Her Silent Killer

Chapter 48

I didn't know where they were taking us. I didn't know what kind of situation or hell was waiting for us ahead. But even so, I wasn't as scared as I thought I should've been. I should've been shaking in my boots or something but I wasn't. Maybe the reason of that was because the king was with me, and I trusted my man with my life. I knew I was completely safe with him. The way he was so calm and chilled sitting next to me, you'd swear nothing out of the ordinary was happening, and that helped to ease my earlier fear and panic. The woman that was driving kept on giving us looks through the rear view mirror. Well...her looks were more directed to the king than to me. The king gave my hand a squeeze and I looked at him. His eyes told me that everything will be fine. On the way to wherever, the car made a lot of twists and turns that it even made my head dizzy. We finally arrived at some house. It was situated in an isolated area. I didn't have time to have a look around because I was busy gawking at the amount of security that was there. Jesus of Israel! What in the living hell? If these people decided to kill us, how were we going to come out of here alive with the king? I mean there was so many of them while there was just the two of us. Saying the odds were against us was an understatement of a trillion. But even so, I trusted the king. I told myself that he must have a plan or he wouldn't have allowed us to be dragged into here in the first place. As we were being led inside the house with the king's hand firmly holding mine, I realized something. That these people were seriously terrified of the king. Hence the heavy security. There were about ten of them leading us to wherever. And some kept giving him nervous glances like they were afraid of what he might do. We entered an office which had a man sitting behind a desk who was busy puffing a cigar. He was white. Beside him, stood a sturdy looking man. The man behind the desk grinned at us showing his rotten front teeth. Euw!
Him: "Oh good. My guests are finally here." He announced happily... "Silent Killer and his lovely Mrs. Please sit down." He indicated to the chairs in front of his desk. The king and I went to sit down. I shifted uncomfortably on my chair because the man had his icky eyes on me.
Kumkani: "Desmond." He warned. The man laughed.
Desmond: "Oh sorry. Did I make you uncomfortable?" He knows that he did. The bastard. And I would bet my money that he had intended on doing so... "so how are you newlyweds doing today?" He asked leaning back on his seat... "I must say though that it kind of hurt my feelings when I didn't get your wedding invitation." He said feigning sadness... "I thought we were friends Killer."
Kumkani: "So that's why you tried to gatecrash you way in." Oh wow. So the commotion I had mentioned to you before bethu had been because of him? Desmond grinned big.
Desmond: I wouldn't call it gatecrashing. Let's say I tried to invite myself in." He laughed loudly... "good on the security by the way." The king said nothing... "so how was the honeymoon? I heard you two went to Bali. How bloody nice!" He wiggled his eyebrows... "I didn't peg you as the romantic Silent K." He laughed again loudly.
Kumkani: "Desmond, you have 5 seconds. Tell me why I'm here."
Desmond: "Oh come on! Don't be like that. Why do you like to make things difficult? I'm tryna have small talk with you."
Kumkani: "2 seconds."
Desmond: "Okay fine. I'll tell you. Happy?" He sighed and pulled on his cigar... "you know..." He blew out smoke... "you didn't have to go killing Oscar. I mean, I know he overstepped your boundaries with whole doc and the recordings shit but still..." He took a long puff of his cigar... "don't you think you went a bit too far killing him the way you did?" The king said nothing. The doc...the recordings? Was he talking about what I think he was? ... "you made a lot of people unhappy by doing that." He pointed his cigar at the king as he said that. Oh my God! ... "Oscar was in business with a lot of powerful people. Now with him dead and all...let's just say their businesses haven't been doing so well."
Kumkani: "So?"
Desmond: "So?" He breathed out clearly annoyed by the king's response... "don't you get it? These people want your head Killer." He told him. Oh my God! ... "honestly speaking I'm not in total agreement with what they want since you're the best there is in the game but...what can I do?" He shrugged as scratched his forehead... "business is business. I've got to do what I'm paid to do. You should understand that more than anybody else Killer. So no hard feelings. Okay?" When the king said nothing Desmond sighed... "you really going to keep silent and not beg for me to spare your life even as I'm telling you that I was paid to blow your brains out? You want your wife here to watch you as you die? Even if you're a heartless bastard that I know you to be, that's not nice. You've got to think of your wife." The king chuckled... "you're laughing? What's funny about what I just said?"
Kumkani: "A lot."
Desmond: "A lot?"
Kumkani: "It's touching and all for you to worry about my wife Desmond but there's no need because I'm not going to die today..." He paused... "but all of you here in this room...will die." Desmond laughed crazily as he banged his fist on the desk... "Did you hear what he just said?" He asked the room as he continued to laugh... "Silent Killer, you're the best at doing what you do man, I agree, but with so many of us here... " He spread his arms... "there's nothing you can do. You're outnumbered. Lucas here will put a bullet through your wife's head before you even reach for your guns."
Kumkani: "Try it."
Desmond: "What?"
Kumkani: "I said...Try. It." Oh my God!  Even though he tried to hide it by laughing. He was scared.
Desmond: "Killer man, why can't you take a joke-."
Kumkani: "You made 2 fatal mistakes Desmond."
Desmond: "Which are?"
Kumkani: "Sending your men to me in the presence of my wife and threatening to put a bullet through her head."
Desmond: "No man listen-."
Kumkani: "Actually, your first mistake was thinking that she's my weakness when in actual fact she's my strength. I become way more ruthless and deadly when it involves her." Yeesh! ... "now that I know why you dragged us here, it's time to get this done."
Desmond: "Get this done? W-What do you mean-."
Kumkani: "Well, you see...my little beauty and I here are still pretty much jet lagged from our flight. So...I'll kill you all so that we can go home and get some sleep." Double Yeesh!
Desmond: "W-What-." That's when the king shot him together with the man that had been beside him dead and then he was up and moving. Some he slit their throats and some he shot. He was swift. He was fast. I've never seen anything like it. It was like I was watching a movie but in real life. I stood there frozen with my jaw literally on the floor as I watched each one of all those men dropping dead like they were nothing. There only person that was left alive now was that woman who had driven us here. She was on her knees crying and begging the king to spare her life. I was expecting the men who had been outside guarding to rush in but none of that happened.
Kumkani: "I told you to leave this life long time ago Elizabeth. You don't listen." Elizabeth continued to cry and beg... "tell me about those powerful people that Desmond talked about. The ones that want my head. Who are they?"
Elizabeth: "A-A-All I-I-I know i-i-is t-that t-they c-call themselves 'The Almighty 10'."
Kumkani: "The Almighty 10?" Elizabeth nodded.
Elizabeth: "T-That's a-all I-I know I-I s-swear." The king said nothing. His phone rang. He answered.
Kumkani: "Is it done? ... Good ... We'll be out in a minute." He hung up... "today is your lucky day. I'll spare you, but if I ever see you again, I'll kill you. You hear?" Elizabeth nodded crying... "now scram." She got up and ran out. The king walked to the desk and searched through it while opening drawers. When he found nothing he searched Desmond's pockets and took his phone... "let's go my moon." Outside was another mess bethu. It was just dead bodies  everywhere. Kid you not. When and how did this all happen? The king and I entered into the car that was there waiting for us and we were off.