Chapter four
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District six
The element of surprise.
The most efficient way of winning a war.Debra had every intention of using it.When butcher would wake up,she would be having the time of her life.
And he would be squirming in hell.That thought was with her as she tied him on the ledge.Anyone coming through the backyard would see him.
Her single intention.
Butcher would learn not to mess with a woman ever again.
Debra left The butcher's dungeon with a huge smile on her face.
Everything was going according to plan.In an hour Marlon would arrive in district six.From the usual chatter in the building,no one had suspected her foul play.
She went around the corridors with no problems whatsoever.Though her inner karma was sending warning signs .
She tried to silence the fear .It was natural to feel afraid when you had left an important naked and unconscious man tied up for everyone to see.
She should have felt guilty.Yet the memory of Sussana's assulted body made her anger rise a notch higher.Butcher was yet to pay up.
But he would have to wait a little longer.In the meantime she would concentrate on not getting caught.
Her little prayer was almost answered.
Almost.
On her last corridor she run into Lucah.
Her practiced smile came in handy as she passed him .
"I know you from somewhere".
Debra froze.With her heart in her throat she turned.
"You bought me from The phantoms.I've been here for a month"She said with a voice that was laced with sass.
"No.Not that.You are the girl Marlon has been looking for,.What was her name again ,Otto?"Lucah gestured to the young man who was as close as his shadow.
Debra prayed that Otto would not recognize her.
He did.
"Yes.Debra.You are her ,right?"Lucah asked.
"Maybe.But I don't know why a man like Marlon would look for me"Debra said with a smile.
Lucah laughed.
"I get it.I do.I saw how my brother butcher was taken with you earlier tonight.Its a wonder what a graceful creature like you would do to men here "
"I'm always available"Debra said with a laugh.
She was internally squirming.
Lucah did not catch on.He smiled like a predator as he approached Debra.
"See you tonight"He whispered to her.
In your dreams.
"I'll be honored"She said with her practiced sigh.
Lucah seemed pleased with himself .
He motioned for Otto to follow him.
Debra let out a relieved sigh as he disappeared at the corner.She was about to turn when Otto signed for her with his hands.She looked at his troubled face with confusion but he hurriedly rushed after his boss.
He was soon out of Debra's head as she rushed to her room.
She had to tell the girls the good news.
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"Lucah von Gogh.Born in Capacabana , studied law at Harvard.He worked at a small law firm in New Orleans.That is until he was exiled for multiple homicides.Whoa ,this guy has alot of dirt on him.Do you remember the grande case?"Aaron Lombardi asked Marlon.
He was in other ways warning him.Aaron knew Lucah von Gogh.They had been exiled around the same time.
Lucah had been exiled for the famous case of the mysterious disappearance of teenage girls in Spain.
"He was famous for the organ trade.Was quite a sensation in those days"Marlon said.
"I hear he is acquainted with the secretary general Farouk de caprio.He once shipped weapons from Russia to Madrid illegally.Come to think of it District six does not involve in the black trade we all do.Marlon,we have to be careful"Irina said.She had once been in the heat of a turf war between Marlon's crew and Lucah's.She knew that Lucah played dirty.
Marlon looked at his team.
Aaron,his brother from his soldiering days.Irina ,Aaron's woman.Exiled for robbery and manslaughter.Jada and Narcos the siblings who had fought with him for as long as he could remember.Nikolas ,the man in the mirror,he had been exiled for first class murder and treason.They would give their lives for him.
They were accompanying him to an unknown territory.No one knew if they would make it alive.Yet,he remembered how Debra had sounded scared when she called him.He did not have it in him to abandon her.
"You will stay at the border.I'll go in and bring Maria back"Marlon said gravely.
"Not a chance"Aaron grunted.The others nodded.
The decision was made.
Marlon expected to be met by blazing guns and bombs.
A different kind of chaos.
Not the usual buzz of people minding their own business.Luckily for him ,no one recognized him.
His team was set in different locations.They had agreed to take Debra and leave.They couldn't risk fighting a war in a foreign territory.
So far they were doing well.
Marlon looked around for Debra.All he saw were endless w***e faces here and there,Drunks and no sign of Debra.
Then hell broke loose.Someone yelled about a naked butcher hanging in the backyard and everyone rushed in a frenzy.In a few seconds Marlon
was left in a deserted compound.
"This way"
Marlon turned to find a shiveled old lady beconing for him to follow.
