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Luca slammed the door behind him.  “Alright...  What the hell is going on here?” he asked.

“Sir, they are asking for the shipment we picked up last week” one of the men said as he handed Luca a piece of paper “If we don’t, they will kill Malcom and Henry”

“What the hell did they do to get into this mess?” Luca asked annoyed.

The man shook his head.  “We don’t know what happened, Sir” he said.

Luca snatched a cup up from the table and flung it at the man.  “Then bloody hell find out what happened!” he snarled “And how they know about the shipment, because neither Henry nor Malcom will talk”

“Yes, Sir” the man said quickly, flinching away from the shattered cup.

As the man disappeared out of the room, Luca’s phone started ringing.  “What do you want?” he snapped.

He listened to the other side of the phone.  “I swear if you think you can get away with....  Oh please, they can be replaced...  That’s not the problem...  The problem here is that you think you can ask ransom for my people and get away with it....  Trust me, you will regret this...  Oh trust me....  You are messing with the wrong person....  I will rip you and your people apart”

With that he hung up, slamming his fist into the wall.  He heard the crack in his hand, but ignored it.  

There was work that needed to be done now.  He was not going to allow Henry and Malcom to suffer because of him.  Taking a deep breath, he calmed himself and walked out of the of the office.  

“All of you” he snapped “Let’s go”

There was a moment of silence before the mafia members under his control started moving.

***

Henry sat back and closed his eyes.  “You do know that he’s not going to pay and ransom for us right?” he said watching the man that’s been pacing up and down in front of him and Malcom “Just how stupid do you think he is?”

Malcom chuckled.  “He’s rather leave us to die before giving up that shipment” he said.  

“Would the two of you shut up?” the man snarled.  

The two smirked at the man.  “Why do you think he doesn’t care if we die?” Henry asked “You’d be doing him a favor”

“Yeah... maybe he’ll even hand over a reward for you killing us” Malcom said.  

Without a word the man spun towards them and his fist smashed into Henry’s face.  Henry tasted blood as his head snapped to the side.  

“This is a mess...” Malcom said.

Henry spat out blood and gave the man a grin.  “Wanna try that again?” he asked “Maybe a bit harder than before”

The man narrowed his eyes at the before he turned and locked them in the room.  “Your lieutenant is just a brat” he snapped “He has no idea who he’s dealing with”

“You’re the one that has no idea who you’re dealing with...” Henry grumbled under his breath “Cause the Lieutenant is really scary when he’s mad...  And he’s gonna be furious”

Henry and Malcom listened to the footsteps disappearing.  

“You know he’s going to just leave us here, right?” Henry said as he leaned back against the wall.  

“Let’s make a bet” Malcom said “Cause I’m pretty sure that crazy guy will take come to get us out of here....  Because that moron pissed him off, by taunting him”

Henry shrugged.  “That’s a deal” he said.

Before Malcom could say anything else, the sounds of fighting sounded from outside the room.  

After a few minutes the door opened and a bloody figure stepped into the room.  

“How the hell did the two of you get into this mess?” a voice growled.  

“Sir...” both of them said, struggling to their feet “What are you doing here?”

The figure glared at them.  “The hell do you mean with that?” he snarled “Get the hell up”

The two got to their feet.  

“Get moving” Luca snapped, nodding towards the door.

The two quickly got up and slipped out the door.  

“You payed the ransom, Sir?” Henry asked.

Luca narrowed his eyes at the man.  “Like hell I did” he snarled “Did you really think I’d give up a shipment for your dumb asses?”

Henry groaned.  “Yes, Sir” he said.