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Adapted and directed by Sue Flack Scene 1 An abandoned warehouse. Soldiers, beth and Banquo, appear carrying machine guns. It is the end of a battle. / (Shooting off last rounds) Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! Hold your fire!! Stop! They re dead. They re all dead. It s finished. Put your gun down! Jeez! Are you sure? Are they all dead? (Shoots a few more rounds off) Yeah, they are now. We killed the whole gang. Yeah, we killed the whole gang. So, that means we win. We ve won the war. Yeah,, we ve won the war, for now. is going to be so happy. 2

Eh? The Boss,, he s going to be so happy with us. We ve won the war for him. You and me, we ve killed them all, and now will be the Boss of all the gangs, and he s going to be so happy with you and me! I wonder what he ll give us. Money, promotion, maybe a girl! Yeah, maybe Scene 2 Warehouse. Voyant enters. She says that beth will be made a general and then Boss, and that Banquo s son will become Boss, too. A drum, a drum, beth does come. Hey, guys, what s happening? I heard lots of shooting down here, and I know where there s lots of shooting there s lots of men. And here you are, men, strong, handsome men. You want a jelly baby? Sure. Thanks. (Taking a jelly baby out of the bag she has offered him) What s your name, honey?. Voyant. Get out of here, Voyant, this is no place for a woman. Oh, don t be like that,. Do I know you? How do you know my name? Oh, everyone knows your name,. Everyone knows the brave and handsome soldier, beth. Hey, you re famous,! Yeah, brave beth who killed all of Big Boss s enemies. Hey, I killed some too. Sure you did, honey. What do you want? What are you doing here? I came to give you some news,. 3

Oh, yeah, what news? You re going to be a general. A general, me? Ha! I m just an ordinary soldier. You ve got the wrong guy. Oh, but you will be a general, I know. Voyant knows everything. How do you know? A little birdie told me so. Who sent you here? Are you a spy? A spy? I spy with my little eye something beginning with B. General doesn t begin with B it begins with G. Clever boy,. What does begin with B? Brooklyn baseball banana! Banquo, that s me! Yes, but what else begins with B, eh,? Boss. Bingo! You re going to be Boss,. Now a soldier, then a general and after, the Big Boss! Shut up, you don t know what you re talking about. is Boss. Oh, yeah, is Boss, now, but what about the future, when he dies? Can you see the future? Are you one of those dames that looks into your crystal ball and sees what s going to happen in the future? That s me! Jeez,, she s saying you re going to be Boss when dies! What about me? I killed lots of guys, too, you know. Speak to me. Oh, don t worry Banquo, you ll get your prize. You are lesser than beth, but greater. Not so happy, but much happier. You will have a boss, but you won t be a boss. What? I will have a boss, but I won t be a boss. What the hell does that mean? You will be the father of the Boss. I will be the father of the Boss. My kid? junior? My kid will be Boss? 4

But my kid s only ten years old. B for Boss,. junior will be the Boss, too, one day, after. My kid will be Boss! Get out of here! That s impossible! Nothing s impossible, not in this world or the next, everything s possible, everything s possible (She starts to go) Hey, wait, come back! How do you know this? I can see it,, I can see it. A drum, a drum, beth does come. (Exit ) That is some crazy broad. What s she talking about? It s impossible, right,? What she says, it can t be true. No, it can t be true,. Forget about it. She s just some crazy tramp. Forget what she said. That kind of talk is dangerous,. Keep your mouth shut, ok? Yeah, sure,. I won t say a thing. Scene 3 In the warehouse. Don arrives, he makes beth a general. beth and Banquo are shocked. beth invites them to his restaurant for dinner that night. / (Enters with a bottle of whisky) Well, well, well, what do we have here? I do believe this is one dead army! Come here, both of you. Let s have a toast. To the enemy! The enemy! And who do I have to thank for this massacre? Just you two? Yeah, it was just me and. We did it all on our own. Just the two of us. Let me look at you,. You did well, you did really well. Here s a little something for you. A little token of my appreciation. You are a good loyal soldier, boy. (He gives him money) 5

