A Gangster's Gospel

Chapter 4: A Sinner's Peril

Trigger Warning: Gun Violence, Murder, Organized Crime

Finding the people who had purchased Enigma's merchandise from Neumen Caldwell was child's play for Terrell "Techy" Jackson.

The pretty dark skinned man found not only the location of the merchandise but the owners of the facility in which it was stored. The current owner of the merchandise had no buyer lined up so the odds were much more favorable for Thaddaeus.

It wasn't Enigma's style to steal, even if it was to get back what was stolen from them.

Due to this Thaddaeus, naturally, already had a plan set in place involving Jasper and Daniel, his nuisance of a younger brother who insisted on being included even though he wasn't a part of the Enigma syndicate.

The plan was simple, well to Thaddaeus at least.

Enigma was a very small but feared organized crime syndicate with less than 30 members.

No one outside of the organization really knew who was in Enigma unless they met face to face, which wasn't often since they usually used independent contractors to handle boring things like reconnaissance and surveillance of low level threats and clean ups. Lieutenants like Terrell or Jasper handled simple exchanges, hacking, and mid level threats. While Thaddaeus and Yohan dealt with larger issues.

The group that bought Yohan's merchandise from Neumen Caldwell were connected to the Russian mob but from the information gathered by Terrell they were nearing dissolvement for constantly screwing up. The only reason they hadn't been disbanded and absorbed was because the leader of the group is the son of a big shot in the mob trying to prove to papa that he's cut out for the underworld.

While that wouldn't be an issue usually; dealing with a spoiled brat trying to get a pat on the back by his father was light work. It became a problem when Viktov Usamov's name came up.

Usamov was a Chechen mad dog that was kept on a very short leash by his superiors.

The Chechen was assigned to be a bodyguard to the brat pining for paternal approval, but it seemed he was scheming behind the scenes and using the kid's name to do so.

Usamov's involvement in the initial purchase paired with Caldwell's death put Thaddaeus in quite the predicament. Albeit a predicament the gangster himself caused by prematurely killing and dumping Caldwell's body before figuring out who had the merchandise. Though, he was working under Yohan's orders when it came to that.

Since Caldwell's untimely demise the Russians have tried to get into contact with Caldwell to purchase more merchandise. After the second time with no response it's been radio silence from the Russians.

Thaddaeus's plan was to reach out to the Russians as a representative of Enigma and attempt to buy back Enigma's merchandise from them.

The gangster's hope was that the Russians would send Usamov as their representative to handle the exchange since he was the one who acquired the merchandise in the first place.

Usamov, while a great asset to the Russians, was an even greater liability. He was unpredictable and needed constant reining in. He made the Russians look like incompetent dog sitters constantly having to clean up his messes.

It would make more sense to send someone more reputable to handle the exchange because it would give them an opportunity to unmask an Enigma member but the Russians are quite prideful and believe that one must finish what they've started.

If Usamov is put in charge of the exchange on the Russian's ends and Thaddaeus on Enigma's end, Daniel and Jasper are to act as a third party by ambushing them once the exchange is complete and kill Usamov and his men in the process, leaving the merchandise and money in the hands of Enigma.