The Message

Kevin and Bruce both pleaded for their lives as Carlos looked at them with disgust. The two men kneeling in front of him were people he had taken as brothers but their betrayal had just told him that no one was to be trusted in their line of business. Carlos was the leader of an underground ring which sold illegal weapons to terrorist. He and three of his associates ran the Mufasa Cartel. But unfortunately the FBI had been on his trail and he had been forced to lay low for a while, so Carlos had called a meeting and told his associates about the new developments.

Carlos had left immediately the meeting was over but just as his other three associates got prepared to leave the building, a man whose name was Dimitri walked in with a proposal. Dimitri claimed he worked for Fabriski, the only conpetition in the illegal arms business that Carlos had not been able to take care of. Dimitri had come with an offer from Fabriski.

“Name your price and it shall be granted” Dimitri had said to the men before leaving them to think about his offer. Fabriski wanted them to work for him and seeing how Carlos was on the run, it was only but a matter of time before the feds caught up with him.

So the three associates thought about the offer, but what Kevin and Bruce didn’t know was that Eric had gone behind their back and told Carlos about the offer and how the remaining two associates were seriously considering the offer. Carlos had been so furious that he had ordered his men to bring both Bruce and Kevin to one of his warehouses where he would be waiting for them.

And when they were finally brought before him, Carlos had wasted no time in telling them how disappointed he was and how no one was ever going to see them again before ordering his men to put them in his booth while he and his men drove off. Eric stood and watched the whole thing and when he was sure that Carlos was no longer in sight, he quickly brought out his phone and made one phone call.

“It’s done. The two associates have been taken care of. It’s left for you now Dimitri to take Carlos out of the picture” He hung up the phone and got into his car but just as he brought out his keys, he got struck hard on the head and passed out.

By the time Eric regained consciousness, he found himself tied to a chair with Carlos sitting in front of him and staring at him. Eric was about asking why he was tied to a chair when Dimitri came out of the shadows, along with Kevin and Bruce.

“I’m sure by now you already know what’s going on but just in case you don’t, here’s a summary” Carlos continued. “I was having some doubts about the loyalty of the three of you to me, so I decided to send an old friend of mine to go pose as a messenger from Fabriski. I knew someone was going to betray me Eric, but I never thought it was going to you” Carlos finished and got up. He brought out a pistol he concealed the whole time and slowly placed a silencer on it.

“Wa..wait wait wait. I swear I can exp..” was all Eric was able to say before Carlos sent a bullet straight into his head.

He tossed the gun at one of his guys and motioned for them to take care of the body. All he wanted to do was to pass a message to anyone thinking of betraying him and he had done just that.

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