Nyxie had always been a loner. Her mother once walked this path alone,now Nyxie followed that same path. She wasn't for sure where she would end up,or who she might run into.

With each step taken,she went further into the darken streets. Hands stuffed in her pocket,she realized,just how broke she was,soon,she would have rob a bank or mug some dumbass and take off with their hard earned money. Nyxie smiled to herself,thinking,just how much she missed this mafia life.

With a a skip in her step,she went about her lonely walk,hoping to run into a old,familiar face...

Rita was sitting on a park bench enjoying her morning coffee, the birds were chirping and the feel of fall was in the air. She watched the civilians walking by some of them running, doing their morning workout. She always wondered what people found fun in running, giving it a thought for a moment she couldn't think of any reasons behind it. She chuckled to herself and went on admiring the scenery. That's when something caught her eye, or should I say someone. 

She did a double take, the girl looked awfully familiar but she couldn't exactly put her finger on where from. Rita watched as the young woman crept up slowly on a couple of naive civilians. Rita knew exactly what the girl was up to and she was quite interested to see if she would get caught or not.

Taking another sip of her coffee she watched everything unfold, the girl quietly approached the couple from behind and with a slight of hands removed the wallet from the woman's bag without her knowing. The girl seemed a big surprised that the woman had no idea what had just happened and you could see the excitement on the girls face. Rita watched as the girl quickly tucked the wallet in her own pocket and starting walking in the other direction. The direction in which Rita was sitting. 

Rita knew exactly what needed to be done, she took the last sip of her coffee, stood up and threw away the cup in a nearby trash can. She walked towards the girl who was walking towards her. The two got up close to each other, their eyes locked on one another. Rita could see the nervousness in the girls eyes, she tried to look away as fast as she possibly could but by this time it was already too late. Rita could sense the girl knew Rita saw her grab the wallet and Rita could sense the girl was about to take off running. She gave a nod to her guard that was with her and before the girl could run she was grabbed and held onto. 

"Let go of me!"

The girl muttered a couple of times while flailing around. Rita placed her hand on the girls shoulder and began speaking. 

"Calm down, just calm down. I'm not here to get you in trouble."

Those were words the girl wasn't expecting, you could see the intrigue on her face as she settled down. 

"Then what do you want with me?" 

Rita could sense the attitude in the girls tone, it reminded her of how she was at that age. 

"I saw what you did and I'm sure that was a nice little score you got there but I can sense you got some talents that can be better utilized." Rita smiled at the girl. "Plus for some reason you look awfully familiar, I just can't put my finger on it."

Rita reached in her pocket taking out a business card. 

"I'm gonna keep this short though if your interested in something a bit more then old ladies wallets you come see me, perhaps we can work something out."

With that Rita tipped her hat towards the girl and proceeded on with her day.    

Nyxie watched the woman walk walk away. With a slight grin she looked down at the card,flipping it around a few times,glancing the name over. She came to a stop and arched a slender brow. Hmmm..Rita..she tumbled the name over in her head. Remembering her mother's words.

"My dearest Nyxie,if you should ever run into a Rita,know that,she's a good decent woman, and if you can ever fall in with her,dont pass the opportunity up."

Nyxie smiled thinking about her mother. With a grin,she pocketed the card,and followed the woman's path,thinking she just ran into her mother's old friend...

Dead_End  places her book on the end table and picks up the local news.  She sees a very familiar face. One she remembers all too well.  That face has  been around for sometime but not broke.  Turning the page continuing to follow the story, the punchline is evident. She heads to the bathroom. While brushing her teeth she got the sudden urge to take a drive. Before she heads S 73 she wants to pay her respects to many mafioso who are sorely missed. 

After handing the girl her card Rita picked up and headed down the street, she had a couple of auditions set up in an hour and needed to get back to the studio. The walk wasn't a long one, it was just up around the corner. She had a couple of guards by her side, they went just about everywhere she went they were even there when she didn't want them but at this point she was at she was used to it.

She was about to cross the street when she felt a tap on her  shoulder from one of her guards.

"Ma'am, take a look. I think we are being followed."

She took a glance back noticing the young girl she was just talking with in the park.  The girl was trying not to be too obvious that she was following Rita that in fact it was completely obvious. This made Rita chuckle, she motioned for the girl to come over to where she was standing. 

Nyxie continued to follow Rita,ever so often stopping to grab a wallet here and there. Every little bit counts,she thought to herself. A grin played on her lips as she eyed one of Rita's guards. Thinking damn,he's fucking hot.

A nervous shiver raced down her spine as Rita motions her to come closer. With a shrug,she tossed her head back and with a proud look upon her face,she approached Rita. Making sure to brush up against the hot bodyguard as she did,winking and smiling up at him.

Nyxie felt herself being glanced over,as if she was being measured. Nyxie grinned and leaned against a pole,with arms crossed over chest and waited.

Rita glanced over at the girl, she was propped up against a pole trying to act all tough. This made Rita chuckle, it kind of reminded her of someone. 

"You know, this whole tough girl act you have going on right now isn't doing much for yourself but I will say you kind of remind me how I was back when."

Rita stood there still glancing at the girl. She waved for the girl to come a bit closer to her. She watched as the girl stood up straight and walked towards her, Rita looked her up and down then walked around her a couple of times. 

"I could use a couple more people over at the studio, it isn't easy work most people can't handle it. Well come to think of it, not sure you will be able to handle it."

Rita turned around and gave one of her guards a wink, and continued across the street. She knew exactly how to play this situation, she wasn't even half way across the street when she heard the girls voice. 

"Wait! Wait!"

A smile beamed from Rita's face, once she got to the other side of the road she stopped and turned around.