The Fall of The Danni Empire
Chapter One – Niko's POV
"She told me to leave it... I left it..." Niko's thoughts were being haunted by the horror of Roman's wedding day, seeing the woman he loved lie dead in front of the church, she died before the house of the man she admired the most. Niko lied in his bed in the apartment he had stolen from his once friend Playboy, he stared at the places on the wall where playboy's face used to hang, but have been replaced by photos of Niko's family, Roman and Mallorie, his friends Brucie, Packie and Jacob and of course Kate, everyday he missed her.
Niko struggled to find a reason to get up, but something made him put both his feet on the floor and step outside on the balcony. It was raining, the smell of Liberty City hit Niko like a train and the sound of gunfire caused Niko to cringe. As he stepped back inside, his phone rang.
"Hello?" Niko asked in a unenthusiastic tone.
"Cousin!" Roman's warm voice lightened Niko's mood.
"Hey Roman, whats up?" Niko asked cheerfully.
"Well, today is the anniversary of a great day!... but also a bad day..." Niko remembered, he looked at the calender. It was the first anniversary of Roman's wedding, but also Kate's death.
"I hope you haven't been thinking about Kate too much..." Roman said trying not to upset Niko. Niko paused and looked over to the portrait of Kate hanging next to the lounge.
"No, Kate wouldn't want me to be too depressed, today is about you and Mallorie." Niko replied. Roman sighed in relief.
"Thats good, thats excellent! Anyway, tonight all of us are heading to Masionette 9 for a party! Will you be able to make it?" Roman asked with an excited tone.
Niko thought for a minute, he would never let his cousin down by refusing.
"Sure, meet you at your apartment at 9:30, I'll drive you and Mallorie to Masionette." Niko said. Roman laughed cheerfully.
"Great! See you then." Roman hung up the phone and Niko sighed. It would be good for him to get out to Masionette and experience it first hand, he had only seen it on Fizz. Niko walked to his wardrobe and picked out a nice suit to wear, but also good enough to dance in.
Later that evening, after Niko spent most of the day getting the blood stains out of his suit, he arrived in his silver PMP 600 at Roman's new apartment in Hove Beach.
"Hi Niko" Mallorie said stepping into the back of the car in her black cocktail dress.
"Hey Mallorie, how's the baby?" Niko asked looking at her in his rear view mirror. Roman stepped into the front seat and patted Niko on the shoulder.
"Little Katie is with Mallorie's sister for the night."
Once all the doors were closed, Niko drove off towards the Algonquin Bridge.
"So who else is going?" Niko asked keeping his focus on the road to avoid the idiots in this city who step out onto the road.
"Well we're meeting Brucie, Packie and Jacob there and I'm not sure who else is going... honey?" Roman answered and looked back at Mallorie.
"I think Bernie is also coming, he wanted to go to Hercules, but me and him are good friends so he agreed to come with us." Mallorie said.
After a short car drive, they noticed the group standing up against the wall laughing and looking around.
"Hey guys!" Roman said walking over to the group with his arm around Mallorie. Niko followed up behind them. Everyone greeted each other and got into the club.
"Wow this place is the shit man!" Brucie yelled as he walked down the stairs and straight towards the dance floor.
"A place where real winners can hang out you know!" he said grinding up on a random woman. Everyone slowly followed and started to dance, but Niko headed straight for the bar. On the way he bumped into a man wearing purple tinted glasses and a black suit.
"Excuse me" Niko said not looking back to see if he had fallen over.
"Thats quite alright" he replied after he called out "Luis!"
Niko sat at the bar, next to a blonde haired woman wearing a black trench coat, who didn't acknowledge his presence.
"One shot of Vodka please" Niko told the bartender. He poured him the drink and Niko downed it in one gulp.
"One more please" he said scratching his head. The blonde woman next to him chuckled to herself and turned to face Niko.
"You'll pass out if you drink a shot one after the other." Niko glared at her and drank another shot.
"Not meaning to be rude miss, but I know when I've had enough" he replied. Packie and Jacob walked over to Niko laughing loudly.
"Hey Niko! You just missed Brucie getting bitched slapped by this gay queen!" Packie said looking at the blonde woman. "Oh hey I didn't notice you were entertaining. I'll leave you too it."
The blonde woman laughed.
"Those friends of yours?" she asked.
"Yeah, bunch of idiots right?" he replied taking hold of his third shot of Vodka.
"Well, you better get them out of here, The Lost will be attacking soon." Niko's eyes widened as the blonde woman grabbed a handle from her trench coat. She pulled it out to reveal a Combat Shotgun with a silver ring attached to the top of the handle. Niko got up and ran to the dancefloor, pushing over several people to get there.
"Roman! We need to get out of here!" Niko yelled.
Roman and Mallorie stopped dancing and looked at Niko oddly.
"Come on Niko! It's only 10 o'clock!" Roman said. The blonde lady came over and put her hand on Niko's shoulder.
"Hey there, I'd hurry up if I were you." she said before turning around to face the man Niko pushed over before and a man wearing the security uniform.
"You two, take care of the people." They both nodded.
Suddenly, a gunshot filled the ears of everyone in the club and people began to scream. The man in the purple tinted glasses stepped forward.
"Everyone get down!" Everyone followed his orders and crouched where they were. Soon after both stairs toward the exits were guarded by men of the Lost. Niko looked at the men guarding and a few members stepped forward, but Niko noticed the leader, Johnny, first. He had once done deals with him.
"Alright everyone, we are not here to hurt you, we heard that this club makes the most money than any other clubs in Liberty City." he said walking around while the members behind him pointed their guns and people who were moving.
"I will only say this once. Give us the queen Tony Prince and we will spare your lives."
