Chapter 2: Black

I could see Will clench his jaw. "What do you want from me?" He asked in a flat tone.

If he was as scared as I was he sure wasn't letting it show.

"If its money you're after then you can have any price you want, just let us go." He continued monotonously.

The tattooed one chuckled humorlessly "I'm afraid it isn’t that simple pretty boy. The boss plans to deal with you himself. So I'm afraid you and your little friend here have to come with us"

"The boss?" I suddenly spoke up, questioning him uncertainly.

"Yes darling' our boss, Dominic Black." Tattoo-freak replied with a sneer.

I felt my blood run cold.

This couldn't be happening.

No!

Dominic Black was the most dangerous and feared criminal in the country. He practically owned the local Mafia. He was responsible for almost all the criminal activities that took place in the country.

No one had the courage to stand up to him. Those who did ended up disappearing, or dead.

No one had ever tried to stop him, until Mr. Anderson had showed up. He had put many of his thugs behind bars and had managed to stop many of his abhorrent operations. Before Mr. Anderson had stepped up the town had truly been in a miserable state. With criminals running free and fearless on the streets. The crime rate had been critically high. Mr. Anderson had put his life at risk and bought around justice.

That was the main reason the citizen's supported him this much. He was the only person all those evil doers actually feared. Mr. Anderson and my dad had been on Dominic Black's trail since a long time, they knew if they caught him it would mean an end to almost all of the town’s crimes. However, they had never managed to get even close.

Dominic Black was well known and feared for all the inhumane crimes he had committed.

No one had gotten close to him and made it out alive.

Suddenly, I had trouble breathing.

Dominic Black.

I staggered back a little.

Will glanced at me quickly looking concerned.

"Okay, I'll go with you, but you have to let her go. She doesn't have anything to do with this" He said casually but his eyes flashed, betraying his emotions.

Tattoo-freak just snorted. “How very noble of you, but sorry that's not possible. Boss asked to leave no witnesses and to bring in anyone who was accompanying you. So I guess your pretty little friend here is coming with us too" He said, winking at me.

My temper suddenly flared up.

"I'm not going anywhere with you!" I spat out with a burst of courage, tattoo-freak looked taken aback but he recovered his cool expression quickly "We'll see about that," he said stepping forward he still had his gun pointed towards us.

It happened so fast that I hardly caught the blur of motion.

Will lunged forward. In one swift motion he brought his knee up to Tattoo-freak's groin making him double over. Will grabbed his neck into a deadly arm lock with one arm, and with the other he twisted Tattoo-freak's arm backwards.

I held my breath as I saw his gun drop to the ground. Will bent down forcing Tattoo-freak down with him and picked the gun up. He held it against Tattoo-freak's head.

"Let us go or I blow his head off!" Will ordered.

The other four men had their guns trained in Will's direction. I held my breath.

"Let him go." The one who was bald and wearing aviators spoke calmly. "Or we will shoot you."

I could see Tattoo-freak's face turning blue from the arm lock Will held his neck in.

"No you won't." Will said, equally calm “If you had orders to kill me, I'd already be dead. Dominic needs me alive. You're not stupid enough to disobey Dominic Black's orders, I suppose?" He said smirking. "Or are you?" He finished, his tone was challenging, his eyes flashed dangerously.

"Don't flatter yourself. I'm giving you five seconds to let him go or I'll shoot," Baldie warned.

"Go ahead, both of us will pull the trigger together." Will challenged pushing the nozzle closer to Tattoo-freak's temple.

For a moment no one spoke, everyone stood still, guns aimed. The tension was so thick you could have cut it with a knife.

Then suddenly Baldie lowered his gun.

"I see that you're not afraid of death." He said in his calm voice.

Will snorted "I know you can't kill me."

Baldie smiled "You're right we can't kill you. We have to bring you in alive." He admitted ruefully.

Why was he still smiling?

Then suddenly, he turned sideways and pointed his gun straight at my forehead.

"But same rule doesn't apply to her." He said in a serious tone. One by one the other three men also trained their guns in my direction. Baldie continued to speak, "Unless you want her to die I suggest you put the weapon down and surrender."

My whole body was trembling.

I'm going to die. I didn't even get a chance to say goodbye to my dad. I didn't even tell him I loved him for the last time. He doesn't deserve this, he wouldn't be able to take it, not after mom.

I felt hot tears stream down my cheeks I couldn't hold them back anymore. I closed my eyes and waited for the impact of the bullets.

But instead, I heard the sound of something metal dropping. I opened my eyes to see that Will had dropped down his gun. He let go of Tattoo-freak's neck and raised his arms in surrender. Tattoo-freak staggered forward and gasped for air his face was almost purple from the lack of oxygen.

If we weren't in this situation I might have laughed.

"Good boy." Baldie said coldly he still had his gun trained at me.

"Now behave if you want your girlfriend to live." He said through narrowed eyes.

Two of the men grabbed both of Will's arms twisting them backwards, restraining him. Tattoo-freak who had fully recovered by now, walked up to Will and punched him square in the face.

Blood oozed down from Will's lip, which was now clearly torn. A treacherous sob escaped from my mouth, I started to go to him but Baldie made a warning gesture with his gun in my direction, forcing me to stay put. Tattoo-freak punched him again in the stomach. I saw Will wince but he didn't break his glare.

The taller one of the two men restraining him took out a syringe from his jacket pocket and injected it into Will's neck. Will continued to struggle for a while and then his whole body went limp.

My whole body went cold in terror.

"Will! Oh my God Will! You killed him!" I screamed.

Someone grabbed me from behind and I started thrashing around like a wild person scratching and biting. I felt something prick my neck and my eyelids started drooping. I tried to keep my eyes open but I knew my efforts weren't of any use.

Everything went Black.