" My men have surrounded the building so don't try to kill me Or I actually can't save you like the last time. Also, don't talk they can hear voices other than me in 2 metres area near me", Surya said indicating me of someone's existence over him.
I was shocked hearing his words as suddenly his words struck me and many scenarios started forming in my brain as to why, how and where did he shot me.
I am the one who taught him the perfect firing technique for accuracy and shock-absorption so I remembered of teaching him some fragile locations of hitting where the person shot would only be disabled to function correctly for some time and no harm would be done to the person being shot, neither internally nor externally.
I had been shot right at those places.
Due to being shocked and angered I neglected or somehow ignored the possibility of Surya intentionally hitting those weak points which could never harm a person deeply.
He shot three bullets but all of them hit those non-vital positions which would make the person disable for some months and only look like dying.
I was shocked in place by his words and his words brought me back.
" Keep walking, don't stop. Also, there's a small transmitter on my right ear just behind it so when we fight outside take that out before asking anything", Surya said lightly.
I just listened to him and did not say anything as he had already indicated me of not talking directly before.
Suddenly turning around I pulled him from his arm and pushing him onto the wall, I then put my back forearm onto his neck and glared at him.
" Why did you fuxking do that, you know how much I trusted you. I didn't knew you would be such a traitor. More than a decade of friendship in drain, what do you take me for", I said in an agitated tone while not having much expression and from eyes only asked him about the transmitter.
" We don't have time, let's go out or they gonna break inside if they find any fault in me bringing you out quickly. I have many things to talk but we can't take much time here and I can't talk with you about that right now", Surya said without much emotions.
I still did not believe him fully but his apologetic, loose, caring and friendly eyes told me he was actually feeling guilty of what he did to me. Psychology helps a lot and more at times like those.
I let go of him and after straightening his dress out we both moved outside.
He actually did not talk to me after that until we came out from the back door and saw many guards in black dress carrying weapons with them.
" Don't shoot until I say so", I said while raising my hand.
Surya also looked at some distance and shook his head.
" So please tell me the reason for your visit, my esteemed guest", I said with a mocking grin.
" It's a well timed and a good welcome I see(looking around at armed guards). Anyways, I just came to inform you that this is the ultimatum before we start working out on your company. Like every other company in this city we want the security fee every month. This is how it works here and now that you are also a part of it, you have to follow the routine. Either that Or 1% stake in your company. Whatever you want of those that's up to you", Surya said shrugging his shoulders with a calm look as if threatening for fee like that was a regular for him.
" And you really thought I'd agree to that", I said with a mocking grin by understanding his words.
He was doing some hand symbols while talking which only the two of us knew, that was our code language which we used to talk since childhood. He informed me that many men had surrounded the place so as to take care of any mishaps from his side.
" If you're not gonna agree then I'd have to make you agree", said Surya with a fake mocking grin.
I knew he wanted to talk and for that first wanted me to destroy the transmitter behind his ear.
" You really thought that after those cheap shots from behind you would be able to defeat me. You never learned anything since childhood, meathead. OK then let's fight it out and I'll show you why you can never out manoeuvre me in anything", I said and raising my fists in a boxing pose I challenged him to fight bare handed.
" I'm not someone you could take care of like before. Let me show you how much I advanced while you were there enjoying on your near death bed", Surya also got on some really awkward pose with his right hand in front in a snake pose while left hand bend awkwardly. His hands spread wide while he looked at me with sharp eyes.
" Wait a minute, (looking towards the surrounding guards) don't shoot whatever happens until he tries to kill me. You too should inform those you've positioned around us about this", I said ordering my guards and then telling him.
He just made some hand gestures in the air and then smirked while saying "All done".
I knew he might have honed his skills and had turned his fighting skills a league better than me but being almost three times slower than me there's almost no such thing as winning against me for him.
I took off my suit and while at it slowly pulled my ear while trying to make it look as natural as I can. Surya too did the same but without touching his ears.
We both moved our feets together and came near each other.
Staring right at each other we calculated our
moves.
Surya suddenly jabbed his right fist and it came slowly near me.
Holding his right first I thought of hitting him with my knee around his belly but stopped as he suddenly came with his left hand but I stopped it easily.
Only then I knew that those were just the starting flanks, the real one was the leg that came after I got a hold on his two hands.
He knew I was too fast and easily got a grip around my opponents.
His leg came around my rib and somehow even after getting hit and exhaling hard breath I gripped his leg.
Then lifting him up while holding him from his arm and leg as he flailed around in my arms I lifted the 6'6"+ monster of a man up in the air and pushed him hard on the ground, the again lifting him up I again pushed him down.
Being three times faster than my surroundings, even after being a bit slow it looked like I easily lifted more than 100+kg(220+pound) Surya in the air and pushed him down hard on the road quite easily and in very quick successions.
After pushing him down the second time it became impossible for me to lift him again and I let go of him.
While I let go of him I didn't let go of the chance to overpower him then and there.
Just as he tried to regroup himself I quickly sat on top of his abdomen making him unable to lift up I then punched him two times in quick succession ; being three times faster than any trained fighter did helped a lot at moments like those.
