The Big 5

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Jacob got to the medical ward where Mr Molefe was and he noticed a guy standing  by the door and he approached him “ hey I’m Pako, you must be Jacob” “ yeah that’s me look I think Johnny may be in trouble, I left him with that police officer Daine”.

Sean was on his way to the mansion when his phone started ringing “ hello” “Sean Molefe I have your brother here with me. I’ll keep it simple authorize a transfer of $15 million and I will bring him home safe” “ who the f**k are you” asked Sean. “ I’m the guy who will kill Johnny if you don’t do as I say. Check your messages, there’s pictures of him in the back of my van along with account details. You have 24 hours” before the  caller hung up.

Johnny is slowly starting to wake up, when he does he feels like he had been hit by a brick on his head. He tries to get up and realizes he is the back of a van, as he looks around he realizes it’s a police van. However judging by the location they are not at a police station, it looks they are in the woods. The door is opened and it is Daine who opens the door, he then pulls a gun on Johnny “ I gotta admit kid, you hit as hard they say you do, you even broke my nose. Also I will admit moving your father from where he was, that was a smart move. Let me guess that guy you were with helped you.” Daines phone then vibrated and he chuckled “ well I guess we don’t have to kill you or your father after all” he showed him his phone and continued “ see that’s a wire transfer of $15 million from your brother. So that means I’ll take you home and maybe you can convince your family to not try seek vengeance otherwise I will lock up your entire family. Hell I’ll even let my boys have a few rounds with that little hot girlfriend of yours” Johhny lunged at him but he hit him with his service weapon and said “ just give me a reason johnny get in back in the van”. They locked the door and drove. He had no idea where he was being taken but at this point he had accepted his fate. Then all of a sudden the van stopped and Daine opened the door. He pointed the gun at Johnny again and said “ get out” then he locked the door got in the van and drove off. Johnny looked around and realized he was a few minutes from where he lived and he went home. He approached the house and the guards instructed him to stay where he was, as they approached johnny cautiously with their weapons on him they jumped back in fear and apologized before they helped him into the house. Kimberley was petrified to see the guards come into the house carrying a badly beaten up johnny into the house. She put some ice on his head and swollen eyes and began to work on his injuries. She didn’t say anything as she did this. She then went to her purse a gave him a bottle of painkillers and finally said “ this should help with the pain” “ thank you, where’s your husband and Sean” he replied . “ upstairs in the study” she said. “ so pops gets shot, then we get a bomb threat, then Johnny calls Themba, next thing I’m forced to pay 15$million to secure his safety” said Sean. “ if my memory serves me well that guy who met with pops he wanted 15$million” replied Tom. “ so you are saying he has Johnny” “ yeah I think he does and he has someone powerful in his corner. No way Ray can take the fight to us this good” “ I think Gerry is involved and maybe Daine too becausehe was supposed to have eyes on the building, maybe even Brutus. So I think we are up against Ray,Daine and the Khosa family, and maybe Brutus, I can’t shake the feeling we’ve been betrayed Tom” “ Dam and Mark’s phone is still going to voicemail.” Johnny then walks in “ boy am I glad to see you, jesus Christ you’ve never looked like this when you were coming from a fight” said Sean “ yeah well when you are in a 3 on 1 fight against rogue corrupt cops you’re bound to take a few more hits” “rogue cops” asked Tom. Johnny then sat down “ yeah rogue cops, Daine Mendosa and his crownies did this. And get this when I was moving dad from where he was to the medical ward I saw Daine,that r****t f**k Obakeng, and 2 other guys go to where dad was. I’m telling you those guys where there to finish him off”. Sean sat down and began to think before Tom began to explain “ it’s all starting to make sense now. Ray figures he can get pops out of the way because he thinks you will support him, he gets help from Gerry because he sells exclusilvly for them and the Khatombela’s also benefit if Ray expands his drug portfolio” “ so that means we are at war with Ray,Gerry and Mr Khatombela. Well it’s time to go to war” “ I have one question, why was Prince with dad the night he got shot, like where was the normal team” asked Johnny. Sean and Tom sat down and realized what could have happened. Sean dials a number on his phone “Look I need you to get me bank records of Brutus Masheleng and Pako Kekana. I need them now. Or and their cellphone records too” “ I can follow the money” said Johnny. “ I forget you study finance” said Tom. “ I don’t know, I think Lewis is the guy who sold us out or one of his people, if Brutus had done it he wouldn’t have been at the hospital,besides he is loud but he is loyal” said Tom. A message pinged on Sean’s phone, and he gave Johnny the phone to look at the transactions. After an hour Johnny put the phone down and said “ Brutus ain’t our guy, there’s nothing out of the ordinary, Lewis however withdrew all his cash from his accounts”. Sean patted Johnny on the back “ well done brotherman” “ so we need to get people looking for Lewis but it can’t be from Brutuses regime” “ yeah Tom I know that”. “so let’s get Themba’s people to do it”. Johnny left the room and went to his bedroom and then his phone rang “ what do you want” “ I was in town and decided to pass by the hospital to check on you but you were not there ,neither was your dad” “ so you know Obakeng Sean is going to cut your head off” before he hung up and went to sleep.

