Streets of Fire Page #4

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live in The Battery.

I started out there.

It's the shits.

I wouldn't go back

to that dump if you paid me.

You're going! I need somebody

who knows their way around.

I don't think so.

It's not my scene.

If you want your meal ticket

back, get in the car

or otherwise the deal is off.

Look, Cody,

you sound pretty dumb,

but nobody's that dumb.

I'm the one paying you.

That means you go get her,

I wait here and you

bring her back to me.

You smart guys.

You always figure you can

hire a bum like me

to do your dirty work.

Well, not this time!

Can you really get her back?

You got a better volunteer?

All right, I'll go.

She's real important to me.

You know The Battery's

gonna be nothing but trouble.

Yeah? Well, I'm getting

paid for it, right, Fish?

That's right, Cody.

You cut me in,

I'll back you up.

I don't think so.

Hey, what's your problem?

We're not taking

no skirt along.

Look, I don't think

you can handle it, okay?

What do I gotta do?

You know, people don't exactly

have written references

for this kind of work.

You should know that, Cody.

I need the job. I'm plenty

good enough and I ain't

gonna let you down.

Listen, skirt, let me make it

simple for you. Take a hike.

All right. I'll cut you in

for 10%, but get this,

you're working for me.

I tell you to do something,

you do it. You don't do

more or you don't do less.

And if you start

dragging your ass,

I'm sending you home.

Got it.

Hey, what is this?

Get serious.

I'm not paying you any extra

to take some sweetie pie

along for company.

You drive.

Don't worry about it.

They always hire bums

like me for jobs like this.

Look, I'll take you

through The Battery where

the Bombers hang out,

but I'm not taking any risks.

I'm not paying you to add

any thrills to my life.

That's not how it works.

You got a real

big mouth, Fish.

Look, butch, I buy and sell

more people more valuable

than you every day.

You know,

it's hard to figure out

what's more pathetic,

the way you talk

or the way you dress.

Let me tell you something.

These clothes are worth more

than you make in a year.

I can see working with you two

is gonna be a real dream.

BILLY:

If they got her anywhere,

they got her at Torchies.

It's a real knockdown joint,

no class. I used to

book bands in there.

It's right in the middle

of a big factory.

It's the shits.

You'll love it, McCoy.

It's just your style.

Okay, Cody, what's the plan?

How do you figure

on handling all these guys

and their motorcycles?

You start killing Bombers,

we're gonna be in worse shape

than we're already in.

I don't have to kill anybody.

The motorcycles don't run

so hot when I'm shooting holes

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