Waters: Part 2 - Dark May

"Did you miss me, Grey?"

"W-What? WHAT?!"

"I missed you, big boy. I need you in my hands again."

"N-Noooooo!"

"You will, Grey! That's why I am slowly turning you into a madman again!"

November 21st. Canterlot's Sweet Shoppe.

After a long time, Jack, Abe and even Ron are back in Canterlot. They are hanging out with W, who told them what happened yesterday. Ron is using sunglasses instead of a patch. "Yup," says Jack. "He truly wants you."

"I won't leave Ron because someone told me to do that," says W. "I am being very loyal to you, to be honest."

"I don't know," says Abe, worried. "Shall he accept, Ron?"

Ron shakes his head. "Why? It is not necessary. He is with me. He is under my sleeve. Why would he go for him?" he says, and then Ron touches W's shoulder: "Oh... and W, to be honest... you truly made me proud in this, W. You rejected him for me."

"That may be bad, Ron," says W. "I am scared."

"Don't be afraid," says Ron, while laughing, and then he whispers: "We already defeated Blueblood. We can put up with Plegovich."

"Sure?" says Jack.

"More than sure," answers Ron.

Canterlot High. The Mane 7 and Spike are just spending their time on the courtyard. Twilight is reading a book, while Fluttershy is playing with Angel, his bunny, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Sunset Shimmer are playing a card game and Rainbow Dash is playing football with Spike.

Another man is looking at them. He is in front of Canterlot High, sitting on a bench while smoking. He grabs a camera and takes two, three photographs. That man is Gail Garry, Plegovich's worker, and runs away after taking the photos.

La Lima.

There is a small bar on La Lima which people call The Bar with No Name. Gangsters often tell rookies this place is the most dangerous thing on Equestria. Even worse than mythical beasts like Tirek or King Sombra. It is always filled with the worst human beings that can ever exist.

There are six tables and a small bar. I one of those tables, a man is hanging out with a group of friends. A fat, hoary, dirty man. He and his group of friends are drinking beer and insulting everyone they look at.

Someone violently opens the door and everyone draws their guns and point to the man, but they suddenly realize who he is and everyone starts laughing: It is Doom Kid, without his robotic arm and just showing his stump. The fat man wakes up and shouts: "WELCOME BACK, ROBO-BITCH!"

Everyone starts laughing again, but suddenly Doom Kid touches the fat man's table. "I came back for a rematch, asshole!."

Now, everyone is silent. The fat man gets up from his chair and looks at Doom Kid: "Hey, this time I'm serious. Go away, or I'll fucking turn you into a mop and clean your blood with your scalp."

"I'm also serious this time," says Doom Kid. "I want a rematch now."

Everyone gets up and starts cheering the fat man's name. Both Doom Kid and his opponent get out of the bar and walk to Main Street. The barman grabs a bell and also goes outside, along with the clients. Once everyone stays outside, the barman rings the bell.

Doom Kid is now confident. He runs to his opponent, strangles him, grabs his head and... Crack. A second later, Main Street is now a blood lake. Doom Kid's left arm is now red while holding the fat man's decapitated head, along with his spine. The young man shows everybody what he had done and shuts everybody up. Then, he grabs the spine and starts kicking the head like a football, but realizes it is not like a normal ball and leaves the head on the floor, going away from La Lima.

Nobody speaks now. Doom Kid turns around and looks at everyone. He raises his arm and touches his face with it. "Boys... it's time to worship the new champ..."

All in all, Doom Kid won and perfectly controlled his new powers.

Now, W is heading to Trixie's house. He called her a time ago and said he was finally able to watch a movie with her. She wanted to watch Modern Times with him, and he agreed to do it. There is another important thing here: Trixie's aunt gave her his old house a long time ago when she found out about her sister's death because of Plegovich's hands.

Once he arrives at Trixie's house, he finds out the door is open. He draws a small pistol he had on his pocket and enters the house. Suddenly, he looks at Plegovich drinking a glass of water while looking at the TV in the living room, which is the entrance room at Trixie's house.

"What the fuck are you doing here?" shouts W while pointing at him with the gun. Plegovich does not even flinch and keeps watching the TV. "Where is Trixie? If you touched her, I swear..."

"You mean... the lady who owns this small house?" says Plegovich. "She went to a small kiosk. I don't know why."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, W... she let me in. I told her my name was Jakob Polomare, and I was looking for you... I also came here with Polomare sunglasses and a moustache!" Then, Plegovich wakes up and shows W his sunglasses and fake moustache.

"What do you want?" asks the young man.

"Wel... you are a lucky man, W. Sit down, next to me."

