At the sound of her voice he uncovered his ears and opened his eyes and looked at her with tears running down his face.
“If you don’t listen then you will be just like him. We almost lost you because he got inside your head. You shot Michael and was about to kill him. The only reason you didn’t is because I shot you Mike and stopped you baby.” Envy said and started crying hysterically, and Mike doing the same thing.
“I’m sorry Envy, I’m sorry Michael I can’t remember what I was doing.” He said with tears streaming down his face. Envy hugged him
“No baby I’m sorry we should have protected you better.” She said hugging him and rocking back and forth.
“Mike you have to learn how to control the blood inside you. Remember I told you I black out as well and lose control. There’s a part of me that like the evil, but I have to fight it. If I don’t I’ll be no better than him and you will be no better than him. We have to use what’s inside of us for good Mike or there will be more children of crack heads going through what we have because of him in us. Do you understand me?” Michael said firmly.
“Yes.” Mike replied while still crying with Envy and holding her.
Chapter 2
Two West African men drove a tractor trailer truck off the JFK Airport to a pier near the Hudson River next to abandon buildings.
“This man of yours must be a crazy ass American to want all these shits, but for two thousand dollars each we don’t care. That’s a million dollars we be set.” One of the African men said with a cheese smile on his face.
“Ali this man is not normal I been dealing with him for a long time. Please my friend, do not speak or look him in the eyes. We are making a deal with the devil himself and if we walk away from it alive it will only be Allah. Do you hear me my friend?” The driver stated.
“Yeah, I understand I just want to get this money, fuck this American. I don’t care what he does with this shipment Mohammed.” Ali replied.
Then they see a car flashing lights in front of them.
“That’s our signal.” Mohammed stated and got out of the large tractor trailer truck followed by Ali and walked to the back of the truck as two men hopped out of their cars, one with a large dog like creature on a leash. Mohammed knew right away it wasn’t a dog the man had by his side. He swallowed the extra saliva in his mouth out of fear. Every time he met with this man he prayed that he would make it back from the meeting alive. Ali and Mohammed now stood four feet from the two men.
“I see you’re on time Mohammed.” Black Ice said with a sinister smile on his face.
“Yes I’m never late with your order no matter how big it is.” Mohammed said, and was scared to make eye contact. The last time he did he had nightmares for months, they just recently stopped.
“Did you get all I wanted?” Black Ice asked?
“Yes I did but a few of them died from the trip here from Africa.” Mohammed replied.
“Enough small talk, do you have our money?”
Ali said in a strong African accent.
Black Ice leaned his head to the side and looked at Ali.
“Mohammed who is this man you know to come alone when dealing with me.”
“Umm, the order was too big for me to handle alone I had to pay many people in customs to get what you wanted. So I had my friend help me also.”
Mohammed said nervously taking a step back.
“Mohammed, do not explain shit to this American scum. Where’s our money?”
Ali said with his hand on his waist where he kept his gun. He was tired of talking and couldn’t understand why his friend was so scared of the American man in front of him. After all they have seen and been through in their country. He was ready to put bullets in both of the American men heads and take their money and try to sell the shipment all over again.
“Hahahaha!” Black Ice busts out laughing.
His laughter was cold and sent chills through all three of the men bodies. Even the hyena by his side began to shake. For the first time Ali began to fear the man in front of him.
“Fuck this!” he screamed and reached for his gun but never got a chance. And one swift move Black Ice pulled out a six inch knife that curved at the tip and stuck into him and chopped off his hand.
“Ahhhh!” Ali’s eyes popped open in shock as he screamed and lifted his left arm up and now seeing that his hand is now gone.
“You fucking talk too much.” Black Ice said as he rammed the knife into his stomach and chest repeatedly.
“Ahhhh!” Ali screamed in agonizing pain and fell back onto the ground. He coughed up blood as more of it gushed out of him.
“Get him.” Black Ice ordered.
The hyena attacked locking his huge jaws onto Ali’s head and crushing it, then ripped it off and began to devour it. The hyena wasted no time to rip off Ali’s chest then legs and swallowed it.
Mohammed screamed and took off running. The hyena stopped eating and jumped in front of him and began to laugh.
“Hahaha!” It blocked his path.
His long teeth; dripping with fresh blood, as he stared at Mohammed as if he was his next meal.
“Leave him and go finish your meal.” Black Ice ordered.
The hyena’s laughter echoed through the night.
He turned around and looked at Black Ice.
Mohammed could swear he seen the hyena shake his head in agreement as it ran back over to his friends corpse and began to rip and tear pieces of him away.
Black Ice walked up to Mohammed and grinned with his evil smile.
“You don’t have to worry Mohammed you’re good with me I still need you. I never know when I may need a shipment and you’re the only one that can get what I want.”
“Tiwan, give him his money.” Black Ice ordered.
Tiwan passed Mohammed a black suitcase.
Mohammed took it nervously as his heart raced and his stomach bubbled with fear.
“There’s a car a block away with the keys in it, take it and get out of here, and Mohammed make sure the next time you come alone or I’ll feed you and whoever you come with to my pets is that clear?”
