Chapter two
1/12/45, 12:47 pm
John waits in an ally; his informant is two minuets late. "What can you expect from a Raticate" John mutters under his breath. The informants name was Ralph. Ralph was a member of the Probus gang; John has a few big charges hanging over his head and is keeping him out of prison to spy on the Probus.
From behind a dumpster a winy voice calls out "Johnny? Is dat you?"
John replied "Ralph? Get out here! Your going to tell me what you know about the murder of the Cranidos."
Ralph slunk out from behind the dumpster. "Da murder of de Cranidos? Dat was obviously a retaliation from the Edels. We hit em hard a week ago when we some of der turf downtown."
"But the Cranidos was burned to death. Do the Edels burn their victims alive now? That just isn't their style." asked John
"Heck if I Johnny, those psychics at the Edels do a lot of weird stuff. Besides, dats noting compared to what I gots for you." Ralph slurred out. "Ya see deres a big shipment coming in two days dat Bruce keeps talking about"
John knew Bruce, Bruce was one of the Probus's chief lieutenants. He was a nasty Aggron who wouldn't think twice of taking you down.
"Ya see," Ralph continued. "Dis shipment has got to be huge. Der keeping everyone out of de loop. De only things der telling us is de date and time. 1/27/45, 9 pm."
"Thanks." Said john as he handed Ralph some money. John knew that this information on "the shipment" was big and that he would have to tell the chief right away. But, something still troubled John. He simply would not accept the Cranidos killing was from the Edels. Because the Edels took pride in their "elegance" as they conducted their "business."
Then Johns phone began to ring. John looked down and saw that his partner Randy was calling.
"Hello?" John asked when he answered the phone.
"You better get downtown John, there's been another one of these "Probus barbeques." Randy said.
Franticly John responded, "I'll be right there!"