Capítulo 11: How about a little chat
TIME : 2:18PM
LOCATION : NINOS HOMOT
Dan sits back and examines the board in front of him as he nurses a drink in his right hand.
"You've found a way to extricate yourself from the works of the circle, staying out in the open and acting like the greatest thing this city has ever had when in fact you are the problem that needs to be eliminated."
Dan stares specifically at Cheng's photo, as he had placed it at the top of the board to signify Cheng's importance to his investigation.
Dan trails his line of sight downward till he had arrived at the photo of Jace.
"Starting from you, I can work my way up the ranks and finally get retribution for my parents murder, I should get ready for our meeting this evening."
Dan drops the bottle in his hand and rises from his chair, suddenly there is a knock on the door.
"Dan, are you in there??"
a voice asks from outside, Dan walks to the door and opens to reveal Hermit standing outside.
"What's up??"
"If you aren't to busy, I'd like you to join us for lunch."
Hermit asks politely to which Dan replies.
"It's been long you invited me for a family gathering, what's the occasion??"
"You and I both know why I've been so hard on you, we'll talk more about this later, but for now…"
Hermit's voice trails off as he sets his eyes on the board behind Dan.
"You still haven't gotten rid of that board like I told you to??"
Hermit asks wide eyed.
"You and I both know I'm not discarding everything I've discovered up until now all for your misguided notion that I'm playing with my life, I know the risk and I'm willing to take it as long as I achieve my goal, so there's nothing you'd say to me that would make me let up now"
Dan replies, after which Hermit eyes him and turns round to walk down the stairs.
"We'll be waiting for your company in the dining room."
Dan sits with Hermit and his family, a wife and two daughters, as they all gathered for lunch, the table setting was quite enticing with enough food for everyone.
"Dan ,I'm so glad you could join us today."
Dan never admitted to the old man but he cared for Hermit and his family, always grateful for their hospitality towards him.
After they are done munching on the meal laid out for them, Hermit's wife sets to clearing the table with her daughters, Dan joins them but is stopped by Hermit's wife.
"Hermit wants to talk to you, you should leave this for us."
Dan nods and walks out to join Hermit outside, as he sat at the porch with drink in hand.
"Take a seat" Dan walks to a seat beside Hermit and makes himself comfortable, taking a drink from the pack that lay beside Hermit.
"Why am I here?? " Dan asks has he opens up his drink and takes a sip.
Hermit takes a long hard look at Dan before facing forward.
"I understand why you do the things you do, Dan, losing your parents at such a young age must have been hard, upon that you also lost the person that took you in after their deaths… but you must realize that the more you choose to go after these people that you feel are responsible for the loss of your parents, the more you put not only you but our lives in danger."
Hermit says in a calm voice.
"So what you are basically saying is that you're scared my investigation would end up hurting you and your family, if that's the case I'm more than willing to leave this place, I'm not gonna let anyone else suffer because of me."
Dan replies has he takes another sip of his drink.
"That's not what I'm talking about right now and I never asked you to leave, I just need you to drop this investigation of yours, you are an able bodied Raza, find a job, get a girl, live your life and forget your past already, the more you go on with this investigation, the more you hold yourself back, I need you to stop all this, that's the reason I've been so hard on you but as always you find a way to circumvent my plans and do the exact opposite of what I want for you."
Hermit looks at Dan with frustration in his eyes.
"You know when I left this city years back to train myself for my eventual return and opportunity to get my revenge, I had made a vow to not stop until I have gotten justice for my parents, I know it might look like I'm letting my past hold me back but I am not only fighting for my parents at this point but every single person that has been wronged by Cheng and his circle, I promise you that the moment I'm done with this, I'll do whatever you say but till then I'm not gonna stop…. now if you'll excuse me, I have a criminal to nab."
Dan says has he gets up to his feet and heads back inside the house.
"How long, Dan, how long before you realize that you are putting your life in grave danger."
Hermit murmurs to himself...
TIME : 5:37PM
LOCATION : UNKNOWN (?????)
"We've found him, Karan."
Two men wearing black suits and shades walk into an unknown hideout to meet Karan and Armstrong waiting
"Who is he??"
Armstrong asks in a gruff manner.
"Dan Ruso, he is the last surviving member of the Ruso family who apparently seems to hold a grudge against the boss for murdering his family."
One of the suited men reply handing a file to Karan has he does so.
"So this is some childish vendetta by him??... Well then, find out where he stays in the city and relay the information back to us, we'll figure out the best way to deal with him."
Karan says after which the suited men leave...
