El Diablo

Chapter 8 (Cortez it's time to pay up)

The car parked and I stepped out first. I opened the trunk grabbing my duffle bag and gear. Laura followed behind me a briefcase in hand along with a bag. I heard shouting and I turned to see Pally at the car waving his hands around like a maniac. Once he got our attention he ran toward us.

"You.....you....forgot these" Pally said panting. He grabbed a folded cloth out of his pocket then handed it to me.

"Rings" I asked.

"Yes you two are married remember. Laura the first two are yours" Pally said trying to catch his breath. I grabbed the golden ring from the cloth. I held it in my hand for a couple of seconds before my mind flashed back.

(5 years ago)

"Come on Mason we are 20 what could happen. You are out of the service let's just buy it" She cried.

"I don't know it seems a little big. I'm kinda worried about the neighborhood too" I replied.

"We could start a family have a couple of kids maybe get a dog" She begged. I looked at the house and back to her. Her eyes glistened. I smiled then looked to the house.

"Yeah we'll get it" I replied. She squealed in happiness. I looked down and the ring blinded me.

(Present day)

Pally snapped his fingers in my face once or twice before smacking me.

"Hey Mason, you okay" Pally asked.

"Yeah......uh....must have just day dreamed. Where is our room again" I asked.

"The top floor. You sure you're okay" Pally asked.

"Yeah I'm fine. You sound like my mother" I replied slipping on the ring.

"Oh don't give me that. I'm your drunken Irish pal" Pally said in his irish accent. I laughed before turning away. I walked to the door opening it to the cool air conditioning. "Huh I guess Laura is upstairs already". I walked to the desk to check in. He handed me a key and I walked to the elevator. I got in with two guys in black suits. Each had guns on their hips. The back of their necks had a symbol. "Where have I seen that before" I thought to myself. I reached for my back pocket then one of them spoke up.

"I wouldn't grab that if I were you" One of them said. 

"We know who you are and do not want to disrupt your op" The other one said. Then it clicked in my head. "Holy shit these are the guys from the Klitorz tribe" I thought to myself.

"Yeah well disrupt this" I said pulling out my M1911. I fired into the back of one of their heads killing them instantly. The other guy pushed me to the wall making me drop my gun. He pulled out his pistol and aimed it at my throat. The elevator began to slow and stop. He put his pistol to his hip then turned around. A old lady stood in the doorway. 

"Going down" He asked.

"Yes I believe I am" She replied.

"Well we are going up sorry miss" He spoke again. 

"Oh" She said. The elevator door shut and I grabbed my knife from my side. I stuck it in his chest as he turned around. I twisted the knife carving into his chest. He gasped for air then went limp. I pulled out my knife then tossed his body onto the other. The elevator music kept playing in the background. The elevator dinged and I dragged the bodies to the trash chute with my duffle bag. I dumped the bodies and I walked to my room. I opened the door with my key. I walked in and I heard guns loading. I set my duffle bag on the couch and I grabbed my phone. I called Pally.

"Yeah what's up Mason" Pally answered.

"What the hell is the klitorz tribe doing here" I asked.