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Shout out to Scott, Web, and Jesse (who owns Puerto Rico!)
WARNING: This story does contain violence and language! Don't say I didn't warn you!
THE BATTLE OF LIBERTY CITY
A GTA3 YARN
BY JayJay Bakes
PART 3 ENISHI
Enishi stood ready, his fists clenched, holding them out in front of him. He was dressed in a black karate uniform, with a black belt around his waist. He was sweating; his muscles were tense and waiting. He had black hair, short in the front and long in the back, with blue eyes and had a smooth, attractive face.
His opponent, Tokumura, was standing ready across the hardwood floor from him, standing with his hands at his sides. He eyed Enishi and stood with bated breath, as Enishi stood fierce across from him. The moment lasted for a minute longer, their energies filling the room, then Enishi charged.
He opened with a flurry of punches, coming up and going for Tokumura's upper chest. Tokumura parried easily, slapping the hands away with a strong palm, then turning on his feet and hitting Enishi's stomach with a swift fist. He got the one punch in and then Enishi was able to hit Tokumura's neck, sending pain across his shoulder. Tokumura fought through the pain and stepped back. They both jumped away, and then stopped, standing at full height and bowing to each other.
"Arigoto, Enishi-dono." Tokumura replied, pressing a fist into an open palm.
Enishi nodded, smiling. "Still a draw. Our master would be proud, Toku-dono."
Toku smiled and turned, walking out the room. Enishi grasped a towel from the rack along the wall and turned to the man standing by the entrance, holding a folder.
"What's his name again?" He asked, continuing their conversation from earlier. He wiped the towel around his neck and across his forehead.
"Uh, Sonny.Leone, Enishi-dono." The man replied, looking down at the folder in his hands.
"Sonny." Enishi repeated. He walked out the dojo into a large open room, with one wall missing, opening the room to the ocean view. He walked across to a small table, picking up an orange from a basket. "And why should I fear this man, Riku-dono?"
"He destroyed both the Triads and Diablos in almost a single day, Enishi-dono." Riku replied, closing the folder. "A man must have wisdom to go to war, Enishi-dono."
"Yes, but 'the opportunity to defeat the enemy is provided by the enemy himself'." Enishi turned to him, chewing an orange slice. "The Triads and Diablos were both stupid and useless, they meant nothing. Could I not have done the same if I wished to?"
"Yes, Enishi-dono." Riku replied, just as another man walked into the room.
"Enishi-dono." The man said, bowing.
"Yes?" Enishi turned to him.
The man remained in a bowing position and replied. "We have captured the traitor, Enishi-dono."
"Bring him." Enishi said, and then turned to ocean view. A moment later, four more men entered into the room, two of them holding a fifth man by the arms. He was the only man not of Asian descent. As he was brought in, he looked up at Enishi and although he was frightened, he stood strong.
"Where is my money, Dominic?" Enishi asked calmly, not turning.
Dominic replied, "What money?"
A moment passed and without any command or gesture, one of the men swung a fist deep into Dominic's stomach. Dominic coughed harshly. "It's.not here." Dominic managed to gasp through the pain after he caught his breath.
"Where is it?" Enishi asked, throwing out the skin of the orange and swallowing down the rest. He raised his chin as he peered out to the deep blue.
Dominic did not reply. Enishi turned and looked at him. "Ah, I see." He smiled and walked forward. "You've been using my product."
"No, no." Dominic pleaded. His face was red and sweating, his eyes all red.
"And therefore using and losing my money." Enishi said, walking to the side and reaching down behind a stand. He picked up his katana in its long, black, slick sheath. He held it in his right hand just below the hilt and walked closer to Dominic.
"No, I didn't.I swear, Enishi-do." A quick thrust from the end of Enishi's sheathed katana caught Dominic in mid sentence and the men holding him let him drop to the hard floor.
"I never enjoyed the drug trade." Enishi said. "I only agreed to let it continue because my advisors advised me so, including Riku-san. I told myself I would let profit for sometime, till at least we Yakusa were back on our feet."
Dominic hacked and coughed on the floor, gasping for breath.
