Hello! I don't own Baccano or any of its characters; I just own the Montenegro (Mon-ten-egg-grow, is how it's pronounced) family. My first Baccano fic, hope you like!
The young woman sat inside one of New York's many speakeasies, listening to the soft jazz music and swirling a glass that used to be full of whiskey, but was now just ice. The woman in question was Mina Montenegro, the youngest daughter of Aeron Montenegro, one of the most feared men in New York. She sighed as she placed the empty glass on the counter.
"Yo, Ben, could I get another?" Mina asked the middle-aged bartender, who chuckled and grabbed her glass.
"Sure doll, anything for the daughter of Aeron Montenegro," Ben responded, filling the glass up and sliding it in front of the young woman. Mina grabbed it and took a small sip.
Mina sighed and slumped over the counter of the bar, as Ben laughed at the woman. "Drink a bit much there, doll?"
"Nah," Mina responded. "You can never drink too much."
Ben laughed, and then sighed. "You should be getting home Miss. Montenegro; your pop's probably waiting for ya'."
Mina flinched at Ben's comment but smiled and placed some bills on the counter. "I'll do that, Mr. Ben; have a nice night, alright?"
"Will do, Miss. Mina, will do," Ben responded, clearing the counter of her glass as Mina left the bar.
Mina exited the bar and came out into a little mini-market, she smiled at the older woman behind the counter who smiled back and waved as Mina left the store. Mina sighed as she walked down the streets of New York, breathing in the smoggy air.
"Eh, doll-face," a voice said from behind her. Mina turned her head to see who was talking to her.
"Yes, do you need something?" Mina asked the group behind her.
"In fact, we just very well do need somethin', that would be you babe," the man in the front of the five person group stated. Mina frowned and looked around at the empty streets.
There shouldn't be any gangs around our turf, Mina though backing up away from the group, and if there was the Gandors or Martillos would have taken care of them.
Mina continued to back away until she bumped into a wall, well two bulky men.
"We got ya' cornered missy, now why don't you tell us your name," the man from before stated, as his group snickered.
"Uh…" Mina said, not wanting to answer. The man came up to Mina and pulled her close to him, to close for Mina's liking. "Please, let go of me."
"Let me think about that…" the man paused for suspense, which really wasn't working out to well for him. "Nah, you're just too damn pretty."
Mina frowned as the man moved his hands from her upper back lower. "I said, please, let me go, or your going to pay for it."
"Yeah, like you could do anything about this," the man scoffed.
"No, she can't do a lot, but I sure can," a voice from the ally stated, as a red suited man came into view.
"Farkas Montenegro, of the notorious Montenegro family, I believe you have my little sister and are on our turf," Mina's brother stated icily, his jade colored eyes boring into the man like daggers.
"The little sister, of Farkas M-Montenegro?" the man stuttered, letting go of Mina. Most of the men that were in the group had fled and all that was left was the man and the two big guys.
"You, or any of you mangy mutts, dare touch my sister again, and you'll have the Gandor's, Martillo's, and Montenegro's after your asses, got me?" Farkas growled. The three men nodded and fled as quickly as they appeared. Farkas sighed and turned to Mina who was smiling sheepishly.
"Sorry Fark, I was havin' a drink at one of them speakeasies,"
"You're just lucky I was here, who knows what would have happened otherwise…" Farkas pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed deeply. "Just wait till Luck hears about them bein' on his turf."
"Let me guess, before we go home, we have to stop there, huh?" Mina asked, frowning slightly to hide her true emotions.
"No, I'm dropping you at home, then I have to go take care of some things pop needed done, before, ya' know," Farkas stated, shifting his weight slightly as he mentioned his father. Mina nodded and sighed.
"Okay, I understand," Mina nodded, suddenly having an odd fascination with her shoes.
"Yeah, so let's get going," Farkas stated, starting to walk down the street toward Mina's apartment. Mina followed along holding onto the end of her brothers crimson suit jacket while stray tears ran down her cheeks.
"I hate 'em Fark, for doin' what they did," Mina whispered into the cold night air of New York.
"I know, Mina, we'll get them back somehow," Fark responded, stopping in front of a four story building. "We're here."
