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“May I ask Mr Prince, why you had Mr Palazzo begin spreading that rumor about the Russian Mafiya targeting the Triads? I do not understand what purpose it serves in achieving our objective.” Gordons said.

“It will lead to the three major crime syndicates all at war with each other. It will create havoc. I enjoy creating havoc. And Kai has given me that opportunity. Not to mention that eventually we would have to also deal with them.” Prince answered. “Did you find out anything about dealing with the undead? I mean other than garlic and crosses?”

“There are two types of undead, vampires and zombies. Your intel concerning this Vlad shows us that the methods of dealing with vampires will be ineffective. It is why I suggested we make this stop in New Orleans. We must find a practitioner of the arts.” Gordon’s answered.

“Voodoo? In New Orleans? You want to try to eliminate a Divine Assassin with tourist trap mumbo jumbo?” Prince sneered.

“No, not Voodoo, something more powerful. Our reluctant chauffeur is right now out looking for a man known as Sangre de Demonico. Voodoo is parlor games to him, he is acknowledged as the most powerful practitioner of Santeria on the North American continent. If there is anyone who can control the undead it is him.”

***

“Kai, What happens if all those guys on your list end up dead? I mean don’t you have to kill them or something?” Stanley asked.

“No they just have to be dead. If it was necessary to personally kill each one, no cleansing program would ever be completed. It simply takes proof of their death.” Kai answered.

“So that’s why you and Remo are flying all over the place to look at these bodies.” Xev said as she finished pulling his hair into a ponytail.

“Yes and there have been so many deaths that I have not had to kill anyone in a week. That will not be the case today.” Kai said as he stood up.

“How’s it coming?” Ruby asked entering the room. “Wow Kai you look almost perfect. Awfully pale but perfect for a funeral. I’ll verify your targets and get them out of the crowd.”

“Although the cleansing program is a priority, I do have enough control over it to use discretion. I will not kill them publicly. You do not need to accompany us.”

“I know Sugar, but to be honest riding that desk is making me rusty. I need to get back out into the middle of things before I lose my edge. I am an FBI Agent after all.” She said. “Besides Smitty thinks you and Remo need a babysitter, at least this way you have a babysitter that will stand back and let you do what needs doing.”

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“So Mr Demonico, as you can see we have a problem with the undead.” Pang was saying nervously. “My ‘employers’ are ready to pay handsomely for your assistance.”

“A problem with the undead. Who controls this creature?” the practitioner asked.

“I don’t know. They told me to find you and arrange a meeting. All I know is that it has something to do with the warehouse massacre and the Tuscon killings. I barely escaped Tuscon myself, I left that morning.

I woke up with a bad feeling that day, and that feeling is still there. I don’t believe in ghosts and aliens and stuff, but I do believe in death. And death has got it in for me.”

“Death ‘has it in’ for all of us at some point Mr Pang. No one escapes the only difference between any of us is the timing. From the moment we are born we are slowly heading toward our date with death. Death however allows us to sometimes borrow that which is his. We may bring it back to serve our purpose.

I need to know who has borrowed from death if I am to control their servant. I will meet with your employers but I make no promises. I am powerful but there are others more powerful than I.”

***

Remo, Ruby and Kai sat in the back of the church on the last pew. Six names on Kai’s list were present. They had sat in the front with the family.

“Pallbearers” Ruby explained to Kai. “They will carry the coffin from the hearse to the grave so it can be buried.”

Jimmy Wang’s coffin had remained closed during the funeral. The shroud was placed over the closed coffin and the six men each took up position three on each side. The crowd of mourners all stood as the coffin was wheeled out of the church. Having sat at the back Remo, Kai and Ruby were among the first of the crowd to follow the family out of the church. They were also right in the middle of the pandemonium that broke out when the bullets started flying.

