Chapter 7
Lenny slowly opened his eyes and looked around. He had no idea where he was but from the looks of it, he was in some sort of abandoned Prison. Was he dreaming? That must be the only explanation because there was no way he had done anything to be sent to the Slammer.
Lenny sat on the cold, hard floor wondering what the heck happened last night. The last thing he remembered was arriving back at the Black Pearl after going to the Shell Shack with Oscar, Angie, and Victor. He had gotten out of the elevator and was just about to go inside his room when something hard hit him in the back of the head, and that was all he remembered.
Then suddenly, a deep voice spoke and scared Lenny out of his pants (if he had any).
"Morning, Lenny. Did ya sleep well?"
Lenny turned around and saw Vince, who was giving him a cold, almost evil smile.
"Vince?" Lenny asked. "Where are we?"
"We're at the North Side Reef's old Jailhouse," Vince replied. "We're about twelve miles away from the Black Pearl."
"Am I dreaming?" Lenny asked curiously.
"I'm afraid you're not," Vince answered.
"Then why are we here, and how did we get here?"
Vince chuckled.
"I brought you here, Lenny."
Lenny was getting more confused by the second. Why would someone who was such a good friend of his family bring him to an old prison?
"Vince, why did you bring me to this creepy dump?"
"So that your dad will come looking for you, of course," Vince replied.
"Okay, could we please be a little more specific?"
Vince sighed angrily.
"Listen to me closely 'cause I'm fed up with explaining this to Victor! Eleven years ago, your dad made the biggest mistake of his life, and that was firing me and replacing me with that brain-dead octopus!"
Lenny just kept staring.
"From that day on I vowed revenge on Lino, and now I'm about to get it. 'Cause it's only a matter of time before he gets here to find you, and then I'll make a little deal with 'im."
"What kind of deal?" Lenny asked.
"He gives up his business to me, and I'll let you go," Vince replied.
"And if he refuses?" Lenny asked, even though he was afraid to find out.
Vince smiled evilly once again.
"Then you'll never see the light of another day."
Lenny was silent for several seconds, but then he realized something.
"Well sorry to rain on your parade, but my dad's always told me that he would give up anything for me and my mom. As long as he has me, he doesn't even need a job. So you won't be makin' his life as miserable as you thought you would."
"Way ahead of you on that," Vince said.
Lenny's smile faded.
"My first official act as Don will be to have you and your family…annihilated."
Lenny was silent once again. He swam to the door leading outside and tried to get away, but Vince grabbed him by the tail and pulled him back inside.
"Oh, no ya don't!" Vince said.
And with that, Vince approached a large steel door that turned out to be a cell. He opened the door and brutally threw Lenny inside.
"Until your old man gets here, you're gonna stay locked up in what I like to call the Presidential Suite! And then, I'll let you out so that I can kill you right in front of him!"
Lenny was in pain, but he still had enough strength to speak.
"We're not gonna let you get away with this, Vince!"
"What are ya gonna do, Lenny?" Vince asked. "You'll be lying dead on the cold, hard floor and your pathetic dad will be crying his eyes out 'cause he's lost everything he's ever had. In less than twenty-four hours, I'll be known only as Don Vince. Hmm, Don Vince. Has a nice ring to it doesn't it?"
Vince laughed evilly and slammed the heavy steel door.
Lenny lay helplessly on the cell floor and began to cry. He was cold, hungry, and sore all over his body. This was how it was all going to end. He wished so much that his dad could be there to hold him in his fins and tell him they would get through this mess somehow. But Lino wasn't there and Lenny was probably never going to see him again. As the sun began to set, Lenny cried himself to sleep thinking of his dad.
End of chapter
