The next morning, everyone was up and sitting at the table eating breakfast that Dinah and Lily prepared and Connor had a smirk on his face, thinking of where to begin with teasing Murphy.
"Do you hear anything last night?" Connor asked Rocco and Murphy, though he was looking at Murphy when he said it, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"No" Murphy and Rocco answered.
"That strange, because I thought I heard something last night, it kind of sounded like a scrap was going on and so I decided-"
"We saw you two kissing in the bathroom" Lily interrupted and sipped her coffee.
Dinah blushed a bright red and Murphy looked a little embarrassed, but not as much as Dinah was because he was a little proud of it.
"I was working on something there" Connor said.
"I know" Lily said and smirked and looked to be proud of herself, "I'm a ball buster"
"Ain't that the truth" Rocco murmured and took a bite of his eggs.
"Well" Connor started, and then reached over to pat Murphy on the shoulder, "Congratulations brother"
"Anyway" Lily interrupted when she saw Dinah messing with a strand of her hair, which she knew meant that she was feeling embarrassed, "Today's Sunday right? We better be getting ready for church"
"Since when did you start going to church?" Rocco questioned.
"I don't know, but it occupies my Sundays now" Lily answered as she stood up with her plate in hand and took Dinah's empty plate as well.
"I'm surprised you don't burst into flames when you enter church" Rocco taunted and laughed.
"Shut it handicap"
Connor and Murphy laughed at her ridicule. They all soon piled in the car with Lily driving and drove off to the usual church that the boys went to and parked out in front.
"Hey Murph" Rocco called out after the four of them got out the car, "This early morning church shit's gotta go"
"We have to go in the morning" Murphy argued, "We're on the lamb now you know"
Murphy soon caught up with the others and they entered the church as Rocco waited out in the car. The girls sat a pew back as the boys said their prayers.
"You and Murph looked so cute together" Lily whispered to Dinah.
Dinah blushed, but this time smiled a little, "It feels nice to be in a relationship again, I haven't been in one for a few years"
"But it might be a little hard to have a moment's peace and romance when we're offing people"
Dinah's smile faltered and she sighed, "Yeah"
Lily looked forward and noticed Rocco walking into the church, then she looked back and patted Connor on the shoulder. He looked up wondering what she wanted and she pointed towards Rocco as he leaned close to a confession stand door. Then they saw a priest walking towards the confession stand, passing Rocco, but then he grabbed the priest and they both entered the middle stand.
"Stay here" Lily said to Dinah as she and Connor stood up and made their way towards the stand.
They were about to just enter the middle booth, but then Lily grabbed Connor's arm and led him into the other side of the booth.
"Shut up! Shut the fuck up!" Rocco told the priest as they saw him holding him at gun point.
"Son of a" Lily growled in anger, then she took out her pocket knife.
"Don't do this my son" the priest begged Rocco.
Lily began to cut the grid open and then reached forward to open the little sliding door quietly.
"Have you no fear of God?" the priest asked.
"That's who I'm doing this for, now open the fucking door" Rocco demanded, "Father, I'll do you right here"
"God, have mercy on my soul" the priest prayed as he opened the door up.
Lily then reached through the opened, grabbed Rocco by the hair and pulled his head through, Connor holding a gun to him.
"What the hell is wrong with you, you retard!" Lily hissed, bashing Rocco's head against the wood.
"Fucking let him go or I will fucking shoot you right fucking now!" Connor demanded.
"Ok, just calm down" Rocco said, but then Connor clocked his gun, "He could hurt us brother, he could ruin the whole thing"
"You let him go or I will deliver you right fucking here!"
"You won't do it, you won't Connor, you love me man"
"That may be, but that won't stop us from beating the shit out of you!" Lily growled as she pulled hard on Rocco's hair.
A loud groaning sounded from across from them and Lily looked carefully to see that Paul Smecker was in the next booth, apparently passed out from drinking too much by the looks of his messed up hair.
"You there?" Paul called out.
"Y-yes my son" the priest said anxiously.
"Do your thing Father, don't fuck this up" Rocco called out and that earned him a smack from Lily.
"How long since your last confession?" the priest asked in a calm tone.
"Christ, I've never confessed" Paul answered, "I've some here for advice, not salvation"
"Why have you come to a church for council if you're not religious?"
"It's ethics. I put evil men behind bars, but the law has miles of red tape and loopholes for these cocksuckers to slip through. I found out there these two guys, fixed their situation with an iron fist as if they had God's permission"
"God's permission? God doesn't grant-" Rocco shook the priest to stop him from finishing that sentence.
