Don: The Blood Chains
Chapter 43: Greatness.

Chapter 43: Greatness.

There were so many thoughts as the cars sped off, swirling through traffic through red lights, to get out of the area as fast as possible, thoughts that were about the future, about what will happen next... at least in Pablo’s head, because Joseph seemed to be still calm. He was leaning back with his closed eyes, like he was just taking a snooze in the middle of this whole thing.

But Pablo himself wasn’t that calm, because now they were truly going to be all over the place and what they did was the exact opposite of what he wanted.

Silent and sneaky way, which was actually working until they stepped out of the building, but after that, the killing of the officer was big fuck up...

Dashboard cameras, the security cameras all over the street, the buildings, the people walking there and running away when the shots were fired... one look at the footage and it’s obvious who it was...

"Are you worried?" Joseph’s voice came as he leaned forward now and tried to wipe off the blood from his face, because it was irritating him too much, the smell of it, the feeling... that it wasn’t even his own blood.

"A little." He said as he watched him. "I mean it’s not the early 2000s, there are cameras everywhere and just everything has improved, there are drones, face recognition and many other things they can use against us."

Yeah it’s true... and I just hammered her head beyond recognition... but it felt so good. He thought as he finally managed to wipe off a big part of the blood from his face and then turned to Pablo, with a thought he had since they left the park.

"I think they will be overwhelmed."

"Overwhelmed?"

"Linda at the park, the women inside, even Trevor and the others... they all knew I was out, and there was a hint of fear in their eyes, even though I’d been publicly pardoned... so why were they afraid, why did they stutter and hesitate?"

The same thing even Pablo noticed... why the fuck did the park ranger react like that? Why was she so quick to aim a gun? Why did everyone they came across have that fear in their eyes?

I think," Joseph continued, "someone died back at the warehouse, and if that’s the case, there’s probably a shitstorm going on in the underworld right now." He looked into Pablo’s eyes. "And now we’ve killed three elders too... so maybe the news?"

Pablo’s eyes widened in that moment as he totally forgot about it... though he was the one who said they are no longer in the early 2000s, he up until now not even once looked at his phone to see the news, to get an idea what is happening... and second, he didn’t even give a phone to Joseph himself.

So when he realized that up until now they didn’t even once look at the news, not even on the television, radio, or social media, nothing, he quickly pulled out his phone searching up only the family name and immediately hundreds of videos and news popped out.

"Fuck..." He said as he scrolled through all of it and it was more than he expected, every single big news station picked up the story... and he just realized they started a fucking avalanche without them even noticing or paying attention to it, as he clicked on the most viewed one.

Published a day ago with 3 million views on it.

"This is News24 with the breaking story of not just the day, but possibly the decade." As the anchor said it immediately caught Joseph’s attention, more importantly the word "decade".

"Today, from Bastion Maximum Security Prison, a DSA special agent was tasked with supervising and escorting an inmate who was pardoned after serving ten years behind bars... not just any inmate but Joseph Cassian."

At that moment they looked at each other slowly then back to the screen knowing very well that maybe the introduction of the Cassain family went a little... overboard.

"The last living member of the infamous Cassian crime family was pardoned of all charges against him by the Justice Minister and the JSA Chairwoman. The charges against Joseph Cassian were described as fabricated and driven by corruption. But as everyone knows, anything involving the name Joseph Cassian is surrounded by mystery. His entire family and their allies were wiped out in a brutal massacre, and every finger pointed at him as the mastermind. Yet, he was never brought before a judge, no prosecution ever launched due to lack of evidence."

The camera cut to another anchor pointing at a map of the city.

"With all of this in mind, let’s go over what happened. The special agent escorting Joseph Cassian drove into the city without incident, until they reached Prick Street, where their vehicle was ambushed and both were kidnapped by Vincente Lisonda. Yes, that Vincente Lisonda, whose family was butchered just like the Cassians, with everyone back then pointing fingers at Joseph Cassian, accusing him of orchestrating the killings." He continued, "Revenge, ten years in the making. Though not confirmed by the DSA, many believe Lisonda’s intentions were clear, however he failed."

The camera cut back to the other anchor.

"Vincente Lisonda, one of the key figures of the criminal underworld died during whatever happened inside that warehouse, though the DSA Director confirmed that the special agent was the one who shot and killed him, but the details remain classified and still under investigation."

Pablo said nothing, nor did Joseph. They just stared at the screen, finally understanding why the fuck everyone knew them, why everyone had that fear in their eyes. Of course they did... the whole city, the whole country was plastered with his name, linking him to Vincente’s death.

"Play it." He whispered and Pablo tapped the screen.

"Though one thing is certain, a known figure from the underworld, accused by many of single handedly wiping out the biggest mafia families, is now a free man, but the worst of all of it, whatever took place inside that warehouse is bound to send shockwaves through the criminal underworld as Vincente Lisonda was not just a key player of the criminal underworld but was a drug lord, and one thing is sure, many will want to claim whatever have left and we all learned and witnessed what it comes with. " She looked up again at the camera. "This is News24. Stay safe and tuned."

They stayed silent as the video ended with some footage of the warehouse with officers and agents all over it... but what Joseph said was true, or going to be true.

"So he died huh..." Joseph whispered as he just realized he truly killed off the Lisonda family.

"Not just that but they manipulated the story." Pablo said and for him it didn’t make any sense. "Not a single word about Gabbana, Jelena, the bodies of their men, or what happened to the agent afterwards."

"Damage control, they are trying to be the one having the upper hand over the situation." Joseph spoke. "I’m not an expert, but I would do the same, say the minimum amount of information."

"But still Jelena and Gabbana survived it, I’m pretty sure of it as she has a big mouth while Gabbana knows how to use all of this on their side." Pablos said. "The two of them will begin to spread the word about what exactly happened."

"They wouldn’t just think about it, how embarrassing would it be to let people know that one person fucked all three of them up in the same time... twice." He chuckled about it. "Their power comes from their untouchable being, but saying out loud that they got fucked in the ass would just harm their whole untouchable being, though I’m sure, they will do something big, to retaliate."

It made sense as Pablo thought it through, it would just hurt their image if they started telling the truth... it would just shatter their image that has been built up over the years.

"And I have a strong feeling they’re going to hide what we have just done too. Those three fucks had too many connections, because without it they couldn’t have just built up a real estate empire that’s everywhere in the city, and now they died, as well as Vincente." He glanced at Pablo. "I bet you know too, that is why corruption is great, because if something happens to them, they can’t just tell the truth."

He was right, first they have to clean it up, pretend it never happened, or tell it so vaguely that no one even cares about it. Paperwork vanishes, bodies disappear, reports get rewritten, and the media plays along. They panic and cover their own asses instead of going after whoever fucked them over.

"Yeah, it’s fucked... but beautiful too, in its own way and it benefits us." Pablo whispered.

"Exactly, with corruption everything moves fast, everyone benefits somehow... but at the same time, everything can fall apart in minutes if somebody fucks it up." He laughed. "And now we fucked it up for them. On that table was cocaine, meth, all kinds of drugs, even my DNA on the pistol. So let’s see what corruption does next, but I bet nothing, they’ll just clean it up to save themselves, and that’s it." He leaned back, closing his eyes. "We can do whatever we want until they finally decide to move."

As he said it Pablo felt that something was different about Joseph. Maybe it was because the realization that now he could do nothing but be the Don... or maybe he had just finally found himself.

The way he killed Ivanka without any morals, without any second thoughts, without hesitation... the way he spoke about corruption... the way he saw through it all just told Pablo even more that they would achieve greatness.

Greatness that had never been achieved before.