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Blood 4 Blood

*Episode 63*

As I observed my prey, i could see beads of sweat rolling down his face and dropping on his heaving chest as I barked at him…….
”drop the gun Trigger”,
he knew he had run out of options at the time being so he had no other option but to let go of his pistol and my ears were ringing with the excitement of the game as his metal weapon clanged on the gravel, most of which had been displaced by his swerving vehicle……The shooting by el-lobo’s men had stopped by now as they had seen me put my pistol to Triggers head……
I lifted my eyes to see them running towards the vehicle, rifles in hand……. I wished more than anything to end Trigger's life on the spot but I needed to find out what he had done with my money..
As el-lobos men arrived, i instructed them to tie him up and carry him with them as we returned to el-lobo..
I supervised as he was tied up and I made sure it was done properly…. He wasn’t getting away from me again, not again…….
As I put my glock pistols in their holster…..
i picked Trigger's pistol from the ground and turned and started strolling at my own pace towards el-lobos location as el-lobos men moved ahead bundling trigger with them to meet el-lobo who was still angry about his wrecked maybach!!!, that had been his favourite car……
I went back into the warehouse to retrieve the viper sniper rifle to replace mine which I had lost when my bentley was blown up.
I then made to join el-lobo……
The rest of el-lobos men who were stationary at the warehouse followed me out of the place after they had looted all the valuables of course…. I arrived to meet el-lobo to find Trigger writhing in pains and punches being administered continuously to his face as he was held from behind…….
It was the most satisfying view I have had in days!!!… But if it continued this way he would die and I wouldn’t find out the location of my hard-earned money…
I held el-lobo back and spoke with him for a while explaining things to him as he fumed……. After a while, i had managed to calm him down and he came to understand my point of view……
 “Well then that means i’ll have to leave him to you”, he said as he signalled his men….
We were still discussing when a limousine pulled up….. El-lobo had obviously made some contacts while we were tussling in the warehouse…..
He rounded up his men and they zoomed off after I promised him some compensation for his loss….. They had left a minivan for me to use in conveying Trigger. Immediately they left, i bundled trigger into the vehicle and as I got in, i found Alice in the back seat, apparently they had found her and brought her to me…….. She was fast asleep!!!… A strange wave of fulfilment hit me as I got in the car and drove off……
I hadn’t felt so impressed with myself before, not at all.
We hadn’t driven too far when Trigger started mumbling,”why don’t you just kill me???”…….
”I’ll kill you quite alright but first you have to tell me what you did with my money and Slow”, i retorted with a smile on my face……
”which money??”, he replied,
”you mean the money Slow stole from my safehouse vault, the same money he split with you!!!, the same fu----g money that made me start hunting the both of you”…….
The smile on my face disappeared, Trigger was many things but he was no liar.
I stepped on the brake pedal and the car came to a grinding halt……..
”what the hell are you trying to say???”,
i asked with urgency in my voice……
”don’t pretend you’ve not taken your share of the money we all worked for…… you better kill me cos am gonna make sure you, senator collins and Slow pay for this if you dont!!!”,
he yelled with anger visibly written in his face.. As much as I didn’t want myself to believe it….. Trigger was telling the truth……. He was still speaking when a bullet shattered the car and sent his brains scattered all over the dashboard.
”Trigger!,Trigger!!,Trigger!!!” I yelled…with a sudden rush of adrenaline, i sped off in order to evade the sniper shots..
I felt trigger's neck for a pulse, Trigger was dead!!! Just when I had so many questions to ask.. I didn’t have time to find out who the shooter was. I needed answers and the only other person to give them to me was senator collins…. I zoomed off towards his house and paid no attention to the shots sounding all along the coal tar behind me…. Tears flowed freely from my eyes, Trigger may have died an innocent dude!!!.
Eight minutes later I was barging into the senator’s residence with my two pistols in my hands and tears in my eyes…. barging into his office, what I found took away the whole of my anger….. The senator was choking on his own blood…
I rushed to him, picked him up..
”dont!!!”, he said gurgling as he pressed a tape into my hands…. that was the last moment the senator would ever have as he gave up the ghost!!!…. i was still trying to wrap my mind around the whole situation when my phone rang, i picked!!! it was Shege!!!”
baba so finally na you throw Cigaro overboard”..
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