Chapter 8 – Goodbye with Love
Red Valdez, Staunton Island, Liberty City, 2001
"What you are offering is preposterous" Donald Love said "I know Zaibatsu pharmaceuticals popularity has risen the last few years but I don't think I could make a take over with Zaibatsu pharmaceuticals"
Red and Uno were sitting on the sofa in Donald Love's office, Donald Love was so edgy that he couldn't keep himself seated and was walking about the office smoking a cigar.
"I admire you Mr. Valdez, you are an up and coming businessman but I've worked years to get this media empire just to give it away to a rookie" Donald Love said "no offence"
"Red takes no offence" Uno said "but I think if you merged with Zaibatsu pharmaceuticals it would not just benefit us but benefit you"
"How would it benefit me? You wanted to declare a take over, not a merger" Donald Love said
"Yes, but it would be using our name, you would still technically own it" Uno said
"Why do you have to talk for Red Valdez, can't he talk for himself?" Donald Love asked
"Mr. Love, he could talk for himself, but I'm his legal representative, and my friends words might come out wrong, which would cause confusion, now I would gladly wait for your legal representative if you wish" Uno said
"No, I want to get this crazy idea out of your heads and out of this building before lunchtime" Donald said
"Well Mr. Love it is your business and is completely up to you" Uno said
"I know that whoever you are" Donald said
"Mr. Carboni to you" Uno said
"Okay Mr. Carboni, I don't need someone like you walking into my office and telling me what I already know" Donald Love said "now get out of here"
"So will you sign the contract for the Zaibatsu takeover of Love media?" Uno asked
"Can't you understand the word NO?" Donald said
"Yes, but there must be some way to persuade you Mr. Love" Uno said
"It would have to take more than the annual profit I get to persuade me" Donald Love replied
"Would a bullet in your brain persuade you?" Uno asked pulling out a Desert Eagle
"What are you talking about?" Donald Love said now in fear
"Sorry, let me be more precise, would a threat of a bullet in the brain persuade you?" Uno said now aiming for Donald Love's head
"No, because without my signature, you won't own the business" Donald Love said
"Do you think blood counts on contracts now Red?" Uno asked Red
"I think so yeah" Red replied
"Yeah, on Mafia contracts, not legal business contracts" Donald Love said "coming in my office and aiming a Desert Eagle to my face doesn't stop me defending my business"
"Is that so" Uno replied "so how far would you go to defend your business"
"Mr. Carboni, I would die for my business" Donald Love said
"Lets just see how true that is" Red said
"Oh so you do speak, I thought your legal representative did all your speaking for you" Donald spoke sarcastically
"This isn't the legal side of things, welcome to the underground life of Mr. Valdez" Red said
He swiftly strolled up to Donald Love and whacked him in the face three times bursting his nose, blood gushed everywhere and he stumbled to the floor. Suddenly they heard footsteps coming from the entrance to the building.
"F--k, lets hide, into the cupboard" Red whispered
Red and Uno dragged Donald Love into the cupboard.
"If you make one sound Mr. Love, this cupboard will be filled with the contents of your brains, so take the hint, shut up" Uno whispered
They watched through the keyhole as a young man dressed in a black jacket with green jeans swaggered into the office, he looked around with disinterest for a few seconds and walked out again.
"Who was that?" Uno asked Donald Love
"Some guy that's been doing work for me, some mute" Donald Love said holding his nose trying to stop the blood "you do know that that guy's gonna report me missing"
"Yes, and you do know that I've got a clean slate according to the public" Red said "so I'll appear with your signature on my contract and I'll automatically have the business, so you'll just be one of the many people that disappear each year"
"Your not gonna get my signature" Donald Love replied
"Oh yes we f-cking are" Uno said "lets take him to our interrogation room at our mansion, so we don't get interrupted again"
Uno grabbed Donald Love and they walked out of the building and down towards the underground car park towards a red Kuruma, Uno opened the boot of the car and shoved Donald Love in.
