After several days of watching the movement of Mayor Cermak, I can't help but believe that the man lived a straight life. He started his morning early by jogging at the park near his home. An hour later, a car would pick him up and drive him straight to his office. He doesn't get out till 7 in the afternoon, unless he had a meeting or a speaking engagement. That was his daily routine. No bar visits at night, no whore house stop over and not even an illicit relationship I can find. The man was a saint!

It wasn't that hard to get his daily itinerary. I bribed the janitor who would collect all the Mayor's secretary's trash. Which would always include a draft of tomorrows schedule. I found Joe at Stinky's. He was a regular there. Stinky's was once my daughter's bar that was passed down to Brando after her death. Brando now runs the place and he was the one who tipped me about Joe woking as a janitor at the Mayor's office. It wasn't that hard to get Joe to work for me. The man was earning below minimum and he had a family of six. He was glad to have the extra income. I met Joe every evening after work at Stinky's. And he would hand me tomorrow's itinerary. The Mayor's schedule was almost always the same. And since I can't find dirt on him that may be used to black mail him, I decided that it was finally time to meet Mayor Anton Cermak. I scanned tomorrows schedule and found the right time and place to talk to the Mayor. He was going to have his lunch at Piccola Panetteria Siciliana. He was going to meet with the District School Superintendent. If I could find a way to make sure that the Superintendent wouldn't be able to come, I will have the mayor all by myself. Of course, he usually traveled with his personal bodyguard. A Samoan brute that looked like ex - military to me. I thanked Joe and handed him 300 dollars. I left Stinky's and and went back home to finalize my plan.

Piccola Panetteria Siciliana

I was sitting at a corner table in Piccola Panetteria Siciliana the next day. I ordered cannoli and it damn tasted good. As I was about to finish my meal, I spotted the Mayor come in. He was led to the center table while his bodyguard sat on the table next to it. He asked the Maître d if his guest has arrived. He was informed that the Superintendent called half an hour ago telling them that he would be late for the meeting due to car engine trouble. The Mayor nodded and took a seat. He was looking at the menu when his guard stood up and whispered something to him. The Mayor nodded and the guard walked towards the CR. Just the right time to have a talk with him. I grabbed the napkin and wiped my lips and headed towards the Mayor's table.

It was impossible for the Superintendent to make it to the meeting. I asked one of Koehler's men to pay him a visit last night. According to him, "I sabotaged the engine of his car boss. I poured sulfuric acid in the engine inlet, cut the electrical wires, placed sand on the timing belt and over tightened a spark plug till it was stripped out. No way that car will start for a long time." And because of that, I will have the Mayor's sole attention for the time being.

"Try the cannoli. I just had one and it was superb!" I said, sitting opposite him. The mayor was startled at first then his face showed annoyance. Before he could say anything, I introduced myself.

"My name's Anthony Bellarosa, but everyone calls me Depravity. I was sent by Koehler to talk to you about doing business. He wants you to call off your police dog." I watched for his reaction. He studied my face for awhile and then he smiled.

"You can tell Koehler that I will close his business and I will chase him out of Chicago." He then went back to his menu.

I leaned back then made my offer.

"How much? How much to settle this and keep the business going?" I asked him, then I felt a hand on my shoulder. The Mayor's bodyguard was back.

"He giving you trouble boss?" The bodyguard asked. The Mayor looked up from his menu then replied, "I can handle this." He then placed the menu down and spoke to me in a voice that was half growl half whisper.

"You tell your boss I can't be bought. Never was and never will be. You better pack your bags because you and your kind are not welcome to my city! Keep that in mind, this not your city, this is MY CITY"

"The Don won't be happy to hear this." I stood up and was about to walk away, when I turned around and told him. "Everyone has a price. We extend our hand in friendship but you turned us down. If this isn't our city, it certainly is not yours."

Evolution HQ

So the meeting didn't work out well. Actually, it was a disaster. I headed back to the HQ and told Koehler about this. And as I expected, he was furious. I waited for him to settle down a bit  then I said,

"We can take him out if you want." My comment stopped Koehler on his tracks then he looked at the door then at the windows. He made sure no one was eavesdropping.

"That would bring too much heat on us." He said

"Not if it was done far from Chicago." I said. He then looked at me with interest.

"What do you have in mind?" He asked with curiosity.

I handed him the latest schedule of the Mayor for the whole week. He took it then smiled. "You still know how things work don't you?" He then read the paper then nods.

"Yes. He will be attending a meeting with the President in Miami. The President will be making a short speech at the park. That would be a good time to hit him." I said explaining my plan.

He waved his hand asking me to stop. "Here's the thing, I gave you a job and I want it done. I don't want to hear or know how you would do it." He walked to the window, thinking. He then turned back to me saying,

"This will be our last resort. Let's hustle and harass him for a bit, maybe scare him into seeing things our way." He then walked towards the door and opened it. He was dismissing me.

