Those were the first words Nikolai heard from this man. None of which he cared about. A drug dealing business in the underground... and here this man was pretending to not be the boss. 

"I don't care if you were going to hand it over." Nikolai spoke coldley "To us you are the boss."

"The fuck you mean you don't care?! You guys need to let me-"

One of the guards slapped the man in the face. Nikolai sat there unbothered- after all he had seen much worse. 

"State your name."

"It's- Mick-"

"Mick." Nikolai repeated the name rolling off his tongue "You know why your here correct?"

"Drug dealing." Mick rolled his eyes "Look I was trying to retire. I had already retired or stopped whatever from my other "line of work" if that's what you wanna call it- and-"

"You have another line of work?"

"I- well if that's what you wanna call it-"

"What was the job?"

"You know... relationships for money..." Mick muttered sheepishly "It wasn't really a job-"

"Oh so your one of those are you?"

"Not that it's any of your business but not anymore. I'm done with that life." 

Interesting. Very very interesting. 

"You know alot about drugs I take it?" 

"No." Mick said his tone laced with sarcasm "I don't."

Apprently the guards didn't like that seeing as one of them punched Mick square in the face- and the other punched him in the stomach. Mick doubled over in pain. 

"When the boss asks you a question you answer!" The guard snapped his fist raising again 

"Enough!"

Everyone turned. Nikolai was standing up. He had found the sarcasm amusing. 

"I will be taking Mick somewhere. You are not to follow. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes Sir." 

Nikolai walked over and pulled Mick to his feet by his arm. Jesus- there was blood all over his face. Nikolai sighed and dragged Mick out of the room and down a hallway. 

"Your guards are..."

"Idiots. All of them." 

"You think their idiots?"

"I may enjoy watching people get punched in the face but they do it everytime someone says something that seems like it would piss me off." 

"The sarcasm didn't piss you off?"

"No. In fact I found it to be quite amusing." 

Nikolai steered Mick into a room before shutting the door behind him. The two were standing in a giant bathroom. Those kinds with the giant bathtubs that had those bubbles you would find in hottubs. Niko steered Mick over to the bathtub. 

"Sit" 

Nikolai walked over to the cabinets and pulled out a few tissues and some wipes. He walked back over to Mick and chuckled as he saw him sitting there 

"So you can be cooperative?" 

"Well- your guards did just up and grab me."

"I suppose that's fair." Nikolai handed Mick the tissues "There a bunch of idiots"

"You really don't like them do you?"

"Not really. There all scared of me though" 

"I mean you are a mafia boss-"

Nikolai snorted. So the drug man could be funny... he watched as Mick wiped up the blood on his face 

"So... you know alot about drugs?"

"Yeah. Any kind and I probably know about it."

"You know any that could get people to talk?"

"I mean sure" Mick threw the tissues in the trash "I'm sure I could think of some..."

Nikolai sat there in thought. He didn't want to keep a potentiol prisoner around- let alone a man who ran a drug dealing business... but... 

"So you could help me then?" Nikolai sat down on the tub next to Mick "You could potentionally tell me what drugs can do such things and therefore help me get information out of the people who cross me?"

"I mean- yeah- I could-" Mick paused "Why?"

"I want you to join me. Or- the mafia. Be our drug expert."

"You want me to- dude I was trying to retire. Live a normal life."
"We'll pay you."
"I have money... why do you think so many girls wanted to-" Mick faltered "Nevermind. The point is-"

"The point is I want your help. I don't want you as my prisoner." Nikolai crossed his arms "And besides- even if you don't want to be paid nobody here would be using you for your money- and you could put your knowledge to good use without selling illegal things. Well- unless we need you to."

Normally- he would have tossed this man back in a cell- or killed him. But- he did need a drug expert and well- he found Mick to be funny... so perhaps he could get a somewhat friend out of this. 

"Alright... I suppose I can join you guys."

"Excellent. I'll show you around personally." Nikolai stood up heading towards the door "Let's go." 

The more Nikolai thought about it the more he thought that maybe this would be a good idea- and perhaps it would bring something good to his life.