I called up Mark, but he wasn't answering. I tried calling Howard but instead of his voice, I heard an older man answer.

"We request 10,000 in cash. Give it to us at the underground subway or we kill them." The man hung up and my heart sank. Liz looked at me, put her hand on my shoulder. I dropped my phone.

"Mark and Howard were kidnapped." I stuttered. Liz knew them from some of the stories I've told her.

"It's okay, Jake."

"It's not fucking 'Okay' Liz. They are defenseless. They are just kids for fuck's sake. I've got to go." I began walking, then running, then sprinting.

I arrived at the abandoned subway construction because I felt they would be there. As luck would have it, they were right there along with two armed men. Mark saw me and yelled out. Howard also saw me, and so did the two armed men. One aimed his gun at me.

"Stop or I will shoot." I looked him dead in the eyes.

"Shoot me then... no loose ends, huh?" I came closer and closer to him.

"Stop or I will fucking shoot you, dumbass." At this point, I was right in his face. I leaned in and whispered.

"Fucking. Shoot. Me. Then." I got the pistol Mike had given to me right to his abdomen. I pulled the trigger and a loud bang was heard. The man fell limb and I kicked him to the ground. The other guy dropped his gun and cowered in fear. I began walking towards him. I smiled.

"I'm fucking tired of shits like you messing with me." I shot him. I quickly untied Mark and Howard. 

As we were going, I looked at the bodies. I shot them both. I didn't even feel the trigger. Was I going crazy? Was I a psychopath? Am I fucking twisted? What is happening? I began to ask myself these questions. I began to question my sanity. I began to feel abnormal. I puked on the floor. I couldn't hold it in. How could I murder two people without feeling anything? I guess I am crazy. I should embrace it. I shouldn't care. I didn't need anything else, just a weapon and bullets.

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As I was about to give in to the madness Liz grabbed my shoulder. She looked so compassionate.

"Are you ok?" That's exactly what I needed. Someone to pull me back into reality. My worries were instantly drowned and I felt hope again. I stood up and I saw Mark and Howard waving at me. They were at the exit to the main street. We went home and along the way they thanked me.

We got to my house and I called Angelo and his crew over. Mark called over almost the whole class. Only one person came, though. It was the girl I had saved. She greeted me and introduced herself as Penny. I guess I hadn't asked for her name after all. Liz called some of her old band members and Creed didn't call anyone over. With Angelo's cartel, we had well over 200 people. I gathered them all in the living room and I stood on the table. 

"Listen up people, we are about to do something legendary! Something in which, if we succeed we would have our names in history books. We are about to commit a sin so big, that we are guaranteed to burn in hell if we lose. We must stay together, we mustn't betray each other and we must trust each other." I looked at Liz. She smiled and nodded.

"Men and women... we are about to kill God himself and all of his minions." I tried my best to motivate my comrades for the showdown that was coming. We only had one chance to pull this off. We had to be quick and precise. We had to be united and we had to be willing to risk it all just for a simple assassination. We had to kill the highest being there is... We had to kill God before he killed us. We are attacking tonight.