A/n: It's Thursday! and I have been quite productive the last two days, having knocked out almost three complete chapters! I am so on a roll! No this does not mean you get an extra one posted. However you can spend the weekend laughing at the stupidity of the bad guys. Or the irony of missed opportunities. or Karma. whichever.
Chapter Six
Unbeknownst to the Groom, his imminent demise was being plotted in not one, but two ways. Aldo was methodically mapping out the route he was sure Hardy would take from his home to the church, going so far as to not only drive it, but walk it as well, looking for the perfect vantage point from which to spring his trap. He identified three possible spots, all sufficiently apart from one another that if one failed, he'd have time to move on to the next before Joe did.
Junior, meanwhile, was busy plotting his own attack, one that was far more ambitious and far reaching. He had decided to blow up the Agency when both brothers were in the office. He was currently interviewing various and sundry demolition experts of the Underworld in the hopes of finding someone who worked cheaply but promised results. There was only one teeny flaw.. he had no idea that Joe was not going to be in the office for over a week due to his honeymoon. He was so incensed at his father's refusal to approve his plan, that he stopped talking to him altogether and thus missed all the intel Aldo had been supplying.
Of the two, Aldo definitely had the better chance of success, but only because he was not allowing emotion to dictate his actions. He continually updated his intel, using a variety of sources. When he discovered that the two brothers were actually not going to be coming to the wedding from Joe's home, or even their parents' or Frank's apartment, he quickly adjusted on the fly and discovered the route they were taking. He was quite pleased to discover there were several long stretches of road that were devoid of civilization and even heavy traffic. This actually made his plan all the easier. He could shoot out the tire at several spots, just before curves, which would cause the Impala to wreck in a most satisfactory manner. He chose his spot with care, noting the large ditch just beyond a particular curve which would serve as a fitting grave site. No one passing by would even notice a car in the ditch as they sped along the road.
Junior, blissfully ignorant on the details, continued on his path. While Aldo tended to do everything solo, Junior employed many minions, (although none wore yellow shirts and overalls *grin) and was far less cautious. He soon had a brother/sister team who had been responsible for blowing up many a safe or secure location. They eagerly agreed to to do the job, because courtesy of Fenton Hardy 20 years earlier, their father had died in prison after being apprehended following a string of high profile bank robberies in which the safes were blown. He found another set of thugs who were willing to set themselves up as snipers during the funeral to take down Fenton himself at the funeral of his beloved children. He thought he had it all planned and that nothing would go wrong.
A/n: you gotta love it when they make it so easy to laugh at them, right? but do not be fooled, Both Aldo and Mario Junior should not be taken lightly or dismissed as being incompetent. they may fail once or twice, but neither will give up.