"Kay," Mina stated simply, whipping her eyes with her black jacket sleeve, and letting go of Fark's Jacket. "If Luck isn't at Coraggioso, try back here."
"Got ya," Fark nodded at his sister. "I'll just go home to Katarina if he isn't at the office."
"Alright," Mina said, hugging her brother and heading toward the door of the apartment building. She opened the door and walked in, then headed up the stairs to the third floor. She hesitated knocking on her neighbors' door, but decided against it and went to her apartment.
She unlocked the door and closed it behind her, sinking to the floor with her back against it. She brought her knees to her chest and hugged her knees.
Farah will be home soon, Mina though shivering slightly, with yet another one-night-stand. I just wish Luck was here.
Mina has known Luck Gandor and Firo Prochainezo for as long as she could remember. She has always had a slight crush on a curtain Gandor, but would never ever admit to it. Mina sighed as she stood up slowly and headed to her room, collapsing onto the bed and listening to the couple next door to her argue about something.
She closed her eyes, and opened them quickly when she heard a rapping at the door. She hurriedly got up and flung open the front door.
"Oh… it's only you…" Mina stated sourly, letting her sister past her, with a man at her side. Both insanely intoxicated.
"Were, goin' ta' bed sis, don't be buggin' us now, got it?" Farah stated, slurring her words.
Mina rolled her eyes. "If I hear anything disturbing coming from that room, I'm going to his apartment."
"Whatever," Farah slurred, shutting the door behind her and the man with her.
"Why am I still rooming with her," Mina mumbled.
She was just about to shut the door when a shoe stopped her from doing so. Mina flung the door back open to see a tall, handsome man, with golden blond hair slicked back with a strand hovering above his forehead, and molten amber eyes.
"Hey Miss. Montenegro," Luck Gandor stated, rubbing his neck awkwardly. "I heard about your dad."
"No need to pity me for the loss of Da, he will be missed by many, Fark decided to take over the position for now, please, don't let this information leak to the public or any other mafia leaders." Mina stated quickly, looking behind her as loud moans and 'Oh, Danny' came from Farah's room.
Luck snickered and looked behind Mina. "You can come to my place and sleep there for the night."
"I wouldn't want to-
"It's fine, really," Luck interrupted, letting the woman walk under his arm and shut the door behind her.
"You better not try anything…" Mina frowned, waiting for Luck to unlock his door. He opened it and stepped out of the way for Mina to enter. She walked in and plopped down on the leather couch.
"Have you known me to be that way, Mina?" Luck asked, raising an eyebrow as he shut the door and sat across from her in an arm chair.
"No, but doesn't mean you can't change," Mina countered.
"Touché," Luck nodded. "But, don't worry, I wouldn't do that. There is a spare bedroom down the hall."
"It's not like I haven't been here before, Lucky," Mina smirked.
"You make me sound like I'm some sort of pet," Luck said.
"I could think that, I could not, you won't ever know unless I say," Mina smiled, getting up from the couch. "I'm gonna head off to bed."
"If you need anything, you know where to find me," Luck stated.
"Alright," Mina stated, but turned back. "I really appreciate this. I'll have to make it up to you sometime."
"Its fine-
"No I insist. Please let me do something for you, even if it's simple," Mina stated, getting on her knees beside the arm chair and looking up at Luck.
Luck sighed. "Fine, I'll have to think of something."
"Okay! Oh, I almost forgot," Mina stood up and placed her soft lips on Luck's cheek. "Thanks again for letting me stay." She whispered into Luck's ear. Luck nodded and Mina skipped off to her room, she could be so childish at two in the morning.
Hello there people, I hoped you enjoyed this chapter! It didn't seem like there were a lot of OC stories for Baccano, so I decided to make one! Please, please, please, tell me what you thought of it. I accept all types of criticism except for flames; I'm not too fond of those. Until next time! Bye!
P.S: Tell me if any of the characters seem Mary-Sue or if the story seems cliche or if Luck seems OOC at all, I'll attempt to fix it. Also, do you think the gang people sound okay? If not, do tell, and I'll be sure to fix it up as best i can.