Uno got in the drivers seat and they made their way towards the Shoreside Lift Bridge and towards the suburban part of Shoreside Vale and to their mansion, they parked in the driveway on a slight hill, grabbed him out of the boot and lead him into the kitchen of the house. Red then lifted up the red carpet where there was a trapdoor. He opened the trapdoor and Uno pushed Donald Love down. They led him through a narrow corridor into a large room with peeling brown paint and random objects were lying scattered around the room including a wooden chair which had somehow been turned over. Red pulled up the chair onto four legs. Uno forced Donald Love onto the chair and Red pulled some old rope up and tied him onto it.
"Tying me to a chair won't make a blind bit of difference" Donald Love shouted "I'm not signing the f--king contract"
"Get some duct tape to shut this guy up" Uno yelled to Red
Red searched through the debris and found some duct tape, chucked it to Uno and he raised it over Donald Love's face.
"How should we begin the torture Red?" Uno asked
"Why don't we make his first pain his most memorable" Red said
"Good idea Red" Uno stated "hand me a machete"
Red clutched the machete from a rack of blades hanging from the wall and handed it to Uno.
"Good, get ready for some action" Uno said with a smirk
He then aimed the machete and slashed a dozen deep wounds in as many places as he could find. The blood was oozing out and he was screaming in agony.
"You think you're in agony now; you don't know the meaning of pain" Uno shouted
He walked over to the debris and rummaged through it finding a brown can of what looked like petrol. He opened the can and poured it hurriedly over Donald Love. It hurt him even more. Uno then ripped the duct tape off his face.
"Are you ready to f-cking sign the contract?" Uno asked him
"I will never sign it" Donald Love repled "even if you slice me and pour as much petrol over me as you can I still won't sign the contract"
"Torture the bastard" Red shouted
"You've really pissed me off now!" Uno yelled in anger re-applying the duct tape "you're getting a limb taking off"
Red strolled out of the room and into the corridor. Uno expected Donald Love to scream underneath the tape or try and get himself free from the rope, but he just sat there as if saying 'come on then, torture me more'.
Red came walking back in carrying a large yellow rimmed chainsaw. As Uno motioned for Red to give him the chainsaw Red nodded negatively.
"I'll carry out this piece of torture since I own Zaibatsu Pharmaceuticals" Red said
Red started up the chainsaw, it started up with a roar and he paced towards Donald Love. Donald Love was sweating but not screaming. As he was an inch away from his arm he suddenly shouted out from underneath the tape but his voice was drowned out because of the duct tape. Red halted the chainsaw and Uno pulled the tape off.
"Please don't take my arm off" Donald Love bawled "let me run the company for another few years then I'll remember to hand it over to you, after all you're only nineteen"
"You suddenly changed your tune" Red replied "what made you change your mind, what do you think about that deal then Uno?"
"Wrong answer" Uno replied
Red began the chainsaw again.
"Please we must be able to negotiate?" Donald Love shouted over the noise of the chainsaw
"This is not a place we take people to negotiate, if we wanted to do that we would have stayed in your office, this is a place to get what we want" Uno replied "take his arm off"
"I can't hand over my business, please don't make me hand it over" Donald Love said
"Fine then, just hand over your arm" Uno replied
"Okay, I GIVE UP!" Donald Love suddenly shouted
Red halted the chainsaw again and said
"What did you just say?"
"I give up, are you happy now, you've reduced a fine natured businessman to a stumbling wreck" Donald Love said in a mixture of tears and anger
Uno released his arms and handed him the contract. Donald Love quickly signed his name on the dotted line and gave it back to Uno.
"Thank you" Uno smiled with malice "and goodnight"
He suddenly punched him with his hardest punch instantly knocking him out. Uno then pulled out his cell phone, punched in some numbers and put it to his ear. It wrung a few times and then someone answered it.
"Hello" Uno said "is that Dr. LaBrat, hi Uno Carboni here, we've got someone here for you to test your cryogenic freezing on, oh and guess what, we own Love Media now, re-naming it Zaibatsu Media of course, and as far as the public are concerned Donald Love mysteriously went missing after signing the contract, see you later"
Uno hung up the phone.
"Well there you go Red" Uno said "everything's sorted out; Dr. LaBrat is coming over to collect Mr. Love, and you now own the Pharmaceuticals and Media"
"I'm only glad about one thing" Red replied "I'm glad I didn't have to chainsaw him, it would have ruined my white suit"