"Now, it is well past that. Whatever mistakes were made by my predecessors are clearly taken care of and we Yakusa are more powerful then we have ever been. I fear nothing now, not even some Italian scrap yard hood."
Dominic crawled on the ground, clawing for an imaginary healing power.
"And you, Dominic, have only come to prove to me in my resolution to halt the drug trade. I'll let the Colombians deal with it, they have been since I first arrived in Liberty." He looked up at one of the men. "Sano, break his arms and legs." He ordered calmly. Sano, a huge man with broad shoulders, walked to the gasping Dominic and took one of his arms between his own muscular ones and, twisting it, snapped it so the bone actually broke the skin. He did the same to the other arm as Dominic yelped and screamed in pain beneath him, his eyes going wide and tears flowing so much that puddles formed beneath his head, soaking his hair. Sano continued, snapping Dominic's shins, slamming the heel of his shoe repeatedly to do so. He had learned all this from experience. After doing so, Sano stepped back and stood with the other men.
Enishi then let Dominic yelp in the pain for quite some time. Enishi looked out to the ocean again and let time pass as Dominic screamed louder and louder as if trying to the get the attention of the men around him. None of the men reacted in anyway, instead held stone faces, keeping the discipline in their blood that had been held down for years.
After a moment, Dominic's screams began to dissolve, and he breathed deep. It was then that Enishi realized and jumped to Dominic's side, shoving his thumb deep into Dominic's mouth. Dominic coughed, trying to speak through his muffled mouth.
"It takes courage and determination to bite off one's tongue." Enishi said, not looking down at him. "This, Dominic, you lack." Dominic bite down on Enishi's hand, trying to make him remove it, but to no avail. Blood began to spill from Enishi's hand, but Enishi did not move. After a moment, Dominic fought and fought, his body shaking and finally his eyes rolled back and he faded out of consciousness.
Enishi removed his hand and stood, holding his hand out to the side as Riku placed a small towel in it. He wiped his hand, letting the white towel soak crimson.
"Take him to the crusher." Enishi ordered the men. "Put him in it and make sure he's awake."
"Enishi-dono." All four of the men replied. Two of them grasped the body and walked out with it, the other two following behind.
Another man walked in then, a man the same size as Enishi and wearing a red leather jacket.
"Yahiko-dono." Enishi said, seeing him.
"Enishi-dono." Yahiko said. "The meet is all set."
"Good." Enishi said, wiping his thumb. "Riku-san, I'm going to change. Have the car brought around. Yahiko, I want both of you to come along."
"Hai, Enishi-dono." They both replied as Enishi walked out the room.
Maddie stepped out the car and walked up the steps of Sonny's new home, his father's old mansion. Two bodyguards followed closely behind him, thick sunglasses covering their eyes. In the three weeks since they had taken down the Triads and Diablos, the Leone Family business had grown bigger and become richer then ever before. They now owned the entire island of Portland, including the police and FBI units stationed there. The island was in the palm of Sonny's hand, yet, his hand was growing bigger day by day.
Maddie walked into the living room to see Sonny sitting down talking with Luigi. They had not seen each other for over two weeks, Maddie working with men around both Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale, getting a feel for himself, as Sonny had ordered him to do.
As he walked in, they both turned to him and smiled. Luigi stepped forward and shook his hand. "How ya' doing, Maddie?"
"Good ta' see ya', Lu." Maddie replied, smiling. Sonny stepped forward and the two embraced as old friends.
"Maddie." Sonny muttered, then looked at Maddie. "How ya' been? How was Staunton?"
Maddie smiled back. "Nice place, lot a' buildings." He laughed and was joined by Sonny and Luigi, his throaty laugh almost making them jump. They all sat, lounging in the soft couches of the living room. Maddie sighed, unbuttoned his shirt and signaled to one of his men to get a drink from the bar.
"So what's it like over there in Staunton?" Luigi asked, chewing on a piece of jerky. "Still busy on the streets?"
Maddie nodded, tilting his head. "Yeah, unless you got a fast car."
Luigi laughed to himself, and then suddenly leaned forward. "Oh, ok, listen to this, I want to tell you this joke I heard."
