A Blaze of Gunfire - Chapter 1

[killianneville]

- A Blaze of Gunfire -


August 5th, 8 PM - New York

It's an oddly silent evening in New York City and Killian Neville is out and about driving around the city in his Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II car as he got another call earlier today saying Arthur Lucideus, his former protégé has been spotted near the Velvet Rabbit seemingly on his way to work.

Killian is close to the Velvet Rabbit club and spots Arthur walking on the side walk towards the entrance. Killian gets out of the car and begins following Arthur who looks behind him and spots Killian and then starts running, Killian quickly runs after Arthur who turns at a street corner, Arthur is much faster than Killian but he stops when Killian pulls out a gun and tries to shoot him.

Killian: "Stop! Or I swear to god I will blow your filthy little brains out."

Arthur puts his hands up and turns around as two cars pull up behind Killian. A huge looking man exits one of the cars and opens the passenger side door for a woman who is seemingly pregnant.

We see another man exit the other car and he opens the passenger side door for a skinny looking young lady, they all begin to walk towards Killian and Arthur but Arthur doesn't seem all too concerned. The other man lights up a cigarette and Arthur seems to realize who it is. They walk into the light and Arthur immediately recognizes all of them.


The pregnant woman is DIANA Igarashi, who is the smoking man's wife-to-be and whose cheeks Arthur "clapped". The skinnier looking woman is Arthur's ex-girlfriend and Killian Neville's daughter, Amy Neville.

The huge looking man is Sanjar Shaik, DIANA's bodyguard and Killian's hired gun. The small but buff looking man is Andrei Sokolov, DIANA's fiancé who Arthur helped escape from murderous clowns into Japan where he was stuck for the past 3 months.

Killian: "What a wonderful time to reunite, wouldn't you say Arthur?"

Arthur doesn't say a word and then DIANA approaches him and slaps him in the face.

Arthur: "I guess I had that coming."

Andrei then approaches him and punches him in the face, Arthur gets knocked on his ass and his nose is bleeding, he wipes the blood off and gets back up.

Arthur: "I don't know if I had that coming."

Killian: "Can I punch him too? His face is very punchable."

Arthur: "Okay okay, real funny you guys... now what the hell do you want from me?"

Killian: "Well Arthur, I want to kill you."

Killian pulls out a .44 magnum revolver from his jacket pocket and points it at Arthur who looks a little nervous.

Arthur: "Seriously? That's why you've been chasing me?"

Killian: "No, I've been chasing you because of DIANA... she needs someone to be the father to her baby and I don't have the time or energy for that, and since Andrei was away in Japan he wasn't exactly an option..."

Arthur: "What do you mean he wasn't an option? It's not like he was going to be stuck there forever, believe me I've seen what he's capable of and there was no way he was going to leave DIANA in the US alone."

Andrei then pulls out a Makarov pistol from under his jacket and points it towards Arthur as well.

Arthur: "What the hell man!? I was trying to stand up for you."

Andrei: "I know what you are trying to do, you are trying to manipulate me and it will not work. Killian was the one that helped me sort out my visa issues, you just sent me off to Japan with no intention of bringing DIANA there or helping me get back here."

Arthur: "Alright, alright... you caught me, but what you failed to notice was this!"

Suddenly two women and one man walk up from behind two dumpsters that are beside Arthur with guns pointed at Killian and Andrei.


Killian: "I should have seen this coming, you never go anywhere without some ladies to accompany you, do you?"

Arthur: "Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce to you... Lotta and Jessica."

Killian: "A pleasure to meet you ladies, though I wish it was under different circumstances."

Suddenly Sanjar pulls out two guns and points them at Lotta and Jessica.

Arthur: "WHOA! OKAY BIG FELLA! WAGGLE YOUR DICK IN MY FACE WHY DON'T YOU!?"

Suddenly the backdoor of a building is opened and a man exits the building with a gun pointed at Sanjar. Sanjar recognizes who it is and seems a bit surprised.


