big money! Big moooooney! Big money, Whoo!" Robert sang as he took the check and walked back upstairs.
"Plus, dat isn't all." Riley said taking out the thousand dollar bills.
"Riley, how much is there?" Cindy asked.
"One."
"thousand?" asked Cindy.
"Million."
Cindy's eyes widened.
"Million? Riley, what kind of work do you do for that company?"
"They liked me and promoted me pretty quickly." Riley said. There were tears in Cindy's eyes. She quickly ran over and hugged him. Riley held her in his arms.
"With all dat money, we could get our own place." She softly said.
"Yeah." Riley said. He couldn't believe it. That tree was really paying off. It said it would deliver, and boy did it deliver. He wondered how much more he would have to feed it before it didn't need any more victims…
