Chapter 13

12:35 PM

Los Angeles

February

6 days before Valentines Day...

(Warning:violent scenes, shooting, blood, and gore, if you're sensitive to these topics please don't read this!)

"You ready?", Parker asked Leon as he pulled out his firearm, with his entire gun collection in the car that he truly loves.

"It's not a mafia group we're going against, it's the mafia itself", Leon explained to Parker, his eyes went over to Noel.

"Where did you get the call from, Noel?", Noel looked up towards him. "From Denise...", he realized EXCEED was behind everything, how pathetic. What does the leader of the richest mafia group in the world want from him? He knew the Cashmere is widely known and starting to have a lot of fame from a lot of mafia leaders, including someone famous, the bloodseeker. He's wondering what does he have against him? Why take him down specifically?

"Don't worry, man. Nothing will happen and you're going to be okay", Parker wrapped an arm around his shoulder, Leon looked over at him, he suddenly had flashbacks of what he did with him in front of his aunt Sophya a few hours before. "I'm not worried", he insisted, pushing Parker's arms off of him, Parker giggled playfully.

"Noel, protect my man over here, ok? Leon, you're going to the front entrance, then go the second floor to see the primary office, then get the document, later go upstairs to the 15th to get the other documents on the secondary office, then clear up the area before chasing those bitches away, is that correct?", Leon nodded his head, those documents were special to the family, if it's touched by someone who's not apart of the Cashmere family, everything is over.

"We're here, muchachos...you ready?",Alvarez asked as he parked the exactly one block away from the building along with the others.

"Let's get this hot shit started!", Parker opened the car door and they all went through the same way as they all got off the car.

He had quite the adrenaline going through through his veins as he started to walk towards the way of the main entrance along with Leon's men. Parker's men weren't allowed to attack the Italians in anyway, as that will break the strong bond they already have.

It was all up to his friend's men, his mafia group that has no name, but people know the group as Unknown.

"Watch out motherfuckers, here we come through!", Parker exclaimed, immediately bullets fly across their direction, they crouched down before Parker pulled out a grenade and launched it towards the men, many men dispersed out of hiding only to get shot down by Leon's men instantly.

The grenade exploded and made a loud boom, soil spreading into the air, particles of dirt fell on top of them all. "Fuck, you're getting too excited considering you can die", Parker chuckled as they all sprinted towards  the staircase. "At least I'll die with you", Leon sighed, what a horrible joke to make at the worst case scenario.

°~12:47 PM~°

As they opened the door, they were met by an entire rainfall of bullets, Leon rolled down to the ground, Noel sprinted to his position before crouching down behind a tall flower vase, not the best spot to take cover.

"We need to move, Noel!", Leon told his bodyguard as he fired towards many men coming their way, Noel got into one knee while shooting at a lot of the enemies trying to close in towards them.

"This is a lot of Italians, Sir Cashmere", Noel replied as he pulled out a smoke bomb before launching it in the center of the room, smoke started to spread throughout the atmosphere,Leon and Noel both sprinted towards a nearby staircase together, it all went quiet before they could hear the warfare of gunshots from the distance.

"This is Sir Cashmere, we need back up, now", he said through the comms, he had to wait for a little for his men to arrive to the second floor. Afterwards, his couple of his men arrived to where he was, once they got the signal they burst opened the door before a wildfire of gunshots started to swarm the atmosphere. They were at an office, Leon and his bodyguard hid behind a cubicle while they kept firing gunshots, killing one enemy after another.

"Good aim, Noel", Leon decided to compliment while standing before crouching down to take cover. "Thank you, Sir Cashmere", Noel responded, he fired a couple of the Italians, suddenly a grenade appeared in front of their eyes. Leon stood there shocked, apparently he only had to throw it back, since Noel suddenly stopped aiming to grab the grenade with his hands before throwing it back to the enemy, a bunch of men died on the impact.

"My grandfather said no grenades, we know that, but they don't", Leon told to Noel, he was told to his grandfather to not use grenades inside the building since it would be a lot of damage to cover. That will not change since the Italians simply like going against the rules.

He kept firing until he finally cleared the room, he stood up from his position. "Look for anything stolen and any bitches hiding in the walls", Leon commanded, his men started to inspect around as they were told.

