For Better And For Worse
Chapter 90

Mexico, Home of Gordjo.

Gordjo makes a call and Krist spies on him. He calls his supplier.

Mando: hello!

Gordjo: yes, good evening Mando.

Mando: Gordjo, how is business?

Gordjo: business is going well and I’m calling you for that. My stock is finished and I need another shipment.

Mando: okay, I can get you some in a month.

Gordjo: one month, can’t you reduce this period a little?

Mando: No, it’s the best I can do.

Gordjo: OK. I will wait in this case.

Krist quietly returns to his room to meditate on how to catch Gordjo but hey, God will take care of things in his time, he tells himself. Furthermore, it is ready for its battles of tomorrow and the CLCD is also ready to accomplish its mission.

Ranch.

Some mafia godfathers meet at Maurice’s ranch for clandestine fights. Several men from his sponsors were also there and on top of that, the fighters themselves. Gordjo and his men arrive. Maurice joins them and they hug.

Gordjo: Mauricio, what a pleasure to see you.

Maurice: shared pleasure my dear friend. So he’s the legend of the ring?

Gordjo: in the flesh. This is Krist. Krist, this is Maurice, an old friend.

Krist: nice to meet you, sir.

Maurice: nice to meet you.

They shake hands.

Gordjo: Mr. Maurice has just been released from prison and he wants to make some money. This is why today you will fight for him. Well, for both of us.

Krist: So what would my share be?

Maurice: your part?

Gordjo: don’t worry, we’ll manage.

CLCD.

The governor of the region arrives at the CLCD to personally witness Gordjo’s arrest behind the screens. Commander Néron equips his agents with surveillance cameras, the videos of which are transmitted directly to the cell’s computers. The commander and Samuel form the cell units into two groups, each with a leader, to go and arrest these mafia godfathers. They take two large vehicles to leave, preceded by the commander and his lieutenant in the same vehicle.

Ranch.

Maurice speaks.

Maurice: good evening dear friends, I am very happy to have you all here. It’s been a long time since we got together like this. But tonight, we’re here to have fun and make some money. So, open your pockets wide and bet on your favorite fighter. Take out money to make more. Let the fighting begin.

He gives way to the commentator who announces the fighters. Krist opens the fights with a victory against his opponent. He was no longer having fun, he was fighting with all the seriousness he had. Maurice was impressed. Krist wins three more fights and the CLCD arrives. They develop their plan of attack.

Nero: Marko, you and your men go from behind, Silvanus and your men, you go from the front. That 06 agents remain behind and 06 others in front. Marko, you enter from the back with the rest of your men, we will enter from the front. Come on, let it jump! (At the base): we are ready, we proceed with the operation.

Governor: ok, go ahead!

Inside, Krist is in the ring with an opponent. The CLCD agents enter discreetly but someone has spotted them and is shouting. Everyone is trying to save themselves. Rodrigue and François did not even try to protect Gordjo. Gunshots rang out, fights took place. Some are injured, others managed to get out of the room and are chased by the agents outside. Gordjo had left so Commander Nero and Samuel came out in pursuit. The rest of the officers inside made several arrests. Those outside too. Néro and Samuel catch up with Gordjo.

Nero: Don’t move Gordjo, it’s over!

He stops.

Nero: Hands in the air and turn around slowly!

He does so and Nero orders Samuel to stop him. In the meantime, Krist was also stopped by two officers who forced him to stop. When they came to handcuff him, he attacked them and fled. He comes to attack Nero and Samuel who bring Gordjo and he frees him. With his hands handcuffed, Gordjo runs away and disappears into the forest. Other agents arrive and Krist allows himself to be neutralized. Commander Nero puts him in his vehicle. The other mafia godfathers and their arrested men are put in the large vehicles, including Maurice. Ambulances come to take care of the injured. So they all leave for their base. François and Rodrigue also escaped. The governor calls the commander.

Governor: What happened?

Néro: we arrested several mafiosi but Gordjo escaped.

Governor: how?

Nero: one of his fighters helped him but we arrested him.

Governor: Very well, bring him back here and let him be questioned.

On the way, Krist talks with the commander.

Krist: Listen to me Commander, you have to release me.

Nero: You take me for an idiot, because of you, the biggest drug dealer in the city is on the loose.

Krist: listen Commander, no one but me wants to see Gordjo behind bars anymore but it wasn’t time to arrest him yet.

