Chapter 29: Chased by the Past

It was pitch black. Several supply trucks in proper arrangement were driving outside the town. It was Lucas trucks and his red jackets were escorting them.

It was a muddy track and they were driving slow. The location had no population as it was a secret passage in the woods.

Leading truck stopped suddenly due to a fallen tree in the track. The driver jumped out for the check. He approached the fallen tree. He acknowledged that it was cut recently as it's leaves were green full of life and it's bark was fresh.

He was still observing the tree when they heard a gunshot and the bullet made a whole in his skull.

"Ambush!!!!" One of the red jacket cried as he took cover behind one of the truck. Some of the rebels appeared from the wood raining bullets on them. Red jackets didn't had time to react as they never expected that.

Red jackets didn't last for much longer as the rebels came prepared. Soon they were brutally killed.

"All clear!!!" One of the rebel confirmed. He looked pretty rough.

"That's good!!" A man approached to the leading truck wearing black jacket. He was Joe. His hairs were long and he looked pretty rough. The time had gone when they shined like a penny charming dressed clean.

He was wearing something that resembles like a gillie suit as he had to disguise himself for the ambush.

He walked towards the trunk in the mud when his sight caught a red jacket gasping. He was stained in blood and was bleeding. Joe giggled at him.

He stares at Joe in fear. Joe knelt down holding his Magnum.

"This red jacket can't hides your blood!! Tell you master to try something different!!" He forced his Magnum inside his mouth and Bang!! He blowed his complete face brutally.

"Hurry up!! We have to clean all this!!" He yelled walking toward the trunk to check the supplies.

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Lucas had renovated Di Vinci's room with even more luxurious. The villa was furnished red, even every room with red carpeted.

He was in his bedroom kissing a call girl. She had figurative body and slim waist. They were completly nude kissing and cuddling.

The girl pushed him gently and tried get on top of him. Suddenly he stretched her hairs violently. She screamed and he wiped her aside from her hairs.

"No one is superior over me!! Do what you are here for" he answered softly with anger.

Suddenly a red jacket knocked at the door.

He took a deep breath irritatingly.

"What the fuck!! Don't you see I am busy"

"It's important!!" Red jacket answered in fear standing outside.

Lucas covered his body with a shawl and opened the door while the girl lying nude on the bed.

"Sir!! Someone looted our supply truck killing all our men!!"

"Motherfuckera!!" He mummered angrily.

"Find Duke and tell him to search for the motherfuckers!!" He guided the red jacket as he left.

Lucas closed the door. He was going extremly hard on that girl like she was paying the price for his loss. She was screaming in pain while lucas panting and getting harder and harder.

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Country side highlighted the innocence of nature quite well and that's what Farhan needed the most at that time.

It was a sunny morning and the weather was good. Gentle wind was blowing giving pleasure.

Farhan was walking in a green never ending field with cows and goats grazing nearby. The tips of the long grass were dancing by the wind as he was enjoying the dappled sunlight. His hairs were waving by the wind.

He had stuck a flower behind his ear and holding a cigarette between his lips. He was wearing a transparent unbuttoned shirt from which his wound could be seen clearly. The wound was almost recovered with just scars left.

He was walking slowly enjoying everything when Jessica greeted him from behind:

"How are you feeling?"

"Quite blessed!!" He answered while puffing the cigarette.

She held his hand as she accompanied him.

"The wound looks good!"

"Yes, except the scar which is permanent"

"It will remind me of my past!!" He answered irritatingly as he puffed the cigarette.

"You know I hate smoking!! You should get rid of it also!" She answered irritatingly as she hates the smell of smoke.

Farhan giggled.

"It helps me to recover! I should atleast keep this to remember my past!! It is something that reminds me of my past and all those blunders"

"You should forget all of them" she adviced him politely.

"How pure and innocent the nature is!! World can be a better place if we change our perspective!" He exhaled the smoke while raising her hand up towards the sky looking at the eye catching scenario.

She chuckled in shyness.

"Breakfast's ready!! Let's eat" she walked back towards the house from the field as he answered her.

"Coming!! Behind you let me finish it"

His dialed jimmy.

"Hey bro!! Where are you busy nowadays!!! Can't see you around!!" He aske politely.

"I am a bit busy!" Jimmy told him.

"But where? Since when you got busy"

"Nothing!! I will visit you when I finish the job" he assured him.

"Okay! I will be waiting for you. Meet me once you get free" farhan answered softly.

"Don't worry!! Catch you later!"

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She walked back to the house between the tall grass as he looked at her smiling until she went inside. Then his eye caught a lamb.

He approached it and knelt down. His wool was like a cotton soft and fluffy as he rubbed his hand on it gently. It's body was very soft and he looked very innocent.

He was loving and caring the lamb and was completly dissolved in it's innocence. He was feeling very relaxed until he heard Jessica

"Farhan!!!!" She called him far at the house door waving at him.

"Yeah!! Coming!!"

He approached her as she waited outside for him.

"Some wants to meet you!! He is on the breakfast table!" She told him.

