Sympathy for the Devil (569 hits)
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Submitted by FALLEN (View user info) at 2008-02-18 13:29:57 EST
The wind blew sand into Vito's face extinguishing his match, but when didn't the wind and sand blow in this fucking place. He hated it here, the wind the food the people, but the boss wanted to expand the territory so there he and the rest of the crew were. As a solder he had little say so he turned from the wind and lit another match.
"Vito, Vito..can I speak to you for a moment?"
The request came from Sam Hedrin, a local politician. Vito knew Sam through various dealings that required an appearance of legitimacy. Like most of the locals he resented the family's presence but he sure as hell didn't resent the bribe money.
"Wadda you want, Sam?"
It usually worked the other way around with Vito requesting something, not that Sam had much of a choice in the matter.
"The town committee has a problem we need taken care of, so to speak. A problem that requires a definite solution."
Vito knew what he was hinting at but let him squirm in his words, these Jews were always pretending to be upstanding citizens but they could be just as ruthless as the Italians. What Sam was asking was way over Vito's pay grade. What ever was up the locals asses must be big; they would have to take it up with "The Pilot".
His name was Frank Pontiusello or "Ponch" to his friends. To everyone else he was known at "The Pilot" because nothing flew without him. He was the head of the local crew, put here to insure that the boss got his money and no one cut in on their business dealings. He hated being in these backwater towns so far from a decent pizza parlor, but things here were especially tricky.
The local government was shrewd, well aware of Ponch and his men and willing to follow orders as long as the money came in. But they also knew that they could make business difficult for Ponch because the townspeople did what ever the council said.
It was an uneasy dance at best.
Ordinarily Ponch would have seen to it that Sam and all his council buddies had an unfortunate afternoon, but he couldn't afford to draw that much attention.
"Sam, have a seat. Vito tells me youse got an issue."
"We do, there is a person in town that we had business with but now he is causing problems with council leadership. Filling the towns peoples heads with lies about our religion and.."
"Dats none of my concern, Sam." Cutting him off.
"It's very important to us. He can't be allowed to say such lies!'
"Keep your fuckin' voice down when youse talk ta me. Vito get this bum outta my sight"
Realizing the meeting was coming to an end, Sam knew just what button to push.
"He's telling people not to pay The Vig."
"Scuse' Me?"
"That's right, he's telling them not to pay anymore. It's not just our problem It's yours too. If you take care of this for us, the council will make sure everything goes smooth for you with those building permits and there will be a nice token of our appreciation in the envelope, if you catch my drift."
Ponch sat down and rubbed his chin and considered Sam's words.
"Who is dis guy? Where's he from? Is he connected?"
"He's some carpenter from Naz, He's in town with twelve friends of his, a bunch of long haired hippies. He says he has friends in high places but don't they all? Our people can't confirm anything he says."
"All right, I'll send a few of da boys around to fix your problem."
Sam hurries from the room "Thank you for your help."
Ponch sits back down and stares out the window.
"So wadda you think boss?"
"I don't like it, dat heebs not telling me everything. Still I can't have dis chooch runnin' all over town screwin' with my money, and I need those permits pushed through."
"Vito take Longi and a few of the boys and straighten dis guy out. And if anybody asks, I wash my hands of the whole situation."
User Reviews
Submitted by TheBrad (user info) at 2008-02-19 16:33:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I hope they crucify the heeb.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-02-19 13:13:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
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Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2008-02-18 16:46:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
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Submitted by St_Jimmy (user info) at 2008-02-18 16:36:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
You needed a better transition between Vito talking to Sam and Sam talking to Ponch.
Entertaining nonetheless.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-02-18 16:16:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I like the idea of this for the same reason I like the idea of the modernized remake of Romero and Juliet. The difference is that I also like the actuality of this. The movie sucked.
ELO's version of "In the Hall of the Mountin King" is playing on XM Music Lab. Fits the story, I think.
Submitted by loopdeloo (user info) at 2008-02-18 16:12:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I MAY BE A NOOB BUT MY REVIEW STILL COUNTS!
Submitted by loopdeloo (user info) at 2008-02-18 16:11:58 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
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Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2008-02-18 15:38:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
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Submitted by jimboruckus (user info) at 2008-02-18 15:33:17 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
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Submitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2008-02-18 13:53:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I debated how much of a history lesson I wanted this to be. Most people know how it ends. I did hide a few things in there. It was more for fun.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2008-02-18 13:47:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I liked this, but it didn't really tell me much. I like the accents though.