DC Technomancer: Chapter 15 Pt.2

“I don’t know what to tell you man, there’s no way we’re getting inside.” 

Clenching his phone in one hand, Diego slammed his other against the table in front of him, “I don’t give a damn if it's Wayne Towers, I want that bitch on her knees in front of me by the end of the night!”

Ending the call Diego let out a long frustrated sigh as he leaned back in his chair. Closing his eyes Diego tried to sleep only for the same humiliating series of events to flash across his mind. 

Diego had been at the top of the world, his take over of the Six Hands had gone smoothly thanks to his foresight and careful planning. Poisoning Hector Rivera had been a necessity, the old man had lost its edge and it made them all look weak. If Diego hadn’t done it someone else would have, though he had to give the ancient man credit Diego didn’t expect him to live through the ordeal. Besides that small little detail everything went off without a hitch, Diego was now in charge and he made sure that those underneath him understood it. 

But everything changed when he went to that damn restaurant. It was supposed to be a nice night out, just him and minimal security to celebrate his achievements. And while Diego hadn’t planned on running into Stella Rivera, he wasn’t going to pass up the opportunity. 

Stella had always caught Diego’s eye, ever since they crossed paths in highschool. She had been the focus of every guy's desire, but completely off limits thanks to her father, even after they graduated. But now things were different, Hector was out of commission and everyone knew Diego called the shots now. Stella should have been his, would have been his…if not for her date. 

Diego hadn’t even realized someone else was at the table, until he felt a pair of eyes dig into his back. Wondering who had the balls to glare at him Diego spun around only to come face to face with a mountain of a man.

Even sitting down he was imposing, with a pair of dark brown eyes. With a start Diego realized that Stella was on a date, after years of acting like she was too good for him here she was with a stranger while her father was at home dying. 

Sitting up in a flash Diego felt his heart pounding in his chest and with a snarl he reached into his jacket and pulled out a small bag filled with a white powder. Pouring the cocktail of drugs out onto the tabletop Diego started to divide the powder up into lines when his phone rang again. 

Cursing under his breath Diego picked up the call and angrily answered into the phone,”What the fuck do you want Louis?! I’m this close to-” 

“We’re under attack!!” 

Diego sat upright as the voice came back over the call, “What the fuck are you talking about?!” 

“All of our houses have been hit!” 

Diego's heart skipped a beat as he ground his teeth together, “What do you mean they’ve all been hit?!” 

“What do you mean, what do I mean?! Someone figured out where all our staches are and raided them. Not only that but they’ve killed more than half our guys and burned all our cash!” 

Diego stood up in a flash sending his chair to the floor, “If you know all of this, why haven’t you stopped it?!”

“Don’t you get it, there’s nothing to stop!! It’s gone everything, up in fucking smoke.”

Diego shook his head slowly as he felt the world start to close around him, “You’re lying….you’re fucking lying!!” 

“The fuck I am cabrone! Watch the damn news if you don’t believe me. Either way I’m out, shit is too chaotic nowadays.” 

Before Diego could respond the call dropped and he stared at the black screen for a long moment before screaming at the top of his lungs and slamming the phone against the ground. 

Walking furiously over to his desk Diego grabbed the remote before pointing it at the tv turning the screen on before flipping through the news channels. 

“For those of you just joining us, tonight Southwest Gotham has suffered a vicious streak of arsons. However the particulars of this crime have the authorities stumped. The first incident was reported at 1567 Chila Drive, an abandoned residential building that no one would have guessed to be a stache house for a local Mexican gang. The first gunshots were reported just over thirty minutes ago, but when police arrived they only found the top floor of the building on fire. Along with several  survivors among the many fatalities.”

The police only just managed to contain the first sight when another call came through forcing the GCPD to split their manpower. The second sight was just like the first, few survivors and many dead with  fire started where the criminals stacked their ill gotten goods and money. And if that wasn’t enough four more calls came in each minute after the next. Many assume that the infamous vigilante Batman is behind these series of attacks, however even more cite the fact that the presence of the dead strongly contradicts the caped vigilante’s  no killing  policy!”

For a long moment Diego stared at the screen watching as the tv flipped through a series of pictures and short videos each capturing the state of things in brutal detail. Then reality sunk in and Diego nearly collapsed, “How is this happening?!”  

Not expecting an answer Diego jumped as the door opened and someone stepped inside. Turning around to scream at them Diego paused as he stared down the length of a rifle. 

“You can scream if you want, I made sure no one will interrupt us,” The hulking armor figure spoke calmly in a modified voice that Diego didn’t recognize. 

Diego instantly ran for his desk and the pistol hidden in the drawer, only of a bullet whizzing by his head and clipping his ear.  Falling to the ground Diego screamed as he reached up and felt a good chunk of his ear was simply gone.