Act Two: Motorcycles and Mafia

Skull picked up speed on his motorcycle performing a combination of different kinds of wheelies, nose grabs, and tank handstands. Only one word described how he was feeling: alive. His adrenaline was pumping as he finished with a frog wheelie*.

" Very impressive Skull-kun. Who taught you to ride like that?" Anthony praised.

Skull smiled proudly at his brunette father, getting off his bike he said, " I taught myself Dad."

" Skull-kun, you just got your license. Should you be doing dangerous things like that?" Celeste frowned, "I know you are somewhat of a daredevil, but I'm worried for your safety!"

Skull hung his head. He actually loved doing all of those crazy things, but most of all his motorcycle. Please don't say no.

He was somehow able to fit his new-found love of stunts and motorcycles into his persona. To fit it in he had to make his character look like a deliquent, but soon got used to the gunk on his face. It even became a habit to he mess with his new piercings, especially the chain.

"Now Celeste dear," His father started. Skull looked up hopefully. " Skull-kun is really good, and he looked like he was enjoying himself, so maybe-"

"No. It isn't safe." Celeste crossed her arms defiantly pouting.

Skull dropped his head again and sulked. Why did Mom have to say no?

" What if he wears a helmet and protective gear?" His father insisted.

Celeste hesitated, " But... but he could still get hurt." Anthony sighed closing his black eyes resigning himself.

"M-mom?" Skull asked. Celeste looked at him in the eyes, violet meeting violet.

"Yes, Skull-kun?"

He took a shaky breath. "Please...? I'll make sure to always wear the gear and helmet." He looked away unsure and continued when she didn't speak up.

" You don't need to be worried! I'll always make sure to be safe!" Skull tightly closed his eyes nervously gripping his tattered jeans. Please say yes! Please say yes!

Celeste looked at him stunned. Even at fifteen her son was still so... "CUTE!" Skull opened his eyes confused at what just happened. "KYA~! Skull-kun, I can't say no when you look like that!" Wait, was that a yes? " Just be really safe for mother, okay?"

"R-really?" Skull sputtered. No way! He could still do his stunts! YES!

Celeste ran up and cuddled her son. "Of course! Skull-kun, when did become so cool and cute~?" Skull's smile had never been so bright.

A mass amount of vehicles screeched to a sudden stop in an intersection as a bike speed by swerving between vehicles followed by a black sedan. Laughter rung out above the sound of engines, screeches, honks, and angry people.

Skull couldn't help but laugh even though he was being chased. He had never felt such a rush as this, but he still had no idea how he had ended up like this, being chased by a couple of criminals.

He was simply sitting on his bike as usual when he saw some people dressed in suits. They waited outside as a man smoking a cigar walked inside the gas station, so he started a friendly conversation with them. Skull took off, but apparently they wanted to continue their, ahem, 'friendly' chat and decided to follow him... while shooting.

Okay, maybe some people couldn't take a joke, thus extending Skull's list of 'No No's': Don't irritate suspicious looking people and especially don't joke about them being in the movie Men in Black.

Apparently instead of being flattered because they were compared to badass alien fighters, they were offended. Odd, huh?

Ratatatatata! Holy shit was that a machine gun? Skull decided that he would never ever irritate people with guns again... unless he was confident that he would survive.

The speedometer on his bike read 72 mph and was struggling. He switched gears so he could speed up more. 75 mph was all he reached when he heard them firing again.

Ratata-! SCREECH! His bike's rear tire was shot causing him to fly off his bike. He extended his hands mid-air so to stop his head from taking the brunt of the impact. Helmet or not it could still possibly knock him unconscious or even kill him.

Skull felt his hands make contact with the concrete ground with an painful crack, and he landed on his back. His helmet flew off.

Shit, I need to get up. He thought, but trying to ignore the fact that his body was throbbing and his right hand - that was most likely broken - wasn't easy.

Skull hissed when he attempted to move on his knees, but the instant he moved he felt searing pain in his arm. Click. Skull looked up, only to see a barrel of a gun pointing at his forehead.

Cold sweat trickled down his face. "So, uh, n-nice weather huh? Hahaha" Skull started to laugh nervously, but was interrupted with loud deep laughter from the man smoking a cigar.

"Fuhaha! I thought you guys said it was a man provoking you? This is just some kid! Fuhaha!"

"Even so, he was annoying as hell, we're doing the world a favor." One of the suits stated. The others twitched at the thought of doing something good, but still wanted to plant a bullet in Skull's head. The 'boss' stopped laughing and smirked.

"Come on guys? Did you see that riding? He may be a kid, but he has some skills. We can see if he'd be of any use." The man looked down at Skull, his smirk widening. "So what 'cha say kid? Just a friendly reminder 'no'," he cocked his own gun, "is the wrong answer."

"..." Fuck.

"I'm assuming that's a yes, right?" The man pointed another gun at Skull. Great I really needed more guns pointed at my head, Skull thought sarcastically, but nodded trembling.

"U-un." Was all he could make out. The cigar smoking man then retracted his gun causing the other man to also do the same.

"By the way I'm Carcassa Vittorio, the boss of the Carcassa Famiglia." Vittorio stated smugly.

"Carcassa Famiglia?" Skull hesitantly asked. Vittorio's smirk turned into an outright smile, a creepy one.

"Welcome to the mafia, kid."

Skull fainted.

* I think it's called a frog wheelie. The person riding has their feet on the gas tank while doing a wheelie, and it kind of looks like you're imitating a frog. XD

(A/N) Thanks for the comments and those of you who added this to your favorites! I'm not sure how long this story is going to be or exactly where I'm going to go with this story, but I'll just write as I go. Let me know if you see any errors and what you think! Thank you! Wow, I used a lot of exclamation marks... O_O; .

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