"Find KL. He is working with Joey now. Tell him I asked him to help you with this job."

I sat and listened to the mayor give his speech. Couldn't help but realize he was full of shit, the lies and corruption... he was no different then a criminal, just don't think he knew it. One thing was for sure and that was he hated working with organized crime so he was going to be tough to crack and that was if he even cracked at all. After the speech the mayor stopped off at a café with his bodyguard and a police escort so it made it impossible for me to get close to him. However I had an idea to send a little message.

I waited until the men were comfortable inside the diner before very casually making my way towards the mayors car that was left unattended. Using my car key I carved a message in the back of his car that read "BACK THE FUCK OFF!".

I then go to the police cruiser parked near the mayors car and snip the brake line before making my way back to my car with a smirk. After waiting 30 minutes they both head for their vehicles, the mayor's car takes off first followed by the cruiser. I very slowly tail the cop as we approach a steep hill that was about 40 feet from the café.

Suddenly the cop starts honking his horn for the mayor to pull over. The mayors car stops off on the side of the road while the cruiser pulls next to his car to stop he begins to fly down the hill. Before the car can even take off after the cruiser I sapped next to the mayors car with a mask on and yell to the driver and the mayor to watch the cruiser.

Cruiser smashes into a poll at the bottom of the hill doing at least 40mph. Mayor jumps out of the car and takes cover behind the car as the driver steps out I draw my gun on him so he don't move. I lock eyes with the mayor while keeping the driver at gunpoint.

The mayor notices the carved note almost instantly and gives me a look of real hatred.

"You been warned Cermak!, next time that's you... don't fuck around.

I then speed off before cops arrive. I head back to my hotel and lay low, however I knew it would be in the paper the next morning so I knew Dep would see it.

"Is that all you can do you prick!"

It was a short note that I found pinned at the door of my house. And I know where it came from. Apparently, Mayor Cermak wasn't that easy to scare. I need to step up the harassment and I had a plan. I went out late that night and headed to Stinky's. I talked to Brando and he gave me the info I needed. The Mayors bodyguard loved to hang out at the whore house after his duty. And the said whore house was owned by the family.

I arrived at the Pegasus and talked to the manager. I arranged for the VIP room to be empty and gave him instructions. I entered the VIP room, took my knife out and took a seat, leaving the lights out. After a few minutes, the bodyguard was being escorted inside by one of the strippers. I stood up and sprinted towards the door slamming it shut. The bodyguard and the stripper was caught by surprise. And before he could react, I slammed the butt of my knife on the back of his head several times till he fell.

"What the fuck is the meaning of this????" The bodyguard asked, trying to keep his eyes open, laying on the floor. I walked over him while the stripper kept screaming.

"Get the fuck out of here. Your job is done." I growled at the stripper who ran out of the room. I knelt in front of the bodyguard and took his left hand.

"I want to send your boss a message. I want him to know that we won't stop till we get what we want." I gripped his left thumb and sliced it off, then the place was filled with his screams and howls. I placed the thumb inside my pocket and stood up. I kicked the body guards head and that stopped him from screaming.

After coming out of the room, I handed the severed thumb to the manager. "Send this to Cermak tomorrow at his office. Tell him it's from Depravity with love."

"Koehler wants to see you." That was all his body guard told me. And I knew it wasn't good news. As soon as I entered his office, he started screaming at me.

"HE FUCKING CLOSED THE PEGASUS! HE BOARDED IT UP!!!!"

I took a seat and didn't dare to speak. Koehler continued his sermon.

"I thought you could handle this. I thought you could fucking end this. I thought you could really do the job! And now what??? The Mayor is still a big pesky wart that is fucking up my business!" He stood up and paced, spewing insults at the Mayor.

I never found someone as hard headed as the Mayor. If he won't budge, then we might need to kill him.

"Let's just shoot him and get over it." I suggested.

"No! Just be imaginative. You fucks act like school girls, too kind with your harassment. Get out and do something!" Not waiting for a second, I walked out of his office and called KL.

"Whatever we are doing, it's not working. Do you have some other method to bend the Mayor and force him to see things our way?" I asked KL, holding the phone closely to my head.

"Yes, let me try one last time." KL replied back. I hung up the phone and went over to Stinky's.

I had one last shot to make the mayor crack!, so I did what I was told and upped the ante a bit.

It was around 8:45pm and I was stationed across from the mayors estate awaiting his arrival. I sat in my car and lit up a cig while waiting. I inhaled calmly and exhaled slowly. I sat and thought about a lot of things, things that were on my mind and memories I had made so far during my time in the life. Some made me smile and others made me angry, but that's all part of what you sign up for.