There are two couches in front of the TV. A blue couch and another one which is brown. The blue couch is Trixie's and the brown is W's. Plegovich is now sitting in Trixie's couch.

W now sits down on his couch. "What are you trying to say?" he asks.

"I mean, W," answers Plegovich. "Trixie is cute. She's pretty. I've got to admit that the way she talks is a little bit annoying but you can get used to it... you are lucky, kid. Well, you have a dangerous job but at least you earn lots of things from it. You earn respect, money, and power... Now, take a look at yourself, W. You are young, handsome, strong... you have a cute girl next to you... but suddenly, there is something into your world filled with rainbows. A dark stain. Pain."

"What?"

Plegovich looks for something in his pocket. He gets out an old photograph. There are three men on it: A younger Nicholas Plegovich without his swan tattoo on his neck, a light blue-skinned man with black hair, and a familiar man... a blue-skinned man with orange hair and a chin beard. W recognizes the last man... It's his father, Wade Waters. "I think this was 1992... or 1993. I don't remember... that guy from the left is me, the one in the right is my brother, Montreal. The one in the middle... is your father."

"I know."

"Wade and I were big friends during the nineties, I was only a crazy guy who controlled Manehattan, while your father was the infamous Mantos' Hero! Well, and when that day happened... 1995. Wayneville. The infamous Bitch..."

"The Bitch..." whispers W. "Fifteen years of my life trying to find him, but sadly he never appeared."

W gets up from the couch and goes for a glass of water. "What if..." says Plegovich. "The Bitch was a man you talk to every single day of your life?"

The young gangster stops walking and stays in that place for five seconds. Then, he turns around and looks at Plegovich. "You know... a guy told me anyone who worked with him would have murdered him and my mother..."

"Yup," says Plegovich. "Do you know that your father was not the only one who controlled Los Mantos during that time? He had an assistant."

"Who?"

"Guess who... someone you knew since you were a child. The one who saved your life..."

W now thinks... "Ron?" he says. "It's impossible. Ron would never do that."

"You never knew Ron in the nineties. Tell me, when did you know that Blueblood was the one who was sent by the Bitch to kill your parents?"

"Uh..." W struggles. "Um... a month ago."

"A MONTH AGO?" shouts Plegovich, while getting up from the small couch. "The last time I saw you, W, you were a little, little child. You were with Ron at that moment... and that was 15 years ago. Did he hide this for 15 years?" W doesn't answer now and Plegovich takes advantage, approaching him. "You see, my man... he is a liar. He hid it from you because he knew he was lying! Besides... do you know your father had an assistant while controlling Los Mantos? An old friend he knew in Benvenuto, the old 70's gang... his name was Ron Delight... and he was the one who murdered your father and your mother to obtain what he wanted all this time... Los Mantos City."

"I... I... s-still don't believe it..." says W, while sweating.

"Believe, W!" shouts Plegovich.

"How can I trust you?" he asks while turning around and looking at Plegovich's face.

"I am saying the truth, my kid..."

"And how can I FUCKING TRUST YOU?!" he shouts while grabbing Plegovich's wine-coloured jacket.

"You want more?" says Plegovich. "In 1994... a friend of mine, Mr Alexei Ushin, founder of my gang with my brother and me, talked to your father about Los Mantos... it's not necessary to say Ushin wanted to negotiate, he wanted the city, and suddenly, Ron shouted... he said "No, it's ours! It's Wade's! It's mine!"... Ushin, who may rest in peace, found out... Ron wanted Los Mantos for him, not for your father."

"I still..."

"Ushin talked to Ron later that day... and he confessed, but didn't tell anyone except for me and my brother because... he was murdered by Ron... and that motherfucker threatened us. He sent us a letter." Plegovich touches W's shoulder and hugs him. "It's hard to digest this but... if you join my gang, we will take revenge together and we will avenge Ushin and your parents."

W now feels he has lumps on his throat, about to cry: "This is impossible."

"It's real, my kid," says Plegovich. "I also have that letter for you."

Plegovich grabs a small, dirty, sheet of paper. W slowly grabs the paper and reads the first words:

"You two won't say a damn thing about the Mantos problem and Ushin..."

"No," he says while giving the letter to Plegovich. "It can't be him."

"Wanna see another thing?" says Plegovich. "This was sent to me... your father wrote it."

Plegovich gets out another letter from his pocket. W opens it and reads it.

"March 25th, 1995.

Plegovich:

I seriously need your help now. Half of my workers are only thinking about bringing me down... My kid Walter was born a month ago and since then things got worse. Ron Delight, my great friend... he is also on the other side. He wants the city. He wants to bring me down. I am thinking about moving to Wayneville with Wanda and the kids but please... I need someone to cover me for a while.