Sonny's head fell down and he held it up with a hand. "Oh, boy.." He sighed.
Luigi looked to him, raising a hand. "Shut up, just, just let me tell it." He turned back to Maddie. "It's funny. Anyway."
"It's not funny." Sonny smiled, protesting, almost childish.
Luigi continued after a pause. "Anyway, there's this guy, right? And he's sitting at home and gets this phone call; it's from the hospital. The doctor, at the hospital, says, your wife's been in dis terrible accident, you better get down here right away." Luigi raised his hands every now and then as if he acting it out. "So he rushes down there, and the doctor meets him at the door. The doc says, it's horrible; your wife's been really hurt. All her legs are broken,"
"How many legs she got?" Sonny laughed.
Luigi just waved him away. Maddie could see the bond between these two men; men he had found out had grown up together in Liberty, even before he himself had met Sonny.
"So, both her legs are broken, her arms, her back, all's broken. Pretty much every bone in her body's broken, the doc says. She's got uh, major damage to her insides, her kidneys, and stomach and all that, right. The doc's says, this woman ain't never gonna' be the same. She can't do anything on her own anymore, you're gonna' have ta' take care a' her everyday, for the rest of her life. That's twenty-fours a day, seven days a week. You will have to watch this woman all day and night." Luigi took a drink. "So the guy's like, oh, man, this is horrible, I can't believe this, y'know, right? So he's crying and weeping, and then the doc says, ah, I'm just fuckin with ya', she's dead!"
Luigi burst into laughter his own joke and Maddie joined in, soon Sonny laughed, just looking at Luigi. They laughed and chatted for another minute then Victor arrived. He embraced everyone, and was happy to see them all.
Vic had been helping greatly with the progress of the family and now had a regime of men under him. He did not bring any bodyguards with him, but some were sitting in the car outside. Victor had become very popular at Luigi's club, the girls constantly asking for him. He had visited the club almost every night; he had grown to be good friends with Luigi, but also to get a girl for the night. During his time here, Vic had impregnated over thirteen girls. Most of them were on the pill but two of them had abortions. There was a rumor flying around that there was a fourteenth girl that wanted to keep the baby, but she disappeared and was never seen of again. This rumor never really got out, perhaps because it wasn't true or Vic was just good at hiding things, and he was.
Morris never showed up to the meeting, who was usually always with Vic, but Sonny told everyone that Morris busy at the moment with business he had requested from him. They all understood and nodded. Morris had been doing surveillance for Sonny, unknown to the others.
Joey arrived next with Toni. Joey had become quieter in the last month, something everyone he had noticed. Joey constantly stared at Sonny, as if there was something happening that no one else knew about. Maddie had spoke with Sonny about the possibility that Joey could be working against the family secretly but Sonny dismissed the allegation and told Maddie never to talk about his brother like that again.
Joey had no power at all, no men working under him or businesses to run. He still ran his garage business but that was minimal and legitimate, not like the other businesses the other men were running. But Joey never wanted another business and asked for no power. He was happy with his life it seemed, but he had not talked with Sonny for sometime, as if keeping his distance from him.
Toni was becoming more and more powerful as time wore on. He had a whole regime of men under him now, bigger then before. Toni controlled all the security around Portland Island and was the direct link to the feds for Sonny. He had the most men under him, and was regarded by everyone as the most powerful man next to Sonny, but Sonny was much smarter then Toni, and had him under constant surveillance.
Luigi and Maddie both had a regime of men under them. Luigi's business was booming and with Portland all under Sonny's control, he was able to place girls all over the city and set up apartment buildings devoted just to his business, little brothels run by other men working for Luigi. Luigi had become insanely rich, and was always using his money to buy gifts for his friends and partners in the business.
Castor had remained by Sonny's side since the beginning and was now standing behind Sonny, leaning against the wall. Castor's position never changed or moved at all, all his devotion was toward the protection of Sonny.
Sonny took another sip of his drink and placed it down, then leaned back. He looked them all over then leaned forward. At this movement, all of them leaned in, as Sonny began to talk.
