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In the streets of New York City, there were two great gangs who ruled the metro. One was Krish, and their leader was RJ. RJ was known throughout the city as a giant of a man who was loyal to those who were loyal to him, and who would tear down any man, woman or child that tried to touch any member of his gang. He wore a constant scowl with furrowed brows, dressed in the most elegant of Italian suits. On the other hand was JD, the head of the Karn. He stood no taller than five and a half feet and always dressed in black leather to terrify anyone he encountered. His weapon of choice was a simple 9mm that he carried with him anywhere he went.
As any man knows, when two powerful forces collide in any area, there is bound to be a rumble. Krish and Karn have always gone about their own businesses, fighting when they meet, killing the enemy when they see one walking the streets, but the members were always terrified of the leaders of the other gang. One day, word came around that JD swore he’d find and get every member of RJ’s family. RJ knew that this was just the same threat that JD had been making since they first clashed with one another. However, his son Abe as hot-headed as he was could not contain his anger and went after JD with a handful of his crew members. He carried his knife that belonged to his grandfather and clutched it tight as they entered Karn territory. He’d never been this deep on their side because his father always tried to keep him safe. But now, it was his turn to keep his entire family safe by taking out the head of his enemies.
As they approached the apartments where many of the baddest of the Karn lived, Abe and the others split up to try to sneak up to the top floor. It was rumored that JD spent many days in the top floor. As Abe arrived at the top floor, he saw one, two, no… three of his best friends' corpses. He knew that he no longer had the element of surprise but he could not turn back now. Not when he was this close to ending it all. Hearing noises, he rounded the corner and peered into the room to see the rest of his brothers. They were surrounded by leather and before his eyes, the men executed his brothers. Anger burned inside Abe as he rushed in the door, straight toward JD with his knife glistening in the light of the sunset that shone through the window. As he drew close, JD pulled out his favorite 9mm and pulled the trigger. No words slipped from Abe’s mouth as he silently fell with a lone gunshot wound to his head.
Word reached RJ at the club even before the night had fallen that JD, the man he hated the most in this world, murdered his precious son. His dark features grew darker, as he swore into the night that he would find the man responsible, and JD would not see another night. One of the dancers heard this and, like gossip is meant to be, she spread it to every person she encountered that night. This soon reached JD, and he knew enough about RJ that he decided to go into hiding. “At least for tomorrow,” he thought. For he decided that once he survived “to see another night,” RJ would lose credibility and he himself would become even fiercer, because he outwitted RJ. But RJ did not waste any time and, with his strongest men, went straight to the lair of JD. They did not find JD there, so they burned the building to the ground. He received a tip that JD had taken off toward the north, out of NYC, so he got in his jet black Ferrari and sped off to Manhattan. JD actually had a vacation home where he liked to retreat to sometimes. It was a small inconspicuous place, a place no one would suspect that the head of the Karn would ever go to. But there he was, in his small home, hiding out for the day. Nobody knew about this little house. Not even his right-hand man. There was no way that RJ would ever find him here.
Little did he know that one of RJ’s past lovers lived on the exact same street, and still kept in contact with him. RJ had known about this little house on the street but remained silent, until he had a good reason to finish JD. And now he did. RJ and his right-hand man approached the little house, and sat on the swing on the front porch of the house. The two knew that despite the silence, he was home because his motorcycle was sitting right outside. They sat there silently until the sun began to set. Then they slowly got up, picked the lock to the front door and silently walked inside, where they found JD taking a nap in his recliner. There were bottles strewn everywhere which the two had to walk carefully around. As soon as RJ reached JD, he pulled out his knife, glistening in the sunset, and ended his life.
Author's Note:
I chose this setting for the retelling of the story because this type of revenge story is one that is common in many movies and stories about gangs. One member is killed, so someone else goes to avenge him. In this story, I chose to keep the relationship of the father avenging his son’s death, like in the original story of Abhimanyu and Jayadratha. I also named the two gangs after Krishna and Karna, who helped the two men. In the original story, Arjuna's son was killed and Arjuna swore to kill his son's killer before sunset the next day. In the retelling, he did the same. I chose to include that the son used a knife, and was attacking at sunset, to foreshadow that the father would also attack at sunset and finish what his son began. I changed the method of transportation for the characters in the story, but I still made them into intimidating, fast vehicles because they would use that as their getaway, and chasing vehicles. I thought it would be interesting to rewrite the story in a context more relatable to today’s society by it being located in a big city that we all know is littered with death and violence.
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