Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Day 221 - 66 Says Goodbye

 66 says goodbye
Matthew Ryan Fischer
 
“Where will you go?” asked 47.
“The States. Maybe Europe. I hear Naxis had some connections in Italy. Maybe I can get myself trapped in another gang war,” answered 66
Both men laughed.
“I think that’s your specialty.”
“Maybe. I might try to track down 22. Von asked and they swear they just used his tattoo as a distraction so no one would know it was Gideon behind the shotgun attacks.”
“You find him, then find 33 next. There aren’t as many of us as there used to be and we don’t need more going missing.”
66 tried to mask his face at the mention of 33. He could never tell anyone what really happened and expect to survive.
“Agreed. It might be time we reconvene and talk about goals. Might be we need to think bigger than freelancing.”
“What about the adversary? He’s coming for you.”
“Man is Interpol. If there’s no active police investigation, he can’t do anything.”
“A man possessed doesn’t need jurisdiction.”
“He seemed like too much of a lawman to go rogue. Bandung might be burnt for a while and maybe Jakarta too, but I doubt it. You need my help, I’ll be here. In the meantime, I doubt he can track me overseas.”
“Be careful how you get out. He’s seen your face, your tattoo.”
“Yours too. But you’re right. Cameras are everywhere now. Maybe all of us getting distinctive tattoos was a bad idea.”
The men laughed again.
“Yeah, maybe.”
“So, what about you?”
“Von wants me to stay. He needs someone to lead his army of drug addicts. And now that the families see the potential, there’s going to be a lot more of them.”
“Better cannon fodder for the next war.”
“Better them than me.”
“Truth.”
“I know a smuggler in Bali. He can get you out of the country, and you might enjoy a few days at the beach.”
“That seem like me?”
“Nah, but you can ride your motorcycle across the island on the way there. That seems like something you’d do.”
“Indeed.”
They sat is silence for a moment.
“I’m going to miss you,” 66 finally added.
“Something I never thought you’d say. But thanks. We did okay this time around. That goes a long way.”
“Sure does.”
“You find them. 22 and 33 and all the others. I’ll work on Von and Gideon and secure a foothold here. You get everybody back and then we’ll see how far we can go. If this isn’t the right city, somewhere else will be. We’ll do it right.”
“Sounds like a plan.”

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