"Let's go", he commanded, they both walked down all the way to the end of a hallway, he stopped before he opened the door, it was locked.

"Thank god...", Leon mumbled in relief, they couldn't enter inside the office.

He grabbed the keys from his pockets before opening it to find the office neat and clean as always. "Lock the door...", Leon told Noel as he went towards a brown desk, Noel locked the door before he looked over at his boss.

"Sir Cashmere, this is Andrew, they are closing in on the 13th floor, they are going to detonate this place, I repeat, they are going to detonante this place, we need to stop them for good", Leon listened through the comms, another thing to deal with. He looked through behind the desk and inside a cabinet door, there was a huge safe inside, he inserted the code, and it opened. He grabbed a bag full of folders inside, he put the strap of the bag over his shoulder, he lifted himself up before staring at Noel in defeat.

'This is tiring, isn't it?", Leon asked, taking a deep breath and exhaling. "It is, Sir Cashmere", Leon walked to him while patting his head gently. "It's going to be tough, so just stay with me", Leon advised him before his fingers slowly traced along Noel's long curly hair.

"Yes, Sir Cashmere", Noel replied, surprised he is playing with his hair, he stopped short to have both hands on his gun before opening the door.

"You have quite healthy hair, considering it would take a long time keeping in such a state", Leon complimented his hair as Noel stepped out of the room. "Thank you for the sudden compliment, Sir Cashmere", Noel responded while focusing on his surroundings. "My pleasure..." Leon teased lightly before patting him on the shoulder as he walked in front of him. How does he have the capacity to tease his bodyguard with a straight face?!

Noel was surprised by his playful remark, but he decided to shrugged them off and continue doing what they were doing.

°~1:17 PM~°

They were at the elevator, when suddenly he heard a strange, loud and static sound coming from the speaker. "Leon, my friend and my worst enemy, we have come here in the hands of him...told us to get every piece of intel this place has inside. I haven't found anything yet, but we will destroy this place, this headquarters of your family", a man spoke through the speaker, Leon felt eerie, and such discomfort, it felt like spiders were trying to dig inside of him.

"Marcello Mancini...", Noel muttered, quietly, they knew who he was, a really dangerous person.

"I will keep fighting for my revenge, that's why I'm taking this place down with you inside...", Leon sighed, he still couldn't let him go for once after a long time.

"Jacob, he was a great man, our friend. You took him away from us, why is that?", Leon's eyes widened in amazement, that was his ally, he's got himself into trouble, what a surprise.

"Let's get out of here...", Leon commanded him as the doors opened to the 15th floor, he wanted to get over everything at this point.

He raised his gun while inspecting the area, narrowing his eyes as he noticed one of the doors was opened.

"Wait...",Noel put his hand in front of Leon as to signal to refrain from stepping forward, Noel walked slowly and silently, getting near the open doorway.

Noel placed his gun in his pocket and pulled out his knife, before anyone knew, he took down a man by covering his mouth as he tried to scream loudly with one hand while puncturing his throat aggressively with the other.

Once he retrieved the knife out his body, the man collapsed to the ground lifelessly. "All done...", Noel declared, he used the man's shirt to wipe the red fluid off of the weapon before standing up and coming back to Leon.

"That sounded like homicide...", Leon told his bodyguard, Noel let out a small chuckle while he got his firearm out of his pocket.

"That was a homicide, Sir Cashmere", Noel replied to him, politely. "Let's get going then...", Leon commanded, he had to get the files fast before this place even went down into pieces. He didn't want to die by some culprits, he'll never will.

They started to step forward, towards a hall that lead to a large pair of brown, wooden double doors.

He reached the doors and used the keys, once it unlocked, he opened it to find the office messed up, full of papers everywhere, as if someone had been there to take something away. Leon's eyes flew open and decided to search hurriedly for the files, they were inside a closet in a safe.

He went straight for the closet but before he could open it, a figure popped out and opened the closet door with a gun in his hand. "Hey Leon...", the voice greeted him before laughing without shame. "Marcello...", Leon muttered as he aimed the firearm at him, Marcello slowly stepped out with a folder in his hand, the one Leon needs.

