It was a 20-minute walk. The shadows of the buildings and cars smothered the street through the bright sunlight shining up above. Despite the long walk, Toni remained indefatigable, not even having a small drop of sweat on him.
As he made it at the Red Light District, Toni saw Paulie's Revue Bar up ahead. He looked both ways to let a couple of vehicles ride by and quickly crossed the street. He went through the alley behind the building to spot JD sitting on the steps of the back door hyperventilating and shaking in panic.
"JD!" Toni called as he approached JD.
"Toni!" JD exclaimed, feeling excited. "Thank God you're here! Listen, I'm sweatin' like my uncle in a schoolyard! My mind is going crazy over here!"
"What are we gonna do?" Toni asked as JD hopped on his feet and started pacing frantically.
"About what?" JD asked. "Oh God! I can't believe it! He's gonna cut my balls off! He'll put them in a vice! Not necessarily in that order! I ain't ready to be a eunuch! Oh God! I feel like the day the FBI searched my hard drive! Oh, my heart's racing! Have you got any vallion?!"
I guess Maria's not the only one all drugged up, Toni thought.
"Or rohapnin?" JD continued. "What about... ?" He interrupted himself and took a three-second pause. Then continued rambling on. "No, no... see, I got too many of those... "
"What's going on?" Toni asked him.
"Oh God!" JD repeated. "I can't believe this! Why am I to blame?! It's not my fault! But you know Salvatore! He's gonna get the vice squad on my ass! Oh my God! It's gonna be like those statutory rape charges! Have you ever been in prison on statutory rape charges, Toni? They come in at you in the showers! Oh God! And she was 18! Oh my God! This is gonna be worse!"
That's when Toni finally had it with JD's garrulous rambling and had to step in to put a stop to it. "LISTEN, YOU BABBLING, COCKSUCKING, GIMP-WEARING, PIECE OF PORK SHIT!" he growled loudly. "CAN YOU JUST TELL ME WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS WRONG WITH YOU?!"
"It's Salvatore," JD answered. "He was kidnapped while leaving the club!"
"Well why the fuck didn't you say so, instead of making me listen to that crap, you babbling fatass?!" Toni snarled. "Come on!"
Toni then walked away, with JD, hesitant as he was, trailing behind. As they approached the street, JD then spotted a blue Manana driving away. "That's one of the guys that took Salvatore!" JD announced, pointing at the driving Manana.
"I gotta know what they did with him," Toni stated.
"You could take my ride to follow them," JD told Toni, pointing at his gray Sentinel parked up front and handing Toni his keys. "Don't worry about destroying it. I got plenty more."
Toni snatched the keys out of JD's hands and headed to the Sentinel. He hopped inside, started the engine, and followed the blue Manana. Toni wanted to be stealthy about this, so he followed the Manana discreetly to keep from being spotted. He followed the Manana through Chinatown as the other vehicles of the road moved at a steady pace.
When the Manana made a right turn on Saint Mark's, Toni remained an inconspicuous distance as he followed the vehicle straight down Portland View. By the time he made it through Trenton, he saw the Manana pulled over in an alleyway in front of a garage, and one of the Sindacco members hopped out and met up with the other members inside the garage, where Toni saw a blue Kuruma. And inside, he saw Sal, bound and gagged inside the vehicle's trunk.
"Where is he?" the driver of the Manana asked them. "In the truck?"
One of the members nodded. "Good," the driver said. "We're taking him to the crusher. The boss wants him flattened into a pizza."
Toni gasped. The Sindaccos were about to crush Sal! So he quickly drove in the alleyway and ambushed the meeting, prompting the drivers to hop inside the Kuruma and drive away, with Toni trailing behind. During the chase, Toni rammed into the Kuruma, prompting one of the Sindacco members to open fire at him. Toni pulled out his SMG and fired back, killing one of the Sindacco members.
Another fired at Toni during the chase. But Toni just continued ramming the vehicle, knowing that he'd risk killing Sal if he fired any more shots. So instead, he fired at one of the tires, causing the vehicle to ride out of control due to the flat tire, giving Toni a great advantage to continue ramming into the vehicle as it finally came to a stop, causing the Sindacco members to hop out and open fire at Toni. Toni himself hopped out and fired many bullets in each Sindacco member, killing them both.
With all the Sindacco members out of the way, Toni took the keys out of the vehicle's ignition, walked over to the trunk, and used the keys to open it, removing the duct tape off Sal's mouth.
"Thank God, you're here, Toni," Sal said, staring up at Toni. "No time to talk. Just get me out of these damn ropes and take me back to my place."
Toni complied and quickly untied Sal as the latter climbed out of the trunk once he was freed. He and Toni returned to the Sentinel and hopped inside. Toni then started to drive off and took the steep hill of Saint Mark's, making a left turn on the path leading up to Sal's place.
As Toni finally made it up front, he and Sal hopped out of the vehicle. Sal stared back at Toni. "Mr. Leone, Boss, I apologize," Toni told him.
"What can I tell ya?" Sal replied as he headed to the entrance of his house. "Sons of bitches! They think they can do that to me?! The Don of the Leones?! I'll tear their fucking hearts out! This don't end here!"
He then stopped and turned back to Toni. "For Christ sake, Toni," he told him. "You saved my ass and fully got my gratitude. So you can call me Sal."
And he continued to make his way to his house and Toni stayed to watch him walk inside. He let out a sigh of relief, knowing the Don was safe. Toni returned to the Sentinel, hopped insde, started the engine, and drove off, as he felt it would be a good time to return to Paulie's Revue Bar to see what else JD had in stores for him.