THE YOUNG SOPRANOS (TYS) PART 6--II

VITO (SPATAFORE) SOPRANO

"THE SECOND PRINCE"

THE

YOUNG SOPRANOS

(TYS)

PART 6--II

CREATED

J. BECK

2026

"What the fuck are you doing Vito?!" Tommy asked peering over AJ's bloody limp lifeless body while continuing to apply direct pressure on the leaking gun shots wounds across AJ's fine suit jacket.

Vito paused momentarily to give Tommy a telling look as he proceeded to empty AJ's Pagnilieri dress suit pockets. Removing his cellphone wallet eyes cigarettes & Zippo lighter before searching for any "Pot" "Pills" or "Blow" with his unbloody hand.

Lastly Vito removed the Fallen Don's Pinky-Ring & drops it into his jacket pocket blindly.

Vito answers Tommy--Realizing he is in Shock:

"Remember Who you are Thomas--& What You Are! As You're Goddamn Guardian Angel is laying here bleeding out for you!"

Vito could see an instant fury rise up in Tommy:

"ARE WE THERE YET APOLLO?!--DIDNT THEY TEACH YOU ANYTIME AT THAT FUCKING CDL SCHOOL?!--YOU DRIVE LIKE A BITCH!"

But before Tommy could finish Robbie locks up the limousine brakes at the corner of 35th St & Madison Ave. Robbie slams the gear-shift into Park as he removed his seat belt & jump out of the driver's seat while taking off his jacket.

"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Vito snarled. Robbie appeared offended & Ready to Fight Tommy as he jerks open the back passenger. Only to hand his jacket to Tommy.

"HERE--WIPE OFF YOUR HANDS & DRIVE!" Robbie puts his driver-cap on Tommy as he dashed for the driver's seat while Robbie crawls into the backseat to assist Vito who held one hand on AJ's faint pulse leaning over his silent motionless body of blooming wounds.

At the moment Both men slammed their limousine doors shut Tommy floored the car leaving a double burnout across the intersection instead of taking Madison Ave north Tommy took Park Ave.

Normally Madison Ave would be the quicker route but it was Sunday Morning and all the "Churchies" would be letting out. Park Ave was the more crowded commercial route during the weekdays not on a Sunday morning.

"TOMMY WILL GET US THERE! HE DRIVES LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER! Robbie assured Vito with a fake smile.

Sure as Robbies word Tommy flew down Park Ave passing slow traffic running traffic light to the chorus of blaring car horns as the limo shot through traffic like a black bullet.

It was 11:15AM when Tommy brought the limousine to a screeching halt at Mount Sinai Hospital ER Doors. Tommy drove them there under 10 minutes. The longest 4 miles of the New York City Streets.

The medical professionals immediately took over rushing AJ inside the double sliding glass doors on a gurney.

Vito tells Dolan since he was the cleanest sitting in the front passenger seat the entire time to go park the limo around the corner & wait while Vito Tommy & Robbie go inside to wash up.

Vito points out the restrooms to the men as he followed the trail of AJ blood down the hallway to the open ER Operation Room doors to see four nurses franticly working to undress AJ.

They used surgery scissors to cut off his bloody 5K$ Pagnilieri dress suit.

"THAT WILL MAKE HIM HAPPY!" Vito sighs to himself smiling.

When one of the nurses wearing pink scrubs noticed Vito standing alone outside the open doors watching.

Excusing herself as the other nurses began to rapidly wiping drop AJ's bloody body for pre-op sterilization while another nurse started IV's to get some new blood back into him.

The Nurse exited the ER & closed the doors behind her introducing herself to Vito as Nurse Tonya--Administrative.

Vito informs her that AJ was his older brother & was struck in the cross fire of a drive by shooting. Then Vito hands Tonya AJ's ID to register him into the hospital.

Then Vito returns to lobby to find Tommy & Robbie. "LETS GO OUTSIDE"

Vito instructs them that they were NOT to tell one single person about AJ Falling until they heard directly from him. They didn't know at this point if AJ was hit by random drive-by shooters or if it was a contracted job. If it was the latter & if word gets out that he is still alive they may attempt to finish the work here.

The three Young Sopranos crew-members understood in agreement.

"We allow the Yonkers Birthday Party Bus to continue unaware of this. That gives us approximately 24 hours before the Party Bus returns to Newark noon tomorrow."

Vito instructs Robbie to text Alle & tell her that AJ is sick from apparent food poisoning & you're taking him back home to Bayonne Condo.

Then he told Tommy to text the same message to his mother Aunt Barbara. To maintain their front.

Vito then told them:

"Now.--Get that Bloody Fucking Car out of Here before the Pigs show up looking for it."

Vito told the three men to take the limo back to T-Storage Compound & locked it up in a storage garage.

"Then go home & shower yourselves change into clean suits & each of you return driving back rental cars with NY plates."

Adding:

"Hurry but don't Rush & Don't draw any attention to yourselves."

Lastly Vito told them all to come back "Packing."

Pulling Tommy aside- Putting his heavy arm around his cousin--"Rob was Right--You do drive like a Motherfucker T-3!--You saved AJ life."

"WELL--HE SAVED MINE." Tommy cracks a half-hearted smile.

"That's What We Do Tommy--The Best We Can. That's why AJ insisted having you. We are all Blood Relations. & AJ views each of us Young Sopranos as Equals for whom we can entrust our own lives with which he proved true today.

"OK get the Fuck out of here!" Vito said turning his back on them to walk away but paused to yell back for Tommy to grab a couple fresh suits from Fleet St. for him.

Before lighting a cigarette while removing AJ bloody cellphone & wiping the sreen clean with a silk handkerchief stepping into the shade.

Vito used AJ phone to text Meadow & inform her that AJ was suffering from food poisoning & was returning home to Bayonne.

Then he texted Stella from AJ phone to tell her: This is Vito. AJ's Shot. & No one knows. Come to Mount Sinai Hospital Now. (ON MY WAY)

But before Vito turned off AJ phone he went through the open tabs to close & clear histories when he finds AJ's cellphone camera on.

Apparently AJ was making a video of the new black tour-bus leaving ESB for Yonkers Casino Hotel & when he turned around to see the oncoming gray sedan with a shooter aiming at the limo. AJ must of dropped the cellphone into his jacket pocket as he dives to shield Tommy form the gunfire. The video goes black inside the pocket but it continued recording the audio. With the sounds of flying lead striking his body with their paniced dialogues.

Vito sends the video to himself before deleting & Turning AJ phone off for safekeeping.

Vito returns inside the ER Lobby outside the operation room and watched the Black-Out video on his cellphone with earbuds. Vito takes screenshots from the paused blurry aimless video of the drive-by gray sedan shooter car.

Vito could see there were two men in the front seat one driver/one shooter & the plain appearance vehicle was plateless. Vito attempted to zoom in on the two men's faces only to dissolve in pixelation.

Vito sat alone staring at the gray sedan screenshot on his cellphone when it dawned on him that an unplated vehicle would be a junked car. So he gets up to send the screenshot to Hymie Hyle before stepping outside to call him.

"HEY V--WHATS UP?!"

Vito was direct & to the point:

"I just sent you a gray car pic."

"Yeah?!"