The Big Fat Rat, Episode 8

Illustration by Tyler Harchelroad

INT. WASHINGTON DC – DAY – CAPITAL HILL

Larry and his crew raid a clinic for AIDS medicine. Willie is dying. Others are dying. Bill is in constant pain.

EXT. CAPITAL HILL – DAY

LARRY: Willie, can you hear me up there? The medicine is on it’s way.

WILLIE: Don’t think I’m going to make it I can’t see my hearing fading, Larry.

LARRY: It’s not too late! The medicine will be here soon.

Some of Larry’s crew get high jacked by Dean’s crew on their way back from the clinic raid. They manage to get some of the supplies from Larry crew. Willie dies and Larry cries.

LARRY: Willie! Don’t die! Please! Don’t die!

MICK: He’s dead.

LARRY: Mick, you came back!

MICK: Could not run anymore. This is my home and no two-bit gangster is going to run me out of town.

LARRY: You sure about this? Dean’s crew will kill you on sight! Quick! Get in my hole and stay there!

MICK: Okay, Larry. Any food for me to suck on?

LARRY: Sure, a fresh dead bird fell from it’s nest and is still warm! And remember, don’t come out!

INT. WHITE HOUSE LAWN – NIGHT

Larry bring medicine to Bill.

LARRY: Hey, Bill! Sad news. Willie is dead.

BILL: No! How will his wife and kids survive without him? I caused all of this.

LARRY: No, Bill. You didn’t! Dean is a mad killer for the mob. He’s under orders from New York. Bill, take some of this medicine. It will help ease the pain.

BILL (reaching for the medicine)Okay, give it here.

LARRY: How you feel?

BILL: I don’t know! I just took it!

LARRY: We’re having Willie’s funeral tomorrow at 9 am.

BILL: I’ll be there.

LARRY: It’s getting late and I got to get back. Mick came back.

BILL: He did what?! Why?!

LARRY: Said he’s not running anymore.

BILL: That’s a good way to end up dead.

LARRY: I know he’s safe in my hole, for now.

LARRY: Thinking of a way to contact the New York crime family s, and tell them Dean is killing his own kind – rats! He is trying to take over.

BILL: Are you sure about this? It could be risky contacting them.

LARRY: I’ve got to try! Dean has to be stopped.

BILL: He’s killed my love, my friends. No respect for the law. Once I get better, I am going to put together a rat task force and then I will take Dean on again.

LARRY: Hope it don’t come to that, Bill. His own will kill him, once this gets back to New York.

BILL: Sure it will work?

LARRY: Contacting them today. Bye, Bill!

Larry contacts the New York City crime family. They want Dean dead.

INT. UNION STATION – NIGHT

Rags gets a phone call . . .

(to be concluded)

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