The Bad List: Chapter 3

Three men… united by years of brotherhood and one more mission… get Damian Wright back safe and sound. Lou, Max, and Mike all know what is at stake. Worst case… lives lost. Best case… Damian is back and the government comes after all of them. Is it worth the risk? According to these three… you bet your ass it is worth the risk. Damian is like a brother to Max and Mike, while Lou has always kept an eye out for his little brother. The three of them are sitting on the plane on the tarmac in the Bahamas. Time to do what they set out to do… get Damian.

While on the flight, Max used his strengths in the IT world and his government access to pinpoint the last known location of Damian. Mike utilized his connections he has all over the world and was able to find a former asset a few miles from where they believe the extraction point will be. As for Lou… Lou sat in thought… thinking to himself, “how can all of this be? My little brother following in my footsteps… better than me in the job? Better than me in the skillset? But what about morally? I thought I taught him better about lines not being crossed or actions to take… and consequences, the consequences of everything we do. But… he is his own man. Maybe he is better than me to be able to just let it all go like that.”

“Lou, snap out of it” Max exclaims as he and Mike are staring at him waiting to get off the plane. “Let’s go… we have less than 10 hours before they find out what we are doing.” Max clicks “send” on his phone. “Email is sent to my bosses… they think I am following you to Peru as I told them that is where the lead said Damian has been taken.” Lou looks at them, “do they think I would really kill my brother?” Mike smirks, “no kid, they think you will bring Max to your brother and then you both will be killed.”

Lou looks at Max with distain… “what is he talking about Max? Why would Mike think that about Damian and me?” Lou grips his backpack strap around his right shoulder and shakes his head as he nudges Mike. “Listen, you were not sent that letter to kill your brother, the Government wants to take you both out. They know Damian messed up and they know you will stop at nothing to get him back. They cannot risk both their assets being taken alive… so they asked Mike and me to make sure the job gets done.” Lou scowls at them both, “wait… so you both got me here to do what exactly?” Lou slides his jacket to the side to reveal his gun. Mike steps in-between Lou and Max, “shut up man, you think we would just willingly go through with this? We are hanging ourselves out to dry by saving you both… you think we would betray our brotherhood that easily?” Lou sighs… “I am all in my head guys… so what then? You help me save Damian then we are on the run from the government?” Mike winks at Lou and smacks both Lou and Max in the shoulder… “why do you think I have assets all over the world?”

The three of them get into a Tesla. “Great job not standing out here Mike” Max exclaims as they are driving towards the safe house. Daryl chuckles as he is driving. “Actually sir, this is the best car to be in. Flashy and hiding in plain sight. Now if we were in a beat up taxi like the others, then we would get caught.” Daryl is one of many assets that Mike has connections to. Daryl actually trained with Mike and Damian prior to blowing out his knee in a training op. “So we have a safe house where we will set up in Nassau… ironically my twin brother Paul saw something suspicious yesterday. So, of course we checked it out. It is a warehouse a few miles away from where we are setting up. Your brother is in there Lou” Daryl said calmly like this was just simple conversation.

Lou smacks his hands on his knees. “So what are we waiting for? Lets get them with the element of surprise. We have three great shooters and a driver, what else do we need?” Daryl chuckles, “Lou I am not just a driver. My skills are intercepting intel and relaying it to my people… or just Mike so he can deal with it.” Mike looks at Lou as they pull up to the safe house. “Obviously we have not been 100% honest with you throughout this whole thing. But Max and I were able to find out through Daryl that Damian is in deep… he killed two men that are very powerful throughout the world. Unfortunately, one of them was a snitch for us… this is the real reason why you are here. Your brother started taking out people he deemed worthy. He did not follow a code like you or even follow his orders from the government. The last two people he killed were informants for us. Daryl intercepted a phone call from a CIA higher up to Damian pleading for him to stop. Damian’s response was that he is coming for everyone. The government recruited us as your closest allies to bring you here and take you and Damian out. What they do not comprehend is our brotherhood is stronger than the risk of them killing all of us.” Lou looks at Max, Mike, and Daryl… So then what’s the plan of extraction?”


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