Thank you all so much for the reviews, you just keep getting awesomer and awesomer. I know that some of you would like to read more about Wally and his adventures, but all of this has to happen with Dany for everything to be clear. I think I'm going to start putting warnings, because I really don't know how you'll react to what I wrote without knowing.

Warning: Strong language, mentions of death, and I think that's it. Enjoy~

The day after Dany went on her rounds with Red Hood, and Vigilante and Wally were blown up, Dany was back in her office as a secretary, with Red Hood playing with a knife next to her. He was throwing it up, catching in by the blade, then throwing it again and catching it by the handle. Suddenly, four African-American men burst into the room, making both occupants of the room look at them.

"Where's Siegel?" The one in the middle spoke, his voice deep and commanding. He was wearing a red bandana on his head, an oversized red shirt with a '20' on it, and 'ROLLIN' on top of the number, with baggy jeans and red converse. He had one tattoo on his right forearm of a five pointed star, with some words under and more decorations, but Dany couldn't see from the distance.

Red Hood glared at them, already identifying them. All of them were wearing red shirts, jeans, and some more red items, making them easily identifiable. He still didn't understand why they flaunted what gang they belonged to, especially with all the violence they brought to the streets.

"I'm sorry, gentleman, but Benny's not here at the moment." Dany told them, making Red look at her as if she was crazy. Sure, she had good moves when it comes to unsuspecting rookies, but these men right here are not the ones you want to mess with if you don't have a gun on hand, or if you don't a hospital on speed dial.

The man that spoke first glared at her, and walked over to her, his hand reaching for the gun he had hidden in his back. Red Hood glared, then swiftly took out his, while standing up and pointing at him. "I'd advise you against that." He said, his gun pointed right in between the man's eyes.

The man looked down the barrel of the gun, then at Red, his hand loosening around his own gun and taking a step back. "Do you know who we are?" He growled, glaring at Red.

He only shrugged, not lowering his gun, which was still aimed at the man, and said, "I can take a guess, but there's no way I'm going to let any of you hurt Benny's daughter."

All the men looked at him as if he was crazy, then took a good look at Dany. Another one took a step forward, making Red Hood turn to him. He had the usual tight-to-the-skull braids, with a tatoo of a '5' on his left cheek. "Fool, you must be on something right now, 'cause there ain't no way that this n***** could be that man's kid." He said, using a word that was really an insult to black people.

Dany glared at him, slowly standing up, while grabbing her papers. "I'm sorry gentleman," She spoke, voice clipped and tense, all the while still glaring at the man that called her that. "But Benjamin Siegel is not in right now, and you do not seem to have an appointment. And, for your information, I'm his adopted daughter." She told them, walking inside Benny's office, then coming back out without the papers.

"If you do want to talk to him, you will have to make one, then wait for me to call you." She told them, standing next to Red Hood, her kind green eyes now filled with anger.

The one that had spoken first huffed, glared at her, then said, "Look, we don't care if you are Siegel's kid, we only want to know when we're going to get Alive and our shipment of guns." He said, taking a step forward, making Red Hood aim at him, then take the step back.

Dany crossed her arms and glared, then recited everything that had to do with guns and drug shipments in her job. "I don't know what deal Benny has with you, but you'll have to pass by in a week to get the drugs and the guns." She said, then nodded to herself almost to tell herself she was right.

The four men looked at her as if she was crazy, then the youngest walked up, ignoring the gun Red Hood was pointing at him, and stood in front of her. "What's your name?" He asked, looking her up and down. He was the cleanest out all of them, with no tattoos whatsoever, and he dressed normally, with no baggy clothes, and his hair was shaved.

She didn't flinch at the gaze, then answered, "Carmen." He smiled at her, then extended his arm to shake her hand. "I'm Deshawn. It's good to meet you, Carmen." He said, while Carment shook his hand.

