SILAS
Excuse me gents could you please let go of those two, they are family.
Chilli, the Donarco enforcer that had Kevin in a headlock was startled to see Silas and let Kevin go with a THUD.
CHILLI
Apologies Mr. Bloodgoode, these two came in running in hysterical, no password no secret handshake.
Toblerone, the Donarco enforcer built like a fridge, held Ray up by the collar.
TOBLERONE
Tell em’ what you said about my Mother you creep!
RAY
I’d rather not, I apologized profusely after I said it and given more thought, it was a compliment if anything.
SILAS
Look, Raymond has a few problems, that is evident, but my dearly departed wife, his sister, was quite fond of him. Know what I mean?
TOBLERONE
I get it, family’s a bitch.
SILAS
Especially when you’re all werewolves.
Silas and the enforcers shared a long laugh while Candice, Jesse, Kevin and Ray awkwardly looked on and around the room.
SILAS
Alrighty, first things first, the password.
CHILLI
Oh yeah, what is da colah of da ravens blood?
SILAS
Black as the heart of my lover.
CHILLI
Badda boom, badda BINGO!
TOBLERONE
King’s Hawaiin over here said red.
RAY
Becauase that’s the color of bird’s blood! I don’t have to defend myself.
The main ballroom of the mansion had been converted into a casino, many of the Moon’s wealthy as well as the criminal elite were rubbed shoulder to shoulder at craps tables and commiserating when the roulette wheel went to red. The Donarco Enforcers guided the group to the back of the casino into Don Giuseppe Donarco’s Office.
Giuseppe was an overweight Winston with a well trimmed moustache, in a eggshell white suit, he sat behind his red oak desk as the lifeless head of a green furred Jackalope rested above him on the wall in back. Two chairs were in front of him; the one to his right was empty while Amichi Guastini Jr occupied the left. Chilli and Toblerone entered with Silas and the others.
GIUSEPPE
Good to see you signore’s Bloodgoode and Armstrong, please have a seat with Don Guastani.
RAY
I’ll do no such thing, this man just tried to have me killed!
SILAS
Ditto.
AMICHI JR
To be fair, my father wanted both of you dead. We were in the middle of a war amongst ourselves; I had put out the hit on the old man when your guy obliterated him.
Jesse stepped back, attempting to fade from Don Amichi’s eyesight, but it was too late. He called out to Jesse.
AMICHI JR
I see you killer its okay, you save me a lot of money you know that?
GIUSEPPE
And with the death of Amichi Sr, a truce has been brokered between us.
SILAS
So our lives are no longer in danger?
AMICHI JR
I got no beef with you.
RAY
And myself?
AMICHI JR
I’m willing to write you off as a poor business venture, let bygones be bygones.
RAY
Excellent! Now that’s settled, I do have a new concept that might be of int-
KEVIN
What did you do with the Redbone family?
AMICHI JR
Who?
KEVIN
The Skinwalkers that were in protective custody with us, we heard your father’s goons take down the guard outside our door.
AMICHI JR
I don’t know nothin’ about that. Last I heard they were focusing everything on taking down ripper over there.
KEVIN
Then where-
AAAAHHHHHHHH a blood-curdling scream came from the Casino floor. The group including the two Don’s rushed out the office to the sight of a nine foot tall Golem made of moon rock, his eyes glowed a blinding pale blue as the Spectre Sisters orbited around him. He opened his mouth to speak emitting more light that blinked on and off with every word.
MOON ROCK GOLEM
Jesse Todd, come with us and spare everyone in this room.
JESSE
No thanks.
GIUSEPPE
Attention all currently armed members of the Donnarco family, Todd is under our protection.
AMICHI JR
Same goes for all the Guastini’s in the building, so whaddya watin for, WASTE THESE WEIRDOS!
The wealthy and elite guests ducked under tables while the space mobsters brandished all of their weapons directing a hale of laser fire at the Moon Golem and the Spectre Sisters. The blasts had no effect on the Golem, hitting his body like drops of rain. The Specter Sisters went in three directions, one sister took on the approaching Donnarco’s flying at them and phasing through Toblerone, catching him off guard she took his Carbon-Monoxide Springfield pistol, shaking it in her hands she turned all of the charges into liquid silver then proceeded to open fire on Toblerone, the shot melted through his chest and spread until he spontaneously combusted. The Spectre Sister turned her attention to the remaining foot soldiers, with every BANG came a BLAM that erupted in buckets of blood all over the mansion.
The second sister at the far end of the casino floor cast a spell causing blue fire to erupt from the white diamond chandelier, she directed the fire with her mind to separate becoming an army of three foot tall walking flames that jumped on and incinerated Guastini’s men.
The Moon Rock Golem with the third sister in tow stormed through the casino searching for Jesse. He stomped on gaming tables and crushed those hiding underneath them like insects, tentacles made of lightening rang out through the third Spectre Sister’s fingertips, flipping over anyone and everything in her way.
Jesse, Candice, Ray and Kevin hid behind a curtain deep in the far right wing of the casino.
JESSE
I know I’m new here but all this stuff is crazy right?
KEVIN
Too crazy.
SILAS
Most unprecedented.
RAY
I’m terrified beyond rational thought.
CANDICE
What they said.
JESSE
I gotta do something, all these people are dying because of me.
CANDICE
Are you crazy!? If you go out there its what they want.
Jesse looked at the chaos, on one side of the room men exploded into balls of blood, on the other they were being burned alive to the bone, while in the center the Golem was now picking up and throwing people without a care for where they landed or what they hit.
JESSE
Yeah, but doing nothing isn’t what I want.
He stood out from the curtain approaching the Golem.
JESSE
Hey Rockbiter, I’m right here!
MOON ROCK GOLEM
Then you agree to leave peacefully?
JESSE
Nope, my plans to go down swingin!
MOON ROCK GOLEM
Fool!
JESSE
Maybe so, at least I’m not a coward.
The Moon Rock Golem charged at Jesse, fists raised, he swung sending Jesse backwards through a wall. In less than half a minute the Alpha wolf had returned, leaping from the hole in the wall on to the Golem, clawing, biting and punching at the stone creature until it started to chip away ultimately being pounded into dust. The Jesse Alpha stood howling in triumph before being surrounded by the Spectre Sisters who collectively summoned a glass cage around the Alpha. Candice ran out from behind the curtain.
CANDICE
JESSE!
The sisters took off with their prize, blasting a hole through the ceiling on their way out.
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