Chapter 6
"Welcome to Las Vegas, Nevada, Mr. Soriano." The limo driver says as he opens the door in front of their hotel.
Johnny nods as he hands the driver a hundred dollar bill and waves him away. Standing in the doorway is Vinny's brother, Alphonse Lampizi. He is a carbon copy of Vinny, except a year younger.
"Al! How's it going?" Vinny says as he embraces his brother.
"Its ok Vin. Whos this guy?" Alphonse asks.
"Al, this is Jonathan Soriano from New York." Vinny says
"Nice to meet you Johnny." Al says "Come on guys, we have some business to attend to."
They follow Alphonse into the hotel and then into the elevator. He presses the button and they start going down into the basement. When the elevator stops muffled sounds of music and people are heard. When the doors open it reveals the strip club that Vinny had mentioned. Walking through, everyone nodded or said hello to both Vinny and Alphonse. After about five minutes of walking through the club and shaking hands, they stop in front of a steal door. Al knocks three times and it opens. Inside is a man that is bound and gagged sitting on a steal chair. The man is sweating because of the temperature of the room.
"This man was found outback trying to get some free passage with one of our ladies. Rape isn't tolerated in this area. My area." Alphonse says as he looks at Johnny. "Grab that car battery and jumper cables. Then attach the jumper cables to this guys nuts."
Johnny looks at Vinny, and Vinny nods. Johnny grabs the battery and cables; then proceeds to attach the cables to the man. The man screams out in pain as they are latched onto him. Al walks over and grabs the other end of the cable with a pair of gloves.
"If you don't mind me asking, who is this guy." Johnny asks.
"Local celebrity that thinks he can get away with anything because he has connections with Michael Corleone." Al says. "But not here. He doesn't have any power in my club."
Vinny leans over to Johnny and says "It's Fontaine. Johnny Fontaine."
Al looks at Johnny and then attaches the cables to Fontaine. The electricity pours through him and he starts shaking. Fontaine's eyes get large and the whole time he's looking at Johnny. Al stops after about 5 seconds and looks at Fontaine.
"You ever come back to my club and you'll be going back to Hollywood in a box." Al says. "Johnny, put him in the trunk of a car, drive him over to the Corleone's casino: The Castle in the Sky. Park the car and toss the keys to one of the guards. Just walk off after that. Vinny will be waiting with a car at the end of the block."
Johnny unties Fontaine and throws him over his shoulder. Vinny opens the back door and leads him to a car. Vinny opens the trunk and Johnny loads Fontaine into it.
"Watch your head" Johnny says as he slams the trunk shut.
He gets in and starts the car up. Driving down the strip to the Castle in the Sky, Fontaine starts making noise. Banging and whining can be heard coming from the trunk. A police car screams by and Johnny's stomach drops.
"If I get stopped I'm screwed." Johnny says to himself as he checks the rear view mirror.
He pulls up to the casino and sees 4 guards in front of it. They all are carrying guns under their jackets and aren't trying to conceal the bulges. Johnny gets out of the car and looks in one of the guards' direction. The guard puts his hand in his jacket. Johnny tosses the keys in the guards' direction and starts walking down the block. He can hear the guards yelling as they open the trunk to find Johnny Fontaine. He hears one of the yell "Get Michael on the phone!"
Johnny reaches the end of the block, no Vinny. No car waiting. Nothing. He waits for around 5 minutes and then hails a cab.
"Take me to this address." Johnny says as he hands the taxi driver a business card that he took from the hotel.
20 minutes later they arrive at the hotel and there are now four guards at the door. Johnny gets out and walks over to the front door. A guard stops him.
"Mr. Soriano, Mr. Lampizi told me to tell you that he is in a meeting with some clients. He told me not to let you in the building." The guard says.
"Really? Which brother was this? Where the f is Vinny?" Johnny asks as he grows angrier.
"Vinny has stepped out per request from his brother. He is heading to back to New York." The guard says as he senses the tension coming from Johnny. "if you would like to wait, you can stand outside."
Johnny looks at the man and grins. The guard gets confused until Johnny throws a right cross smashing in the side of his face. The other guards run over. Johnny punches one of them in the chest knocking the wind out of him and then punches him the jaw, breaking it on impact. The other two guards stop and look at each other. They both run at Johnny. Johnny tackles one of them to the pavement. He gets up and looks at the other guard. The guard he just tackled tries to get up but Johnny kicks him in the ribs. The other guard charges at Johnny. Johnny sidesteps and trips the guard who smashes his face into a light pole. Johnny takes the two of the guns from the guards and puts them in his belt. The other guns are then thrown onto the roof of a nearby building. Johnny walks through the front door and gets into the elevator. As it stops he can't hear any sounds. Everyone is gone. The doors slide open and a few straggling guards jump out of their chairs. Johnny puts his back against the wall of the elevator and pulls out both the guns from his belt. He hears someone coming so he pops out from the elevator and shoots him twice in the face, once from each gun. The other guards start shooting at Johnny who has taken cover behind the stage. He pops up and shoots another guard 4 times in the chest, dropping the guard almost instantly. Johnny gets on the stage and then jumps from it at the last guard, tackling him to the ground. Johnny smiles as he puts one of the guns to the mans head.
"Bye bye." Johnny says as he squeezes the trigger blowing brain matter out of the back of the man's head.
Johnny kicks open the steal door. Inside is Alphonse who quickly gets up knocking over the card table. They didn't hear anything because the room was sound proofed. There are two other men, both Cuneo's. One of them is Leo Cuneo, underboss of Alberto Cuneo. The other man is a cuneo soldier, protection for Leo.
"Holy s Johnny, what the f are you doing here?" Alphonse says
"You told me he was fing dead Alphonse." Leo Cuneo says.
"I'm supposed to be dead?" Johnny says.
And then it clicks. He was sent to Corleone turf with the tortured Johnny Fontaine in the trunk of the car. "Toss the keys to one of the guards, Vinny will be waiting at the end of the block". What was supposed to happen was "Toss the keys to one of the guards and walk to the end of the block. After waiting for about 10 minutes there will be a car full of Corleone soldiers there to kill you". After it finally clicks in Johnny's head he raises both of the guns. One is pointed at Leo Cuneo and the other at Alphonse Lampizi.