Reaper's End

[]Dante's POV[]

I put a handgun in my belt and some ammo in my pocket just in case. After that, I stepped out of my car, slamming the door shut behind me. I notice that Leo approaches Ivy and Beau. Wait, Beau? What's he doing here? I made my way to the elevators, but then I felt a pat on my back followed by an annoyed grunt. I turned my head to see an annoyed Leo.

I sigh, "What's up, buddy?"

Leo dropped his arm and said, "I don't understand why Grim Reaper let Beau tag along. He's not even an underboss."

"Is this the first time coming to a meeting?" I question

He shrugs, "I think so, I just don't see why he'd wanna come with, y'know?"

"Maybe he just wanted to feel important or something because he's engaged to Ivy now." I nodded towards Ivy

Leo shakes his head and runs his hand through his slick, black hair, "How's it going in Cleveland?"

"All good, pretty quiet though," I reply, "How 'bout you? In St. Louis?"

"It's fine, quiet as well. My soldiers are currently taking over Chesterfield," he says proudly

The five of us make it to the elevator and I push the button to get on Reaper's level. I notice that Ivy is glaring daggers at the back of Scarlett's head while holding her fiance's hand. Leo makes small talk with Scarlett, leaving me by myself with no one to talk to, so I pull out my phone to check any messages I missed.

Kitty Kat: How's the meeting going?

Didn't start yet, but soon.

My phone buzzes nearly two seconds after I sent my message

Kitty Kat: Let me know how it goes

I read the text, turn my phone off, then put my phone back in my pocket and followed the others out of the elevator. We each go into our rooms to drop our stuff off. When I arrived at my door to my room, I opened it and stepped in. I throw my duffel bag on my twin sized bed and sit on the bed then lean back and lay down to quickly gather my thoughts. I heard a knock on my door and looked up to see Leo.

"Time for the meeting, big guy," he said and walked away

I shake my head and sit for a few moments before getting up to follow him to the meeting. We pass by some soldiers who nod at us, then make room for us in the hallway. We walked into the big computer room, greeted the others, and turned the huge TV on. Shortly after, our boss appears on the silver screen. He's wearing a black fedora, a hockey mask, a black blazer, white turtleneck, gold gains and shades.

"Is everyone here?" his voice booms

Oh yeah, and his auto tuner. That's not his real voice. He's a very private person when it comes to appearances and voices. We've never even met the guy.

"Yes sir," Leo responds

"Alright underbosses... and Beau," he says, "As you all know, I've urgently gathered you here today. We are having a bit of trouble with another gang."

Everybody murmurs and speaks what's on their minds, so the Reaper yells at us to be quiet, then he brings his hands to his face and leans in his chair.

"We've been getting countless attacks. They're trying to overtake our gang, but little do they know, they're greatly outnumbered."

"So what do you want us to do?" Beau spoke up

"Well, Beau, I want my underbosses to protect my base and let the punks know that they're not getting what they want."

Beau steps back and puts his hands behind his back. I hold back a laugh. The boss sure doesn't seem to like Beau, so I wonder why he let him come.

"Leo, Ivy, Dante, Scarlett, can you handle this?" he asks

We all nod and reassure him.

"Good, I'm giving you some soldiers and you're gonna take them down. I don't care how you do it, just do it. I'm going to send you the soldiers' names and where their rooms are." he concludes

"What do you want me to do?" Beau asks

Reaper grumbled and sighed in annoyance, "I'll find something for you to do, Albert will give you instructions. As for the rest of you, you guys start tomorrow."

With that, he disconnected from the call and all we saw and heard was static. Leo turned off the tv, set the remote down, then turned to us.

"Alright guys, we can do this, let's grab our soldiers and put this situation to rest." he claps his hands together

Everyone agrees and we go our separate ways back to our rooms. On my way to my room, I pull out my phone to send a quick text.

The meeting was good, just gotta take out some people.

Kitty Kat: Alright

A notification from Reaper pops up, so I read the list to see who I'm dealing with and where to meet them tomorrow. I plopped on my bed to finish reading instructions. Not long after I finished reading Reaper's message, a message from Leo popped up.

Leo: The others decided to explore Chicago to kill some time, do you wanna go together or something?

Sounds good

I turned my phone off and got myself ready for a stroll in the streets of Chicago. I step out of my room and I hear Leo coming down the hallway. He caught up to me and we walked to the elevator discussing what we should do tonight. The elevator doors opened, so we stepped in and conversed with the soldiers that were already in while waiting to reach our floor. When it reached our floor, Leo and I stepped out and walked to the cars.

"Whose car should we take? Or should we just walk?" Leo asked

I shrugged, "Why not walk? We could probably use the exercise," I suggested

"Not a bad idea, Sanchez." he chuckles

We discuss how we could take the gang down as we start to walk the busy streets of Chicago.