Jason sat on the floor, back against the wall. He was breathing slowly, one hand gripping the front of his shirt. The other was trembling, the bandages already a bit dirty. Exhaustion made it hard to stay awake, but if he gave in now, they would be in a lot of trouble.
Luca and Damlic.
"Just who are you working for?" Damlic asked as he looked at Jason "Because you're not with any of the agencies that I know of"
Jason looked over at him. "Why the fuck are you still asking stupid questions?" he asked, eyes narrowed at the man.
Damlic just stared at him, looking confused.
"Stop staring at me like that" Jason growled, before resting his head back against the wall.
"Then what the hell do you want me to do?" Damlic snapped, moving on the seat at he was tied to "Can't you untie me?"
Jason rolled his eyes, a pained expression flashed over his face, but did not say anything. There was now a pounding in his head, that also made him feel like if he was going to move, he'd throw up.
His chest hurt so badly.
"Stop talking" he groaned.
Damlic frowned. "Are you alright?" he asked.
Jason narrowed his eyes at Damlic, but did not say anything.
Banging sounded from the door.
"Hey Luca!" Malcom's voice said "Sir... are you alright?"
"FUCK OFF, MALCOM" Jason snarled.
"Halo is looking for you, Sir" Malcom said again.
Breathing out, Jason slowly got to his feet. He walked slowly towards Damlic.
"Sorry about this" he said, before punching Damlic a few times, with more force than anyone in his condition should have been able to.
Damlic gasped, eyes going wide as he started coughing, blood running down his face. "What the fuck....?" he started, but Jason punched him three more times again.
Jason turned back to the door, pressing his hand against his chest. He hit the door with a fist, before stepping back.
"Keep your mouth shut" he said, without looking at Damlic.
The door opened, showing both Malcom and Henry. He had to be Luca again. So he took a breath and slipped into the Luca persona. It wouldn't be good if he slipped up now.
"Sir" the two said immediately.
"Are you alright?" Henry asked.
Jason swayed slightly on his feet, before his legs buckled beneath him. Malcom and Henry caught him, so that he wouldn't hit the floor.
Both of them look over at Damlic, before they carried Jason out of the cell. The door slammed shut and locked immediately.
***
Luca slowly opened his eyes. He couldn't even remember when he passed out. Halo was probably going to take his head off.
With a groan he slowly sat up, almost crumbling again as pain shot through his hand. He’s forgotten about that injury.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" an angry voice snapped at him from the door.
Luca looked over at the door, squinting at the figure at the door. "Sitting up" he said, already out of breath again.
"The hell you are" Halo said and with two quick steps, he was next to the bed "If you don't lay down, I'm going make sure that you cannot get up again"
With that he pushed Luca back down. The other guy just collapsed beneath him. He gasped softly, struggling to keep his breathing even. It hurt again. Enough that he did what Halo said, just closing his eyes.
"Good" Halo said "Now... I actually know how bad you are, because you're listening to me"
"Fuck off, Halo" Luca said between gasps.
Halo rolled his eyes as he pulled a mask over Luca's face. "Now take it easy" he said "Just breathe, until I let you get up"
Pain flashed over Luca's face, before his eyes started flickering close.
Halo breathed out as he stepped back. Luca should not be moving around. He should be in a hospital, where someone can keep a constant eye on him.
A figure stepped into the room.
"Halo" Malcom said "How is he?"
Halo looked up. "He's sleeping" he said "You need to keep him from doing anything of his usual stupid"
Malcom smiled and shrugged. "I will try, but he's already involved with the mole" he said.
That made Halo sigh. "So he's going to get up the moment wakes up" he said "I swear I'm going to lock him in the room"
"We'll help keeping an eye on him" Malcom said.
Halo nodded. "I'm going out for a while" he said "Don't let him get up"
"I'll call if anything happens"
With that Halo left and Malcom looked over at Luca. The young lieutenant looked so pale, the cuts and bruises looked even worse now that he was cleaned up.
With a sigh, he pulled a chair over to the bed and sat down. He took out his phone and started playing on it as he kept on eye on Luca.
After an hour or so, Luca's eyes flickered open.
He groaned as he looked around. Immediately he noticed the oxygen mask over his face. No wonder he was breathing much easier. His chest did not hurt as much.
"You're awake" a voice said and Luca's eyes flickered towards it.
Malcom.
"Mal...." Luca groaned, winching at the pain that was still in his body.
Malcom smiled relieved. "Sir... it's good to see you awake..... again" he said "You really need to take it easy and stop passing out. Me and Henry can't take the stress anymore"
Luca frowned. "What happened.... with Damlic?" he asked, slowly pushing himself up.
Quickly Malcom stepped closer helping Luca to sit up.
"Damlic is still below" Malcom said "Some of the other lieutenants interrogated him, but they couldn't get anything"
Luca nodded, pain flashing over his face as he press his hand over his chest. His eyes closed for a moment.
"Sir... do I need to call Halo?" Malcom asked.
It took a moment before Luca shook his head. "No... it's fine..." he muttered.
Malcom nodded. "Sir.... what are you going to do with Damlic?" he asked.
Luca opened his eyes before looking over at Malcom. "We're gonna kill him" he said "We can't have him... running around... talking about.... us"
"Oh...." Malcom said, sounding a bit disappointed.
"You've got a.... fucking.... problem with that?" Luca asked, before he started coughing.
Malcom quickly caught Luca's shoulders, holding him steady.
