The Airegin Mafias – Prologue

Sounds of carrying and dropping of heavy cartons could be heard, some of the men were carrying it out of the trailer and dropping it on the floor while the others were moving the cartons into the different ships. They worked as quiet as possible, they had been given instructions and had to follow through or pay with their lives if they were found doing the opposite. The cool breeze around the sea port added to their strengths as sweats from their hardwork were quickly dried up. 

Don Pedro and Lord Fredrick, close friends and joint owners of the organization, walked together around the port this cool evening. Don Pedro had a pipe in his mouth from which he took in occasional drags to warm his body system. Lord Frederick also had a pipe in his hands but was more conscious of someone’s absence in the place than the cold. 

They had worked together for over twenty years to build this notorious corporation and they were growing in strength everyday, they were already a major threat to their nation and everyone that opposed them and their influence was expanding everyday.

Over thirty years ago was when the two Drug Lords had met, they were still less than ten years each. They became friends on the street and at that young age began to involve themselves in petty criminal activities like pickpocketing, stealing from bags of other kids in school and acting as informants for senior criminals and armed robbers. Their careless family backgrounds had also contributed to their wayward lives. For Pedro, his mother was a commercial sex worker while his father was unknown. Frederick’s mother had given birth to him when she was a teenager and had given him when he was still one to his father who worked as a cleaner in a local brothel, he was addicted to drinking and smoking and he got killed one day after involving himself with a gangster.

The friends started their drug dealing business when they were just seventeen, they had already dropped out of school after their basic education, they started working as carriers from streets to streets and then towns to towns then they grew nationally and internationally. After two years of beginning the operation, they started to learn how to manufacture hard drugs from the various raw materials like coca and nicotiana tabacum. Soon, the business grew and they built a large farm for these plants where they got the raw materials for the bulk production of their goods. 

They managed to stay as invisible as possible and away from the public and this made their operations known but their identities hidden.

This visit to the operation centre was one of their firsts after several weeks of leave in another country, they had arrived back suddenly without notice to anyone. Their leave wasn’t necessary an official one because they had actually gone to make deals with other drug retailers in another country. 

“Where the hell has Richard gone to?” Lord Fredrick asked aloud. He got no response from anyone, all the men working faced their business as they would have still faced the punishment for talking even though it was one of their bosses who had asked a question, he needed to call a particular person before they could answer his question. 

Richard was the one who was kept in charge while they were away. He was supposed to be somewhere around the port but they had not seen him since their arrival at the place.

“We can’t tell, this may be Richard’s manner of operation anytime we are away.” Don Pedro put in.

Both of them continued to stroll round the port, it was when they got closer to the lodge they found out the reason for Richard’s absence with the boys working. 

“…aaaahh! Harder, harder!” They could hear soft moans of lady from the window of the storeroom. Nobody else except Richards could have the audacity to be having sex while the others were working. 

Don Pedro moved closer and knocked on the window gently, the moaning seized for a moment, there was quiteness and then it began again, louder this time. Don Pedro knocked again.

“Who the hell is that?” They could hear Richard blare out angrily. 

It took some seconds for Richard to open the window and peep, a remorseful look appeared on his face as he saw his bosses. He quickly closed back the window and dismissed the girl. 

A minute later, a girl with a very small figure is seen running out of the place. Richard appeared after some seconds. 

Don Frederick had an evil grin on as his eyes met with Richard’s. “Having fun, right?”

“I’m sor…” Richard tried to plead but it was too late, Lord Frederick had taken out his pistol and sent in a bullet into Richard’s chest. 

Don Frederick immediately picked out his phone and dialed one of his boys number. “You guys should come meet us at the warehouse now,” he said and ended the call. 

“Why did you do that?” Don Pedro asked after Lord Frederick’s call. “The dude was only catching some fun.”

“Not when on duty,” Lord Frederick replied with a smirk. “He deserved it.”

“Yeah, I never said he didn’t deserve it. You could have just shot him right at the place he was using to have fun.” Don Pedro said wickedly pointing to the opened zip in Richard’s trousers.