Jeez, thanks Boss. You deserve it,., I ve got something else for you. Get over here. I don t need anything, Boss, you know I d do anything for you. Yeah, I know that, and for that reason I m making you a general. A general?! ( and look at each other shocked) I don t know what to say. Don t say anything. Drink! (Aside to beth) It s coming true, what Voyant said, it s coming true. You re a general. It s just a coincidence. Now, shut up! So, how are we going to celebrate this great battle,? What about your place? Why don t we all go over to your restaurant tonight and get that sweet little wife of yours to cook us some of that great pasta bolognese that she does so well? Yeah, sure. Let s go to my place. will cook something special. Come over about eight. Ok? We ll celebrate. That s my boy. And make up that bed in the back room. I plan to drink a lot and sleep it off at your house., come on. I ve got a little something for that kid of yours., I ll see you later, we ll talk, ok? Sure,. See you at eight. (They leave) First a soldier, now a general, and after Boss. That s what she said. It s coming true. But how can I be Boss when is Boss. When he dies, she said, when he dies. No, I won t think about that. I ve got to tell. Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day. 6

Scene 4 beth s restaurant. beth tells his wife,, about Voyant s predictions and his promotion to general. wants him to be Boss and urges him to kill that night when he comes to dinner., I m home! Oh, thank god, you re alive. I heard about the battle. They said you killed everyone. Is it true? Are you hurt? Did you really kill everyone, all of s enemies? All of them. What s this? He made you a general! That s fantastic. What s wrong? Why aren t you happy? The war is finished. We are the winners. is supreme Boss over all the gangs and you are a general. How can you not be happy? I am happy, it s just that It s just what? Something happened, after the battle, just before arrived. There was this dame, this woman. She was strange. She just appeared from nowhere and then she just disappeared. Well, what happened? She said her name was Voyant and that she could see the future. She said some things. What things? What did she say? She said that I would be made a general, and this was before came, before said anything. She knew, she knew what was going to happen. How? I don t know how. She said that she had some news for me and then she said, You re going to be a general. Just like that. Then arrived and he made me a general. What else did she say? What else did she say?!! She said I would be Boss. 7

Boss!! That s wonderful news! But how? is Boss and he s going to be Boss for a long time, unless unless someone kills him. Stop! Don t even think about it. is Boss. There is no way I m going to kill him. He s a good man and my friend. Your friend?! What has he ever done for you? He treats you like a servant. You re just his little messenger boy, always running around for him. Here, come fetch. There, go kill! He s not your friend he s your master and you re his servant. Do you want to be a servant for the rest of your life? Well, do you? NO! Of course you don t. This is our chance,, our one chance to get out of this restaurant business and make some real money. You can be Boss! You must kill him. Unless you always want to be s little dog. Shut up! Where is he? He s coming here tonight, for dinner. And when is he leaving? Tomorrow. He wants to sleep in the back room. Perfect! He won t see tomorrow s sun. While he s sleeping we ll kill him. No. Yes. We will kill him. You must do it,. You must do it for us, you must do it for me. Promise. Promise. I promise. Don t you worry about anything. Your face is like a book. All you need to do is show a happy face. Think about how he s treated you in the past, get angry, but show a happy face. Chin up, be cheerful, welcome him to our restaurant, but don t forget that if he wanted to he wouldn t think twice about killing you. He would snap your neck like a twig. Now, here they come, smile and leave all the rest to me. 8

Scene 5 beth s restaurant. and Banquo arrive at beth s restaurant. They drink a lot. beth begins to think twice about killing. convinces him to do it. goes to bed to sleep. beth kills. duff comes in and discovers dead. beth declares himself Boss.! Boss! My favourite lady! Except for my wife, of course, and my girlfriend! Come here and give your Boss a kiss. Welcome to our home. Welcome to our restaurant. I ve prepared your favourite; meatballs with spicy sauce and home made tortellini. What a dame! You know, you re very lucky to have her,. There are a lot of men that would take her from you, if they could! Sit, sit!, get the beers., the beers! (He gets the drinks) told me about the battle! Yeah, what a battle! These two boys did well, really well. Yeah,, we killed them all, just me and! Right,? It was great. There was this one guy, he was on the floor, he had a bullet in his leg, he was begging for his life. Don t kill me! Don t kill me! I ll do anything, he was saying, and do you know what did? Tell them, tell them what you did. Yeah, come on, tell us what you did. Did you kill him? Or did you let him go? I killed him. I took my gun, I put it in his mouth and I said, You ll do anything? You ll do anything? Then suck on that. And I blew his brains out. Yeah, and there were so many of them. We got them all! Yeah, he s a good soldier, the best. You re like a son to me,, a son. Thanks to and, I am now Boss of all the gangs. Yeah, that s right, that means you re the big, big Boss. 9