Samuel: Is that why you helped him escape, because you hate him so much?

Krist: It’s to gain his trust. Listen, my name is Krist and I’m from DOTTAN. In my country I am dead. I was unjustly convicted but when the truth was established and I was going to be released, the prison director took advantage of a riot at the prison to sell me to Gordjo and made it appear that I was dead . I want to put Gordjo behind bars before going back and settling scores with everyone who wronged me.

Néro: Gordjo had already been arrested, it was you who released him.

Krist: last night, I overheard a telephone conversation between Gordjo and a certain Mando.

Nero: Mando?

Krist: Yes. Who is he ?

Nero: He is an international drug trafficker. From what we know, he is Gordjo’s supplier.

Krist: Gordjo actually asked him to provide him with a shipment of drugs in a month. After what I just did, Gordjo will trust me. Free me and I will infiltrate his organization, help you stop him and Mando and you will help me return home, please!

The commander parks the vehicle and gets out with Samuel. They move aside to talk.

Samuel: don’t tell me you believe it?

Nero: I believe him, my intuition tells me that he is telling the truth.

Samuel: your intuition? In this environment we work with evidence, not with intuitions.

Nero: he is our only way to get our hands back on Gordjo.

Samuel: Exactly, that’s why we have to question him. In addition, he assaulted officers, it is a very serious offense commander. It’s a bad idea to let him go. What will we say to the governor? He was adamant about bringing him back for questioning.

Nero: we will know what to say to him.

They go back and Nero takes Krist out and wants to remove the handcuffs.

Krist: no, it will prove that I escaped. Gordjo trusts my abilities as a fighter so he will believe me.

Nero: Very good, we are counting on you to put an end to this drug cartel.

Krist: You are making the right choice, Commander. Please do you have a pen and paper?

He gives him what he asks for and writes down his wife’s number.

Krist: This is my wife’s number. Please call her and tell her I’m alive and I’m doing everything I can to get back. When it’s done, I’ll explain everything to him.

Nero: OK.

Krist: how do I contact you? Just tell me your number and I’ll memorize it.

So he tells him his number and Krist runs away. As for them, they get back in their car to leave.

Samuel: you have just made a terrible mistake.

Nero: I hope not.

Gordjo’s home.

Gordjo had fled until reaching the road after the cell had left. He takes a taxi and goes home. He takes a bottle of wine and drinks it like water then he throws the rest away and the bottle breaks.

Gordjo: holy shit!

Her maids are arriving.

Gordjo: get out!

They run away from him.

Gordjo: someone ratted us out, I have to replace out who knows. I’m sure it’s Maurice. He will pay me dearly for it. And Rodrigue and François who should protect me, where are they? If Krist wasn’t here, I’d be in the hands of the authorities now. I should have trusted him. I have to get him out of there.

Rodrigue and François arrive.

François: boss, you are safe and sound!

He points his gun directly at them.

Gordjo: you are of no use to me. You’re supposed to protect me so where have you been?

Rodrigue: boss, the cell agents were too numerous. We could never save you. Even if you escape, they could capture us and we risk denouncing you in the face of violent interrogations.

Gordjo: yet Krist was there for me. He managed to make me escape and was arrested in my place. If our relationship cannot be for better or for worse then you are of no use to me.

He shoots each of them in the head then calls his cleaners to come take care of the bodies.

CLCD.

The agents have arrived at the base with the detainees and are taking them to cells. Commander Nero and Samuel arrive and replace the governor.

Governor: explain to me how Gordjo was able to escape?

Nero: As you saw on the screens. This guy had appeared, he was very strong and very fast. He beat all the agents and allowed Gordjo to escape.

Governor: and where is this man?

Nero: Unfortunately, he too escaped.

Governor: what, how?

Nero: We were on our way and he jumped out of the car and disappeared into the city. We looked for it in vain.

Governor: Holy shit, so we have nothing.

Nero: Yes, we have the others, we will question them and replace out what we will replace.

Samuel feels so bad that the commander lied to the governor like that but he doesn’t say anything.

Nero: what about Maurice?

Governor: he fulfilled his part of the contract. However, ask him again if he has any information that could help us replace Gordjo, even his home address.

Nero: very good, I’ll see him.

Commander Nero leaves. The governor joins the commander’s office.