Neon Blue and Purple - Chapter 5: Cluster Fuck

Kirsten and a few gang members cleaned the mess up at the garage.

“Did the zombies kill Lucas, or was it the Saints’ boss?” one asked.

She sighed. “It doesn’t matter, but they couldn’t have gone far.”

“I’m sure one of the assassins will get their boss,” a different gang member said.

“Not just their boss, Matt too. The boss will chase after Matt, but what if he dies before he can save him? Do you want to know the funny part? The Saints have a list of assassination targets, so I hired them to assassinate the boss.”

“Seems like he’s screwed.”

“Oh, he’s definitely screwed because I’m going to make sure he dies! I am one of his targets, after all.”

-

Dan drove at max speed, rushing to get into the penthouse before Matt could get caught in his shitstorm. They were currently downtown.

“I think I saw a VTOL outside,” Matt warned.

“STAG isn’t welcomed in this city anymore. I know we just heard the news about people wanting them back, but isn’t there some process or some shit for them to come back?”

Laser beams came out of the sky, destroying anyone and anything in the way. To add more of their troubles, one of Oleg’s clones charged at their car, stopping it.

“I am Brutus,” he said. “I help. Must stop the bad guys!”

“Wait, I know you!” Matt said. “He’s friendly, too friendly. I’m surprised he wants to help. Barry wanted him dead.”

“You hear that, Brutus?” Dan asked. “Matt thinks you’re too nice. Show us what you got!”

Luckily for Brutus, a police car with its sirens on approached. A policeman stood outside the vehicle, opening his door, taking cover, and pointing his gun at them.

“This is Lieutenant Gorshin,” he spoke on the loudspeaker. “Step out of the car, now! Hands up where I can see them!”

Brutus leaped and landed on the car, squishing the police officer with his large body.

Dan clapped. “Well done! Welcome aboard. Sorry, we don’t have any room, though.”

Then another person showed up. He wore a superhero costume.

“You’re no match for Blaize!” he said, charging towards their car.

Dan shot him in the head, leaving him dead.

“What was that?” Matt questioned, almost laughing.

“I think Pierce told me about this guy once.” Dan was about to drive off when he noticed Brutus missing. “Where did he—”

The clone placed a pickup truck in front of them. “Drive,” Brutus ordered.

They got out of the car, but someone tried to snipe at the boss before they could enter. Panicking, Matt got behind the vehicle. The three struggled to find the sniper until they listened to their surroundings. A helicopter flew around, despite the chaos in the city.

“Fucking hell!” Matt whined. “That’s Grigor! Oh shit!”

Brutus got a look at the pilot. “Barry!” He then picked up the car Dan previously drove and launched it at the helicopter. It exploded upon impact.

“My ride!” Dan yelled.

Matt scurried inside the truck, sitting in the passenger seat. “Can we please just fucking leave?”

Brutus got in the back, and Dan drove to the penthouse. Once there, everything was calm. Matt sat on the couch, watching the destruction unfold, and Oleg’s clone sat with him and watched the television; a show targeted towards small children was on. Its theme played, and he clapped along.

“Who’s driving that VTOL?” Matt asked, looking at Dan.

He looked at his phone. “Sergent Steiner, I think.”

“There have to be more assassins. Do you think they will come?”

“Judging from the mayhem that VTOL is causing, I think some of them might be dead. That, and it’s been two years. Some of the targets are probably dead and rotting.”

Matt brought out his phone, looking at the security footage. “Maybe I’m a bit paranoid. You surprise me, Dan. You’re impossible to defeat. Loren didn’t know who he was fucking with.” Something fast moved in the camera. “Shit, Kirsten is here!”

Dan approached him and looked at the phone.

“She’s not in that footage anymore!” Matt said. “She probably took the stairs.”

The security cam Matt was looking at was on the first floor. Strangely, Burt Reynolds was there with a rocket launcher. Someone probably sent him to deal with the VTOL problem. Right now, they had to take care of their uninvited guess. Dan searched through every camera in the building, but there was no sign of her.

“Looking for me?” Kirsten commented.

Dan looked away from his phone. She had a pistol pointed at Matt’s head. Brutus was too busy watching his show to do anything.

“Kirsten,” Dan said, “don’t do this.”

She slowly backed herself to the helipad. “Tell me why.”

“I’ll fucking kill you if you do.”

“I’ve seen you tried to kill our specialist. Your aim is shit, but me? I won’t miss.”

Next to Dan’s face was an arm holding a pistol. The stranger fired, shooting Kirsten in the forehead. Dan turned around to face who did it.

“I don’t miss either,” Burt Reynolds said. “How are you doing?”

“I—I’m doing fine,” Dan replied, flabbergasted.

“Oh my god,” Matt said, walking up to him. “You saved my life!”

“Yeah, well, there’s a VTOL looking straight at us.” Burt held his rocket launder. “Can you two move?”

Matt and Dan moved over, letting Burt target the aircraft. Once the Steiner realized what was up, he tried to fly away, but the rocket launcher had a targeting system. It took down the VTOL.

“Thanks,” the two said.

“No problem. I’ll be on my way.”

Dan’s phone rang. He picked it up.

“Boss,” Shaundi said, “Killbane dead.”

“Shaundi! I thought I’d never hear your voice again. I heard Viola getting kidnapped on the phone, and I thought the same happened to you.”

“Oh, it happened, but I took care of it.”

“Well, I’m glad to hear that. I’ll make sure Pierce gets rewarded.”

“Pierce? He didn’t do shit!”

“Yeah, and I’m supposed to believe you did it?”

“You know what? I’m tired.”

Shaundi hung up.

“Good news, Matt, Killbane’s done and dealt with, finally. We have the whole city to ourselves!”

Dan held Matt close, hugging him from behind, and admired the view of the city. Some buildings in the distance were on fire, and a skyscraper collapsed.

“What the hell was Steiner even aiming at?” Matt commented.