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Dino Cavallaro motioned to his team. They pressed themselves against the side of the warehouse. Cavallaro reached out and turning the knob opened the door. It swung inward squeaking on old hinges. He snatched his arm back. He peered inside to see a large group of soldiers all pointing their guns at his door. He moved out of the way just as a volley of bullets flew past him. Gokudera and Belphegor took that as their cue to attack. With their distraction Cavallaro and his men moved in and entered the fray.

When the dust had cleared and the shouting died down. Not a single member of the Cavallone had been hurt. Belphegor had been serious when he said he didn't need any help. He had almost single handedly disposed of their opponents. The blood spatter on the walls was evidence enough of that, if not the slashes in most of the corpses surrounding them. Cavallaro walked over to a crate in the corner of the room and levered it open. It was full of explosives. He moved to a different pile. He opened a crate, this one was full of guns and ammunition.

Cavallaro paused a moment as he stared around the room at the carnage. Bodyparts were everywhere. One of Gokudera's bombs had hit the center of a cluster of them and the results were somewhat gruesome. Gokudera himself was outside the door enjoying a quiet solitary smoke. Cavallaro took out his phone and dialed a number.

"Hello. Julius? We've got a mess for you to clean up."

Fedele pressed his back against the wall and sighed. It had gone very smoothly. They had found where they had been producing the explosives; in small labs in the basement, shipping them out in small quantities so as not to draw attention. The few scientists that were there weren't heavily guarded and were easily subdued. Waiting for one of Julius's teams to help clear up the mess was the only part that was left. He pulled out a cigarette as he listened to the adorable gay couple he had met that day chatter away.

"Luss! What do you extremely mean? Have you cheated before?" Ryohei shouted following after his lover.

"oh. Ryo-chan not recently don't you worry." Lussuria giggled giving him a playful slap. "Honestly you're so serious."

Fedele exhaled a smoke ring and glanced at his watch. He had a date with Marie in two hours, or was it Martha? Madaline? Sarah? Whatever her name, he hoped Julius would get a move on; he didn't want to be late.

Mikhail stared around the room. Their invasion had been neat and tidy. He had led his team into the small building and found it was full of explosives. He had then promptly led them back out and waited for the guards to follow before taking them out with a few well placed shots. Sure, not all the guards had been quite so dumb, but they were easily dealt with as they were found. There had been multiple levels and the guards had been in the process of loading equipment and some of the explosives into trucks when they arrived. Chrome had been quiet, but useful. Her illusions had drawn out the last of the guards. Levi… Well. He was weird. He had killed a few guards, but Mikhail had to tackle him and smash his face into the ground when he had started to use some of his electrical attacks. Sparks around crates of explosives…. Levi… Obviously wasn't the brightest bulb on the Varia Christmas tree. He pulled out his cell phone.

"Hello. This is Julius, please leave a message after the tone…"

Cursing fluently in a mixture of Italian and Russian, Mikhail called Cavallaro.

"What?"

"hey Junior, have you gotten a hold of Julius?"

"….Junior? really?"

"Hey. You pissed off Romario." Mikhail grinned. "You have to work to get your name back."

"Ass hole."

"Anyways, do you have Julius?"

"Yeah he's here now."

"When you're done with him send him my way."

"Will do,"

"Thanks … Junior."

"Fuck off."

"Hey, if it makes you feel better we could call you: un-wholly swiss cheese? Or how about: Paper shield, cause you're about as useful. Oh I know! The idiot who got the boss shot."

The line disconnected.

A/N: So, Mafia Games is going on hiatus for three weeks… sorry… I'll be out of the country so I won't have time to work on it. Also, I'm not totally sure if I'll have consistent access to the internet… I hope you enjoyed this installment of Mafia Games. Reviews and critiques are always welcome