Harry is the kind of person to
hold a grudge. Though clearly grateful that I saved him from an awkward
conversation with the Mayor about the twins in the hot tub, it had dawned on
him that the hole in the side was not going to fix itself. In fact he seemed to
think, for some ridiculous reason, that I should have to pay for the damage.
Me pointing out that it wouldn't
have happened if he hadn't hung up on me clearly was not the best thing to do,
though if Harry hadn't then tried to throw me off the balcony we wouldn't have
ended up having a fist fight that broke his coffee table...and his brand new TV...
I don't get invited to his place
much.
It took about an hour for us to
broker a peace and to sit down and think about what we were going to do about
Fred. Fred going after Sykes and the Snake Devils was understandable even
though it is on his top ten list of 'stupidest things he's ever done'; though
not quite good (or bad enough) to grab the top spot. That still belongs to the
time he decided to go undercover to break a child pornography ring and didn't
tell anyone he was doing it. It took a long time and a lot of awkward,
searching questions to get him out of trouble that time.
So with Harry on side, we had at
least a small fighting chance of getting Fred out alive and making sure Sykes
paid for what he did to Harry.
The other thing we had going for
us was how unpopular Sykes was as a leader and how many of his gang land pals
felt it was him who had arranged the downfall of the Snake Devils former leader
- Jarndice.
Normally those kind of suspicions
led to feelings of respect and fear, but this was a slightly more complicated
situation.
Jarndice had been a scumbag, no
morals, no conscience, but he was smart. He had managed to outwit and stop
Derek Long on more than one occasion, granted not without the help of yours
truly, but all the same impressive. Jarndice had held together the gang through
many attempts by the other neighbouring gangs to destroy them and expand their
territory without opposition from residents and other gangs.
All in all, Jarndice had made the
gang untouchable and so far Sykes really didn't measure up. Shooting Patrick
was seemingly the start of his campaign to prove himself, but I wasn't about to
let that happen.
Harry and I both agreed that if
Sykes got hold of Fred, then Fred would end up being nailed to a perch to be
kept from pushing up the daisies. We had to wait until nightfall before we
could go into the gang territory to try and avoid detection.
The only problem with going in at
night to a gang held area of the city - walking smack into a group of low level
gang peons who had a more impressive arsenal than any 80s action hero.
Needless to say the Rescuers
business was safe from being threatened by Harry and I.
Also if I get shot by Sykes - I
am going to kill Fred.
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