Manius sat in his study as TheBaron recently returned from Sicily explained the situation. The rival mob family over there was causing some serious problems for our Godfathers operations in New York and Manius had been sent to deal with it. In turn he had sent TheBaron to scope out the situation and report back.

As Manius listened to his button man he nodded every once and awhile, but remained silent as TheBaron paced back and forth, explaining every detail and all that he had observed.

At the end Manius stood up and looked out the window before him. TheBaron waited in silence while his Don pondered the next move. Failing their Godfather would not be tolerated, not in this matter. Every move had to be planned and handled with precision.

Manius plucked a cowboy killer from his front pocket and pressed the end of the butt to his lips. TheBaron instinctively lit a match and held it to his Don's cigarette. He rubbed out the end of the match and went back to standing and waiting.

Baron, I want you to look over this situation. Get LittleRed to go with you, I want all of these fucks in body bags in a quick like fashion you understand?

As Manius spoke, there was a soft rapt on the door and Manius nods to one of the guards to go look into it. The guard opens the door and half a dozen men pour in with Tommy Guns and start shooting the place up.

TheBaron quickly pulls out his revolver and begins to fire at the group of armed men killing one by a head shot. TheBaron then shields Manius from the gun fire while guiding him to the back room. They enter the backroom and TheBaron locks the door behind them, he looks at Manius You alright? you hit?

Will heard the gun shots and started to run up the stairs.  He pulled out his gun and kept running.  He stopped when he saw the group of men shooting, and watched momentarily as they gathered around the door to the back room. 

Hmm.  Manius must be in there.  He won't be safe in there for long. 

He ran back down the stairs, to the other side of the building, then up the back stairs.  He knocked on the back door to the room where Manius was holed up. 

Boss, it's Will, we gotta get you outta here!

Anthony was drunk in the HQ bar when all hell broke loose. His reaction was slow enough to allow the armed men to get the drop on him seconds later when most everyone else had already began firing back. He stood up and tried to run toward the door and tripped over the bar stool instead. He twisted as he fell landing on his back. The move saved his life, he felt one of the many rounds bursting from the tommy gun tear into his left ear and leave a jagged gouge across his face before he felt the hard floor. He pulled the .44 special but it was pointed straight over his head and upside down. Every shot bounced the barrel off the floor spoiling his aim for the next round. He emptied the revolver at the target with no effect. The guy smiled as he lined up the tommy gun, just then his head exploded from right to left. Anthony retched and passed out.

Bartimaeus hits the man sitting in the chair again in the face. Flexing his fist, Bartimaeus chuckles out loud as the bloddy man just stares at him.

The boss loaned you 5 large. You had 2 weeks and now its been 3. You were warned to pay it back or I would be stopping by. Looking around the basement, Bartimaeus speaks again. Manius doesn't like it when ppl do not honor their word.

Grabbing the man by his hair and holding his head up Bartimaeus jacks him across the jaw yet again as blood squirts all over the floor. Taking a flask from his shirt pocket Bartimaeus takes a drink as he hears gun shots errupt from upstairs. Dropping the flask. Bartimaeus grabs the .45 from his back and rushes toward the stairs leading to the rest of the HQ.Opening the door slightly to gauge the hallway, Bartimaeus hold the .45 close and takes a peek.

Least this hallway is clear.

Hanging a left from the hallway Bartimaeus heads toward the kitchen area. Stepping silently, Bartimaeus hears some movement in the kitchen. Pushing the door open , Bartimaeus peers in and sees 2 men. One is looking in the pantry the other looking out the window. Creeping toward the island in the kitchen, Bartimaeus closes in toward the man near the window, the second turns and lets loose a few bullets as he spots Bartimaeus. Bartimaeus takes aim and fires the .45 toward the window man. The bullet pierces him right in the back out the head and he falls to the floor.Just as Bartimaeus gets behind the island, he feels something warm coming from his left shoulder and sees the pantry man head toward the dining area. Cursing outloud, Bartimaeus survey's the scratch and lits a cig before heading toward the diningroom.

