Chapter 4
-August 28, 2005-
Have any of you ever watched Scarface and heard that song Push It to the Limit when Tony becomes the boss. Ya that didn't happen, not even a little bit. I mean currently there was music in the background but that wasn't for any reason on my part. No tonight I was sitting done in run down nightclub next to a woman who told me more then once she had no desire to date me, listening to girl who was destined for greatest and biggest stages in the world. I mean it's one thing to listen to music on a video game by a fictional character and another for it to come to life. Ya I don't think there was anyone in the club right now who didn't realize Aisha was going places. The spotlight was truly meant for her.
That was why I couldn't give my full attention to Sue as we sat down together on our first official non-official date. I had been aiming for this chance for months but now I was only thinking of how do I and by I, I mean the Saints profit off of this. Over the last six months things had steadily been coming together. The Saints as a gang were slowly forming in the background Italian/Russian gang war. Strictly small time but little by little we were pushing into Manhattan. And while the garage was doing well as a front, we didn't have the funds to open our own label. At least not without attracting more attention than we already where.
Yes, that was another thing, while small time we were getting noticed. Well Johnny and Quentin were. Howard and I preferred to stay in the background and Dom well we didn't talk about Dom openly. But ya Johnny and Quentin were developing reputations for their brutality and ruthlessness on the streets. The other small-time gangs in our area were quickly learning not to mess with the Saints. So, it was only natural we started to get some attention. Luckly for us, however, that with the ongoing war the cops and FBI couldn't waste to much time looking into what we were doing. Which gave us time to grow and more importantly enjoy ourselves. We won't get to do this for very much longer.
Meanwhile, while Emilio was thinking of things involving the gang Sue was having thoughts of her own. Though her thought couldn't be any forwarder away from what Emilio was thinking. No, while his mind was on his gang hers were on certain brown hair idiot who was masquerading as a genius. Of course, said idiot being one Reed Richards. Really how dense could one guy be that they couldn't notice all the hints she was giving him. The answer seemed to be impossibly dense.
"I am really what does a girl have to do. Put a sign on that says Reed ask me out on a fucking date already?" Sue thinks to herself.
It pissed her off and was why she was here with Emilio tonight. No wait, that wasn't fair to Emilio. It wasn't the only reason, but it was a big part of it. There was only so much a girl could take and Emilio, well he was interesting. More than interesting in fact. Because if he wasn't there was no way she would go on a date with someone who was just seventeen. She was 21 years old for crying out loud, she should be dating collage guys not a kid who should still be in high school. But again, he was interesting. Unlike your typical collage guy there was no question that Emilio knew what he wanted out of life. And one of those things was her.
Perhaps it was the bad boy thing, or his blunt honesty and shamelessness when it came to checking her out. But when they hung out in the library his attention was fully on her. Either listening to her go on and on about subjects he knew nothing about but was willing to learn and ask questions about. Or just shamelessly checking her out. Emilio knew how to make a girl feel special, no desired without being a creep. As he knew when to stop and just listen. Like when he was helping him with his studies. He would stop flirting with her immediately and his full attention to what she was trying to teach him.
Sue wouldn't lie and say she hadn't come to enjoy their time together. That was the other reason she had agreed to go on a date with him after a particularly hard day of Reed showing interest in her but not acting on it. For fuck sakes they were literally at the pool, and she was wearing a bikini she would normally never be caught dead wearing. Taking every opportunity to make sure she was in Reed's field of vision. But while she had caught him look more than once he never said a thing.
So, she had left, completely pissed off and headed towards the library hoping Emilio was there. Knowing he would make her feel wanted and desired. She just never expected him to be so understanding. When she showed up at the library and found him, he didn't immediately hit on her or compliment her. Instead, he asked me what was wrong as I seemed upset. God, he had noticed, noticed that I was upset while I was doing my best to not show it. Could a girl ask for more out of a man then that.
