the mallet of justice part I

Rig wakes up in a hospital. he can barely speak or move. he sees a nurse whom tells him that he was shot by the people whom attacked him. then Rig sees a Detective with his father entering in the room.

Rigoberto's father tells him that he might go to jail. this is a hard working man. a person who has worked hard all his life to bring food to the table. a man who teaches his kids about god and love. he feels like he commit a mistake.

the father knows that his son killed on self defense. he refuses to see anything evil on his sweet boy. he refuses to believe that Rig is capable of evil. the father leaves.

the Detective interrogates him. Rig asks about his brother Amado. the Detective tells him that he haven't woke up jet. the detective is writing on a notebook. he doesn't want to do anything with this case. he knew that Jack was responsible for killing his dad.

the detective scratches his beard. another man enters on the room with Rig's father. the other detective is different. while no body cared on this town about Jack. or better said they all always wished for his death. the other detective wants to know the truth.

Detective Williams comes from the city. he is a man who loves his job. he is passionate for justice. he doubts of Rig's innocent facade.

Detective Williams is about 6'2. he has a muscular body. it is partly hidden by his jacket and t-shirt that are a size larger. he has a businessman's type of cut and hairstyle. his hair is bright black with some white hairs. he has a light beard. he is on his 50's.

Rig's father and the other detective leave the room. Detective Williams asks some simple questions. Rigoberto answers 'honestly.' Williams leaves sure of something. Rigoberto is no white dove.

.....

a month later.

Rigoberto is in front of the jury. he is looking at them pretending to be the victim. a private lawyer, Kyle Jones is trying to prove that he is innocent. that he was the victim, he did what he needed to do in order to survive at the hands of those criminals.

Rig walks in front of everyone. he is about to give his testimony. he clears his throat and with teary eyes. he makes sure that everyone's eyes are on him.

"one of those man was the one who attacked my brother and almost killed him, I saw it all, it was horrible. that day my brother told dad that he was accepted in college. the one of his dreams and I was so happy for him... we were going to celebrate so I invited him to a nice place to celebrate.... he was just walking listening to Beethoven, or was it Mozart?...."

Rig he makes a breve pause. he looks at all the eyes on him. he hides a small smile. it is pleasant to be witness of how easy he can manipulate others.

"....the point is that he was walking without doing any harm to others, when that man came out of nowhere from a deep darkness. he went directly after my brother. that hideous animal in need of the smallest provocation, that man exploded yielding at him. Amado answered nicely to him. but he was attack by that man...."

Rig makes another breve pause. he fakes a sad face. false tears falling from his face. he looks at the audience, as he starts to cry loud. loud enough to be heard by all, but not too loud. loud, but without sounding fake, nor forced.

"....since then my brother haven't woke up. I call the cops to report the tragedy, I told them everything... not satisfied with the pain he cause to our home. he comes for more.... in despair I did what any citizen has to do in order to protect myself. what would you do if they came to kill you?... yes you didn't heard wrong. they came to kill me."

Rig tries to clean his tears. as he cries in pain, or is he really crying? the whole court is in silence and moved by his tragic story. while he tries to contain a smile after being able to fool everyone in there. there are many eye witnesses testifying how Rig was the real victim trying to escape from Jack.

also there were witnesses of Jack's insane behavior. of how Jack has committed many crimes in moments of anger. the longer the case was, the more Rig was proven to be the real victim. but that wasn't enough to say it was self defense. when he brutally killed three men.

midway in the case the lawyer explains to Rig how he can't save him from jail. Rig asks him how many years is he going to do in jail. Kyle tells him that it might be between ten and twenty years.

Rig smiles feeling like he has won. he doesn't really care if he goes to jail. he asks to his lawyer to do anything possible to get him the shortest sentence possible.

....

after two months the case was over. Rig was sentenced to ten years in prison. just as he expected he was taken to the same prison in which Kenneth Robbins is king.

in the county jail they finally meet Kenneth and Rig. face to face, but if you think this was going to be a story about a personal vendetta from a father. guess twice because you are wrong. the reason why Mr. Kenneth was actually interested in meeting him was to admit him into his crew as a lackey.

yes Jack's father actually admired the balls of the guy who killed his son. he wanted Rig inside of his gang. this was a unique opportunity.

Rig knew that he needed of allies if he wanted to survived in prison. the fact that someone offered him an opportunity, it only meant one thing. that this was his once in a lifetime opportunity. that he needed to accept and he did it.

he was part of this prison. if anyone did as little as to look in the way of the boss. at midnight that person would be found bleeding in the corridors, people started to fear Rig and they even had a nickname for him. they called him "the reaper of midnight."

the crew was big enough to defend themselves from the other gangs in prison. Rig was the right hand of Kenneth, whom was working for a stronger man named Terry Davis. a bold guy with muscles, a huge gray mustache, a man in his late fifties. but make no mistake that man is another beast on this prison.

in those days Rig used to do as he was told, to avoid any conflict. he also loved to make his victims bleed and suffer in agony. this world in which he has found himself stuck wasn't a peaceful place.

those whom are weak fall first. those whom are alone fall after the weak ones. all that matters is being strong and having allies at your side. the prison's director is Roy Wilson, he is a man with a strong sense of justice.

