The Commission

[JellyMuffins]

Jay suppreses his anger for now, casually walking off around the corner. There he stopped, waiting to see if the guard would continue to follow him once he was out of sight. He waited for several tense minutes, and when the guard didn't show up, he breathed a sigh of relief. Checking around the corner, he sees the coast is clear, probabaly the guards going in to report what had just happened. He walks casually over to his car, pulling out of the concealing shade of the alleyway and around the corner, waiting for Kistrev so he could follow him to wherever he was living. He had originally planned to confront him outside the compound, but Callum had seen to it that that course of action was impossible.

[Armalite_]

The guard walked back to the steps. "What was it?" The other wolf asked. "I dunno, could'a been a cop or fed." The other replied. "That was Callum, you know." The guard said. "I know that. So I'm going to tell the boys on the top. Somethin's up." The other nodded with agreement and went back to standing watch. The other guard rushed inside to talk with the one behind the desk.

-minutes later-

There was a knock at the door of Spike's office. "Mr. Gambino?" A beautiful young vixen asked through the large doors. Spike looked up. "Yes?" She stepped inside. "One of the men outside said there was something you should know about." The large wolf guard came in the door behind her. Spike paused for a moment. "Excuse me, Kristev." Spike got up from his desk and walked towards the secretary and guard. He followed them outside and chatted quietly. "Ok, thank you." He walked back to his desk and looked at Kristev. "Were you being followed?" Spike asked calmly.

[KittKat chunky~]

Kistrev had taken the money and pistol, checking the chamber of the latter before sliding it into his jacket.. a young vixen took Spike out of the office and a few seconds later he had come back in....

"followed? as far as i know.. no... but wouldnt someone following me make sure i didnt know... i mean thats the whole point of following?"

[Armalite_]

Spike sighed and facepawed. "The whole point of them following you is so they can get to you so they can get to me and I don't know if they're cops or the Romano's or one of the other families but one thing's for sure; it's not good for business. C'mon, you're getting another ride out of here." Spike gestured him out the door. "You'll be driven back to your home in another car with a guard. I'll be close behind with another one of my men. Your car will be taken care of."

[KittKat chunky~]

"yeah, well this whole thing reeks of bad buisiness, or maybe thats just the salt on my jacket?" Kitt went through the door before calling back.. "you'd better take good care of that car spike!"

[Armalite_]

"Wha'd do I look like? an idiot!? I'm makin' sure your ass isn't found floating in the East River so show some goddamn respect!" Spike yelled into the hall. He looked at the guard to his right. "You, get the car ready." The guard nodded and hurried down the hall in the opposite direction. "I'm surrounded by fools!" Spike said throwing up his arms. He followed his guard down the hall to the elevators. They both got outside and looked across the street to Kristev's car. "Get it inside and we'll take my car." Spike said. The guard nodded and walked over to Kristev's Skoda. He quickly parked it inside the garage of the building and walked outside to meet with Spike in his Ford. "Ya know, my uncle had a Skoda." Spike said with interest. The guard replied. "Yeah?" Spike pulled out of the space and into the street. "Yeah, he was found stabbed to death in it a week later."

[JellyMuffins]

Jay sat there all night watching Kistrev's car in the garage, when the cat never showed he couldn't help but feel some measure of resentment for his wasted night. "Alright," he mutters to himself, "then I'll just have to find a way to get you to come to me..." He decides to head down to the docks in the morning after catching a few hours of much needed sleep; he murmured tiredly in thought, "Kid's still gotta have a job there if he's gonna stay useful to Gambino..."

[KittKat chunky~]

Kistrev felt stupid for what he had said back at the office, he had only been joking... a problem he had always had was that he was rarely serious.... He had been dropped of at his apartment by a guard and had spent the night asleep dreaming of the pointless things dreams are normally full of... Weak morning light filtered through the blinds and woke Kistrev slowly as he tossed and turned... his shift at the docks started in a few hours... so, he decided it would be best to get down to the piers early...

