Mateo

I'm stepping out of the elevator and Sebastian, Celeb and Enzo are waiting for me, also in their armor; all wearing a tight expression on their faces. Nodding to them, we don't waste time to step inside the SUV's. There are 10 of them in the parking lot with each 8 people inside; yes, we are ready for war. I've been planning this for months now and this is the perfect moment; The Chins are at their club and we will pay them a small visit. Usually it's against the code to break into their territory but they broke the code first by one: stealing our drugs and money for years. Two: touching Emily.

"I'll drive" Kevin says and I nod, giving him the permission. Not 5 minutes later we're riding to Manhattan, Celeb and Enzo are sitting next to me while Sebastian got the luck to sit in the front, away from them...

"She's hot, I'm not going to lie" Enzo says teasingly, making Celeb mad each time.

"I swear, touch Bella one more time and I'll kill you!"

"So now it's my fault that she bumped into me just now?"

"Did Bella came?" I ask, looking at both of them.

"She came for me..." Celeb admits.

"She was crying, what was that about?" Enzo asks and now I'm curious too; is there really something going on between them? Celeb tries to ignore our stare by looking out the window but soon gives up, a scowl on his face.

"I...I broke up with her yesterday" all our eyes widen, waiting for him to continue. "We never really were together in the first place but I told her we couldn't...yeah, you know" now his cheeks redden a little and he puts his helmet on, covering his face, covering the pain shooting in his body.

"Why?" Enzo asks, surprising the shit out of us; he is the last person who will show interest in our life.

"She..." Celeb starts and sighs. "She is so...difficult to read. Usually I'm good at reading woman but she is different" he meets my gaze and I know what he is feeling; I got the same feeling with Emily. Every time when I think she's going to cry, she doesn't and when I think she's going to put up a fight, then she cries. What's wrong with her lately? She so emotional the last few days and then there's the part where she told me she's starting to fall for me; what the fuck was I suppose to say? Me too?

"Mateo? Mateo?" I hear someone at my left say and I find Celeb staring at me, concerned. "You're frowning, what's wrong?"

"Nothing" I say, focusing on the road. "How long do we need to drive again?"

"5 minutes and then we will come to bridge and then another 5" I nod at Sebastian's reply.

"Is something with Emily?" Enzo asks, looking at me with a tight expression; what wrong with him too? Why so many questions? I meet his gaze and he just needs one look to know its Emily I'm concerned about. "What did she do?"

"She didn't do anything at all..." I start. "It's just that she's a little sick now...Emily can't get over the fact that the guards were dead Saturday..." I sigh.

"Mateo, don't forget she never been in this position, she isn't born in this kind of world" Enzo says and I nod, surprised by his answer again but he's right; Emily isn't used by people dying around her and I have no idea what I can do to stop that.

"So now you're the one with the advice?" Celeb replies sarcastically, bringing me back to reality.

"No, I'm the only one who isn't pussy-whipped" he looks us all over. "You" he points at me. "And you" now pointing at Celeb. "And from all people, even you" his last victim is Sebastian. "Are all blind because love is in the air" he throws his arms up, grinning and even Kevin shows a small smile.

"We're not-!" we all say at the same time but soon stop when we know Enzo is teasing us but only in my case I begin to think the same; I'm falling for her and that isn't a good sign.

We park the cars in the parking lot a few feet from the club and we see they are armed too. Putting our helmets on, we check our guns and then...Show time. All my men are storming out the cars, most of them surrounding the place and in the distance I hear gun, a lot of them; guess the first fight started there but we don't stay for too long. Our mission is to kill the head of the family; nobody knows his name but he calls himself the 'Bulletman'. I motion for a few guys to stay behind so if something goes wrong, we still have backup. Enzo motions for a few others to stand in front of us because a lot of guards are standing in our way. We don't waste time to shoot them and they all fall dead; something stings in my chest...I don't like to kill but we don't have a choice.

"UP!" Sebastian yells and all our gazes go to the roof where at least 15 guards are holding their guns out, ready to shoot. "SHOOT!" Sebastian yells again and we all do. Aiming it to the guard in the back, I see some of my men are lying on the ground, blood dripping from them.

"MATEO!" Celeb yells and pushes me aside, saving my from a bullet that was aimed for my head. "DON'T THINK, SHOOT" and that's exactly what I needed to get into my fight mode. We both stand up, aiming out guns high in the sky and before we know all the guards up there are dead. When I look around I see a lot of dead men lying there, blood coating the ground. Celeb stares at them, not moving and I pat his shoulder, pushing him towards the entrance.

