Post 2

People overestimate what it takes to be a killer. I refer to comments made on my previous post about my being trained in the ‘art’ of killing. I wasn’t aware that to take someone’s life you had to be trained. In my experience (and I’m willing to bet I have more than most) you don’t need to be trained but it does help. For me the main thing stopping ANYONE from becoming a killer is a mental and societal block. I don’t have any training in the ‘art’ of killing. Nor do I have this block anymore. I suppose this is the reason I am still nursing a nasty bruise and a few deep cuts from a recent episode while the guy was left facedown in a drain. A gun really helps when lacking this ‘training’ in the ‘art’ of killing (guns are unsurprisingly easy to obtain these days and I own a few) and it was this essential tool to my new life that I ultimately used to dispatch the guy who gave me my bruise that is now an ugly shade of blue-purple. I’ll have to let it heal up a little more before I go out again.

Physical strength also helps as well. I’ve been gifted with a sizeable body from a young age that I’ve strengthened through weight training over the years. Gym is a healthy addiction. Back then I was doing it to keep fit and keep my physique. Now I do it because it could mean the difference between my life and theirs.

I also cannot burden myself with what other people might think about how I choose my victims or if I am doing so ‘properly’. I know that you can go out tomorrow night and be a little safer and that is what matters. If you knew this it should matter to you as well. I have no one to prove myself to. I have work to be done and I get it done as best as I can. That being said I don’t see much harm if any in responding to shivonne and Nicholas.

If this were commentary and I had all the time in the world to research and do background checks on my prey I would. I hesitate to use the word victim there and anytime I do, I use it loosely.

I do not see these people as victims.

Unfortunately this is reality and I don’t have the time or resources to do these in-depth checks. I have the good fortune of knowing a couple people who are not necessarily on the right side of the law and I get a little information from them through supposed random talk. Although I have known these people for most of my teenage years into my 20s and live nearby I still obviously handle this process with as much subtlety and tact as I can. Being a snitch in normal society gets you a bad rep and cuteye. Being a snitch in this other life means your life. I have gained some trust, probably out of the thinking ‘who he go tell?’ and it doesn’t hurt that I’ve been consistently buying their merch for years now (only the organic) either. As much as these gangsters and whatnot want to live by the code of no snitching give most people a safe, open ear and they will talk.

I have also on occasion used myself as bait. I have strict rules about this to avoid being ambushed or taking on more than I can handle. I have been slowly making further contacts in the 'underworld' through my existing partners as well as my gun supplier. We have had hired contract killers from the United States to come here and find and exterminate certain criminals. They have not failed. Someone had to have the information to give them. It is not an impossible task, merely a very difficult one as I don’t have the funds certain high-profile families do. This is however as they say ‘a small country’.

I do not kill mentally handicapped people. I have killed a rapist before but it is not habit. I don’t think anyone who carries a loaded gun is intending to use it for threatening purposes only and so if I come across a criminal who is strapped … you sometimes hear about those wannabe gangsters who have shoot-out with the police. If anyone raises a gun to me I’ll be taking it from their lifeless corpse after a bit. Hopefully. My one true advantage through all of this has been that although I am big I am very unassuming. And I am a lot faster than I look. No hesitation.

Some of these people even boast about the numbers they have killed. It is this pride and ego that will lead me to them.

I’ve learnt that a notorious criminal has been acquitted of charges laid against him. I know for a fact that he is also into killing, although that was not among the charges. Surprise, surprise. The justice system fails again.

He shall be my new project. I do not expect to find him quickly but I know where he lives – an interesting coincidence how that happened; he has a house near to an ex-girlfriend of mine. This will not be easy but he cannot be allowed to continue the work that he does. I’m also hoping that in my search for him I come across some other undesirables that need to die. In the meantime, when this bruise gets a little better I’ll be off searching for the smaller fish. I learned this week that one of those window washer boys from the west moorings area had an argument with some people from carenage. They kidnapped and killed him. I actually knew this boy but I cannot afford to let this become personal. If that happens I will slip up.

These people will be easier to find. Guns are a must for this undertaking but I will definitely need to stick to my no-ambush rules. I have handled two men at once(luckily neither was bigger than me by himself) but I’m not about to take on three and up.

I’ve been thinking about getting a sniper rifle – a Remington. It’s expensive (what isn’t) but it may prove to be very useful in the future. My gun contact is from carenage so I’ll see if I can get any low on the men who killed my guy while I’m at it.