As Jim turned on the lights, he found himself suddenly transported to a dark, grim street.
Thinking something is really weird here, Jim decides to explore. But he does not get very far, as suddenly he is abruptly stopped by a car carrying a group of thugs, who come out and pin Jim to the ground.
Jim struggled to get free of the mobsters, who held him down until a booming, burly voice yelled, "Let'em go, boys!"
Jim looked up to see a burly, middle-aged man smoking a cigar, obviously the leader of this mob.
"Hey, kid, what's your hurry?" he asked in a heavy Bronx accent. "Trying to get away from something?"
Jim stammered, "Well, yeah."
The leader helped Jim up and said, "Well, kid, running around the streets won't help ya get outta this here joint. You know, you look like a kid who could hang around wid us, ain't I right, fellas?"
"Whatever you say, Boss," boomed one of the thugs in a deep voice.
"Listen, kid. Let me tell ya something. You ever read da paper? Read the headlines lately?" asked the leader.
"No, not really..." Jim said.
"Look here at dis," said the leader as he showed Jim a newspaper he had hidden inside his jacket pocket. The front of the newspaper said, "Million Dollar Diamonds to be displayed at Celebrity Show in Paris."
"Listen to this kid," said the leader as he read the article aloud, "A beautiful set of just recently discovered diamonds will be unveiled at the Parisian Pret a Portier this Wednesday. The diamonds have been graciously given to charity by the joint ownership of Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Pamela Lee, Jenny McCarthy, Carmen Electra, and Elle Macpherson. The diamonds are said to be worth more than the Hope Diamond itself."
Jim said, "Yeah, so what?"
"Have you been listening, kid? These here gems are supposed to be worth more than the FREAKIN' HOPE DIAMOND! If we could get a hand on these beauties, me and da boys would be stinkin' rich!" said the leader.
"Uh, sir...." asked Jim.
"Kid, call me Vinnie." said the leader. "Vinnie Cabello."
"Mr. Cabello, sir, that's sounds really swell," said Jim, "but how do you plan on getting these diamonds?"
"I got dat all figgered out," said Vinnie. "Dis is the plan..."
"Yeah, da boss got dat all covered!" said one of the thugs, a skinny man.
"Shaddup Bernie!" said Vinnie. "I'm da brains behind dis plan, and if you even say any more about it, I'm gonna beat the crap outta ya!"
"Sorry, Boss," apologized Bernie.
"Now, as I was saying before I was RUDELY INTERRUPTED," said Vinnie, giving Bernie an evil look, "I got dis all figgered out. But let's not talk about it here, huh kid? We need to go to our hideout....then we'll talk."
Jim then accompanied the thugs and Vinnie to their hideout
All this time, Jim did not understand what he was getting into, so he decided:
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Sun Nov 21 15:10:28 1999