Nobody trusts in me, neither Gordo, Cosmos nor Ashton. Seductive ignored me, and you are the only one left..."

W recognizes his father's handwriting because of that card he found in Ron's house months ago and also because he came across letters or diaries who were written by him. It is clearly his father's handwriting. He recognizes it, and stops reading the card. However, he says another thing: "No. You are lying. He didn't do it."

"It is him! You only have to understand, W... you are now shocked, it's something common in human behaviour, but you will understand in a couple of minutes."

"But this is not possible, Plegovich! RON WAS A FRIEND OF MY FATHER! HE WOULD NEVER HAVE DONE THAT!" says W while getting up from the couch.

"Which is the main rule of being a gangster, W?" says Plegovich.

"NO!"

"Say it!"

"It can't be! He is not the Bitch!"

"SAY IT, WATERS!" shouts Plegovich, angrily. "BOTH OF US KNOW WHICH IS THE MAIN, FIRST RULE OF BEING A GANGSTER!"

W sits on the couch again and looks at the floor. "The only thing... that you should take care about... is yourself and just yourself."

"See?" says Plegovich. "You know gangsters are not so reliable... even Ron. Everyone has two sides."

W just looks at Plegovich in the face while trying not to cry, then, he gets up from the couch and leaves the house. A minute later, Trixie arrives with a small bag and asks Plegovich if W arrived. The man puts his sunglasses and fake moustache. "Yes, dear," says Plegovich. "But he walked away, he may be thinking about it."

Plegovich, dressed as Jakob Polomare, gets up from the blue couch and touches Trixie's shoulder. "ты вырос," he says.

"Excuse me?"

"I just wanted to say goodbye in a foreign language," he answers, smiling, and leaves Trixie's house.

A day after Plegovich's appearance on Grey Footprints' House.

We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you... We need you...

Shivers go down Grey Footprints' spine while trying to work. His right pupil starts shrinking again. Suddenly, he throws everything that is on his working table and falls from his chair. He tries to get Plegovich out of his mind, along with his repetitive words but he can't. Plegovich was right... He is slowly possessing him, turning him into Grey Blackle.

Jack is in his old apartment, lighting a cigarette and reading a book when his phone starts ringing. Then he realizes is W the one who calls.

"W? What happened?"

*gasping*

"What happened, W? Are you OK?"

"Have... *gasp* have you ever heard of a guy called... *gasp* Alexei Ushin?"

"Ushin?" says Jack, he tries to remember that name... but instantly recognizes it might be related to Plegovich. "Um... Yes. I think he was a guy who worked with Plegovich... Ron knew him."

"Ron?"

"Yeah, Ron... are you OK?"

"Yes, did he tell you... what happened with him?"

"Um... what's the matter?"

"Just say yes or no."

"Um... no. I think he was murdered but we never knew who killed him... if he was killed. Please, could you tell me what's happening?"

"Ushin... Ron... no way... this is impossible... that's it."

"That's it what?"

"He told me... Please, tell me this is a fucking lie, please..."

"What, W? "Who told you what?"

"He told me Ron wanted to betray my father in the '90s... please, don't tell me Ron was a betrayer!"

"What?" says Jack, while shivers go down his spine. "No! W-Why... Why would he do that?"

W gasps... "Did... Did you struggle?"

"No, W! Just tell me what the hell is happening! How do you know the Ushin thing? And no, Ron never betrayed your father!"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes!"

"Ensure it, Jack! ARE YOU SURE?"

"YES!"

"You are talking to the kid you raised! You watched me growing up! We were like father and son...! Tell me the truth... Do you swear by Susan you are telling me the truth?"

"Susan?" says Jack. He knows that when W says his late wife's name seriously is something that cannot be a joke. "I swear... I-I swear..."

"Are you sure?"

Jack closes his eyes while sighing. "Look... Ron did betray your father, but it was between 1994 and 1995... when your father couldn't handle with the city. He did it, and he strongly regrets doing it."

W doesn't answer. He sighs and looks like he is cleaning his face. "Jack... This is a pipebomb but... Plegovich told me everything. I quit."

"WHAT? Why? What did Plego---?"

W unexpectedly ends the call. Jack looks at his phone while thinking W's last words: Plegovich told me everything. Everyone knows Plegovich is a smart man, an incredible mastermind, a talented liar. What is Plegovich doing with him? What kind of game is playing with W? Jack tries to call him again but doesn't answer. Then, he desperately calls Ron.

"Yes?" answers the Pirate.

"We have a problem."

"Um... what kind of problem?"

"Plegovich."