“You know the song, That’s Life?”

“Of course you do. So, tell us, Tony.” Said Alceo as he looked back to his right hand man, “How does it go?”

Clearing his throat Tony ‘Two Hands’ Di Luca said, “That’s life, That’s what all the people say, You’re riding high in April, Shot down in May.” Delivering the lines with such menace, such aggression, one would be excused for thinking they were sung by Freddie Kreuger as opposed to Frank Sinatra.

“See, it’s them last lines right there!” Exclaimed Dentari, cutting Di Luca off with a palm to his chest, “Ridin’ high in April, Shot down in May...”

Alceo patted Di Luca a couple of times before turning away from his associate, where he allowed a broad, yet tight smile to fill his face, “We been ridin’ high for a damn long time.” He said through gritted teeth, “It ain’t just been April, we’ve been on top a’ the world since the stroke a’ midnight January 1st!”

“This ain’t just some flash in the pan moment a’ brilliance on our part.” Dentari continued, “2013 is the year a’ Alceo Dentari, Tony Di Luca, an’ Vincent Rinaldi.”

“An’ that includes May... June... July... all the way through to December 31st.”

“An’ after that?” Dentari asked rhetorically, “After that we do it all over again.”

“‘Cause January ain’t offered nothin’ up for us to contend with.” Dentari gloated, “Boys, what did January bring yous?”

“The Moral Majority.” Replied Di Luca as he folded his arms across his chest.

“An’ February?” Asked Alceo.

“Devil Rippers an’ The Moral Majority again.” Replied Di Luca once more.

“An’ then as we all know,” Beamed Dentari, “March brought Heidi Christenson an’ the rest a’ her ‘Untouchable’ buddies to their knees as we took these...”

An’ of course Dentari unclipped the Trios title belt from around his waist and held it up at eye level... Which was about chest height for a normal human being, and about waist height for the two men either side of him.

“An’ then April...” Dentari said with a chuckle as he lowered the title belt, “April threw the greatest show on Earth at us.”

Tony Di Luca snorted derisively.

“The Mike Sloan Travellin’ Extravaganza, with it’s star attractions a’ ‘The Human Cannonball’ Luke Windham, ‘The Fire Breather’ Tyson Burke, an’ ‘The Bearded Lady’ Curtis Penn.” Alceo said as he mimed plastering their names above his head.  “Step right up indeed.”

“So that begs the question, what’s May got in store?” Dentari asked. He even looked to Tony and Vincent for an answer. As usual none came from Vincent, but Tony opened his mouth slightly. “Yes, Tony, what will May bring?”

“Nothin’ new.” Said Di Luca.

That brought a genuine smile to Dentari’s lips. “An’ circle gets the square!” he exclaimed pointing to Di Luca, “May ain’t gonna bring nothin’ we ain’t already seen.”

“An’ it ain’t just May that ain’t gonna bring nothin’ new.” Dentari continued, “No, there ain’t gonna be nothin’ new for a long, long time.”

“An’ yous can sit there an’ say The Blood Diamonds a’ just formed, or Tres Brujas are just findin’ their feet, or The Philosopher Kings ain’t showed what they can do yet... But you know what I say?” Dentari said, again, rhetorically, “I say you can’t take some worn out, run down old car, slap a coat a’ paint on it, an’ expect to sell it as new.”

“The doors are fallin’ off an’ theres 200k on the clock, but it’s fine, ‘cause the rust matches the body work.” Alceo said sarcastically.

“I ain’t buyin’ it.” Chimed in Di Luca.

“An’ I ain’t neither.” Added Dentari. “An you know what, there’s one more thing I ain’t buying.”

“Cancer. Jiles.” Dentari said, making sure to emphasize each name to the absolute maximum. “First of all, congratulations, Cancer. Congratulations on winnin’ that belt. Congratulations for beatin’ Jeff Andrews. An’ congratulations for stickin’ the final nail in The Untouchables coffin.”

“But Jiles...” Dentari added, picking his voice up ever so slightly, “Don’t you go forgettin’ just who put all the others in first.”

“Was it The Good Fight? Team Danger?” Dentari asked, “No, US.”

“We cracked The Untouchables when we took these...” Dentari said as he held up his title belt again, “So don’t you go walkin’ ‘round pretendin’ it took any effort on your part to shatter them.”

“If we hear even a whisper a’ you takin’ credit for our hard work...” Alceo added, “You’ll be headed the way a’ Martin Irwin Trainor an’ that gimp Obsidian make no mistake, capiché?”

“I’ve said all along that belt should be mine, Cancer, an’ I ain’t gonna go repeatin’ myself none so I’ll just say this...” Dentari said as he relaxed ever so slightly, “One day I’m gonna come for that title. An’ I’m gonna take it. You can Count COOL on that.”

“‘As for now? I’m content.” Dentari continued, “I got gold around my waist an’ it ain’t movin’ no time soon.”

“It don’t matter if you’re the latest incarnation a’ some long dormant group”

“If you’re just fidin’ your feet.”

“Or if you’re usin’ someone elses.”

“Yous ain’t takin’ nothin’ from me.”

“Nothin’.”

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