Chapter 153 - Not Going To Let It Go (1/2)

Laz walked back to the main area, only to find that all of the knocked out individuals had been moved. Glancing up towards the VIP area, Laz noticed Leo looking at him. When he saw Laz look his way, Leo made a gesture then said something to Arnold.

”They were brought out front.” Arnold's voice came through the walkie.

Laz walked towards the exit, noticing that the crowd seemed to not even know that anything had happened. Apparently, with loud enough music and enough drunk people, anything is just accepted. When Laz finally walked outside, he saw Ruby and Leona waiting for him. Out front of the entrance, laying down on the ground, were the 10 knocked out goons while police cars were pulling up. Anthony was standing around the with several of the security guards who looked like they had been beat up. When Laz shot a look at Anthony, he just smiled.

'These guys seem a bit too skilled at this,' Laz thought while watching everything play out. By the time the police left with the thugs, it had been staged that all of them had been doped up and got into a fight with security and then knocked out as a result. Simple and clean, but Laz was feeling like things were anything but over.

”What's wrong?” Leona asked, seeing Laz's face.

”This isn't done...” Laz responded while watching the police cars disappear down the street.

”But we won? Didn't we?” Leona asked. She seemed a bit unsure seeing as how both Ruby and Laz still had a stern look on their faces. She couldn't help but wonder if she was still feeling some side effects.

As it was, all three of them were now mostly sober, even after only twenty minutes having passed. When Laz realized this, he quickly figured out that it had something to do with their unique bodies.

”Maybe. But for something like this, they will be back. For guys like this, respect means everything and so far, they haven't been shown the slightest bit of it,” Ruby answered. She then turned to look at Laz.

”What happened to the guy you chased?” Ruby asked.

”Gone,” Laz's reply was simple, but Leona seemed confused.

”He got away?” She asked.

”No.” Laz responded while still in thought, making Leona even more confused.

”You are not going to let this go, are you?” Ruby asked Laz.

”What would you do?” Laz asked back.

”I would make sure it was a clean sweep. It's obvious that if you hit them hard enough, they won't bother fighting anymore, but that will leave them free in other ways,” Ruby responded after a moment.

”So then?”

”Remove the weed from the roots. Make sure everything disappears at once. No loose ends,” Ruby answered with a icy gaze in her eyes.

”Leona.” Laz turned around and looked straight at Leona. He couldn't help but smile at her questioning gaze. She was smart, but what he planned on doing was something so outside her scope of normal, Laz didn't think she would be able to adapt. He would still leave the choice with her.

”Hmm?” she asked.

”Ruby and I are going to do something. Something both dangerous and wrong, but it needs to be done,” Laz tried to explain.

”You don't want me to go?” Leona immediately read Laz's thoughts. No matter how many times it happened, Laz couldn't help but be amazed by how quick witted the girls were around him.

”I don't.”

”Why not?”

”Because...” Laz didn't know how to say it gently. Luckily for him, Ruby didn't have any issues with it.

”Because we are going to go kill a bunch of people,” she said, completely straight faced.

”You're going to WHAT?” Leona was shocked and rightly so. Laz could only sigh and turn to Ruby.

”Wimp... Anyway. Look little sis. These guys have already proven that they aren't backing down. So what does that leave? We just sit here and wait for them to attack again? Maybe they come up and shoot up the place one day not caring who they kill? No. And even then, one of them knows what Laz is and all of them know that Laz had a run in with their boss. Even if we just wanted to get rid of the leaders, it would somehow come back to Laz. So, whether we want to or not, we've got one choice; end this before it gets bigger.” Ruby didn't mesh words or hold things back for feelings. She said exactly what was up which left Leona speechless. She couldn't help but look at Laz's young face and see the resolve in his eyes. She knew that this was his plan, word for word.

'What does someone go through at his age to make them like this?' The question shot through Leona's head and stayed there. It was only now that she really understood how little she knew about Laz.

”You're going with him?” Leona asked of Ruby. Ruby's position wasn't explained in detail yet to Leona so she didn't understand why she would be putting herself on the line for Laz. But now wasn't the time to ask.

”Yes.” The simple reply was all Ruby gave.

”Then I will go...” Leona said with conviction, causing both Laz and Leona to look at her.

”I don't know anything about this world you too seem to be from. But I know that I will be a part of it not matter what I want. So isn't it better to do so with others than try to survive alone?”