A BLIND MANS LIE
I do not own rockstar, I do not own and GTA games, I do not own any of the characters, vehicles, shops or any of the equipment you will see in this story.
Beaming lights, sound of laughter and joy in the air, rich people stumbling out of casinos; it was late in las ventures and the 4 dragons had just opened. Woozie had hired me for a night to work as a poker dealer before we began business, although we didn't start until it closed. Woozie took me up to his office where the triad leader Ran Fa Li was waiting Woozie must have told him how good I was but I'm sure there were a couple of lies in between.
Ran Fa Li was an intimidating character although you couldn't see it through the chubbiness in his cheeks, the only thing wrong was he couldn't talk he sort of grunted and another man translated it so you couldn't tell if he was making fun of you until the other guy translated it.
"Mmm mrrrghmmmmm"
"Mr Li says hello" the translator said calmly although I thought it was a pretty long grunt for one word, I sat on a blood coloured sofa with triads all around me, watching me to see what I was going to do next, if I twitched they would probably produce a gun so I tried as best as possible to stay still. Woozie had gone away for a couple of minutes which left me, Mr Li and triad bouncers in a large open planned room,
"Sorry I was so long I got caught up in something" Woozie said facing the opposite direction from me
"Woozie I'm over here"
"Oh, right, sorry. listen we have a slight problem you see there are this group of wanna – be triads, they call them self the stone dragons their group leader Ei Zi is plotting a scam to hunt down some of our fellow triads and I want you to hunt them down and you should know what to do from there" of course I knew but I didn't want to act smart in front of them so I nodded agreeing with him.
"They are meeting in Chinatown in 2 hours be there sharp….OH! And one other thing you might need a sniper rifle you can get one at ammunition two blocks away and do u know how to use one?" I only had two things to say to him at that point
"Yeah I know how to use one and can I have some money?" I knew what the answer would be but it was worth a try
"NO! Who do you think I am Bill Gates?"
"Yeah" I say in a sarcastic, humorous tone
"GET OUT!"
"Mmmrghmmmm mmmm"
"Mr Li says ha-ha very funny Woozie and goodbye fellow triad" I felt like punching this guy in the mouth.
I left the room. I could still hear Ran Fa Li grunting and groaning although things didn't stop there. I was checked by almost every bouncer in the casino and they finally came to terms that I was clean. I got out of the Four Dragons at 2:30 am but of course there was the matter of changing my clothes and going to ammunation for the sniper rifle before time ran out.
Ammunation was a store that sold firearms like guns, grenades, armour etc. It was two blocks away from my hotel so it wasn't a far walk. I was one of the last customers to enter. The guy at the counter looked ragged and a little psychotic as he twitched every now and then. I approached the counter watching where I put my feet. The guy at the counter watched my every move; I was two feet away from him when he said to me,
"What ya want kid"
"Well a guy called Woozie sent me here to pick up some artillery you wouldn't by any chance know him would you?"
"Of course I know Woozie he one of the people you can trust around here, so what did he send you for"
"He sent me for a sniper rifle you do know what that is right"
Hey kid don't get cheeky ok I know guys like you. You think you run the whole damn city"
"I was only asking a question fool"
"What did u call me" the man said threateningly
"Never mind so can I have my sniper now"
"Yeah sure... that will be 300"
"WHAT! 300 I thought it was for free"
"It was until you gave me cheek so my 300 dollars please"
"Lousy jackass" I said angrily under my breath
"Thank you ha – ha" I stormed out of ammunation like a raging bull in a cage. I headed back to my hotel.