Leonardo opened the door and walked in. The first thing he noticed was how clean and fresh the room smelled. There was a faint scent of sunflowers in the air.
Behind him, the door swung shut quietly. The room was covered in expensive rugs and they muffled his footsteps. But that did not stop the people already in the room from noticing his presence.
There were three of them, two men and a lady and they were seated round a circular table. They stood up as he walked in. He made his way across the room and shook hands with the men while he pulled the lady closer and kissed her.
“How are you doing, my love?” He asked her with a smile in his voice, “hope these men did not bore you with work?”
“Nah…” she replied with her singsong voice. “They didn’t talk much though.”
Leonardo took his seat at the head of the table and looked at the people surrounding him. At long last, he had succeeded in getting rid of his enemies and building his empire. Just as he had dreamed as a young boy.
Leonardo was the most notorious and feared drug kingpin in the state, his rise to power had been slow and steady. But he had made the right connections, pulled the right favors and when that did not help he resorted to blackmail. It had not been easy at all, but he was now officially the number one.
And oh, was he proud of his accomplishments.
His status did not come without its perks of course, he had the FBI and Interpol on his ass. He was even beginning to suspect that CIA was also taking serious interest in his case.
Those foolish people. They had tried to plant spies in his organization but he had been able to filter them out and deal severely with them.
Till tomorrow, Leonardo will never know how the FBI bought his trusted friend over so he could betray him. But they had been able to convert him into a spy and use him to keep tabs on the organization. When Leonardo found out, he set a trap for him and had him arrested. He also made sure the arrest hit the news so that the Feds would have no choice but to leave him in prison.
Now, that is how you treat a backstabber.
He had been a manipulator and liar to the end, even when the evidences had been saying it clearly he kept denying being a spy. At least he would be lying to the judges and lawyers now.
Feeling good about himself, Leonardo looked at his circle. They were the people he trusted enough to run his organization.
“Miguel, how is preparations for shipment going? Our distributors in neighboring states are getting a bit antsy.”
“We experienced only a slight delay, but it will all be done by tonight. Unfailingly.” The man on the right side of the table replied, he was the one in charge of getting the drugs to wherever they had to go.
“Good, for every hour our products are not out there we lose good money.” Leonardo said then turned to the other man, “what is this problem I am hearing with the Governor? I told him not to allow the cops anywhere near my factories and I keep seeing their cars in the vicinity.”
“I tried cautioning him as well, but I believe he is beyond reason now.” The second man, whose name was Peyton said. He was the one in charge of all the dirt that Leonardo had on the biggest people in the state. The reason he was able to blackmail so many people.
“Too bad, that story about his daughter and her fiancée, leak it to the press. If he still refuses to see reason after that, leak the one about he and his wife’s sister. Nothing destroys a man’s reputation better than sex.”
“Okay, we will blackmail him again.” Peyton said, as if for confirmation.
Leonardo paused for a second, then turned to stare at him, “yes. I have become too big for a mere governor to disrespect me. If we run out of blackmail material and he is still being obstinate, then I will go after his family. One by one.”
“You will kill them?” The lady that was beside him cooed, her name was Jayne.
“Yes, every last one until he bows to my will. I have come so far for me to be disturbed by cops.” Leonardo replied her, feeling insulted by the effrontery of the government. He turned back to Miguel, “I need those drugs on the streets latest by tomorrow morning, if not you will experience firsthand what I will do to the Governor’s family. And Peyton, I need you to find out who it was that was in charge of making my best friend a snitch. I would like to see the person, I have a gift for him.”
“Okay,” Peyton said then in an easy way, he pulled out his pistol and pointed it at the drug kingpin.
“Holy Molly!” Jayne gasped.
“What the hell are you doing man?” Leonardo rasped, slamming his fist into the desk
“Your friend was never a snitch, I set him up and you fell for it. I am the snitch asshole, I am also an agent of the FBI and you are under arrest!” Peyton’s hand didn’t waver for once as he stared calmly at the druglord.
“Miguel?” Leonardo cried.
The man reached and pulled out his own pistol as well, pointing it at Peyton.
“My target is Leonardo,” The agent told him, “but I will not hesitate to shoot you if I have to. Drop the gun.”
Miguel’s hand was steady, then it shifted and pointed at Leonardo as well, “I’m sorry Boss, but I am also a snitch. I’m from the Interpol and I am also here to arrest you.”
“Ooh… what???” Peyton gasped, his gun hand wavering for a second.
“What the hell is going on here?” Leonardo cried as he surged to his feet.
“You are under arrest, what is hard there to understand?” Miguel said.
Just then, Leonardo reached under his table for his gun. He was going to finish them all off right here and now. But his hand brushed over an empty space. That was when he felt the business end of yet another pistol against his head.
“I got rid of it baby,” Jayne said quietly.
Just as he turned, she shoved him back against the desk and turned him around then placed the pistol to the base of his head, “if you resist anymore, I will shoot.”
She fished out cuffs and linked his hands, securing him.
The two other men were looking at her astonishingly, their weapon hands lowered in shock.
“And who the hell are you?” Miguel gasped.
“CIA,” she muttered. Then spread her hands, “tada!”
“What the hell kind of madness is this?” Leonardo cried, in a matter of seconds the empire he had painstakingly built was been torn down before his very eyes.
Just then the door flew open and a SWAT team trooped in.
“No!” Peyton cried at once.
“Leonardo belongs to me! I cannot let any of you have him.” Miguel said as well.
“Awwn…” Jayne said as she let the armed men take the Drug Kingpin. “I cuffed him, that makes him mine boys. So if you have a problem with that, take it up with our superiors.”
And with that, she followed the SWAT team out.
Peyton and Miguel stayed behind, looking at each other and wondering what the hell had just happened.
The End.
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