Downtown 6:00 AM
"It's not over, and it's not gonna be that damn easy."
Ace sat in the gutter, trying to shove what was left of his windpipe back into his throat. Tramp squatted on the hood of the '35 Rolls Royce next to him, knife still out and dripping with Ace's blood. There was blood on his jacket, too, but it didn't show against the black leather. He smiles his trade mark smile, a long, thin smile, the sort of a smile a cat makes when it sees a broken-backed mouse trying to getaway.
"You're done, Ace," he says. "Not right away, and not right now. You get to last the night." Ace makes a noise deep in the wreck of his throat. It might have been "Go to hell." Tramp ignored his mumble, ignored the sound of sirens off in the distance. "Tomorrow night, I'm going to find you again, and I'm going to do the exact same thing to you. And I'm going to keep doing it every night until I get bored, or until the master tells me it's time... But try to leave the city, I'll find out and I'll kill you. Try to get help, I'll find out and I'll kill you... Your choice, now or later."
Ace spits blood and tries to stand. Idly, Tramp slaps him back down into the gutter, then stretches and slides down off the car's hood. "Tomorrow. Sundown. It's a date," He roars, and walks unhurried away from the approaching flashing lights.
The ally next to Figorellies Italian Restaurant 12:52
Wiping the spit off of his face Crook smiled. "So you know my name huh?" Crook punches the man in the stomachand stands up and pulls his gun out and aims it towards the man's head. "I'll ask again... whose f*cking club is it!?" Crook's voice echoed in the ally.
"Stick a knife in his gut, or dig into that wrecked knee with some cold steel, that will loosen his lips." Tramp says as he casually walks up behind Crook. He parked his own hog roadside behind his club-mates. "So, what of it a$$hole, you feel like squawking yet?" Tramp says as he pulls his knife, and crotches down beside the young trouble maker. "What did a cat swallow your tongue, did you forget how to speak, that's okay, I'll teach you how to speak with this knife!"
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