"I found what I needed, so I might as well just take my leave...", Marcello remarked, while grinning lightly. "You only have 7 minutes before this place goes down, so I'm going to leave and leave you here to rot, how does that sound?", Leon's eye twitched in rage, "With your friend?", Marcello's grin was washed away, what did he mean by that?

"The leader of C.H.E.S.S is here with us, how does that sound?", Marcello suddenly frowned in disbelief, he had been betrayed by one of allies, how pathetic.

"Why is he here to begin with?", Leon ignored his question before tackling him, grabbing his wrist where his hand was holding the gun, while trying to reach the other with the important file.

He finally gripped the folder tightly before pushing down to the ground and closing the closet door, making a run for it.

The sad part was that he actually couldn't kill the don of the Italian mafia, knowing that will cause mafia war against them again.

"We have to go!", Leon yelled through the comms, he went down the elevator and pushed the button to the main floor, while doing so, Noel raised his gun to aim at a few men who came through the room.

As the doors closed, Leon got a reply from Andrew, "How much so we got?". "Five minutes!", Leon said before staring at Noel. "Too bad, Leon. I've already disarmed them all, they had implanted the bomb on top of the roof, I cut the wires off and it's not working anymore...", Leon fell silent, what the hell?!

"You're fucking kidding me...", Leon replied to him, as he waited for the elevator to reach down. "I wouldn't be telling you this, honey...", his friend responded to him.

"Time to join the snipers, one of them are down", Leon heard as the doors slide opened, a huddle of men were still attacking the first floor, as he sprinted with his bodyguard towards the exit, some men suddenly tried to punch him, he dodged reflexively and grab the man's wrist before twisting it without mercy, the man yelped in pain before Leon shot him with his gun on the head, dying instantly.

Noel got tackled to the ground by one of the men, he turned his body around to look at the man as he was bending over to see him, he kicked him with his feet as hard as he could, he got up as the man fell down to the floor, his gun leaving his hand.

Noel rapidly picked up his firearm as he suddenly shot him, a trail of blood following below his feet.

°~1:26 PM~°

Leon realized the time Marcello had told him had passed, his friend actually disabled the bomb.

"Wait- Stop poking me around", a voice complained in anger, his men had captured Marcello, restraining him in handcuffs.

"Take him...", Leon decided to detain him, Marcello was pushed all the way towards the door, opening it to find a huge group of men gathered around to shoot at sight. "Don't do it! It wouldn't end well!", Marcello ordered his men to lower their weapons.

"Good work everyone!", Leon hollered, everyone in the room started cheering and shooting their guns in the air as to signal victory.

"Get out of here now!", Leon commanded his men, he walked out with his bodyguard, the Italians stared at him, confused.

"Fuck you and your adopted Russian family!", Marcello yelled at him in frustration, he got punched directly in the face as a result.

"I'm half- Russian, you stupid motherfucker!", Leon yelled at him in response, a lot of people thought he was adopted due to his Asian features, so it was really annoying.

He went down the stairs, as he got closer his car showed up in front of his eyes. "Ready to go home, amigo?", Leon sighed, he wished to go home but obviously he has to interrogate the coward who decided to invade his place.

"I have to go to the warehouse...", he told his driver as he got inside, his bodyguard went in the backseat, they had to wait for Parker to show up.

"Stop it- Get the fuck off of me, you stupid cowards! You are just pieces of shit that don't know how to handle business!", Marcello yelled at Leon' men as they tried to restrained him.

"Woo-hoo!", Parker slid down from a rope with a harness around him from the top of the building, finally came down on his feet.

"What's up, my guy?", Parker hollered across distance where Marcello was as he removed the harness and gave it to Andrew.

"Thanks, man...", Parker told Andrew before finally walking towards the Italian. "Hey, calm down, man. They are going to ask you some questions and you answer, once that's done, you're a free man...", he advised him, while smirking playfully.

"You're supposed to be on our side, you fucking traitor!", Marcello yelled at him, Parker laughed sarcastically.

"I never brought my team with me, if that was the case, I would've killed you. I sometimes have to play both sides, you know?", Parker explained to him, he didn't bring his men to take them down, but he'll have to pay for the consequences of betraying them.

"You betrayed us!", Marcello cursed at him while Parker started to walk away and got inside of Leon's vehicle, escorting him inside another car.

"Let's go then...", Leon commanded, realizing it was going to be a reckless day.