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Joseph Zeo
Joseph Zeo
Tale Spinner

Jun-20-2009 10:19

Thunder Bay, Ontario. May 1931

A getaway, ah, that's exactly what I needed.
Standing beside the crystal clear river, tugging at my fishing rod, I immersed myself in soothing sound of nature. I'd already caught four fishes, and it's only a little after sunrise. The crisp sky promised another beautiful, lazy day. Nothing can ruin the tranquility, when suddenly I heard the voice of Vulkie calling my name. I must have been hearing things. How could Vulkie be all in way up here?


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Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Jun-23-2009 14:50

"Loopy,how the hell did you find us?" Joseph asked. "Followed yer" he replied. "Capone want's me dead,since he thinks I set you up." He looked around the room and saw me. "So... you are the one who set me up? You'll pay for this,all of you! Capone will get me back if I tell him about you.."

And so the chase began. Loopy ran, going towards the staircase. We all gave chase and got into our car. Loopy was already in his car and drove towards the city limits. We also drove towards the city limits. Ace pulled his tommy out and fired some rounds. We heard some people scream and the police sirens were behind us.

"Damn" I replied, steering the wheel towards right,going towards a bridge.

As Loopy drove towards the bridge, he suddenly turned and blocked the way. The police blocked the other way. Joseph pulled his gun out,shot Loopy in the arm and Anais fetched him. Ace kept the police from a distance,by shooting some rounds at them. As soon as Loopy was in the trunk, we drove into an alley. The motor roared as we sped through the alley and we just made it before another police car could block our way.

We headed towards city hall,but at the city hall, the police had put a barricade there. They shot rounds at our car and I quickly turned the car,going back towards the motel.

As we sped towards the motel, we were chased by the cops, still wanting to catch us. Ace pulled his tommy out of the window, but lost it, because it was shot out of his hands. "Damn,those guys are good shots. Better then NYPD". Joseph gave a "sigh" look, since he once belonged to that team. Joseph took his gun out,shot a lantern pole and it fell down,right on the police car.

I drove with 100 miles per hour out of the city and placed everyone outside the motel. Then,I dumped the car in a nearby river and walked back.

As I entered the room,I saw Loopy all tied up...

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Jun-23-2009 14:58

"So Loopy,you gonna tell us who killed your lady. Since Freddy is dead and Lucy is dead,we are sure you know who wants to kill them." Joseph said. "You'll hear nothing from me." he replied.

I became a bit annoyed and gave him a choice. Either he told us who killed them, or we shoot him. He wasn't bothered by that. So Ace gave him a nice beating. I sure wished I wasn't Loopy at this time.. When Ace was done,he almost cried and said : "Alright,alright. I give up. It's a red haired girl. It's.... It's Capone's assassin. I don't know her name,but I sure do he meets her frequently."

"Thanks for the info Loopy" I replied. And so I shot him in the head.

"What's that good for Vulkie. He's our information source of Capone. Now we can forget getting you cousin out." Anais yelled almost.

"He knows my face and he was going to rat me out to Capone. We must make sure to tie up all the "loose" ends". I replied

"I'll make another appointment with Capone,when he meets this.... assassin. Then,I will ask him who that is. If he tells me,we're in. If not,we need to ask Ralphie to find some information."

But first,we all needed to rest and stay down for some time.

And so the days passed....

"One week later".

As I returned with some breakfast for everyone,I saw Joseph making some moves towards Anais. Anais giggled and loved Joseph's humor. I still didn't get it, why he didn't confess. Hopefully,this trip was going to be the one and only time they could confess their love for each other.

"Thank you Vulkie,for getting some breakfast" Joseph replied and he started on his toast with butter. Ace sat silently in a quiet corner,observing everyone. I comforted him and he gave me a little smile. He liked it when I was around. And I liked it when he was around. It just looked like we were made for each other.

"So,what's the plan" Ace asked towards Joseph.

And Joseph told us his plan.....

Joseph Zeo
Joseph Zeo
Tale Spinner

Jun-23-2009 20:19

I downed my black coffee and turned my attention to the group. "Well Ace, Vulkie's earlier guess was correct. Capone IS behind all these. The good thing is, the police does have evidence on redhead, just that they don't know it yet."