"C'mon, we need to go" I whisper and he nods, a pained expression on his face. Enzo don't waste time to kick to door and I motion for the guys as our backup to come now. Once inside, the lights are off, no one inside but they can't escape us; the club is surrounded by my men, all ready to shoot if needed. Sebastian ticks his foot two times on the ground to let us know he will go first. We all turn the night vision on in our helmet so at least we can see something and we all hear a bang.

"AT THE DOOR" Sebastian yells, shooting now and I do it as well, killing the person but we don't have much chance because a lot of guards are storming in the room, kicking us and somehow they manage to steal our guns.

"FUCK!" I yell, mad at the guy who broke the gun and when I reach for the one in my back pocket, it's gone; motherfucker! In 10 seconds we don't have our guns anymore and there's only on way to win this... "FIGHT!" Guards are surrounding us, fist in the air and we all feel the adrenalin. We need to fight because if we don't, then this was all for nothing. A tall guy stands in front of me; I can't make out his face, even with the night version on so I pull the helmet off. It's dangerous, yes, but I need the space to fight. His fist makes contact with my jaw and it hurts as fuck. Not holding back, I slam my fist against his throat and thank fuck the first hit was right. He stumbles on his feet, gasping for air but I don't give him the change, instead I bury my fist in his face, blood splattering everywhere but I don't give a fuck; he need to die. Just when I'm about to hit him one more time, someone else hit me on my back and I feel a shooting pain through my whole body.

"DIE!" the man says, slamming me again and again. I see stars, my body is trembling and longs are searching for air. I need to fight back but I don't get the chance and now another fist makes contact with my face, my nose bleeding.

"MATEO!" I hear a voce yell but I don't know who. "GET THE FUK OFF HIM, FUCKERS" Enzo...I don't know what happen, everything is a blur, but I'm suddenly behind a bar, Enzo checking my body and cursing under his breath.

"Go...Go help the rest, I'll come in a minute" he nods and goes back to the fight. I close my eyes, focusing on my raising heartbeat. My long fucking hurts and let's not talk about my face. Touching my jaw, I immediately regret it when pain comes free; fuck...Then I focus my attention to my surroundings, the only sounds I hear are men fighting, bones and bones crashing with each other and moan of pain from men who are dying. Are we going to win this? I have no fucking idea but we are distraction anyways. I try to grin a little...the real price isn't here at the bar; the real one is in the back where the Head of the Chins with his family is. I check my walky-talky to make sure it's on so Kevin can contact me but it's on with no message, guess we need to distract them here a little more. I try to stand up, my leg a little limp, I ignore it, thinking that I do this Emily...To keep her safe I need to make this place safe and that's by killing them, but not now...let me torture them a little more. Rolling my shoulder, I see someone in the distance fighting with Celeb and I don't think twice to react; running to him, I slam the man in the head. He turns, a knife in his hand and I duck away just in time before Celeb hit him again in the head; this time he falls to the ground, breathing softly.

"Thanks, bro" he says out of breath.

"Thank me later when everything is over" we hear another fight next to us and with just a glance; we know what to do: work together.

I don't know for how long we fought but our bodies are showing it. I'm tired as fuck and I'm not the only one. Enzo on my side is heaving and Celeb, my best fighter, is spinning with each punch. The guards keep coming, from our and their side but this need to end and soon. Like if on cue my walky-talky begins to work and Kevin's voice come through. I yank the guy on Enzo's back off him and run to the bar where no one can see me.

"Boss, we have her!" he says and I can only smile at that.

"Bring her to the place, we'll come" I calmly response. Standing up, I yell as loud as possible for everyone to hear. "WE WON, WE HAVE HER!" everyone stops, The Chins's guards confused and we use this opportunity to run out, letting everything and everyone behind...even our dead bodies...that hurt but we can't safe them...

"We're almost at the place" Kevin says through the phone this time but we don't mention where, this phone call could be tracked by them so we need to be safe.

"Okay, we're on our way, call the doctor as well, we need them" I look at Sebastian, whose hand is broken, then to Enzo, or more his swollen face and lastly to Celeb who can't move his body anymore. I on the other hand, don't feel my body either but not in a way I can't move like Celeb, I don't know if it's the adrenaline or something else...

"Yes Boss!" and he hangs up.

"This better was worth the pain we're going through" Enzo murmurs, giving me the dead stare.

"Be happy I'm driving for you" I reply, turning the corner.

"Just because I can't fucking see" he tries to turn his neck but soon regret it, moaning in pain.

"Feel lucky, other didn't had luck like we all" and everyone knows what I'm referring too; yes, some of died in this fight but I'll never forget their loyalty to me, it's because of them I came this far...Without them I was nothing.

"Mateo!" Sebastian says, immediately getting my attention; if he calls me by my name then something is wrong. "Celeb...he's..." we all turn to him to find him passed out, blood streaming down his mount...Motherfuckers...