Venom: Valentino's story

12. -edited

Blade's POV

"Word has it from our spy that the French mafia was planning to attack the ball alongside the Russians. Plans have changed for them due to the unexpected death of the Russian mafia. It is currently unknown to us if they still plan to attack after what happened at their last attempted ambush.

Once we get more info from our spy we will call another meeting. Keep your earpieces on for the announcement. Also keep your eyes and ears open incase they plan to attack us earlier. You are all dismissed."

Everyone filed out of the room at Val's dismissal except for me and Rosalina. "Have you called around to see who killed the Russians?"

Rosalina's face turned to confusion at my question as Val answered. "I have. No one so far has said they've done it. I've called the Europeans, Spanish, Asains, Japanese, Americans, Canadians, Egyptians, and Greeks. Those are the only mafias other than French and they're allies so there's no way it was them."

I rubbed my chin. If it wasn't a mafia then who? It couldnt have been a street gang. Maybe an assassin. But the Russians would have had to piss that person off big time for them to take the time, effort, and patience to kill 300+ people.

"Um. I saw this symbol drawn in blood on the walls of the Russians house on the news." I looked at the phone Rosalina showed us and my jaw dropped at the symbol.

"I-it can't be. She's dead."

Val looked at me confused. He know's Dez was viper but he doesn't know her symbol.

"Who, Blade?"

I take a deep breath and release it before finally saying, "Viper. Valentino's mom."

Dez's POV

"You'd think after 5 days they would have seen the news and noticed the damn symbol in the background. But nooooo the damn mafia is too fucking stupid!"

Most of my wounds have healed except for the bullet to the stomach. It's hard to breath at times but I'm fine as we speak.

"Mom, they think you're dead. What do you expect them to do? They watched you 'die', they probably think someone is trying to trap them."

I take a deep breath as realization hits. They watched as I burned. They don't even need proof I died, they watched it. So why would 1 symbol make them automatically believe I'm alive?

But the note. If Valentino read the note I left them then they should be able to figure out the translations. It literally said "I am alive", what other way do they want me to tell them.

"Look mom. We'll see them in less than 2 weeks now. So it doesn't matter if they see it or not. We'll go in and they'll see us! Bada bing bada boom, they know you're alive and they finally know I exist."

I chuckle and shake my head at the thought. But deep down, I know it's really not going to be that easy.

Valentino's POV

Anger. That's all I feel as I throw relentless punches to the hanging bag in front of me.

That symbol. The Viper's symbol. Someone dared to mock my mother's name and death by using her symbol.

It's like saying the phrase 'oh my god' in front of an extremely religious person. Like using her name in vain.

And someone had the audacity to do so. Who would use the viper symbol in mock honor as a sign of success for killing the Russians?

Hell, if I didnt watch her die then I'd think that this were a sign. But that's not the case. It wouldn't have been her, so who was it?

I was broken out of my thoughts as the bag flew off it's chains, chains dangling from the force of my hits, and sand now pouring into the floor from the bag.

My knuckles bled as I wipe my head with my handkerchief, taking a drink from my water bottle.

"I doubt your mother would appreciate you hurting yourself like this. Y'know, training to the point of bloody knuckles and a pale face? Not exactly good for you."

I look up at the hispanic goddess in front of me with a deadpanned look. She was right but she doesn't have to know that.

"I'm a vodka drinking, cigarette smoking, deadly assassin and mafia leader. Nothing I do is good for me, darling."

I walk over to her, grab her chin making her look up at me, and gently put my lips on hers for a few second before pulling away.

"She also wouldn't like that I made you be my girlfriend but it seems to be pretty fun so far, huh?"

"At least I'm breathing, amor. It's really not half bad when I think about it." She leaned up and pecked my lips again before dragging me out of the gym and back to our room.

Rosalina's POV

He sat on the bed as I slowly cleaned his beat up knuckles, staring at me the whole time while my focus was on his hand.

"Anyone ever told you how sexy you look when you're in nursing mode?"

"No and I would appreciate it if you would shut the hell up and allow me to focus"

The next few moments were filled with comfortable silence as I fixed up his hand. When I was finally done I put the aid kit away and went over to sit on his lap.

He kissed my lips roughly before unexpectedly laying me on the bed and crawling over me.

"I love you"

"I love you too"

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Ok anyway yall robbed bc they fucked but i dont feel like putting details rn (: