Fire At Will.

Part 2 - "See you soon, Gerard."

I stir awake to the sound of my phone buzzing loudly against my wooden bedside table. I groggily grab my phone and wince slightly at the bright light of the screen as it shines in my face.

"New Message, 6:43AM"

"Gerard, come meet us today. Our usual base, 9:00AM."

Thats never a good sign. What do they want from me now? I groan and roll over before dragging myself to get out of bed.

I trudge over my my wardrobe, sleepily dragging the tall doors open and grabbing the first items of clothes i see: old black jeans, a worn out vampire t-shirt along with my usual long, black coat.

I lazily pull on my clothes before walking to my large mirror,

I disgust myself.

I look at my pale face, staring back at me, empty and exhausted, my greasy hair is hanging over my face and the forming wrinkles from sleep loss are becoming more evident.

My phone buzzes impatiently. Okay, I get it. I open the message to reply.

"Okay, I'll head over soon."

At 8:40, I walk over to my shoes and sit at the bottom stairs as i put them on. I sling my backpack over my shoulders before heading out of the front door. It's around a 15 minute walk so i should get there on time.

Its a cold day, similar to yesterday so it wont be a horrible walk.
I do my usual walk, down the back alleyways and through the woods so no one will follow me.

Its nice today, cold. I like the cold. Its calm, everyone else is cooped up in their houses so i don't need to sneak around outside as much.

I hear the familiar sound of the large trains moving across the rusty tracks meaning in only a few more minutes away from the base.

I hope they're not too angry today. Im exhausted.

I arrive at the base, which is an abandoned warehouse, and approach the entrance. I take a deep breath before knocking on the rusty door and taking a step back, preparing to deal with interaction. The door slowly creaks open and i'm greeted by some random member. I inform him,

"I'm here to talk to the boss, he wanted to see me.."

"He's in his office upstairs, as usual."

I'll just go straight up there and knock on his door i guess

I hover my fist in front of the door before hesitantly knocking three times

Knock knock knock

I wait until i hear the familiar drawl,

"Come in, Gerard"

Yuck. I can hear the smirk in his tone.

I slowly push the door open, looking at the heavily tattooed man with smoke whisping all around his head. He greets me enthusiastically with an almost evil smirk,

"Gee, I have a new target that i want you to take care of."

Im used to this statement, but hearing those words still makes me slightly uneasy. It is my job to do though, i know it's bad. I step into the room and look over to see him sitting in his chair at the window, and he looks outside. I reply bluntly

"Alright."

"Come here, take a seat."

I walk across the room over to him and take a seat opposite him at the window, staring out as well. There isn't much to see, just an empty woods area.

Im snapped back to reality by the bosses New York drawl.

"Your target is a past customer of ours, he thought he could betray us, but we wont allow it. Thats why i need you to sort him out."

He speaks sternly, sliding a pistol across the old wooden table to me. I pick it up and safely tuck it into my black satchel with a nod.

The boss continues talking,

"He bought drugs from us for a collage party, years back. He thought it could be a one time thing, but thats not how things work around here. We don't let people leave once they get involved, it's unsafe for the company. Poor kid... i don't really care though, he did it to himself. Stupid,Stupid kid."

"Okay. Who is this person?" I ask

"I'll inform you his name and where you can find him next time i call you in, which will be soon. I'm just letting you know this is your task."

I nod, processing this plan.

"Well... I'll head off now. You can let me know the information when you call me in and I'll take care of him."

"See you soon, Gerard."

I stand up and walk over to the door. I look back at him one last time to see him staring back out the window and i finally leave the room and head out of the warehouse back outside.