Author Note: Hi everyone! It's me again. This is my second fanfic. The
first one did not turn out so well, so I just deleted it since most of you
would probably hate it anyways. Good thins I only wrote 2 chapters on it!
Anyway, this fic is way better than my last and it is not as complicated
either. I really hope that you will like this one. I spent almost every
evening typing this one up, making things up as I went along, but still I
think it is good. I am not conceited, or at least I don't think, so please
give this fic a chance! I would also like to thank my friends, flowergirl
and Dark Dragon Rei Death, for helping me brainstorm. Their effort is
really appreciated by me. This fic also has some very weird ideas by me, so
don't get annoyed. Please submit me a review or email me at
[email protected] to give me your opinion. Enjoy!
P.S.- If you really did like my other story "Not What She Seem" submit a review to me or email me. I will try to put it back up and continue working on it if there are enough requests.
The La Morte
Flashback
"No daddy! Don't die on me!" cried out Serena with tears running freely in a stream on her cheeks. Her hair was a mess and her eyes were red from crying.
"I'm s-sor-ry prin-cess, but m-my time h-has co-me" whispered Kenji La Morte using all his remaining strength. He looked up at his daughter with proud and adoring eyes, savoring her every feature before he left her all alone in the world. 'Well, not quite alone,' he thought, ' at least she still had her aunt, cousin, and friend.'
"No, daddy! You can't die! Remember, you told me that you would never leave me alone!" yelled Serena at the top of her lungs.
"I'm sor-ry, prin-ce-ss. Ta-ke ca-re. I lo-ve you" with those famous last words Kenji left his only child to mourn over his death alone in the world.
His two most loyal and obedient lieutenants quietly picked the little 10 year old girl up and carried her away, trying to hold back their own tears for their great leader and dear friend. Just as they left the glass doors of the great 40-story building and took off in their race car, the building exploded and brilliant red flames took its place. The smoke rised up to meet the dark cool clear night sky, contaminating the air. The old La Morte was no more. A new one will rise to take its place. From this day on, Serena La Morte will be raised and trained to be the great leader of the La Morte clan that her father once was. The leader of the greatest Mafia gang in the world.
"I will revenge your death daddy. I promise" said Serena as her final good bye to her beloved father. Her eyes held great hatred and determination.
End of Flashback
That has been seven years ago. That was the past. This is now. The present. The present in which I had succeeded in my father's footsteps and became the great leader of the La Morte family that he hoped me to be. I like to refer to this gang as a family because they are the closest people that I have next to my cousin Mina and my best friend Rei. This is where I truly belong and the only people that will except me for who I am. The La Morte family is one of the most wanted Mafia gang in the world and being the leader puts me on top of the world's most wanted criminals' list. But who can blame them. I have done some pretty heartless things over the years. I've done everything from assassinating the president of the United States to robing a local bank simply because I was bored, well that was more of an exercise. But a lot of people in the town did suffer, since I took half the bank's money and it was the only bank in that small little town. So overall, I don't blame the FBI on putting me on their most wanted list. I deserve it. But what can I do? I'm in charge of a Mafia gang and we would basically commit any crime to survive. I don't mind at all.
A lot had changed over the seven years since my father's death. They had trained me very hard since that day. As a little ten-year-old girl, I was taught from how to handle an intense weapon to how to negotiate in awkward situation. I had also grown cold and distant from other people over the years. I never showed any emotion during a fight or negotiation because it was a sign of weakness. I was the perfect leader and I could not afford to show weakness toward any of our enemies. No one could figure me out and most were nervous around me and showed me a lot of respect even though I was way younger than them. Did I mention? I am only 17. The only people who truly know me and have remained my friends over the years are Mina and Rei. My two best friends and the only people in front of whom I would let my guard down. My Aunt Sherri used to be very close to me too, but she died shortly after my father's death. It seems that her sorrow over her only brother's death had dropped her health rapidly and her bad heart had increased her life risk. She finally passed away one day in the limo from which she was driving home from shopping. She had a fatal heart attack and when the stupid idiotic moron of a driver finally did notice her out and brought her to the hospital, it was too late. Mina cried over her mother's death for weeks, but I didn't mourn that much. I was used to it.