He was a bit tense so he walked inside to acknowledge.

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Joe was waiting for him with his head down. He stood up and forward his hand for a handshake giving him a smile.

Farhan ignored him and sat in front of him. He was stranded to see Joe at his place.

"How did you find me?" He asked tensely.

"Through connections!! The town has changed, we need you" Joe asked him politely.

"For what?" Farhan was tensed by his request.

"We have almost gathered an army against Lucas and Eric. We have everything ready, We just need you" he assured him.

"But why me? I can't help you"

"Look!! You were the finest of all of us!! You can lead us better than anyone. It's time for payback!" Joe was very confident.

Jessica stared at Farhan worriedly.

Farhan stood up taking a long breath.

"No, Joe I have left all that shit. I am at peace and that all I always wanted" he told him politely.

"But you vowed!! Don't betray us!"

"Listen to me Joe!! Di Vinci is dead. It was our horrible past and the worst blunder I could ever make. If you will try to fix the pieces of past!! You will pierce your finger!!"

Joe stood up curiously.

"Since when you got afraid of your death!! Where is that fearless Farhan" Joe tried to convince him.

"I was a fool Joe so are you. Di Vinci always used us. He chose us because we had nothing to loose"

"Joe I am at peace. My life is getting better everyday. Don't drag me back there!"

Joe took a long breath tensely. He pulled his golden Magnum which he had lost a long time ago. He placed it on the table.

Farhan was shocked to see his Magnum.

"Try to remember your honor and pride. You were never a coward. Farhan which I knew was fearless and bold"

Farhan didn't speak a word. He was thinking deeply.

"We are gonna attack Eric today at the campaign. It is our only chance"

Farhan looked at the shining golden Magnum.

"Just in case if you change your decision. Try to remember who you are. WE WERE ONCE A FAMILY. You were once praised in the family. We supported you when no one stood by your side and Now the family needs you!!"

Joe started walking towards the door leaving the Magnum behind for him. Farhan stood up but joe continued.

"Don't do this Joe. Leave all this shit, Try to I've with all that is left. You will find peace!!!"

Joe turned around angrily. He was red with anger.

"Is this what you called peace!! How can you sleep at night. Doesn't it irritates you what they did to all of us!! Hiding like a fucking rat!!" Joe opened the door and started walking towards his car.

"I will never forget what you did to Edgar. You stabbed him in his back. Family is on the Edge of the knife because you hid there like a coward when we needed you the most"

Farhan stood at the door tensely. He knew that this act will involve him also. He didn't wanted to return back to that life at any cost.

"Don't do this Joe!! You are fucking dragging us all back in that hell!! I hated that life!! I was never happy"

"Be a man Like Di Vinci. He faced his death with honor and you are hiding here to lure your death!!! It is your nature who you are and you can never change that" Joe gibed at him.

"I love this life and I won't kill anyone anymore even if I have to hide for my whole fucking life!! Joe!!" He yelled at joe standing at the door.

Joe just ignored him and jumped into his car. He ignite the engine and waved at him.

"Don't worry! No one will find out you are hiding like a rat in this hole!" He drifted away.

Farhan closed the door in a bang. He was red with anger. He punched the table and slides everything on the table in anger. Everything shattered into bits and pieces.

Jessica hugged him trying to soothe him.

"They are gonna fuck everything!! I don't wanna live that life again!! They are dragging me back in there" He told her emotionally.

"Don't worry nothing is gonna happen!! Just relax!"

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Duke was at Perce's completly stoned and still having more. He was deep in his thoughts. He was uptown something.

His phone rang. He stared at the phone placed on the table next to him vibrating continuously. He was unstable at that moment unable to digest his disgrace.

He grabbed the phone and threw it. The phone shattered the window as he yelled. People stood up staring at him. Everyone started whispering annoyingly.

The waiter rushed to him.

"Sir, are you all right?" He asked worriedly.

Duke grabbed him from the collar and juggled him without saying anything staring him in the eyes.

"Grab some booze!" He answered in a stone voice.

"But!! Sirr"and before could continue Duke pullef his pistol and fired up. The crowd scattered and started to rush out of the Perce's.

Waiter shook his head quivering. He sat down again all alone.

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Downtown was crowded. People was marching and shouting carrying play cards. Eric was delivering his potent speech in a park with enormous crowd cheering him up.

Security was highly alert. Red jackets were also roaming in the crowd to prevent any kind of assasination as Lucas had promised him.

He was standing on a high stage with Fostor and some bodyguards with bluetooth devices in their ears and radio sets in their hands.

Eric was trying to gain their trust for his mayor seat. Fostor was standing next to him observing the crowd.

Suddenly his radio set beeped.

"Yes, what is it!"

"Sir, some movement in the streets!"

"Send a team!! Be prepared"

He got close to Eric.

"I think we should leave" he spoke softly in his ear.

Eric looked at him.

"We can't take any risk!" He alarmed him.

"Don't worry, it must be a roit. They can't stop me! I have to convince them at any cost" Eric continued his speech.

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Police vehicle reached the streets. Their pistol were out if their holsters as they slowly started to examine the area.

