* "Get him up," he said as he stepped back. Almost immediately, two powerful pair of hands seized Fareed by the shoulders in a vicelike grip, hoisting him up so he knelt in front of Kazeem. "I have to say," the latter chuckled, "I am impressed by your ingenious plan. For a moment there, you nearly had me fooled. Pretending to be an old man so you could throw us off your scent was a brilliant plan, if I do say so myself." Fareed looked up into the man's eyes with a cold look of hatred. He forced himself not to look at Zaid's corpse as anger welled up in him like a venomous snake about to strike. "You're going to die for that," he said through gritted teeth. Another powerful punch to his gut came almost immediately, and he doubled over in agony. "That's enough," Kazeem waved dismiss

