It was a fancy Italian restaurant that @Sal_Luciano had rented out for a dinner for himself and his men, they were in the middle of their meal when a young man's Silhouette appeared. The man was leaning on the door lazily which was ballsy considering who's little shindig they were interrupting , he couldn't have been more older than 20 and clearly a few of the men eating thought he didn't really care to live past that.

"So this is the great Salvatore Luciano my Auntie Bella's told me about huh? Gotta say not impressed so far, though you apparently survived my dad's assassination attempt so I guess there's gotta be something there right?" Seeing a few of the men raise their weapons the kid raised his hands and grinned "Guys seriously don't you think if I wanted to shoot I woulda done that before making myself known to one of the most notorious killers in our country? Like c'mon? So anyway Sally I heard you were alive and visiting Philly and wanted to pay a visit and meet one of the most deadly people who actually still got his hands dirty in our way of life see if maybe I could maybe learn a thing or two if you hadn't lost a step old man." 

Sal's men all looked to each other and then awaited their bosses orders on how fast they should drop this ballsy schmuck who dared walk into their dinner. 

Sal put his fork down and looked up as the young man spoke. The kid was young and ballsy as hell, which Sal liked. Sal finished his drink and stood up not yet giving his men the order to put their weapons down. 

"So your Ligambi's kid huh. He's another one that likes to skip out on death, " he said with a smirk. 

"What makes me a famous killer? We all have dropped our share of bodies in this life. What makes me so special?" he says pulling out a cigarette

"And if you didn't come here to finish what your father started then why are you here?"

Coming off the doorway and walking into towards the light, hands in plain site so as not to provoke anything unwarranted the kid smiled very confidently back at Sal knowing full well what the man was capable of, but if Sal wanted him dead this conversation would've been over already and he knew it. He'd heard a lot about Sal from his father as well as aunt and he had a decent enough idea that one thing Sal respected was someone with a fucking set of balls on em, and that was one thing Giovanni didn't lack.

"Yeh say what you want about em old man doesn't die, hurt sure, but get in that coffin never. That'd be something I hope runs in the gene pool to be honest. Dropping bodies is one thing but doing it yourself, being on that front line instead of sitting in an office and just giving orders to drop said bodies that's an entirely different matter. But the thing with that is Sally most times when you're doing that you end up dead so I'm curious how you've been one of the most blue collar mobsters and yet lead and managed to keep your skin. As for what my old man started that's yours and his deal, as long as you don't come at my family or my Aunt Bella I don't have an issue with you breathing or not. If you remember anything about good ol Joe it's that family is the thing that matters. I'm here out of a hmmm what's the word....professional curiosity most people when they reach the position you were in just sit behind their desks and that's not the life I wanna lead I wanna be out on the streets but I'd like to keep my head while doing it." 

Sal lit his cigarette as the man talked taking a deep drag of it slowly letting the smoke out as he thought. 

"I am not coming after your father he had his reasons as I had mine for everything that happened," he said before taking another drag. 

"I have been shot more times than I can remember and damn near lost my life a few of them. But I came up as an enforcer, so all I ever knew was being on the front is the one to drop bodies. As I rose I saw no reason to have someone else do my dirty work so I continued."

"Understand this kid you want to be on the front your life very well could be short. The best way to live long in this life is to not BE in this life."

Sal signaled for his men to lower their weapons and then for the kid to join him. 

"Care for a drink?" he asked pouring himself a glass of whiskey. 

Giovanni nodded his head politely and sat down with Sal to have a drink.

"You know my Dad not being in the this life isn't exactly an option, best way to live it is to learn from someone who's done it and is still breathing air and there aren't too many of those to learn from" 

As he lifted the glass to his mouth there was a loud bang and shatter, as the window exploded and three of Sal's men dropped as well as the glasses in front of both Sal and Giovanni were destroyed by a bullet narrowly missing their hands. Giovanni out of instinct grabbed the older man and knocked over the table to give them cover.

"So is this the famous Luciano hospitality I've heard so much about?!?!?!! Are you trying to start another war between our families?!"

Sal hears the shots ring out and falls behind the table pulling his guns on the way down. Sal points one at the kid while firing two shots with the other killing two of the attackers. 

"Me if I wanted you dead you would have died at the door," he says firing again killing another. 

"So you are trying to finish what your father started huh. Wanted to be the one to succeed where others have failed. Earn your bones with my head?" he said. 

Giovanni literally couldn't help but laugh with the gun pointed at him.

