Introduction To Hard 2 Da Kore (Hard2daKore Book 1) (33 page)

“Yo, you want some of this?” Mike asked as he lit up a blunt. “Whoa! It’s been a while since I smoked me some of that, nah Mike I’m tryin’ to quit.” I said. “Quit, it ain’t like you gotta take a piss test for a job or somethin’ no more. What you need to do is quit actin like you wanna quit and take a hit of this weed maaaan!” Mike joked in his best Chris Tucker imitations as he took a long pull on the blunt. I thought about it for a few seconds. Now it ain’t like I gotta worry about my job ‘cause I ain’t got one and the way things are lookin’ now, between the money that I got in my pocket right now and all the money that Mike said that I’ll be makin’. It looks like I won’t be goin back to work for a long long time. I thought as I watched Mike exhale a big smoke cloud from his lips.

“Let me get a lil’ hit of that shit you got right there.” I said as I watched Mike take another pull off of the blunt and inhaled deeply. “And don’t be tryin’ to hog it all up either, ‘cause you didn’t put in on this maaaan!” Mike joked as he held in the blunt smoke and then exhaled. “Nigga, you ain’t Smokey, and this ain’t Friday. It’s Thursday, so act like it’s Saturday and pass that Dutchie on the left hand side my nigga.” I said, and we all burst out laughing. Mike passed me the blunt and I took a long pull and inhaled. I held it in for a few seconds and then exhaled it through my mouth and nose. The car started to fill up with smoke from the blunt as we drove over to the motel room.

“Lourna, you smoke weed?” I asked as I took another pull off of the blunt. “Sometimes, not like I used to though.” Since I had my daughter I had to slow it down, for her sake more than mine. I don’t like to feel high when I’m around my daughter. It feels like I’m always doing something wrong, and I always gain a lot of weight from those damn munchees.” She explained. “Do you want some of this weed or what, shit! We ain’t ask for a mafuckin’ autobiography!” Mike interrupted. Lourna paused as she watched the blunt being smoked. “Yeah I’ll take a couple of pulls.” She said, so I passed her the blunt. I immediately started feeling a little buzz from the weed. It’s been a few months since the last time I smoked any weed. “Yo, you remember that time we got blunted early in the mornin’ that day before we went to work?” Mike asked. “Yeah, that was the time you spilled all that fuckin’ transmission fluid all over the shop right?” I replied. “Sal was mad as hell, ha ha ha ha ha, that fat mafucka’s face turned redder than fuckin’ Valentine’s Day heart ha ha ha ha.” Mike chuckled.

“Yeah, and we both had to clean up that big ass mess you made too.” I said. “Yeah I know, but at least you got to get in some over time nigga.” Mike said as we pulled up to the motel and went into the room and waited for the customers to start coming in to buy some more products. A little quiet time seemed to pass over us as we all just chilled, smoked, drank and listened to some music but chillmode was cut quickly when there was a knock on the door. Mike walked over and peeked through the blinds and went over to the door and opened it. “What’s up Mark, how’s things out in sunny Ca-li-for-ni-A?” asked the Caucasian man, who entered the room with another guy. “What’s up John? Long time no see, hey listen, we gotta make this kinda quick because we have business to take care of somewhere else.” Mike said.

“Haven’t your peoples told you that I been doin’ business with them while you were away on vacation? Wow, must’ve been some vacation for you huh? Hope you had a good time.” John stated as he walked over to the bed and put the briefcase down on top of it. “Word, that’s what I’m talkin’ about, as long as you keep it in the family. Hey John, I want you to meet my friend Hank right here.” “Hank, John, John, Hank. He’ll probably be takin’ my place from time to time.” Mike smirked as me and John shook hands. “How you doin Hank? It’s a pleasure to meet you.” John said. “So, how is it?” Mike asked as John sniffed some of the cocaine up his nose. “Ahhh, good like always, that’s why I only do business with you and your crew Mark, and your prices are unmatched by anyone.” John stated.

“It’s all there.” Lourna said as she glanced over the money. “Oh I know it’s all there because my man John over here be doing some crazy alchemist type shit on his product, like the Breakin’ Bad mafucka.” He joked and we all laughed as Mike grabbed the stacks of money and began to walk towards the safe when....POWWWWW! The door was suddenly blown off of the hinges, followed by several masked guys who burst into the room screaming through the small smoke cloud. The unexpected blast startled us all and knocked Mike off balance as he fell to the ground.“Git da fuck down now mothafuckers!” Don’t none a yall mafuckas move!” They yelled and began shooting at us.

