THE LIGHT

A leader reborn 2

Jake

When we got to the meeting place 3 days ago we were given missions. I don't know what Shane's team got but we were separated and given different instructions. Let me start from the beginning, we got there and found our team members already there. When we asked how they got there each one of them apparently had a visit from the commander giving them instructions to be there that day if not there would be consequences. That's how everyone got there, our team had two missions and one we are done with and on our way back to SA. We had to assassinate the Russian army General, for what we don't know but that is not surprising because we only get the "Who and not the Why". So we did what we had to which was not as difficult as we thought it would be since we have been out of the game for a while now. I guess the program used on us still works, now to the second mission that i personally love, we have to find a way to infiltrate Jackson Corp. Is luck on my side or what? we have to infiltrate find their corporate secretes and destroy. The nice thing about this mission is that the client doesn't care how long it takes to bring Jackson down as long as we do it. This is probably someone who knows how big and powerful Jackson is in the county and corporate world. I feel sorry for the guy because this time it seems he messed with a wrong person who has all the money in the world and time to wait for us to take him down. Because no one in their right mind would waste so much time and money on this unless they have a score to settle and has the funds and time to do so. This mission though is also going to benefit me as well on the business front since Jackson is our competitor. I just hope my brother is okay wherever he is but until then let the games begin. 

