The Past Always Comes Back by Nehebka
Chapter 6
Danny was backhanded across his face. His eyes were bruised from the bleeding. He groaned and looked down, blood dripping from his mouth as he coughed. He could barely standing on his own, he fell to the ground.
"It's quite painful betray Sonny, isn't it?" said Mickey a man whom Sonny trusted more in the gang.
"Come on Danny say you're sorry" said Jack kneeling beside him. Jack was the same age as Danny. He knew him since he was a kid, his house was next to his. In the neighborhood they used to tell them that they were a great team when they played baseball together.
"What are you going do Jackie? Are you going to kill me?" croaked Danny looking at his old pal. Jack refused to look at him. "I always thought that you were smarter to end up running with these full of loosers".
"I guess I was not as lucky as you" replied sadly
"So you think we're a gang of loosers, isn't it Messer? It's quite funny to hear these words from you. If I don't get confused, you didn't think the same some years ago" smiled Mickey sarcastically.
"Say it Danny, say you didn't mean it before it's too late" begged his friend.
"Leave him alone Jack. This traitor doesn't deserve any pity. He'll get what he deserves. Come on get up! I said get up!" yelled at Danny. He pulled him up.
Danny grabbed a candlestick on the table and hit Mickey in the gut. He let him go and doubled over in pain. Danny scrambled to his feet, left the flat. Once he was outside the building he looked around looking for some place he could hide and there in front of him there was Central Park, he ran towards it. Jack rushed forward to check on Mickey, but he shrugged away any help and pointed to Danny.
"Get him!" cried Mickey.
Jack ran after Danny. Mickey took out his automatic weapon and with the gun on his hand went off in pursuit. Danny hid behind a tree and he heard Jack's steps getting closer he left his hiding to be face to face with Jack.
"Why did you NOT listened to me!" yelled Jack "You screwed it up! I don't have any other choice Danny. If I don't kill you, they will kill me" said Jack pointing the gun against Danny. "I wish it was another way-"
"Yeah me too" whispered as he swung the piece of wood, as he first knocked the gun out of his and later knocked him in the chin. Jack fell to the ground with a loud groan.
"I'm sorry pal" said as kneeled to Jack and grabbed his gun off the ground.
Mickey raised his automatic weapon and fired at Danny. Although he ran out of the way and out of sight, Mickey continued firing. One of the bullets caught him. He was shot in the leg. Danny lost his balance and fell down a slope. He tried to get up but all his body ached. Exhausted, he closes his eyes. Mickey ran past Danny, he had lost him.
"Shit" mumbled Jack. As he saw a couple went footing towards him he hid his gun into his pocket. It was too dangerous to be near the scene of crime so he decided to leave. He hated to leave things undone, but it was too dangerous to keep running after Danny and not being notice. "You better die wherever you are hiding because if I ever see your face again you won't be as luck as today" mumbled to himself as he walked off.