Chapter 2:

"Whoa, put those guns down, I know him and he isn't one of them." It was a familiar voice but the body didn't match. "Deuce it's me Toni, Toni Cipriani." Deuce was surprised to say the least he had met Toni a few times but he had lost a lot of weight since he last saw him. "I know, you're thinking what the hell Toni's a big fat guy, well ever since the heart attack I had to lose the weight couldn't let my mother die before me."

"Heart attack?" Deuce had since then put his glock back in the holster.

"Yeah, a year ago, 8-ball never told you, ah no matter, you need to tell me, what the hell are you doing here?"

"I was hoping to find some business but these guys opened fire on me." Toni's men had begun to check the dead bodies.

"And the Diablos, how the hell do they fit into all of this."

"I was hoping you could tell me, that and who these guys work for they said something about this being their turf but last I checked these warehouses are neutral."

"I'll tell you about it later for now let's see what in this warehouse they claimed as theirs has got inside."

They managed to get in thanks to some keys they found on one of the thugs. Walking around they managed find piles of spank, and EL Burro DVDs. "Shit, boys it looks like we found what we were looking for." Toni pulled out a cell phone and dialed in a number. "Joey it's me we found their stash and some stuff they took from the Diablos. Send the boys over with a moving truck and maybe some more soldiers. Well you see there were just three guys standing guard I think more may be coming." With that we could hear screeching tires from outside.

All three of Toni's guys were outside and firing on the gang that had just arrived. Without saying anything Toni rushed out of the warehouse to help out. There were four thugs total They all had mac-10s Toni's boys had Ak-47s but they were out in the open they were mowed down quickly, when Deuce and Toni got out of there two thugs stood remaining Toni took a shot at one of them with his .357 but he left himself open. Toni ducked to the side but he still took one in the shoulder. While the last thug took aim at Toni Deuce took a potshot and hit him right in the head.

"Shit, my shoulder." Deuce ran over to Toni to check on him.

"Toni I think it went right through, but we got to got you to the hospital."

"No not the hospital, too many cops, and too many questions."

"Then what do we do man, you're bleeding pretty badly." Deuce picked Toni up and helped him walk to the car.

"There's a doctor he lives in that new apartment complex in Saint Marks, the one they blew up back in '98."

Things were not going well for Deuce he had a bleeding mobster in his car and they just left a massacre. Toni managed to use his arm and pull out his cell phone. "Joey, more of their guys showed up the boys are dead and I've been hit in the shoulder. I need you to get those guys down there now or it'll have all been for nothing. All right, I'm heading for the Doctor's place over in Saint Marks meet me there."

8 years ago the place had been destroyed, 5 years ago it was still just wreckage, but a year ago the city council demanded the building be replaced. 3 months ago construction finished and a new set of condos was built on the site. Now only the rich of Portland could afford to live there. One of those men was a Doctor who made a lot of money fixing up Leone soldiers in private and off the records.

When they got there the good doctor was waiting for them, Deuce and the doctor managed to sneak Tony in without anyone seeing him. "Well it looks like the bullet went through like you suspected."

"Will he be okay?"

"He lost a lot of blood but he'll be fine."

That was the cue for Joey Leone to come barging into the Doctors place.

"Where is he Doc, where the hell is Toni?"

"Relax I just got telling our friend here he'll be fine. The bullet went right through but he needs some rest.

"Friend I don't know him."

"My name is Joseph, Joseph Aprile but most people call me Deuce, I'm a friend of 8-balls, I was there when it went down."

"Oh yeah I heard of you you're that small timer that lives down in Hepburn Heights."

"Well I've got three dead men and my Capo has been shot, so what exactly went down over the warehouse."

Joey sat down and Deuce told him went down in Atlantic Quays. All he did was nod the while time. When I finished one of his guards walked up to Joey. "Boss, Mickey Hamfists called he said they secured the spank and the El Burro DVDs from the ware house."

"Good now listen I want the DVDs in a separate van, we might be able to use this to our advantage." The Leone soldier stepped back and made a call on his cell phone. "All right Joseph you've done us a huge favor today. If you ever feel that you need some help don't be afraid to ask me, you got that. In these trying times I'm not a man who forgets to reward his friends." Deuce shook Joey's hand and headed out.