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Hibari was enjoying himself. There were a lot more people on this floor. The casualty toll was mounting and he was searching for more opponents in each room he entered. A gunshot echoed down from the floor above, and Hibari ignored it. He had a feeling he knew who fired it. He would go and see soon enough, as it is… He was having too much fun.
Ivan and Brutus dropped him and he fell forwards, blood spewing from his wound staining the carpet. Dino nodded to the two of them and they rolled Nico over onto his back. His extremities were twitching and his was sucking air.
"That's got to hurt Nico," Dino knelt down next to him. "You know you can live for hours with a stomach wound like that…" He examined the hole in his shirt. "Not a very big hole…" He took the end of his cane and poked at it. Nico gasped and screamed in agony. "So… The names?"
Nico didn't say anything. Romario was impressed despite himself. He had finished searching the desk and had come up empty. He was now moving around the office looking for a safe, or anything that would have any clue to Gaglio's cohorts.
Dino sighed and thrust the end of his cane into the hole, which was not large enough for his cane to slide into easily, and he moved it around a bit. Gaglio screamed again, tears pouring down his face.
"Oh god." He moaned. "It wasn't my idea…." He suddenly seized up. Dino looked at him confused. He removed his cane from his stomach.
"Nico?" He felt for a pulse. Nothing.
"Well… Shit," Dino said. He tried to stand, but the end of his cane was slick with Gaglio's blood. Ivan bent down and picked him up and set him on his feet. "Thanks."
"Father!"
Dino spun around slipping in the blood and falling backwards into Ivan who caught him and set him back up on his feet. Victoria was standing in the doorway leaning slightly against Kusakabe for support. He gave Dino an apologetic look. Hibari was already in the room leaning against the wall next to the door.
"Victoria! What… are you doing here?" Dino asked glaring pointedly at Hibari.
"I heard my father screaming!" She shouted. She moved forward unsteadily, whatever had been used to knock her out was still causing her to move sluggishly. She made it to his side and fell to her knees beside him, crying.
"God damn it Kyouya!" Dino yelled switching to Japanese, a language that only two other people in the room spoke. "Why didn't you just leave?"
Hibari said nothing. He stood there silently.
"Victoria? Come on get up. We need to get out of here." Dino said switching back to Italian. He tried to bend down and grab her arm but she pushed him away. He sighed. "Brutus grab her. Let's get out of here."
"Don't you dare touch me!" She screamed as Brutus picked her up and threw her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.
Dino made to leave, but his cane was still slipping out from under him. He grabbed onto the side of the desk for support to stop his fall. He found a box of tissues on the desk and used them to wipe the blood off of his cane. His eyes lighted on Gaglio's coffee cup. Curiosity mounting he picked it up and sniffed it. It smelled of almonds.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this installment of Mafia Games. Reviews and critiques are always welcome. I'm really sorry that I haven't posted in a while. Things here have been really crazy lately… So my posting may become more sporadic. I'll try to get back on a more normal schedule, but I don't know when that will be…