"Ok, here's what's going on." Sonny began, taping the glass table. "We're going to be making the move to Staunton in three weeks." He said this calmly, slowly, and let each of them absorb his words. "Our business here is over the top, we got no problems here, but with the people we got, the strength we have with us, this whole fucking island should be ours."
They all nodded at this in total agreement, their eyes burning with the same fire that burned in Sonny's eyes. All of them, except Joey. Although Sonny didn't look directly at him, he noticed this.
"Now, I expect most of you guessed I would make this move sooner or later. I even thought we would never stop business till we took over all of Liberty. But we needed the time to wait, to build our numbers, and increase our strength. And let me tell you, we have. The time for the move is now, and I've already made moves toward it."
"As you may all know, Morris has been gone for a while on business. He's in Staunton. I don't know where he is right now, only where to reach him. He's been doing jobs for me there. Been taking a look at the people there, finding out who's running the show over there, who's the boss." He sniffed through his nose. "So far, he's been doing a good job. Ok, Vic, I want you down in Staunton as soon as possible. Morris has been asking for ya'. Now, this is my decision and as much as he won't admit it, Morris needs ya' down there."
Vic nodded and smiled. "I've been wanting to get down there myself."
"Good, but take your time, I don't want no one getting suspicious 'cause they see ya' rushing to get down there."
Vic nodded again. Sonny leaned back and held his hand up. Castor walked across the room and picked up a heavy envelope, handing it to Sonny. Sonny passed it to Vic.
"That should cover you're ins and outs. Got some plastics in there, the works, everything you'll need. Also got info on the island it's self, potential business opportunities, revenue, all that. Also, there's a number in there to reach me by and where you can hold up. I can't tell ya' where Morris is 'cause I don't know. Can't talk about a meet 'cause it's too risky in this point of the game."
"Don't worry, Sonny," Vic almost interrupted him. "He'll find me."
Sonny smiled and nodded at him. "Ok, that's all that's going on now. Vic will be my man in Staunton when we make the move. Now, Lu, Tony, you'll be staying here while we make the move. You'll be running things while it all goes down in Staunton. Now, anything goes wrong, you get any problems, you contact me. But I trust you guys and I know I won't have to worry about nothing."
Tony smiled and Lu turned and patted his shoulder.
"Now, Maddie will be my link between here and Staunton. He's going to be helping with the move but he'll also be keeping in contact and checking in on things. You need to contact me, talk to Maddie and he'll get to me." Sonny continued and then stood. "That's it. Let's move."
After a moment, everyone disappeared. "Joey!" Sonny's voice called after him. Joey stopped and turned. Sonny looked at him and waved him over. "Let's go around back." Sonny said, grabbing a bottle of whiskey as he walked out the room.
Behind the mansion, Joey and Sonny sat down on one of the white benches. Sonny opened the whiskey and took a swig, then handed it to Joey. Joey looked at it for a moment and then took a swig himself.
"Do you remember," Sonny began, leaning his elbows on his knees. "When Pop would sit out here with us?
Joey stared at his brother, then looked out into the ocean in front of them. A cool breeze flowed over them then.
"Just us three, sitting here, talking." Sonny continued. "Gosh, sometimes, I lie awake nights thinking, what a life we had. Growing up where we had everything, and if we didn't, we took it. Our father was the mafia head of the Leone crime family. Remember seeing those movies, the mob ones, and all the people would be amazed at everything. Geez, we laughed at a lot of those scenes."
A moment passed again. Sonny then said. "Joey, I want you to take over Portland Island when we make the move to Staunton."
Joey turned to him. "What about Toni and Lu?"
Sonny shook his head. "They'll be here still, but they'll need a head here, someone to go to for orders, someone up top." Sonny finally turned to him. "I want you to be the head of the family here, Joey."
END OF PART 3
To be continued
Author's note: I felt a little off writing this part. Don't know why. It still turned out allright. But I will make up for it in the next part, you'll see!
Next chapter: The move to Staunton Island is set! But, what's Enishi going to do about it? You think he'll just bend over? But more importantly, what will Vic and Morris be up to now that they're together again?