TIME : 9:16PM
LOCATION : JOCULE CLUBHOUSE "Waiter, another round of drinks for my companions and I."
Jace calls out to a female waiter has he sits in a company of shady characters.
"Here you go, sir… would there be anything else??"
The waiter asks has she drops a tray of drinks at their table
"We'll call you if we need anything else."
One of the men with Jace replies after which he makes to smack the waiter's behind, a gesture that repulsed the waiter but she chose not to react but walk away.
"How dare that bastard hit your ass like that, I'm so gonna make him pay."
Sai remarks has he makes to get up from where he had been spying on Jace and his company.
"Let it go already, why jeopardize the mission over that??... It's not like it was your ass that was smacked, we'll deal with him later but right now we need to focus on the mission, got that??"
Ilara says over a receiver.
"Yes ma'am… Anyways, I must say you look gorgeous in that attire, we should go on more of these kinds of missions."
Sai remarks slyly with a smile on his face.
"Oh please wipe that smirk off your face and focus on Jace already."
Ilara retorts has she makes to hide the fact that what Sai had said made her blush…
Capítulo 12: Brawling at the club
Dan walks into the club and scouts the area for his prey.
"There you are."
Dan says the moment he spots Jace and immediately heads towards him.
"Who is that heading towards Jace??... Do you recognize him??"
Sai asks into his receiver.
"I don't know who he is but I have a bad feeling about this.."
Ilara replies has she begins to walk towards Dan.
"Excuse me sir, can I help you??"
Ilara asks, blocking Dan as she does so
"Not really, I'm here to see a friend regarding some pressing matters, so if you'd be nice enough to excuse me, I'd appreciate a lot."
Dan replies shoving Ilara aside as he does so, Sai sees this and begins to rise again before Ilara motions for him to stay back.
"Jace, my man, where you been bro??"
Dan calls out to Jace as he reaches the table he and his boys occupied.
"Who are you and why are you talking to me like you know me from somewhere??" asks a perplexed Jace.
"Hey don't you remember me??...its fine don't worry about it but right now I need you to come with me."
Dan says as he reaches out to grab Jace but is stopped by one of Jace's men who then proceeds to get up and push Dan back, Dan is not to pleased with this gesture and tries to grab Jace again but this time two men rise to assist the first man that had pushed Dan back.
" I don't know who you are and I don't care but if you don't leave here right now my men are gonna take you out in a body bag, choose carefully."
"This is getting out of hand, we have to do something."
Sai remarks rising from of his seating position.
"Do what exactly??... If we try to interfere we risk blowing our cover."
Ilara says, visibly upset by the drama unfolding in her presence.
Dan smiles with scorn in his eyes at the threat made by Jace and his men.
"Are you coming with me or will I have to drag you out of here??"
Dan asks with arms folded.
"That's enough, take him out of here and rough him up a bit."
Jace's men reach out to take hold of Dan but that seems to be a bad idea has Dan grabs one of them and breaks his fingers, the man proceeds to scream in pain after which other guys attack Dan and a full brawl ensues between Dan and Jace's lackeys.
Dan steps back ready for a fight and gets down to serving up pain to every single one of Jace's lackeys, he grabs one of them then lifts and slams him on a nearby table breaking the table in the process, he blocks a punch from another and retaliates with a blow of his own, knocking out some tooth in the process, he dodges a kick from yet another then immediately grabs it and proceeds to twist his leg before kicking his other leg and breaking it in the process before letting the first leg go and kicking him with such force that it sent him flying all the way back to Jace's table and breaking it.
Two men attack this time and Dan keeps pace with them, blocking their kicks and blows before doing a back flip and using his legs to connect with their chins, spittle mixed with blood proceeds to come out from both men mouths has they fall unconscious, with the brawl happening between Dan and Jace's men, the club was plunged into chaos with civilians running for their lives while Jace's other associates rushed to Jace to provide assistance.
"Damn it, Ilara, what are we gonna do now??"
Sai is visibly annoyed by the recent turn of events and is not trying to hide it
"Jace might wind up escaping in the chaos if we don't grab him now."
Ilara looks on as well at the ongoing brawl.
"I'm going in and there's nothing you'll say that's gonna stop me."
Sai says, has he makes to rush into the fight.
"I'm not gonna stop you, provide cover for me so I can grab Jace."
Ilara seems to have changed from her waitress attire and was also rushing into the fight.
"Ha-ha, now you're speaking my language."
Sai says rushing up to one of Jace's lackeys that tried to obstruct him and landing such a heavy blow to knock him out cold, another lackey rushes up to him with a knife and he steadies himself, blocking the knife and knocking it out of his attacker's hands, he then jerks his attacker up and delivers a barrage of blows to his groin before using his palm to land a finishing blow that sends his attacker flying into a table and breaking it on impact.
