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Hi! Trying something different for this one, try to ignore the pictures if it ruins the reading for you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One rule.<\/p>\n

If one thing was known in this community of thieves and frauds, it was that you did not fuck<\/em> with him.<\/em> But they had. And the broken fingers, broken ribs and broken screams that lined the halls to his office, along with the blood splattered across the walls, the pieces of skull that littered the stairs and the slimy puddles of brain that decorated the main entrance were a testament to that.<\/p>\n

But his story doesn\u2019t start with such horror. his story starts with a little song called Fortunate son.\"Vietnam<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cSome folks are born, made to wave the flag. Oo they\u2019re red white and blue!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShut the fuck up Pinky.\u201d Sarge spat with venom.<\/p>\n

\u201cSorry Sarge: it\u2019s a damn good song.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll be singing something fierce in a minute, if you so much as let a single note out.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAlright, alright.\u201d<\/p>\n

The quiet one in the back shook his head, quietly staring out of the helicopter of the beautiful nightmare that stretched out before him, a flowing stream that lead unknowing souls into green hell, sunshine that burned the sky in the early morning, and smoke that billowed out into the air, carrying the stench of death along with it.<\/p>\n

Those were the days. Killing with a licence, walking through hell without a care in the world, with brothers at his side. War changes a man, and given enough torture, a man may walk out of the shadow of the valley of death carrying the devil upon his shoulders. That\u2019s what happened to Craig Philips, he carried the devil and an army of demons with him.<\/p>\n

The mob never came again, not after the first incident with his wife. No, when he eviscerated every last one of them to ever be involved in that slaughter, the rest of the crime underworld got the idea. It wasn\u2019t worth the two thousand dollars lost in that debt.\"Noir<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t fuck with Mr. Philips eh? Ya\u2019 got that ya fuckin\u2019 mutt?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSir, he killed my Grandfather, the only reason I\u2019m still here is because he didn\u2019t know about me! Don\u2019tcha think I deserve some revenge?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSure son, if I thought there was a chance in hell you could get it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kids are dumb, the words of their guardians often go in one ear and out of the other.<\/p>\n

Of course that\u2019s what happened with little Vinnie. And though the grief of his son\u2019s untimely death, and the stress of losing tens of men in less than a week outraged him, he knew the one rule. You did not fuck<\/em> with him.<\/em><\/p>\n

Craig stands outside the door to his office building, looking nonchalantly at the army of police offices pointing various weaponry at him, as he lights a cigarette, take a single puff, then throws it toward them.<\/p>\n

\u201cBang.\u201d He says, as he lifts the gun toward them, and is showered in led.<\/p>\n

\u201cBang, Bang, Bang.\u201d Reply the police\u2019s weapons.<\/p>\n

Craig Philips died on the 29th<\/sup> of May 1978 with a smile on his face, knowing the mob could ever touch him, and that his legend would spark fear into the heart of criminals across the globe.<\/p>\n

\"Noir<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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