Chapter Two:"Everyones busts their cherry, eventually."
Max looked around. He looked at his gun, laser-sight Colt 45. Never killed anyone. "Hey kid!" Danny shouted. "Focus man focus!." "OK, ok. Im going to round about the block, enter the back of the apartment and..." Max stopped. "Do your job right?" Danny stated. Max nodded. He ran away from the scene and ran around the blaock weaving in and out of trees. He looked wher he was. Ahead was a cement wall to hide behind, behind him, the negotiation was still taking place.
He ran and jumped over the wall and crouched. He ran along side and looked over. He had a small space wher ehe could run to the back of the building while in the mans blind spot. He stopped. "What am i doing? Damnit! Damnit" he thought to himself. He took a few deep breaths before jumping and began a sprint. He ran across the street and narrowly missed being hit. He ran and slammed his back agasint the building, weilding his gun. He closed his eyes as the rain began to pelt down on him. Steam began to rise off his skin as he opened the apartment complexs doorway.
He lloked around at the moldy hallway. To his left was a few doors, his right had a stairway. The man was on the fourth floor. He slowly approached the stairway. He stopped when he heard a latino mans voice coming down them. He reached in his coat pocket and pulled out a silencer and strapped it on. He took a few deep breaths. He waited for his adrenaline up. Until finally, there it was. It peaked and he rounded the corner and looked at the tattooed Diablo carrying a shotgun. The man stoped paralyzed with fear and dropped his gun. Max pulled the trigger. More than he realized. Five shots entered the mans chest quietly. He fell down, revealing the five blood splatters on the stairway wall. Max stared at the body, waiting. Waiting for the shock. Waiting for the feeling of sorrow. The feeling that never cam.
"Damnit whats that kid doing up there." Danny said as he paced around. Suddenly the Diablo turned around. "Hey, hey you fucking pigs!" he screamed as Danny watched. He pushed the woman away. The Diablo disapeared into the dark of the room. A shotgun round was fired. Then nothing. In a matter of seconds the Diablo flew through the open window. Flailing, he landed on the hard cement, and blood began to spill into the puddles of rain water. Max walked to the open window, a little more strtled than before looking down. He looked at Danny, who smiled and waved him down. Max tried to force a smile and nodded.
"Lissen kid, you did the right thing. Everyone busts their cherry, eventually." he said as the were riding in the police car. Max stared out the window. "I just killed a man." Max said looking over at Danny. "A man who wouldve killed you, and a hostage, had you not acted fast enough." Danny replied. Suddenly the police scanner buzzed through. "All units on duty report to the station, repeat.." "Ok thats us kid." Danny said smiling.
Soon the cruiser pulled into the parking lot, near the Calhan Bridge. Danny walked in first followed by Max. As Max entered Danny tred around and as he looked up, the entire station was clapping for him. Many cheers where heard and he looked down and couldnt help but smile. "The new guy get his first bad guy." said a man walking up. He was an aged man, grey hair, and a wrinkled smile. He patted Max on the back, and continued walking out the door. "Who was that?" Max asked. "Liutenant Jimmy King. Been here about as long as i have. He's the big dog around here."
Max smiled. "Come one man, dis is your party, enjoy it."Danny said, and after that, the party began. Soon, the station had emptied, and only the two partners where left, laughing as they both told old stories about past expiriences. Danny chuckled as he checked his watch. "Well hey man, i gotta get goin, i got a major lead on this guy, i hear a deals goin down tonight, one of the biggest." Danny said as he got up. "Wait wait wait, you need any backup?" Max said as Danny got up and put his coat on. "Naw man, i got this one."Danny said. "Im takin the ruiser." Danny said. Max nodded and sat there for a few more minutes. Suddenly he got up and ran to his ca, a black Kuruma.
He followed far behind Dannys cruiser. Suddenly the crusier pulled into a alley way downtown. Max parked opposite the road and ally so he could look down it with his binoculars. Danny stood in the middle of the ally way waitintg. "Whatre you doing Danny." Max said to himself. Suddenly, two more men walked from the other side of the allyway. The three began talking, and suddenly Danny went for his gun, but was too late. Two shots were fired into his side and one in his head. Max froze in terror as the men began leaving the alleyway shadows. Suddenly they were in view.
