| From: | "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK> |
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| Subject: | What Next? |
| Date: | Wed, 19 Nov 1997 23:13:51 +0000 |
>>>>>[What are we missing?
+++++begin video
Easy sits in her office, looking troubled. Vincenzo and Dwayne are the
other side of the desk: Mani and Sherak are a brooding presence in the
corners.
"Okay. Over a week now, and nada news. This isn't what I like to hear,
Dwayne."
The Elf shrugs apologetically. "What can I say, Boss? Everyone's
puckered up tight. Okay, I could tell you that someone took the
opportunity to stiff the Chun Paks real good and wipe out most of the
Zinger Boys and the Wilfrids, by throwing them into our meatgrinder.
Fairly cheap distraction, if you hire morons who think this place is a
pushover and want that shiny new HK. Which, by the way, we have a stack
of now. Good guns."
"What about the Georgian and Bartolo?"
"Mice. Quiet as church mice. Not a peep out of either, apart from
stiffening up their own defences. Maybe they hired Chun Pak... the only
action is that someone blew up some more Chuns -"
"Ein Schuss. It seems to be his hobby." Easy suggests. "Cash flow's
improved some, so pass him ten kays as thank-you money next time he
comes in for a B-52. No moves by Bartolo on any of the Korean's turf?"
"Some probes. He snatched a BTL house - the one Mani dusted, actually -
and whacked two street dealers. Nothing dramatic, not like you'd expect.
Buzz is Chun Pak's still a tough target, he isn't falling the way he
should be."
"Great." Easy leans back, hoists her long legs onto the desk. "Chun Pak
should have collapsed but hasn't. Bartolo should be tearing the
Seoulpa's empire apart but isn't. The Georgian... Christ knows. And what
about Heihachi?"
"Some of the runners are putting together a hit on Hoechner
Construction. See whether they planted the thallium bombs, or if they
were penetrated. Got to be the penetration, though, no way would
Heihachi roll on us-"
"He's Yakuza, we're Elf scum. Or Ork scum in my case. If there's more
money in selling us out, we're sold." Vincenzo says with conviction.
"I'm not starting a war with him unless I have to, though, or his boss
will wipe us out. Heihachi's a _big_ problem in a fight, though..."
Dwayne says cautiously. "Make a move without really clear cause and the
whole _rengo_ could be down on us."
Easy snorts. "No kidding. We might end up nose-to-nose with the whole
group anyway. Still doesn't answer why."
"Someone wants the land. And knows what you'd do to any emissary who
says 'sell it to me please'." Vincenzo suggests. Easy chuckles, Mani
throws back his head and booms with laughter, and even Sherak smiles
coldly. "What are we missing?"
"You tell me, Vinny. Someone wanted us out of business, spent serious
money to do it, either subverted or torqued off some powerful folks."
Vincenzo shakes his head. "Want my guess? Someone's going to make you an
offer you can't refuse."
"Then I'll refuse it." Easy's tone is icy: when she flexes her gloved
hands, the razors glitter at her fingertips. "Win or lose, we find out
who. You know what to do then. All of you."
+++++end video
The Boss means it. She's _pissed_.]<<<<<
-- Vincenzo <23:13:27/11-19-58>