My mother. Well, what can I tell you about her? She died while giving me birth at a very young age of 26. I was lucky that I survived. The doctors thought that it was a miracle, but what do they know? They are the ones who let my mother die! From what I heard from my father, she was a very beautiful and intelligent woman who could brighten up your day with a single smile. I used to possess that ability when I was young, but not anymore, I have grown too cold. My mother and father have met in a rather awkward situation. The gang was committing one of its many crimes. My father, being the leader, was usually involved in the top crime. The other crimes were handled by his two lieutenants, who in turn, had their own lackeys to take care of the smaller crimes. We were one big criminal organization. We still are. I have my own two lieutenants now, Mina and Rei. Anyway, my mother was taken hostage by my father because she was apparently the daughter of some great multibillionaire corporate owner. My father told me that my grandfather was a real ass, and I believe him because my father was great judge of character. My father demanded a handsome sum of ransom from my grandfather in return for his only daughter's safety. Being the cheap bastard he is, refused. Apparently, he did not care what happened to his daughter because he already had a son who would carry on his succession. After all, my grandmother was just one of his mistresses. My father was furious, but while holding my mother hostage, they had fallen in love and gotten married. My mother never contacted her family again since no one seemed to care anyway. She got pregnant with me one year later, which had caused her death. My father kept on telling me that it was not my fault, but I can't help but feel guilty
"Hey boss!" one of my top members was trying to get through to me, "hey boss, you still there?"
"What is it?" I asked in an indifferent tone while snapping out of my memories.
"Rei is going in" he replied in an excited and nervous voice.
"Good" I replied while grinning. Rei was on one of our top crimes again, which involved assassinating some senator. If we pull this off, than we get a great amount of money from some desperate politician, but if we don't pull it off, well then, we lose Rei. But I was not worried. Rei was very experienced and she had done this solo many times before with bodyguards all over the target. She would pull it off for sure. Me and Mina participated in these crimes too, and even though I was better at it than Rei, she was involved at it the most because everyone agrees that she is the second best next to me, who should take my place in these crimes since I am the leader. I get really annoyed for being the leader and constantly supervising bigger crimes rather than being involved in these small solo assassination crimes. But what can I do, duty calls.
"She is out!" came the voice of the same person as before again through my head. I was not surprised and neither was anybody else at how quick and quiet the assassination was completed. We were all used to it.
"Good," I said again with a grin. I was proud of Rei, "we should be expecting her to get here in about 16 hours." This was the headquarters, an underground mansion with a lot of expensive equipment set up in it. This place is also why the FBI never finds us. Who would think that an underground mansion really existed? Rei was in Washington while our headquarter was in LA. It will take her private jet about 15 hours to get here. With the way we are making, money was not an issue for us just as long as we kept the crimes going, which we are. So we can afford to do practically anything and go anywhere with the top comforts. I'm glad that things are this way, or at least I think?
"Everybody, go back to your station. I will be here to greet Rei" I said with a tone that demanded authority. No one dared do argue.
I can't wait till Rei got here from her mission and Mina got here from her mission in getting the drugs over the border to Canada. We would finally get together face to face instead of through communication technologies and catch up on our latest happenings over the last three-month. Not that there was anything exciting going on in my life. But what can you expect? I was in Tokyo, Japan, going to a public high school in the twelfth grade, or senior year as everybody there called it. I was considered a geek and outcast there and that is how exactly I want it to be and built my reputation based on it. I could have become very popular there easily, even the most popular girl in school, but that is not why I am there. I am there to stay low and keep a low profile because no one would except the La Morte family leader attending a public high school, or in fact, even school at all. The reason I am doing this is because someone is clearly after me and I know who they are. They are the FBI and the La Femme clan. The La Femme is our rival Mafia gang. We are struggling against each other to gain the title of the top Mafia gang in the world. We used to rule side by side, but ever since my father's death, they got greedy and wanted total control. Well they are not getting it! Even if I have to die in the process of eliminating them. I even have the suspicion that they are the ones who assassinated my father and blew up the building in which he died in. But I am not totally sure, so I am not jumping to any conclusions.
For the La Femme to gain total control, they must first kill me, the La Morte family leader. But it is pretty hard for them, since they don't know who I am or how I look like. Over the years, the members of the La Morte family have kept a really low profile on me in order to protect me from their assassination. Whenever I go out in public, I have to wear a disguise in case that anybody recognized me, which is less than likely. All the members have told me that my natural look is simply stunning and would make any man's desire rise to a climax. I think that I'm OK looking and I really do hate wearing all that make up every time I have to go out. But what can I do? Duty calls on me 24/7. I personally don't have any information on the La Femme clan leader, but our sources tell us that he is a very stunning 25 year old bachelor who is simply invincible in fighting and would make the perfect business man. In fact, some say he is a large corporate owner, but I don't believe them because no one can balance owning a corporation and being the leader of one of the world's top Mafia gangs at once. But the way our sources have been boasting him, he is posting quite a threat to us. They say that his name is Diamond. They also say that Vice President Sapphire Dusevic, the youngest politician in the whole American history to make it that far at the age of 20, is his little brother. But I say that's bullshit.
