George's Astatic

A Story by Abishai100

A spiritual assassin in Little-Italy may seek a redemption-scheme with his adopted/rescued ward (Penny) but must offer a final-job 'miracle' of leafy proportion.

A fun adaptation/fanfiction of the excellent modern/stylish assassin-creed street-couture film The Professional (Luc Besson). Enjoy!

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Now, many knew George to be an eccentric New Yorker who liked living in Little-Italy after moving to the Homeland from Algiers and settling down as an odd-jobs man and working part-time secretly as an assassin-for-hire for an Italian eatery owner named Lou who networked with the underground and got George the right jobs to hone his skills and keep up his living-needs and basically live life doing what he'd been good at, very good --- serving Little-Italy as the resident mercenary (hmm).

LOU: I need you to do a special job involving a blood-diamond baron.

GEORGE: Alright, I'll do it; usual commission; you store my money?

LOU: Always, George my buddy; make sure you stay clean.

GEORGE: This diamond-man/baron is bad (eh?); I'm to be cool?

LOU: You're always cool, George my buddy; but yeah!

GEORGE: Alright; maybe I'll share the trophy with a Facebook-chat.

George got his knapsack full of guns/weaponry and entered the dragon's lair of the blood-diamond baron lurking/hiding in fair commercial district of Little-Italy, having usurped the landlord of his building and settling in as a fatcat of sloth. Well, George shot him in the forehead squarely and afterwards got himself some milk from the grocer and headed to the library to read his copy/edition of The Man in the Iron Mask (Dumas).

LOU: What happened, regarding the news I heard about Penny?
GEORGE: I picked up a 'stray' during the diamond-baron hit, Lou.

LOU: She's a little girl who'd been caught in the crossfire, eh?

GEORGE: Yes, Lou; I'll take care of her (now); I need money.

LOU: Hey, an adopting-father needs resources; don't spoil her.

GEORGE: No; we'll watch 'cool' movies (together), ha.

LOU: Good; stay fit, and I'll keep you posted on more 'cool' work.

GEORGE: Alright!

PENNY: Why'd you always get milk from that same grocer, George?
GEORGE: They have this Parmalat 'brand' I really enjoy, Penny.

PENNY: I like being your 'cool' daughter (adopted), George.

GEORGE: Excellence; Parmalat will give you strong bones, sweet.

PENNY: Can you teach me to be an assassin, George?
GEORGE: How'd you guess I was an assassin; how'd you guess?

PENNY: Heck...sorry...I found your bag-of-guns and stuff (sorry).

GEORGE: Alright; well, I'll teach you how to write poems instead.

PENNY: Damn.

GEORGE: Don't say bad-words; I'll get us more Parmalat (ok?).

PENNY: Alright!

Penny became George's new heart-darling. He decided not to be an assassin anymore. He wanted to now be a man of colors and life itself. He told Lou his employer of assassin-work in Little-Italy. George had 'hit' over 40 people in just 4 years, all in the Little-Italy area and some surrounding parts of New York (America). Now, he wanted to retire, and he wished to just teach Penny how to read/write poetry. This was somewhat of a 'shock' to his dear-friend and employer Lou.

LOU: I'd never 'peg' you as a father-figure, George (haha).

LOU: I have a new job for you, George; concerns a bad man.

GEORGE: I'm retiring, my friend Lou!

LOU: With Penny (I know, I know); but you need to do this (for me).

GEORGE: Why's this job so valuable, Lou my friend?
LOU: This bad-man is an insider with cop-station influence.

GEORGE: He's the plan to destroy some market-activity, right?
LOU: He'll make Little-Italy very dirty/evil, George.

GEORGE: I'm to do this for the posterity of dear Penny (right?).

LOU: That's exactly right, George my buddy (thank you!).

This 'bad-man' George had to hit before leaving Little-Italy with his darling new (adopted) daughter and 'refugee' (Penny) was none-other than the evil Bill who was an ex-cop with a grudge for 'stupid' criminals of 'low-caliber' and wished to 'eradicate' any form of vigilantism sentiment directed against his empire of darkness which steadily grew. Bill recently 'acquired' a noodle-eatery in Little-Italy (wow).

BILL: I'm establishing myself in the nicest apartment-building in New York.

MINION (Gargoyle): Great, Bill; I hear you're a 'micro-celebrity' of Little-Italy.

BILL: How cute (haha).

Bill was right out of a street pulp-fiction horror-crime novel. He'd been 'linked' to some recent policewoman decapitation gossip in Little-Italy and even Lou worried about the legend of Little-Italy because of this new 'bad-man' of the Homeland. Well, George was assigned (now) to get this guy before departing with his darling (adopted) daughter and beloved Penny.

GEORGE: This bad-man ('Bill') is like some 'movie-villain' of old?

LOU: That's exactly correct, George; you mustn't fail here.

GEORGE: Maybe I need to 'brush-up' on cinema-villain stories (ha).

LOU: Good; good.

LOU: George's dead.

DETECTIVE: Where's Penny?

LOU: George ensured her escorted escape to a private-school.

DETECTIVE: She's left Little-Italy, thanks to dear George, Lou?
LOU: Look, I really don't know much about this (at all!).

DETECTIVE: Good; so Bill's someone who'd been ordered for death?
LOU: God, can't you just 'dream' this was a vigilante-strike, sir?
DETECTIVE: My 'duty' is to determine the 'method' of violence (here).

LOU: Alright; well, I can say the 'gossip' is George was a Savior.

DETECTIVE: He hit Bill; delivered out Penny; sacrificed himself?

LOU: Do you 'doubt' it, sir?
DETECTIVE: Don't you...you think...this is sci-fi pulp garbage?
LOU: I believe, like others, that George facilitated fireworks (ha).

DETECTIVE: Well, we better not 'discover' more trails to diamonds.

LOU: Everything (I know) in Little-Italy is insurance-examination, sir.

DETECTIVE: Alright (excellent).

SCHOOLTEACHER: So, you're a refugee of some kind from New York?
PENNY: I was rescued by a hitman of legend and delivered to you.

SCHOOLTEACHER: You've got a creative/funny mind; like a writer!

PENNY: My Savior (George) would want me to be a (good) writer.

SCHOOLTEACHER: That's excellent; maybe you'll write hero-tales!

PENNY: Maybe...something to remind me of George (my Savior).

SCHOOLTEACHER: What'll you characterize him as, Penny, darling?
PENNY: As a 'mask-man' of Homeland historic high art (yeah).

Penny would always remember her 'Savior' George as the cool guy of Little-Italy who delivered her into sanctuary/haven after performing that final 'miracle' for his friend Lou. She'd share his 'legend' on social-media with others, perhaps those interested in what the modern Western-Homeland had to offer --- in regards to the 'colored personality' of huge stories (wow).