Authors' Notes: Glad everyone is enjoying this :) Now we're going to get down to business in this chapter so hold on tight.


She gave a shaky breath before hurrying up and finishing getting dressed. She didn't bother B.A. figuring she'd just pick up the warrant and then she'd go get the big guy, surely she didn't need him to just pay the front desk a visit. She was about to be very wrong.

"Chica."

Charissa stopped cold in her tracks, "Mugsy."

He moved forward like some slick demon, "Come. We got work to do."

She breathed, "I'll be right there, I have an important message at the desk." For a moment she thought she had been had.

"Make it fast." He warned.

She did so, taking the warrant and folding it, putting it into her back pocket and turned, "What's going on?"

"Big things chica, big things." He grinned and took her arm leading out of the casino and to a limo waiting for them, "We're about to pay a very important visit."

Charissa cursed up a storm quietly as the limo pulled away.

Face and Murdock went about the day with their business. Murdock actually found that the old boys had taken a liking to his madness and were hanging on his every word, fantastic and wierd observations about everything. Face got his new suit and kicked out a few cheaters, but grew worried when he didn't see Hannibal coming to give them the signal that Charissa had made the arrest.

Her fears became a reality when the limo stopped infront of the Sahara and Mugsy pulled out a large automatic and checked it, "What's going on…"

He laughed, "Relax chica, I hope I don't have to use this. It's just for incentive. Muscle." He grinned at her and got out of the car.

She had no choice but to follow, and when then other men joined them, she became even more worried.

Their entourage strolled into the casino like they already owned it, their guns at their sides, beneath their coats and tucked against them from public view. Charissa didn't draw hers, she was there to look pretty and that was all… as she kept looking for signs of Murdock and Face.

Murdock was startled when some guards in front of the back room that he was in suddenly stood up and started whispering in hushed voices. The pilot took this as a bad thing and excused himself - he wandered into the front, staying close to the wall, spotting unfortunately that the new crowd was making their way in. With Charissa and Mugsy in the lead.

"Oh this is not good...Faceman, where are you..." He murmured under his breath.

She couldn't move away due to Mugsy's hand tight on her arm, her right arm and she knew he was doing it on purpose as his grip was harsh. She gritted her teeth as they walked through the place and towards one of the showrooms in the older casino.

"Knock on the door Tommy." Mugsy informed one of his larger men.

Tommy knocked, more like kicked the door open as they all ushered inside behind him, guns coming out into full view now.

Charissa's face was white as a ghost from the pain in her arm and from the fact that she was right in the middle of what was going to probably be one hell of a shoot out.

"Greetings, Gentlemen." Bugsy let her go to step forward in front of the Las Vegas Don and his advisors who were seated doing business in the middle of the showroom.

"What the Hell do I do, what the Hell do I do...what would Hannibal do..." Murdock moaned. And then his eyes lit on the fire alarm. It was a way to cause enough panic to get all the civilians out, at least. And maybe distract the mobsters enough to get Charissa out. But where was Face? Three more steps. Two more steps. One more step. He smashed the glass and yanked the lever with all his might.

B.A. blinked awake suddenly and knew something wasn't right. For one thing the light coming through his curtains was not in an angle to suggest morning hours and two… he knew Charissa was supposed to arrest Mugsy today, "Shit." In a second he was up and headed for Hannibal's room having fallen asleep dressed, "Hannibal!" He banged on the man's door.

Charissa covered her ears as the loud high pitched sound filled the air and everyone began to panic.

"It's a trick!" Mugsy was shouting at his men as the heads of the Las Vegas mafia stood slowly and drew their guns, "Hold your ground!" The young mobster ordered.

At that moment, one of Mugsy's thugs fired his gun prematurely taking out the third in command below the Don and all hell broke loose.

Murdock pressed himself against the wall as the sirens rang out above their heads. People were stampeding towards the exits, not to mention the sudden gunfire he could hear above the screaming and screeching of alarm bells. "Shit! Face!" he shook his head, trying to find the con-man in the sea of people.

Hannibal blurred and blinked awake, frowning and rubbing the side of his head, "Didn't mean to oversleep that...B.A.?" He opened the door.

"You fucking idiot!" Mugsy was yelling at his man and firing back at the same time.

Charissa had flattened herself to the floor and still had her ears covered, she wasn't going to get in the middle of this gun fight. It wasn't her war, she just needed to arrest Mugsy and get out… however that was not exactly a feasible action at the moment.

"Sosa was supposed to wake me up! I checked their room on the way here and it's empty! Something's not right Hannibal. I got a bad feeling." It was rare for B.A. to look this worried unless a plane was involved.

"Let's go." Hannibal poured himself into a suit and they hurried off into the elevators.

Face meanwhile had spotted Charissa on the floor. He was close to the wall, under one of the roulette tables that had been half-upturned during the mad rush of people out the door.

B.A. followed Hannibal, a part of him very glad he had decided to be armed today as they headed for the other casino.

Charissa had never been in the middle of anything like this before. Bullets whizzing past, men being shot in various places on their bodies and dying right before her eyes. She moved swiftly when one downed man almost fell on her and ended up facing well… Face, "Shit." She locked eyes with him for a moment and then stood, drawing her gun and aiming it at Mugsy, " Stop!" It was a stupid move as one of the old boy's was beginning to shift his aim towards her.

Mugsy blinked, "Chica, what you doin?"

"I'm arresting you." She pulled the warrant out and flashed it, "Alonzo Goffredo you are here by placed under the custody of the United States Military with charges of embezzling, evading arrest, murder, rape and assault with a deadly weapon."

Mugsy laughed, "Really chica? Here? Right now? You're one stupid bitch."

"If any of your men try to shoot me I'll kill you. Plain and simple."

The wannabe gangster laughed, "It's not my boys you have to worry about."

At that moment a shot fired from across the room heading straight for her.


Dun dun duuuuun! Cliffhanger, don't you love those?

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