9:05 on the dot the mayor pulls up to his estate and steps out with his escort and bodyguard. Shaking my head I couldn't help but be frustrated with the fact that a man who don't budge has to hide behind his help. Didn't matter anyway because in a few seconds it would all be irrelevant.

Cermak and his goons start to make their way to the front door, as they get to a non lethal distance I detonate a bomb that blows a huge chunk from the house sending the men flying back from the explosion. Cermak gets to his feet and stares at half his house while the other two back away a little further only to be greeted by me and my pistol. 8 shots are fired killing both the escort and guard. Cermak turns his attention from the burning home to me as I lean against my car with a cig in my mouth and a slight smirk. I wave with my pistol in hand, while yelling to him "Last warning!."

I get back in my car and take off. Now it was time to wait and see how he reacted.

I got a call from one of Cermak's aide, the Mayor wanted to talk. He wanted to meet with me at the Elegance hotel and discuss the terms of Koehler's proposition. I slammed the phone down and shouted jubilantly!

"KL fucking made it!" I took my coat and made my way upstairs to Koehler's office. He will be fucking happy to hear this.

I opened the door and the Don was expecting me.

"Just in time. Pack your bags and we're moving to Las Vegas!" Koehler told me while waving a Viva Las Vegas Flag-let.

"What? What about Cermak? He wants to make a deal with us!" I gladly told him how KL finally made the Mayor to back down a bit and negotiate with us.

"Fuck Cermak. We don't need him anymore. Now please, I want you to follow the family in Vegas. I want you there as soon as possible. And besides, you have to check out the casino that Clover took from the Papacci brothers."

I stared at Koehler for several seconds then nod my head. All my work wasted. And now, I am being ordered to go to Vegas and I will leave a job unfinished.

"Expect me in a day or two. I have ordered planks wood from Miami and I'm still waiting for it. It's for the caskets."

Koehler examined me for a bit then warned me. "Stay away from Cermak. And get your ass to Vegas ASAP!"

A week later, I finally arrived in Las Vegas. I was surprised to see that Koehler sent his men to pick me up at the airport.

"He didn't have to." I told his head bodyguard, but I didn't mind the free ride.

"He didn't have to, but he wants to see you now!" Max, the head bodyguard said as he opened the rear passenger door.

I wondered what happened. Koehler never sends his own car out to pick someone. Something important must have happened. I leaned back and rested through out the whole drive. I hated flying. And I needed a drink, badly. I went straight to Koehler's office as soon as we arrived at the new HQ. Well, the place was grander than the last one. And now, we had a pool.

His secretary showed me in. The Don was sitting behind his desk looking grim. He held a newspaper in his hand and asked me to sit down.

"I thought I told you to stay away from Cermak?" He asked, looking straight at my eyes.

"I did! I never went near him again." I replied looking around me, searching for the bar. Damn I need a drink.

Koehler then slammed both his hands on the table, which brought my attention back to him.

"Tell me you had nothing to do with the Miami incident!" He said, throwing the paper at me.

I caught the paper and scanned it.

 

Las Vegas Review-Journal

 

 

The shooting of Anton Cermak

 

Anton Cermak, who created Chicago's Democratic machine, is shot while talking with the president-elect.

Two notable immigrants stood in the crowd when President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt emerged from a yacht after a fishing trip in the Bahamas.One was Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak, a Bohemian-born politician who was the master builder of the city's Democratic Party.

 

The other was Giuseppe Zangara, an Italian immigrant with a ferocious hatred for politicians and their governments.

After a short speech, Roosevelt sat atop the back seat of a convertible and motioned Cermak to his side.

 

 

As the two spoke privately, Zangara raised a handgun and began shooting. He was aiming for Roosevelt, but he hit Cermak and four others. The crowd collapsed on Zangara, wrestling the gun from his hands and beating him......

"Damn I can't believe this! He's fucking dead!" I looked at Koehler, really shocked at the news. 

"Tell me you didn't have anything to do with this!" He said as he focused both his eyes on my eyes. I tried not to blink when I replied.

"No, I did not have anything to do with that."

Koehler leaned back and smiled.

"I believe you. I don't want this shit coming back to us. Specially not now. We don't want that heat coming to us here in Vegas. Now go and check the casino that your daughter got for the family." As usual, he dismissed me quickly.

I stood up and went out. I asked his secretary if the new HQ hd a basement. She nodded and told me the directions. I met some members on my way down and exchanged small talks. After a few minutes, I reached the basement and grinned at what I saw. All my stuff back from Chicago was already here and arranged the same way as it was back there. I sat behind my desk and picked up the phone. I dialed a number from memory and waited for it to connect...

"Yes it's me.... The money is in the bank..... Make sure his family gets it. ...... Yes........ And pay someone inside, make sure he gets the chair.... Ok, good job by the way." I hung the phone and made my way to the bar to get some drink.