Upon exiting the car Arnold Wesker leaps into the air with joy, and begins to odd skip to my loo motion toward the front door. Waving to and fro as if on a roller-coaster Scarface is along for the ride. It beats everyone inside and then turns to Mugsy, Ratso, and Iris with a finger held up to It's lips.
"Shhhh. Heee!""AHHHH! Watch it ye idiot!"The front door to the children's center slams shut. Ratso approaches Mugsy and Iris, just as the taller gangster offers his hand to Iris, but still having his machine gun pointed at her.
"The boss has been acting pretty looney since the Isley incident," Ratso commented.
"What do you mean boss? Scarface seems like the same old Scarface. It is the Ventriloquist who has turned into a pure sociopath," Mugsy replied.
Ratso had a perplexed look on his face, "What do you mean? I thought the Ventriloquist is Scarface."
"They are two different people. Haven't you figured that out by now? If it was the Ventriloquist and no Scarface, there is no way in hell I would be running with this crew. I'd take Rhyno and register to work with the Penguin," Mugsy answered prodding Iris toward the front door.
Ratso simply gave a shrug. 'The boss still want me to chain the front door closed?"
"I think so," Mugsy looked at Iris with concern. Ratso gave a small nod.
Mugsy prodded Iris into the child's center. The first thing Iris can see is a front desk and numerous displays of children's art, everything from drawings to cut outs, to banners, and flags decorating the entrance area. Up ahead there is a long hallway leading north, that serves as the long stem portion of the "T' shape of the building.
Using the machine gun like a prodding stick, Mugsy begins to lead Iris in that direction. They stop at the entrance to the long hallway.
"Listen lady," Mugsy began. "I'm not sure why Scarface is allowing you to see his haven, but I want you to take these in case things get ugly."
Mugsy hands the woman a canister of pepper spray and a bronze key.
"The key will unlock the red door in the back of the nursery, and the pepper spray is all that I can give you without it looking like I helped. I also saw some brooms and large sticks in the pre-school room if those help."
It was a small consolation on his part, but even though he would be considered a mobster in the world of Gotham, the man simply known as Mugsy did not feel easy about this portion of his job.
The pair begin to walk down the hallway. Both walls to the hallway are lined with large glass windows. On one side is a large garden where the students and children gather for class when the weather is nice and the other side is where the large playground is. At the end of the hallway is a large set of double doors, and that is where Mugsy leads the woman. The doors open to reveal a large white wall and three doors.
The left door has the sign 'Kindergarten'
The right door has the sign 'Pre-school'
And the center door has the sign 'Nursery.'
"Is that ye Mugsy? G'ring da dame in!"
It is the left door that Mugsy points to. From behind the door, the pair could hear the Ventriloquist chime.
"Hush-a-bye, baby,
in the tree top.
When the wind blows,
the cradle will rock.
When the bough breaks,
the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby,
cradle and all....."
Now rest easy Mister Scarface and sweet dreams. You've had a very long day.
Mugsy can't help but shudder. He opens the door for her and then after ushering Iris into the room, Mugsy closes the door behind him and runs off. The Kindergarten room is filled with 5 desks each with four chairs each. Toys galore from Tonka trucks, barbie dolls, blocks, large cars, mini-kitchen sets, etc. There is also a water table and a large art center. The art station has numerous paints in cans, squeeze bottles, buckets, in addition to multiple paint brushes. The water table has large super soaker squirt guns, beach buckets, and numerous water bottles.
At the back of the room there is a curtain which leads to the teacher's station and coat closet. The room is dark except for the moonlight coming from the windows and the light that is on behind the curtain. There it is easy to make out a silhouette of the puffy-haired Ventriloquist and the wooden Scarface resting in It's arms. Instead of a Fedora, Scarface is wearing a night cap.
Scarface makes a large yawning sound and out-stretches his arms.
"Yawwwwn. G'oy ah'm I g'eat. I do app-rweciate ye coming this evening Doctor Ledford. Ah' think this could g'e the g'eggining of a long and prosperous g'usiness relationship. G'ut alas, Ah' have to make sure ye know who is da dominant individual in this partnership, hence right after Ah' sleep...da dummy is going to show ye wat I mean...ZzzzzZzzzzzz"The Ventriloquist quickly puts Scarface down into a cot and runs out from behind the curtain. The creature appears very anxious and deprived of sleep. It appears think like a zombie with blood shot eyes and a red nose. In Its left hand was a large jagged knife and a large white rope in the right.
"Heeee." It smiled before stalking forward.