It didn't take her long after leaving the cliffs to reach the Banshee… but the second Gionna jumped in and started it up, the alarm was triggered and police cars stopped in front.
"LCPD! Freeze!" An officer shouted, Gionna running him over.
"Kiss my ass!" Gionna yelled as she sped off, managing to lose the cops after using the Pay & Spray and stopping at the lockup before calling Vincenzo.
"Hey, how's the-" Vincenzo starts to ask.
"You son of a bitch, Vinnie! You set me up, am I that much of a threat to the power you think you have?!" Gionna yells, setting Vincenzo off.
"Set you up, SET YOU UP?! YOU THINK YOU'RE SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU MAKE A LITTLE MONEY FROM STRIPPING AND KILLING?!" Vincenzo yells, louder halfway through.
"I was helping keeping truces and the families together while you were looking up girls' skirts and getting hookers to suck you off! You know what, have your bitch job back, 'boss'! I quit!" Gionna yells, hanging up and driving off towards Hardwood. "The old crusher…" She says as she stopped and got out, letting the crane pick the car up and drop it into the machine before closing as Gionna walked away, calling Juana.
"What happened?" Juana asks.
"Set up like you said… so I drove his car to the old Harwood junkyard." Gionna says.
"I expected no less from you… don't bother with a cab, this will save me a job anyway. There's a blue Blista Compact in the lot of the dealership across the street, keys are on the left-rear wheel, you can use it to get back here. Be careful with it, that car's mine and I swear, there's no drugs in the trunk." Juana says.
"Alright." Gionna says before hanging up and crossing the street, seeing 4 year old Jack Smith try to cross the street and grabbing him when he almost got hit by a car. "Hey, Jack. You sneak out again, kiddo?" She says as she held him close to her.
"Ivory does it!" Jack protests.
"Kiddo, just because an older sibling does something doesn't mean you should, okay?" Gionna says, seeing bruises on Jack's right arm. "Is your step dad hurting you again?" She asks, Jack nodding and Gionna taking him to the Blista, putting him in the passenger seat and buckling him in, Jack turning confused.
"This isn't your car!" Jack says.
"A friend of mine said it's okay to use it. Is your Uncle Robert still in Hepburn Heights?" Gionna says, Jack nodding. "I'm gonna drop you off there, buddy." She says, ruffling Jack's hair before closing the door and getting in the driver's seat. Once she had buckled up, she drove carefully and reached Robert's apartment as Robert walked out.
"Uncle Robert!" Jack says excitedly as Gionna helped him out of the car and handed him to Robert, who smiled kindly.
"I found him in Harwood near the dealership… I think you should consider filing for temporary custody until everything is fixed." Gionna says, the last part quiet so Jack didn't hear.
"I'll try… you be careful on the way home." Robert says before they hug.
"You get some sleep, okay buddy?" Gionna says, kissing Jack on his forehead before leaving.
Back home, Gionna walked into the apartment and handed the keys to Juana.
"Took a while, little 4 year old Jack Smith almost ran into traffic." Gionna says.
"Is he okay?" Juana asks.
"I saw bruises on his right arm… his step dad is a royal bastard." Gionna says, Juana noticing that one thing Gionna hated is an adult harming a child.
(A while later)
"What do you mean she crushed your car?!" Billy asks in disbelief.
"I asked her to retrieve the car from the tow lot, cocaine was in the back. Cops started chasing her, she quits her job over the phone and then I find the Banshee's wing mirror and lots of other bits of it in the scrap heap by the crusher!" Vincenzo says.
"If she suspected a setup, she most likely got pissed. Was the coke salvageable?" Billy says.
"Fucked up like the car! That bitch!" Vincenzo says, shouting the last part as Billy dialed Florence's number.
"Yes?" Florence says.
"Your daughter just quit her job and put her boss's car through a crusher, she's in too deep!" Billy says.
"Vincenzo pushes her buttons at times, good on Gionna!" Florence says, Vincenzo snatching the phone.
"You watch your back, lady, because Gionna destroyed the wrong guy's car! She and her whole family are fucked, I'm a mafia boss! Sort her out right fucking now or I WILL WITH LOTS OF BULLETS!" Vincenzo shouts, yelling at the end.
"Boy, you better watch your mouth! I grew up in a mafia family, I stood by my husband when he ran business and I've known Salvatore a whole hell of a lot longer than you have! You think he won't have you gunned down?! Salvatore thinks fuck all about you and uses you! Think about that before threatening my daughter!" Florence says boldly.
"There are people who are actually loyal to me, let Salvatore try! You better have a gun, you old bitch, because you're gonna need it a hell of a lot now!" Vincenzo says before hanging up, angering Billy when he threw the phone against the wall and it smashed into pieces.
"Are you fucking crazy?! That woman almost killed me with her bare hands six months ago, what do you think she'll do to you?!" Billy asks after slamming his fist into Vincenzo's face.
"She won't even get near me before every single man I have is dead, and I've got plenty to spare!" Vincenzo says.
"It's your funeral, Vinnie." Billy says before leaving.
(Vincenzo's P.O.V, A few weeks later)
I really chose the wrong time to wait here, I'm freezing my ass off!
It isn't long before 2:30am is visible on my watch and I see Gionna walking out of the club, approaching her… time to set a trap.
"Oh, it's you. Want to order me around more or-" Gionna says, me cutting her off with a friendly smile.
"I ain't here to hurt you, I want to make amends. I know I can be abrasive-" I say.
"That's putting it mildly." Gionna says, me struggling to keep calm.
"I'm sorry, Gionna." I say.
"Sorry? Sorry?! You've done nothing but attack me, try to treat me like I'm your whore and try to get me put in jail! Take your apology and go drown yourself in the Humboldt!" Gionna says… that tears it!
"That's it… I'm done, NO MORE CHANCES!" I growl, yelling at the end and drawing out my pump shotgun… then I drop it and scream as a searing pain goes through my back… I've been stabbed between the shoulderblades.
After I fall to the ground, the pain doesn't end. There's a second stab, and a third, more and more keep coming all over my body until there's so many I can't scream anymore.
"Alright, Juana, he's down!" I hear someone shout, pulling the attacker off of me.
"LET ME GO, I'M KILLING HIM RIGHT HERE AND NOW!" Juana screams ragefully, struggling violently to get free.
I pull myself up and grab the shotgun into Gionna and Juana, knocking both out but only grabbing Gionna and throwing her in the car… and running a finger along her scar for a few seconds before driving off.
(Juana's P.O.V)
Consciousness hurts like a bitch but I know after opening my eyes that Gionna's gone!
I pull myself up and dial Toni's number.
"Juana? I haven't heard from Gionna, is she okay?" Toni asks.
"Toni… Vincenzo attacked us, he… he knocked us out and took Gio." I manage to say through the throbbing pain in my skull.
"He operates out of the Portland docks, there's a freighter there. Arm yourself and call Johnny and Terry!" Toni says, us hanging up and me doing so before calling the boys.
"Hey, kid, what's needed?" Terry says.
"What's needed is the most firepower you can carry to help out a certain young Sicilian woman who's been kidnapped and taken down to the Portland docks!" I say.
Terry starts swearing up a storm while grabbing the keys to his weapons van and Johnny following him before we hang up and I storm into Ammu-Nation, aiming my Desert Eagle at the owner and scaring him.
"Every fucking weapon you sell! Lives are on the line!" I shout, the owner throwing multiple weapons and ammo in a bag and handing it to me.
Hang on in there, Gio… help is on the way.
