LM14: Baleros

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~EPILOGUE SIX~

Martins was speaking with Agent Dillon on the matter of the closings of the Irish Mob case as they proceeded towards the interview...

"So, Agent Dillon, the status of the lieutenants then?" asked Martins

"We have confirmed two dead, Connolly was killed while in prison due to an unknown assassin, which we now believe to be the work of O'Connor, and Doc was killed seemingly in a struggle to an unknown assailant. Kelly is currently in prison in Britain like Connolly was and though he was a high ranking official, we're leaving him there as a transfer could be dangerous especially if Connolly's killer wasn't O'Connor's doing, so he'll be tried with the the rest of London Branch Managers for the time being. We transferred Murphy back here with O'Connor, and is currently imprisoned together with a cellmate 'Darcy McLaughlin', a member of the Free Ireland Movement with ties to the case... Mulligan's fate is still unknown..." replied Dillon

"What's the consensus on the Mob wholly here and abroad?" 

"The Mob's branch in London has collapsed and Scotland Yard has arrested all of the remaining heads who were still loyal to O'Connor. There is no infrastructure left to maintain it and most likely the remaining mobsters trapped abroad will either be arrested soon due to no proper leadership, or seek out other employers, but that is London's problem now... Here, there's a power vacuum now that O'Connor's gone, so the Mob will most likely splinter, but if not they will not be as strong as under O'Connor's leadership..." answered Dillon

"Even if it's a faux peace, I'll take it, but we'll still have to deal with the rebels, so what's the Free Ireland Movement's status?" questioned Martins

"O'Connor was heavily connected to the FIM behind the scenes, so they've lost a major backer, though now that it's come to light they most likely will break ties with the criminal underworld, but the rebellions in the North will still be a problem, and if O'Connor were to ever return it could be downright dangerous..." responded Dillon

"And let's hope that day never comes, speaking of the devil..." the two finally approached a door, Dillon opened it as Martins marched right in, with Dillon right behind, Commander Martins sat down face to face with the illustrious Ryan O'Connor himself, as Dillon leaned against the wall...

"Ah Commander Martins, what a pleasure to make your acquaintance, I've heard so much about you in the Underworld, especially with that price sitting on your head... By the way, where's dear Patrick, I would love to go another round with him..." smirked O'Connor as the handcuffed criminal rattled the table he was attached to...

"You won't be getting to see him, he's already on another assignment, and besides, where you're going, you won't even get to see the sun much less Agent Finnegan..." growled Martins

"Well I tried at least,  so, what do you want from me, I thought you had a pretty open and shut case?" asked O'Connor

"We want... Your opinion..." spoke Dillon

"My opinion? Don't make me laugh! Oh wait... Your serious... Fine, I'll humor you, what do you want my opinion on exactly?" wondered O'Connor

"Tell us your opinion on the future of crime, both here and abroad, your thoughts on abroad can be repayment for Scotland Yard's assistance in catching you..." ordered Martins

"Here's pretty easy, but abroad is a tough one... First off is here on the Emerald Isles, you may have taken me down but my Empire will reign, I knew this day would come and left behind all the tools needed to re-consolidate power in my name once more, even if I'm not the one to do it... With my arrest, many in the underworld will be after my empty throne, and chaos will ravage until someone takes that seat, and the one I left my kingdom to will be able to use my name with my full support... Enjoy your peace while you can Commander, for my successor will come and the Irish Mob will rise again, taking vengeance on G2... Sort of like a 'Dullahan', huh..." laughed O'Connor

"Stop your nonsense O'Connor! Just tell us your thoughts on crime abroad so we can be done with your madness!" yelled Martins

"Now across the pond, that's tricky... Blade's got no power left so I wouldn't worry to much about him... But there were a bunch of criminal groups gaining strength that even I wouldn't want to deal with, which was why I wanted to cease operations in London after killing 'Agent' Finnegan... The most dangerous groups to watch out for are definitely the Ripper Underground and the Spider's Web, the people working behind the scenes for those groups are more dangerous than most realize..." answered O'Connor rather honestly...

"Thank you for the information, maybe the judge will be lenient enough to knock a few years off your 300 year sentence..." replied Martins as he got up to leave with Dillon

"Been a pleasure Commander..." smirked O'Connor as he began to hum "A Nation Once Again"...