Only after being hit the second time could he realise the situation he was it.
He quickly shielded his face and tried pushing me away while flailing around under me.
Getting my chance I quickly went towards his ears.
Feeling where I took my hand his resistance loosened lightly and after pinching his ear I felt a small snub behind it. Taking it out I pinched it as if doing it by mistake and quickly got up and moved back.
Getting a chance of getting up Surya quickly did so.
" You still wanna do it?!", I gave him a mocking grin.
" You know me so well", without saying any other thing he moved towards me.
This time he tried crouching down and lift me up and was surely successful in doing so as it really was almost impossible for me to counterattack his super massive strength in just some seconds.
Still, as he lifted me up I hit his head with my elbow two times quickly.
Only then did he realise what silly mistakes he had done.
So just after that positioning me down he threw me hard on the floor.
Being flustered I did hit hard on the road and he quickly followed it up and came on top of me.
Still, being 3× faster by slowing down time to around 0.33× to 0.4× I moved back.
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A minute later,
I was lying down with my back on the ground and Surya on top of me but gripped by my choke as I held onto his neck tightly making it difficult to breath for him.
He tried his best to loosen my grip and actually being powerful and big was able to do that, but everytime he did so I quickly hit him in the face with a punch or two and grip his neck again.
" I actually still don't believe you Surya so tell me about what you were talking on the way. Anything unsure I hear will surely make you half beaten to death and I do think they will kill me even if I didn't kill you so don't think I care about my life now", I said while jabbing his face hard with my fist.
" I... I really don't want to be against you... it's.. it's the upper echelon in our world that doesn't want you.. they find.. ughh... loosen it lightly... ugh.. (I loosened my grip ; only lightly that is) ha* ha* they find you a threat to them.. hah* they think that after getting Veronica and using me with your money.... you will.. hah* you will pose a threat to their... power and position.. please don't shine too brightly Ritik.. I don't.. hah* want to loose my brother.. I'm.. trying my best to... hah* stop them from killing you.. please believe me... if not for me shooting you.. they would have surely killed you that day.. hah* please believe me.. It was Veronica that they wanted... they didn't.. hah* they didn't like her being close to you...", Surya continued with some difficulty while to not make it too obvious I jammed his face in between but rather lightly this time around.
Still, it was all making sense. The things that Surya told me, from the way he hit me at those perfect locations to him suddenly turning around and betraying at such last moment to Veronica acting so strange for some weeks until they took her back with force and a lot of things that followed.
My companies were a sure hit here in IND as it was practically performing and advancing a lot here but there was almost equally different scene in US as there were fake news about me being deceitful and cunning and my company being money grubber and a lot more things that was degrading my product even before it went global.
They really wanted me to be caged here in the country and that too while hiding away from them.
My plans needed a long time to implement so I understood that I was getting too much light and needed to hide now.
Showing too much fangs at once was also not a good thing, it makes you an easy target to detect and shoot.
" OK I believe in you brotha but still.... if I found even a little flaw in your story anywhere I will make sure that our friendship will turn into the greatest betrayal and revenge story", I said while jabbing him hard on his face twice more before letting him go.
Getting up I shook my clothes so as to remove the almost negligent dust as the hotel was fully clean.
" You know my private e-mail so sent me the amount there. I will send them at the exact moment everytime so I don't want any interruption whatsoever from the underworld in any of our future works. Happy cooperation", I said and spat on the now bleeding and swollen faced Surya lying on the ground while breathing hard.
I know you all are around somewhere near so come out and take him back, I've already agreed to the deal and I don't want anything bad spreading about the first party I organised.
About 50 men from different locations came out, most of them being masked.
The guards were shocked as even after such a tight security so many men were hiding somewhere near.
They came near me and picked up Surya, some of them looked at me from behind the masks.
" What?! you too wanna try it out", I said while showing him my fist and giving him an angry look.
None of them wasted anymore time and quickly took the bleeding swollen half-beaten to death Surya away.
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"You told me I can beat him now hence I told you I don't need anyone to make him agree", Surya said while lying down on the hospital bed and looking at someone standing in front of him.
"I didn't knew he is this fast, if he's that fast then it's almost impossible to kill him alone but anyways the deal's done and I do think someone who agrees and bow down so easily in front of power can never be the top material. I do think with his brains and bowing characteristics, he's not a threat to us as he cares too much about his family to take such a threat as to going against us", the man said with an understanding nod.
" I told you so, his family is just too much for him to loose so until we touch his family he will not take the first step and provoke us", Surya gave him an 'I told you so' look.
" Yeah... let me pass on the observation results. You rest and get well quickly", the man said and went out quickly after taking out his phone and calling someone.
'Ritik... don't die please. I did what I could do to save and give you time to grow so get stronger and only come out when you're confident to face off anyone, anyhow, anywhere. I know you can do it and I know you already have a plan but make sure to implement it correctly. I believe in you my brother and I will support you until last breath. (touching his wounded face) HISS* he did took the revenge seriously', Surya thought while staring at the ceiling absentmindedly and had a contended smile at last.
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