chip in and lets tell a story and have fun with it.

'What are you doing in Vegas Mary'? And you better tell me the truth, I dont want to hurt you but I will If  I have too, demanded Carlos.

Mary's quick thinking blurted out " Chad invited me" Why else would i be here? And why did you attack me earlier anyway? 

You were seen talking to the cops mary, and I cant take any risk with you

Of course I was talking to the police carlos, you ran and left me holding your pinata and i had to make a story up to them to stay out of jail. Mary was shaking like a leaf and hoping carlos would buy her story.

"What the heck is going on here demand chad? 

Did you tell mary to meet you here chad? asked carlos, mary gave him that look like 'Please say yes" 

Chad said,

Mary knew she would have to think of somthing to explain to chad why he had to cover for her.

Come on mary said to carlos, dont be so paranoid, Im here for chad and nothing more.

Carlos seemed to relax a little and shot mary a glance like he still was unsure but...

"Wait a second, Mary, not so fast," Carlos said. "Why did that old lady knock me out with her purse? When I came to, you were gone."

Oh no, Mary thought.....she knew this might come up.

"That was actually some demented old lady I met on the bus ride down here," Mary said.  "She followed me, hit you on the head, and then took my purse screaming it belonged to her."  

Carlos slanted his eyes at Mary.

"When I chased after her and got my purse back, I also got security to check on you.  Before I had a chance to come back to see if you were okay, security brought me into their office for some questioning about her -- it seems this old lady has acted like this before.  When I finally cut through their red tape BS, they let me go and that's when I saw Chad," she said.   

"Hey, my grandma goes nutty all the time  -- ain't nothing new," Chad said. "Where's that drink, Mary?"

Mary thought Carlos bought into the story. Finally. 

Mary declined a drink, she was afraid carlos had his thugs put somthing in there, and  she had to be sharp on her feet incase she needed to make a mad dash for the door. As for chad he will be ok, chad and carlos are in this together, she just didnt know how much chad knew about carlos, but she was determend to find out/

Carlos grabbed marys arm and edged her towards the living room where they were smoking what she thought was crack, Carlos handed her the pipe and said..

Mary knew she had to act cool but not to eager etiher, so she wouldnt make carlos suspicuous.

" Here's the deal mary" he said," There are  some men coming here tomorrow night to buy this dope from me, and I want you to meet them and do the exchange"

"What's in it for me"? asked mary trying to stay calm

It may have been the wire that gave her confidence, but she had just about enough. "I'll think about it, but I may want more from you," she said to him.



"What do you have in mind?" Carlos asked.



"I'm tired of law school and I just want to get through it now. Why don't you pull some strings and make that happen for me," she said, leaning forward and nibbled on his ear.



He pushed her away and stared at her. "And what's in it for me?"



"You've got yourself a personal attorney at your beckon call.....make it happen and I'll be your drug runner tomorrow."

Ok said mary but until then im tired and need to go get some sleep and please dont stop me, you dont want me looking like hell and not hafve my wits about me do you?

Alright, said carlos, but you better answer you phone in the morning or i will come looking for you, and it wont be pretty and neither will you when i get done with you if you cross me mary.

Yeah, yeah, whatever carlos im not afraid of you and like i said Im ready to change things so i can get in school and start making some money, infact i hope you plan on paying me for doing this for you...Mary knew the more confident she sounded the more carlos would trust her

'No problem, Mary, I will arrange for a room," Carlos snapped his finger and a muscular looking man stepped out of the crowd, "Bring this lovely lady to my Penthouse Suite, and make sure she has everything she needs. And to insure her peaceful and uninterupted sleep, make sure you spend the night guarding her door."

The man nodded and without a word took Mary by the arm in his iron grip and escorted her from the room.

After checking the room for hidden cameras and microphnes Mary decided it was probably safe to talk into her wire but thought she shoudl do it in the bathroom just in case she might of missed somthing.

There was a knock on the door and Mr muscular gave her a couple of bags one had a night gown and the other bag had some bathroom accessories. Hmmm thougth Mary Looks like carlos plans on me being here awhile. Mary goes in the bathroom and talks in to her wire so cj or her brother could hear her, she whispered I am in suite 3701 as you heard i will be meeting some of carlos's thugs tomorrow- I hope you guys know what you are dong said mary. Good night for now.

Mr. Muscular bounded into the room with his gun drawn. "Get down," he ordered," It's a rivial gang..... we are in a turf war over who runs Vegas, and they've infiltrated our defenses."

Mary crawled under the bed and begin whispering into her wire, "OK guys, if you can hear me, now would be a good time to come to the rescue!!!"

She could her screams and machine gun fire coming from the hallway.

the expensive black shoes kicked Mr. Muscular's body, which showed no signs of life. My closed her eyes and started to pray! She heard footsteps walking away from the bed. She heard the door open and close, and then silence filled the room.

" Mary where are you" she realized it was her brother Brad. "Brad, Mary whispered as she slid from underneath the bed, is it safe to come out"?

" Geeze mary, you scared the crap out of me"  " Dont move until i have secured the place" Said Brad, if somthing happens in the meantime just stay calm and act like you don't know me. capeese? 

All of a sudden there a POP, Pop, Pop, more gun shots, Mary layed there frozen not knowing who was getting shot and weather brad was ok or not.....

Suddenly, Mary heard and felt the bed shake.  Brad had fallen on the bed.  She could see his feet hanging.  She could see more shoes enter the room.

" Mary" , Mr muscle whispered in a weak voice, I can't move,  I'm hit pretty bad, I think they are gone, go now and tell carlos so i can get outta here before the cops arrive"

Mary was scared to move but knew she couldnt stay under the bed forever, she looked out and didnt see any signs of anyone, besides she wanted to see if her brother Rick was dead. She hoped not, after all,she was just getting to know him and getting used to the idea she even had a brother.

When mary got up she looked at brad to see if he was still breathing, she put her fingers on his neck to check for a pulse, she felt a heart beat. Where is everybody mary wondered I would of thought CJ and her entourge would be here by now, no time to waste she ..

Carlos, in handcuffs, surrounded by uniformed policepersons. 

"My goodness, CJ, how did you manage to capture Carlos?"  Mary said incredulously.

"We got them as they ran." CJ replied.

"But I didn't hear anything but shots." Mary protested.

"We have our ways." CJ said.