Richard

Three months have passed and still no job and now i have no choice but to go back to what i use to be. My daughter has started high school and is part of some girls program. I don't like it one bit but she seems to be enjoying it there, i hate the fact that she has to be treated like some charity case when she has a father. I may not be her biological father but my beast likes her and i must say i don't just like her i love her as my daughter. She's my sanity, i woke up early today am going to the warehouse to claim what's mine back, what pisses me off about this whole thing is that i have to borrow a car, leave that i hate that Divan has let my legacy go down the drain like this. Now i have to get there and do some damage control because now it's not just me but i have a daughter to think of. I want to give Portia the best life has to offer, i want her to forget the life she could have had with her father and enjoy her youth with no worry about what we will eat the next day. We have been struggling and i hate the fact that she has to eat the same meal everyday and go to school without eating breakfast because i cant provide for her. She says she understands but i don't, this is not the life i want to give her hence am going back. My neighbor borrowed me his car, he was coming from night shift, he works for a logistics company and we get along just fine but the only thing we have in common is soccer since we favor the same team. After dressing in  all black and locking the house i got into the "vrrr pha" which is what we call a VW Polo, i drive out in high speed and after 30 minutes i got there an scanned my finger and the gate opens. The fucker didn't even change the security system, no wonder other gangs see us a place to s**t on. I drive in and when i got to my spot Divan's mustang is parked there and i drove to another spot and parked. Things are about to change, i get inside and shook my head in disappointment, there door is open meaning no one is watching the cameras and that only means one thing no one is in the control room. When i pushed the door in further i come face to face with a bunch of guns pointing at me. " if i was the enemy all of you would be dead by now" i say calmly. " Look man we are in the middle of something and we don't have time to chat so please leave." Divan says "mmm so you mean to tell me that you are only trying to come up with something now when the damage is already done, just how pathetic are you?" I say looking at this joke of a man in front of me. "You don't lead the Cobras anymore Richard, so you have no right to come here and insult me." he says with a challenging look. " Or what?" i dared him. " leave man, you know the rules, you are out and you just violated the agreement." he speaks like i don't know the rules of my own gang, i wonder what goes on in that peanut brain of his. " hey Divan am sick of this s**t of yours, let the boss in so that we can start working on making money and getting our turfs back." says Gora standing behind him. "who's side are you on Gora?" asked Divan clearly pissed by what Gora said. "The side that will bring me money and gain me back my respect. Look Divan i understand that you have been in the game for long and you are good at strategizing  but you are not Richard man. You are not meant to lead but to be behind the scenes working your magic." says Gora trying to lay it down nicely for him but Divan looks ready to kill. " Is that how everyone feels? like am not meant to lead?" asks Divan looking around the room. "You are so boring now, why are you talking about feelings like a woman? this is not personal Divan this is business and lately we haven't been making any money instead we spend defending and protecting ourselves. That is not the Cobras i know." says Grinder my third standing right next to Gora. " you right man, we are no longer feared now people treat us like p*****s. i don't want to be a small time gang singing in my time i used to be feared." says Gora in a mocking tone. " ENOUGH!! Divan what made you think i came here to beg you people to take me back? who owns the Cobras, who owns the company that feeds now since you are not making money?" i yelled pissed, these people think am here to play. " You might own it all Richard but as long ad you are not in the gang you have no claim over any of this, Your father's will is clear about that." he says with a mocking grin like his got me where he wants me. "Well then Gora prepare my welcome for i have come back to claim what's mine. From now on i want each and everyone of you back to your normal duties or if you feel different about that please do wait for me to sort you out with a proper position." i paused and looked around and people started leaving one by one going to their posts. That made me smile because that meant only one thing Rick was still feared and that's all i ever wanted. " Now that is out of the way Gora who saw it fit to start using people's first names when addressing each other?" Gora looked a red looking Divan " the new leader" he says still looking at him. " yho! yho! yho! s**t is about to hit the fan!" said Grinder with a creepy smile on his face and i chuckled. Grinder has always been a fan of Rick and Rick likes him too because be boosts his ego. " How can you all be so stupid, did you suddenly forget about the dangers of this business, how easy do you think it will be for your enemies to find your families and hurt them to get to you?" these people have been really careless, using their real names mean danger to all. " We just followed the leaders instructions." said Grinder but his answer is stupid, how can they allow that? " And no one opposed i assume, so what happened to the manes you got when you joined? Transi?" i said looking as Divan, he looks at me with so much anger but salutes anyway. Divan is called Transi because logistics and strategies are his thing. You can do what you have to do with tight ass security but he always finds a way out. "Poison!" i called out to my poisons master, quiet as ever, dangerous, is good with different types of poisons and he makes them himself. he salutes silently with his danger sing gavaar and goes back to his posture, head bowed, hands crossed in front lower and legs slightly parted. " Knives!" i called out, he salutes me with a panga and steps in line. This guy is good with any type of knife he even has his own collection, other gangs call him the silent killer, his kills are clean and quiet. When he throws a knife he throws to kill and never misses. "Snakes!" i called out and he gets up with his big ass Cobra around his neck and makes the sound "tssss" as his salute and goes in line. Well as you might have guessed he likes to feed his snake other snakes if you know what i mean. " Gora!" i called out and my main man salutes military way and joins the line. " Grinder!" i called he makes noise with his grinder help up in he air, well he likes to use that thing a lot when chopping of people. " Buttons!" that's our tech guy, he gets up looking nerdy with an I Pad and just lifts it up then goes back to what his doing. " Now that you all remember who you are, i want each and everyone of you on their toes. Get me everything you can on the cockroaches infesting my routes and territories. Please don't make me call the Enforcers." they all scatter, the Enforcers or the Re- enforcement team, they are the most highly trained of our teams but managed by the commander, we have not cross paths yet but we know they are there to back us up when we need it. Am not sure why my father never introduced us or why they are under someone else yet they are part of the some team. But i wont try to figure it out because my dad was very complicated and i don't have time to crack my skull trying to makes sense of the decisions he made. He was cunning, he has a Will that stated that i get everything of the Cobras and all the benefits for as long as i lead them and also made the commander the leader of the Re-enforcement team. That is why i had to leave everything behind when i left, my uncle even said when i complained that his brother was not about to leave his legacy in the hands of a man with raging teenage hormones without insurance.Now that am back, it's time to put my house in order, i have a daughter to think of and am not about to put her in danger because of some people's stupidity.