All Yeah! So you better treat me right or (He mimes cutting throat. They all laugh) And you better take more care. (Awkward pause) What do you mean, take more care? I ve got my faithful servants around me, they ll protect me, right? Right, Boss, if anyone tries to touch you, I ll kill them, just let me at them! Right,? Sure, Boss. You can always count on me. You see, with two servants like these, what could possibly happen? Well, there s a lot of people out there that want you dead., shut up! The Boss doesn t want to hear you squawking on. No,. Let her speak. Let s hear what she s got to say about people that want me dead. Go on,. I just mean, you can t trust anyone, not even me. I mean, those meatballs, for example, they could be poisoned, they could be poisoned and you d never know about it, until you re dead. (There is an awkward moment broken by laughter)! What a woman,! Yeah, what a woman. All I m saying is that you need to take more care, you are a very important man now, more important than before, and everyone wants the things you ve got. Money, power, women The only woman I want is you,! And I can t have you. Can I,? No, you can t. What? Are you denying me something I want? Something that Big Boss, Boss of all gangs wants? Are you,? (Pause) Yeah, I am. You can t have her. Good man! A good man is one that sticks by his woman. You two make a very good couple. Let s have a toast. To and, a great couple! and! Time for more beers,? I ll get more sauce. ( and go to one side) 10

What s wrong? I can t do it. Forget about it. What? I can t kill him. He s a good boss and he s a good man, and he s in my house, he s my guest! I can t kill him. You re a soldier. You ve killed hundreds of men in battle. And now, when it s most important, you can t? What a coward! You re scared. I am not scared. Then why promise to do something and then chicken out. You promised. If I had promised to kill my own baby, I would do it, for you. If I had promised. If we should fail? We ll not fail. Be brave and we ll not fail. When is asleep, and he ll be asleep soon with all the beer he s drinking, when he s asleep you will go into his room. You will take a knife and you will stick it in his heart. You will kill him. No-one will stop you, you can blame it on, no-one will dare to challenge you and then, you will be Boss. My god, you are so strong. I have to be strong if you re not. I will be strong, for you, I ll do it, for you. (Very drunk) I m telling you, she s a good woman, the best. You don t know how lucky you are! (He collapses over the table) Hey, you two love birds, get over here! I need some help with the Boss. I think he s had a bit too much to drink. Oh, no! Look at him. ( goes over) ( goes over to ) Hey, are you ok? You look a bit tired. All that shooting, right? Here have a beer. Thanks,. Yeah, I m OK. It s been a long day. Yeah, you can say that again. And what about that dame, that Voyant. What a doll, eh? Did you tell about her? No 11

But what do you think about what she said, eh,? She said you d be a general, and in comes, and bam! you re a general!, I told you to forget about it. She was just some crazy tramp. What she said, it doesn t mean anything. is Boss. End of story. Hey,, give me a hand with. Let s take him into the back room to sleep. Sure, I m going to bed myself. Goodnight,. Goodnight,. (Signalling the table as they are taking off) Help me clean up a bit, won t you? Clear up the plates, the forks and the knives. Yeah, sure. I ll be back in a minute. She s got you wrapped around her little finger,. Come on, clean up, clean up. Get out of here! (They go. He picks up a kitchen knife) Is this a dagger which I see before me? It s real, but I can t believe what I m going to do is real. Am I really going to kill? I can t do it. He is my boss and my friend. I can t do it. (Enters) Yes, you can. You will stick the knife in his heart and then you will drop the knife by the body. That is very important. You must drop the knife. Ok? Don t you remember what Voyant said? First a soldier, then a general and now the Boss. Go, do it, Boss. Scene 6 The murder. Off stage we hear screaming. beth comes in, his hands are covered in blood. He still has the knife. It s done. Did you hear him? He screamed Murder. beth has murdered sleep. Didn t you hear, Murder! Shhh! They will hear you. Calm down, it is done. What s this? Why have you still got the knife. You should have left it by the body. I told you to drop the 12

