THE DEVILLES ARE HERE.
On the outside, the place's location is finally revealed. Is actually a large warehouse, placed in the docks, with plenty of similar warehouses around. On the corner of the warehouse in front of Tim's hideout, officers Phil and Lil DeVille are using the building for cover, and receiving two people who just escaped from McNulty's hold.
"Chanfle!" Phil exclaims. "The ColoRed Chuck!"
"The one and only. Glad you guys appeared." Chuckie shakes both cops hands, and then points to Angelica. "She is McNulty's former girlfriend. He had her trapped in there to use as a hostage." Angelica nods, and talks to the cops.
"Angelica Pickles, glad to meet you... officers Lil and Phil, right?" Angelica quickly reads the cops' badges. "How did you guys found us?"
"We saw McNulty trying to steal some candy from a vending machine, and recognized the guy." Lil explains. "Unfortunately, he shot our patrol car's tires, so we had to chase him the old fashioned way, and now we can't call for back-up."
"Don't worry, we can handle this." Phil walks a step ahead, and pops his head out from the building's corner. "Okay, McNulty, this is officer Phil DeVille, and I'm giving you 3 seconds to give up! One..." A bullet hits the wall just a few inches away from Phil.
"Eh... okay, I'll give you ten seconds. One, two, three..." Phil is cut by a second bullet.
"Fine. I'll allow you to take a nap, but I want your answer after that, okay?" Phil says in a "trying to be cool" kind of way, but is cut by a bullet that gets closer than the previous. He turns to see Chuck and the girls. "I had almost convinced him..."
"That you are a fool, right? Seriously, Philip, and you still wonder why you got rejected to be a negotiator." Lil rolls her eyes, and extends her hand to Phil. "Okay, brother, just do something useful and give me more bullets. I'm out of ammo." Phil gulps, and grabs his collar.
"Well... actually, I just have a bullet left. I gave the rest of our munitions to Samantha and Nicole in exchange for their donuts..." Phil says while keeping a sheepish smile. Chuck and the girls glare at him.
"What kind of donuts, Phil? Regular, or with filling?" Lil talks in a slow and venomous voice.
"Blueberry and chocolate filling." Phil tells her with a "please don't kill me" expression.
"Oh, well. That's different." Lil smiles to him, but notices the glares from Angelica and Chuckie, and sighs. "Well, now we have a problem. It would be really risky to fight him without bullets." Angelica then remembers the box she grabbed, and offers it to Lil.
"I got this ones from McNulty. He only has the bullets left on his gun as well."
"Good movement... but sadly, we still have problems." Lil says. "These ones don't fit in our guns. Our best option is to have someone sneak from behind, and try to surprise McNulty while the rest keep him distracted."
"And who is going to do it?" Chuckie asks, and everyone look at him. He sighs. "Great. Send the guy with the colorful disguise and a yellow visible target in the middle of his chest."
"Well, Angelica can't do it, because she is the civilian here, and neither Lil or I can because, if we get shot, who is going to handcuff the bad guy?" Phil talks matter-of –factly. "Oh, and before you do it, can you give me three autographs?"
"For what? To auction them on e-Bay if he dies?" Angie snaps at Phil and gives him a furious glare. He gulps and tries to calm her down.
"Oh, no, I really want his autographs." Phil says, and Chuckie gets a flattened look. Phil continues. "I know a guy that can exchange me 3 of his for one from Vanilla Ice!"
"He takes advantage of my nobleness." Chuckie sighs, with an un-amused look.
"Come on, you are a hero, right?" Phil places his hand on Chuckie's shoulder. "What does he have to fight you? McNulty is just a brainless thug with steel muscles; a silly jerk who shots before asking; a dumb whose main intellectual activity is shooting poor guys just for the fun of it." Chuckie rises an eyebrow to Phil.
"So, in other words, I have full advantage here, right?" Chuckie replies, sarcasm evident for everyone but Phil.
"Don't worry, we'll find another way. You already helped me a lot." Angelica sighs, and gives Chuckie a sad look. Chuck then realizes that, if McNulty escapes, he might be able to come back and get revenge on the girl. After a little hesitation, he makes his choice.
"Fine. I'll do it. I got a compromise the moment I got into these tights... that, and a serious itchiness, but I have a duty to accomplish. Plus, I don't want to lose my Union's membership; we have a dance next Sunday." Chuckie says, trying to sound brave. He holds tightly his Lumper, and starts moving towards Timmy's hideout. The others look at him, worried, but admiring the guy's guts; of course, he must have a lot to be seen in public dressed that way.
Chuckie walks a couple of steps, and then returns next to his friends.
"I'm going." He tells them.
"Good luck, ColoRed." Lil says to him. Chuckie re-start his walking, but returns a second later.
"I'm already going." Chuckie says with a nervous expression.
"You can do it, dude!" Phil gives him a thumbs up. Chuckie goes back to business... and returns a third time.
"I'm on my way." Chuckie says.
"Yes, we know." Angelica says, with a little bit of annoyance on her voice. Phil and Lil already have bored looks. Chuckie moves again... and returns.
"I'm..."
"OH, PLEASE, JUST DO IT!" Phil and the girls chorus. Chuckie jumps because of surprise, and then sighs. After taking a deep breath, and accommodating his antennae, he finally walks in the open.
A shot is heard.