1984
Reno, Nevada
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As soon as you opened the door you where greeted by two hefty looking men in grey suits. One of them you knew as Ricci. The other one was a face you didn't recognize. Not that it surprised you, Riccis gang wasn't familiar territory. No Name over here was also carrying a gun, and a brief case, it was a little surprising he didn't even try to hide it considering we where in a moderately public place and anybody could see and report it. But that's the kinda people they were, supposedly.

'Jesus Christ I'm going to die..'

"Mr. Ricci, please.. Come in" You could swear you where already sweating, as you where just now realising the old yet still somehow attractive man in the apartment distracted you from grabbing your gun.

'Fucking hell, not only am I gonna die, but it'll be his fault too. '

"Sure thing, sweetheart. " He strides in and looks around seeming unimpressed by the residence "so, you're bee. " He looks at you expecting an answer, yet the question left you confused.

"I'm what? " Your eyebrows knitting in confusion

"Bee? Ya name dear, right? " He seemed less confident in his words at this point

"Oh, it's um...bell" Looking at the ground then back up at him, your lips formed a tight line

He opens his mouth to speak at you again but then moves his gaze to his friend who was still by the door "who fucked that up.... Was it you! " He lazily pointed a finger at the poor trigger man

"Uh uh no sir... Maybe the typewriter messed up, it.. Happens all the time. " The scared man was thinking on his feet, and he wasn't good at it not like you.

"Mm please, sit down, sir. We have much to speak about. " You tried to sound not freaked out, and to your knowledge you achieved in this.

He had sighed, hopefully he calmed down a bit. " You just want to talk businesses, eh. " He went and took a seat before spreading his arms on the back and crossing his legs" Boring. But, we can do that..... " He looked you straight in the eyes and leaned forward "so.. Rivera has his panties in a bunch. And for what, he can't step up for his people and take us out? " His bluntness left you silent

'He doesn't want peace... Does he"

" Hah .....I'm gonna make him my bitch."
He smiled and looked at the fellow by the door "we can start with what do ya say... Hmm? 11 pounds. Sounds good. You look like you can manage that. " He looked back to your smaller form and raised an eyebrow.

"What? What do you mean? " He wants you to be his drug dealer

"If I have some more extra people moving coke to multiple places, I... Will make a lot more money. Hot shit right now that is. "

"Why me. " Gaining a little confidence from who knows where you glared at him and crossed your arms

"Aye, don't get pissy with me, your people put you here. " Amen to that shit

He had his friend come over and set the brief case on your coffee table. The man pulled out some crumpled looking papers

"These are the addresses" He took the papers from the man and handed them to you " All you have to do is make the exchange. my guys down in Cali, and so on, will handle the rest, it's very simple,....I'd do it myself.. But I don't have the time for peasant deals. If you have a problem with that, take it up with those people you associate with. " This was happening all pretty quickly, that wasn't unnoticed.

You felt overwhelmed and really in need of a drink.

"Here" He handed you another piece of paper with a different address on it " That's a storage unit. You go there every week and do your job, I don't care how you do it so spare me the details just get it done" he took a deep breath

It had seemed like he didn't want to be here in the room with you

But neither did you,

"Uh-yeah .....ok" You where disappointed that even after how close you and Don Rivera got these past years he still saw you as disposable. Not that you weren't used to it.....but it still hurt

"Well then,-" He got cut off by your quick words

"What are you gonna do to the rest of them. " You sounded quiet and.. Not sad but, just numb .... Empty

"Ya know darling, you're lucky you're pretty. I reckon they aren't, don't worry about that. Just do your job and we will be fine, see ya in a bit yeah? " He placed a finger on your chin and just smiled"yeah"

He then walked towards your front door and told the other guy to open it"ya know, your Don ain't paying you enough if you don't even have a tv in here, you might like working for me sweetheart "

And like that... They where gone

You let out a shaky breath and rubbed your eyes

It happened so fast, he was just in and out. He gave you a bad gut feeling on how this would turn out, But bigger things had to be delt with at the moment. As usual you ran away from your problems by getting new ones.

Adler

'What does he want if not to kill me anyway'

You walked back through the very modern wooded kitchen, thinking that you should probably eat when he leaves since the last time was lunch yesterday.

Not that that was unusual either, you liked to keep yourself busy so your mind can't wander into the dark places. You never wanted to go there, it was torture. worse than the torture you experienced when you somehow fucked up while on duty with Perseus. Worse than anything Adler had put you through.

While walking slowly through the hallway you hear your bed shift and the old man on it take a deep breath as if he where annoyed. He probably was, he had to listen to you get screwed by the guy screwing your boss. And do nothing about it.

As you crept into the room you saw Russel lying on his back rubbing at his bruised eye on your bed.

"What the fuck have you gotten yourself into. " He was quick with the judgement

"Why do you care... You don't even know me. " You had crossed you arms and leaned up against a wall close to the exit

The comment made him lift his head a bit and look at you. He slightly chucked and went back down. "I'm certain I know you better than you know yourself"

Your eyes where throwing daggers with the glare they held. Even if he couldn't see, you'd hope he would feel the wrath from afar "yeah fuckin right, where have you been for the past few years to say you 'know me' you don't know shit!"

He had fully sat up now and looked directly into your still hateful eyes "I know you joined a fucking gang to spite me" He had stood up and made slow steps to you "I know you set aside your problems to 'deal with later' but keep it all bottled up, ... I know you drink to much so you don't feel alone, or scared, I know you remember. "

He was standing directly in front of your now weak frame

"And I bet y-" He was cut off by almost unheard words

"Please stop. " He wasn't wrong

You did have your fair share of problems, not all because of him, mostly not actually. And you could remember some things from your past but it was all in fragments

Names..

Dates..

You still couldn't piece it together, and to be certain, you still didn't know your name

And the stuff he put in your head from his memories was still there..... Bet that makes him uncomfortable

"I need your help bell. It's obvious your not working with Perseus now, but.. I need you to remember, anything, or anyone. " His words where soft..he knew exactly how to work you, to get you to comply, and trust him

But how could you ever trust him now

"You are out of luck then, I still can't remember anything. " Your lips pressed into a thin line as you breathed in

"Well we can fix that, I just need you to come with me. " You scoffed and pushed him away slightly

You decided to head back to the kitchen to get food and a drink as hunger took over "I'm not going with you Russel, I'm trying to have a life here. And I'm definitely not letting you fuck with my head again. "

"I'm not asking bell. " The statement made you stop in the hallway and turn to see him on the other end

"Hah.. You are not, my commanding officer. In fact! You never 'really' where. Therefore you dont get to give me orders. I am not going anywhere with you. " You had turned back around and continued on the path "you need to go I have stuff to d-"

A slightly wet towel made it's way to your mouth, his large hand had kept it in place, the other was holding your waist to him so you can't move around "i tried to be peaceful with you.. I'm sorry it has to be this way" He whispered almost sadly in your ear

Your hands went to his in a pathetic attempt to get the much stronger Adler to let go but he whispered one more thing as you fought unconsciousness "see you in a bit kid"...

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