knife by the body! Go back in there and leave the knife by the body. I m not going in there again! There was so much blood! Give it to me. You re useless! (She takes the knife and wipes the handle with a kitchen cloth) Go to bed, now. Wash your hands. I ll come in a minute. Go to sleep. (She goes into the back room) Sleep? I won t sleep any more. I won t sleep, ever again. beth has murdered sleep. (There is a knock at the door) What s that? Why does every noise make me jump? Who s knocking at the door at this time of night. Will I never sleep? What hands are these? Will I never wash this blood away? (Enters. Her hands are covered in blood) My hands are the same colour as yours. (Knocking) What s that knocking? Who is it? Quick! Wipe your hands! (More knocking) All right, we re coming! Quick. Go and make out you ve been asleep. Take off your jacket and shirt! Ruffle your hair. GO! (More knocking) Wake with your knocking! I wish you could. (Exit) All right, already, can t anyone get a good night s sleep in this town. (Enter duff)! What are you doing here? It s the middle of the night! Sorry,. I ve come to see. It s big news. There s been some shooting down at the dock. I ve got to talk to him. (Coming in all sleepy) Jeez,, what s all the noise? Did someone die or something? It better be good, or the Boss is going to be really angry with you. Hi,. How are you doing?. Yeah, it s important. If it wasn t, I wouldn t be here. Where is he? (Enters wearing trousers, vest and braces) He s asleep. In the back room. Hi,, how are you doing? Long time, no see. Hi. Yeah, I m good. I hear you had a big battle, you and, and you killed them all, just you two, you killed the whole gang. Yeah, that s right. Me and. Yeah, and made a general! 13

Yeah? A general, huh,? I hope you re not going get above yourself now, are you,? Maybe I will, maybe I won t. So what s all the noise about? What are you doing here? Yeah, sorry to wake you all up,. But like I said, there s been some shooting down at the dock and needs to know about it. Is it really necessary? Can t it wait until the morning? Yeah, let him sleep. He had a tankful last night and I don t think he d appreciate being woken up right, now. That is if he hasn t woken up already with all the noise you ve been making! Cut the talk,, and let me see him. Like I said, he s in the back room. But don t say I didn t warn you. He s going be really angry. I ll take my chances. (He goes into the back room. After a few moments duff comes back) He s dead. Murdered. Murdered in his sleep. What? Go and see for yourself. ( goes to see) Whoever did this will die. I will kill him with my bare hands. (Running in) Jesus, it s true, he s dead., he s dead. (beth goes to see) Who would do a thing like this, here, in the restaurant? In our house! (Comes in with the knife, goes over to and holds it to his throat) Why did you do it? Why did you do it?,, it wasn t me! I ve been asleep all the time, it wasn t me! Then who was it? (Trying to get off ), leave him alone. wouldn t do this. Then who? Our enemies. Someone from one of the other gangs. Someone who wants to be Boss. Let him go,, let him go. (beth releases and drops the knife) What are we going to do now? 14

All We re going to find out who did it and we re going to kill him. It s as simple as that. We ll get all the guys together and we ll declare war on whoever did this. Yeah, but, we don t have a boss! We ve got to have a Boss. Who s going to be Boss?. I m the Boss,. I m the Boss now. Wait a minute. You can t just be Boss, just like that. We ve got to discuss this with everyone. We ve got to discuss this with all the guys. There s nothing to discuss. You heard what said, right. He said that I was like a son to him, didn t he?, is that true? Yeah, yeah it s true, he said that was like a son to him. You see, so it s logical, the son takes the place of the father. But No buts. I m the Boss. Unless you ve got anything else to say about it? (Puts his hand on his gun) (Looks at ) No, I ve got nothing to say about it,. You re the Boss. (Raises his glass and looks at warningly) Let s drink. (Raising his glass) To. beth is Boss! beth is Boss! ( faints)! It must be the shock. The shock of s death. I ll put her to bed. Wait for me here. ( takes off) 15

Scene 7 The restaurant. Banquo and duff think beth killed. They discuss getting another gang together. Banquo tells duff about and the premonition. Banquo is scared for his children. duff goes off to get a gang. beth is suspicious and threatens Banquo., come here. This isn t right. Yeah, it s all gone crazy. s dead and s Boss (Realising) it s all happening like Voyant said it would. What are you talking about? Who s Voyant? She s this woman that can see the future. What? After the battle, and I were there and this woman, this Voyant, appeared from nowhere. She said she could see the future. She said that would be a general, and when arrived five minutes later, bam! he made a general. Now, you tell me, how could she know that? It could be a coincidence. A coincidence?! Maybe, but what about this. After that she said that would be Boss. would be Boss. Yeah, that when was dead, would be Boss. And he is Boss! Now that isn t any coincidence. No, it isn t.. killed. What? No, wouldn t do that. He loved. Maybe, but he loves power and money more. Why do you think he came out of that room with that knife? Why do you think he said you killed? Because he s guilty. He did it. Jeez,. Did this Voyant woman say anything else? Yeah, she said that I would be the father of the Boss. That my kid, junior, would one day be Boss. 16

