[CALDOR'S DISTRICT. BELMONT CITY]
Damon and Zane had arrived in Belmont City two days ago. They had learnt that the city is divided into districts, and each district is controlled by a gang boss. Damon and Zane had chosen to stay in lowest district; Caldor's district. Caldor had just recently come into power after overthrowing the previous gang boss, and thus, a lot of his people were either dead or joined another gang. With not enough men to handle the day-to-day activities in his newly acquired territory, other gangs saw it as an opportunity to grab parts of the territory for themselves.. leaving Caldor very little.
"Boss, what do you suggest we do now?" Zane asked Damon who was seated on a tattered couch.
"We build up a reputation and a gang of our own." Damon responded.
"With just the two of us? How? And besides, we're new in the city, how are we to recruit members? And who in their right mind will want to join force with us?" Zane asked with an incredulous expression.
"Who said anything about recruitment?" Damon said with a devious smile. "Come on, let's go meet this Caldor, it's time he hands over his reign to a true lord." Damon said as he stood up from the couch. The moment he stepped foot into Belmont City, he already formulated a plan; swallow up every gang in Belmont City, build up a Mafia group, and go on all-out war against the Dragon's Head Mafia. For someone else, this might be impossible considering there's tens of gangs in Belmont City, but for Damon, it was easy. Those who accept will join him, those who refused.. well, they become XP and money to help him ascend. Frankly, he preferred the latter.
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To further understand the nature of Belmont City, one needs to either witness the lives or live inside Favela, Brazil, or even watch the movie; B-13.. for in Belmont City, everyone belonged to a gang.. even kids owned handguns and were not afraid to use them when the need arise.
Damon and Zane had met a kid and told him they wanted to meet with the gang boss, Caldor. After getting a hundred dollar bill from Damon, the kid agreed to take them to Caldor's official residential building; a two storey building that seemed like it's seen its own share of worse days. Standing guard outside the building were two burly men, armed with Uzi semi-automatics. The boy approached them, whispered something to them and pointed at Damon and Zane. The guards gestured to Damon to come forward. Damon complied.
"You want to meet with Boss?" One of them said, he had a scar on his face that gave him a menacing look.
"Yes, I have something that'll interest him." Damon said.
"Pay toll fee, only then you enter." The man said with a crooked smile.. it was clear there was no such thing as a toll fee. His greed must have surfaced after seeing that Damon was dressed in a fancy suit.
"Here, but make no mistake, I'll be collecting much more than this from you soon." Damon said and handed him a couple hundred dollar bills.
"Now you go inside. Wakeem here will lead you to Boss Caldor." The man said and pointed to his partner who stood beside him.
Following behind Damon, Zane was fidgeting. He had heard stories of this city and how ruthless their gangs are; there was once a story of a gang boss who fed on his underlings just to get by.
'What if they're leading us to a slaughterhouse instead?' Zane thought to himself.
"Boss, why do we need to this again? We're better off fighting against the Dragon's Head group on our own than being here." Zane whispered to Damon.
"Revenge will come in its due time.. as I am now, I'll be biting more than I can chew if I go against my enemies, so it's best to take baby steps than to run on crutches. I'll make use of this time become strong, stronger and more powerful than I was during my time as the lord of Dragon's Head Mafia group.. and for that, I'll need this goons, whether they decide to serve me or get killed by me, it'll benefit me either way." Damon said. Zane couldn't even understand what he meant, but still, he could pick a few things, and thus he nodded in understand.
"Wait here. I tell boss Caldor you want him. If he approves, you come in." The man, Wakeem said. They were standing in front of an iron plated door.
"Paranoid much?" Zane said.
"It's to be expected from an ursuper." Damon answered. A minute later, the door opened again and Wakeem came out, he told them that Caldor will meet with them. Damon and Zane followed him inside. The room looked well furnished compared to what they've seen in Belmont City. Seated on an office chair was a lean man with a well trimmed mustache. On the table in front of him was a powdered substance which he occasionally sniffed on.
"So, my boy told me you gringoes have something that will benefit me." Caldor said.
"Of course. What I'm about to give you is a once in a lifetime opportunity." Damon replied.
"Well, out with this then, I don't like being kept in suspense." Caldor said, his tone suggested impatience.
"Serve me and you can rule much more than this measly territory of yours, or die by my hands and help in my ascension. The choice is yours." Damon said with a straight face.
*Pin drop silence.*
HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA!!!
Every single person inside the room burst into laughter, it was as if they've just heard the greatest joke of all time.
'Yeah, I laughed at first too.' Zane thought to himself. He alone knew Damon wasn't joking.. Damon's ferocity was still fresh in his mind, and that had kept him in line ever since.
"So, what will it be?" Damon asked Caldor.
"Gringo, you must have lost your nuts when you walked inside here. No matter, I will correct that." Caldor said, and then turned to Wakeem. "Send them to butcher, it seems we're having meat tonight." Caldor said with a sinister smile.
'I KNEW IT! THOSE STORIES WERE TRUE!' Zane screamed in his mind. He was about to become chowder for this fuckheads. "Wait, where's Boss Damon?" Zane thought aloud.
THUD!
Everyone turned to the sound.. lying on the floor in a pool of his own blood was Wakeem. There was big hole on his chest area. Standing beside him was Damon with a bloodied hand, he seemed to be holding something that kept pulsating..
"A-a h-h-heart!" Zane shouted. How strong does one need to be to be able to pull something like this!!??
"It seems I made a mistake, and it seems you've made your choice, so, the second option it is then." Damon said, and Zane could swear he saw Damon's eyes flicker with red hue.
"Become a building block to my ascension."