Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
And it was not surprising. While in the middle of discreet missions, all phones are turned off in order not to give their position to the enemy and avoid distraction at the same time.
“Send another team after him immediately!” Lukas ordered, getting up to his feet with no care for the pain. He was beginning to feel better even though the drug hadn’t fully kicked in. This was more important, he couldn’t lose his cousin, Victor.
Suspecting that Richardo might pull off a trick like this, he sent Victor and his team on a mission to track him down in his home and destroy him and everything precious to him – the warehouse he stored his drugs. But that was until this happened and he got news of the Bratva’s involvement. Now, Lukas could only pray that it wasn’t too late.
Going After Richardo
Everything had been going well for Victor until…
“I just got reports from the other team, the mission is accomplished,” The caporegime informed him.
While the underboss should have taken up this mission, Lukas had considered Adele’s condition, and Victor decided to go instead. He was more than just a consigliere, a soldier that Lukas trusted with his life.
Moreover, there was no way he could sit at home and continue with the title of an advisor while the others catch all the fun. His abilities would get rustic and he wanted to feel the thrill of the hunt again. Victor was oddly invested in Richardo and if there was anyone that would get him, that would be him.
So he picked the best caporegime from all the divisions and formed two teams. While Lukas would deal with the exchange, he would make sure that Richardo has no life to return to – if he does escape from the negotiation alive.
The first team’s duty was to burn down Richardo’s drug house and they already located the warehouse where the drugs were being stored. They would leave no man alive while burning the warehouse to the ground. And now that it was done, the second phase of the plan has begun.
The blood bath.
Victor and his batch of soldiers were currently hiding outside Richardo’s residence and were waiting for his order to move. Lukas’s order was to leave no man alive, except for children and women. His cousin worked with that code of conduct and every member of his organization worked with that.
Before they parted ways, Lukas already expressed his doubt about Richardo showing up at the depot tonight and if that was the case, it was up to him – Victor – to deal with the bastard. And he was determined to see this to the end. Anyone that dared lay a hand on his loved ones would meet the wrath of his bullet.
…..
Hence, the instant Victor gave the order, they set to work immediately. The soldiers worked as a team, with two of them lifting their partner enough for him to climb over the large fence and get down to the other side.
Then they waited outside patiently and in no time, a muffled gunshot and a man’s grunt were heard and the next, the gate was opened for them. They all got inside, careful not to get caught by the surveillance camera.
The operation was meant to be stealthy and quick and thanks to the cover of the night they were able to infiltrate Richardo’s residence. But then, it was not long before one of Richardo’s men on patrol found one of the bodies and raised the alarm. They were under attack!
“We have been discovered!” Victor warned his team to be watchful. And thus, a shootout between both sides began.
Before they set out on this mission, he and Lukas had planned everything out carefully. Taking into consideration the number of Richardo’s men and the obstacles they were likely to experience on the way. Hence, it didn’t make sense to Victor when they got outnumbered.
“Quick! We have to retreat!” Victor announced when they came after a heavy fire. Whatever Richardo did, it was obvious that he had outside help and the guys were brutal and skilled, unlike Richardo’s sleazy men they took out earlier.
They would not win at this rate, not to mention they had no idea what, or rather who they were dealing with. As much as Victor was eager to destroy Richardo, he also knew when to give up on a losing battle, and right now, this was one of them. They had no reinforcements who could back them up and perhaps then they would have a winning chance.
“Retreat now! I said, retreat!” Victor shouted at the top of his lungs and watched with horror as his people fell one after the other. They were being surrounded and if they didn’t leave right now, this place would be their burial ground – and he wasn’t ready to die in the enemy’s land. He had his pregnant fiancé to return to.
He grabbed the capegrim and was about to drag him away when a bullet hit him and the breath was knocked out of his lungs. Although he wore a bulletproof jacket inside, he still felt the impact from the projectile and it hurt as shit.
Victor fell to the ground, but that didn’t stop him from picking up his gun and shooting at the bastard that got him.
“Victor!” It finally dawned on the Caporegrim at that moment and he reached out and pulled Victor from the heavy gunfire, the both of them taking cover behind one of the pillars in the foyer.
“I couldn’t even get an inch to Richardo,” Victor hissed, his breathing ragged as he held onto his side where he was shot.
“We will get him another time, we just have to make it out of here now. We don’t have many people left.” The caporegime
“Fine, you have my back, I have yours.” Victor gave out instructions and started a countdown.
At the count of three, they both stepped out, taking out the targets they already spotted from their hiding place. It was tough but both of them made it out of there, along with some of their men. And things seemed to be going well for them until Victor somehow looked through the chaos and spotted him.
Richardo!
And he was being flanked by two men who were hurriedly leading him to a car parked on the lawn.
“I see him! I’m going after him!”
“No, Victor!”
The caporegime tried to stop him but it was too late, Victor already took off. So he had no choice but to follow after him too.
“Richardo!” Victor shouted, pulling the trigger at him from that distance, but he felt the hot pain sear into his flesh instead.
His world reeled and the night sky was the last thing he saw before his eyes closed.
Lukas Needs Your Help
It was way past the time Rhea usually slept but she could not catch a wink. How could she when Lukas could be dying out there and she has no idea?
It didn’t help the fact that Victor’s line couldn’t be accessed either and that means two best friends worrying over their loved ones. The both of them knew deep down that wherever Lukas was, Victor was sure to follow. In one word, the both of them paced up and down the room in worry.
The least people Rhea was attracted to were military men because of the risk that comes with their occupation. Imagine the heartbreak that comes with hearing bad news like him dying while executing his duty. But then, who knew in the end that she wouldn’t even date one and yet worry endlessly about another man that wasn’t part of the military.
Instead, he was part of the Mafia and she still got tangled up in the same situation she dreaded. What Rhea feared the most finally caught up to her. Hence, it came as a huge relief to her when her phone finally rang and she looked down to discover that it was Lukas.
A breath away from answering the call, Rhea halted, her finger hovering over the accept button. What if this wasn’t Lukas, rather another person was calling to give her the bad news. Her breath quickened and cold sweat formed on her face. Rhea wasn’t sure that she was ready to face that. For Christ fucking sake, he promised that he was going to come back alive.
“Who is it?” Mimi came to her side, staring at the screen. She was on tenterhooks as well, waiting for news on Victor.
“Lukas?” Her hopes grew and before Rhea could even think of answering, Mimi already snatched the phone from her..
“Mimi, no -!”
However, Mimi didn’t look back and picked the call at once, saying, “Hello?”
…..
Rhea gulped, licking her lower lips as she waited for the news from her best friend. Perhaps, it was better if Mimi told her instead of hearing it first hand..
“Okay,” Mimi said, and pulled the phone from her ear.
“It’s Lukas,” She handed the phone to her and Rhea released the breath that she had been holding in all the while. He was okay. Lukas was safe. She had nothing to worry about.