Chapter 4 – Capelli Heat

Fido, Car, Shirago, 2002

"Eddie Forelli, I'm not Eddie Forelli?" I shouted

"What do you mean you're not Eddie Forelli, don't lie to me" the voice said again. The man with the black hat had a shadow over his face.

"I'm not lying; I'm not related to the Forelli's. I hate them"

"We've tracked you, and we're sure your name's Eddie Forelli, check his passport guys"

They took my passport and looked through it.

"This guys lying, it says Eddie Forelli in his passport" one of the guys in the car said

"We don't take kindly to liar's friend" the man said again

"That's a fake passport to get me here" I said

"Prove it" the guy said

"Okay, if you know the Forelli's do you know the Leone's?"

"Another one of our rival Mafia families"

"Well, I used to work for them, my name; well to tell you the truth I don't have a name, but my nickname's Fido"

"Tony, have you heard of him, turn the light on"

The man turned the light on; in front of him there were four men. They were all wearing black Mafia suits, black sunglasses and black hats apart from one who looked like he was the man that had been talking to him.

"I recognise him from somewhere Al" the man who must've been Tony said "I remember last year when I was spying on the Leone's in Liberty City I think I saw him a couple of times"

"Well he definitely can't be a relative of the Forelli's then, I can't see a Forelli being welcomed into the Leone mansion"

"Well I'm not" I said "I killed a Forelli, I killed Mike Forelli"

"Okay I believe you Fido, hang on, do you still work for the Leone's, there not as bad as the Forelli's but they've still done a few nasty things to us"

"No, I gave up with them when they tried to kill me"

"Hey, why not come to my mansion in Downtown Shirago and we can talk eh Fido"

The car I was in started up, the engine gave a hum and I was soon away. The scenery of Shirago went whizzing past.

"I haven't even introduced myself have I" the guy said "I'm Al Capelli, Don of the Capelli Family Mafia, and this is my son Tony Capelli"

"Who are the other two then?" I asked

"They're two Mafia goons that I've never met before and don't care if we meet again" Al gave out a chuckle and I followed along with him.

Within a few minutes the Mafia Sentinel was pulling up in the driveway of the Capelli mansion. Al led me in and asked me to take a seat; he went into the kitchen and came back with a bottle of wine.

"Hey Fido, want a glass of wine"

"Nah, I don't drink"

"Please yourself" Al said

"Did the Leone's make you feel as much at home as we do?"

"Nah, not really, I didn't work for them for long"

"I'll tell you, I was happy when someone killed that Don, who was it again….. Don Salva…..Don Salvatore Leone"

"Have a guess who killed him?" I said

"I dunno, some Triad?"

"Nope, it was me"

Al spat out the wine he was drinking.

"You're kidding me right" Al replied in surprise

"Nope"

"You have earned yourself instant respect to the Capelli Mafia, do you wanna work with us" Al asked

I paused for a minute

"Oh come on Fido, we're not like that Leone scum, we won't betray you, we'll pay you too"

"Okay, I suppose"

"Firstly, I want to test you, I know a guy who is an expert in guns, I'm gonna send you there to train with him"

"I'm okay at shooting though"

"Yeah, but I just want to test you that's all, we'll wait till the morning though, you've had a long day"

"Who is this guy?"

"His name's Vince Speed, never mind that you get some rest you've got to go quite early tomorrow, I'll phone ahead, just go through to the bedroom there's a comfy bed there"

I went through to the bedroom and rested my eyes. I went to sleep straight away. As I was sleeping I reflected on the day, being shot by the hitman, being saved by 8-Ball, flying to Shirago, getting voice box surgery and being grabbed by the Capelli family Mafia.

I dreamed about this all through the night and slipped deeper into sleep.

I slept until Al woke me up shouting in my ear.

"Rise and shine Fido, you've got a long day"

I looked at a clock hanging up on the wall, it was 6am, it seemed like I'd only slept a few minutes but it had been a few hours.

I didn't even notice I had slept with my clothes on the whole night, well I had wore them since 1992 so I suppose one night didn't matter much.

"Firstly I think you should stop at ZIP and get yourself some clothes, there's one round the corner, then make your way to Vince's, here's the address"

I walked out the mansion, I decided to take a stroll rather than drive to ZIP. I walked past numerous shops none of them selling clothes, past a fast food restaurant Cluckin' Bell. That is when I came to ZIP, I walked in and looked around, and I found a casual black t-shirt and some blue denim jeans. I bought them with my credit card and walked out the shop.

This is when I felt like doing something daring. I hadn't done this since Liberty City but I felt like doing it. I walked in front of a guy in a red Banshee.

"Are you blind or just dumb?" the guy shouted

I took him out the car and threw him onto the ground. I jumped into the seat and drove off. I took out the slip of paper Al had given me that told me the name of the person. This man must have owned Ammunation, must have been part of the franchise he owned.

I drove past loads of cars, driving through red lights and almost causing crashes along the way. I came outside Ammunation.

I opened the door, got out the car and walked into Ammunation. A guy was just standing there, it must've been Vince.

"Ah, you must be Fido"

"Some people call me that, you can call me Claude if it pleases you"

"Claude….. That's a nice name"

"Listen I hope I came here for something better than discussing names"

"Yeah, Al wants to test how you shoot, so I'll teach you a little bit"

Vince had casual clothes on and had curly hair.

"Now, here's the Desert Eagle" Vince said "ever used this before"

"No" I said

"Well let me teach you how to handle it"

I grabbed the gun and shot at the target. It was just off the middle. I shot it again; it was just off to the left. I shot again. The bullet hit right in the middle.

"Perfect, you certainly are a good shooter" Vince said

Vince's cell phone started ringing.

"Excuse me a minute Fido, my wife's pregnant"

"Hello, ah, you've had the baby, what is it?... It's a boy ah, sorry say that again,…. have I thought of a name? Yeah I have actually; I'll tell you later I'm pretty busy just now."

He shut the phone and put it in his pocket.

"I think your shootings fine, tell Al that"

I jumped back in the red Banshee and made my way back to the Capelli mansion in Downtown. As I pulled up in the driveway Al Capelli came out.

"What is it?" I asked

"You have to help me, I hope your shooting's up to scratch" Al said

"It is up to scratch, what's wrong?"

"Tony just phoned me, he's in a spot of bother, he was in a meeting with another Mafia family when a team of Shirago Yardies came in and shot the place to bits"

"Is he okay?"

"He's alive at least, but he's hiding underneath some floorboards, it's only a matter of time before he gets a shotgun cartridge through his head" Al said

"Where is this place?"

"In an abandoned hotel in Port Shirago, on the Eastern side of the city"

"I'm on my way!" I said before speeding out of the driveway in my red Banshee.