Then your kid is in danger,. If is capable of killing in his own house, he won t think twice about slitting your kid s throat. junior! Listen, I m going to get the other guys together. I ll tell the guys what happened and we ll declare war on the house of beth. You stay here and act normal. What? Stay here and act normal. We don t want to get suspicious. What about junior? I ve got to get him to a safe place. Don t worry. I ll get your kid to a safe place where no-one, not even beth, can touch him. Ok? Ok. Be careful, and remember, act normal. (He goes) (Entering) Where s? Er he went off to er tell the guys about and about you being Boss. Oh Do you want a drink,? Yeah No yeah! Make up your mind,. What s the matter? Are you a little nervous? Nervous? No well, yeah, a little, what with being dead and everything, you know Sure. These are strange times,, strange times. I m sorry about what happened before, with the knife, you know I was so angry about being killed, you know. Sure,, that s ok. So, what about that Voyant, eh? What she said, it s coming true. You were right, she can see the future. First a soldier, then a general and now the Boss. Cheers! Cheers! Remind me. What did she say about you,? 17

What did she say about me? I don t remember. Yes you do. She said that you would be father of the Boss, that Junior would be Boss. Do you think that is going to happen,? No, she must have made a mistake, you re the Boss now,. Yeah, I m the Boss now and in the future my son will be Boss, right? But you don t have a son,. Not now, but I will have a son, one day, and then he will be Boss. My son, not junior, right,? That s right,. Because if I find out that there are any plans, if I find out about any plans to make junior Boss, I ll kill him,, I ll kill him, I ll squeeze his tiny throat. I ll come into your house and I ll kill junior, then I ll kill your wife and then I ll kill you. I ll kill your whole family, in front of your very own eyes. Do you understand,? Yes Good. We understand each other. ( comes in), I was just talking to about his lovely family. How are you feeling honey? Better. Well you run along now,, and tell everyone what I said. Tell all the guys what I said. And you look after that sweet family of yours, right? Yes, (He goes) Scene 8 The restaurant. sees blood on her hands. She is going mad with guilt. Sit down honey, you look terrible. Will these hands never be clean? I can t get this blood off my hands. What blood? What were you talking about? What were you talking to about? 18

Voyant said that s son would be Boss. What? s son Boss? You didn t tell me that. I m telling you now. He must die. Who must die? junior. And. No! You must stop this. You can t kill a child. He s just a boy! Now he s a boy. But in five years he ll be a man. And then he can be Boss. Do you want that? Do you want s kid to be Boss after me? What about our kids? One day we ll have kids. You can still have a kid. We can still try. Do you think so? Yeah, and then our kid will be Boss after me. What will you do? You don t need to know. You don t need to know the details, don t worry your silly little head about it. Leave it to me. So much blood. Did you see it? There was so much blood. Who would have thought old to have so much blood in him? That s finished now. is dead. You have to forget about it. How can I forget about it with all this blood on my hands! It won t come off. I wash and I wash and it won t come off! It smells. Can t you smell the blood. I put perfume on but even that won t make it go. There s nothing there. Your hands are clean. Clean! Look! Can t you see it? So much blood. Out damn spot. You re tired. You need to sleep. Here take another sleeping pill. (She swallows them down with some whisky) Hey, hey, go careful, don t mix pills and booze. (Still cleaning hands) Once, twice, three times, and still not clean. To bed. To bed. Come on, get up, give me your hand. You must go to bed and sleep. Sleep. I won t sleep any more. beth has murdered sleep. What s done can t be undone. To bed. ( leaves) 19