To make it worse he had to be all understanding and what not. Listening to her go on and on about some other guy she was interested in when he was so clearly into her. It was so wrong and yet so right. That in hindsight was most likely the reason she was sitting next to him now in this nightclub. His arm around her shoulders, not feeling at all unnatural or unwanted. He had simply listened, paid attention to her and after she had down invited her out to see one of his friend's girlfriend sing at this horrible little nightclub.
She didn't even ask how it was possible for him to get in, ignored the fact that he was driving a 1968 Pontiac Firebird and the underage drinking. She was just looking to have a good time and she was. Aisha was in a word, out of this world and the company was. Well, it was okay. Johnny was a bit of a asshole and Aisha's boyfriend. Something Sue was having trouble believing. Howard was okay, a bit of a smooth talker but only had eyes for his own girlfriend Livia who was pretty cool. But again, the real star of the show was Aisha. Within the first few moments of the girl singing Sue knew she was destined for great things and Sue didn't fail to realize that years from now she could say she saw Aisha before she made it big. Or that she knew the girl.
However, with all that said something seemed off. Sue would have had to be a food to not notice it. When Emilio introduced them, he had said Howard was both his friend and boss at the auto garage he worked at. Two statements that didn't make sense at all. First, don't drive a 1968 Pontiac Firebird working as a technician at a garage. And two while she had no doubt Howard could easily be anyone's boss he sure as hell wasn't Emilio's. She didn't know how to explain it but between Johnny, Howard and Emilio things just felt tense. Like when you put three Alpha predators in a cage together and wait for them to kill each other. You didn't know when it would happen but sooner or later, they would.
But as the drinks flowed, she put that feeling to the back of her mind. Instead focusing on having a good time. Dancing very suggestively with Emilio when Aisha sung something upbeat and slowly when it was a ballet. How as she sat here with Emilio's arms around her while Aisha was finishing her last song of the night it didn't escape her on how much fun she had or how hot she was feeling. When the song ended, she looked up at Emilio who just smiled at her in turn.
When its time for them to go they all meet outside, and Sue is talking with Aisha and Livia as the boys walk among themselves. But soon it's time for them to go and Sue goes to get in Emilio's car. As she does Howard and Johnny walk up to their women and hold them.
"Sweet girl." Howard says as he watches Emilio drive off.
"Sweet piece of ass you mean." Johnny says as a joke that ends with an elbow in the gut courtesy of Aisha.
"Shut up Johnny." Aisha says.
"What?" Johnny asks innocently which makes the others laugh.
"To bad it won't last." Livia says.
Looking at her friend Aisha asks, "What makes you say that, Livia."
Shrugging her shoulders Livia says, "Just call it a feeling. She is too smart and too good to be with the likes of Emilio."
"Oh come on you don't know that." Johnny says.
"What to bet?" Livia asks.
"Alright what are we betting?" Johnny asks.
"I bet you that Harley-Davidson XR750 of yours against my 1963 Studebaker Avanti that they don't last six months." Livia says.
"Alright your on." Johnny says.
Shaking her head Aisha says, "You guys are unbelievable. Come on Johnny lets go."
As she walks off Howard just looks on silently. Which cause Livia to ask, "Everything ok babe?"
"Huh?" Howard looks at his girl and says, "Its noting I was just thinking about Aisha's last song you know."
Looking at her man with a rise eyebrow she says, "No I can't say I do."
Running his hand through his Howard says, "It's just you know Livia. Things are moving quickly and the next few month will tell if the Saints turn into something or fall apart…..I guess what I am trying to say is. Ah fuck it."
Livia hears Howard say and watches him fall to one knee and take out a book.
"I don't know if I am going to be alive next week or not and I don't what to die with regrets. So Livia will you marry me?" Howard asks.
As Livia nods her head and starts to laugh as he take her hand and puts on her ring finger a cheap diamond ring that couldn't have cost more then a coupe of 100 dollars. The classic cars they were all driving Emilio gave them using her power. In truth the Saints right now were broke as fuck, but she didn't care. She loved Howard and would live and die with him not matter how poor or rich they became.
