Chapter 2

Disclaimer: I do not own the Darkness…Not yet anyway mwahahahah! Seriously I do not own it I can't afford to get sued.

Paulie was a vicious man he did not care if you were an old lady who was crossing the street or a teenage runaway with no place to go. You get on his bad side you won't live long to regret it. Jackie tried to tell me to get out but I was afraid.

I had no money, no home and no one. My first job was taking out some gangbangers who paid for some of Paulie's drugs with fake cash. He got a tip that they were hanging out in a crummy part of China Town and needed us to kill them and get his money back.

"Jayden, there's still time for you, you don't have to do this." Jackie said to me.

"There's nothing left for me to do Jackie." I said.

We turned towards a dark ally and saw two guys talking and smoking while leaning on a yellow mustang. One guy was a chubby thirty year old man and the other was a man in his mid-twenties and had long black hair which he kept tied in a ponytail.

The young guy saw us and tapped his friend on his shoulder. They flicked away they're cigarettes and made their way over to us.

"Hey Jackie." The young guy said.

"Hey Nino." Jackie said and looked at the older guy. "Hey Mikey."

"Hey Jackie." He said as he looked at me. "This our new guy?"

"Yeah," he grab my arm and pulled me forward. "This is Jayden he's gonna be with me today."

"Christ Jackie," The skinny guy Nino said in his high pitch voice. "This kid, can he even handle a gun?"

"Jackie, we need a guy we can rely on we can't just hire some guy of the street. Let alone some kid." Mikey said.

"Hey, I can handle myself in a fight and I can use a gun." I snapped.

That first part was true. I took karate when I was a kid and it's come in handy but as for guns. The only time I ever used a gun was in first person shooters and from whatever I learned from movies.

"Hey, he defended my girls honor and he can handle himself pretty good." He said. They were still a bit skeptical but changed their tune from what Jackie said next. "He was also given this job by Paulie, so if you want to give him a call and tell him that he can't pick men for shit then by all means." He said as he pulled out his cell phone. Mikey let out a nervous chuckle as Nino shook his hands around rapidly.

"H-Hey now there's no need for that now," He said as he cleared his throat. "So, you can handle a gun huh?"

"Yeah, why what kind of guns are we talking about?" I asked. I was excited I know guns were bad but only in the hands of the wrong people.

I was not a right person to have a gun.

"Okay c'mon over boys." Mikey said as he motioned for us to follow him to his trunk. He pulled out a Spas-12 and tossed it to Jackie, he then pulled out a Desert Eagle and gave it to Nino he finally pulled out an AK-47 and an Uzi. He gave me the Uzi and I eagerly checked the clip. I looked up to Mikey who was chuckling.

"Settle down kid, they're clean as a whistle and fully loaded." He said. "Okay, we've been scoping out the apartment building all day. They have six guys total, two are guarding the door and we can assume the rest are inside. The two guarding the door are armed with shot guns so kid you and I are going to have to take them out fast."

"Okay." I said. "What do we do after they're all taken care of?"

"We collect Paulie's money and whatever else looks valuable and get the hell out." Nino said as he dug around the trunk and pulled out four black ski masks. We slipped them on over our heads and made our way inside. Their apartment was on the top floor and made our way up the filthy stairs.

This place was a shit hole. Graffiti of random swears and vile images coded the walls bums were slumped in the corners begging for money or possibly lying dead. We finally made it to the top as Mikey and I took one side and Jackie and Nino took the other. Mikey poked his head around the corner and nodded at me.

"Okay kid, time to make your bones." He said.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous and scared as hell that day. Every fiber of my being screamed at me to turn around and run the hell away. They say that when you kill someone it changes you for the rest of your life. If you kill someone you are either haunted for the rest of your life or you don't feel a thing.

I didn't even hesitate to pull the trigger when told to do so.

I ran around the corner and scattered bullets all over the place. They're bodies were littered in bullet holes as Jackie and Nino ran over. Jackie cocked his shotgun and shot the door knob and kicked the door open. We all ran in and shouted at the gang members and pushed them down on the ground.

"Alright assholes," Nino yelled. "Slowly, slide your pieces under the couch and no one gets hurt!"

The apartment was a classic small time drug den. A crappy torn up couch with fold out chairs scattered around it and a small coffee table with drugs and money piled up. The gang members slid their guns under the couch as Jackie loaded up a duffle bag with Paulie's goods. We were so busy worrying about the guys on the ground that we didn't notice the bedroom door in the room. It burst open and two guys with handguns rushed in and started shooting.

