Seeking information
Posted by: The Mamalukes on 01/16/2003 at 17:58
Johnny the Bull and Big Vito are backstage at Madison Square Garden, having made their "entrance". Vito is on the cell phone.
Vito: "Yes sir. So it is official. We will not let you down, Boss."
He hangs it up and places it in his pocket. He turns to his companion.
Vito: "The Boss has pulled a few strings. He has been in contact with Genius IQ. We have a spot in this tag team tournament, but the Boss is unsure who against. He says we should try and find out for ourselves, and get prepared. He is pretty serious about wanting us to win these championship belts. He thinks by doing so, he can establish some of his "influence" on the FTR. It is a pretty big business you know..."
Johnny: "This could mean some major bucks for the Boss, which in turn means major bucks for us. We gotta take these titles."
The two nod and stroll down the backstage hallway. They read the plates on the doors as they pass, apparently looking for a particular one. Vito spots it and pats his partner on the shoulder. He points, and the plate reads "FTR Booking Office". Johnny turns the knob and the two barge their way into the room. Immideatly upon their entrance a man in glasses at a desk rises to his feet, and adjusts his spectacles, raising his voice.
Booker: "What's going on?! You're not supposed to be in he..."
The man is cut off as Johnny slams the door shut and locks it behind him. The man in the booking office tries to swallow a lump in his throat as he slowly sits back down.
Booker: "What do you want?"
Vito approaches the man and sits on his desk, facing him. Johnny walks around the man's chair and lifts him out of it. The man stands, looking pitifully.
Johnny: "We want a copy of the brackets for this little tag team tournament you organization is putting on. We need to know our opponents, and we need that information now."
Booker: "Well, the brackets have been released already, you can go out into the main office and look at them there, if you wish."
Vito: "If we wanted to look at the billboard in the main office, that's where we would have gone. But we came to you...and now your gonna give us the names of our opponents, and now your going to throw in an in depth scouting report of them for making mine and Johnny's day here a little more stressful than it had to be."
Booker: "You can't threaten me!"
With a sweeping of his arms, Vito throws everything off of the top of the desk and into the floor. Johnny places the man on the table and places his hand around the man's throat.
Vito: "Maybe we weren't clear enough before..."
Johnny pulls his fist back and readies himself to strike the man. Just before he is about to swing the booker screams out.
Booker: "OK OK! I'll get you the information you seek! Let me up, please!"
Johnny looks at Vito, and receives a nod. He lets the man up. The Booker flips through a few of the papers on his floor and pulls out a copy of the brackets. He offers it up, and Vito snatches it from him. Vito looks over it, and gives a grin.
Vito: "Now...those scouting reports."
The Booker hesitates, because the information he is about to give to the Mamalukes is supposed to be classified. However, when threatened, a man will do a lot of thigns to save his hide that he would not do before. He digs in a filing cabinet and pulls out a pair of folders. He rushes to a copy machine and makes copies of the information inside. Once he has the copies made, he places the files back in the places he got them from. He hands the copies to Vito, who looks over these as well. Satisfied...Vito nods again.
Vito: "This will do. Now was that so hard? Everyone wants to make things difficult on us today, Johnny. Let's go."
The two begin to make their exit, and as they do the Booker picks up the phone from the floor and begins to dial for security. Johnny looks back...
Johnny: "No need for that, my friend...we have already taken care of security."
The two push the door open and exit the room. They stop in the hall for a second.
Vito: "It says here we are facing the Two O.G.'s, The Godfather and Goldust. Should be no sweat. Might as well give this scouting report a look over anyway though, even if it is just for the hell of it. Let's go man."
Vito and Johnny walk back through the hall. As they walk off, the scene fades to black.