Shout out to Scott, Web, and Jesse (who owns Puerto Rico!)
WARNING: This story does contain violence and language! Don't say I didn't warn you!
THE BATTLE OF LIBERTY CITY
A GTA3 YARN
BY JayJay Bakes
PART 3 ENISHI
Enishi stood ready, his fists clenched, holding them out in front of him. He was dressed in a black karate uniform, with a black belt around his waist. He was sweating; his muscles were tense and waiting. He had black hair, short in the front and long in the back, with blue eyes and had a smooth, attractive face.
His opponent, Tokumura, was standing ready across the hardwood floor from him, standing with his hands at his sides. He eyed Enishi and stood with bated breath, as Enishi stood fierce across from him. The moment lasted for a minute longer, their energies filling the room, then Enishi charged.
He opened with a flurry of punches, coming up and going for Tokumura's upper chest. Tokumura parried easily, slapping the hands away with a strong palm, then turning on his feet and hitting Enishi's stomach with a swift fist. He got the one punch in and then Enishi was able to hit Tokumura's neck, sending pain across his shoulder. Tokumura fought through the pain and stepped back. They both jumped away, and then stopped, standing at full height and bowing to each other.
"Arigoto, Enishi-dono." Tokumura replied, pressing a fist into an open palm.
Enishi nodded, smiling. "Still a draw. Our master would be proud, Toku-dono."
Toku smiled and turned, walking out the room. Enishi grasped a towel from the rack along the wall and turned to the man standing by the entrance, holding a folder.
"What's his name again?" He asked, continuing their conversation from earlier. He wiped the towel around his neck and across his forehead.
"Uh, Sonny.Leone, Enishi-dono." The man replied, looking down at the folder in his hands.
"Sonny." Enishi repeated. He walked out the dojo into a large open room, with one wall missing, opening the room to the ocean view. He walked across to a small table, picking up an orange from a basket. "And why should I fear this man, Riku-dono?"
"He destroyed both the Triads and Diablos in almost a single day, Enishi-dono." Riku replied, closing the folder. "A man must have wisdom to go to war, Enishi-dono."
"Yes, but 'the opportunity to defeat the enemy is provided by the enemy himself'." Enishi turned to him, chewing an orange slice. "The Triads and Diablos were both stupid and useless, they meant nothing. Could I not have done the same if I wished to?"
"Yes, Enishi-dono." Riku replied, just as another man walked into the room.
"Enishi-dono." The man said, bowing.
"Yes?" Enishi turned to him.
The man remained in a bowing position and replied. "We have captured the traitor, Enishi-dono."
"Bring him." Enishi said, and then turned to ocean view. A moment later, four more men entered into the room, two of them holding a fifth man by the arms. He was the only man not of Asian descent. As he was brought in, he looked up at Enishi and although he was frightened, he stood strong.
"Where is my money, Dominic?" Enishi asked calmly, not turning.
Dominic replied, "What money?"
A moment passed and without any command or gesture, one of the men swung a fist deep into Dominic's stomach. Dominic coughed harshly. "It's.not here." Dominic managed to gasp through the pain after he caught his breath.
"Where is it?" Enishi asked, throwing out the skin of the orange and swallowing down the rest. He raised his chin as he peered out to the deep blue.
Dominic did not reply. Enishi turned and looked at him. "Ah, I see." He smiled and walked forward. "You've been using my product."
"No, no." Dominic pleaded. His face was red and sweating, his eyes all red.
"And therefore using and losing my money." Enishi said, walking to the side and reaching down behind a stand. He picked up his katana in its long, black, slick sheath. He held it in his right hand just below the hilt and walked closer to Dominic.
"No, I didn't.I swear, Enishi-do." A quick thrust from the end of Enishi's sheathed katana caught Dominic in mid sentence and the men holding him let him drop to the hard floor.
"I never enjoyed the drug trade." Enishi said. "I only agreed to let it continue because my advisors advised me so, including Riku-san. I told myself I would let profit for sometime, till at least we Yakusa were back on our feet."
Dominic hacked and coughed on the floor, gasping for breath.
