Saturday, June 1, 2024

Tony and Cleop Intro and Act Zero Scene One

 

 

 

TONY and CLEOP

Boss and Queen

 

Jimmy Loong

 

This is a work of fiction. Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this book are either the product of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

 My true appecaition and thanks to the many sources which I havw read and adapted for this tale. I wished to express that most of  reading came from Lit Chart and WIKI, Special to Fredericksen, Erik. "Antony and Cleopatra." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 6 Apr 2014. Web. 1 Jun 2024.

Thank you. 


May 19, 2024

I needed the break from Merrlyn to do something fresh, or I would have rotted in my mind.

Anyway, my right hand is tired of working the gears. I still drive the stick on manual.

For caution here. The new tale will be vulgar, lewd, the Approval Board may rate it ‘above Double XX’ but it was fun to create. After having to ‘struggle’ with MERRLYN, and the stress of my normal life, it equates to FUCTRATIION (even my SPELL CHECK went into rephase…... pardon the expression.)

I will be back to MERRLYN soon; a solemn promise to finish it….it stands erect at 26K words (As in a statue in the park; pardon the expression again). Ironically, when the sculptors of old (and new ones), they seem to miss out on the ‘aroused’ expression (Pardon me here again). Binged on BBC series. Imagine Apollo sporting it and you are gaping at it, and the cameraman stood at the odd angle...... Your picture will make it on Page Three of the papers ...... or in between the CLASSIFIED for the 'extra services' and 'MISC. In some countries, it would be MAIL ORDER ONLY. or nowadays, it is LOGIN, PAID UP, and PERSONAL ACCESS ONLY. 

Well, if I am a model for one, I would have de-roused from the long waiting; “Can I take a break? I need to pee…… Hold on there, I will finish soon the chipping ……. Why did you pee on me? …… I did say but Peter does have his own mind on the geometric of calculating the trajectory.Now we can continue. I do not need to pee…… I need to wipe you dry…... I would not do that. Peter has other loads too.

 

 31st May

Done. It will nor be rare but hopefully well done on both sides.

 

 


 

Act Zero

Scene One

The cleansing

 

The Ford Model A was a car made by the Ford Motor Company. It had a four-cylinder flat-head engine. It replaced the Ford Model T, the earlier model from Ford Motor Company, which had been produced for 18 years. The new model was available in four standard colors.

The engine was a water-cooled L-head inline four with a displacement of 201 cu in (3.3 L). This engine provided 40 hp (30 kW; 41 PS). The top speed was around 65 mph (105 km/h). The Model A had a 103.5 in (2,630 mm) wheelbase with a final drive ratio of 3.77:1. The transmission was a conventional unsynchronized three-speed sliding-gear manual brakes with a single--speed reverse. The Model A had four-wheel mechanical drum brakes.

The Model A came in a wide variety of styles, including coupes (standard and deluxe), business coupes, sports coupes, roadster coupes (standard and deluxe), convertible cabriolets, convertible sedans, phaetons (standard and deluxe), Tudor sedans (standard and deluxe), town cars, Fordors (five-window standard, three-window deluxe), Victoria town sedans, station wagons, taxicabs, trucks, and commercials. The very rare special coupe started production around March 1928 and ended in mid-1929.

The Model A was the first Ford to use the standard set of driver controls with conventional clutch and brake pedals, throttle, and gearshift. Previous Fords used controls that had become uncommon to drivers of other makes. The Model A's fuel was situated in the cowl, between the engine compartment's fire wall and the dash panel. It had a visual fuel gauge, and the fuel flowed to the carburettor by gravity. A rear-view mirror was optional. In cooler climates, owners could purchase an after they place over the exhaust manifold to provide heat to the cab. A small door provided adjustment for hot air entering the cab. The Model A was the first car to have safety glass in the windshield.

“Call out to Willie. The boss is boss is leaving now.” Dan “Boxer” Williams was the head honcho for the East Side Outfit; they ran the lotteries there along with the usual bootlegging operations. He was a huge guy, wide-shouldered, but he lacked the heights.

“It ain’t my mom's fault. My dad was short, but he could reach up to shag her.” Dan will tell anyone asking why he why he is short before he lands his left hook on the other’s jaw. No one else did after that incident.

Terry Adams; the runner was tall and held long legs. He was nicknamed “Runner” for that. He had served with Dan for five years but never made it to the upper echelon. He just likes to work with Dan. He took the distance and reached the Tudor Sedan, Turquoise in the shade. It was the boss’s favourite to have that shade; ‘it shades; it made me stand out in the traffic’.

“Hondo, Boss is leaving.” Terry stepped onto the left side steps when Hondo turned the steering. He honked at the vegetable cart that was on the road. Hondo is from horseback riding territory and rode the wagons when he was when he was young. He left the plains and came to the city to be a road racer, but ended up as a driver for bank heists and smuggling runs.

Hondo signalled for the other Ford T to follow on the rear. There were two others in the vehicle ……… two brothers from the hills. Dumbo and Jumbo ……. their names say it all ……. are loyal as guards and fierce in their outlook. Their only hangups are their love for their shotguns. They would not leave their bedding without it.

The Ford A arrived at the steak house from the right side. Terry stepped off and opened the rear door. Tony “East Side” Mann stepped out ofof the doorway after removing the towel from his neck. He tossed it back to the shop.

“Keep it, kiddo.” Tony Mann held a tall profile, but he slouched on the walk. He had a bad spine injury and could not walk upright. He wore the blue--striped suit as his boys all do——the East Side looks, he calls them.

“Hey, Terry.” The boss called out when he saw the approaching two figures from the right side walk with the overcoats. His years of being on the wrong side of the law told him there would be trouble.

“Terry….” The boss called out, but he was expecting the blast from the shop’s entrance. The long burst of the machine gun ripped into his spine and tore up his guts from the rear. He went face down, on the road. Terry reached for his gun under the jacket and was shot in the right side by the two figures in the overcoat. The Thompson machine with the round ammo clip was a deadly gun at short distances.

“What the...” The two brothers were executed by the shooter who approached the vehicle from the side. It was a send-off in the faces by the revolver there. Tony, who was off the vehicle to reach for the gun in his pocket, was cut down by the hail of bullets into his torso. Hondo saw the shooting and did what any driver will do then, he drove off. 

The figure that shot the boss stepped out. He had placed the machine gun back into the cover of the overcoat. He saw the For A in the dark shade stopped at the roadside. He stepped in and watched the other shooters took their routes to leave the scene.

“Back to the Palace now.”

“Yes, Mr. Mardian.”

 

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