Ivan

Ivan

~RUSSIA~

Back in Magadan, Russia, Ivan, a young handsome man was coming out from the uncompleted building he's been living in, when he heard screams, but the screams weren't clear.

Ivan has been staying in this uncompleted building since he left the province. As he wasn't able to get a job, he could not afford to rent an apartment or even provide food for himself and so he starved for so many days. The uncompleted building was lonely, with bushes surrounding it.

His life was difficult, it was as if God was punishing him for doing the numerous sins he's committed. He stepped out into the streets ready to begin his daily search for a job and hoping he finds one this time.

"Catch him. Don't let him get away" a loud voice yelled.

Ivan looked ahead of him and saw a young man running towards his direction. At a distance, three more men came running after the young man.

The young man was carrying a briefcase in his arms and was running really fast.

"He must be a thief," Ivan said to himself.

The young man ran past him and without thinking twice, Ivan started chasing him.

"Catch him. Don't let him escape" Ivan heard the voice scream again. Catching the thief won't be a problem for him, a he's a very good runner.

And if the thief should pose a danger to him, Ivan knows how to defend himself as he's skilled in martial arts. It was something he had to learn to be able to survive the tough streets.

Ivan ran faster and soon he caught the thief. He was panting hard and trying to catch his breath.

"Let me go," the thief pleaded but Ivan held on to him.

"Please let me go. They're going to kill me if they get hold of me" the young man pleaded.

"You stole something from them, drop it down and you'll be free to go" Ivan told him.

The young man looked back in fear. The men were fast approaching.

"No, I can't. I can't leave this behind" he replied fearfully.

Ivan wondered why the young man was so scared. Well, that's how thieves behave when they're caught or about to get caught.

When the young man saw that Ivan wasn't ready to let go, he threw a punch to Ivan's face, throwing him off balance as he wasn't expecting the punch.

Ivan staggered back and let go of his captive in pain.

His captive took the opportunity to run. Ivan realized what he's about to do, that he's trying to escape then he pulled himself together and started chasing after his captive again.

Ivan caught him again and without hesitating, he punched him hard on his face. His captive fell to the ground, his mouth was already bleeding.

He raised himself from the floor and tried to punch Ivan again, but Ivan dodged it and punched him instead and punched him hard.

"Why…are you doing this?" His captive asked, he's struggling with his words.

"You're a thief" Ivan replied.

"You…don't…understand" he said, trying to raise himself from the ground again, but he fell back. He struggled till he was able to stand again.

"Understand what?" Ivan asked but the young man didn't get the chance to reply as the three men surrounded them.

One of the men brought out a gun from his pocket and shot the young man kneeling on the ground in his head.

He fell helplessly to the ground, his blood gushing out from his head.

He's dead!!!

Ivan's eyes went wide open in shock. He was alarmed and confused.

"Fuck. What just happened?"he muttered.

He watched as one of the men took the briefcase from the dead man. He opened it and scanned through the contents of the briefcase.

Ivan could see money and some documents in the briefcase.

"Intact??" The man that shot the young man asked. He seems to be their leader.

"Yes Sir. Everything is intact"

"Good," the man said.

Then, as if they realized someone else was with them, they all stared at Ivan instantly.

Ivan got scared immediately, but he tried to hide it.

"You did a nice job here," Their leader said.

"Why did you kill him?" Ivan blurted out.

"He deserved to die. No one jokes around with us and goes free" The man replied.

"Did he steal from you?" Ivan asked.

The man laughed wickedly before he replied Ivan.

"You caught him for us. Then I saw your fight with him. You've got some potential in you. The boss would love to see you"

"What are you talking about? What boss?" Ivan asked.

"You'll know when you see him,"

"I'm not going anywhere with you" Ivan declined.

"I'm sorry but you can't help it. You've gotten involved already. You must come with us and get compensated by the boss or we'll kill you right here and now" the leader threatened him.

"I didn't do anything. I was just trying to help. Why are you threatening me?" Ivan retorted.

"Then come with us and get compensated for your help"

"I'm not going with you," Ivan insisted stubbornly.

The two other men brought out their guns and pointed it to his head.
Their leader laughed wickedly.

"Remember, I could kill you right now and get away with it. But you have potential and it would be sad to kill you and waste the potentials" the leader said.

"Now, I'm giving you a last chance. Do you want to come with us? Or you want to die right here and right now?"

Ivan kept mute, he was speechless and scared. His legs were starting to shake, he didn't want to die, not like this.

"Fine. I'll come with you" he finally agreed.

"Good" the leader screamed and clapped. He made a signal to his boys and they put down their guns.

"Follow us" he commanded.

The other guys led the way. Ivan followed them, their leader was walking behind him to prevent him from escaping.

They walked to a parked van at the junction of a road. A man was sitting in the car at the driver's seat holding the wheel.

"Enter" the leader commanded. Ivan obeyed.

The three men entered the van after Ivan.

"Blade, blindfold him" the leader commanded.

Ivan got blindfolded and the van started moving.


Ivan wasn't sure how long they were on the road, but he could bet it was more than an hour. The van stopped moving and he figured out they've gotten to their destination.

The clothes used in blindfolding him were removed.

"Get down" the Leader instructed and he gently obeyed.

They all came down from the van and walked into a big building. The building was at the outskirts of wherever they were. It was partly covered with bushes.

A man was sitting on a chair, his back was facing them when they entered.

"Capo" the three men with Ivan greeted the man, as they bowed their heads.

"Report," Capo said. He didn't even turn to acknowledge their presence.

"Misha is dead. We killed him and we got the briefcase back" The leader informed him.

"Good" came the short reply from Capo.

"Capo, we would like you to meet someone. He assisted in getting Misha" the leader announced.

This caught Capo's attention as he turned his chair to face them.

Ivan's eyes opened widely, his jaw dropped open as he stared at the face he thought he'd never see again in his life.