"If I wanted to do that why the hell wouldn't I have my gun drawn and why would I have pulled the table to cover you? More importantly why wouldn't I be out there with those idiots instead of being shot at here with you?" 

"This is bullshit either one of our enemies found us or someones trying to start a war between our cities and families, like it or not the only way out of this is working together cause your men are dropping and I was an idiot and came alone thinking it was safe."

Giovanni nodded to his gun, moment of truth did Sal trust the kid to pull out his gun and return fire or think he was gonna turn on him.......

Sal knew it didn't make sense for the kid to be in the building when the attacked happened. But he still could not discredit maybe the kid's father had sent the attack. 

Sal took his gun off the kid and fired it at a man trying to enter the diner. 

"Your father then?" 

"Does he know your here?" he asked while reloading his gun. 

Giovanni glared at Sal for the suggestion but understood the logic. 

"He doesn't know I'm here but wouldn't risk attacking Philly on the off chance it was one of the other families or Auntie Bella plus I'm his right hand for operations if there was an attack I would've known about it." 

"This was either one of your enemies cause all of your people were here, or someone tailed me to get at both of us and either way this is the last mistake they will ever make."

The second Sal moved his gun out of Giovanni's face the kid grabbed his gun and started returning fire. "Got a plan to advance us out of here?"

Sal signaled for a few of his men to lead the way out the back. And then started providing cover fire. 

"We will figure out the who later now follow them out the back," he said while shooting 

"There is back tunnel out of here. Now go." 

Sal started firing providing cover the kid. "Great I can't let Joe's kid get killed or I will be blamed for it." he thinks to himself taking a second to reload. 

"Get your ass moving. you get killed here you dad will be after my ass for sure"

Giovanni wanted to argue with Sal but understood, he headed out returning fire to give Sal a chance to run as well.

"I'm right near the tunnel move your ass along Sal this is not how we're going down, these mother fuckers don't know who they just crossed."

Giovanni yelled again from around the corner.

"Side exit is clear let's go Sal we don't have a lot of time before even these idiots figure out what's going on!!" 

Sal takes a min and reloads his 1911's. "Why the fuck do I keep finding myself in these situations. Outnumber and outgunned and always trying to get someone else's ass out alive." he thinks to himself before standing up and starting to fire. his first two shots kill men coming through the front door. Sal steps to the corner killing another man. 

Sal reloads again before opening fire full out as he backs out to the tunnel and closing the door and locking it behind him. Sal's men lead them through the tunnel and out the other side which is on the other side of the street. 

Sal leads Giovanni to his vehicle and they all get in with one of his men driving. 

"You want to know how to survive. Don't care if you do or don't. Just worry about taking as many as you can with you." he says to the man. 

Giovanni watched as Sal literally ran out the door and the bodies he left behind, knowing no matter what else happened now he was in Sal's debt for the time being at least. 

"Truer words never spoken old man, now more importantly what do we do now? We are not letting this go unpunished right?"

The anger in Giovanni's eyes was clear as day and this is where Sal teaching the kid something might be the only thing to keep this kid alive and from doing something stupid......

Sal saw the anger in the young man's eyes. He knew that would only get the kid killed and probably himself. 

"Surviving in this life means not getting drawn into doing something stupid. Anger will only get you killed. You have to control yourself and remain calm." Sal said before telling his man head to the airport. 

"You get angry you think and react stupidly. You have to stay calm and think clearly or you will get killed."

"whoever that was we are outnumbered and out gunned going back for revenge is not the plan. Get away find out who and then go on the offensive."

Giovanni raised an eyebrow. 

"You want us to split up? I guess you're right they're not going to come at us right away and not a place where we're strongest, I assume you're headed to Seattle? Anything I should tell my Dad when I see him, maybe Bella might find out something this is more her turf than ours."

"If your anything like your daughter I want your word this isn't over and you're gonna keep in the loop on this Salvatore."

"yes, we are going to split up. I'll reach out to Bella and see what she can find out. I also suspect she will want to know who the hell is shooting up her city." he said with a smile. 

His daughter was going to be PISSED as hell when she heard this. 

"When we find out what the hell is going on you have my word you'll be right behind me through that door," he said before getting out of the car at the airport. 

"as for your father... tell him he knows how to reach me if he wants to talk," he said before heading to his plane. 

Bella Byrne stood up in a rage.  She slammed her hands on her desk, papers flying everywhere.  Four men stood before her, hats in hands, looking down.

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN THEY OPENED FIRE?!?"