P.S.- If you really did like my other story "Not What She Seem" submit a review to me or email me. I will try to put it back up and continue working on it if there are enough requests.
The La Morte
Flashback
"No daddy! Don't die on me!" cried out Serena with tears running freely in a stream on her cheeks. Her hair was a mess and her eyes were red from crying.
"I'm s-sor-ry prin-cess, but m-my time h-has co-me" whispered Kenji La Morte using all his remaining strength. He looked up at his daughter with proud and adoring eyes, savoring her every feature before he left her all alone in the world. 'Well, not quite alone,' he thought, ' at least she still had her aunt, cousin, and friend.'
"No, daddy! You can't die! Remember, you told me that you would never leave me alone!" yelled Serena at the top of her lungs.
"I'm sor-ry, prin-ce-ss. Ta-ke ca-re. I lo-ve you" with those famous last words Kenji left his only child to mourn over his death alone in the world.
His two most loyal and obedient lieutenants quietly picked the little 10 year old girl up and carried her away, trying to hold back their own tears for their great leader and dear friend. Just as they left the glass doors of the great 40-story building and took off in their race car, the building exploded and brilliant red flames took its place. The smoke rised up to meet the dark cool clear night sky, contaminating the air. The old La Morte was no more. A new one will rise to take its place. From this day on, Serena La Morte will be raised and trained to be the great leader of the La Morte clan that her father once was. The leader of the greatest Mafia gang in the world.
"I will revenge your death daddy. I promise" said Serena as her final good bye to her beloved father. Her eyes held great hatred and determination.
End of Flashback
That has been seven years ago. That was the past. This is now. The present. The present in which I had succeeded in my father's footsteps and became the great leader of the La Morte family that he hoped me to be. I like to refer to this gang as a family because they are the closest people that I have next to my cousin Mina and my best friend Rei. This is where I truly belong and the only people that will except me for who I am. The La Morte family is one of the most wanted Mafia gang in the world and being the leader puts me on top of the world's most wanted criminals' list. But who can blame them. I have done some pretty heartless things over the years. I've done everything from assassinating the president of the United States to robing a local bank simply because I was bored, well that was more of an exercise. But a lot of people in the town did suffer, since I took half the bank's money and it was the only bank in that small little town. So overall, I don't blame the FBI on putting me on their most wanted list. I deserve it. But what can I do? I'm in charge of a Mafia gang and we would basically commit any crime to survive. I don't mind at all.
A lot had changed over the seven years since my father's death. They had trained me very hard since that day. As a little ten-year-old girl, I was taught from how to handle an intense weapon to how to negotiate in awkward situation. I had also grown cold and distant from other people over the years. I never showed any emotion during a fight or negotiation because it was a sign of weakness. I was the perfect leader and I could not afford to show weakness toward any of our enemies. No one could figure me out and most were nervous around me and showed me a lot of respect even though I was way younger than them. Did I mention? I am only 17. The only people who truly know me and have remained my friends over the years are Mina and Rei. My two best friends and the only people in front of whom I would let my guard down. My Aunt Sherri used to be very close to me too, but she died shortly after my father's death. It seems that her sorrow over her only brother's death had dropped her health rapidly and her bad heart had increased her life risk. She finally passed away one day in the limo from which she was driving home from shopping. She had a fatal heart attack and when the stupid idiotic moron of a driver finally did notice her out and brought her to the hospital, it was too late. Mina cried over her mother's death for weeks, but I didn't mourn that much. I was used to it.