“Yes.” Mohammed said and took off running.
Black Ice smirked as his hyena continued to devour Ali’s body. He walked to the back of the tractor trailer truck and opened it. A smile spread across his face as he looked at more cages than he could count filled with baby hyenas.
“Tiwan, call some of the men so they can start bringing my pets to the island.”
Tiwan shook his head and did what he was ordered to.
Chapter 3
Black Ice kept running through Mikes head he didn’t want to believe that his father killed his mother and doing so almost killing him and was the cause of his pain during the ten years of his life. From being in so many different foster homes and mistreated not fed or cared for. He was just another check from the government for them.
Mike looked up at the dining room table and couldn’t help but to smile. Envy was cutting into a beautiful well cooked brown baked chicken and Michael was putting macaroni and cheese with collard greens and yams onto the plates after she put the chicken on it and passed it out to the woman at the table.
“Boy you better put more on my plate.” Tiffany said with a serious facial expression, but bust out laughing.
“The same goes for me.” Star stated rolling her head and smiling.
“Damn you pregnant woman can eat, but that’s a good thing.” Michael said in a joking manner as he adds more food to their plates and passed it to them.
Mike looked at his plate and the three woman at the table and then at his brother and felt a since of belonging coming over him. I finally have a family a family of my own. The only thing missing is my father.
The things Michael and Envy said can’t be true, could it? His train of thoughts was broken by Envy’s voice.
“Everybody hold hands and say grace.”
Mike reached over and held Michaels hand, and Envy held
Mike’s hand, and Tiffany and Star held each other hands.
“Everybody lower your heads.”
Michael said and began to pray.
“Our heavenly Father, thank you for bringing us together as a family and keep us safe. Thank you for bringing Mike back to us and all the other blessings you give us. Thank you so much for the food in front of us Amen.” He said and every one at the table said after him.
Tiffany wasted no time to put a few pieces of baked chicken off her plate into her mouth. Michael looked at Mike and they both smiled thinking the same thing that all three pregnant women can eat their ass off but never said it out loud knowing they couldn’t win a fight with three emotional pregnant woman.
After dinner Mike sat on his bed in his room he studied everything in it, it felt so good to be home. The life he lived with Envy and Michael felt like a dream too good to be true. It was his first day back from out of the hospital. He got off the bed and bent down looking under it to see a few shoe boxes of sneakers that Envy bought for him.
He pushed a few of the boxes to the side and dug way into the back and pulled out a black sneaker box and sat on his bed. He slowly opened it and stared at the objects inside of it. A four inch knife that Michael had given him and made him promise not to tell Envy, and next to it was a switch double bladed knife he had longer than he could remember to protect himself from the people from foster homes he had been in. Next to it was a clear glass jar filled with water and something floating around in it. He picked up the jar and stared at the floating piece of Pooky’s ear that he chopped off. He lay back on his bed holding the jar up staring at it and smiling.
Envy sat on her living room couch rubbing her stomach, with Tiffany and Star sitting beside her, rubbing their pregnant stomach’s as well. Michael sat across from them as the woman looked at him with concern and worry in their eyes.
“So what are we going to do Michael?” Tiffany asked?
“What do you mean?” Michael replied?
“Baby this isn’t the time to play stupid you know exactly what she meant. What are we going to do as far as Black Ice?” Envy responded?
“What can we do but be ready for him.” Michael replied.
“Be ready? How the hell can anybody be ready for that bastard? If you saw what I’ve seen and been where I been, because of him you would know there’s no such thing as being ready for no goddamn Black Ice.
He’s going to come for us now.” Star yelled.
“Star, lower your voice we don’t want Mike hearing this.” Envy stated.
“Shit maybe he should hear it Envy, because if Black Ice wasn’t going to come for us or me that’s carrying his child he damn sure is going to come for that little boy in the next room.” Tiffany responded.
“Listen I know you all are worried, but I can handle my father, I’ll protect you all. Tiffany and Star you’re like family to me and family is everything. The two of you could have lived anywhere with the money you took from Black Ice with Envy. But let’s keep it real you know on your own Black Ice will find you no matter where you go. So you two decided to stay with me and Envy and that’s good with me. You two were counselors at my center since I opened it, between that and all that we have been through in the past few months that brings us even closer. I won’t let anything happen to you all and your unborn children.” Michael said meaning every word.
“Michael I appreciate all you do for me but I’m scared shitless. I know he’s going to come for me and my baby he already told me he will kill me if I ran like Rocky did. He swore I was her, he did for months when he had me trapped in that room with him.” Tiffany said and bust out crying hysterically.
Envy wrapped her arms around her as she cried right along with her.
“Don’t cry. I got this, we will all be ok.”
Michael said trying to reassure the woman.
“How Michael, how are we going to be ok? You don’t know what he does to women, and how he lets more men than I can count rape us. How he force us to smoke crack. How he sawed our friends head off with a damn knife, because she refused to put that glass pipe to her lips!” Star shouted and cried.
