Page 31 of Quasim II: King Inferno

All he saw was his friend on the ground getting stomped out and he was on go. He got respect for having his homie’s follow up, but donkey of the day for not knowing when to stand down.

His focus was on his friend, so when I punched him in the side of the neck, he started choking. Blaze had pent up aggression from them running into his crib, so he was going in. “Go ahead… get up.”

I gave him a fair chance.

While his ass was still on the floor trying to locate his tonsils, I stepped on his chest, putting my entire weight on him. I was in the middle of the yard doing step aerobics like I was Jean Simmons.

Each time I stepped on him; I could feel something crack. “What happened, son-son?” I manically laughed as I continued to switch feet.

“Nah, let me see… I ain’t worked out in a few days.” Capone came over and started doing the same thing.

Blaze finished with homie, as the last remaining fuck heads were staring on in horror. I picked this kickback because everyone in this backyard had some shit with them. The ass hats that we were playing spades with had been fucking with Capone and Cappadonna’s traps in the neighborhood.

They had removed so many and were pulling back because of this import deal that we were close to closing. There were a fewthey had to take their time with closing, and these fuckers kept running in they shit.

Gams always told me that you can wash yo ass and listen at the same time. She always said the wildest shit when she could have said ‘killed two birds with one stone’. Either way, she would be proud that we were handling two problems at once.

Blaze had this grin on his face as his fists were covered in blood. He handed me Tank’s phone, and I nodded. “Appreciate it.”

The sound of motorcycles roaring could be heard loudly, echoing like cicadas on a summer night. Bia came into the backyard and pointed at one of the niggas that was staying so still, he prayed he turned invisible. “You… remember I said I would see you?”

“What up, Bia? Fuck he did?” Salah questioned, as he rested his big ass boots on the nigga’s back that he had just slammed moments before.

“Stole Lia’s fucking bike last year and told me to get it back in blood.”

Kincaid jumped over the bar and looked at Bia. “He robbed my baby? Don’t even worry yourself, Bia.”

Bia snickered and shook her head. “Appreciate it, Kincaid.”

Kincaid cracked his neck and kicked that nigga out the chair and whopped his ass. I pocketed the phone and pulled my gun out. “Light this bitch up.”

“With pleasure.” Blaze emptied the rest of the fluid on homie and his friend, then tossed that match on them.

Whenever Blaze was around fire, he got this zoned out gaze in his eyes. It was like it was his favorite thing in the entire world, and seeing his work in the moment wasn’t any different.

They hollered while trying to move around. I let my shit go and ended both of them at the same time while the Gods and Capone did the same with everyone that was left in the yard.

Soon as I headed from the backyard, everyone looked away, knowing the code. Brooklyn was the Bullies’ and Reapers’ territory, so everyone knew to keep they mouths shut. I got on my bike and pulled away from the curb. Salah and Bia came out behind me and got on their bikes. Respectfully, they hung back and allowed me to pull out, leading everyone off the block.

As I continued down the block, niggas nodded their heads as we passed by. “The king is fucking back!” One of them hollered as he saluted while I peeled off the block.

If you play with fire, the Inferno Gods will show you how it feels to burn.

Blair

Past

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“Mama,can you give us one more push… we’re almost there,” the nurse held my hand as she blinked back tears, knowing the circumstances.

She usually went through this process knowing that there was almost always a beautiful baby waiting at the end of all this pain. The doctor would pull the baby out, wipe them off and remove the fluid from their mouth so they could let out a loud wail, letting us know they had made it earth side.

This wasn’t my reality.

At the end of this, they would hand me my baby and tell me to take my time. There would be no tears, nor a loud wail letting me know he made it earth side. His soul had been snatched away before his body could come into this world.

It was a mind fuck.

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