Lionheart Page #2

So you want to

get to LA, huh?

Yeah.

Hey, man. Thank you

very much for that, man.

Look here, I'll get you

back in LA, all right?

Thank you for paying

for the sandwich.

Yeah, sure.

It is where you

want to go, LA, right?

Yeah, can you take

me there?

Damn straight, baby.

When?

That totally depends

upon you, my man.

We just got to go see some

people, you know what I'm saying?

Hey, now.

What's happening, huh?

May I help you,

gentlemen?

Here to see

the lady, man.

Uh...

You'll have to be a little

bit more specific than that.

Oh, man,

cut the sh*t.

Just tell her Joshua's here with

someone I think she'd like to meet.

Well, if it ain't

old Joshua.

My main man.

Yeah.

How'd you find us?

Here, look here, man. Word gets

out. You know what I'm saying?

I want you

to meet somebody.

You chose

a bad time.

Call me middle

of next week.

No, no. Now.

You don't know

when to quit, do you?

Hey, the man just

kicked five asses.

You want to make

yours number six?

Okay. F*** it.

Follow me.

Hey, I love New York.

Hey, cool down, man.

Just look at him.

Fire someplace?

Hey, look here.

Wait here.

Yeah, all right.

Formal, ain't it?

Hey, this is

your ticket, man.

Ticket to LA, any place

else you want to go.

Check it out.

That, my man,

is the lady.

And this is her show.

Been a long time, Joshua.

I see your taste

is improving. Who's this?

This is the Lion,

king of the jungle.

Joshua, please.

What's your name?

Lyon.

Lyon? You're French?

What's the difference?

It's all right. My man

don't like talking about himself,

you know, where he comes from, any of

that mess, you know what I'm saying?

Is it cool?

Cool.

I can appreciate

a little attitude

as long as he can give them

what they want to see.

Come on!

Come on. Kick him.

Yes, kick him. Come on.

Kick him. Yeah.

You can do it. Come on.

Come on. Get him.

Get him. Come on. Let's go.

Kick his ass.

Come on.

Come on. Get him.

Get him!

Come on. Yeah.

Come on, get him.

That's right. Yes.

Come on. Get up.

Get up. Come on.

Let's go. Come on.

Get up!

Get back. Come on.

Come on.

Come on! You can't

just scuffle. Come on.

Finish him!

Bring it in. What

is this? I paid for a fight!

Come on. Come on.

Let's do lunch sometime.

What is this?

Know what? Get the mop!

Busted. Busted.

Bring in the mop.

Sonny,

Sonny, Sonny, Sonny!

Sonny, Sonny, Sonny, Sonny!

Hey, now it's time to find out how

bad you want to get to LA, my man.

Ain't no nickel-and-dime

sh*t here.

I didn't agree when they said

you were a bum, but that's right!

Hey, there you are.

Sure you want to mess up

that face, handsome?

You're up, stud.

Hey, wake up.

Fight's this way.

Things are gonna be

just fine, my man.

Hey, hey.

Hey, how you doing, Joshua?

You all right, man?

Hey, yeah.

Lenny,

what are you calling it?

I make Sonny a three-to-one

favorite. What's the other kid's name?

Lyonheart.

Lyonheart.

Hey, I got three-to-one

against Lyonheart.

Three-to-one

against Lyonheart.

Dig it, Lyonheart, 15% off the

top if we win, 5% if we lose.

We?

Hey, man. Who brought you here, sucker?

I got it. I got it.

I got it. Okay.

I'm gonna bet this whole

damn wad on your ass.

You whip this sucker's ass and

we split 50-50. All right? Huh?

Oh, sh*t. Look here.

Hey, we partners, man.

Huh?

Yeah. Don't either one

of us ever forget that.

Come on. Talk to me, talk

to me. Haven't got all night.

On Lyonheart, all of it.

And keep this between us.

It's over. It's over.

Come on, guys.

Come on, come on.

You know the rules, huh?

There's no rules.

You're kind of pretty.

I don't know if I want

to fight you or f*** you.

Sonny.

Come on, boy.

Come on, come on.

Come on. Come on.

Come on, Sonny.

Come on.

Come on, come on.

Come on, come on.

Come on, Lion.

Come on, Lion.

That's it, that's it.

Get up, Sonny!

Get up, Sonny, get up.

Get up, Sonny.

That's my man right there.

I brought him here.

Get up, p*ssy.

It's over, man.

He's had it.

Sh*t.

Hey!

I could f***ing kick

this guy's ass.

You see this sh*t, man?

I know, baby, I know.

Not bad.

Hey, come on.

Who is this guy?

Right now, you and me.

Hey. No, no, no, no.

No, no, no, no. Hey, no,

no. Don't do that, man.

Hey, come on,

come on, come on.

Hey, now come on, man,

you ain't gonna go do sh*t.

Hey, the winner.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Lyonheart,

king of the jungle.

Don't ever insult one

of my patrons again.

If there's something that

Russell or I can't handle,

we have paid

security personnel who can.

You clear on that?

Yeah.

Good.

Now, what's this sh*t

about a trip to LA?

Because I think I can have another fight

lined up for you in less than a week.

Better money for

everybody this time.

But it's up to you, Lyon.

I'm going to Los Angeles.

What the f***

is in Los Angeles?

All right.

Can you at least make it

back by Tuesday?

No.

Do us a favor. Talk it

over with your manager.

My manager?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Look here.

My man wants to go to LA. What he's

got going there is his business.

And we'll be back here when we're

good and ready to come back here.

You understand what I'm

saying? Right, my man?

Let me tell you

all something.

What I did tonight I did for my

family, not for you, not for me.

You made a total of $5,000.

That's a pretty substantial

amount for a one-night stand.

Where else are you gonna

make that kind of money?

That's my business,

not yours. Stop the car.

What if we can arrange

a fight for you in California?

We do have a circuit

out there, too.

Arrange it

for somebody else.

And stop the car.

That $5,000 won't go

as far as he thinks.

My private number,

in case he changes his mind.

Hey, hey, man. Get up off

the celebration, will you?

Come on, man, you know how far

the damn airport is from here?

Hey, come on, man.

It's just me and you now.

I left them other

jive turkeys way behind.

All right. Hey, look here.

I can dig it.

Hey, my brother done

made me some money,

so I'm gonna leave his ass

in the damn street.

Well, that's all right. That's all

right. Go ahead with your bad self.

We'll see how far your ass gets

without my help, God damn it.

Go ahead.

Wait a minute,

wait a minute.

Jive motherf***er.

Tonight, I fought

for you.

Didn't make

enough money, huh?

Wait a minute.

You want some more?

Don't be talking about no

damn money around here, man.

Sh*t, man, if people find out

we've got $10,000 in our pocket,

we won't even make it

to that damn corner.

Man, just put your money

back in the pocket, there.

That's... Yeah, there.

That is just... Yeah, yeah.

Look here, man.

Hey, look here.

Why don't we get a cab

out of here, man,

right now, all right?

Yeah. Come on.

Hey, hey, look here.

There it is. There's a telephone.

That's what we need, man.

Hey. Listen to me.

Yeah.

Listen to me. I'll get

you out of this, all right?

Yeah. We'll survive.

Now come on, man.

God is merciful, you

know it. Come on, man.

Hey, yeah, yeah, hey. Looking

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