She s going crazy. That s all I need. If I don t get this thing finished I ll go crazy, too. I must finish this thing. I must kill and Junior before it s too late. (Enter the ghost of ) What s this? What trick is this? What are you doing here? You re dead! I killed you with my own hands. I killed you with this knife. What are you doing? Go away, go away, I don t want to see you. No, it can t be happening. I ve drunk too much. What do you want from me? (Ghost leaves) I must be going crazy.! No, she s no help, she s just as crazy as me. Where s? Why is he taking so long to get the gang together? And duff? Why did leave so quickly? said had gone to get the guys together. What if they are all against me? What if they are all my enemies? I don t trust them, I don t trust either of them. What did that Voyant say? will be the father of the Boss. She didn t say anything about duff. She ll know if is my enemy. I ve got to see her again. I have to know the future. I ll go to the warehouse and see if she s there. I have to know the future. Scene 9 In the warehouse. tells him that no man of woman born can kill him and that Banquo s son will definitely be Boss. She tells him that duff is his enemy. She is preparing a cocktail. How now you secret, black and midnight hag. Hi, fancy a drink? What have you got? Cocktails. I ve got eye of newt, and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog, adder s fork, and blind worm s sting, lizard s leg and sparrow s wing. I ll have what you re having. ( starts to mix up the cocktail with the things from her bag) Do you know what you re doing? Sure, I used to be a waitress in a cocktail bar, many moons ago. Double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble. (She gives him the drink) Listen. I have some important questions and I need answers. I want to know the future. Do you understand? I want to know more about the future. Speak, demand, I ll answer. Is duff my enemy? 20

Let me see. beth, beth beware duff. He will not be commanded. So, he is my enemy? Yes, he is your enemy, BUT no man of woman born can kill you. What the hell does that mean? No man of woman born. No mother s son can hurt you! Well, everyone has a mother, right? Everyone has a mother, so, I m ok. I m invincible! Give me some more of that stuff, it s good. (She pours him more cocktail) Invincible beth! Yeah, but just to be sure I will kill him. I will go to s house and I will kill him and his wife and kids. Nice. Yeah, just to be sure. You can never be too sure! That s for sure! Ok. I ve got one last question. One last question? Will Banquo s son be Boss? Oh, no! You don t want to know that. Don t ask that,, anything but that! Tell me, I ve got to know. Will s son be Boss? Will s son be Boss? Will s son be Boss? Well? Yes, s son will be Boss. I knew it. Then and his son must die too. I will kill them all. Oh, you are so bad! I like that in a man. And when are you going to do all this killing,? Because it s a bit late in the night for so much energetic activity, don t you think? Why don t you stay here with me a while and leave the killing for tomorrow? Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. 21

Scene 10 The warehouse. duff and arrive. duff kills beth. Tomorrow s too late. Let s do it now.,. Here you are! Oh, oh, time for me to disappear. Bye guys, have fun! Don t you want to know the future,? You must be Voyant. That s me. Voyant by name clairvoyant by nature. Well, honey, I don t believe in that crystal ball stuff. Now, get out of here. Maybe another time (She leaves) I was just wondering where you two guys were. What happened? Why did you take so long? Did you tell the guys about? Did you tell them that our enemies killed? Do they know that I m Boss now? Eh? Where are they all? Why aren t they here? The guys aren t coming,. Not coming! But I m the Boss, I demand them to be here! No-one wants you to be Boss,. No-one wants me to be Boss? We know you killed. You think I killed? What are you talking about? Tell him, I would never hurt. He was like a father to me. Don t do this,. We know it was you., do you think I killed? You,? You re my friend. You re my main man. You said you d kill junior. You said you d kill him and you d kill me., I was joking. Remember all those battles we had together? Who looked out for you then, eh? Who saved your life hundreds of times? Me. beth. 22

Forget it,. The past doesn t mean anything now. Only the present and the future. Come on, fight me. Fight like a man. Or are you a coward? I m not a coward. I ll fight you. It ll be my pleasure. (There is a big fight. pulls out a gun) You killed and now you are going to die Me, die? No, I m not going to die, you can t kill me, I m invincible. No mother s son can hurt me! What does that mean? No mother s son? No man of woman born. Well, I ve got a surprise for you,. My mother had a ceasarian. A ceasarian? Yeah, I was born by ceasarian, so, you could say that I m not of woman born. (He kills him) You, ok,? Yeah, I ll be ok. Here put this on. ( puts s coat over s shoulders. is sad about and goes over to the body) Jeez,, how did this happen? How did you get to be like this. You were my friend. Ambition,. He was too ambitious. Both him and wanted everything. He killed, he would have killed you and your family and he would have killed me, because he wanted everything. was never our real Boss. I m the Boss now. ( kisses s hand) The End 23