Everything was happening so fast, that it almost seemed as if we was goin’ in slow motion or something. I saw Mike grab his gun from his waist as he lay on the ground and began shooting back at the guys who were trying to kill us. John the customer was shot several times in the upper part of his body including his face and head. He was killed instantly as well as the other guy that was with him. I could hear shots ricocheting off of the wall behind me as I grabbed Lourna by her hand and pulled her towards me as I fell down onto the floor behind the desk. The gunfire was loud and steady as the masked men began grabbing the all of the money and drugs that they saw. Mike managed to make it into the bathroom as he fired his gun back at the guys. Lourna stayed down on the floor as I covered her.

“Oh shit!” I said as I realized that I still had my gun in my jacket pocket. The men stayed back from Mike’s gunfiring, giving me enough time to reach into my jacket pocket and gram my pistol, trying to be careful when I took it out. “Yall niggas don’t know who the fuck I represent!?” Mike yelled from the bathroom. Suddenly some gunshots rang out from some more guys that stormed in. “Nigga jus’ give up da shit and no more of y’all niggis gotta die up in dis muddafucka!” One of the men yelled and began firing again. “Yo, yall niggas makin’ a big fuckin’ mistake tryin’ to rob me my nikka, so why don’t yall mafuckas just roll the fuck up outta here while y’all still got the chance and we’ll go easy on yall!” Mike yelled from the bathroom. I gripped the gun tightly in my hand and put my finger on the trigger.

I could smell the gunpowder in the air as the other guys continued shooting. Mike shot back at them from behind the bathroom wall. Suddenly I saw one of the guys trying to sneak around the room. My heart began to beat faster as he came closer and closer firing his weapon. I grabbed Lourna and held her down as I aimed my weapon at the dude. I had him in range as he crept closer towards the bathroom. He couldn’t see me behind the desk but I could see him very clear as I felt my finger squeeze down on the trigger, firing the gun. POW! I felt the gun jerk back against the palm of my hand, and a small spark followed by a little smoke as the gun let loose its round. I saw the guy that was trying to creep up on us brain splash on the wall next to him and he instantly dropped to the floor as I continued to squeeze until my gun was completely empty. “Yo Kore, kill them niggas dead, save some of your bullets too!” Mike yelled from the bathroom, but it was too late, I was out of bullets.

“We got them niggis now! Yeeeee haaaaa!” They yelled as they began moving in closer and firing their weapons again. I moved up to take a peek. Suddenly I felt a very sharp sting in my shoulder so I looked down and saw that my shirt was filled with blood. I was shot. I grabbed my shoulder to try to stop the bleeding. “Aww!” I yelled when I tried to put some pressure on it. That shit stung like hell too, and my arm began to feel weak and numb. Lourna laid next to me with her hands covering her face and head. I thought that she would be either screaming or shooting back or something. I guess she was just as afraid as I was. I heard one of them reloading his weapon as the other guy kept firing. I felt helpless and afraid as one of the guys moved in towards me and Lourna as we lay on the ground.

Suddenly Mike burst out of the bathroom shooting his gun at the men. I saw another of the guys get shot a few times in his chest and fall dead to the ground, but managed to shoot Mike a few times also. Mike got shot once in his chest and flew back into the wall towards the bathroom. I couldn’t see if he was dead or not. “Oh shit, Miiiike!” I yelled out as I grabbed Lourna. “Come on Lourna we gotta get outta here them niggas killed Mike, damn!” I said to her as I began to move towards the bathroom. “Come on let’s try to make it into the bathroom.” I said as I slid myself across the floor. I grabbed back at Lourna, but she didn’t move. “Lourna come on!” I said as I peeked towards the front door and then back at her. Lourna didn’t respond or move at all, so I quickly slid back over to her and grabbed her gently by her arm. Suddenly her other arm fell to the floor and her head slumped to the side. “Aww maan!” I said as I grabbed her by the back of her head and felt the wetness.

When I moved my hand from the back of her head, it was covered with blood and pieces of her skull. I looked to see that she had a hole in her forehead. The bullet must’ve went straight through and blew her brains out through the back of her head. It must’ve happened as soon as they burst into the room. I couldn’t tell if either of us were hit because it all was happening so fast. My life, as well as everything that led up to this moment flashed in front of my eyes as I stared at Lourna’s dead pretty face. I heard someone moving about the room so I peeked up to see who it was. It was one of the guys that were robbing us.  He was gathering all of the drugs and money. I must’ve startled him because he quickly aimed his gun at me and pulled the trigger. I was scared senseless so much so that I couldn’t feel the pain from where I’d been shot anymore.