William laughed and clapped his hands in the crib behind her.

"Someone's in troubbbbbbbbbbleeee!"  Aurora could be heard interjecting commentary from the other room.

"SOMEONE IS GONNA BE IN TROUBLE IF SHE DOESN'T PULL HER NOSE OUT OF MY BUSINESS AND GO BACK TO CLEANING HER DAMN ROOM!!!"

One of the men in front of her, Gabe, snickered.

Bella lashed out her hand smacking him hard across the face, her brow furrowed, "If you EVER laugh at my kid for getting in trouble again, I will tear out your eye teeth so she can give them to the FUCKING TOOTH FAIRY!"

Bella, hearing Aurora running downstairs to her room, sat back down.  Behind her William was blowing bubbles with his spit, happily coo'ing.  The boy was always happy.  Nothing seemed to shake him.  Bella could be screaming death to her enemies and even shooting a gun and the boy just rolled with it.  It really was the damnedest thing.

"Now..."  She said a bit calmer.  "I want you to start again and tell me WHY the hell my father and my nephew were being shot at by off duty cops in a GOD DAMNED RESTAURANT downtown."

Paul offered, "We really don't know..."

"I PAY YOU to know these things.  You're informants and if you can't fucking inform, what the HELL do I pay you for?"  Bella rubbed the bridge of her nose.  "Are they alive?"

"Yes."  Frenchie threw out before Paul could open his fat fucking yap and get them onto her bad side again.

"Well, that's fucking good... what DO YOU know?"

"Word on the street is that they're corrupt."  Paul tried again.

"You think?"  Bella said sarcastically.

"We just... just need to find out who the fuck they work for."  Paul seemed to give up.

Bella sighed. 

"In the time it takes you fucking worthless shits to uncover that nugget of wisdom, the cops will find either my father or nephew again.  In which case I'll have Ligambi's gun so far up my ass I won't be able to sneeze without KILLING SOMEONE.  Or god forbid they gun down the cops and I gotta explain THAT to LouisMezzo! The whole damn precinct will be hunting down Mafioso all over the city and it'll be on me!  Forget having to explain it to Constance, Louis will put a bullet in my FUCKING ASS before I ever have to stand in front of her trying to come up with a decent excuse for this SHITSHOW!"

William giggled at the Dragon's fury.

"What do you wanna us to do, Boss?"  Bennie asked.

Bella sighed.

"Kacey Adams was promoted to Detective,"  Bella called out.  "Linval!" 

One of her most trusted men walked in, eating an apple.

"Linval, get me a lunch date with Detective Adams ... let's hope he still likes me as much as the last time we met, or that he's still holding a candle for Tara.  God help us if I have to use that ace!"  She shook her head adding, "He's the only in at the cop shop I trust."

"Right away,"  Linval said heading off.

Bella looked back to Bennie.  "I need a location for my father and nephew... or is that too much to ask from a group of guys who allegedly have the market on Intel in this city cornered?"

"Absolutely not.  Luciano has a lot of guys.  He stands out even when he doesn't want to, we'll get you a location."

Bella stood up picking up William.

"It'll take me an hour to nurse my son.  You have that long.  Do NOT come back here without a location, not unless you want to see what the bottom of the river looks like this time of year."

Bennie and his guys put their hats on.  

"Understood, Lady Byrne."  Bella watched the men go, wondering for not the first time why it was that people called her Lady Byrne.  It was a fun name but she'd never known any mobster to have picked up something of a royal title before.  She smiled at her son.

"Are you ready for your lunch, Prince William?"

The baby coo'd and Bella tried not to think about her father and, of all people, Joe Ligambi's only son on the run together!

+++  ONE HOUR LATER +++

"Dad?"  She said into the phone with a relieved sigh as soon as she heard the voice of Sal_Luciano.  "Look... don't say anything,"  She stopped him from talking.  "You don't want to say shit on this line.  We should talk face to face."

She looked at Bennie standing in front of her.  She snapped her fingers and he handed her the paper he was holding.  Bella unfolded it and read the address.  She handed the note to Neil who immediately took a team of Bella's top guys to go pick up Giovanni_Ferrari and bring him to Bella's home.

"My people tracked down Ligambi's boy, he's okay.  I'm having him brought to my home.  We're behind a small army here on the estate ... if you can get to me without any risk... do so.  Otherwise, I'll bring Joey to meet with you at your place.  I don't want to take chances that I have to attend two of your funerals in my lifetime so... let's not toss those dice.  Are you coming to me or are we coming to you?"  

