"Is this some kind of year end collaboration?" I sneered as looked on either side at the people who sat beside me.

Banshee girl grinned as she turned another page and so did we. I don't know what madness is it.

What the hell is going on here? Why should we go to this length?

On one hand, I and my rival Sergio and Ivan are having severe headache with the ongoing madness while my own activated sperm is enjoying it too much with banshee.

F**king hell! This is so awkward.

To sit beside my rival and do something good for him!

What is more awkward is the heck happening right now.

"What are your strong abilities?" Banshee asked as she highlighted something on the paper with a radium color highlighter.

"I know we are rivals but how did you come to be friends with that girl?" I heard Sergio whisper in a low tone so as to keep his voice only audible to me.

Do heck with the rivalry but times like this, only humanity is remembered.

I looked back at the young Italian don who has his hand over his head in an exasperated manner while his underboss Ivan is actually enjoying the play taking place right now.

I, along with Sergio, Ivan, Ferb, my son and Banshee are seated at a long table with heaps of papers in front of us conducting an audition program to hire men for Sergio's upcoming new start-up mafia group. It is none of my business to do anything with Sergio or his gang but banshee succeeded in dragging me here to be one of the judges.

For heaven's sake, who conducts auditions for such recruitment?

It is not like we are producing BTS or EXO here!

The man standing before us looked much older than his age but he does look tough. He kept mum for a whole minute thinking of an answer for Banshee's question but the anchor of the show for today...

The anchors of the show, Theo and Piper urged him to answer quickly.

"For a mafia man, it is very important to have a good and fit body. My benefit point is my strength." The participant answered showing his biceps.

"Strength is good but you have to have more than just strength to be a part of a mafia organization. Do you think you have anything more in you to vouch you as an outstanding member?" My activated sperm, my son, asked taking this f**king audition all too seriously.

What made me and Sergio rile up more is that Ivan, the man who hates banshee is now enjoying her madness by nodding his head to Faustino's question in agreement.

"That's right. To be a member of a mafia gang, you should have all your senses open all the time." Ivan commented agreeing to what Faustino said.

I looked at the participant's profile and found that he ran away from his house when he was young because apparently his father thought of sending him to a military school.

"You can leave now. We are not interested in taking you as the part our gang." I announced waving off to the anchor couple to send him away.

"A man who left his family for a petty reason insensibly is not fit to be a part of Mafia." Sergio commented saying out my exact thoughts loudly.

We crossed the profile with a red marker and kept it away turning to the new profile. This time, a girl came into the audition hall and stood in the middle of the large dais.

"Welcome, miss. Introduce yourself and greet the judges." Piper stated in mic, clapping for the new participant.

"I'm Xena, popularly known as a head bully in the local university. I have been wining first prize in bike racing from past four years. I'm a fan of 'shadow', who is maintaining his secret in mafia world from many years and doing his job perfectly." Xena, the participant introduced.

She is close to Banshee's age but the aura she has is pretty impressive. She is adorned in black leather jacket and pants while her eyes held such murderous glint in them that gained an instant approval from me.

Although young, even though she's a girl, the dark aura she is oozing is definitely what mafia agencies are looking for.

She would be a popular member once debuted. Interesting!

"What do you want to show us today?" Banshee asked as she checked few of the options in her profile.

"I have no experience in shooting a gun but I'm good in archery. I will show you different styles of archery." Good. Good.

Finally, a genuine talent appeared.

After pulling our hair for half a day, finally a genuine talent came. Good Lord, the men before lacked many things to even become a white collared clerk; being a mafia member is a big NO.

Jack placed a target at one corner of the dais and gave the bow and arrows to Xena. He arranged a conveyor on the other end of the stage. A bunch of extra arrows are placed near Xena for her use.

I saw Sergio getting interested in the ongoing talent show when we all saw the moving conveyor. Xena first stretched the bow and shot at the target, directly hitting the gold.

"Good Good." Banshee clapped encouraging Xena to continue.

Xena then took three arrows and plunged on the bow at a time. She managed to hold all the three arrows and stretch the bow as she shot them without a second guess.

The three arrows flew, cutting through the air roughly and hit the target with great accuracy. Two of the arrows hit the red circle while one hit the bull's eye.

We all clapped our hands clearly enjoying the great display of real and authentic talent.

"Now, this is what we are looking for." Sergio stated softly near my ear causing me to nod at him furiously. We grinned at each other and resumed our attention back to the participant.

This time, Xena stood on the round-round moving conveyor and shot an arrow which again hit a golden circle on the target causing all of us to stand up and give her a standing ovation.

"That was good. You are really talented and your skills are outspoken. Where did you learn archery from?" Faustino inquired as he clapped loudly for Xena.

Xena kept her blank look on her face, "Self taught" she answered briefly.

"Why do you want to join in a mafia gang? What are your reasons?" Sergio opened his mouth for the first time for a participant.

I marked several stars and points on Xena's profile and placed a copy of her profile in the 'file of excellence' and saw the other too doing the same.

Ivan pulled out the golden gun neck chain and prepared it on the table to give it to Xena once the talking is over.

"My father loves my evil step mother too much to give a heck about me. I practically raised myself and protected myself from my step-monster. I think I can be a great addition to your gang considering my experience in bearing and doing evil. I'm also a good strategist too." She said making all of us men nod in understanding while Banshee clicked her tongue with an empathetic expression and wiped her tears.

"Don't worry, you are not just a mere member but will be a well treasured family to everyone. Sergio and Ivan will be with you through thick and thin and you can find any of us when you are in any problem." Banshee assured without consulting any of us and immediately Ivan stood up, walked to the stage and hanged the gun necklace around Xena's neck.

Receiving the necklace means, they are selected into the gang unanimously by all of us.

That is Banshee's idea, by the way. Hell knows where she gets these ideas from.

Jack provided Xena with a file that has the address and time of the whole gang's first meeting.

Once the very satisfactory Xena left, there came a man who seemed to be in his early twenties and looked exactly like a milk boy. He gave an impression of boy-next-door.

He bowed a little to us with a small smile and looked at the row of judges, inspecting each of us silently.

"Hello gentlemen and lovely ladies, I'm Micah and I'm currently working in a famous IT firm as a software developer and tester. I have good skills in IT and hacking." Huh?

A software developer in an IT firm?

Seriously?

"Sorry, but this is not the interview place to hire for Google or Microsoft." Ferb and Ivan said in unison and hi-fived after their words matched.

What a great bonding!

"I know sirs. I'm here for Mafia auditions. Like a professional who love challenges, I'm here to scout new opportunities and circumstances to test my abilities and skills while learn few tactics from men from mafia." Micah announced very politely, just how an overly educated professional should.

"Great. Now we have to test a person who is currently working in Oracle?" Sergio whispered to me as he checked the participant's profile.

"May we know what your strong point is? What do you love to do the most?" Banshee asked before anyone of us reprimand Micah for attending this audition.

Micah grinned and gazed respectfully Banshee before answering her question. But damn his answer blew away our mind negatively, except Banshee's.

"I'm a good singer. I have a nice and mellow voice and I also know how to play guitar."

WHAT THE F***ING HELL!

Boy, we are not forming a boy band? Why are you even here?

How your mellow singing voice is anyway related to mafia?