Chapter 2
"Michael, Johnny Soriano is here", Tom says before he turns and leaves the room.
Jonathan "Johnny" Soriano walks into Michael's office, which was once Vito's office. He is around 5 feet 10 inches tall. He weighs around 235 pounds, but it's more muscle. Johnny had a stint as an amateur boxer until around the time Vito died. He's kept in shape ever since then. He's wearing a black Italian suit with Sunglasses on. He's clean shaven and his hair is slicked back but it's covered by his fedora.
"Al, pat him down." Michael says to Al Neri, his most trusted bodyguard.
Al Neri walks over to Johnny and pats him down. Johnny seems surprised, but in a way he isn't.
"He's clean Michael." Al says as he puts his back to a wall.
"Johnny, sorry for that. Kind of need to do that in this business. Right?" Michael says not wanting an answer as they embrace.
"Good to see you Michael. How's it been?" Johnny asks as he adjusts his suit and takes off the fedora and his sunglasses.
"It's going. Take a seat Johnny, want a cigar?" Michael says as he motions to a chair and hands Johnny a Cuban cigar.
Johnny runs the cigar about half an inch under his nose. He clips off the end of it and pulls out a gold plated Zippo that has a design of an Italian flag on it. He slowly lights the cigar, ignoring Michael.
"Johnny, what is this business that your father was speaking of?" Michael asks as Johnny lights the cigar.
"He said to tell you that…" Johnny says as he's interrupted by someone rushing into the office.
"Michael! Johnny!" Tom yells as he runs into the office. "It's Giuseppe! He's been shot!"
"Michael, Tom, Al. I'm sorry but I have more pressing matters to attend to." Johnny says as he puts the cigar in his mouth, his sunglasses back on and the fedora on his head.
"If you need anything Johnny, the Corleone's are here for you." Michael says.
"Thank you, I may have to take you up on that some time." Johnny says before he rushes out of the office.
Johnny gets into his car and speeds out of the compound. Everything goes quiet as Johnny's car screams down the highway towards Hells Kitchen. This has only happened a few times before, one of them being when Sonny through the ball at him. Everything around him seems to slow down, but his speed stays the same. It takes him only 15 minutes to get from Little Italy to Hells Kitchen. He stops his car in the middle of the road and runs over to the crowd of people. He pushes his way through only to see his father laying there in a pool of his own blood. Johnny yells as he tries to push his way through the police barricade. One officer grabs him by the left arm and Johnny swings with his right hand smashing the officer's face into pieces. He finally pushes his way through the police, who don't want to get hurt for what measly sum they get paid. He kneels down next to his father. All of a sudden all the sounds of the city come back to Johhny.
"Pops, who did this!" Johnny asks the near death Giuseppe. "Who the f did this to you!"
"J..Johnny, It… was… the C..Cu…Cuneo's." Giuseppe forces out as blood starts to drip out of his mouth. His body goes limp and Johnny closes Giuseppe's eyes.
Johnny stands up and looks at the cop he had punched. He walks over to the officer who is crying due to the pain. Johnny grabs his arm and lifts him up. Johnny then walks out of the crowd of people. He walks over to his car and looks up at the sky. His attention gets taken from the sky as he sees a man in an alley.
"Hey! Hey You!" Johnny yells towards the man.
The man runs off down the alley and Johnny takes off after him. Running down the alley, the sun is blocked by the high-rises. It seems like night in the alley. The alley connected to another street and on the other side he saw the man run into another alley. Johnny slides over the hood of a cab and continues the chase down the other alley. Johnny catches up to the man and tackles him into a brick wall.
"Who the f are you!" Johnny says as he picks the man up and slams him against the wall again.
"Mr. Soriano, it was only business." The man says.
Johnny starts to choke the man. The mans face turns purple and a blood vessel in his face bursts under the skin.
"Cuneo! You work for them!" Johnny says relaxing his grip enough for the man to answer.
"Yes, but I told you, it was only business!" The Cuneo hit man says.
"So is this" Johnny says as he throws the man down the alley.
He walks over to the man and grabs the man's gun from his belt. The whole time Johnny is muttering "its only business". He raises the gun to the man's head and presses it in between his eyes hard enough that the hit man starts to bleed.
"It's only business? Right? My father stuck to his own… but its only business? Maybe I should get involved in this business!" Johnny says with a smirk.
Tears are running down Johnny's face as he squeezes the trigger of the gun. The back of the man's head is blown clear off as the neighborhood is filled with the sound of a gunshot and birds. Johnny wipes off the gun and puts it back in the man's hand. He calmly walks out of the alley way and hails a cab.
"Take me to Little Italy. The Corleone's home." Johnny says as they pull away from the curb.