"We must hurry.The distraction will not work for long"
Marlon followed hastily.They had rounded a corner when he saw Debra and another girl carrying a little pretty girl.
Then she lifted her eyes to look at him.
"Maria"Marlon muttered.
"Hey soldier."Debra said with a smile.
No amount of imagining and dreaming could have prepared Marlon for that moment.
"Come on.We need to leave ASAP"The old lady said.
Her words seemed to have broken whatever magic his Maria had woven on him.
"A little help.Please Marlon"Debra asked.
With a grunt Marlon walked over and scooped the girl in Debra's arms.And noticed that the girl was just a child.
"What-"
"I'll explain later.Right now we need to leave before Lucah comes to find us"
They rushed past a few corridors until they reached the compound.
Aaron was the one who saw them first.
"Hurry."
They rushed to the vehicle.
Marlon had placed the young girl in the seat when he felt a eerie feeling of dread.Then the silence that followed.
"Let's get out of here right now"Debra whispered.
They did not.
A loud yell rang through the compound.
That was when Marlon saw the butt naked man suspended across the window with insults plastered across his skin.
And recognized him.
"That is Butcher."Nicholas filled in.
"Yes it's him.Now can we leave?"Debra said frantically.
The team turned to her.
"You did that ?"Nicholas asked.
His anger was rising.
"For a distraction."Debra said.
They all glared at her.
"Couldn't you have started a fire or somethin' less extreem?"Jada asked.
Debra shrugged.
"We really need to leave"
"I don't know.Right now I'm tempted to haul your ass off the vehicle and leave you to lucah"Nicholas said.Debra reminded him of a once upon a time woman.His phsyco brain forgot who was who for a moment.
"Drop it."Marlon hissed.
"What your woman did is wrong man"Irina said.
Debra recognized her as the woman from the airstrip.
"Oh please,you can play the judgemental bitches later.Right now we need to leave or we'll all die"Debra hissed.She was unapologetic about what she had done to butcher.
"Debbie?"Susanna's soft voice called from the car.
It distracted Marlon's people from the anger they felt for Debra.
"What is a child doing here.Isn't she like ten?"Narcos asked.
Debra had so much to explain.Yet she couldn't do it now when Lucah was bound to find out what they were up to.
Granny su' saved her from her predicament.
"See that girl over there,she is like that because that pedophile decided to have an orgy with her last night.Now will you jump your asses in the car so we can leave?"
A moment of silence ensued as understanding kicked in.
In another minute they were all set to leave.
Until something unexpected happened.
Rosa saw Otto,her secret bestfriend watching from a secluded corner.She remembered she had promised to say goodbye before she left.
Hurriedly she jumped out of the vehicle to both Debra's and granny su's dismay.
At that moment Lucah had known all about Marlon's entry.Eyes blazing he came into the compound.
"You,I could have welcomed you with a little bit of respect but now,I just want to dismantle your head"Lucah yelled as he pointed a gun at Marlon's head.
"It's me.I did it .Leave him out of this"Debra said .Her heart was in her throat.
Marlon pulled Debra behind him and knew that before Lucah lay a hand on his woman,bullets would sink into his brain.
Lucah's eyes shone to something akin to murder.
Susanna whimpered.
Granny su' and Marlon's men drew their weapons.
The district six citizens looked on with excitement.It was clear that Lucah was their least favorite person.
Lucah made a mistake.He shot at Debra.
Unknown to him Rosa had drew a gun from Otto and she fired .
It all happened so fast.Debra was facedown with Marlon above her.
Lucah turned to Rosa with blood gushing from his legs and shot frantically.The citizens all ran to hiding.Granny su' shot at lucah with blinding bullets.
Irina saw the butcher,now clothed rushing to behind the vehicle with a weapon in hand .She fired at him and caught him in the chest.
The butcher sank into the ground lifelessly.
The shooting spree between lucah's men and Marlon's ensued.It all lasted close to a minute.
When it all died down at least a dozen bodies had littered the compound.
It was then that Debra saw Rosa.Huddled in a crying Otto's arms.
She rushed out of the vehicle to aid her little friend.
"Leave!.I will take care of her."Otto yelled at her.
Debra's mind must have clouded when she saw the bloodied form of Rosa.
She did not feel the huge arms that dragged her back to the vehicle.
It was until much later when they were far gone from district six that Debra registered the first thing.
Sussana's crying form in her arms.
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