When the coughing finally stopped, Luca's breathing wheezed through his chest. There was small blood stains in the corners of his mouth.
"Take is easy, Sir..." Malcom said softly.
"I'm fine..." Luca growled, before laying back down.
"Sir" Malcom said as he stepped back.
"Answer... my fucking... question, Malcom" Luca snapped out of breath.
Malcom looked away. "I... Don't have a problem with that, Sir" he said quietly.
Luca breathed out. "Good.... I know he.... used to.... be your old.... partner..." he said.
"Yes, Sir...." Malcom said, a bit surprised.
Luca nodded and closed his eyes. He was just to exhausted to do anything else now.
***
Luca closed the cell door behind him before turning back to Damlic.
"You look better" Damlic said, slowly lifting his head. He looked much worse than when Luca saw him before.
"I see you made friends...." Luca said, slowly walking over "Surprised to see you're still alive"
Damlic narrowed his eyes at Luca. "Well... You've been out for a few days" he said "I had to keep busy somehow"
The corner of Luca's mouth pulled into a smirk.
"Don't sound so sour about it" he said with a snort, before winching. His chest hurting a bit. He couldn't move much, and Halo swore him to death if he did anything more than just walk around.
"You said you'll get me out of here" Damlic said "Do you have a plan?"
Luca sneered as he looked at Damlic. "Yeah... I'm going to fucking kill you" he said.
Damlic stared at him with a shocked expression.
"Don't be so fucking dramatic" Luca said, as he slowly sat down on the floor again "It wouldn't be permanent"
"You want to fake my death?" Damlic asked, blinking at Luca.
Luca nodded. "Something in that line" he said, one hand rubbing his chest.
"Are you sure that you're up for doing this?" Damlic asked, looking worried.
"You don't need to worry about me" Luca said, dropping his hand to his side "Just focus on doing what I tell you to"
Damlic tisked. "Fine... how do you want to do this?" he asked.
The slow smirk that formed on Luca's face, send a shiver down Damlic's spine. He did not like that look at all.
"You've got a name other than Luca?" he asked, just to distract himself from that look on Luca's face.
"None that I can tell you" Luca said as he got to his feet again, moving slowly "I'll be leaving again.... when I get back, you're going to die"
"Sounds like fun" Damlic said "How do I know that you're not just going to kill me?"
"You'll just have to trust me" Luca said.
Damlic shook his head. "I don't know if I can trust you" he said.
Luca snorted. "You don't have a fucking choice, buddy" he said, with a grin. Then he left the cell, before Damlic could say anything else.
He had work to do. A lot of work, by the looks of things.
"Sir..." Malcom said as he fell into step behind Luca "What is going on?"
"We've got work to do" Luca said "I'm got something special planned for Damlic"
Henry stepped up next to Malcom, glancing at the other guy.
"So.... what do you need, Sir?" he asked.
Luca stopped abruptly, turning to the two. The same smirk he had on his face while talking to Damlic.
The two quickly stepped back, their eyes wide as they looked at Luca's face.
"I'm going to give you a shopping list" Luca said slowly "And you two better find every fucking thing on the list or else I'll shoot both of you.... Cause I'm in a fucking bad mood"
Malcom and Henry swallowed.
"Yes, Sir" they said at the same time.
Luca turned and started walking to his office again.
"Don't forget your medicine" Malcom said, almost laughing when he saw the look on Luca's face.
"Oh fuck off" Luca growled as he left them behind.
"Damn...." Henry said "He can walk pretty fast for someone with a hole in his chest"
Malcom laughed. "You're right about that" he said.
"Move it you two fucking morons!" Luca voice snapped.
"Let's go, before he burst an artery" Henry said.
***
Luca opened the cell door, hands folded behind his head as he walked in.
"How are you feeling today?" he asked, looking at Damlic.
Damlic just glared at him through eyes half swollen shut. "What the fuck do you want?" he snapped, eyes flickering to Malcom and Henry that stood in the door.
"I'm here to give you one last chance" Luca said "One fucking chance, Damlic and then I'm going to kill you"
"I'm not telling you anything" Damlic snapped, spitting on the ground.
Luca laughed. "Alright" he said, pulling out a syringe "This is for your then"
"A poison?" Damlic said "That's not like you, Luca"
"This one is for fun" Luca said "Made it myself, so I wanna see what it does.... and the Boss wouldn't allow me to test it on anyone else"
"Bastard...." Damlic hissed "You're sick...."
Luca nodded. "Pretty much" he said walking up to Damlic "Let's see what happens"
As Luca brought the needle closer, Damlic started fighting against his restraints.
"Fuck you!" he yelled just as Luca pressed the needle into his arm.
Luca stepped back, tilting his head slightly as he watched Damlic. The man stared at him for a moment, before his eyes widened and flickered closed.
"Well..." he said as Damlic went limp "That was very anticlimactic..."
Henry and Malcom just stared at Luca.
Using poison was unusual for him. On the other hand he could barely walk to his office and back without gasping for breath. He couldn't do much else.
So he used poison.
"Go tell the Boss, it's taken care off" Luca said "The mole is dead"
Henry and Malcom nodded and left the cell.
Luca took a deep breath and leaned over Damlic. "I know you can hear me" he said quietly "The serum will wear off in six hours. At the moment you are basically dead, they wouldn't be able to feel your pulse, your temperature will drop. When the serum wears off, you need to take it easy for a few days. One of my contacts will pick you up.... His name is Michael, don't piss him off"
With that Luca stepped back and waited for the others to return.