"Die mother Fuckas!" He yelled as the guys on the floor pulled out switch blades from their pockets and snub nosed .38's from their ankle holsters.

Nino panicked and blind fired his gun at the wall completely missing the guys by the door as I fired at the one guy on the floor in front of me who tried to stab me. I looked over at Jackie who tried to shoot another thug but he grabbed his gun and struggled with Jackie for it. I dived behind the couch as Mikey fired his AK at a thug who took a shot at him on the floor.

We were both behind the couch as the remaining thugs by the bedroom door kept shooting at us. I fired my remaining bullets and managed to kill one guy as Mikey killed the other one. We were both out of bullets as the last one fired his Beretta at us. He shoots just like Nino he just sprayed bullets all over the place not even coming close to a kill.

I heard a click as I peeked over the couch and saw him trying to change clips as he ran back into the room. I picked up a .45 from under the couch and went after him.

Jackie still struggled with the thug before kneeing him in his groin and smacking the butt of his gun across his face. He fell to the floor as Jackie cocked his gun fired another round into his back killing him instantly.

I ran into the room with my new gun aimed but before I could get a shot out the thug brought a baseball bat down on my wrist. The gun fell out of my hand and he kicked it away.

He raised his bat over his head for another strike but I charged at him and tackled him to the ground. He dropped the bat as he fell the ground I grabbed the collar of his shirt and punched him a few times before he smacked a bottle across my face. He got on top of me and started to choke me, he was laughing like a mad man as Jackie walked up from behind him and blasted another round into his back.

The thug's body collapsed on me and I quickly pushed him off me. Jackie helped me up as I grabbed my empty Uzi and my .45. We walked out to living room as Nino and Mikey were arguing.

"Nice shooting Tex." Mikey said sarcastically. "Next time why don't you try oh I don't know aiming!"

"Hey, those fuckers came out of nowhere," Nino said as he waved his Eagle around. "You said there were two outside and four in here you never said that there were more in that room!"

"Hey fellas!" Jackie shouted getting they're attention. "What's done is done now let's get the shit and get out of here before the cops show."

Jackie collected the rest of the gear as I wandered over to the window. I looked outside to see a few cars pull up outside the main entrance. A lot of guys rushed out of the car armed to the teeth with assault weapons, shotguns and pistols.

"Uh, guys we've got bigger problems than cops." I said as Jackie walked over and saw what I saw.

"Shit, we gotta go now!" He said.

"Hey Mikey give me a few clips for my Uzi would you?" I asked.

"Yeah, and I need some for my gun too." Nino said as he held out his hand.

"Just give me the rest of the shells." Jackie said.

"Um…The ammo's in the trunk." Mikey said.

Everyone let out a groan as I ran over to the couch and flipped it over. I grabbed the former gangster's handguns and handed them to Jackie and Nino.

"Great going Mikey, you only gave us one clip each and leave the rest in the car, GENIUS!" He snapped.

"Hey, I thought we were only doing a hold up not a god damn turf war."

"Shut up will ya?" I yelled. "We'll make do with what we have and make our way to the car." I gave the Beretta to Mikey and a couple clips I got off the thug and gave Nino a couple of snub nose .38's. Nino gave me a confused look as I gave Jackie a glock 9mm.

"Why the hell do I get these wimpy guns?" He asked.

"Because you can't shoot for shit." I snapped.

"He's got a point this kid took out each and every one of these assholes and it's his first day. What's your excuse?" Mikey said as he made his way out of the apartment.

"Fuck you!" He snapped.

We all crept around the corner and slowly made our way to the stair well until we heard footsteps come from down the hall.

"Hey there they are!" A skin head yelled as he pointed an Uzi at us. Jackie pointed his shotgun at him and fired killing him and causing the rest of them to jump back. Nino and I fired at them as Jackie and Mikey ran around the corner. We each managed to kill a few of them before running out of bullets and running around the corner. Jackie and Mikey gave us cover as we loaded our guns.

"Boy what a great day this is turning out to be." Nino said sarcastically as I gave him a box of bullets I found in the apartment.

"What, not having fun?" I asked as I loaded my guns.

He was about to say something when more thugs appeared at the end of the hallway and opened fired on us. Nino and I fired at them and killed them as we crept down the hall. I walked over to the stairwell and looked down to see that it was clear. I looked down at Jackie and mickey who were still holding off they're end.

