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“Hey, man, you can’t do that!” Buzz yells, trying to get up.

“Yeah, man, you’re supposed to help us.” Hardhead adds.

“Help you? No, this is a place for people to come that need redemption, but something tells me you’re both beyond that”

“Fucking right they are.” Capone yells. “They kil-'' But I stop him.

“All in due time.” I whisper. “Why don’t you ask them what they need redemption from? What crimes have they committed?”

“We didn’t do nothing.” Buzz smirks, making me want to slice that smile right off his fucking face.

I can’t stop myself from walking to him, grabbing a fist full of his hair and exposing his neck. His heartbeat throbs in the vein at his neck, while something is telling me to jab my knife there and let his blood coat me.

But I can’t.

They haven’t suffered yet.

“You shut your fucking mouth or tell him before I make sure you never speak again. That’s gonna happen anyways, but they’ll never find you which means it’ll be like you were never born. You are a waste of life. The scum of the Earth that should have never been allowed to be born, you fucking piece of shit.” Punching him won’t satisfy the thirst for blood that lives inside me. “I’m going to kill you, whether he gives me the okay or not.”

“What has he done?” Hawk asks.

“Him and his friend over there murdered my girlfriend tonight. They beat and raped her as she lay there, helpless and unable to fight them off.” Capone says, holding back tears, but letting his anger shine through.

“Oh, she put up a fight alright. Sweet young thang was a virgin? Did you know that?” Buzz taunts him, making Capone lunge for him, but I move him out of the way.

“Don’t! This is what he wants. A fast death. Well guess what, buddy boy, you won’t find it here.” I say in between punching his face in. “Now, am I free to take him or do you want to give your crew a new leader?”

Hawk turns to Buzz. “Did you really do that? Kill and rape this young man’s girlfriend?” Silence. The silence is so loud it’s making my ears bleed. The only answer he gives is that fucking smirk. I can feel it. “Your fate is out of my hands. You may take them and go.”

“Nooo! You can’t do this! We asked God to forgive us, but you fucked up the rest of the ritual.”

“Oh, you’ll still be spilling blood alright, but it won’t have the same meaning you were going for.” I promise.

“No Man’s Land is all about redeeming yourself. You have to honor that.” Buzz cries.

“We don’t have to honor anything when an innocent life is taken.” Hawk reminds him. “You should have thought about that before doing what you did and then coming here.”

“What about the innocent lives of your men they took?” Buzz shouts, trying to win Hawk over.

“The people that come here are no more innocent than you are. They just aren’t cold-blooded killers, but they are all guilty of something. If they are dead, then God had a plan for them, and it was their time.” He says.

“So, that’s it? You’re just going to let them kill us in cold blood?” Buzz asks.

I can’t take anymore of his shit. “Shut the fuck up!” I yell, clocking him so hard in the fucking mouth, it knocks his pitiful ass out.

“He’s outta there.” Razor laughs.

“Take his ass out to the truck. They’re going underground until I’m ready to deal with them. Don’t feed them, chain them up, and gag ‘em.”

“Oh hell no, you ca-” Capone comes around me and knocks Hardhead out cold.

“The fuck we can.” Capone giggles. “Thank you, Hawk, for your service.” He bows, grabbing the other dirtbag.

“My pleasure.” Hawk says. “What’s your name?” He calls out to me as I turn to walk away.

“Name’s Abel, of The Anarchy Saints.”

That’s the last we see of them as we drive to The Underground.

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