Final part. Was meant to have another few parts after this, but nobody else seems to be posting.
Anyway, good luck to the both of you. 8)
I counted up 76 bucks; not a bad haul seeing as I’d only been out of the club around 20 minutes. I also managed to get the radio working and tuned into the right station, but I couldn’t sit here listening to it; I had to go collect some more cash.
I headed out of the dark spot and into the alley. I figured I’d head out onto the street and get a better idea of where the shops were. I took jumped back over the fence and peaked around the corner - it looked clear. I headed down the street, keeping close to the wall. I then heard shouts coming from one of the alleys.
“Gonna soldier through here again?” A menacing voice said.
“Of course he won’t,” A second voice said. “We’ve wrecked his ass.”
I took a look down the alley and saw a group of Turnbulls beating on a single guy. A got a flash of orange and blue and was torn between ignoring him and continuing - leaving less competition - or helping this poor sucker. I finally made my mind up and turned into the alley.
“Hey dicks, wanna mess with me?” I yelled down, garnering the attention of the ACs.
“Get him!” One of them yelled, and I waited before they were several metres away from the guy before turning and running myself - radio in hand. I headed down the street - the pounding of boots on the sidewalk all around me - before taking a sharp left turn and jumping down the stairs leading to the subway. I heard a rumble as a train appeared out of the tunnel, but I still ran and jumped in front of the train onto the other platform - the train only a few inches short of hitting me. I looked around for a way out of the subway and noticed a construction box underneath a ledge to the left of me. I threw my radio onto the top of it, before leaping up and catching my fingers on it. A bottle the whizzed past me and smashed on the box only inches away from me - the train had gone and the Turnbull were rushing across the tracks to get me. I used all of my strength to pull myself up and make off with the radio as a brick ad another bottle narrowly missed me. I headed across the bridge and into the park again, sitting down on the same bench I had earlier.
“Hey dude, you want some paint?” A voice whispered to me from the shadows.
“No,” I stood up and headed over to the guy. “But you’ve got something else I want.”
“What’s that?” He replied in a rasping voice.
“Just a sec.” I replied, placing my radio on the floor.
“Hey, don’t try any shi-” BANG! I hit him with an elbow to the temple, before grabbing him and smashing his head against my right knee. He went down to his knees and I put his lights out with a roundhouse kick that smashed into the side of his head and put him on the floor with a nasty gash in the side of his head.
I quickly went through his pockets and brought out around 50 bucks. I also found a gym bag with his paint in and got another 20 dollars - meaning I had around 150 bucks in total. I moved the guy into the shadows further, before sitting down and listening to my radio.
“...my back against the wall. Nothing grows and life ain’t very pretty.”
Goddamnit! I had missed a lot of the song already! I jumped to my feet and ran out of the park and across the bridge, leaving my radio behind me. I came back to the car I had stolen from earlier and was shocked to see some guy almost at the door of the Riffs’ gambling club. Without thinking I picked up a nearby glass bottle and threw it at him, catching him in the side of the head. He went down to his knees and I began sprinting. I made it to the door and punted the guy in the side of the head to put him down on the floor before knocking. Some guy opened the door and I opened my mouth to explain who I was, but he opened the door before I could say anything. I walked in and Masai was waiting with a few of his Lieutenants. He smirked as I handed him the money.
“My scouts have been telling me you’ve done pretty well out there,” He nodded. “Looks like you gonna have to exchange that vest for our colours...”
“Chase.” I finished the sentence for him, before breaking into a grin. I was a Gramercy Riff, baby!