Sanjar: "Rayden?!"

Rayden Suko: "SANJAR!? How ya been buddy?"

Arthur: "Wait, you two know each other?"

Rayden: "Yeah! We were in bodyguard training together."

Arthur: "Excellent!"

Suddenly Amy pulls out a Walther P99 and points it at Rayden.

Arthur: "Did everyone else bring a gun but me!?"

Rayden: "You didn't bring a gun!?"

Arthur: "Oh of course I brought a gun."

Arthur pulls out a gun and points it at Amy.

Killian: "Isn't this exciting? We're all on the verge of killing each other and no-one has the advantage! I sure hope this is what my first match in OCW is going to be like."

Andrei: "You really think this is the best time to talk about that?"

Killian: "Why not? It's not like we're going to get anywhere by just pointing guns at each other, I'm facing Victoria Strader by the way."

DIANA: "VICTORIA STRADER?! Oh my god, I'm such a big fan of hers."

Killian turns over to look at DIANA and seems a bit disappointed.

DIANA: "But obviously you're going to kick her ass because you're a lot more experienced and a better wrestler than she is, she doesn't stand a chance against The King Cobra!"

Killian: "Why thank you DIANA!"

Arthur: "Alright, alright! That's enough."

Killian: "What? Does my success make you feel like a... "beta male" Arthur?"

Arthur: "Oh you're so going to regret saying that!"

Killian: "Shoot me, I dare you."

Suddenly a man walks up from behind Killian and the rest and points his gun at DIANA, he walks into the light and Arthur recognizes him.



Arthur: "Oh hey Benny, I'm glad you could finally make it."

Benny: "Arthur... as long as you pay me, I'll stay."

Arthur: "Yeah, of course, but lets talk about that later."

Suddenly DIANA pulls out a gun and points it at Benny.

Andrei: "DIANA!?"

DIANA: "What? Sanjar gave it to me, I figured I might as well use it."

They're followed by a moment of silence and then Killian breaks it.

Killian: "So... this is nice, but isn't there one more person that's supposed to join us?"

Arthur: "Nope, this is it."

Killian: "Oh please, don't try that with me. Now, where's Aurora?"

Arthur: "Aurora? Who the hell is Aurora?"

Suddenly Arthur spots a group of people standing behind Benny, Killian and the rest. They walk into the light and all except for Herodes point their guns towards both groups. The group consists of a small tough looking woman, a huge man in a mask, an old man with a coat and hat, a younger looking man in a suit and another huge man with a ginger beard and big muscles who Andrei, DIANA and Killian seem to recognize.



Killian: "No way."

DIANA: "THORBERG!?"

Andrei: "Oh shit."

Arthur: "Oh great, Hot Topic is here."

Thorberg: "DIANA, Andrei... Killian."

DIANA: "Wait, you know Killian too?"

Killian: "It's a long story DIANA."

Old Man: "Seems like you have been caught in the crossfire here Mr. Neville."

Killian looks at the old man and seems confused.

Killian: "Do I know you?"

Old Man: "No, but let me introduce myself and my children. My name is Father Jonathan, I am the father of Aurora, Herodes, Anatoli and Thorberg."

Killian still seems confused and then a slight smirk appears on his face.

Killian: "So it was you who tricked us all here?"

Father Jonathan: "Actually, the credit for that goes to Aurora."

Aurora smiles and they're followed by a long silence.

Arthur: "I just hope that's it."

Oh but it isn't, suddenly a van drives up behind Arthur and his gang. Four clowns exit the van with pistols in hand and point them towards the group. Andrei, DIANA, Killian, Thorberg and Arthur immediately recognize the clowns and the man that's leading them.



Killian: "I should have known you'd show up eventually."

Thorberg: "That motherfucker."

Casimir The Clown: "I wouldn't miss this party for the world!"

Arthur: "So, who's gonna take the first shot?"

Suddenly a gun fires and everything goes dark.

(To be continued in the next chapter.)