Commit To Violence

"We need to find the mutha fuckas that’s robbin’ me and we ain’t gonna find ’em layin’ up in bed."

"That was your idea."

"So I wanted some dick; something wrong with that?"

"Not at all."

"All right then, we done fuckin’. Now it’s time to get to work."

"Where we goin’?" Nick asked. He propped two pillows behind his head and made himself comfortable.

"I don’t know yet. But like I said, we ain’t gonna find ’em layin’ around here."

"I know that, but we been out there lookin’ for them and what have we accomplished? You killed some niggas that didn’t get us no closer to findin’ what we lookin’ for."

Rain sat down on the edge of the bed. "So what you think we should do?" she asked.

"Wait for them to come to us," Nick answered.

"What you talkin’ ’bout? You think they gonna show up here?"

"No, but they might. But what I’m sayin’ is we know that the mutha fuckas been robbin’ your spots, right?"

"Right."

"All we gotta do is figure out where they gonna hit next and be there waitin’ for them."

"I never thought of that."

"Yeah I know," Nick said matter-of-factly. "So who do you think they gonna hit next?"

"I ain’t got but two more spots."

"So pick one. Which one is the bigger target?"

"Rockwell."

Once he was showered and dressed, Nick and Rain left the apartment and headed for the Taurus. On the way, Nick put on his gloves. Other than telling her that it was over between him and Wanda, he didn’t have much to say while Rain drove to the spot. He was still bothered by losing Wanda over this mess and what would happen when the story got back to Black. It didn’t matter how caught up in their legit businesses he was, sooner or later it would get back to him.

Once the truth became known, there would be questions about how it had effected their arrangement with Angelo and Stark. Then there was Wanda. She would definitely mention it to Black. And the result of that would be more questions.

When they got to the spot that was run by Rockwell, everybody was on edge. They had heard what had happened at her other spots and the

y all wondered if they were next. Nick and Rain talked to them for a while, neither mentioning that they had come there expecting that this would be the bandits’ next target. After awhile, as business proceeded the way it normally did, Nick and Rain went in the back room and waited.

They had been there for over an hour and were starting to think that they were wrong, and then it began. "Everybody down!"

When Rain heard that, she pulled her gun and went for the door. "Wait!" Nick tried to stop her. He wanted to wait until they had everybody tied up before they made their move. Before he could get to her, Rain was out the door. "Damn!" Nick said and went after her.

The second they saw Rain come out the room they opened up on her right then. Nick made it out of there in time to see three masked men. One of them had shot Rain’s people who were on their knees; another was firing at Rain while the other was trying to gather up the drugs from the kitchen. He fired at Nick. Nick took aim and returned fire. He hit him with three shots: one in the shoulder, one in his hand and one in the leg, before ducking back in the room. There was two more standing by the door firing shots in his direction. He looked around for Rain; she had taken cover behind the couch and was trying to reload her weapon.

When they stopped firing, Nick came out of the room. With a gun in each hand, Nick hit one with two shots in his chest; the other started to run out of the apartment. Rain got up and went after him. Nick shot him before he made it out the door.

Rain walked up to him and kicked the gun away from him. She then pulled the mask off him. "You know him?" Nick asked as he unmasked the other.

"Never seen him before," Rain said and shot him in the head.

Nick went in the kitchen to the only survivor. When he got there, Nick heard another gun go off. He turned quickly and pointed his weapon. Rain was standing over the other man. She shot him in the head, too. Nick lowered his weapon and grabbed the man in the kitchen. He pulled him to his feet and pulled off his mask. Rain was about to shoot him but Nick stopped her. "Don’t you wanna know who sent them?"