"True, if we turn the red haired girl in, they'd probably be able to match her hair to the crime scene." Anais added.

"Still, that'll only give them two suspects," I said while rereading the autopsy report. "Apparently, redhead's choice of murder weapon is poison. Look at these photos. Lucy's finger nails were glowing purple just like Freddy's."

For some reason, Anais shivered when I mentioned that name. She never did that when we called the fatso 'Slim'. I wondered why.

"... long term arsenic poisoning, that's why she was with Lucy a lot. Probably wanted to frame Freddy Fatty in the first place, that's why they put her body in his flat. They planned to make Freddy 'disappear' all along and take the fall for it... well, before Vinnie's untimely visit, that is... You think my deduction is correct Joseph?" Ace asked.


Joseph Zeo
Joseph Zeo
Tale Spinner

Jun-23-2009 20:32

"Um, yeah. Can you go through that again?" I snapped out of my thoughts.

"Never mind. You people have lots in your heads lately, don't cha?" Ace was exasperated.

I looked at Anais, who seemed to be full of secrets. "Some of us do, Ace. Some of us do."


Vulkie broke the tension. "So, should I call up Mr. Capone?"

"And ask to see the red haired girl? That wouldn't work. I don't think Capone will mix work with pleasure..."

Ace gave me a crossed look when I mentioned the word 'pleasure'. I pretended not to see it and continued, "You can try just meeting him a lot and see if the redhead would show up one day. You can then casually ask him who that was, pretend to be jealous and all. That might work.

"Easy for you to say, meeting Capone a lot. It's not YOUR girl we're talking about. Why don't we send Anais back to Ralphie and see if he has anything on our assassin?

"IT'S UP TO HER TO DECIDE, ISN'T IT !!?" I yelled. Everyone was staring at me.

I exhaled and lit another cigarette. "I'm sorry, cooping up all week does that to me. Do whatever each of you see fit, but just be careful." I eyed Anais for a while but she pretended not to see it. "In the mean time, I'll go check out the chemists. Redhead must get her poison from somewhere." I got up and headed for the door. Before I exit, I added "Just remember, Capone is not to be toyed with. Be extra extra careful!"


Kevin Greene
Kevin Greene
Old Shoe

Jun-23-2009 21:20

"Well, ladies and gents, I believe that I will take another trip to city hall."
"Ace, I said they wouldn't let me in before." Anais sighed.
"I'll get in." Ace said sternly.
"How?" Vulkie asked.
Ace smiled slyly and replied, "I'll get in."

With that, Ace left the gang alone to determine what to do next as he headed to city hall as well.

"You can't come in here." The guard said sternly. He had his arms crossed over his chest, blocking the door to the archives.
"I'm here to see Sheila."
At the mention of her name, a young brown-haired woman looked up from inside the room. She recognized the man in front of the guard and immediately called him in. "Why, Ace! Glad to see you! Guard, you can let him in."

At her command, the guard stepped aside. Ace entered the large room and smiled at Sheila. "How you been, gal?" He smiled.
"Oh, fine. This job isn't too great, but I can live with it. You need something?"
"Yeah, I need to look a few things up about my current case."
"Oh, you wanna cheat?" She smiled as she adjusted her glasses. "No problem. Who do you need to know about?"
"Al Capone." Ace told her flatly.
"Al Capone? Boy this must be one doozy of a case." Sheila sneered.
"It is, it is." Ace nodded, "Could I see the police records of his associates?"
"Sure, I guess so." Sheila pulled out a huge folder, stuffed full of papers, and placed it on the desk. She then reached back in the cabinet and pulled out another. Ace stood wide eyed as she told him that these were all about people Capone was associated with.
"I'll be glad to help you. What exactly are you looking for?" She asked.
"I need all of Capone's assassins and top executives." Ace told her, "In particular, one red headed woman."

Sheila dug through the folder and found a much less lengthy one, frankly entitled "Known Assassins".