Ilara is not left from the free for all has she soon encounters her own hurdles in the form of two men wielding blades, they swing their weapons to put her off but she is unfazed by this and steps back to release a bird cry that stuns them both, rendering them unconscious, she then picks up one of their blades and uses it to fend off another attacker with a sword of her own, they clash with their blades for a while before Ilara gains the upper hand and disarms her opponent, before kicking her away with a heel to the face.
Jace notices that his men are dropping like flies and immediately starts to flee for his life, Dan sees this and goes in pursuit, following Jace through a passageway that led outside the club.
"He's getting away."
Sai says as he holds on to a man trying to choke him, Ilara takes out another lackey with her bird cry before looking in the direction Jace had used to escape.
"I'm going after him" Ilara says has she starts running in that direction.
"I'm coming with."
Sai says, following Ilara.
Jace is seen running out of the club into an alleyway, with Dan hot on his heels, the chase goes on for a while with Jace cutting through alleys to try and lose his pursuer, but this does nothing to put off Dan has he only seems to be getting closer, Jace finally stops having ran himself into a corner.
"Well well, would you look at that ,you succeeded in running yourself into a dead end."
Dan says in a sadistic tone, Jace pulls out a gun and aims it at Dan.
"Don't you dare come close to me or I'm just gonna empty this bullet round in your brains."
Dan is amused by Jace's threat and immediately starts walking towards him.
"stay back, I'm not gonna say it again, you better stay back."
Dan keeps on walking and a shot is fired, Dan reacts quick enough to grab the bullet midair before it reaches his head, Jace is taken aback by this and immediately starts shooting rapidly, Dan puts his hands to his head to block his face has he rushes towards Jace with killer intent, Jace empties the gun's rounds and is left clicking an empty gun, after which Dan grabs the gun from his hands and knocks him out using his elbow to connect with Jace's chin.
Ilara and Sai come just in time to see Dan taking Jace away.
"Hey, stop right there."
Ilara calls out to Dan, Dan turns to face them.
"What do you want from me??"
Sai begins to walk up to Dan.
"You're infringing on our case at the moment, that guy laying unconscious on the floor over there was a suspect and we were planning on bringing him in for questioning before you showed up and ruined everything."
"Oh really, I didn't realize but then I don't actually care about what you guys were planning on doing… if you were gonna do something, you shouldn't have waited until I had set the floor for you so all you'd do would be to wait till the hard part was done before you step in, so I'm going to be leaving with my captive now, when I'm done with him then you can have him."
Dan starts to walk away with Jace on his shoulder but is stopped by Sai.
"I won't tell you again, drop him or you'll regret messing up a perfectly laid out plan."
"Just you try and stop me."
Dan says in a menacing tone.
Dan tries to shove Sai from his way but is unsuccessful has Sai grabs a hold of his arm.
"Drop him…"
Dan drops Jace and makes to punch Sai but Sai evades the attack and lands a punch of his own, taking Dan back a bit
"I'll make you pay for that" Dan says has he attacks Sai, Sai moves forward as well and both men end up clashing.
Sai and Dan go at each other with intent, Sai seems to have the upper hand as he lands more blows on Dan but Dan is not letting up in his assault, Sai bends low and tries to bring Dan down with a sweep of his feet but Dan is quick to counter with a backflip but has he lands he is greeted with a barrage of bicycle kicks from Sai which sends him back even further, Sai smirks and rushes towards Dan but Dan having none of it strikes the earth beneath them causing a mini vibration that offsets Sai, Dan taking advantage of Sai's imbalance to attack with metal bars that connected with Sai and took him down, Dan then attempts to run towards him but is stopped in his tracks by Ilara.
"That's enough."
Ilara walks up to Sai and helps him to his feet.
"Thanks love."
Dan seeing this steps back and heads to Jace's body.
"The fact that I haven't said anything doesn't give you the right to go any closer to that man, I will only tell you once, leave."
Ilara says with a serious expression on her face.
"Or else what??"
Dan asks with a smirk after which Ilara proceeds to blast a sonic wave in his direction putting him off a bit.
"You're gonna have to better than that if…"
Dan is cut off mid sentence has Sai blindsides him with a metal pipe, knocking him out.
"what are we gonna do with him??"
Sai asks Ilara.
"We take him with us, we need to find out why he was after Jace and if he has any information that could be helpful to us."
Ilara replies as she looks over Dan's unconscious body.
"alright then, you're the boss"
Sai says.
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