"Hey guy's coast is clear let's go!" Nino yelled.

Jackie loaded a clip in his pistol as he and Mikey ran over to us. We ran down the stairs and made our way over to an ally leading to the car. We were almost there when a thug jumped at me from out of nowhere and tackled me to the ground. Jackie and the boys tried to help but were cut off when a car drove between them and me. I pulled a knife from my pocket and stabbed him in the stomach he let out a dying growl as quickly got to my feet.

I looked over to see that Jackie and the rest of the crew had gone and I was all alone. I reached down to pick up a discarded handgun but was interrupted with a kick to the head. I looked up ready to see a buff guy but instead I see skinny chick in a black long sleeve shirt and a purple bandana and hat covering her face. I looked down to see she was wearing timberland boots which would explain why the kick was so hard.

"Should have stayed home bitch!" She said as she pointed an AK at my face.

"You better pull that trigger bitch!" I snorted back.

She chuckled as she loaded the chamber and pressed the barrel to my face.

I closed my eyes and prepared for the kill.

A loud bang was echoed throughout the ally as I looked up to see the chick going down and the gang members firing at someone. I turned over to see Jackie and Nino firing at them from the car. I stayed as low to the ground as I could as I ran over to the car and jumped in the back with Jackie.

"Get us the hell out of here Mikey!" Nino yelled as he sped off out of the ally.

"You don't need to tell me twice!" He said as he put the car in reverse and sped off out of the slums. Jackie looked over at me as Nino laughed his ass off.

"Holy shit, that was insane!" He snickered. "We took out a shit load of those fucking junkies!"

"What do you mean 'we?'?" Mikey asked. "It was Jackie and the new kid who did all the fighting. You ass was hiding in the corner."

"Fuck you!"

They argued as Jackie nudged me with his shoulder.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"Yeah, don't worry I'm fine." I said still trying to catch my breath.

"Don't worry, it gets easier." He said.

"I know."

A simple hold up turned into a damn blood bath that day. We killed twenty people that day I killed eight, I killed someone with a knife, got in a shootout with a street gang and almost got killed by some bitch.

It was the best day of my life.

We went to an old warehouse to hind the car and ditch the guns. We told them it was a mess but they said not to worry as the cops were real tight with Paulie. They gave us our money and we got the hell out of there.

The four of us stood outside counting our money to make sure we didn't get screwed. I counted and my cash was spot on. Two thousand dollars total, I felt so content with myself. I made more money in one day than I did in one month. I could afford myself a place to stay, wait. What if Paulie didn't have or want me to work for him anymore, what would I do then.

"Hey great job today kid." Mikey said patting my back. "You really have a knack for this."

"Eh, he did alright." Nino said unimpressed.

"Alright? Hell in his first job he did more work than you. I bet the people we killed thought it was your first day." He started to laugh as Nino got pissed and stormed off. "Hey you guys we got another job tomorrow. It's just collecting some cash from some punk's nottin major. You in?"

"Sure were in." Jackie said as Mikey nodded.

"Alright, great job today kid see ya tomorrow." He said as he went on his marry way.

"Hey Jackie do you know where any hotels are?" I asked. He chuckled and shook his head.

"Don't worry you can stay at my place there an open apartment for sale." He said as he led me away from the warehouse.

We got on a train and made our way there on the way we talked about ourselves. I told him how my dad ditched me and how my mom raised me and how great she was. He then told me about how his father died he was shoved in a creepy orphanage and his only friend was Jenny. He was currently telling me a story about how he and Jenny were sitting on a stoop in a very hot summer with some ice cream and some punk was giving them crap.

"So, what does she do?" he chuckles. "She opened his pants up and dumps it down his pants." We both started laughing not caring that we were getting looks from the other people in the car. Jackie's tone then turned dark. "Then he grabbed her, so I curb stomped the little bastard. I figured a few months of drinking his food with a straw would teach him some manners…Jenny didn't talk to me for a week."

"I'm sorry."

"It's alright, stuff like that happened all the time. She always forgiven me but if word about this stuff we do gets out." He paniced.

"Don't worry I won't tell her only if you don't tell her about me."

"Deal."

After that day Jackie Jenny and I hung out all the time. Jackie and I would see her at the Diner we would hang out at Bars. Jenny was awesome at that stuff she had a great body and an innocent look she could have the world at her fingertips. No man could resist her charm she was just too cute to turn down.

Too bad she never had an effect on Paulie.