Ace was surprised at all the people the cops knew about, but couldn't arrest because of their gang connections. Ace read down a short list and noted all the women.

*cont*

Kevin Greene
Kevin Greene
Old Shoe

Jun-23-2009 21:34

"Okay, there are three women here. Danita Williams, Velma Foxx, and Michelina Banderhalt." Ace told Sheila.
"Michelina? Heh..." Sheila gave a half chuckle, "Anyway, let's check for those names in the records."

Ace and Sheila spent an hour looking through murders that these women were suspected of. Finally, Shiela found it. "Ace, look at this." She read aloud, "Lester Michael Johns, of 317 Lyndon Street, was found poisoned in his home at 2:47 PM last Tuesday by his sister. He was face down in his living room, a vicim of arsenic. A witness across the street says she saw a young red-headed woman leaving his house at approximately 2:30 PM, which was when the coroner believes as the time of death. The woman has been positively identified as Danita Williams, who is believed to be connected with mobster Al Capone."
Ace smiled. "Danita Williams. Thanks a bunch, Sheila."
"No problem! Anything else I can do for you?"
"If you have the time..."
"Whatcha need?" She asked in a perky manner.
"I need people in connection with a gangster names Loopy Lou something or other, and Lucielle Demidova."
"Oh, well that file is much easier." She pulled out another after replacing Al Capone's file. "Here you go."

Ace took down the names of a few people who appeared to be closely connected with Loopy Lou. He also found the address of Loopy Lucy's mother.

Armed with this new information, he thanked Sheila profoundly and headed back to the motel.

Anais Nin
Anais Nin
Thespian

Jun-23-2009 22:57

It had been a week, and I was still too chicken to tell my friends about the past ten years of my life. Especially Joseph, but I still couldn't figure out why. I mean, I still loved Freddie. I always would. He saved me after all. He was the one who helped me disguise myself as a man for the police academy, and convinced the chief to let me still work as an officer after he found out that I wasn't a man. But it had been a week, and while I knew I could hold the guys off for awhile longer, Vulkie was getting impatient. And pestered me every chance she got. It was driving me insane.

Ace got back from City Hall, announcing he had gotten in, brandishing papers that presumably held the information he had gleaned.

"Guys? Sit down. I think I'm ready to tell you all now about the past ten years of my life. The ten I was in hiding from the LCN in New York? Well, I was here." I started in a shaky voice as I turned to face them. Vulkie wore a self-satisfied smirk on her face, as if she knew her pestering was responsible for my tongue loosening. Ace looked intrigued, and Joseph... Joseph had a shuttered expression over his face. I shivered.

"Ten years ago, I left NYC, not knowing where I was going, what name I would use, or anything. I hopped on the first train that left the station, not caring where I went. I ended up at Union Station at 11:00pm. Not the best time of night for a single woman. ((Which is still true, by the way...NOT fun to be there when you miss your train by two minutes, even if you are with another woman...Union is scary looking at night!)) I had decided on the train that I would go by Lisette's nickname for me, Ana, since no one other than her ever called me that, and only Poppa knew that she did. And I didn't want to change my first name too much, otherwise I knew I would forget and no one would believe me when I said my name was Stella or Mary or something. So, I went with Ana. For my surname, I chose Mame's maiden name. (cont)

Anais Nin
Anais Nin
Thespian

Jun-23-2009 23:16

"Mame was Mama's mother, my grandmother. I figured that the LCN might look for someone with Mama's maiden name, but not with Mame's. So I became Ana L'Anglais.

