Chapter 8: The call/ unknown male pov Pinky and The Brain
Unknown Male POV
The Brain
As I'm hacking through some sites for a job we're working
I'm also going over some code that needs to be replaced for a job I have lined up,
plus I'm also doing a deep dive and some light facial recognition for a job Pinky had set up for us
I've always been good at multitasking and once I started to learn hacking I just excelled at it as Pinky put it
Now I can run five to six screens at a time depending on the job, I could probably do more but that's all I have right now
The phone rings and when Pinky looks at the screen he crunches his brow and says quickly
"This is going to be a fat payout boy, get ready to do some real work" he quickly gets up and moves to the other room to take the call
Now he has my curiosity peaked he never leaves the room when it's just us here
For the last few years it's usually me that does the brunt of the work, Pinky always claims that I surpassed him as a hacker at the age of 15
We have a bigger crew called The Prophets that we work with, they do most of the leg work
I can hold my own, even in this wheelchair and I'm a great shot
I can hit my target nine out of ten times, there's just some places or some jobs that I can't really do because of my chair
When that happens I can always rely on my two best friends Pickle and Lucky who are pretty much like my brothers
They were both kids, just street kids who ended up running their own crew named The Prophets
We've all been dealt shity hands in our lives but all in all their some pretty great guys and loyal as hell
Anytime Pinky's bragging about me I can see the pride in his eyes, he's been my father since I was 12 years old
Now at 20, I all but run the hacking side of our business
His nickname has been Pinky since he was 5 years old so it only seemed fitting once he brought me on to nickname me
'The Brain'
He says he's never seen anyone pick up coding and hacking as quickly as I did
I learned everything I possibly could from him then I just went and took off from there
He likes to brag that I'm self-taught and he'd like to meet anybody thats good enough to surpass me
Since he's getting on in years he keeps joking about running off and spending the rest of his time in Mexico on the beach with a good woman to warm his bed at night
He says a cold beer and a warm woman is all you need in life
I laugh every time he says that
I mean I've had my share of women but I've never found one that I've wanted to keep around longer then a night
As I start to back my wheelchair up and head to the other side of the room, I can hear him talking to somebody in what sounds like Italian
How In the eight years that I've known him did I not know he could even speak Italian let alone fluently
I know he speaks Spanish because he's mother was from Mexico, but I've never heard him speak anything other than Spanish before
As he's walking over towards me he has the biggest smile on his face
He just looks down at me and says
"Fucking jackpot kid"
"We won't be hungry for a while"
When he says that I can't help but get excited, I wonder what makes this job so great
Unknown Male POV
Pinky POV
This payout is going to set us up for awhile, I think as I look at my boy
I will finally be able to give him some of the things he needs and deserves
Just then my phone beeps with the picture and name of the mark
As I pull my phone out of my pocket I noticed that the message is from a unknown number so I know exactly who it is, I pull up the picture and name of the mark, a gasp catches in my throat
I have to blink my eyes and look again because I'm not sure if what I'm seeing is correct
Shit!! I say before I realized I said that out loud
"What's wrong?" Brain quickly asks
"Oh, nothing" I answer back quickly
He looks over at me with a concerned look
"Everything's fine, I might just have to do this job in a different direction than I thought" I say back
"I'm going to need you to take over some of the jobs that I have going on" I say to him
"Yeah of course" he says
"You sure your alright?" He asks again
"Yes everything is going to be fine, they just need the job to be my eyes only" I answer back
I hate lying to him
I hate it with a passion
I just don't think he would be able to handle the emotional stress this job will bring
The nightmares are already too much for him to
handle sometimes
I hate seeing him in pain, and if I have to keep this from him in order to give him some peace and the justice he deserves, then that's what I'll do even if I hate every minute of it
I'm not sure what this piece of shit did to The Cotti Family but I guarantee he deserves what is coming to him
I look over and give Brain a half smile as I head out of the room to track this bastard down
This won't be the first time that I've looked this bastard up, when I first found Brain I did an extensive search on this piece of crap and called out every favor I could
Unfortunately he owed some big money to some big named people.
Which left him untouchable at that time, not sure what has changed but I'm glad we now have the green light.