[Armalite_]

Spike walked into the doors of his apartment where he was greeted by his wife and kids. As his two children clung to his legs, Spike tossed his hat onto the coat rack and dragged his legs into the kitchen to find his wife, giving her a kiss. They sat down for dinner and talked about their day. Later that night, Spike went to bed next to his wife and fell asleep, carefree about the events which had happened during the day.

[KittKat chunky~]

"Christ Kistrev you look worse for wears! and you dont look particullarly great norm do ya?" Kistrev attempted a laugh and a nod of the head as he passed Jake on his way down to the docks, he jumped from the road as a truck full of coal rumbled past.

[JellyMuffins]

Jay waited for Kistrev to get to the front entrance of the dockyards, leaning his back against the wall, his fedora tipped to shade his eyes. He didn’t have to wait long, soon enough, the cat walked past Jay. As soon as the cat passed him, the rabbit asks clearly, catching Kistrev's attention, “Aren’t the huddled masses good enough for you?” Kistrev turns, letting out a small, “Huh?”

Jay, walked towards the cat, quoting the plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door…” He waits for understanding to sink in, “The good folks at Ellis Island are gonna love hearing about how you think you’re to good for them, don’t you think?

Before the cat could respond. he continued, “If Gambino finds out that I’ve talked to you, you’ll be back in Slovakia before you can say ‘deported’.” He just kept smiling the whole time, as if he hadn’t just threatened to destroy the guy’s livelihood.

He tips his hat to Kristev, “You will be hearing from me again.” With that he leaves, walking briskly through the cold New York morning.

[KittKat chunky~]

"DEBIL!" Kistrev shouted in slovakian after the figure, damn he was screwed.... why hadnt he just said no to gambino? why? because he was a stupid feline is what.... and how the HELL DID THAT GUY KNOW HIM?! he wasnt going back, famine, the death of his family... communism reigned.... he was NOT GOING BACK!...

Kistrev carried on down to the dock, a lead weight heavy in his stomach....

[Armalite_]

Friday, July 10, 1946  8:32am

Spike was munching quietly on his steak and eggs at the kitchen table. His kids, flinging food left and right, as he read the paper paying no attention to their actions, making no attempt to stop their reign of eggs all over the table as Spike's methods of decipline proved somewhat futile in the past. The phone began to ring, he slid his chair back and answered. "Yeah." He said. He listened for a few moments before hanging up. He picked up his coat off the rack, kissed both his kids, and wife goodbye and walked out the door.

Spike walked out into the street and to his car, unlocking the door and getting inside. He started the engine and pulled away. Driving down the roads to the docks.

[JellyMuffins]

Walking home, Jay observes the oncoming traffic, always interested by how infuriated people can get when they're in vehicles that make them go faster than they could ever walk. He pauses when he sees a car at a stop sign, not too far from the docks, the driver was a fox, the face familiar from the files he had been looking over for the last few days. He memorizes the license plates and keeps on walking, hoping that his small pause to observe the Gambino's car went unnoticed.

[Armalite_]

Spike observed the road now busy with traffic in the rush hour morning. He held up his head with his arm as he drove with one hand at a steady 8 mph along the cracked cement road. He noticed a lonely rabbit walking back from the direction in which he was heading. He narrowed his eyes, thinking he looked like someone he knew back in school.  Then he noticed the rabbit pause and stare at him for a second. He dropped his arm and watched as the rabbit continued on his way. He shook his head and took no thought to care about it. He kept on his way to the docks to meet up with Paul and Frank.

He pulled onto a small narrow road. The area shaded by large shipping crates and oil tanks. He reached a small industrial clearing where he was met by two other cars, their drivers chatting away while leaning against the bumper of one of them. Frankie and Paul stopped to watch Spike show up. Spike cut the engine and stepped out. "Hey, Boss." Frankie said in greeting. Spike waved and put his matching pinstripe hat on before he approached the tiger and wolf. "What are we dealing with here?" Spike asked. The two looked at eachother. "We think Agent Denton's working with the Marinos..."