Ana L'Anglais stepped off that train at Union Station, alone and scared. I had no money, no clothes, no nothin. I curled up in a corner, prayed I wouldn't be raped, and went to sleep. I woke to a police officer nudging me. He had the biggest, bluest, kindest eyes I had ever seen. He told me that I couldn't sleep at the station, that besides being illegal, it wasn't safe for a beautiful woman like me. I was flattered. No one had ever called me beautiful before! He asked if I had a place to stay, and what a New Yorker was doing, coming to the 'Second City'. I told him I didn't have a place, and he invited me to his place. I started to refuse, but he promised me nothing would happen to me, that I didn't have to pay him in anyway, that he just didn't want me to get hurt out there. I agreed reluctantly, but told him I would clean his home, at least, in payment. He agreed, and finally introduced himself. Alfred. Officer Alfred Nowicki. A good Polish name. So, he took me to his house, and I slept, and cleaned. He told me to stay as long as I liked, and I said I would if he let me cook for him, too. For two weeks, I stayed, looking for a job first, and upon finding one, finding a place to live on the miserly wages I was earning cleaning homes. Fred, as I called him since I couldn't seem to call him Alfred without wanting to giggle, was the perfect gentleman. When I moved out after those two weeks, he made me promise to keep in touch.

We did, having lunch, or dinner, and sometimes even breakfast together at least once a week. One night, about six months after we had first met, I had gone to a speakeasy with a flashy friend from work, a Michelina Banderhalt." I took in Ace's shocked look and kept talking.

(continued)

Anais Nin
Anais Nin
Thespian

Jun-23-2009 23:36

"Well, I had a bit much to drink, and I started sobbing into my cup. Then the cops came. Fred recognized me, and with Michelina's help, got me out before any of the other cops saw me. He told Michelina to get me to his place, even gave her the key, and went back to do his job. He got back a few hours later, and I started crying all over him. I told him everything. Everything. Michelina, too. The pair started hatching up a plan to help me. They both thought that I would be a good cop, and that I would learn how to get revenge if I did. Michelina was the one who came up with me attending as Andrew.

So I did, and I made it through. Getting my badge was one of the best days of my life. But when I wasn't being Andrew, I was Ana, Freddie's girl. By that time, Ralph had met me, both as Ana and as Andrew, but he never put it together that I was both. A big relief, let me tell you! Anyways, I had been an officer for a while, and Freddie and I had started fighting some, not a lot, but some. You could feel the tension. Then, I got shot. Bullets sprayed over my back, three right in the bum. They had to dig them out. Agony.

But I found it amazing how insignificant some of the arguments became once I was shot. I had seven holes in me, and four had gotten in deep. Freddie and I made up and got engaged as the fourth and final bullet was pulled from my butt. Really romantic, huh? But then we had to deal with the chief, and Ralph. Chief wanted to try me and send me to prison, but we convinced him to let me stay on. But he said I had to go undercover then. So I did. I infiltrated Capone's gang. Freddie pleaded to be sent as my partner, and the chief, not knowing that we were engaged, agreed finally. I was able to finagle it so Capone made me 'Freddie Fine's Girl'. More like I was a sex slave for the mob, to be personally used by Freddie. But we were together and that was what mattered. By that time, we were married. And I was expecting.
(cont)

Anais Nin
Anais Nin
Thespian

Jun-23-2009 23:51

"I was pregnant. We were delighted! And unsure of what to do. But before we had quiet decided, someone had ordered Freddie dead. I was with him, of course. I trailed him like a puppy since I had realized that I was carrying a child. We had just stepped outside a restaurant, and Freddie was holding me tight, telling me his dreams of the white house in the country with a red picket fence. when the shots rang out. They hit me in the back again, and Freddie shoved me behind him to return fire. He was hit full side in the front. the impact of one of the bullets sent him spinning, which allowed his back to be riddled by bullets as well. He fell, and, assuming we were both dead, the assassin drove off. But we weren't. At least not yet. Freddie managed to bind some of my wounds as I lay passed out on the cold ground. When we got to the hospital, Freddie was announced dead; I was told his last words were 'I wish I could have seen the baby born.' But it was too late. I had had a miscarriage. I lost Freddie's baby. I was in shock. I wasn't even awake for Freddie's funeral. I was in a coma. When I finally got out of the hospital, I returned to a letter, no, the letter from Lisette. And after I convinced Ralph to help me find and dispatch the assassin, I packed up and headed back to my past. I thought I could find answers there, find peace eventually that my present life wasn't giving me. Boy oh boy was I wrong. As you all know. But that's it. That is all. You now know the past ten years of my life, shortened. Any questions?" I finished on a sigh, and sank warily into the sole unoccupied chair at the table.

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