BANDIT II

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Savage

/savij/

1. Adj. (of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.

There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs. - George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)

4am

Omniscient...

Farad pulls up to the liquor store in Compton, parking crookedly. He cuts the engine, groaning in pain from the wounds that pierced his tricep and calf muscle. Hopping out to the empty parking lot, Farad limps to the entrance. He opens the door, gaining attention from the clerk who sees his wounded body gasping in fright.

"Sir are you ok? Do you need an ambulance? I'll call the po-" Farad chokes the woman, cutting her passage ways to breath as he growls in anger.

"I don't want the fucking ambulance. I just came to get some shit and I'll be out. Understand!" Farad grits through his teeth.

"Ok. I'll do whatever you want, just don't kill me p-please." The woman sobs and struggles to get pass her lips. Farad relaxes his grip, leaning off the glass door to stand to his one good leg. He lets the woman's neck go, locking the door while turning the open sign to "sorry we're closed."

The woman tries to run away but Farad catches her arm in his grasp, causing her to scream in sobs of terror. Farad huffs in annoyance, pistol whipping the innocent victim, she lowly sobs holding her face in sweat and tears.

"Shut the fuck up! You telling me not to kill your ass, but you in here bitching and screaming! That's why mafuckas be shooting y'all asses! Fuck!" He irritably explains, groaning from his throbbing arm. He was just ready to get what he needed and be out.

"Now come on!" He orders, pulling her around the store. The woman sniffs as Farad pulls around the liquor store, ordering what he wants. When done, the woman rings him up at the counter and Farad pays for the things.

"Is that all?" The woman sniffs. Farad smirks, pulling out his gun and killing the woman with no remorse. Farad knew in the beginning he couldn't leave witnesses around. Taking his wounded self to the back, he collects his things.

He enters the office of the establishment, freezing when a man stands in front of him. He's dressed in a bloody apron with a hair net on which confused Farad. This obviously wasn't your regular liquor store and Farad didn't want to stick around to find out either. Without precautions or thinking, Farad empties the last two bullets of his gun into the man. His body drops to the ground as the blood pools from his body.

Farad steps over the dead body, ejecting the tape and crushing it with his boot. As he travels to the bathroom, he groans swinging a stall door open while having a seat on the closed toilet. While taking off his black top, he breathes heavily hearing his phone in his pocket. He takes it out, sitting it on the toilet paper dispenser and answers it.

Four cars pull around back of the liquor store, splashing the puddles from the rain that hit the city streets earlier. Two guards open the door for Zee, Bricks and India. They had followed Farad here right after visiting Kane who told them everything. All three of them were of course furious and knew the only way to get to Viola was through Farad.

"Breeze and Kook, take the front to look out. Trap and Shank y'all come with us." Zee orders. India clocks Kane's gun as her parents look at her in shock.