Elsewhere Emilio was pulling up an apartment building. A fairly inexpensive one but in what seemed like a good neighborhood. One, however, that clearly wasn't where Sue stayed as she lived on campus.
So looking at him with that look all women know how to give she says, "Emilio pretty sure this is my where I live."
Looking out the window with questioning eyes I says, "Isn't it, huh you know all these buildings look alike."
"Emilio…." Sue says in a warning tone.
Which make me hold up my hands and says, "Alright alright I admit this is my place but before you get any thoughts, I wanted to show you something."
Again Sue give him a look and says, "Emilio really? Where do you think this is heading?"
Holding up his hands one more I say, "Not that Sue god what do you take me for. You going to have to try a bit harder to get me out my clothes."
Rolling her eyes Sue says, "Oh really?"
"Yes really, God now cheap do you think I am?" I ask her seeing her start to relax.
"Pretty cheap seeing as you took me to a complete dive on our first date." Sue says back with a teasing smile.
"Oh that is a low blow Sue." I make a hurt look but then says, "But really, I have something to show you. I just forgot to bring it with me on our date."
Looking at him closely Sue tries to see if he is lying to her but after a while, she lets out a breath and says, "Fine but no funny business."
"Of course, whatever my lady says." I say as we get out of the car and head up to my current place of residence.
One inside the building they quickly come to a door on the 3rd floor, and I open the door to a modest size apartment. It is very plain with no declarations or anything on the walls. Only a few pieces of furniture and a tv set. The very barebones of what someone needs to live. Sue doesn't fail to notice there is nothing homely about this place. As she can't even spot a single photo in the whole room.
"Nice place you have here Emilio." Sue says as she continues to look around.
Shrugging my shoulders I say, "It will do for now."
His voice is so uncaring and emotionless that Sue finds it a bit sad. As he clearly didn't think of this place as home. So, after a few moments of silence where Emilio just looks at her in desire she just moves on and says, "You wanted to show me something?"
"Oh, right sorry. I was just enchanted by your beauty." I say to her with earns me a small smile.
I then go to the kitchen and open a drew taking out a piece of paper. Then set it on the counter for her to see.
Walking toward the counter Sue looks at the piece of paper and reads it. Then smiles and looks at Emilio and lets out a small laugh with a wide smile, "You….this is you GED. You really did it."
"Well, I told you I would, didn't I? When we first met." I say to her like it's no big deal.
This earns me a even bigger smile as she look down at it and shakes her head. Then she looks at me and says, "You really will go to anything to impress a girl, won't you?"
"What can I say I am shameless. The real question is did it work?" I asked her.
Looking at me for a time Sue then lets out another laugh. Her heart was beating hard in her chest. She knew that Emilio only did this to impress her. Most likely in hopes of sleeping with her but God it was more then Reed or any guy had ever done. Still, she says, "You know I am in college, right? What makes you think this would be enough to impress me."
Laughing a bit I say, "Well you know considering I never finished the 5th grade I thought it was a good try."
Walking around the countertop she enters my personal space and says, "Well it was a very good try."
She then leans up and kisses me. A kiss I return with enthusiasm. Forget that Hollywood bull shit about fireworks going off when two people kiss. That is complete bullshit. Not this was just hot and passion, pure and simple passion. I liked Sue. I really did and wanted her. She knew that and I think she wanted me. But when my hands slowly trail down her body and grab her tight booty she stops for a moment and pulls back.
Then looks at me and says, "Emilio, I hope you don't think this means we are going to have sex?"
Taking a deep breath and trying to calm myself down a bit I say, "Sue I will take what I can get at this point."
"Good because my clothes stay on….for now." She then kiss me again as we start a heavy and passionate make-out session.
"Fuck I wasn't going to sleep well tonight." I thought to myself.
-The next day-
Okay I want to go on record that I personally don't believe that I suffer from anger management issues. Typically, that is anyways. I mean I was like anyone else most days. Sure I lost my temper from time to time but I had healthy ways of dealing with it. Such as playing violent video games, tolling people online and the occasional night out drinking. But never, ever once had I truly hurt anyone in my past like. But as my fist connected to the stomach of the man, I currently had chained to a ceiling in a undisclosed location I was willing to admit that had drastically changed.