"Now, it is well past that. Whatever mistakes were made by my predecessors are clearly taken care of and we Yakusa are more powerful then we have ever been. I fear nothing now, not even some Italian scrap yard hood."
Dominic crawled on the ground, clawing for an imaginary healing power.
"And you, Dominic, have only come to prove to me in my resolution to halt the drug trade. I'll let the Colombians deal with it, they have been since I first arrived in Liberty." He looked up at one of the men. "Sano, break his arms and legs." He ordered calmly. Sano, a huge man with broad shoulders, walked to the gasping Dominic and took one of his arms between his own muscular ones and, twisting it, snapped it so the bone actually broke the skin. He did the same to the other arm as Dominic yelped and screamed in pain beneath him, his eyes going wide and tears flowing so much that puddles formed beneath his head, soaking his hair. Sano continued, snapping Dominic's shins, slamming the heel of his shoe repeatedly to do so. He had learned all this from experience. After doing so, Sano stepped back and stood with the other men.
Enishi then let Dominic yelp in the pain for quite some time. Enishi looked out to the ocean again and let time pass as Dominic screamed louder and louder as if trying to the get the attention of the men around him. None of the men reacted in anyway, instead held stone faces, keeping the discipline in their blood that had been held down for years.
After a moment, Dominic's screams began to dissolve, and he breathed deep. It was then that Enishi realized and jumped to Dominic's side, shoving his thumb deep into Dominic's mouth. Dominic coughed, trying to speak through his muffled mouth.
"It takes courage and determination to bite off one's tongue." Enishi said, not looking down at him. "This, Dominic, you lack." Dominic bite down on Enishi's hand, trying to make him remove it, but to no avail. Blood began to spill from Enishi's hand, but Enishi did not move. After a moment, Dominic fought and fought, his body shaking and finally his eyes rolled back and he faded out of consciousness.
Enishi removed his hand and stood, holding his hand out to the side as Riku placed a small towel in it. He wiped his hand, letting the white towel soak crimson.
"Take him to the crusher." Enishi ordered the men. "Put him in it and make sure he's awake."
"Enishi-dono." All four of the men replied. Two of them grasped the body and walked out with it, the other two following behind.
Another man walked in then, a man the same size as Enishi and wearing a red leather jacket.
"Yahiko-dono." Enishi said, seeing him.
"Enishi-dono." Yahiko said. "The meet is all set."
"Good." Enishi said, wiping his thumb. "Riku-san, I'm going to change. Have the car brought around. Yahiko, I want both of you to come along."
"Hai, Enishi-dono." They both replied as Enishi walked out the room.
Maddie stepped out the car and walked up the steps of Sonny's new home, his father's old mansion. Two bodyguards followed closely behind him, thick sunglasses covering their eyes. In the three weeks since they had taken down the Triads and Diablos, the Leone Family business had grown bigger and become richer then ever before. They now owned the entire island of Portland, including the police and FBI units stationed there. The island was in the palm of Sonny's hand, yet, his hand was growing bigger day by day.
Maddie walked into the living room to see Sonny sitting down talking with Luigi. They had not seen each other for over two weeks, Maddie working with men around both Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale, getting a feel for himself, as Sonny had ordered him to do.
As he walked in, they both turned to him and smiled. Luigi stepped forward and shook his hand. "How ya' doing, Maddie?"
"Good ta' see ya', Lu." Maddie replied, smiling. Sonny stepped forward and the two embraced as old friends.
"Maddie." Sonny muttered, then looked at Maddie. "How ya' been? How was Staunton?"
Maddie smiled back. "Nice place, lot a' buildings." He laughed and was joined by Sonny and Luigi, his throaty laugh almost making them jump. They all sat, lounging in the soft couches of the living room. Maddie sighed, unbuttoned his shirt and signaled to one of his men to get a drink from the bar.
"So what's it like over there in Staunton?" Luigi asked, chewing on a piece of jerky. "Still busy on the streets?"
Maddie nodded, tilting his head. "Yeah, unless you got a fast car."
Luigi laughed to himself, and then suddenly leaned forward. "Oh, ok, listen to this, I want to tell you this joke I heard."