“Listen, I told you to stop crying nothing’s changed since two months ago. We all knew he was still out there somewhere, it just so happened Envy and I actually seen him two days ago in the hospital. This house is fully loaded with weapons everywhere and there’s the panic room that you can lock yourself in and control the remote control guns all around the house. We will be ok my father don’t know where we are. Shit we’re deep in Long Island and even if he did he wouldn’t risk coming to the house. He’s no fool and know we will be too well armed and waiting for him. No he’s patient and every move he makes is like a game of chess. So we have to out think him and find him first.”
Michael stated.
“So what are we supposed to do stay in the house until he’s ready to come for us, stay in hiding until when? Until you find him and try to kill him, and I do mean fucking try!” Star shouted.
“Star, don’t be yelling at my man, he’s doing the best he can. You can’t blame him for how Black Ice is.”
Envy yelled in between crying.
Star lowered her head she knew she was wrong but just needed someone to blame.
“I’m sorry Michael and Envy I’m just scared, maybe we should go to the police and ask them to protect us. Or I should take the money I took from Black Ice and run. It’s over $250,000 and I can start a life somewhere maybe on some island.”
Envy, Tiffany and Michael all looked at Star like she had lost her mind.
“Listen Star, everyone in this room knows that sounds fucking crazy. First off the police don’t care about us. A few black people scared of a man that wants to get them hooked on crack. Shiiiiit they would want him to keep doing what he’s doing and if they were any good at their jobs they would have caught him years ago.
And that won’t happen. And next Black Ice doesn’t leave any loose ends and you’re a loose end and took his money and got away from him. Even if you did find an island to hide on he will find you. Maybe not right away, maybe a few years later but he will find you it’s what he does.” Michael stated.
Tiffany and Envy shook their heads in agreement.
“We just have to stay strong together.” Envy said then stopped and looked at Michael.
“Ummm what about Janet” Envy asked.
Michael just looked at her and was lost for words. By the living room doorway Mike leaned against the wall while sitting on the floor listening to every word they said. In his hand he played with a glass jar filled with water and a piece of Pooky’s ear.
Chapter 4
Tanya’s head was spinning. The last thing she remembers was coming from a party with her two best friends Pebbles and LaShondra. Then felt someone grab her from behind and smelling something sweet on a rag that was placed onto her mouth and nose. Then her world went dark. She could feel rocking and smell someone smoking a cigarette. She open her eyes to see a thick fog covering the air and then realizes she was lying down on a cold hard steel floor, she didn’t move as she tried to study her surroundings. She could see another woman in a blue blouse and black pants that looked to be in her mid-thirty’s, and her brown skin complexion was beautiful. The woman’s eyes were open and met hers right away, Tanya knew something was wrong. It was fear written all over the woman’s face and tears streaming down her eyes. Tanya opened her mouth to speak but the woman shook her head warning her not to.
With a confused look on her face Tanya looked around some more to see where she was. She didn’t move out of her spot from lying on the cold steel floor because she knew there had to be a reason the woman across from her hasn’t done the same. She moved her head and noticed there were seven other women lying down passed out and two of them were Pebbles and LaShondra.
A light skinned woman with brown hair popped up and looked around and saw six men around her and didn’t know where she was, she began to scream.
“Ahhh
! Ahhh!”
“Shut that bitch up.” A man with a deep voice ordered that made Tanya’s heart skip a beat and race fast from fear.
One of the men in all black walked up to the woman screaming.
“Yo, shut the fuck up or you’re going to get me in trouble.” He shouted.
But the woman continued to scream only taking a break to catch her breath.
“Ahhh! Ugghh! Was the last sound she made as a man with a scar on his face smoking a cigarette walked up to her and swung what looked like a crow bar into the top of her skull.
“Ugghh!” She groaned then her white eyeball turned red as blood filled her eye sockets and leaked out like tears. She made a gagging sound and thick blood came out of her mouth. The man with the scar on his face looked at his henchman and exhaled thick smoke from his cigarette mixed with crack into his face. The henchman nervously stepped back.
“Umm I’m sorry boss I was going to shut her up.” He said.
Before he could get another word out, the man with the scar on his face pulled out a six inch knife that curved at the tip and stabbed him ten times in the chest and stomach in a blink of an eye. The henchman fell backwards onto the steel floor shaking as blood rushed out his body.
Tanya’s eyes opened wide as she had to cover her mouth to stop herself from screaming because of what she just saw.
“Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit.” She mumbled repeatedly and closed her eyes praying this was just a bad dream. From the first time she could hear water all around her splashing against something and the rocking got worst.
“Wait I’m on a boat.” She said out loud then opened her eyes.
The lady across from her looked at her and said
“Shhh” telling her to be quiet. Tanya liked the woman she kind of reminds her of her own mother but prettier.
The rocking stopped as they hit something hard. Tanya and the other woman watched as the men in black lift up the other woman and carried them away. Then the man with the scar on his face grabbed the long end of the crow bar that was stuck in the now dead woman’s head and pulled it dragging her by it.
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