TheBaron begins to blockade the door so that none of the gunmen may be able to enter when he hears a voice coming from what seems to be the other side of a secret door. He opens the door to find Will standing there with his gun raised. Will asks
"Whats going on, I heard gun shots the entire mansion is a war zone our guards are dropping like flies, what do we do?" TheBaron begins to speak "We've got to get Manius somewhere safe"
Will begins to speak
I know, lets take him to my house, its not to far from here and I have a safe room in the basement. TheBaron begins to speak "okay we'll take your car"

Wait here until you hear me honk.  I'll go get my car and pull it around to the back door.  As soon as I honk, you have to get Manius down there quick.  Okay?

Will heard Baron respond as he ran toward the back door. "Okay, Will.  Hurry."  Will pushed through the backdoor, down the stairs and out the door.  He ran to his car, fiddled with his key, and got it unlocked.  He took another quick look around, didn't see anybody, and got in.  He started the engine,put it in gear and raced to the back door. 

Okay. 

He said to himself as he looked for any sign of the bad guys.  Nothing.  He kept the engine on and the car in gear and honked the horn.

Let's go, let's go, let's go.

Manius and TheBaron rush out of the back door of the back room, down the stairs and out the door, they quickly enter Will's car as Will drives off in a hurry not taking the chance for anyone to see them. TheBaron speaks to Will Will did anyone see us?

Running late LittleRed enters the HQ to see nothing but remanents of gun fire and hears voices coming from near Manius' office. She heard some commotion coming from the bar area. She see anthony down and runs to him, thinking he is dead.

Drunk and passed out.

Knowing Anthony is fine she runs back outside to head around the back. She sees TheBaron and Manius get into Will's car.

Where are they going?

Figuring TheBaron has the situiation handled the best it could be, she heads back inside to see if any ones needs help dealing with the fight left here.

Busting through the door Bartimaeus surprises the hitman and pops off 2 shots into his head. Hearing a horn honk Bartimaeus peers thrugh the window and sees TheBaron escorting Manius into a car with Will in the drivers seat. Looking just a bit longer, Bartimaeus thinks he spots LittleRed headed to the car also when he hears so noise coming from upstairs.

Least the boss made it out. Now time to make sure these motherfuckers get the hell out of this HQ.

Bartimaeus reloads his .45 and heads upstairs toward the Manius's study. Creeping up the stairs as silently as he can, Bartimaeus rounds the corner as gunfire erupts from the study. Ducking behind a sturdy dresser in the hallway, Bartimaeus surveys the study area as more gunfire spurts toward Bartimaeus's direction.

NikoBellic was walking by Manius' HQ when he heard some gunshots go off inside. At first he figured some chump had walked in on a business deal, or maybe someone left the door open to their private shooting range. As more shots were fired, Niko decided something must be wrong. He knew he had no business going inside, but he ran towards the HQ anyways, although never entered the premises. Seeing a car peel away, Niko assumed the shooters had shot their target and made a speedy getaway, but two more shots were fired. Niko muttered to himself.

Someone is getting fucked up.

Niko decided the event was none of his business, and instead of waiting around to be questioned by the police, and thrown in the slammer for posession, he decided to reschedule the drop sooner that day so that he could hop on a flight back to Chicago.

Will slammed down the accelerator, and sped off, Baron and Manius in the back ,and only his gun in the seat next to him.  He took another look around as they turned the courner and sighed.

Whew.  No, doesn't look like anybody is following us for now. 

He sped down the street, then slowed down a bit, trying to avoid any unwanted attention.

Okay.  When we get to my house we'll get Manius in the safe room.  Then we'll need to get on the phone and find out what's going on.  We can't run forever.  We're going to have to solve this problem.

Will kept driving, making sure to keep an eye on all his mirrors.

Will came near his house and entered the drive way when TheBaron began to speak

okay, you get Manius in the Safe room and I'll call one of my contacts to see whats going on.

Johnny was relaxing in the bar with Anthony at the counter. The door bust open and a shot was fired that just missed Anthony. Johnny hoped over the chair and flipped a table unloading his .38 into a second gunman. Anthony managed to kill the first then pass out. Johnny dragged Anthony behind the bar then went into the hall.

"The hell's going on here. Look's like somone's attacking Fort Knox."

