Two Days Ago
Tormenta ran his hand through his hair and sighed in exasperation. "Sir... " he tried to say through an annoyed yawn. "Please! Please. Just call me Mr. Gandolph." Tormenta rolled his eyes and leaned back in his comfortable chair."Alright Mr. Gandolph. You want me to chase who?" The Disciple of Deception took in a deep breath and listened with a little more scrutiny. "Well...I was...erm... Hoping you could deal with a problem I have." The Black-Clad Assassin leaned forward in his chair and pulled out a drawer. "Wait a moment," he asked calmly. The Disciple of Deception's hand felt the rough, wooden surface of the drawer and he pulled roughly. The drawer opened up and revealed a pen, a small black-covered notebook, a recorder, and other items he used when dealing with prospective customers. Today, Tormenta decided all he needed was a pen and the notebook. Taking the two articles out of the drawer, Tormenta opened the notebook and found a blank page. With her pen in his hand, the Black-Clad Assassin put the ink-writing item onto the paper. "Okay," Tormenta said, making sure the pen was able to write. "Continue." Mr. Gandolph's ragged breaths calmed as his choppy, rough voice cut over the cellphone. "Alright. My problem is this guy...he calls himself 'Spiders.'" The words rolled off of Gandolph's tongue with a large, sensible hint of disgust. "He ruined my company a while back. Sold a couple of things I wouldn't have exactly wanted....in the public." Tormenta wrote down the word 'Spiders' in large black-inked letters at the top of the page. He added a little sketch of a spider at the end of the name and then underlined it. "Well, anyways," Gandolph added. " I have tried a few times to deal with him actually. I've sent a few people already-- untraceable, of course-- but my problem still remains. This problem has been able to thwart every one of my attempts and make them frivolous. I've contacted you because I heard you were the best there is."
"Damn right," Tormenta conceded. "I finish my jobs." Mr. Gandolph stopped for a moment and then chuckled. "Exactly why I called you. This Spiders guy has ruined my company, Gandolph and Sons, and I'd like to see him dealt with. He's a serious problem under my skin. I have intelligence that he'll be on a...bus... and that would be the perfect time for you to take him out. Will you take this up?" Tormenta wrote down the words 'bus' in small letters and then 'easy take-down.' The Black-Clad Assassin continued jotting a few more words and then finally responded towards Gandolph. "I'll take it. Any...street names... bus names? Lynx? What? I need some sort of information!" Mr. Gandolph felt the intensity of the conversation rise and quickly gave Tormenta the information. "Alright. It'll be a large, blue-and-brown, Lynx bus that will be traveling from Little Rock, Arkansas to Orlando, Florida. It departs in twenty-eight hours. My compan-" Tormenta laughed. "You don't have a company anymore! I thought you said it was destroyed?" The response was still calm for an old-sounding man. "Well my destroyed company has bought you a ticket to Little Rock through United. A taxi cab will take you to the bus and there will be an agent of mine there to give you the ticket for that as well. If you have completely done your job you'll be rewarded one million dollars." Tormenta frowned," Where are you getting this money?"
"From Wall Street..."
"Oh..that's good," Tormenta said with a grin. "Less money in Joe the Plumber's pockets."
Mr. Gandolph chuckled through the telephone line. "I'm Republican."
Tormenta gasped sarcastically. "I'd never thought I would met a superhero before a Republican...or a black dude either!" With an annoyed, sour-looking face the Black-Clad Assassin rudely hung up.
Now
The Black-Clad Assassin sat in the back of the bus to observe all the occupants. There was no one in the back but him; the bus was eerily empty. Tormenta's target was in the middle of the bus and was, more or less, looking out the side-window of the long blue-and-brown Lynx bus. The Disciple of Deception wore a large over-coat and an even larger hat. It covered his body armor and most of his face. Tormenta slid down in his chair and took his coat off. He flung it to another chair and then discarded his hat also. Taking a small duffel bag from underneath his seat, the Black-Clad Assassin pulled the bag onto another luxury chair nearby. He put his weapons into their holsters and slots. Soundlessly, Tormenta put on his sub-machine guns, two silenced pistols, smoke bombs, an assortment of knives, two taser guns, and his twin katanas on. "It's on now," the Black-Clad Assassin muttered ignorantly and grabbed a small controller inside the duffel bag.
There were four distinctive buttons on the controller. Tormenta pressed the first one and the bus began to slow. Each of the tires had just become flat, as if the bus had just run over a field of glass. Quickly, the Disciple of Deception put his mask on and then glanced out he window. They were in a middle of the Louisiana fields; with only two buildings within a mile distance. Tormenta pressed another button and the front of the bus exploded through the engine of the vehicle. Inadvertently Tormenta killed the bus driver and severely burned a few of the passengers in the front. The Black-Clad Assassin had only meant for a small explosion inside the engine but it had spread further than expected. The Disciple of Deception shrugged angrily and then watched his target. As the fire began spreading through the bus, a small hysteria began. People started rushing towards windows; trying to break them with minimal items like phones and high-heeled shoes.
Tormenta was better equipped and used his silenced pistol. He fired four symmetrical shots that made a small square--but large enough for Tormenta to get through-- and he quickly kicked the make-shift square. It smashed into pieces under his velocity. The Black-Clad Assassin slipped through it and fell a few feet down to the street below. With the controller still in hand, Tormenta pressed a third button. This time the fires went out, stopped by a small sprinkler at the front of the bus. The Disciple of Deception could hear the voices of people as they exited the bus in haste, grabbing their personal items and bolting for the now visible door. With a bitter smile, Tormenta pressed the fourth and final button. At that moment the bus flipped to the side. Tormenta back-stepped and narrowly avoided the bus as it fell to his side-- the left side. The Black-Clad Assassin threw the controller into the field nearby. The Disciple of Deception slowly trudged around the fallen bus. He saw his target immediately and then smiled underneath his mask. "How are you... Spiders?"
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