When suddenly the rebels rained bullets on them. It was a gun fight in the streets. 2 of the officers were dead at the spot while one shot in the leg panting behind the cover.

"Fuck!!! Fuck!!!" The other one yelled.

He was taking cover far behind a wall.

Rebels were closing in on them from the narrow street.

"Are you okay!!" He inquired the wounded one.

"Call the backup!! Now" he was grunting in pain.

"Need backup in the streets!! It's an ambush!" He yelled at the radio set.

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Joe entered the crowd along Jimmy and few of his men. They struggled forward towards the stage. They had hid their Magnums under their belts.

The man rushed down from the stage interacting with radio set without creating any panic. The crowd was hooting very loud.

Fostor insisted Eric to leave.

"We have to go! Our team is taking heavy fire in the streets"

Eric looked at him worriedly.

"But" and before Eric could continue

"It can be distraction Eric" he alarmed him.

Until the crowd started to hit him with rotten eggs and tomatoes.

He embraced behind the rack to protect himself. It was clear the he was disliked and it was impossible for him to secure the mayor seat.

Jimmy along with Joe ended up at the front. Jimmy was gasping as he took out his Magnum and pointed it at the stage with his hands shaking.

Fostor was busy dodging the eggs and tomatoes. Eric knew that he can't continue his speech further so he started to move away from the rack with his head down in embarrassment.

Fostor tried to cover Eric as he was walking while Jimmy pointing at Eric. And before he could shoot him Farhan tried to disrupt his aim but he fired!!! The bullet hit his arm and he fell down. The guards jumped on Eric to protect him.

Fostor tookout his pistol but the crowd was scattered screaming and running for their lives. They had disappeared in the crowd.

"Jam the fucking exits! They should not get away from the downtown!!" He yelled in the radio set but he knew that it was not easy to spot them in the crowd.

Eric was escorted safely to his vehicles while his arm bleeding aided by his guards.

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Joe and his men fled away leaving Jimmy as he was lost in the crowd. Joe failed to kill him.

His phone rang.

"What the fuck happened?" Murray who was opposition candidate for the mayor seat yelled tensely.

"Our boy missed the shot" Joe answered worriedly as sweat journeying from his forehead while they were driving outside the downtown to their hideout holding their weapons in their hands completly prepared.

"Fuck!!! Fuckkkkk, I gave you only one fucking job, JOE"

"How the fuck did he missed?"

"I don't know. It was an enormous crowd"

"Where are you now?" Murray was stranded.

"We are out of the downtown. Don't worry" he assured him.

"What about the others"

"We lost contact with them. They didn't appeared at the rendezvous" Joe was scared as hell.

"If they find out that we were behind the attack, We are ruined" he confessed.

"Don't worry, it's never gonna happen" Joe tried to satisfy him but he knew things were out of their control.

Joe glanced back to check if someone was following them or not.

"Drive faster!!! And try to contact them. Motherfuckers" Joe mummered to himself.

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The downtown was closed and they were checking every vehicle. They didn't got a chance to escape out of the downtown.

Farhan was in his house where he used to live with his family. It wasn't sold yet and he thought it was the best place to hide at that time.

The lights were out and dust lying on the furniture. He dragged Jimmy holding his arms upstairs in his room.

He throwed him to his bed while jimmy was gasping holding the Magnum. He closed the door with a bang red with anger.

"You fool!! You know what you have done?" He yelled in anger.

Jimmy couldn't speak a word. He was gasping and tensed.

"I tried so hard to get the fuck out of that but you dragged me back!!" Farhan was tensed and yelling at him.

"You don't know anything" Jimmy struggled with his voice trying to stand up.

Farhan gave him a weird look as he was trying to understand what his intentions were.

"You don't know what you have done? Why the fuck will you do that?" He started punching the wall.

"You never understood me! You are a fucking maniac" Joe answered him.

Jimmy prevented his eye contact and tried to open the door.

Farhan grabbed him from his shirt forcefully and pushed him to the wall.

"You have involved us all. They are gonna fucking suspect me" Farhan tried to keep his voice as low as possible.

"Leave me alone!! You know nothing"

"So that was the fucking job you were busy in. That was why the fuck you didn't visited me. I was a fool believing you"

"I saved your life once don't forget!" He reminded Farhan.

"I can take care of myself!!! Don't try to babysit me" Jimmy told him.

Farhan roamed around the room due to enzity as he was stressed by his act.

"You shot the fucking mayor!! You have risked our lives" Farhan answered him.

He freed himself from Farhan.

"You are only fucking worried for your own life. You were always a fucking coward! You lost your family and your love because you were scared to love them back" He gibed at him.

He never expected that from Jimmy. He stood still astonished by the words delievered from his mouth.

He opened the room's door and before he could step out of the room he realized that Farhan was pointing his gold platted Magnum at him.

"I swear to God!! If you stepped out of this room,I will blow your fucking head!!!" He warned Jimmy poimting his gun at him.

"You are a selfish son of a bitch!! Fuck you" Jimmy yelled.

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