"And this day and age, I believe what they do is necessary, I-I feel it is correct"
"The soul is what gives us feelings; it's like a conduit, through which the Lord speaks to us. You felt your answers would be here, in the house of the Lord today. And you feel these men are necessary, so the Lord has spoken to you twice today"
"Has he now?" Paul said with a small chuckle.
"You were the one who came into this church speaking about beliefs and feelings. Is it so hard to believe that God has brought you here?"
"I guess not"
"It's very easy to be sarcastic about religion, but it's much more difficult to take a stand"
"I wanna stand for what I believe in Father"
"But first you have to know what your beliefs are"
"...I believe that these young men are right"
"You know them personally?"
"Yes, along with these two other women that were with them, helping them out when they were hurt, but they weren't involved"
"Would they ever harm an innocent person? For any reason?"
"No, they would never do that... well, the two Irish guys wouldn't, the Italian guy, he might, he's kind of an idiot"
Rocco struggled a bit out of frustration of what Paul had said and Lily quietly laughed to herself.
"I'm beginning to see" Paul spoke, "All the things I wish I could do, these guys are doing. W-w-what should I do? Because I am a man who's supposed to uphold the law"
"The laws of God are higher than the laws of man"
"Yes, I was thinking that to-no, no, I was feeling it, all I need was to hear you say it... amen... I will help them"
"Forgive me Father" the priest prayed as he lifted his head up.
"Thank you Father" Paul said, then he tried to do that body cross, but had hit the walls, "Whatever... amen, goodbye"
Paul had soon left the booth and stumbled out of the church. Lily soon let Rocco go and shoved his head back through the hole as Connor un-clocked his gun and put it away and they left the booth, Connor slamming the door back and they walked out of the church together. Dinah and Murphy were soon making their way up the aisle and made it to the confession stand just in time as Rocco came out.
"The Lord works in mysterious ways" Rocco said as he wrapped his arm around Murphy's shoulder.
"What the fuck's that supposed to mean?" Murphy questioned.
They were all soon outside and Connor was in the driver's seat, when they got in, he drove the car around the block before stopping. They got out and Connor walked to a payphone, he grabbed the phone, reached into his pocket to pull out the business card that he had kept and began to dial the number. He had told Paul what had happened to them the other day.
"Yeah, he had white beard, maybe late 50s, early 60s" Connor told, "...Yeah, and it's better if we find this man before he finds us again"
"Tell him about when Dinah ran him over with the car" Murphy told, his arm wrapped around Dinah's shoulder and smoking a cigarette with his other hand.
"Don't" Dinah objected, "I'm not exactly proud of it"
"Shh" Connor hushed and continued to listen in on the phone, "We'll hit Papa Joe tonight, right in the comfort of his own home. We're gonna move on to New York, it's just... it's getting a bit hot for us here" Connor said as he moved around, "And we need you to let Dinah and Lily stay at your place until we return"
Lily looked at him with disbelief, "Why the hell can't I come?"
"It'll be too dangerous" Rocco said.
"So was that last mission! I'm in on this with you guys and I can't just sit out on every too dangerous missions you guys go on, you're not in charge of my life!"
"We can't live with ourselves if something got you killed!" Connor argued.
"But what about our first two missions, I went in on it and nothing bad happened to me"
"That's because we knew what we were up against"
"Not with those Russian underbosses, there were nine of them"
"You're not coming on this mission with us"
"Get fucked!"
Lily soon stormed off and Dinah was about to follow, but Rocco stopped her.
"When she's this angry, it's better to just let her blow it off alone" Rocco informed.
"But what if she tried to kill Papa Joe on her own!" Dinah argued, "You saw how upset she was about not being able to come on the mission with you guys, plus she'll get personal vengeance because that mobster had sent that assassin to kill you guys"
"She doesn't even know where this guy lives, she won't be able to fill out the attempt"
Dinah brushed her hands through her hair in frustration and worry.
"I'm sure she'll be fine" Murphy reassured, placing his arm over her shoulder and kissed her head.
"I hope so, because she's a little crazy, mixing that in with determination and anger, she's a nuclear bomb"
"Tell me about it"Rocco groaned
Dinah sighed and leaned into Murphy for comfort, hoping and praying that Lily didn't do anything stupid or dangerous.
Lily was storming through the streets, practically leaving a trail of fire in her path. She had a plan forming. A plan to kill Yakavette herself. To prove to the guys that she could take the hard hits. She knew that they cared about her, wanted to protect her, but she cared just as much for the boys and she didn't want them to get hurt or killed either, so it was either all of them or nothing at all.
She knew where to start first to get information: Rocco's apartment. She managed to pick the lock and get inside, she shook her head when she saw that the place was still a mess. She started her first search in Rocco's room, looking through drawers, his closet, the bed and then under the bed, finding nothing. Then she started to look around in the kitchen before she finally found his little address book.