One chinese. The other, a liutenant. Jimmy King. Max watched in horror. Suddenly King looked his way and he ducked in the car. He stayed down for awhile. Longer than he wanted. But he couldnt move. He slowly looked up. They were gone. He cranked his car and went to a motel, fearing King might have seen him and attacked his house. He lay in the bed for a long time, thinking. Before he knew it, he was just waking up.
"Officer Danny Marshall was found this morning in chinatown. Doctors have ruled it a suicide." the news blared the next morning. "A suicide? How can towin the chest be a suicide!" Max shouted. He looked over at his badge. This next drive would be one of the hardest he had ever faced. He was sweating severly as he pulled into the station. As he walked through the door, everyone looked at him. He knew what was coming. After a lot of pat on the backs and condolences, he faced the murderer himself. "Im sorry to hear about your partner. I think it be best if i put you on Shoreside patrol." King said. "Sir, i dont believe that is the best option..." max started. "I believe thats my choice to make isnt it?" King said. "Yes sir." Max replied.
He looked out over the dam. The sun was about to set and he couldnt sop thinking. Suddenly, as if a prayer answered, his phone rang. "Hello, Max here." "I know what happened. I have proof. If your interested, meet me at the Salvatore Mansion in Portland. Tonight, midnight." the phone clicked. He looked at the phone and placed it back in his coat pocket. Soon, the lights of the city flashed across his face as he drove. He knew Salvatore wasnt a 'law abiding' man. He hesistated almost to pull down the dirt road where many cars have entered, but few return. And before too long, he had reached the point of noreturn as he walked up the stairs. And as he did, expectingl, there stod Don salvatore, accompanied by another man, possibly a body guard with a heavy five oclock shadow wearing a sweater like hoodie with the hood down. "I knew you would come. You were scared, but you would come. Please, Max, walk with me. Alex." he waved his guardaway and the man walked past Max looking him right in the eye the entire time. Max had noticed two pistols in a shoulder strap.
Soon they were walking through next to cliff-face, over looking the lighthouse. "I know what happened to your partner. Danny was a good man, and before he was a detective, he ran a few errands for me. He was a made man in my eyes, a trusting man. And i let him down. Do you know how that makes me feel Max. It makes me feel like the shit stains on Kings underpants, due to the fact he knows you saw him. Are you catching my drift?" Salvatore spoke. "Yea. " Max replied. "The only thing i can do, is give you what i owe to Danny. Which is revenge, and protection." I want Kings head haning right here on this cliff. And no matter how much of a cop you are, you want that too, and you know it." Salvatore said. Max slowly nodded. "Take a look at these.'' Salvatore said pulling out a series of photos. It was a rooftop view of last nights murder. "How did you.." Max started. "Kid iv got my hands in everything in Liberty." Salvatre said. "So what do you need me to do?" Max said. "Thats what i like to hear. Now iv got a very good plan, involving my body guard." Salvatore started. Soon, Max was ready.
"This is Officer Max calling in for backup, I am in a shootout in Shoreside Vale on the dam, requesting all officers. " Max called in. Soon, there were many officers surrounding the scene. "This is Officer Mahoy, Officer Max is nowhere to be found, i want a search squad." Soon there were more cops and eventually, King himself showed up. "Are you sure you can make this shot?" Max asked. Alex looked at him. "Just shut up kid and let me do my job." he said the looked back into the scope. He focused in on King. They were at the Shoreside Observatory, on the mountaintop. The damn was very long distance away. "Steady, steady." Alex chanted to himself. He pulled the trigger and the bullet flew into the air. Through the brush, over the hills, and into Kings shoulder. "Did you get him?" Max asked. "I did my job, Salvatore said it was up to you to kill him." Alex said as he began packing up. Max looked out onto the dam, where a ruckus had started. "Send Salvatore my regards..."Max started but as he turned, Alex was nowhere in sight.