"Feeling's mutual." She spoke, giving him a charming smile.\

Then, the door opened, to reveal Benny laughing and smoking, two of his bodyguards behind him, and a midget with a top hat behind them. Carmen gasped once the midget's face hit the light, and images of her past started flooding her brain. Red Hood and Deshawn noticed this, glancing at her with worried eyes, then at the short man.

His face was completely white, with cheeks that seemed to have been inflated, a monkey like nose, and blank eyes. He wore a tux and a polka dotted bow tie, making him look even more like a child's toy gone wrong. The three black men that were close to the door took a few steps back, to get away from the midget.

Benny noticed the change in the room, and looked at the room's occupants, to see that all of them were looking at the Dummy. Knowing the small didn't like to get attention because of his looks, he spoke up. "What's going on here?"

Those four words made all of the men snap out of their trance, and Dany looked away from the miniature man, anger clear on her features. She had promised herself that she would never see the motherfucker again, and if she did... The small man was going to pay for what he did. Red Hood saw Dany wasn't going to answer, so he did.

"These men came in asking for you while Carmen was working and I was making sure nothing happened, then we told them what they needed to know, and now you've arrived." He said, looking at Benny questioningly.

Ben nodded, then looked down at the Dummy. "Uh, Mr. Dummy, I give you all my thanks for getting rid of my little problem, and you're pay will be given to you in less than a minute." He said, then looked at Carmen who was looking down at her feet. His eyes softened,then he mumbled, "I'll get it know."

He ran into his office, leaving everybody else out there. The leader of the four gang members cleared his throat, then said, "This has been a very good day, thank you for your services, Carmen." He said, sounding like a real gentleman, then finished with, "We will be going now."

The three men walked out of the room, looking anywhere but at the Dummy's face, but Deshawn stayed, looking at Carmen with worried eyes. Then, he turned away and ran after his family, even if he did feel bad for leaving Carmen now. He couldn't help but think how much she looked like a friend he had, Danielle, who was an orphan that came to his house for a while. He really missed her.

Benny walked out of his office, a large envelope in hand, then handed it to the Dummy. "There you go, the whole ten grand."

Dummy looked inside, nodded, then looked up at him with a cold smile. "Nice doing business with you, Mr. Siegel, yessir. Goodbye." He said, taking off his hat in goodbye, then walked out of the room with the two body guards, leaving Benny with Red Hood and Carmen.

Dany looked up from her feet, anger all around her face. "Benny, who did he kill?" She asked, voice strained.

Benny looked at her, eyes going soft, then took a step forward, but she took one back. "Benny, who the hell did that sonnuvabitch kill?" She asked, voice sounding like she was about to cry.

She wasn't stupid. She knew that Vigilante was attacking Benny's forces to screw him over, and she knew Benny wasn't going to take that lightly. She knew Benny was a business person that did what he needed to do, but he couldn't have contracted the Dummy to kill him, right?

"Uh, well, Carmen, you know that I've been having trouble with a certain cowboy, right?" He asked, but stopped when he saw the tears streaming down her face.

"No." She choked out, eyes pleading, asking him to say that he hadn't killed him.

Benny was surprised at her reaction, then looked away, and said in a low voice, "I contracted Dummy to kill Vigilante." Then, he walked into his office and locked it.

Dany put a hand to her mouth, to silence the sob that escaped her. Red Hood looked at her, eyes a little wide at what just happened, but didn't have time to analyze it because Dany ran out of the room. He looked on as she ran, then at Benny's office door, thinking he should be trying to get his pay and then leaving, but the guilt in his stomach wouldn't leave him. He had killed people in front of her yesterday, and he did notice the flinch whenever he fired off another shot. So, he did the right thing and followed after her.

I don't really know how this turned out, but I think it's a good way to show how Dany found out her best friend is 'dead'. What do you think? Will Vigilante survive, or die? What do you think, should I continue like I am right now, or only follow one storyline?

Also, whoever can guess what gang the men belong to will get a dedication. Three reviews and I'll update tomorrow.