BAKA thought about all this in the hotel room that night. From a professional standpoint, knew that Chris should already be dead. From a personal standpoint he knew he couldn't kill Chris.

BAKA was making all these errors. First letting the Cambridge Kid stay behind. Now becoming attached to Chris. He was becoming attached to everything. That wasn't how BAKA rose in the ranks. He was losing the midas touch.

It was probably inevitable he thought to himself. He couldn't remain a machine forever. Eventually the human side would take over. He thought of what to do. Run. He could run. Marc never said it explicitly, but he seemed like someone who had run before. Yes, he had had a family before. But he ran away from them.

BAKA could run away from everything. Get a new identity. Forget this past life. He was already over it. He just needed to take the leap.

There was a knock on the door. Dreams of running away evaporated and BAKA stood up and approached the door with his hand hovering over his gun.

He looked through the peep hole. He was surprised to see that it was Chubbs.

"Hey Capo."

"Long time no see, blood."