The Assassins in New York City were led by Carlo Gambino, who was now a pretty powerful gangster working for Joe Masseria, boss of the Morello crime family. Joe Masseria was known in the underworld as 'the man who could dodge bullets', from an assassination attempt that had occurred in 1922.
Carlo rented out an apartment unit in Little Italy to Darko. That portion of Little Italy was under Morello crime family, and Darko's temporary residence would remain quite safe.
"A fellow Assassin has been kidnapped by Templars, coincidentally rivals of the Morellos," Carlo informed. "The Assassin in question I'm certain that you'll recognise her name. She is Malenkaya Romanova, real birth name Anastasia Nikolaevna, the last of the imperial family of Russia."
With the help of the legendary Nikolai Orelov, the Grand Duchess had escaped execution and had fled to the United States, where she was now the nightclub owner of a place called the Harlem Harem.
"What do her kidnappers want?" Darko asked.
"They want two hundred thousand U.S. dollars, to be delivered at a rendezvous at the Bronx," Carlo replied. "Exactly where the kidnappers will reveal at a nearer date."
On the date itself, Carlo went to the rendezvous at the Bronx. Darko was following from behind, making sure he was not seen by anyone, though Carlo knew that Darko was following along.
The rendezvous location was a small park in the Bronx. Several moments after Carlo showed up at the park, three Essex cars pulled up and eleven mobsters made their way into the park, two of them dragging their captive, Malenkaya, along.
Darko ran into the park after them and saw that a fight had broken out inside. Knowing that he and Carlo would not be able to finish off all of them, Darko made his way to the two mobsters guarding Malenkaya and killed them.
Handing her a dagger, Darko said, "Help Carlo. He won't be able to fend them off for much longer."
Together, the three Assassins finished off the attackers and fled in one of the cars.
At the Harlem Harem, Malenkaya told them the identities of her kidnappers, which she had learned during her captivity.
"They're part of the Hasta La Vistas, a Spanish gang that earns money mostly through assassinations," Malenkaya revealed. "They have strong ties with the Templar Order, and should be eliminated ASAP."
It was well-known in the underworld that the Hasta La Vistas owned a speakeasy in the basement of a suburban house on Staten Island. The speakeasy was well-known as it had many measures uncommonly seen in other speakeasies, such as multiple exits and ventilation shafts disguised as AC units. Thus, it was one of the most popular speakeasies in the entire state.
Dressed as partygoers, Carlo and Darko entered the speakeasy and began smashing alcohol bottles on the floor, albeit slowly. Sounds like that were heard in almost every speakeasy nearly daily, so few would even bat an eyelid if it was done periodically and not all at once.
Ten minutes later, once enough alcohol had been spread, Carlo produced a lighter, lit it and threw it at a spot of alcohol. Since alcohol was highly flammable, the fire spread swiftly.
Most, if not all would make it out alive, but the alcohol would not. The fire would incur losses for the Hasta La Vistas, more so because alcohol prices were rising due to the ongoing Prohibition.
The Assassins were not satisfied yet. In their opinion, it was not enough to cause significant damage to the Hasta La Vistas. Fortunately, the Assassins knew that the Templar-allied gang had a counterfeit money factory in Long Island City, as well as a weapons cache in a warehouse in the DUMBO district of Brooklyn. While Carlo led the first team of Morello mobsters to attack the warehouse, Darko led a second team of gangsters to bring down the small factory in Long Island City.
Darko's team consisted of himself and three Morello mobsters, all of whom were equipped with Tommy Guns. While the mobsters all had 50-round drums attached to their Model 1921 Thompsons, Darko's had a 30-round magazine, as it was lighter and suited him better. All of them also had duffle bags to carry the counterfeiting machines. Why destroy them if they could use it for their own profit?
The strike team went in with their guns blazing, taking out the night guard at the factory. As they placed the counterfeiting machines into their duffle bags, they heard sirens in the distance, getting louder by the second.
"Shit, let's get out of here!" Darko told his teammates. "The cops, they're coming!"
Leaving the factory through a back door, the four men made their way to the nearest subway station. Policemen were cordoning off the area and the subway was one of their few remaining options for escape.
Policemen were hot on their heels as they ran into the subway station. Subway guards also opened fire on them, and Darko had no choice but to aid his teammates in getting rid of them.
"Shit, there're no trains!" one of the mobsters informed. "They're not going to stop at this station!"
"Get on the subway, we'll run a few stations," Darko said to the others. "Hurry, before the police catch up."
His trick worked, and the group got out of the subway several stations down. From there, they took two separate cabs back to their operations base, which was the Harlem Harem. By then Carlo and his team had already returned to the nightclub.
"What took you guys so long?" Carlo asked. "Anyway, let's sit down and count our earnings."
As Darko propped his duffle bag on the table, he said, "We had to use the subway to shake the cops off. And not on the train, but by walking down the track for a few stations."
Darko and his team of mobsters had also taken some counterfeit cash from the factory along with the equipment. Carlo was contented with all their loot. "Masseria's going to be real happy with what we've gotten tonight. A plus also as we got all these from those turds."
"But Carlo, the Hasta La Vistas won't go down unless their leaders are killed, you know that very well," Darko said. "We shouldn't stay at this for too long. They must die."
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