Mafia's tomorrow

22-Costumes

We step down the car. There are total 4 cars. One has the instruments to manage all the communications with William and a driver. In the first car it is me, Jax , Enzo and Eduardo. The rest has the best men.

I take in my surroundings. it is around 5 in the morning. It is dark still. The sunrise is not upto a few minutes. We travelled through the woods.

It is like if you accidently come across this house you cannot question it. It is just like a vacation cabin in the woods.

Strangely there are no men. Maybe they are inside. The cabin is not large and might have 4 rooms maximum.

We parked the vehicles at a distance. We all are hiding between the trees. I motion with my gun to Jax and he seems to understand it as it brows furrows slightly before nodding. He motion some of his men to move forward. Men with huge arsenal move and check the area.

They seem to move a few steps and an arrow flies and hits the soldiers neck directly and the next moment he is choking and his face is turning pale. The arrow was poisonous.

There can be either men on the trees or some kind of machinery to shoot. But I do bot think it will be the latter, cause the ground is of soil and on soil it is more difficult to plant such machineries and do not get confused.
I look around on the trees and I was right. There are men dressed up as literal leaves. They are wearing costumes with artificial leaves as the tree. It is brilliant, but more of like a costume tree party. It is difficult to spot their faces as they are the only thing left uncovered, more difficult to shoot.

Jax sees me looking up and figures them out. The 3 men we sent are all dead. These tribal are more dangerous than we thought.

We both nod and there is some kind of telepathic communication between us today. A bond that links our mind. Just by looking in each others eyes we can figure out everything.

Seems like we fit together better than we thought.

We both start shooting and the men around us do too. It take a while for them to figure out at who are we shooting but once they figure out they are shooting perfectly.

They might have the advantage of terrain but we have the advantage of modernisation. Sure people fall on both the sides.

But we still are on a positive side. Some part of me feels bad about the men killed but I am quick to shut off any remorse I am feeling. Soon the arrows stop and there are no one that we can see on the trees.

I look around me and there are many men. Some costumed and some of our men. It is like I have shut off my humanity, there is no emotion in me, just a drive to go ahead, to see and get what I came for.

Jax is looking around assessing the casualties. He has a pained expression on his face. I do not care about it right now and move in straight towards the house. But carefully.

I think he notices me as I feel footsteps behind me. Following me. They are faint and cautious. I know they are not in a hurry like me.

But I leave them and do not care about anything right now, neither my life nor the consequences.

I am standing in front of the door right now. I hadn't felt anything except the adrenaline until now, but I think every emotion that I had buried long ago is coming up now. And I am not just talking about the last 24 hours, but last 10 years.

I let out a shaky breath and turn the door nob.