Joey arrived by train this time coming into Philly rather than the usual plane to maybe slip any tails that might be following him, he was headed to Aunt Bella's house after ditching the security detail she had provided for him, partly because he was worried it would garner unwanted attention and partly cause he was angry and daring anyone to try him today.

The Boy was lucky and made it to Isabella-Luciano's house unharmed and alone, upon being brought inside and seated in the living room while they let her know he was there he was fully aware she may chew him out for blowing off the security.

Aurora had jumped out of her skin when the bodyguards came through the door with Joey Ligambi.  Even Will seemed in good spirits at the sight of him - babbling happily.  But the minute Sal was escorted into the room by Gavin who had met him at the front drive, the whole place went up to another level.

Aurora tackle hugged him with a squeal of "SAL!"  She was laughing and covering the older man in kisses excitedly telling him all about her latest accomplishments at the homemade shooting range that her father had set up for her to start practicing on in the backyard.  She rushed to her room and came back with targets to show Sal the tight groupings of her shots, which for a kid wasn't really too bad!

Gavin quietly watched Aurora going on, keeping an eye on Will who was laying on the floor on a blanket.  Bella was still out, as he explained.  She was meeting with a contact in the police department.  He omitted the fact that it was his sister's ex-boyfriend. 

Less than thirty-kid-filled minutes and the guards made a commotion as the Dragon returned in a fury throwing down her purse in a huff.  Cussing in Italian. Sal could tell Aurora's Italian must be coming along well because the girl blushed at her mother's profanity-laden tirade about the local police and the stubbornness of men.

"Excuse me a moment,"  Gavin said leaving the guys with the children's bodyguards and the kids themselves. 

Aurora looked to Joey and said, "It okay.  Dad knows how to calm her down so she can tell you what's wrong.  He's really good at it."  True to the girl's words, Bella's voice quieted and in time Gavin came in and scooped up William.

"Bella said you'd call me in if you need me... but for now, these little tykes are going to spend the evening with me downstairs."

Aurora lit up and asked her bodyguard,  "Is this a code 66?"

The bodyguard shook his head putting a hand on the top of Aurora's head, "Doubtful.  I haven't seen any unregistered stray dogs around this week."

"69?"  Aurora tried another number.

Gavin paused at the doorway to the room and arched an eyebrow at his daughter.  

The bodyguard laughed and clearly made a joke at Gavin's expense remarking, "Not in the mood your mother is in.  Let's just do as your dad says."

Aurora waved to the guys.  "Bye Joey!  Bye Sal!  Come back soon when there's not trouble!"

Bella came into the room and looked at the two guys.  "Well, you're not going to believe this shit... but... a small group of corrupt boys in blue shot at you both last night."

She held up her hands.  

"Now hold on, and hear me out.  This is not the first time one of these guys was involved in something like this and the person he's done this shit for before is an old friend.  Bella leaned against the table in the room.  "Tyler Durden.  Now I can't be sure this is the case this time but that fucker has tried to instigate war between the cities before.  I'd be willing to bet he saw low hanging fruit with you both in one place.  Probably figured he might get three cities in chaos for the price of one if he got one or both of you."

She shakes her head.

"The only way to be sure is to find these fuckers and pound the answers out of them.  So... I got the home address of the one guy I have a name for.  Officer Gene Novak.  Twenty years on the force.  Probably sick of working for chicken feed.  My guy says he's the jaded sort... a racist fuck too."

Bella pulled a bit of paper out of her pocket with an address on it.  She handed it to Sal.  

"This is where his home is, but whether he's there or not... you got me.  But we gotta be careful how we deal with this shit.  The Godfathers of Philly will NOT be happy if we turn the cops on to the mob.  Right?  So... how do you two wanna handle this?  You're the wronged parties here.  I'm here purely in the interest of ensuring this doesn't blow back onto the Cosa Nostra of Philly."

Sal's smile fades as here's Tyler's name. There was a long history between Tyler and Sal and it was not a good one. Sal looked at the piece of paper and put it in his pocket. 

Sal stood and signaled to his men that were with him and they prepared to leave. 

"I don't want to drag Philly into this any more than they already are. I have dealt with this type before and if Tyler is behind it..." sal put his hat on started to head to the door. 

Sal turned to Giovanni and could see the young mans eagerness to join him. 

"We do not need Detroit dragged in either. I also do not need problems with your father if you get killed. Ill handle this... My way."