How I am sure some of you are wondering what the fuck Emilio how the hell did you go from making out with Sue Storm to fucking beating the shit out of some helpless guy. Well, that is actually fairly short and straight forward story. You see after my little make-out session with Sue, like I had thought sleep didn't come easy to me that night. Now sure I tried to old spank the monkey to relive myself after she left but really I was so fucking close to fucking her. I couldn't stop thinking about it the whole night. So needless to say by morning it was fucking pissed and feeling blue balled.
Lucky for my I was a gang leader and had many ways of working out my frustrations. If I wanted drugs, I could get them. Whores even easier, as there was never a shortage of sluts hanging around gangsters. However, I wasn't about to start doing drugs for obvious reasons, and whores. Well come on no bitch could compare to Sue fucking Storm in looks. Thankfully for my frustrations however good old Dom came to my recure in the form of this piece of shit.
Now again I wish to go on record and say I am not into the whole torture and mayhem thing. Sure, I was a gang leader and a killer, but I didn't get any joy out of the thought of torturing a motherfucker. Or at least that is what I had thought anyways. It's funny how things could change in the span of a few minutes. When Dom had called me and Johnny about some scum bag he found sexually trafficking kids well I quicky changed my mind and after calling Howard and Quentin. Because I thought it was a good time to show them what I wouldn't tolerate. I then proceeded to, let's call it experiment with my powers along with my fists.
I am not fully sure when the man before me stopped screaming and started to just whimper but eventually I had worked out all my frustrations. Much to the amusement of Johnny and stone quietness of Howard, Quentin and Dom. I think I got my point across to them, despite them not showing any emotion. So, picking up a gun, I finally after hours of torture put a bullet in his head.
Then I pick up a towel and clean my hands, "Well….I would say that was a productive morning. Quentin takes care of the body. Make sure to leave it somewhere were people will find it with a note of what he did."
"Sure." Quentin says in a dead serious voice.
I then start to walk towards the door leading out of the building but stop right next to the side of Howard. Then say in a cold voice, "While I know your not the type take part in such business Howard. I trust we understand each other that such business will not be tolerated from anyone associated with us."
Trying to not look nervous at what he had just witnessed Howard says, "Ya, I understand."
"Good." I then walk out the room with Johnny on my heels.
While Howard just says under his breath, "Fuck."
If there was ever any question of who the boss of all this, it had just been answered.
-Sometime later-
Sitting in a car looking out the window in broad daylight I looked at a desolate-looking building. It was according to the guy I had just got down torture was a whorehouse that cater to people's darkest desires. Ran by a pimp that went by the name of Zebra Daddy. A not so low-level criminal with some strong connections to New York City's underground. And a man I was about to kill, that is if he was here. If not then I would just kill everyone inside this building of horrors.
"You know Emilio while I was totally cool with what you did to that prick back there you do know this goes against what we were originally planning right? I mean no way this flies under the radar." Johnny says to me.
"I know." I say to Johnny.
"So why do this? And don't tell me this is just about the kids that could be in there. I have known you long enough to know that isn't all of it." Johnny says.
I don't say anything for a while as I continue to look at the building. Then say, "You know Johnny I remember hearing a story about a guy in a war zone. He fought hard and bravely but during the fight he saw all his friends die. Then one day he entered a bar and found a bottle of liquor and got shit face drunk to deal with what he was seeing. When he exited the building, her came across a women standing on a bridge. When he looked at her, she looked right back and at that moment he knew what she was going to do. She was going to jump but instead of doing anything he just walked away. It wasn't intel latter that he realized that in that hell when he was killing all those people and seeing all his friends die that realized that if he had saved that woman. Well, he could have saved what was left of his soul."
Johnny looks at me for a moment then looks away flicking his nose, so I continue, "By the time we are down Johnny a lot of people are going to die. Both innocent and guilty alike. Our own souls are already dammed. With that said I will not turn away like that man did when I could save a few people. Especially if those people are children."
