EPILOGUE: AFTERMATH
Well kid, ya did it. The Don's dead and everything's back to normal…Then again, after all that we've witnessed, what exactly is normal, right?
Ya know, when I heard them plane engines rumblin' overhead, I thought for sure we were finished. Thank God the Feds had enough sense to stop their attack. Ya think maybe now they'd learn their lesson from all this – Playin' God with alien creatures and all that – But that'd be givin' 'em way too much credit.
A lot more civvies survived this thing than I would've thought. Most of 'em were holed up in buildings and never even got to see the Slime, so there's enough "plausible deniability" there for the military to lie and cover this whole thing up, I guess. As for you, me, Lucia, and Lenny? Heh…
See, the Feds ain't happy. They're gonna be lookin' to meet the guy what wiped their prized investment off the face o' the earth. Good thing we were able to get out of the city on time while them soldiers were conductin' their sweep. That last-minute plan of yours – Hidin' among that crowd of survivors – That was fuckin' genius, kid!
Now that we're out, I know a guy who lives the next state over. He can set us up with ID's, passports, and everythin' we need to start a new life. We're home-free, Legs! And though no one knows your name or what you've accomplished here today, at least I can say that I'm proud of ya. No one else could've done what you did. Sure, you may have flunked school and the military, but that don't matter no more, 'cause today, you proved yourself a hero and a loyal member of the Family.
Oh yeah, and don't forget; I still owe ya that dinner. Don't be shy to hold me to it. After all, ya earned it, kid.
- Louie N.
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Cast of Characters
~ Bernucci Family ~
James "Jimmy Legs" DeSantis – Associate
Luigi "Louie" Nicola – Caporegime
Emanuelo "Manny" Tritto – Soldato
Lucia Tritto – Civilian
Pino D'Argente – Caporegime
Alfredo Conti – Soldato
Leonardo "Lenny the Loon" Mancini – Civilian
Vincenzo Bernucci – Don
Vincenzo Bernucci, Jr. – Underboss
Joe Carozza – Consigliere
~ Hiromoto Family ~
Hiromoto Tetsuo – Oyabun
Okizuwa Kenshi – Wakagashira
~ New Reiswald Police Department ~
Lindsay Roark – Chief of Police
~ Zolotoy Brotherhood ~
Anton Scherbakov – Pakhan
Piotr Ivovich – Derzhatel Obschaka
~ Study of Anomalous Lifeforms/US Government ~
Dr. Kyle Reed
Col. John Ridgewell
PFC Thompson
The Alpha-Mind