Having the first move, I shot the thug in front of me. I got a critical hit for 20 damage. Both thugs had 40 HP. I had 55HP and Emilio had 35HP. I then did a Double Tap on him and one shot missed. He only had 5HP left. The skill was now on cooldown for three turns. I shot the thug in front of Emilio. That was a critical hit for 21 damage. It was a pretty good turn. Both thugs targeted me. When both ran down the alley at me, I was concerned. One had a gun and one had a crowbar. The one with the crowbar missed me and the gun hit me for 11 points. That let me shoot him back for 10 points. It was Emilio's turn and he took two shots. The first missed, but the second killed one of the thugs. It was my turn again and I killed the other one. We got to loot the bodies for some cash and weapons. I took a first aid kit and the crowbar the thug had during combat. I kept the crowbar and gave up the first aid kit to Emilio. He was pretty shaken up after his first kill. I held him close and hugged for a few minutes until he was able to calm down. We then went on our way back to the tattoo parlor. I stopped.
I looked and saw there was a lot where there was another shiny yellow dumpster. There were two thugs guarding it. Emilio still had his full health. I really wanted to see a real drop box. I asked Emilio what he thought would be in there. "Probably some guns and supplies." he said after a while. I pointed to it and he was looking at me in exasperation. "You got shot! Don't you know what will happen if you keep getting hurt, Martino!" he snapped at me. I just shrugged and began walking toward the thugs. I saw them look at me with confusion. "Turn around brats! This isn't a daycare." one of them said. "Give us that loot or die." I said. They aggroed me and combat began. It was good as I got three shots into a thug and killed him. The second thug ran to me and beat the shit out of me with brass knuckles. It crit for 23 damage. Emilio shot him. I then dropped him on my turn. I was under half my HP. I would be another crit away from dying. I was going to have to calm down. I went over to the dumpster and saw inside. It was a rare shotgun and epic rifle. I gave Emilio the shotgun and took the rifle.
Now that we were really in the swing of things, we took the briefcases over to the tattoo parlor. Nicolò, Brandon and Miracle were all waiting for us to come back. "Where were you guys!?" Nicolò demanded. "Were you worried for us? That's sweet." I teased. He balked and said "Why the hell would I be worried for you two!?" He was blushing deeply. Brandon just smirked and ruffled his hair from behind. Nicolò groaned and we all had a laugh. Miracle smiled and came out from the front desk to stand in front of us. "Do you have something to give me, my dudes?" he asked with a knowing smile. We gave him the cases and he set them down behind the desk before coming back and ruffling both of our hair. We let him do it. "I knew you could do it, man!" "I don't know. Martin looks pretty hurt." Brandon said. "That's just learning pains for the job, Bran. I gots to go on my job now. It is going to be totally radical!" he said happily. He then walked out in his shirt, shorts and flip flops. We watched him go and knew that he would be totally okay. Brandon then clapped loudly, and we all looked at him
