Chapter 2 – The Liberty Ace
Tommy Vercetti, Marco's Bistro, Portland, Liberty City, 1971
Tommy walked into the restaurant with a slight swagger and took a seat beside one of the anonymous Mafia men at a table, he was wearing a scruffy leather jacket and a pair of blue jeans.
"Hey, I've never met you before" the Mafia guy said
"Yeah that's because I'm a new guy here" he said
"So what's your name then new guy?"
"Vercetti……. Tommy Vercetti" Tommy said
That's when he heard a slam of a door and footsteps. A man in a stylish Mafia suit came in and said "Ah, Tommy Vercetti you're finally here"
"Hello Sonny" Tommy replied
"So you wanna be a top guy in the Forelli mafia huh, well first get rid of that scruffy leather jacket"
"I like this jacket" Tommy replied
"Hey Tommy, you wanna be in the Mafia you have to wear a Mafia suit, otherwise your just some small time hoodlum, so if I see any information in the paper about your achievements on your first mission I wanna see you in a suit okay"
"I suppose" Tommy said
"No suppose about it now let me give you a brief on what you're to do" Sonny said "You know there's a new weapons company starting who are trying to destroy me,"
"Yeah Ammunation, how are they trying to destroy you?" Tommy asked
"There trying to rival my weapons trade which will put me out of business, the whole of Liberty City will be laughing at me if I let them continue"
"So what do you want me to do about it?" Tommy asked
"I want you to sneak in to the back of there new shop in St. Marks while there opening party's on, steal all of there money and torch the place"
"How am I gonna steal all of there money"
"That's for you to decide Tommy" Sonny said
"Well, I'll accept it Sonny, but how much will I get paid" Tommy asked
"Um, 1000, oh and take a slice of the green you steal from Ammunation"
"Good, I'll be seeing you" Tommy said
"Yeah, you'll be seeing me after I see a torched Ammunation and loads of cash in my hand" Sonny said.
Sonny laughed.
Tommy walked out of Marco's Bistro, got in his Banshee and drove out of the car park towards Ammunation but firstly taking a slight detour.
Collar and Cuffs, St. Marks
Tommy pulled up outside Collar and Cuffs and stepped out the car. He walked into the clothes shop and he was met by a guy in a suit.
"Ah hello, may I help you?"
"Ah yeah" Tommy said "do you have any Mafia suits"
"Em yes I do, but may I ask you…" he gave a slight cough and lowered his voice a bit "what type of Mafia suit you want"
"Just a black one I think" Tommy said looking slightly confused
"No, what Mafia suit do you want, like Leone, Forelli, Capelli. Is it a Liberty Mafia suit you want?"
"Oh right, I want a Forelli suit"
"Ah, I think I've got one just your size"
The guy brought out a black suit with a black tie right down the middle with some matching black sunglasses. Tommy tried it on and he was amazed how good he looked in the suit.
"How do you like it?"
"I like it, how much is it?"
"50"
Tommy paid the money and got in his Banshee and drove off towards Ammunation which was only a block away. Tommy had to stop before Ammunation because the whole street had been blocked off because of the opening party.
Ammunation, St. Marks
Tommy got out and walked down the road. People were partying everywhere as he walked down the street. He came to Ammunation and he saw a sign on the front of the door. 'All weapons for 25 less than the original price today only.' He walked around the back and he saw a door to the back of the shop. He waited till no-one was looking and sneaked in the back. There was no-one in there. When he got in the back of Ammunation he saw loads of boxes of weapons lying about. There were also numerous shelves and cupboards and a long brown table. He saw stacks of cash lying in brown paper bags on the brown table. Tommy couldn't believe his eyes. What fool would leave all this money just lying about on the table. There must have been more than 100 000 lying there. He had no time to lose. He picked up a few stacks of the money and shoved it in his suit pocket. He found a briefcase and shoved some of the money in there. He took the briefcase and one of the paper brown bags with some money in it and left them at the door so he could get out of there quick. He put all the remaining paper bags in a pile in the corner brought out a lighter and let the paper bags catch fire. The paper caught fire right away and soon the smoke was thick. Tommy ran out the building and gave a smile at how easy it was to burn down a building in Liberty City. He walked past the crowd who still didn't have an idea that the place was on fire. He jumped in the Banshee with the case of money and the few paper bags and drove off. Back to Marco's Bistro to tell
Sonny what he'd just done and how not even one single person noticed.
Marco's Bistro
Tommy walked through the door of Marco's Bistro where Sonny was sitting in the exact place as before eating his lunch. He was eating Spaghetti Bolognaise and a glass of Italian wine.
"Hey Tommy, your back, I didn't expect you to come back that quick" Sonny said
"Well, I'm back, and I've got the cash"
"And is Ammunation torched?" Sonny asked
"Up in flames like you asked"
"Man you look cool in that suit, listen Tommy, I've changed my mind you don't have to wear the suit if you don't want to"
"Man, I love this suit now, I'll wear it"
"Alright then, I think it looks cool, better than the Leone's and the Capelli's put together, especially the sunglasses"
"I love the sunglasses" Tommy said
"I've got another job for you now" Sonny said
"Have you" Tommy said
"Yep, it's for tomorrow morning"
"What do I have to do this time?" Tommy asked
"Well let me explain…" Sonny said