Kai noticed that one of the pallbearers had decided that sticking it out and risking a bullet was not what he wanted to do. The man was easing around to the back of the church. Kai easily shoved his way through the panicking crowd. He ignored the bullets single minded in following his target. The man was running for a stand of trees.

Kai fired his brace watching as the man fell when his left foot was yanked out from under him. Calmly Kai approached the man who had rolled over onto his back and pulled a revolver from the inside pocket of his jacket.

Tommy Chan pointed the revolver at the pale man who stood over him. He pulled the trigger emptying the gun. The man did not so much as flinch. “What are you??” Tommy screamed pulling the trigger again and again, hammer falling on empty chambers.

“I am your worst nightmare, Tommy Chan.” Kai said calmly as he released Tommy’s ankle and fired the brace into Tommy’s heart.

****

“I was led to understand that I would be meeting with Mr Pang’s employers directly, not speaking to them through a video conference.” Sangre de Demonico addressed the screen in front of him.

“Yes due to unfortunate circumstances, this is the best that I can do. Did he explain to you our little problem? We need this man dead and yet he is already dead. So we will settle for him simply being ‘out of our hair’ so to speak. You come highly recommended Mr Demonico.”

“As I explained to Mr Pang, before I can determine my ability to help I must know who created this ‘zombie’.”

“That is complicated. He was created by the Divine Order to serve His Divine Shadow as an assassin. My colleague and I have tried several methods and all have failed. We can however show you this.”

The image of the blond man disappeared, replaced by what was obviously the interior of an industrial storage building of some sort. A tall, slim figure walked out of the shadows. There was no sound but the man was speaking. Bodies were also falling.

Sangre de Demonico had caused fear in others but the feeling was alien to him. This was no zombie. And yet neither did it live. He watched as the figure calmly pulled a three foot blade out of its chest before using it on two men in front of him.

“I cannot help you. This is no zombie. No one controls him. He follows no orders. He is sentient, independent. No one borrows this one from the Reaper, the Reaper himself has unleashed this unholy creature. No practitioner can help you when death itself is your opponent.”

“We will double the offer.” Prince said.

“Keep your money, the dead have no use for money. Anyone who goes up against that, will soon wind up dead.”

***

“Five more down, that leaves four on your list.” Remo said to Kai as they walked with Ruby back to the car.”

“Three left. Tommy Chan did not get far.” Kai corrected. “Once the last three are eliminated I will be able to once again concentrate on Prince and Mr Gordons.”

“This has been a distraction hasn’t it” Ruby said thoughtfully. “Kai didn’t you say something about Prince tending to stir up crap just for the heck of it? What if this distraction was planned?”

“Planned how?” Remo asked trying to follow her logic.

“What is the one thing old liquor boy has wanted from the very beginning?” She asked Remo.

“To set himself up as some kind of world ruler.” Remo answered.

“Right and you and Chuin have been a thorn in his side from the beginning. So he comes back now with an ally, Prince. And you Kai have been a thorn in Prince’s side.

Since the two of you met someone has tried to blow you up, drown you and even lead you into an ambush. Yet all of you are still here. Killing you off just isn’t working.

But think long term for a moment. We’ve got three powerful criminal organizations slicing up the world pie, the Mafiya, the Triads and the Sicilian Mob. They are not going to just peacefully hand over what they have so eventually if you want to rule the world you have to deal with them.

We know that there has been an unofficial truce in place for decades. Kai comes along and starts killing members of the Triad. How efficient is it to have your enemies kill themselves?”

“Wait you think Prince and Gordons are behind this war?” Remo said incredulously.

“It would be a strategically sound plan.” Kai said. “The two sides in this war are the triads and the Mafiya. The only one not involved is your Sicilian Mob. Prince likes to make deals, it is possible that he made a deal with them to stir up the war between the other two.”

“It would take 2/3 of your enemy out of the picture. But that still leaves us.” Remo said.

“And all the resources of the Mob left to throw in your direction.” Ruby said.
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