The car again goes quiet as Johnny had nothing to say to that. A killer he may have been but even he understood what I was saying. So, he just waited like I for Dom to return.
Hearing the sound of someone taking a sit behind us we hear Dom say, "He is there. Top floor but there are to many lights for me to get close without anyone noticing."
"That is fine. I wanted to do this the hard way anyways." I say then get out of the car and open the trunk taking out a Colt AR-15 with a M203 grenade launcher. Some custom-made body armor, several extra mags and two Colt M1911. What can I say I love the move Scarface and Devil May Cry was always a favorite game of mine.
Beside me Johnny takes out a simple but effective pump action shotgun, the Benelli M3 model if I remember right. Along with the same custom-made body armor by yours truly and two Glock handguns.
Looking at Dom I say, "Dom when the shotting starts you know what to do."
He just nods at me and enters his shadow world while me and Johnny make our way towards the building.
"You know you could have made this easier by cutting the power to the place like you did all the other times." Johnny says to me.
Looking at him I say, "Fuck easy."
Shrugging his shoulders Johnny says, "Your get not arguing from me. Care to do the honors?"
"Gladly." I says point my weapon towards the door and yell out the classic line of Tony Montana. "Say hello to my little friend."
Then fire the M203 grenade launcher blowing up the front door and the guards who were behind it. Then enter the building gunning down any thing and everything that looks like a threat. Which in this place was pretty much everything as I saw things in it I would have preferred to have never seen. Room by room me and Johnny cleaned house, sparing only the victims that didn't look to far gone. Those that did we slightly agreed to put out of their misery. It was when I came to the stairs leading down starts that I truly got a wakeup call to the wickedness of the humanity.
For as I entered the basement that was clearly soundproof as it wasn't till, I opened the door that I could head the screams. What I saw in that basement would forever be burned into memories. There standing before me with out even wearing masks where men and women in all states of dress and undress standing among the bodies of those who could only barely pass as people anymore. As their bodies where to mangled to make who they were before. Eyes pulled out of their heads, tongues cut out fingers half on the hand and faces peeled off where among some of the more merciful things I saw down there.
I had never hesitated before to pull the trigger of a gun but never had I taken as much joy in killing people as I did when I shot those twisted fucks. If could have I would have taken my time with them. Like they did to their victims. Sadly, time was not on my side but those who didn't die right away from my firing into them I let bleed out. We were too far away for the cops to come in time to save them and I had cut the phone lines before the attack. As for victims I had quickly put a end to their sad lives and those who were still there enough to realize what was happening thanked me softly in their weak voices.
Things whoever were only going to get worse from there. Both for my sanity and soul as I made my way deeper in to the basement till I came to a iron door. Without even thinking about it I opened the door the stench that was bad before we even worse as I found the bodies of children pilled out and ripped apart. But I didn't pay that much mind as before me feeding on the blood of the bodies where two kids I knew all too well about. White hair, and blank soulless eyes they look at me and I look back at them as their fangs point out dripping with blood.
"Hänsel and Gretel from the Black Lagoon manga. Fucking great and would you know it they are vampires." I think to myself as the twins stand up.
Feeling them looking at me with questioning blank looks on there faces. I swear I could see the gears moving in away I didn't like. Then one of them speaks. "Hey Mr, are you here to play with us?"
"Ya come play with us Mr." I hear the other one say.
Its not hard to understand what they mean by play as their put themselves on display in a sickening way that make me feel cold and dead inside. When I see one of them grab a knife, however I don't hesitate to shoot at one of them grazing their face. Getting looks of shot and fear in turn for it.
"You two have two choices before you. Either you shut up and come with me out of this hellhole or you die. Pick with one you prefer." I say in a dead voice with no emotion in it.
Whatever it was about my voice or look the twins go from looking at me in lust and desire to fear. Then after a minute they both says, "We will both come with you Mr."
"Its boss, now both of you get up and find something to wear. And I swear if I ever see you both naked again, I will kill you both." I say as they quicky move to do as told.
