Gateway to Hell - Prologue
_Excerpt from the diary of Shigihara Satoshi_ January 15th, 2013 Life here in the United States isn't what I thought it would be like. The people here are lazy, most of them not as hardworking as I. The office I work at is drab, dull and boring....
A Journey Begun - Chapter 12 - Catch Him With His Pants Down
"Peter Ivanovich. Russian mobster and known arms dealer. Works out of Moscow, selling weapons, drugs and what have you to whoever pays him the most. Recently expanded his territories to include the little village where our man Victor hails from, that's...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 11 - See How They Run
"His name is Maximillian Augustus Wright." "No kidding. Any relation?" "Yup. James' grandson." "Small world." I stood and stared at the young man sitting in the interrogation room. He had James' hair, short and brown, loose and messy, but...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 10 - Fry The Bastard
I ran the whole way back to the office. Inside, both Eddie and Brandon were looking for me. "Did you see what happened man?" Brandon. '"Yeah I did. I was there when it happened, man, how could I not see it?" "Its all over the news, dude. What...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 9 - Government Issue
I hadn't even properly set foot on American soil before there was a hint of a problem. After getting off from our night flight, me and Brandon had milled around in the departure area of JFK for a while, having breakfast and reading up on the news a...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 8 - Hard Boiled Cops in a Hard Boiled City
The caller said that he was being held in what used to be the stadium. Tonight, midnight, be there with Morgan and a million bucks in cash, used notes only. Sounded like a cliche straight out of some dime store video game about hard boiled cops in a...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 7 - Unexpected
Midnight, or at least close to it. After leaving the family in Abayya's capable hands, me and Brandon struck out on our own to find out who exactly was responsible for all this death and violence that swirled around our employers like a vortex of...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 6 - Getting A Little Too Loud
Four months later "This is the life, eh Dan?" "Sure, though I doubt we're supposed to be drinking on the job." "Not supposed to? Here, it is a requirement, Anderson!" I sighed and took a reluctant sip of my whiskey. It burned, this...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 5 - Answering The Call
Days passed. Weeks passed. Still he remained in a depressive haze. What happened to him, I hope to God I don't have to suffer. The case made the news. Spread across the country like wildfire. The story of how the actions of one detective led to the...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 4 - Back To It
"The young master displays his prowess, master." "But he still failed his first test." "That doesn't prove anything, old man." "It proves the same thing: our line always needs that first real push." "Yeah. Hopefully his push won't be too...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 3.5 - Interlude 1
December. A time of celebration. A time of gift giving, of happiness and laughter and fun. I never expected it to be a time of absolute stress. After knowing Evelyn for almost three years and being her date for all of that time, Riggs had suggested I...
A Journey Begun - Chapter 3 - Destiny Calls
"Make them pay." "What?" "I said make them pay!" "Okay! Alright. Jesus." Three slaps. "Okay that's one, now give 'em one more to remember!" Three slaps. "Yes! Good job man!" I got a pat on my back for my troubles. The man from...