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Chapter 25 - Abram

I joined my family, my brothers, in their mission to destroy the enemy, but my heart was heavy. I sat quietly in the passenger seat as Alexandr drove to the first location he selected off the list. It was getting dark quickly, which was ideal.

Anton and Akim followed behind in his truck with the three cars of guards behind them. Staring out the window, I was glad he didn’t want to talk. I felt empty and had nothing to say. I just wanted to be finished with all of this and move on to something else.

I wanted nothing more than to put this part of my life behind me. Pulling up to the warehouse, Alexandr stopped a block away. We got out and assembled next to the vehicles. “Everyone knows the plan?” Alexandr asked.

The guards all mumbled in unison as they shook their heads, indicating they understood. “Yes, No killing,” Akim chipped in.

“It doesn’t mean we can’t get a couple of hits in, does it?” Anton questioned.

“Sure, take them down, and tie them up. But we aim to destroy the operations. Remember that.” Alexandr added. Sneaking closer, we stayed low against the outside walls. Anton peeked around the gate and lifted his hand. This was the signal.

Quietly, we stormed through the gates and entered the building. Anton and Akim, with their guards, went around the two sides and entered from the back. Alexandr and I, with our guards, entered from the front.

We were met by a couple of guards as we stepped through the doors. Yet, we were on them so quickly that not even oneshot got fired. Fists flew in all directions as they tried fighting back. Some came to us using their guns as hitting instruments.

Some of our men took a couple of hits, but we contained them pretty quickly. I went to assist our men in tying up the enemy guards and stashing them in a back room. As far as I could tell, this was the smallest of their warehouses. Alexandr said it would be a good test run to see what we would be up against in the others.

The Chernykhs used this warehouse for storing and distributing their drugs. Their dealers also got their stock from here. This was one of the main reasons Alexandr chose this warehouse.

As I returned to the warehouse floor with our men, I saw Anton and Akim had built a tower in the middle with the drugs. He was pouring what smelled like fuel over it. Akim was jumping up and down next to him as he spoke excitedly. “Can I, please, can I do it?”

“No,” I said, moving closer quickly. “You will kill us all and everyone in the vicinity.”

Anton turned to me, smirking as he spoke. “So, what do you suggest we do, brother?” I could hear the pure dismay in his tone. Handing a packet of matches to Akim, he continued. “Yes, little brother. You can do it.”

We all jumped as Alexandr raised his voice behind us. “No, I have already arranged for the trucks. Just flatten it again and open the double doors.”

I understood that this was kind of Akim’s introduction to what went on. But giving him stupid ideas wasn’t the way to go. Yet, it wasn’t my place to correct them. That was Alexandr’s prerogative as head of the family.

“Be careful what you teach,” I heard Alexandr lecturing Anton as I headed out to the car. I watched from outside as the two cement trucks pulled in and dumped their loads.

Once they left, My brothers and our men came pouring out. Anton and Akim looked ecstatic as they headed to Anton’s truck. I frowned as they passed me. Anton’s behavior was like usual, not acceptable. Shaking my head, I got into the car with Alexandr. I wanted to go home but knew I had to see it through.

“You good?” Alexandr asked as he drove.

“Yes,” I replied, giving him a quick smile. My mind was elsewhere as thoughts of Nadia came flooding back. She had hurt me, but I didn’t want her to get hurt. What if she was at one of the locations we would hit? I didn’t know how I would react if I had to see her again.

We pulled into the shipping yard at the docs. They had a yacht, fishing boats, a cargo ship, and four containers here. Our aim was set on the yacht, cargo ship, and only two containers. The others held nothing of value or interest to us.

We arrived faster than I had anticipated. As we got out and gathered on one side of the docs Anton came up to me. “Are you angry with us?” he asked.

Shaking my head lightly, I looked down at my feet. “No,” I said. “I’m bored, actually.” I could see Akim and Anton looking at me as if I had grown two heads. “We are moving too fast doing these raids. Once it’s over, there’s nothing more to do. Where’s the fun in that, right?” I added.

They glanced at each other and nodded. “I see your point,” Anton said. “Alright, let’s take it slower then, have some fun doing this.”

I felt a little better as they shared our revelation with Alexandr. This meant that if Nadia was at any of the places, she would have a chance to get out.

We split into four groups and moved through the shipping yards. Anton and Akim were to deal with the ships while Alexandr and I took the containers. As we neared the two containers which were three containers apart, there were a lot of men guarding them.

Before we could move in, we heard the racket coming from the waterside. Anton and Akim had gone in. Moving quickly, we tried to prevent any gunshots from being executed or radio chatter to get out.

Alexandr and his men got to the radio guy just in time as he started sending a distress call. I moved in on the other side with my men taking down the guards. Once we were done, they were either knocked out, tied up, or both. Alexandr instructed our men to take them to one of the open containers and lock them in. On the side of the container, they painted the words, ‘In here’s a gift.’

We headed to the ships to see how things were progressing there. Anton and Akim had just set the charges on the two we wanted to sink and were gathering the men into the other two ships.

As a last fuck you, Akim and Anton had added glitter bombs to the other two ships. These contained extra-strength glue, so it would take weeks to get things cleaned up. This was, of course, one of Akim’s brighter ideas.

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