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~EPILOGUE SEVEN~

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A ship was found destroyed floating in Dublin Harbor, seemingly caused by a boiler explosion due to overworking the engine, the Port Authorities could find no traces of the crew, only burned blood in the cabin and ashes of what seemed to a corpse. Records indicated the ship was a trawler known as the "Irish Lass", so they chalked up it's destruction as the work of a one man crew overworking the boiler and being killed in the ensuring explosion...

The ship was salvaged for scrap and the Authorities assumed it was an open and shut case, though it's believed Ireland's very own G2 has taken up looking into it upon further review...

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It had been chaos in Dublin's streets ever since Ryan O'Connor's demise. Every two bit crook and gang with guns decided they would seek out his spot as the King of the Irish Underworld now that he and his top Lieutenants were no longer in the picture.

A hooded man, now patched up and recovered, approached the former headquarters of the Irish Mob. As he opened the doors, guns were aimed at him.

"Hold it right there! No one else is allowed in here unless they belong to our outfit!" yelled a grunt as his gun stayed on the hooded man

"Is THAT the tone you use to talk to a superior?" growled the hooded man as he pulled down the hood to reveal himself as the Irish Mob's very own Mulligan...

"Lieutenant Mulligan sir! I thought you were captured along with the boss?" asked the now scared grunt

"I retreated as he ordered me to and came back here to reap in the chaos that's been brewing in the boss' newfound absence..." replied Mulligan

"That's a lie! You probably ran away when you thought the boss' number was up!" shouted a grunt as a bullet was put into his skull, Mulligan revealing a revolver that shot the killing round...

"Anymore doubts of my loyalty and you'll be meeting the reaper, now take me to McCarthy, he'll prove my innocence..." ordered Mulligan, as the grunts petered out of his way and he went to McCarthy

McCarthy was one of the last of O'Connor's trusted Lieutenants, but he was given operations of the mob's work home, as well as acting as the liaison to all the crime lords and rebels in Ireland, so O'Connor felt he was too important to sent abroad. Because of this, he wasn't seen in the league as the other lieutenants, so any hope of taking O'Connor's reins was dashed as he lacked respect from the men...

McCarthy was rather glad Mulligan was still free, as everything home had gone to hell with O'Connor's capture, so this was a much needed source of relief to him...

"Mulligan, you couldn't have come at a better time! The whole outfit's coming apart! I need to know how to keep our rivals at bay now that our boss, that monolith, is no more!" worryingly paced McCarthy in what was once O'Connor's private office...

"Don't worry, I got some things that will put our problems at ease..." replied Mulligan as he place two objects on O'Connor's desk, a piece of paper and a tape recorder...

McCarthy quickly glanced over the paper, and was shocked to see what he read...

"I Ryan O'Connor... hereby turn over authority of the Mob... To my trusted Lieutenant Mulligan? What is this, a will?" questioned McCarthy

"I guess you could call it that, but it proves he chose me to lead now that he's gone, look that's his signature, you know how hard it is to forge..." replied Mulligan as he pulled out some paperwork from O'Connor's desk, after shooting the lock since the key was now in an evidence locker, revealing an identical signature to the one on the "will"...

"Even if it was true, no one's going to believe it unless it... came from O'Connor's mouth itself... Don't tell me..." spoke McCarthy as Mulligan began to play the recording...

*Hello my followers, if you're hearing this, then I've been captured by the authorities and my reign is no more, but don't fret! Since you're listening to this recording, then my successor Mulligan has returned home and is ready to usurp my position. Now you may be wondering, why Mulligan, well he was the only one close to me for no underlying reason other than serving me. He's got the skills and image I have deemed worthy as the next leader and if you don't listen to then, I guarantee there will be hell to pay, because Mulligan damn well is someone to fear. Plus, I know for sure someone will break me out eventually, and I hope Mulligan can hold down the fort... Until then, 
Slán!*

"That definitely was O'Connor... Damn... Well then Mulligan... No, Boss, what are your orders?" asked McCarthy

Mulligan proceeded to sit down in O'Connor's chair and replied, "Send the news to all our remaining Crime Lord allies and silence the rebellion in our ranks, we're going into the shadows for a bit while we rebuild... So in the meantime, find me everything we can on the G2 Special Agent Patrick Finnegan..."

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