Antonio "Tony" Guzman

"Everyone get ya'll fucking asses in here"I yelled entering the conference room of the trap.

"What happened? Everything ight?"Frankie asked rushing in looking around just as everyone else walked in taking their seats.

"Isreal just called me telling me that punk ass Marco and his crew found out where Tez and Dre were hiding and showed up shooting up the store where they were shopping at"I explained and and soon all eyes were on me

"Wait hold up where the fuck is our cousins?"Frankie said grabbing his phone off the table

"I told Isreal to get them on the Jet back here. It's about to be a war and I don't know just how big" I said as I started to think of a plan.

"Aye Tez calling"Jay said holding his phone as he answered "Ya'll good?" He asked putting it on speaker.

"Yeah we good. We on the Jet now but tell Tony Marco still in Chicago. These mfkers were his weak ass nobodies"

"I'm here. So Marco ain't the one who shot at you?" I asked raising my eyebrow

"Nah man. Apparently when they put hit out they sent our picture and information to niggas out here cause they know we Mexican so they figured we was gonna hide out here with our family" He spoke and I just nodded my head as ideas started to flow through my head.

"Listen Tez. Ya'll don't worry about shit but getting here safely ight. We gonna have people waiting at the airport for ya'll to bring ya'll straight to us. We got everything else down here"Frankie spoke looking around making sure everyone was on the same page so far.

"Ight cuz. We'll see ya'll later. Please take care of Nahla man. I have a bad feeling about this shit"He said and I could tell he was tryna hold himself together.

This shit is the main reason why I made sure we stayed unknown. Anybody who was my blood family always kept a low profile because being in the cartel and having beef with other cartels never ends well. So far we've been untouchable but we all know that nobody stays untouchable forever. But all I knew we weren't going down without a fight.

"Nobody gonna touch her on our watch"I told them hoping it'll ease their nerves. I know that the only thing they're fearing right now is making sure nothing happens to their sister.

"I'll see ya'll when we land"With that he hung up

"Ima head over to abuela's crib with some of our men and stay guard out that way. Even though I highly doubt they know where she stay"Scar said getting up from his seat

"I'm going with"Trigger said getting up as well

"Ight take as many men as you need but remember to stay hidden. So have it surrounded but never visible "I told them and they nodded as my phone went off with a call from Nahla.

"Hold up Nahla calling"I told them answering the call "Wassup princess you good?" I asked

"Tony are my brothers in danger and please don't lie to me"She said with her voice cracking which made my heart drop.

"What are you taking about Nahla?"I asked her

"Tony please"She pleaded "I just got text from random numbers telling me that they missed my brothers the first time but they won't miss the second time Tony! Where the fuck are my brothers and why am I receiving these text? I tried calling and texting them but they aren't answering!" She continued and by now she was actually crying.

"Nahla relax and take a deep breath and chill please"I told her muting the phone "Scar and Trigger get to abuela's house and fast! They already texting Nahla's phone"I told them and they wasted no time in running out the room. I unmuted Nahla hearing her talk

"Tony how can I relax if I don't know if my brother's are dead or not?"

"They alive Nahla. They heading back home now okay. Everything's going to be okay. I won't let nobody take your brothers away from you! I put that on my life that nothings going to happen to none of you guys okay" I assured her because I didn't give a fuck what I had to do but I was ending this war while keeping all my family alive.

"That's why they left isn't it?" She asked

"Listen baby girl we'll answer all your questions okay but right now I need you to forward those messages to Jay and I'll call you later okay. Scar and Trigger on their way to you so if you need anything they'll be there for you. But don't hesitate on calling me if you need anything okay?"

"Okay. Please be careful too! I can't lose anymore family"

"And you won't"I smiled "I love you Nahla"

"I love you too Tony! Tell everyone else to be careful and that I love them too before they get jealous and start blowing my phone"She laughed a bit making me laugh as well.