Johnny rushed down the hall as he see's Bartimaeus run by and up the stairs. As he reached the front he see's Will, Baron, and Manius speed away in a car. He decides to follow them and make sure nothing happens. Johnny runs to his car and goes for the handle when someone hits him from behind.

As he turns he see's a guy pointing a gun right at him. He tries to escape but another man grabs his collar. The three men bring him to a car then push him into the back. They started talking in what seemed Sicilian. Johnny knew what was going on instantly and looked around. He was trapped and being taken.

TheBaron and Will entered into Will's home. Will shows TheBaron where the safe room is and TheBaron goes back outside to get Manius from the car. TheBaron and Manius enters the house and TheBaron ushers Manius to the back room

Will stay here with Manius and make sure nothing happens to him, I'm going to take your car and drive back to the HQ to see what if anyone needs help.

Will nodds in agreement while TheBaron leaves the house and begins to drive away in Wills car. TheBaron arrived just in time at the HQ to see Johnny Strazzi being shoved in the back of a truck. TheBaron loads his .38 and begins to walk slowly and quietly to the drivers side window and raises his gun. BANG....BANG. TheBaron shoots and kills the two assailants and goes to the back of the truck to let Johnny out.

Johnny saw Baron heading over here and he quickly elbowed the guy on the side of him just as Baron shot and killed them. Baron opened the door for Johnny as he hoped out. Johnny reached inside the car and took back his .38 and one of the gunmen's wallets. 

"The hell is going on? Me and Anthony are in the bar when shots start going off all over the place. Where is the boss?"

Johnny reloaded his .38 and looked at the wallet. He showed Baron the guy's license. A sicilian name and license.

Sicily was moving in

TheBaron looks at the name and birth place of one of the gunmen's license

The Antioni family of Sicily wants to control all drugs coming from and to Sicily. Manius sent me down there to check it out, rumors were true. Before we could strike they struck first with a massive attack on our HQ to find and kill Manius and any members of the upper structure. We've got to clear out the place and find any members we can. We gotta work from the bottom floor to all the way to Manius' study, you down for it?

Johnny nods as Baron tell's him whats going down. When he is through Johnny points to the HQ.

"We might as well have joined the army. Let's do this. All i know for sure is Bartimaeus is on the 2nd floor shooting shit, LittleRed is in there, and Anthony is knocked out behind the bar."

Johnny and Baron both check their guns then they each grab a Tommy Gun from the dead gunmen and they rush up the steps of the HQ. They each grab a side by the double doors. They nod to each other then kick the door's open, they go in firing...

Hearing a loud thud come from downstair follwed by a lot of gunfire. Bartimaeus sees his chance and springs into action. Jumping up from behind the dresser he unloads 2 shots into one of the men in the doorway. Glancing to the left Bartimaeus unloads the remaining of his shots into the other man in the doorway. Walking by a dead sicilian and grabbing a tommygun Bartimaeus walks into the Study's dorrways and laughs as he sees 4 men turn around from their snopping.

Sorry boys but the boss is out.I'll meet ya in hell, they have my room reserved!

Bartimaeus unloads the full round into all four men as the blood flows from them all freely, Walking silently he walks over and search's a dead body and finds a wallet. Takes a look at the id and curses loudly.

Fucking Sicilians! Should have fucking know.

Bartimaeus loads up his gun and grabs some tommygun chips as he hears more gunfire from elsewhere in the HQ. Moving toward the hallway he lits a cig and walks out with blood on him and chuckling.

Good times, Good times indeed!! I think they may have made a terrible mistake!
   

TheBaron and Johnny quickly clear out the down stairs of the HQ and begin to make there way to the bar in hopes of finding Anthony alive. TheBaron and Johnny find Anthony still unconscious in a pool of his own filth. They lift Anthony up and out him in a closet for his safe keeping. They hear gunfire coming from up the stairs near Manius' study and hear Bartimaeus' voice. They begin to walk up the stairs when Bartimaeus unloads his entire magazine thinking they are more gunmen. TheBaron calls out for Bartimaeus to stop firing and he does. They see Bartimaeus and TheBaron begins to speak.

Bartimaeus did you clear out the men up here?

Bartimaues nodds

Good Johnny and I cleared the gunmen in the lower halls, I think we've got them all. Now, lets go check on Anthony to see if hes Awake.