Sonny's head fell down and he held it up with a hand. "Oh, boy.." He sighed.
Luigi looked to him, raising a hand. "Shut up, just, just let me tell it." He turned back to Maddie. "It's funny. Anyway."
"It's not funny." Sonny smiled, protesting, almost childish.
Luigi continued after a pause. "Anyway, there's this guy, right? And he's sitting at home and gets this phone call; it's from the hospital. The doctor, at the hospital, says, your wife's been in dis terrible accident, you better get down here right away." Luigi raised his hands every now and then as if he acting it out. "So he rushes down there, and the doctor meets him at the door. The doc says, it's horrible; your wife's been really hurt. All her legs are broken,"
"How many legs she got?" Sonny laughed.
Luigi just waved him away. Maddie could see the bond between these two men; men he had found out had grown up together in Liberty, even before he himself had met Sonny.
"So, both her legs are broken, her arms, her back, all's broken. Pretty much every bone in her body's broken, the doc says. She's got uh, major damage to her insides, her kidneys, and stomach and all that, right. The doc's says, this woman ain't never gonna' be the same. She can't do anything on her own anymore, you're gonna' have ta' take care a' her everyday, for the rest of her life. That's twenty-fours a day, seven days a week. You will have to watch this woman all day and night." Luigi took a drink. "So the guy's like, oh, man, this is horrible, I can't believe this, y'know, right? So he's crying and weeping, and then the doc says, ah, I'm just fuckin with ya', she's dead!"
Luigi burst into laughter his own joke and Maddie joined in, soon Sonny laughed, just looking at Luigi. They laughed and chatted for another minute then Victor arrived. He embraced everyone, and was happy to see them all.
Vic had been helping greatly with the progress of the family and now had a regime of men under him. He did not bring any bodyguards with him, but some were sitting in the car outside. Victor had become very popular at Luigi's club, the girls constantly asking for him. He had visited the club almost every night; he had grown to be good friends with Luigi, but also to get a girl for the night. During his time here, Vic had impregnated over thirteen girls. Most of them were on the pill but two of them had abortions. There was a rumor flying around that there was a fourteenth girl that wanted to keep the baby, but she disappeared and was never seen of again. This rumor never really got out, perhaps because it wasn't true or Vic was just good at hiding things, and he was.
Morris never showed up to the meeting, who was usually always with Vic, but Sonny told everyone that Morris busy at the moment with business he had requested from him. They all understood and nodded. Morris had been doing surveillance for Sonny, unknown to the others.
Joey arrived next with Toni. Joey had become quieter in the last month, something everyone he had noticed. Joey constantly stared at Sonny, as if there was something happening that no one else knew about. Maddie had spoke with Sonny about the possibility that Joey could be working against the family secretly but Sonny dismissed the allegation and told Maddie never to talk about his brother like that again.
Joey had no power at all, no men working under him or businesses to run. He still ran his garage business but that was minimal and legitimate, not like the other businesses the other men were running. But Joey never wanted another business and asked for no power. He was happy with his life it seemed, but he had not talked with Sonny for sometime, as if keeping his distance from him.
Toni was becoming more and more powerful as time wore on. He had a whole regime of men under him now, bigger then before. Toni controlled all the security around Portland Island and was the direct link to the feds for Sonny. He had the most men under him, and was regarded by everyone as the most powerful man next to Sonny, but Sonny was much smarter then Toni, and had him under constant surveillance.
Luigi and Maddie both had a regime of men under them. Luigi's business was booming and with Portland all under Sonny's control, he was able to place girls all over the city and set up apartment buildings devoted just to his business, little brothels run by other men working for Luigi. Luigi had become insanely rich, and was always using his money to buy gifts for his friends and partners in the business.
Castor had remained by Sonny's side since the beginning and was now standing behind Sonny, leaning against the wall. Castor's position never changed or moved at all, all his devotion was toward the protection of Sonny.
Sonny took another sip of his drink and placed it down, then leaned back. He looked them all over then leaned forward. At this movement, all of them leaned in, as Sonny began to talk.