My mother. Well, what can I tell you about her? She died while giving me birth at a very young age of 26. I was lucky that I survived. The doctors thought that it was a miracle, but what do they know? They are the ones who let my mother die! From what I heard from my father, she was a very beautiful and intelligent woman who could brighten up your day with a single smile. I used to possess that ability when I was young, but not anymore, I have grown too cold. My mother and father have met in a rather awkward situation. The gang was committing one of its many crimes. My father, being the leader, was usually involved in the top crime. The other crimes were handled by his two lieutenants, who in turn, had their own lackeys to take care of the smaller crimes. We were one big criminal organization. We still are. I have my own two lieutenants now, Mina and Rei. Anyway, my mother was taken hostage by my father because she was apparently the daughter of some great multibillionaire corporate owner. My father told me that my grandfather was a real ass, and I believe him because my father was great judge of character. My father demanded a handsome sum of ransom from my grandfather in return for his only daughter's safety. Being the cheap bastard he is, refused. Apparently, he did not care what happened to his daughter because he already had a son who would carry on his succession. After all, my grandmother was just one of his mistresses. My father was furious, but while holding my mother hostage, they had fallen in love and gotten married. My mother never contacted her family again since no one seemed to care anyway. She got pregnant with me one year later, which had caused her death. My father kept on telling me that it was not my fault, but I can't help but feel guilty
"Hey boss!" one of my top members was trying to get through to me, "hey boss, you still there?"
"What is it?" I asked in an indifferent tone while snapping out of my memories.
"Rei is going in" he replied in an excited and nervous voice.
"Good" I replied while grinning. Rei was on one of our top crimes again, which involved assassinating some senator. If we pull this off, than we get a great amount of money from some desperate politician, but if we don't pull it off, well then, we lose Rei. But I was not worried. Rei was very experienced and she had done this solo many times before with bodyguards all over the target. She would pull it off for sure. Me and Mina participated in these crimes too, and even though I was better at it than Rei, she was involved at it the most because everyone agrees that she is the second best next to me, who should take my place in these crimes since I am the leader. I get really annoyed for being the leader and constantly supervising bigger crimes rather than being involved in these small solo assassination crimes. But what can I do, duty calls.
"She is out!" came the voice of the same person as before again through my head. I was not surprised and neither was anybody else at how quick and quiet the assassination was completed. We were all used to it.
"Good," I said again with a grin. I was proud of Rei, "we should be expecting her to get here in about 16 hours." This was the headquarters, an underground mansion with a lot of expensive equipment set up in it. This place is also why the FBI never finds us. Who would think that an underground mansion really existed? Rei was in Washington while our headquarter was in LA. It will take her private jet about 15 hours to get here. With the way we are making, money was not an issue for us just as long as we kept the crimes going, which we are. So we can afford to do practically anything and go anywhere with the top comforts. I'm glad that things are this way, or at least I think?
"Everybody, go back to your station. I will be here to greet Rei" I said with a tone that demanded authority. No one dared do argue.
I can't wait till Rei got here from her mission and Mina got here from her mission in getting the drugs over the border to Canada. We would finally get together face to face instead of through communication technologies and catch up on our latest happenings over the last three-month. Not that there was anything exciting going on in my life. But what can you expect? I was in Tokyo, Japan, going to a public high school in the twelfth grade, or senior year as everybody there called it. I was considered a geek and outcast there and that is how exactly I want it to be and built my reputation based on it. I could have become very popular there easily, even the most popular girl in school, but that is not why I am there. I am there to stay low and keep a low profile because no one would except the La Morte family leader attending a public high school, or in fact, even school at all. The reason I am doing this is because someone is clearly after me and I know who they are. They are the FBI and the La Femme clan. The La Femme is our rival Mafia gang. We are struggling against each other to gain the title of the top Mafia gang in the world. We used to rule side by side, but ever since my father's death, they got greedy and wanted total control. Well they are not getting it! Even if I have to die in the process of eliminating them. I even have the suspicion that they are the ones who assassinated my father and blew up the building in which he died in. But I am not totally sure, so I am not jumping to any conclusions.
For the La Femme to gain total control, they must first kill me, the La Morte family leader. But it is pretty hard for them, since they don't know who I am or how I look like. Over the years, the members of the La Morte family have kept a really low profile on me in order to protect me from their assassination. Whenever I go out in public, I have to wear a disguise in case that anybody recognized me, which is less than likely. All the members have told me that my natural look is simply stunning and would make any man's desire rise to a climax. I think that I'm OK looking and I really do hate wearing all that make up every time I have to go out. But what can I do? Duty calls on me 24/7. I personally don't have any information on the La Femme clan leader, but our sources tell us that he is a very stunning 25 year old bachelor who is simply invincible in fighting and would make the perfect business man. In fact, some say he is a large corporate owner, but I don't believe them because no one can balance owning a corporation and being the leader of one of the world's top Mafia gangs at once. But the way our sources have been boasting him, he is posting quite a threat to us. They say that his name is Diamond. They also say that Vice President Sapphire Dusevic, the youngest politician in the whole American history to make it that far at the age of 20, is his little brother. But I say that's bullshit.