Elsewhere in the building Dom come out of his shadow world on the top floor behind those who were waiting for Johnny and Emilio to come up the stairs. Firing into them before they even know what is going on. Now that the lights where off do to the grenade launcher it was easy to get behind them and finish them off while Johnny and the boss took care of those down stairs. Which was good because it meant he could take care of the piece of shit pimp in the backroom himself.
Dom really didn't know what to think of the boss when he first met him. A two bit gangster, a psychotic killer and human garbage. Maybe all of the above but one thing he did know is he and the boss did share one thing in common. They hated child rapists above all other scum. It was something he and the boss couldn't stand. A fact proven by how the boss tortured the guy I bought him. At first Dom did know what to do with the man but the boss did and wasted no time doing it. It was a horrible thing to see but no less then what he deserved.
Something Dom now planned to do to Zebra Daddy. At least that was the plan till he heard a loud scream from the other side of the door. Which made Dom bust into the room and look around. Only to find the pimp on the ground with his body all carved up and a girl with two long claws sticking out of her hand hovering over him. She looks up at him and their eyes meet and for the first time in a long time ever Dom is stunned witless as he looks at the girl. Dom is not sure why but for some reason he thinks he has found someone who could understand him.
A few minutes later Dom heads down stair with the still unidentified girl and years voices. Two children that shouldn't not right in the head and Johnny yelling.
"Come on Mr. Johnny play with us." One voice says.
"Yes, play with us. We promise we will be good."
"You both better shut the fuck up right now you sick twisted little fucks. Oh, I swear I will kill both of you." Johnny yells at them.
When Dom sees who it is Johnny is yelling at he sees two children now hiding behind the bosses legs sticking out their tongues at Johnny. But in a suggestive way that no child should ever do.
Looking over I spot Dom and again get a surprise. It seems like today is full of them I think as I spot Laura Kinney aka X-23 right behind him.
"Well, this is just getting more and more out of control now isn't it." I think as I know this means that avoiding those bastards at the Facility and worse Wolverine who I didn't want as an enemy.
"Okay that's it you both die." Johnny says and pulls out one of his guns and points it at the twins.
"Leave them be Johnny. Its not their fault they are fucked up in the head." I say to him then look at Dom and ask despite already know who she is, "Who the girl Dom?"
Looking from the children to the boss Dom answers, "I don't know but she is coming with us."
Shrugging my shoulders I say to him, "Sure whatever."
-A few days later-
Sitting in the X-Mansion Charles Xavier aka Professor X let out a sign and as he goes over in his head what Logan has told him than says, "Are you sure it was him Logan?"
With a gruff voice Logan answered, "I am sure Charles. While the scent is several days old I could still pick it up among all the blood and gunpowder."
Moving his hand up to rub his eyes Charles says, "Was it as bad as we have heard."
"Worse Charles. I have seen places like this before and trust me you don't want to know what happened in that place. Even after the cops cleaned it up and removed the bodies what was left was telling." Logan says.
His memories may have been jacked up but he could still remember seeing places like that. Especially in the worst parts of Aisa and Europe. Logan, however, never thought he see one in the states but apparently such places could exist anywhere.
After a moment of silence Logan says, "Charles we may have to give up on the boy. Once you start killing and see things like that. Well coming back is not easy."
Hearing Logan says this Charles knows he is right but despite the fact that young Dominic had killed multiple people the optimist in him said that he wasn't beyond saving. No one was in his mind but even so Charles knew he couldn't let the children be the ones to go after him. It would be to dangerous for them to go after a killer who was currently with a group of fellow killers.
"We won't give up on him Logan but…. I think it would be best if you go to confront him instead of the children. Its to dangerous." Charles says.
On that Logan could agree. He may not have agreed that the boy could still be saved but like Charles said it was too dangerous now for the kids to go confront him. So, he would gladly do it to keep them safe. The only question was, how would he go about it and what was that other smell he picked up in that place. It seemed very familiar but at the same time not so much.