CHAPTER:-7
In the Old neighbourhood, James Hendrix was sitting with his old buddy
drinking beer. “Frank I don’t know where my life is going to take me from here.
So I just want to take retirement from the life of crime.” Frank (his old
gang member) says “But boss you still can take 5 men on at the same time,
plus the dope market is at its peak. This time of year we can make 5 times more
than we made back then.” James replies “To be honest I am just old for
that shit. I was kept alone in a prison for 20 years where other inmates could not talk to me or know who I really was. They used to think that I was some kind of
monster and guess what I am one. For 20 years the only company that I had was
of myself and I would like to keep it that way or the monster that I buried
deep down will once again take over me and this time he will win. I was just
here to say one last goodbye to my old mate.” By saying this James hugs Frank
and takes his leave.
James walks towards his car. He opens
it as usual and sits in the driving seat. James gives a sigh of big relief “ I
think I told you not to show your face unless you wanna die .” A gun is pointed
over James's head. The man who is pointing the gun towards James is Arthur
himself aka Antagonist. “Just drive old man. I am not going to kill you here.”
Says Arthur. “You got a sharp tongue I’ll give you that.” Saying this, James
drives to the place where Arthur says.
There car stops at an old House in the back town of the city. There was
no sign of neighbours and the road seemed rather silent.
“This
is the house where I killed her,” James says. Arthur replies “So you
remembered.” “ Then you must be that little boy.” Says James.
James
and Arthur walk inside the house. In the house, all the furniture is old, rusty
and full of spider webs.
“You
know in life I have done so many illegal activities that I couldn’t even count.
I have been to jail many times, to courts, to jury. I have done everything but
they could never hold me in the lock-up even for a month. But then there was
this one case for which I was sentenced to lifetime imprisonment. Because I
kept you alive that day or perhaps I was too lazy to kill you and that cost me 20 years of my life. If you and that officer Michael were not there I would
have gotten away with it pretty damn easy. I know you want to kill me for
revenge but I may also have a reason to seek out revenge on you. Mmmhhhh” says
James.
James looks around the house
and sits down on a chair. “So, how are you gonna do this?”. Arthur pointing his
gun at James says “I question and you answer and if you don’t answer asta na
vista baby(gesturing he would kill him)”. “Before you start this little game of
yours, I should let you know that someone is already here. (he shouts) Whoever
it is you can come outside and we will let you go without any harm.” Says
James. Then from upstairs a man comes down with holding his gun pointing towards
both Arthur and James. It’s Harvey. Harvey comes down and says” I need both of
you to calm down. And Mr. Antagonist I know who you are. Your real name is
Arthur. And I know about your troubled past.” Arthur replies “ Then you must
know that we are brothers.” Harvey says “You kidding me right.” James says to
Arthur “ Is he the son of officer Dent?” Arthur replies with a smile “You don’t
know anything, do you big brother?”
In the City
Commissioner Roger reaches Harvey Dent’s House. They ring the bell to his house.
Melisa opens the door and says “Mr. Roger. Why are you here?” Roger replies “Is
Harvey in there?”. Melisa says “Check for yourself.” Roger and David enter the
room and check everywhere. “Are you here to arrest him?” asks Melisa. “So you
know. That prick put the whole city in jeopardy. I used to look out for that
kid like my own son and I was his father’s best friend for godsakes. He created
this fiasco and for what?” says Roger. Jeff walks into the hall and seeing all
the police he goes to his mother. His mother puts a hand on his head and sheds
a tear from one eye. Roger says “Oh Jesus.” And realises the reason behind
Harvey’s Fiasco.
Back
in the House, Harvey, James and Arthur are talking about their past. Harvey is
really confused regarding his past. “How is this possible? But my dad would
never do that. He was an honest cop and a loving husband.” Says Harvey. James
replies “Relax at least Dad was there for you. He totally abandoned me after my
mother died and I could never forgive him for doing that and I could never
forget this guy who killed my mother in front of me.” James says “Your mother,
boy was she lively? Now I am going to tell you about your past from my perspective.
You know how I got to know that your mother was the mole in my gang. It was his
father, Michael who told me about her being a mole. I was so angry because in
my life I was never serious about any girl but this one, I liked this one. I
was going to marry her. But when that bastard told me that she was the mole I
couldn’t believe him blindly so I gave her the information about the wrong drug meeting and guess what police arrived there. Me and Rebecca were going to drive
there but I decided otherwise. We came here. Right after she entered the
door I slapped her, and she fell near the dinner table, There on the dinner table I
saw a boy who was eating tacos. At first, I thought It was my baby but I didn’t
have time to find out if it was mine or not. My friend called and said that the Police
were on their way there so I had to make it quick. You see that grinder over
there, I put your mother's head in that grinder it was ripped in pieces blood
was all over the place. After that, I went to the bathroom to clean myself up. I came
out of the bathroom and something really shocked me and still shocks me to the core
to this day. I saw a baby whose mouth was in the blood, trying to swallow the
blood, It was like he was trying to eat his own mother.” Arthur fires a bullet
at James but he misses. James runs behind the wall. Harvey tries to stop Arthur
but Arthur opens fire at him too. So the battle between those three starts.
Arthur pins Harvey behind another wall and he tries to go towards James. Harvey
strolls towards the wall where James is hidden. James suddenly attacks him
with the plate and makes him throw his gun away. Then James starts beating
Arthur badly. Harvey comes into the hall with a gun pointing at both of them “I said
stop it you both are under arrest. If you move even one inch I will shoot both
of you.” James puts his hands up and then he sees that there is a bat near the
sofa. As Harvey is coming close to Arthur and James. James decides to pick up
the bat. While James is trying to pick up the bat Harvey shoots two bullets one
misses and one hits James in the hand “You son of a Bitch” says James and picks
the bat from the other hand. As he tries to hit Harvey with it, Arthur Catches
the bat and Harvey punches James in the face. All of them start hand combat
with each other but in the end, James has the upper hand and beats both of them
up. As Harvey and James are lying on the floor James tries to find Harvey’s gun
to finish them both off. Harvey’s gun still had one bullet and whose name was
on it. Was it Harvey? Or Was it Arthur? James
sees the gun under the table. He goes to pick it up. James picks it up and
loads the gun and when he turns around, Arthur kicks him with full force and
James fall on the grinder behind him and then immediately Harvey switch the plug
on. Then the Grinder starts and James is torn into pieces. Arthur stands in
front of Grinder and all the blood of James falls on his body. Seeing the blood
of James on his body Arthur starts to think how much happier his mom must have
been. “I did it, I did it mom. I avenged your death by killing this bastard.” Says
Arthur loudly and starts laughing like a lunatic. Harvey couldn’t believe his
eyes seeing Arthur full of blood it reminds him of his father of that time when
he nearly beaten Harvey to death. Harvey goes into flashback of his father
beating him. Harvey then become conscious “How can this be? My father could
never beat me. He never laid a hand on me. Then what are these memories. ‘It
hurts father don’t beat me please. Someone help me. Please.’” Harvey comes back
to reality. Harvey sees Arthur and Arthur is still laughing. “Hey Harvey now I have
officially avenged my mother you know. But there still one culprit remains.” Saying
this Arthur looks at Harvey. Arthur points the gun at Harvey. “Tell me Harvey,
are you the culprit?”
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