The King of City

32 THE FIGHT

"Larson we came for cooperation".

"Sure, friends, here you have and they going to offer you a couple of free drinks, enjoy the bar".

"We don't want drinks, we just came for cooperation and we're leaving now".

"As my friends want, here will be your drinks in case you come back later".

"I don't think so, this place is not our style". Said the gang members in charge of collecting Lionel's cooperation.

Lionel didn’t feel much empathy with the men in charge of collecting cooperation in his bar, they were totally different from his friends. These guys when they arrived were rude to him and they even went so far as to threaten with arms some girls who refused to go out with them, they were really a disaster, however, Lionel was tolerating them so that they could take him to the boss.

"Larson friend, how are you treated by our colleagues, those who collect cooperation". Asked one of Lionel's friends, one night he went to the bar with a girl.

"They’re a bit troublesome, they come to collect and while I give them the money, they take advantage and look for the girls in order to invite them to dates". Said Lionel with a bit of anger.

“They are a bit of conflict; the boss sends them to collect the cooperation of the bars that are just starting to pay because he wants them to intimidate the owners. You shouldn’t be intimidated by them”- The young man explained to Lionel, trying to justify the actions of his fellow gang members.

"I don't know, friend, that will only make my clients not come back". Complained Lionel.

"I don't think so Larson, this place is quite interesting the town loves to come here". Said the boy trying to reassure Lionel.

"And that leader of yours never comes, not even to thank for the generous cooperation that I send him". Lionel complained again, but this time for the impossibility of accessing the leader of the gang.

"I don't think he's coming here; things are going too well. The boss only asks that we take the people he requires to his den; he doesn’t like to come here". The boy said.

"It’s too mysterious, I wish I could see him complain about the gang members he sent here".

"No one is as nice as us". The boy said laughing.

"At least you guys are customer friendly too". Lionel said resignedly.

The boy didn’t stay long with Lionel since his purpose was to have a romantic date with his companion, Lionel was alone that night, with no one to talk to and at the mercy of a couple of rude gang members who would never tell him absolutely anything about the boss.

The following night Lionel didn’t open the bar as usual, as he chatted with Beau and asked one of his waiters to open the establishment and to wait for the gang members to arrive on time for the cooperation, however, before entering one of the men touched the buttocks of a girl who was dancing, which caused the girl to scream and hit the man. The guy didn’t like the reaction of the young woman and took her strongly by the arm and was threatened with a pistol by a young man who was close to her, tried to defend her, and ended up hit by the man. In less than five minutes the bar turned into chaos, the gang members snatched the night's money from the waiter and left quickly, when Lionel arrived everything was in chaos, many tables were smashed.

"Waiter, what happened here?". Lionel asked, supremely intrigued.

"There was a fight a while ago Larson".

“Were there drunk people fighting so early?". Lionel questioned believing that the entire disaster had been caused by some drunkard.

"No Larson, it was the fault of the gang members who collected the cooperation. One of them approached a girl who was dancing and grabbed her butt without her consent”. Related to the waiter.

"Damn wretches". Lionel denied the gang members. "They just want to cause trouble".

Lionel was very enraged with the behavior of the gang members, as they not only charged money for rendering a false service, but they were running over the people who attended his bar and didn’t give him any information about the gang leader. He couldn't stand any more abuse from stupid kids.

The following night, the gang members returned to Lionel's bar for that day's cooperation.

"Larson, you weren't there yesterday, we missed you". Said one of the gang members.

"I don't think you missed me; you almost destroyed this place". Said Lionel enraged.

"Don't hurry up brother, here we do what we want. You only pay”. The gang member answered rudely.

"Well, today I’m not going to pay you".

“You’re obligated to pay, you damn fool. If you continue to refuse perhaps my friend will help you to consider it”. Said the gang member, as he showed Lionel the weapon that was under his shirt.

“I DON’T PAY YOU AND GET OUT OF MY BAR”. Lionel shouted.

The men couldn’t bear that Lionel talked to them in that way and immediately shot the ceiling of the bar, the people who were there were scared and left the place. This fact made Lionel angrier and began to hit the two men, he punched one man in the nose and kicked the other in the private parts, which left him breathless for a few minutes.

"We will have to kill you, don't play brave with us". Said one of the gang members.

Lionel took the gun from the gang member closest to him, and hit him hard on the head; the man passed out. The other gang member was a little more skillful and tried to shoot him, however, he didn’t have a good aim, a situation that Lionel took advantage of to throw one of the tables at him and thus gain a little time, as the gang member recovered from the blow, Lionel got closer and managed to kick his face, which allowed him to knock down some teeth.

"You are an unhappy Larson, you will die, I’m going to see to it that you suffer with every blow, I’ll give you, I’m going to cut you to pieces while you are alive so that you will remember me in your other damn life". The gang member shouted.

Lionel took the man by the neck and began to suffocate him until he was very weak.

"Will you tell me where I can find your boss or I'll kill you here myself!".

"You aren’t capable of killing me". Said the man, coughing.

"How much you want to bet?". Lionel replied.

"Kill me if you are so brave".

Lionel continued to suffocate the man for a while and hit him, he was taking it out on the girl from the night before and because the bar had been destroyed.

"Stop it ... stop it, I can't take it anymore!". Exclaimed the gang member.

"Are you going to tell me where I can find your boss?".

"I don't know where he is, I've never seen him".

"Don't think me an i***t, tell me where he is or I'll keep hitting you until you release the information".

Lionel didn’t lie and continued to hit the man, he was about to lose consciousness of so much blood that he had lost when his partner who was recovering from the blow to the head mentioned something.

"Don't hit him anymore, he's right".

"And why should I believe you?".

"Let us go, says the truth, we don't know the boss, we only have contact with someone very close to him".

Lionel considered what the man was saying for a while since his partner was about to pass out from the blows.

"Who do they have contact with?". Lionel yelled.

"With Jaden". Both men replied.

"Who is Jaden?".

"He is the Chief's escort; we always meet him at the drug addicts' house".

"Where's that house?".

“It is about 2 km from here, it’s painted blue, it’s easy to identify it. It's called Water Well".

"Get out of here. I don't want to see you in my life again, this is where my cooperation with his s**t gang came to”. Lionel said enraged.

The men left the bar as best they could and Lionel closed the establishment for the rest of the night, as he didn’t want to cause any more scandals that night. He had made up his mind to go the next day to look for the man named Jaden, he was very desperate since he hadn’t been able to find the head of that gang and he had already been lost for a long time in that investigation that until now had not produced satisfactory results.