As Eric approached the club's entrance with his bodyguards in the Merah Club, he was suddenly, and unexpectedly, stopped by two burly bouncers. "What's this?" he asked with a hint of anger in his voice. He had never been stopped before.
The bouncer to his left shrugged and said, "Master Bush, no offense, but weapons are no longer admitted on the premises."
Eric frowned. The only weapon he had on him was a Swiss army knife, and there was no way he was going to relinquish it to either of these goons. "What if I refuse to cooperate?" he asked.
The bouncer sighed. "Please don't make this difficult," he said. "There was an altercation yesterday involving Mr. Stone, and we've been ordered to step up our security precautions. We're just following orders."
Eric frowned and said, "Tell me about this... altercation."
"Someone shot him up pretty good," the bouncer said. "Then they cut off his genitals."