"Ok, here's what's going on." Sonny began, taping the glass table. "We're going to be making the move to Staunton in three weeks." He said this calmly, slowly, and let each of them absorb his words. "Our business here is over the top, we got no problems here, but with the people we got, the strength we have with us, this whole fucking island should be ours."
They all nodded at this in total agreement, their eyes burning with the same fire that burned in Sonny's eyes. All of them, except Joey. Although Sonny didn't look directly at him, he noticed this.
"Now, I expect most of you guessed I would make this move sooner or later. I even thought we would never stop business till we took over all of Liberty. But we needed the time to wait, to build our numbers, and increase our strength. And let me tell you, we have. The time for the move is now, and I've already made moves toward it."
"As you may all know, Morris has been gone for a while on business. He's in Staunton. I don't know where he is right now, only where to reach him. He's been doing jobs for me there. Been taking a look at the people there, finding out who's running the show over there, who's the boss." He sniffed through his nose. "So far, he's been doing a good job. Ok, Vic, I want you down in Staunton as soon as possible. Morris has been asking for ya'. Now, this is my decision and as much as he won't admit it, Morris needs ya' down there."
Vic nodded and smiled. "I've been wanting to get down there myself."
"Good, but take your time, I don't want no one getting suspicious 'cause they see ya' rushing to get down there."
Vic nodded again. Sonny leaned back and held his hand up. Castor walked across the room and picked up a heavy envelope, handing it to Sonny. Sonny passed it to Vic.
"That should cover you're ins and outs. Got some plastics in there, the works, everything you'll need. Also got info on the island it's self, potential business opportunities, revenue, all that. Also, there's a number in there to reach me by and where you can hold up. I can't tell ya' where Morris is 'cause I don't know. Can't talk about a meet 'cause it's too risky in this point of the game."
"Don't worry, Sonny," Vic almost interrupted him. "He'll find me."
Sonny smiled and nodded at him. "Ok, that's all that's going on now. Vic will be my man in Staunton when we make the move. Now, Lu, Tony, you'll be staying here while we make the move. You'll be running things while it all goes down in Staunton. Now, anything goes wrong, you get any problems, you contact me. But I trust you guys and I know I won't have to worry about nothing."
Tony smiled and Lu turned and patted his shoulder.
"Now, Maddie will be my link between here and Staunton. He's going to be helping with the move but he'll also be keeping in contact and checking in on things. You need to contact me, talk to Maddie and he'll get to me." Sonny continued and then stood. "That's it. Let's move."
After a moment, everyone disappeared. "Joey!" Sonny's voice called after him. Joey stopped and turned. Sonny looked at him and waved him over. "Let's go around back." Sonny said, grabbing a bottle of whiskey as he walked out the room.
Behind the mansion, Joey and Sonny sat down on one of the white benches. Sonny opened the whiskey and took a swig, then handed it to Joey. Joey looked at it for a moment and then took a swig himself.
"Do you remember," Sonny began, leaning his elbows on his knees. "When Pop would sit out here with us?
Joey stared at his brother, then looked out into the ocean in front of them. A cool breeze flowed over them then.
"Just us three, sitting here, talking." Sonny continued. "Gosh, sometimes, I lie awake nights thinking, what a life we had. Growing up where we had everything, and if we didn't, we took it. Our father was the mafia head of the Leone crime family. Remember seeing those movies, the mob ones, and all the people would be amazed at everything. Geez, we laughed at a lot of those scenes."
A moment passed again. Sonny then said. "Joey, I want you to take over Portland Island when we make the move to Staunton."
Joey turned to him. "What about Toni and Lu?"
Sonny shook his head. "They'll be here still, but they'll need a head here, someone to go to for orders, someone up top." Sonny finally turned to him. "I want you to be the head of the family here, Joey."
END OF PART 3
To be continued
Author's note: I felt a little off writing this part. Don't know why. It still turned out allright. But I will make up for it in the next part, you'll see!
Next chapter: The move to Staunton Island is set! But, what's Enishi going to do about it? You think he'll just bend over? But more importantly, what will Vic and Morris be up to now that they're together again?