She searched through it, finding Papa Joes name, but it only had his number, no address what-so ever. She cursed at first, but then started to look through the others until she decided to go after one of the other errand boys; they'd probably know where Papa Joe lived. She left the apartment and made her way towards her target, a man named Edward Francis.
When she had arrived at an old apartment building, she climbed the stairs until arrived at the apartment door and knocked a few times. It was only a few minutes later before someone opened the door. He looked to be in his early 30s, had mess, oily looking black hair and dilated brown eyes; she guessed that he might be Edward.
"Who ordered a stripper?" Edward called out groggily.
Lily looked behind him and saw that there were four other guys in there surrounding a table full of drugs.
"I'm a little gift for you" Lily said in a seductive tone, deciding to play the part.
The drug addict smirked, but then was surprised when Lily grabbed the front of his shirt and pushed him back into the apartment and then slammed him into the wall, the other men making wolf calls, thinking that it was all a part of her 'service'.
"So is this a part of your service?" Edward asked with a sickening laugh that sent disgusted chills down Lily's spine.
"Yeah, I like to get real rough" Lily growled seductively as she roughly grabbed the guys' crotch, making him groan in pleasure and hard instantly.
"I like that in a women"
"I'll bet you'll like this too" Lily said and then pulled out her gun, pressing it under the man's jaw.
His eyes widen in shock and fright along with the other men in the room. The other guys were about to pull their guns out, but Lily tossed Edward across the room, crashing into the table. One of the men stood up and aimed his gun at her, but she aimed her gun at him and shot at his gun, making him drop it.
She then rushed forward and gave a roundhouse kick to the guys face, knocking him out. She then grabbed one of the metal folding chairs and swung it at three other guys, knocking them out as well. After they were out cold, Lily made her way towards Edward, grabbed the front of his shirt and aimed her gun between his eyes.
"You better fucking tell me where Papa Joe lives or you're brains are gonna be splattered all over the floor!" Lily demanded.
"I don't know-I don't know!" Edward cried out.
"Don't you fuck with me you druggie cocksucker!"
"I don't make deliveries for him-but-but I do know who you can go to for information"
"Who?"
"His name is Augustus Distephano, he was an underboss, but he's retired now"
"Where can I find him?"
"He's retired and works in a men's restroom at a restaurant just on fifty-seventh, if you want information, you got to pay him, please don't kill me"
"Pussy" Lily shoved the guy back and soon left the apartment.
She went to the nearest ATM machine and took out some money. After she collected the money, she shoved it into her pocket and made her way towards fifty-seventh. Once she made it to the restaurant, she stormed right in, which caused everyone to look at her, but she ignored them and made her way towards the men's bathroom. When she arrived, she saw a man who looked to be in his 70s or 80s who she guessed to be Augustus.
"Alright, everybody out!" Lily called out, walking towards the men who were at the urinals and shoved them out, "Get the hell out! Out! Out! Out!"
Once she got everyone to leave, she locked the door and leaned against it, her and Augustus having a stare off.
"Augustus Distephno?"
"Who the fuck wants to know?" Augustus questioned, going on with his business as usual.
"I'm the fuck that wants to know" Lily said, reaching into her pocket to pull out the cash and tossed it onto a small silver tray that had only a few dollar bills, "Where the hell does Papa Joe live?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"Because I asked, now I paid you the damn money, now cough up the details you old fuck before I beat it out of you!"
Augustus looked at her with a blank stare, "Why do you want to know?"
Lily groaned, "Because I want to kill him"
Augustus sighed, "I knew that kid would get into trouble someday"
"You're damn right, now where does he live"
"I can't tell you"
"Why the hell not?"
Augustus didn't answer and Lily hit the wall in anger and leaned against the door, covering her eyes with one of her hands.
"Why do you want to know so bad?" Augustus asked.
"Because my friends are going there to kill Papa Joe. They told me not to go because they're afraid I might get killed. But what if they get killed? I care much about them just as much, don't they care about how I feel" Lily sniffed slightly, trying her best not to cry, she was so worried about her friends.
Augustus watched as Lily cried, seeing how much she loved and worried for her friends.
"Alright, I'll tell you, so stop crying" Augustus said and Lily looked at him with slight disbelief, "But, you have to promise me one thing"
"What?"
"You can't kill Giuseppe"
"Oh, I-I can't promise something like that, the guys are set on killing this man"
"You can't kill him, I knew that fucker would fuck something up someday. He lives up in fifth avenue, but it's sealed off by a gate, so good luck in getting in"
Lily wiped her tears away and covered her mouth with both hands before they moved down to rest on her chest.
"Thank you-thank you so, so much" Lily soon unlocked the door and left, going to get ready to rescue her friends.