The BM Elephant was a shell of its former self.
The extravagance, the shine, all of that was still there yet no patrons walked its halls and no guests stayed in the rooms. Most of the staff has disappeared with only a skeleton crew attending to leftover tasks. The hotel has been closed for the past few days and there does not seem to be any sign of it ever opening again. In a few hours, what remains of the Merchants Guild will be silenced within the meeting room. The victims learned the hard way how efficient and all encompassing the Litia Family can be.
Pandarsenic, however, was fortunate enough to know of this fact while still alive. His cover blown, his partner dead, and everyone an enemy, he had few options left. He placed himself in near of the door so he could make a getaway. He knew he wouldn't escape but there was no point to just sit and die. So he sat and wondered how they would kill him now that the Security has gone missing and the lone guard was dead.
He sat and expected an attack. Instead, he found a debate.
He watched as Vector and Free Beer argued and debated with each other. The two were never friendly and it seems to have just reached a climax. Free Beer had wanted Pandarsenic's head for some time while Vector argued with him at every turn. Now they had completely forgotten about him.
It was time to gamble. Running is impossible, but perhaps, if he's fast and they don't notice, he can take advantage of the situation. Two against one is horrible odds but at least the chance was there. Instantly, he stepped towards Free Beer while reaching behind his back...
...and froze. The balisong. It's gone! By now, the two had stopped arguing to stare at Pandarsenic. Before anyone could speak, the would-be attacker turned the other way and ran out of the door.
Holding down his panic, Pandarsenic ran down the halls. Escape was impossible, but if he can think. If he can remember where he last had his knife. Yes, Leafsnail. He used it to kill Leafsnail and the guard. He had lost it there. It had to be there. With the sound of pursuit behind him, Pandarsenic turned the final corner and reached the spot of his last murders. The bodies were still there! No one had touched them the entire day! When the others caught up with him, he was squatting by Leafsnail's body. Free Beer reached him first and laid a hand on him to pull him up.
In a smooth, practiced motion, Pandarsenic flipped his butterfly knife open, knocked Free Beer's arm away, then stabbed the blade into his chest. He barely got the balisong out as Free Beer staggered back into a running Vector, knocking both to the floor. The rest was quick and efficient.
*knock knock*
Pandarsenic waited for the door to open, and saw a teary eyed young woman on the other side. She still wore her maid uniform, but the wrinkles showed it hadn't been cared for lately.
“Why?” she said, her voice breaking with emotion, “Why are you still alive? I know who you are. Everyone knew. Why?”
Pandarsenic wasn't sure of the answer to that himself.
The maid continued, “We.. we knew everything from the start here. We left you and the other alive to test the recruits. It.. they didn't do too well. I was just told to take care of things. I.. I was just doing my..”
“Why did my brother die?” Pandarsenic said, interrupting the woman's speech.
“What?”
“My brother. He was a godfather in your little group. Why'd you kill him?”
The maid shook her head, “Is that what this is about?” She started to laugh, but it quickly turned into a sob. “It was a gun accident. No one killed him.”
Pandarsenic took a step back before realizing. All this and for an accident?
“Just get out of here. The Family's closing down the hotel and cleaning everything out. You need to find a way out before they get here,” the maid said sitting down on a small wooden chair.
Pandarsenic asked, “So what are you going to do?” Silence from her gave the answer. She'll be 'cleaned' with the rest of the hotel. “You want to come along?” Silence. “Come on. You don't want to die here, do you?” Still nothing. Eventually, the man ran out of things to say and walked out of the room.
After leaving the young maid, Pandarsenic saw a man in front of him. He recognized him to be one of the Merchants. Or perhaps posing as one of them. The man said, “Walk out the back entrance and head strait for the only black car you see. Don't stop or look around, don't look afraid. Walk to it, open the passenger door farthest to the back. Go inside, wave to the driver, then go out the side side and walk away. Don't look back, don't come back.”
With that, the mafioso walked by. Pandarsenic turned to ask, “What about the maid?” The other man turned and started to show something in his hand, then stopped, said “She'll get the same instructions. Up to her what to do with it,” then walked into her room.
With nothing more to say and no other option, Pandarsenic made his way past the silent halls and walked out of the back entrance.
End
The game is over. Mafiosos Pandarsenic and Toonyman won.
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