Speeding Narrative

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they begin punching the windows frantically.
At the command center, agents watching the monitors of the chase are guiding the speeding Mercedes as if he’s playing a real-life video game.
A moment later, the mobsters have broken the windows, now attempting to climb out of the speeding car -- they realize the jump will be a fatal one.
The speeding Mercedes is now blazing at 97 MPH through downtown Berlin, dodging pedestrians, trucks, cars, and motorcycles, a chase of self-driving vehicles capable of traveling over two hundred miles per hour.
The Maserati makes a quick right turn on a dime; the following Mercedes attempts to the same maneuver but is traveling way too fast to make the turn, the tires skid.
The fast-moving car slams into a …show more content…

“Rhonda?” Tony shouts out remembering the name Butterfly gave him last night.
Butterfly quickly corrects him, “It was Ricki, jackass.” “Then ‘Ricki’ – tell your friends that you’ve made a grave mistake. I have no concept as to what you fools are talking about.”
Butterfly reaches for her revolver – cocks the trigger aims it at his head.
“I have permission to put one in your skull, Tony. -- Comprenda.”
Tony puts two and two together.
“Oh -- so this is the reason you were nasty last night, telling me how you were going to…”
“Hey, that’s enough, don’t make things worse for yourself,” Lucky bellowed to Tony. Butterfly laughs, “Well, it wasn’t because I was madly in love with you, …show more content…

“If you had come to my hotel room like you offered, you would be saying something completely different this morning -- trust me. I would have made love to you like no other man had ever. You’d have had my name tattooed over hearts on both arms this morning.”
Lucky turns to Butterfly amazed by Tony’s overconfidence, even Winthrop is tickled.
“Wow, think highly of yourself don’t you, Tony -- maybe just a little too much, just saying. The average person in a room about to get killed normally shows a little – conciliatory human behavior. I wanna snap your scrawny little neck now. – You’re just a dick.”
Lucky decides to laugh, “Tony. -- I happen to know for a fact that her current lover is – the King of Pleasure.” Butterfly nudges Lucky to zip it. Winthrop glances to Lucky as to say, wow, you’re tapping that, Lucky nods a yes and with a grin that could lit a theater. He then cleans up his comment to satisfy Butterfly.
“Anyway, none of this matter, Tony, let’s not get carried away -- that wasn’t going to happen. -- It was make-believe -- this is real life. You’re in a room moments from being shot in the head. That’s as real as it gets, my friend.”
Butterfly cuts the small

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