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Chapter 65
By Agent Havoc
Daisuke was waiting patiently in the halls of the medical department in the Syndicate medical department. His good friend, Shin Tetsuhara had been wounded in the confrontation with Ashley and he absolutely wanted to know that his froend’s condition was stable before he could go home and get some sleep. Standing next to him was Victor « The Cleaner » Moriagi. Ashley was indeed an impressive fighter after all, he managed to knock down Shin twice in a night, and from what he had heard, the bounty hunter had also disfigured the boss before plunging to his death… From the looks of things, Yodama and Ashley looked like they had known each other for a long time, but he would probably never have the chance to know for sure, so he might as well throw away the thought.
« I hate this floor! » declared Vic drily « I hate medical institutions and hospitals. »
Raising an eyebrow, Daisuke looked at his friend and comrade.
« Why is that Vic? » he asked, curious to hear his friend’s answer.
« Because hospitals and medical institutions smell so sterile, it makes you think that there have been alot of people who died in these places. It creeps me out! »
Daisuke laughed out loud.
« Why are you laughing? » asked Vic, obviously offended by his friend’s reaction.
« That is a really funny statement coming from a guy who makes a living by killing people that may risk compromising the organization’s safety. »
Daisuke kept on snickering.
« Keep on laughing wiseguy, people die slow horrible deaths in hospital, when I kill someone, it’s a quick and painless death… » said the Cleaner, obviously offended.
« A man of convictions you are! » retorted Daisuke, trying his hardest to hold back laughter.
Before Moriagi could respond, Daisuke's cell phone rang from the inside of his jacket.
« To be continued… » said Vic, frowning.
Daisuke nodded quickly and reached for his phone.
« Yeah? » said the enforcer in his phone.
« Daisuke, It’s Jarrick Garamond... » said a panting voice from the other side of the line.
Garamond, thought Daisuke, that small time money collector that he had hired a few months ago. The more he got to know the small time hoodlum, the more he regretted having hired this lowlife scum. Every two days or so, Garamond and his short temper would call Daisuke and ask the enforcer to break somebody’s legs. Needless to say, Daisuke always agreed to do it but never did, leaving this bum to get out of his situations by himself. Jarrick garamond was most certainly nothing more than a small time hoodlum who took himself way too seriously for his own good. Nobody in his or her right mind in the organization would even consider putting this bum in a higher position than he was now.
« What do you want Garamond? Do you realise what time it is? If you had woken me up, I’d be really mad right now! » snarled Daisuke.
« Sorry Dai, no need to get touchy! » answered Garamond « I just got beaten up by this prick Julia brought home and i was wondering… »
Daisuke sighed.
« Look, i told you once, i told you a thousand times, only my friends and my boss can call me Dai, you are neither. And I’ll make this clear for you once and for all, just because you work for me doesn’t mean you have the right to ask me to break some guy’s legs every single day ! » snapped the enforcer angily « If your woman screws with another guy, then you deal with it, I’ll only get involved when it actually concerns the organization, is that clear? »
A moment of silence. Daisuke had obviously overreacted. This was no way to talk to an employee if you wanted his respect. Jarrick Garamond wasn't actually deserving of his respect, but still, he was an employee.
« I… » said Jarrick finally to break the silence…
« No, I'm sorry Jarrick, I was a little impatient there! » said Daisuke « I had a very long night, but it was still not a reason to get mad at you, I apologize. Tell me who the guy is… »
« I don’t know, I’ve never him before, he came in with Julia. »
« Then ask her who he is… » said the enforcer summing up all of his patience « And respectfully, please! I told you before that If I heard even a rumor that you were still beating your girlfriend that I’d come over to your place and break both of your kneecaps. There is no room in the organization for disrespectful scum who beat women.»
Daisuke could almost feel Jarrick shiver on the other side of the line.
« I know Daisuke, I learned my lesson a long time ago. » replied Jarrick « But Julia left with the guy! »
His patience was wearing thin. Dai clenched his jaws. In front of him, Vic was holding back laughter. Dai had often complained about Jarrick to Vic and Shin, and everytime Jarrick bothered the enforcer, his friends made fun of him.
« Then describe him to me and tell me where he is! »
«I don’t know where they went, but, well, he’s tall, and he has these weird blue eyes… And a long scar on his face… »
Daisuke's heart skipped a beat.
« And short brown hair? »
« Uh, yeah, how did you know? »
Ashley! Though Daisuke.
« Stay home Jarrick, I’m sending a man over to protect you, you’r in deep trouble… »
« What ? »
« Just stay at your place! »
Daisuke hung up. Folding back his cell phone, Daisuke put it back in his jacket. A thousand thoughts flooded his mind as millions of plans formed atthe same time. A course of action must be taken and taken fast. The boss would most certainly want Ashley, either dead or alive. This looked rather personnal between the two of them. Then again, there mustn’t be a single witness, and Jarrick had seen Ashley and had called them. Meaning that Jarrick would be able to make a connection between Ashley and the Syndicate if they were to kill the scarred bounty hunter. Meaning that he would be a threat to the Syndacate. Jarrick would not be a great loss, and was expandable anyway.
« Vic, we don’t have a second to lose. You go to Jarrick’s place and liquidate him. No witnesses as usual. Make it clean and get rid of the body. Try not to involve his girlfriend in this whole thing if you can, but in the worst case scenario, kill her too. But she probably won’t be there if you get there quickly enough. Even if she is, try to kill him behind her back and dissapear. I’m going after Darian Ashley! »
« Ashley? Didn’t he just bite the dust? » asked Vic.
« Appearently, he beat death! » said Daisuke grimly.
« Why are you calling the shots? » asked his friend smiling.
« Because we don’t have any time to lose, come on! Shin will be fine! »
The two men started to walk towards the elvator and it was clear to Dai that anybody who saw the two of them walking knew that theere was nothing that could stop these two at the moment. Not death, not fear, and most certainly not a bounty hunter…
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