"It's been a rough month for Tommy and I. With his last hit of reputed mob boss Tony Marccozi, business for Tommy has risen. But not in a good way. It seems that all the other bosses in New York have caught wind of his ability, and have begun flooding our phones with calls, trying to get Tommy to knock off their biggest enemies. Tommy's been home less, and when he is home, I've been stitching more gun shot wounds, and knife cuts then I care too. "

Gino
Christ Tommy. This has to stop.

Tommy
It's nothing.

Gino
Nothing! You've been shot twice!

Tommy
I'll live.

Gino
One of these days Tommy, you're not gonna be so lucky.

"But that was always Tommy's attitude. "I'll live." He didn't fear death. He knew that one day he'd meet his maker, but Tommy was the kind of guy that would look death in the face, and laugh. He knew every night could be his last. That one night, one of these days, that phone's gonna ring, and he won't be coming home. "

????
Tommy. Mr. G's got a job for ya tonight.

Tommy
Is that so? And I was hoping to stay in tonight.

????
Is it worth five large to ya?

Tommy
Damn. Who does he want knockd off? The Pope?

????
Close. Cardinal Dugal over on the west side.

Tommy
So what the story with this one?

????
He's been feeding info to some rivals of ours, and we need him taken care of.

Tommy
Security?

????
There shouldn't be any. You know us. We may put the men of the cloth to good use, but they're on their own because of it. Use the confessional. No witnesses that way.

Tommy
I had that figured.

"Tommy always felt that luck was on his side. Escaping every encounter with just a bullet stuck in his arm, or a knife slash across his stomach. Nothing fatal. It's probably why he took any job that came over the wire. The money was always good, and he always knew he'd be coming home."

Tommy
Forgive me father for I have sinned.

Cardinal Dugal
I know you have. And I know you're about to again. I accept my fate. What I have done has been unholy of me. I've abused my position in the church, for personal gain. And I know what you're about to do.

Tommy
Well, that makes my job easier.

Cardinal Dugal
Permit me one last act before you take my life.

Tommy
Don't run. I hate it when people run.

Cardinal Dugal
I'm far too old for that. However, I pray that after a lifetime of deceit, that this act may save my soul.

Tommy
What are you talking about?

Cardinal Dugal
You've been set up. As you're sitting here right now, the church is filling with Mr. G's men.

Tommy opens the door of the confessional just a crack, and sees men filing into the church, carrying pistols and tommy guns.

Tommy
Shit.

Cardinal Dugal
There is no other way out. Your gift allows you to offer up quick and painless deaths. It doesn't grant you immortality however.

Tommy
Yeah. How convienant.

Cardinal Dugal
Seems every man has his day.

Tommy
That sounds comforting.

Cardinal Dugal
Day of reckoning Mr. Tornelli.

"Tonight was just another night. Tommy was out on a job, and I was doing research for an upcoming exibit at the library. It was a little cooler outside then it normally was. The sweet smell of rain lingered in the air, warning the New Yorkers below of things that were about to come. It's too bad that you can't smell blood on the air."

Gino
TOMMY!

The door of the apartment has crashed open, and a bloodied Tommy Tornelli has staggered in, falling clumsily onto the bed.

Gino
Tommy! What the hell happened!

Tommy
It......was a set-up.

Gino
Who!?!

Tommy
Mr. G.

Gino
Son of a bitch!

Tommy
I should have seen it coming.

Gino
Save your breath. I've got to get you to a hospital.

Tommy
I won't make it.

"Bury me softly in this womb."*

Gino
Don't say that Tommy.

"I give this part of me for you."*

Tommy
Don't fool yourself. You know it.

"Sand rains down and here I sit"*

Gino
You've gotta hang in there Tommy.

"Holding rare flowers in a tomb."*

Tommy
Not this time Gino.

"Down in a hole and I don't know if I can be saved"*

Gino
This can't be happening.

"See my heart and I decorate it like a grave"*

Tommy
You know what you have to do Gino.

"You don't understand who they thought I was supposed to be"*

Gino
I can't.

Tommy
YOU MUST! DO IT!

"Look at me now I'm a man who won't let himself be." *

Gino
Goodnight...