Obakeng upset after reciving that phone call from Johnny heads to Robert’s room. “ you won’t believe who I just go off the phone with” Robert then shakes his head at the question and just rolls his eyes. “ Jonathan Molefe. I think it is time we send them a package regarding Mark, so they know we aren’t to be f****d with” “yeah but let’s run it past your father first this time”. Obakeng is shocked to hear Mark suggest this and he asks “ why” “ because he is mad and he might just slowly freese us out of the business. But yeah have the boys send them their present.”

Sean,Themba,Tom and Johnny are all waiting in the office. The mood around them is tense. “ do we really think Brutus will bring him here, what if he lets him go” asks Johnny “ I know you might not understand how we do business but in all the years I’ve known Brutus he has been loyal to your family” replied Themba. Just then there is a knock on the door, and one of the guards come in carrying a cooler box “ we didn’t buy any drinks besides we’re about to go see our father” says Sean “ and I don’t remember mum buying a cooler that’s like this” added Tom. Johnny takes the cooler box from the guard and places on top of the table. Sean then stands up and opens in, what he sees horrifies him. He takes a step back and puts his hand on my head before he says “ oh my God” “ what is it” asks Tom. Sean then turns it around as the others come closer to get a better look of what’s in the cooler. Tom sees it first and rushes to the bin by the door to vomit and johnny just looks at it unmoved by what he saw. Themba sees it next and he is brought to tears before he says “ he was a good soldier, he didn’t deserve this” Johnny then removes what looks like was a note attached to the inside of the cooler, the note reads ‘ war’ and he gives it Sean. “ if they want a war let’s give it to them” says Sean.

Lewis is in a motel packing his bags. He finishes packing his bags and is heading to the door when Brutus walks in. “ Where are you going Lewis, and were you going to leave without saying goodbye”. Lewis then retreats back and sits on the bed. Brutus approaches him slowly,he watches Brutus approach and he slowly reaches into his bag as he tries to retieve his pistol.Brutus then smacks him with the outside of his hand “ no no no no, that isn’t going to work on me kid, I trained you remember” he says as he kicks the bag away and then points his pistol at Brutus. “ tell me kid why did you do it” asks Brutus “ they came to me these guys and they pulled a gun on me, they threatened to tell my wife about my other and family and they also said they’d kill my kids boss. They even had pictures of them from school boss” said Lewis as he began to sob “ save your tears for Sean, we were a family Lewis we treated you like our own, we took you in, we helped you when you were in debt. I was part of your f*****g negotiation team when you were getting married” said a disappointed Brutus. “ I’m going to be honest Sean is going to kill you but if want me to convinve him otherwise or in the event that you die your family is taken care of who were the guys that threatened you.” He pulled out his phone and showed him a series of photos. Lewis noted pictures of Patrick and Troy. “ I know this guy he is Gerry’s younger brother he is a Khosa, the other guy I don’t know him” as Brutus put his phone away Lewis hit Brutus with a headbutt and tried to run for the door but Brutus cut him off by throwing the vase that was on the side of the bed. The vase hit Lewis on the head and he fell. Brutus approached him and pointed the gun at a downed Lewis and said “ I wish you hadn’t done that”.