Sunday April 29

Undisclosed Rental House Oswego, NY

11:25 pm

 

Nikki had been working at the rental house all morning while the field team was watching the Rojas compound. She had read everything she could about Sylvio Rojas and a profile began to emerge of a man who was as driven as he was vicious. Rojas’ parents were executed in front of him when he was 9 years old. His 2 sisters were brutally raped over and over in front of him and eventually their throats were slit as he watched. The man responsible for the destruction of his family took Sylvio and trained him to be one of his soldiers. By all accounts, Sylvio grew to be one of the best and most lethal enforcers this gang had known. He proved it by killing the gang leader right in front of his entire family. The story was that they were having a big feast to celebrate the wedding of the gang leaders oldest daughter. Sylvio went up to the gang leader, hugged him, kissed both of his cheeks and then pulled out his knife and slit his throat right in front of his family. By that time, Sylvio had recruited the key players in the family and they immediately came to his side and that is how he came to be the leader. He changed the name of the gang to Tairona Terror and has been building his empire ever since. Everyone in the family is loyal to the death to Sylvio and he has proven over and over that if you cross him that’s exactly what you will receive, death. Not your garden variety either….

 

While she was studying everything she could about Columbia, she found out that there was going to be an election for a new governor in the province the Rojas family lives coming up in a month. The challenger in the election is a distant family member of the gang that killed Sylvio’s family, Vitorio Sanchez. Sanchez is the head of the local police force and for years has tried to shut down the Rojas family, but they have proven to be elusive and more ruthless than Sanchez had expected. The two families have been at a stalemate for years, neither willing to give up on the vendetta between their families. Nikki also found out that Vitorio Sanchez was scheduled to speak at an international law enforcement seminar being hosted in New York City…in 2 days. While she was pondering that, “Porn Star Dancing” by My Darkest Days started playing on her phone. She started giggling when she realized that Simon had changed her email notification, or maybe it was the Rage, he loves that song. She opened the email, the smile still playing on her lips and read,

 

“Dear Butterfly,

 

I miss you! I hope you are being safe up there, let me know if you need us to come help. I wanted to update you on the group I have been following and make sure that you were able to notify the banks about their database breaches. There are 3 files on the server, one for each bank, with the list of the customer’s whose data was stolen. We are currently “interviewing” the X-rays to find out if this is the whole group or if there is a puppeteer pulling the strings. I have to say after spending some time with them, none of them impress me as being able to pull this off on their own. I will keep you updated.

 

The Rage wanted me ask you if you liked your new email notification? He said to tell you there is a method to his madness and he will explain what exactly that means when we see you again. In the meantime, practice your dance moves…..

 

I love you.

 

Simon”

 

Nikki smiled brighter and shook her head. Who are they kidding, she had 9 years of formal dance training, they have no idea who they are messing with!

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