"I got you"I told her hanging up

Frankie Guzman

I watched as my brother hung up the phone with Nahla shaking his head

"They already targeting Nahla" He said in a low tone which was never good coming from my brother "Jay she sent you the messages?" He turned to our cousin

"Yup just came through" He nodded typing away on his computer

"Tony, Frankie"I heard Shooter yell before coming into the room "There ya'll are"He said out of breath

"You good bro?"I asked him concerned cause this dude never ran unless he had to

"Yeah I'm good. Just outta shape"He shook his head taking a deep breath "But I found out that Marco and his brother own a little pool bar in a small town just a few minutes from here. My niggas said they've gone and played pool there a few times. They there now and said Marco and his brother on their way there cause I guess they hosting a game night or some shit"

Tony and I turned to each other smirking

"Shooter text everyone the address. We paying them a visit. Tell yo homeboys to empty that shit out. Make sure nobodies there. We having game night"Tony said rubbing his hands together

"Also Jay you think you can find the addresses to every family members crib they got? I want everyone's address. I don't give a fuck if they don't talk. If they blood related they getting killed"I shrugged

"Already ahead of you cuz"Jay smirked just as all our phones went off "Every single person who has any type of relation to them is on that list. All their workers families information on there too"

"Ight you staying here keeping track of our movements so you can send more people if we need it and make sure everyone at abuela's house good too. We'll make sure this place is guarded. You know what to do"I told him and he nodded "Shooter you make sure we have our people show up at everyone single one of these houses and fuck shit up"

"Ya'll don't worry about none. I got this. Mikah and Dion already setting up the drones to follow ya'll" He said referring to our other cousins which are his cousins.

"I'll send people now" Shooter said getting ready to walk out.

"Wait"Tony said looking down at his phone causing all of us to look his way

"Everything good cuz?" Shooter asked walking over to him

"Aye Jay this 3279 address. That's the address to the crib they staying at now?" Tony asked

Jay looked at the list typing some shit on the computer. I'm guess trying to see

"Yeah. They share the house. Why?" Jay asked looking over at Tony.

"Fuck their bar. We taking over their house"

Nahla Reese

"Mija calm down"My grandma said as she walked over to me with a tea cup in her hand. "Everything's going to be okay"She kissed my head placing the cup down in front of me "Drink this. It'll help calm yo nerves"

I simply smiled taking the cup in my hands taking a sip. I honestly didn't want to talk because I felt like if I said anything I would start crying. I watched as she walked out the living room

"You good cousin?" Scar said coming over to me and I just nodded "You know if you wanna cry you can" He raised his eyebrow

"How you know?" I asked looking over at him

"Because I've been in your shoes before"He sent me a smile.

"You have?"

"Yeah. When I was a kid. I would see my brothers and cousins hit the streets. My mom would always cry whenever they walked out the door that at first I never understood. Until one day I heard them talking about this war they had going on and that they didn't know if they were going to live or die. I remember for a week straight I couldn't eat or even move for the most part. I would just stare at the door crying and praying to God that they would walk through that door. It got to a point that I couldn't talk because every time I talked I cried"He laughed "Then one day everyone made it through the door crying. I didn't understand why until I realized that one of my cousins didn't make it back" He spoke as he looked out the window before looking over at me

"Then why you join the cartel?" I asked confused

"Because our whole family in this shit. That night all I could think about was. What if I was there? I could've done some. I could've saved him. So now I'm in this shit to make sure that I don't lose no more family. At least not if I can help it. We all know that our days are numbered. And that's one thing you learn to accept quickly in this lifestyle. But at the end of the day we not doing this shit to start wars or beef with people. We do it to protect ours when others wanna beef with us. We don't go looking for trouble but when it finds us we not backing down. And that's one thing your brothers learned very early in life. Just like I did"

"I know the feeling. When Trey died I beat myself up everyday over it. Telling myself that if I was home or if I would've came back just a little earlier I could've protected him. And I'm feeling the same way now. Because I felt like something was wrong when they hugged me the day they left. But I ignored it knowing damn well I shouldn't have. I'm just scared Scar. I'm scared that in a blink of an eye I can lose my whole world again. I already lost my mom and brother. I can't lose those two"

"I know Nahla and I promise you that you not losing them! We not allowing it. We couldn't protect Trey but we going to protect Dre and Tez" He pulled me into a hug "And we protecting you too"

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