Mr Wilson is a sadistic bastard who doesn't believe in the word mercy. more than one prisoner has gone against his method of doing things. then they had ended up either broken in soul, or in body. or on a body bag.

there are many gangs in this prison. but the strongest of all is the 'Fierro' gang. which has been in an eternal fight with the 'bloody bastards.' the gang in which Rig is right now. the ones in control of the "Fierro" gang inside of prison are Carl Garcia and Austin Brown, two lackeys of Tiziano Fierro.

after six months in prison Rig receives a visit from the judge Henry Stevens whom makes him an offer. to reduce his sentence in exchange for the help of mister Mendez helping the image of the judge with the Latinos and Rig refuses to accept the deal. the judge leaves angry and Rig thinks about his brother Amado and he is curious in knowing how is he doing. by the way in this county Rig's father is a quite an influential man with recognition in the zone for the help he has given not just to the Latino community but to everyone in need of help.

at night Rig is alone with Kenneth. they are in silence playing poker. they keep playing in silence for a while.

"are you really not going to accept the help of that judge?"

"why would I need it? after all I am fine in here."

"don't you want to be free?"

"there is something that I wish to know. why are you so nice towards me? I know that he was your son. and you know that I am his killer. but you don't seem to be interested in having revenge. nor I see hate in your eyes."

"he was a man who didn't know of patients nor limits. he made many enemies in his short life. so his death was inevitable at the hands of someone in search of vengeance. now I wish to know if he suffer at all."

"don't worry he didn't suffer at all. it was painless and fast."

"thanks boy for that information. at least I can know that my boy didn't suffer."

of course Kenneth knew he was lying, because he saw the news. he knows that his son was on pieces when they cleaned his body from the streets. but at least he can try to believe in that lie. because the truth is too painful so he decides to accept the lie.

Rig doesn't care to be honest. he is just trying to enjoy the game. after a while he leaves, he is going to his cell. Rig thinks about his father for a moment. his father was so heart broken the last time he saw him. he was on tears. a man he never saw cried before.

Rig sees Randy Lopez in front of him. Randy is another member of the gang. a creepy guy to be honest. there are many rumors about how fucked up of the head Randy is. but because those are rumors. it is hard to know what is true, or what is false.

"mi amigo. el gran hombre bestial del que todos hablan, sera cierto o sera mentira. let the man of the legend to speak for himself."

"are you trying to use the we are Latinos card? the we are supposed to be united for some skin color and last names? guess what, bullshit. now tell me what do you really want?"

Randy smirks. he is glad for there to be a gutsy guy. someone capable to have some balls to speak like that to him. he walks towards Rig.

"oh no Rigoberto, this is not about that. let's just say that I have plans for us. those plans includes a bright tomorrow."

Randy sees no emotion in Rig's face. he isn't sure if he should kill him, or turned him into one of his henchmen. he seems like the right kind of friend. Randy leaves whistling in a creepy way.

Rig enters in his cell. his roommate gives him some money. Rig goes to his bed. before he sleeps his roommate starts to talk.

Rig ignores him thinking about his new life in prison. he likes it, the thing that he likes the most is the fact that he has never had the fun that he is having now. Rig asks the other guy why was he in there. he seems to be a perfectly normal human.

the roommate said he stole to have enough money to bring food to his siblings. there was some innocence on his eyes. he was either too naive, or too stupid. for Rig that was a stupid reason to be in there.

"well you seem to be a good guy after all. if you want I can help you to get out of here. I may know a man with some power in here."

there is some awkward silence. the eyes of the cellmate are bright. there is some light called hope on his eyes. he smiles innocently to Rig.

"by the way which is your name?"

"Jordan Rogers."

"well I believe there is so much that the both of us can do together. I mean, if we work on the same side."

.....

the next day Rig calls judge Henry Stevens. the reason behind the call is simple, it is to make a deal with him. the judge loved that idea. he agrees to see him later. as soon as the call ends Rig sighs. he is really disgusted by the judge's personality.

Rig goes to talk with Kenneth. he asks him what is he going to do now. Rig looks at a wall for a moment. at times he feels uncomfortable with Kenneth's presence. it is hard to forget about the lives you took, when their father is in front of you.

Rig isn't capable of feeling guilt. the court was a game to him. he never took anything serious after that day. it is just hard to see Kenneth's face. at any moment Kenneth can decide to take vengeance with his own hands. the word vendetta exist for a reason.

"well I have two people to kill on this prison before I leave, don't I? I will clean this prison from the Fierro gang. then I will walk free from here."

"how are you supposed to do this?"

Rig keeps looking at the wall. on his face there is drawn a creepy smile. he knows what Kenneth is about to ask from him. he likes that idea. if there is anything that he likes, is to take others down. especially those who are stronger than him.

"before any of this happen, I was normal. calm. at peace. but now I feel all this anger. I can feel all this rage. I need to unleashed it. maybe I am actually a beats, am I not?"

"I don't know about beast. but I know that there is balance on the world. for every wild animal that is unleash, there is a bigger animal. for every rabid beast, there is a hunter. my point is simple, don't let any of that affect you. don't forget the bigger monsters."

Kenneth walks away. Rig is left alone. he stops to think about Kenneth's words. Rig may be a savage, rabid beast at times. but he is smart enough to stop to think. it is good to have some wisdom on your head. at least on a place like the on in which he is standing.

there are many stronger people in here. there are some smarter people in here. but to take someone down. or to protect yourself. one of those things isn't enough. he needs of both things. he thinks about his first kill.

those three guys were stronger than him. but he was smart enough to survive. it was for his brains and not strength that he is alive. he thinks deeply about Kenneth's words. Rig starts to laugh on a super creepy way. his laughter becomes louder.

"if I wish to survive the rest of the years that I lave left to live inside this place. I must change my way of acting. I must change my way of thinking. since now I will be a better beast. I will pretend to be tamed. just for show. just for now. just for now."