"You are the sexiest African man I've ever seen."

Vicky stretched out across the bed that was covered in silk sheets, and a big white fur cover. She watched as her man came out of the bathroom in his custom made boxer shorts.
She thought he was even more sexier the way he handled his business and brought in more and more money.

He was becoming the top drug lord all over the states and recruiting hundreds of new people to work for him.

"I'm Nigerian."

"I know that, it's all the same to me." she licked her lips. "Bring that sexy chocolate over here."

Cyrus casually walked over to the bed, ready to devour Vicky. He jumped on the bed, causing it to bounce and making Vicky giggle. He climbed on top of her and kissed her on the mouth.

"Any word on the drop off today?" She asked him

"Yea, Chase told me it should be arriving by four o'clock this afternoon."

"You still don't know who's shipment it is?"

"It doesn't matter. It's about 100 pounds of cocaine and 50 pounds of weed. That's a lot of drugs which can make me a lot of money. I really don't care who's shipment it is. I'm more worried about your son."

"Who Tahj?"

"Both of them. Tahj isn't coming out of that comatose any time soon. But when he does, he'll be a big problem, especially if he teams up with Knowledge. I need Knowledge dead before Tahj wakes up."

"I haven't seen Knowledge."

Cyrus grabbed ahold of Vicky's neck and got in her face. "I didn't ask you if you seen him. Don't fucking play with me! I said I want him dead before Tahj wakes up. I already have my men planning to go after him. But if that fails, you're the only person that can get close enough to him to get the job done and nobody would expect it." He released his grip from her throat

"Baby, the last thing I want to do is kill my own son. Why can't you just send your men after him?"

"You do if you want to conquer the under world."  He got up to light his cigar.
"Besides, there's no guarantee that my men will succeed. We both know your sons. They won't go down without a fight. Your husband grew his business to its capacity. He has so many people working for him, Knowledge doesn't even know them all. They're all over the place. But YOU... you can get closer to him than anybody. So if everything else fails, you can finish him off." He took a few puffs of his cigar.

Vicky sat there uncomfortable as Cyrus waited for her answer.

Luckily, she didn't have to answer when somebody knocked on the bedroom door.

"Excuse me boss, can I speak to you for a minute?" Said Chase.

Cyrus walked out the room and closed the door behind him so Vicky couldn't hear.

"I hate to interrupt but we just got word that the ship has left the dock." Said Chase. "My team couldn't catch them in time."

"Shit! They're moving faster than I expected. Round up your team again. I know where they're going."

"That's not all boss. I got word that the L.A.P.D have been snooping around this part of the city for the last two days."

"Fucking cops! Always on my ass. Let's take care of this shipment first and then I'll figure out what to do from there."

Chase nodded and went on his way.

"Things aren't going the way I want them to." He said as he came back into the room. "We have to put out plan into action as soon as possible."

"Why what's wrong baby?"

"The damn cops are closing in on me. We may have to pack up and leave sooner than I thought. Which means we have no time to waste getting rid of your son."

Vicky looked away and dropped her head. The guilt of her actions were starting to eat at her. She was the reason why this relationship with Cyrus went so far. Her greed for a better life was the very thing that was now threatening to end her life and that of her only sons.

"You gave me your word that you wouldn't turn your back on me the same day we buried your husband," Cyrus got in her face and looked her dead in her eyes. "I need to know if you're in this for the long run. Good or bad. I need to know I can trust you."

Vicky forced herself to smile and kissed him as a sign of her commitment.

"That's my girl." He embraced her into a hug. "I promise it'll all be worth it. You might feel bad now but When I come out on top, you'll never want for anything ever again."




•





4 p.m.
Crystal River


"Keep your weapons close by and be ready for anything." Knowledge told his team.

There were five cars lined up at the rivers bank as the ship came rolling in.

"Mr. King!" Shouted the man from the deck of the ship.

Knowledge waved a hand and forced a smile.
Tommy was good at what he did, but his annoying personality was a bit too much for Knowledge some times.

When the ship came to a halt, Tommy jumped off the ship and walked up to greet Knowledge.

"It's good to see you again." Said Tommy

"Same here old man." Knowledge teased. "Did everything go according to plan?"

"Not exactly. We ran into some problems."

"What kind of problems?"

"Word around my town is that there's this new guy running around killing off all the drug lords And kingpins so he can cease control. We barely made it here after some gang attacked us while we boarded the ship."

"Got dammit!" Knowledge shouted. He knew exactly who Tommy was talking about. Cyrus was becoming more and more dangerous every day and it seemed like the opportunity to kill him was slipping away. He couldn't lose it all now.

Not after all the hard work it took to get here.
Not after all the blood, sweat and tears.
Not after everything he's been through.
Falling just wasn't an option at this point.

"Cmon, let's get this done and over with." He waved a finger.

After Knowledge exchanged the money with Tommy, the workers from the ship started to load the drugs into the cars.

"Looks like everything is accounted for." Said Malik as he checked off the last box on the clipboard. "Were good to go. Let's wrap this up."

The moment Malik gave the signal for the team to get back to the cars, a black truck came out of the woods and screeched to a halt.

"Ambush!" Malik shouted.

Another truck pulled in right after that.
The men jumped out and started shooting as the team darted to safety in different directions.

Knowledge took out both guns and fired back, hitting a few of them.

Clearly outnumbered and outgunned, the last bit of men that were lucky to still be alive, got back in their cars and drove away.

Once the noise of their car faded away, Knowledge and his team came out of hiding.

"That was the shortest shoot out I've ever seen." Said Tommy

"Yea that's cause they didn't expect it to be so many of us. You saw how many people it was. They weren't ready for a fight. They came looking for a easy steal." Said Knowledge

He looked around to see who all were still alive.

One by one, the team stood up and raised their hand to be counted for. Except for Malik.

"He's down!" One of the workers shouted.

Knowledge and Tommy ran to Malik quickly.

"Kai, it's been an honor working for you, your father and your family." Said Malik, barely holding on to life from the gunshot to his chest. "I'll be sure to tell your father you said hello."

The team lowered their head as a sign of respect as Malik slowly closed his eyes.

Knowledge was beyond pissed to lose somebody as loyal as Malik was. And as if he didn't already have enough on his plate to deal with, now he had to take care of whoever just tried to rob him.

"Put the word out everywhere," he stood up with a clenched fist. "I want to know who just attacked us by sun down!"