Gotham Streets

Penguin

      We rode back to the bar and Miss Mooney had the place cleared for some entertainment... A comedian that wasn't very funny, or at least I didn't think he was. I sat at a table next to Miss Mooney eating the best food I've ever eaten. Oswald was in a booth to my far right. Miss Mooney laughed loudly. The comedian laughed nervously. Then her phone began to ring, with a smile on her face she answers. Then she tells the comedian to hold on while she speaks to someone on the phone. Oswald gets up and fills her drink. Miss Mooney then gets serious. I couldn't hear what she was saying but she looked over to Oswald with a very unhappy look.  She hangs up the phone and asks Oswald to rub her feet. Then she starts to talk to him quietly but just enough for me to hear. I took the last bite of my food and listened in.

"You are like a son to me..." She starts to say. Then... She accused him of being a traitor... He starts to shake. Did she know that he and I made a deal!? I didn't change emotions. 

"Do you wanna know how I know it was you..." She says. He starts stuttering. She interrupts.
"Because YOU saw me with the necklace," she said. Then be began trying to reflect the blame.

"Charlie and Butch were there too!" He named me! Oswald tried calling me out on something I wasn't even a part of! Miss Mooney didn't even glance at me.

"I don't have to worry about them, and Charlie knows not to betray her mother" she said looking back at me. I nodded.

"I am loyal! I would open a vein for you!" He said. I winced at the thought. 

"then do it" she said picking up a knife off of her table, cleaning it off with a napkin and handing it to him. Then he suddenly seemed unsure.

"I meant that as a figure of speech" he said his voice was shaky. Miss Mooney turned her back and Oswald went after her with the knife. I jumped up from my seat and Miss Mooney knocked Oswald out with a chair!

"Woah!" I said stepping away. Miss Mooney took the knife from Oswald's limp body and put it back on the table. She looked at me.

"This is what happens to traitors" she said. Then a few men from the bar took Oswald somewhere and cleaned up the mess and our dishes. I was so shocked by the sudden turn of events that I didn't notice that my mouth was open... Miss Mooney brushed herself off and sat back down and paid her attention to the comedian who was just as shocked as I was... He started to tell his jokes again and I finally closed my dropped jaw and walked and began to walk out.

"You leaving, baby?" She asked without looking back. I stopped walking.

"Yeah," I said simply.

"Where are you going?" She asked.

"I'm gonna head back to the apartment," I said.

"Why don't you wait until Butch gets back so he can drive you" she suggested.

"Oh okay," I said walking back to the sitting area. I was starting to feel kinda tired and I wanted to go home... I had a real home now... But I wasn't in the mood to argue. Butch came in alone and walked up to Fish.

"Falcone showed up, killed our boys and set the cops free. He said that you have to get his permission to kill cops" he said. Miss Mooney sighed. Then motioned Butch to come closer. She said a few words to him. Butch looked at her funny, then Miss Mooney nodded. I didn't like the look of that and I had a feeling it was about me. They both looked at me. I swore under my breath.  Butch went to drag me out of the seat but I just stood up.

"I don't know what's going on but, I'll come willingly" I said. It seemed too soon for Oswald to call me out... But I wasn't sure.