Don Meanie had just finished talking to Burny on the phone.  He turned to Chubby and said. "Chubby, bring Silver to me and if he gives you an argument throw him in a trunk.  That oversized squid has some explaining to do!!"  Chubby could see the fire in his eyes.  If he thought he had seen Don Meanie mad in the past , he was about to find out just how furious he could really get.

When Chubby left to get Silver, Don Meanie called splat to his office.  "Splat, your two mugs did good.  They got the inside info and it looks like we may have another war coming."  Splat knew what Don Meanie was talking about .  He was a young cat back when the 'families' were beaning each other all over the East Coast.  It was so bad a time, there were beans flowing all over the streets.

Don Meanie was pacing back and forth.  He stopped and says to Splat.  "I have a call out to the 'top kats' in New York and the mugs in Philly.  We gotta have a sit.  First I gotta know what that ratchit-fratchit did to cause this!  Chubby went to get him.  You get as many mugs as you can round up.  Tell them to be at the club tonight."  "They'll all be here."  Splat says.  "You can count on it."  With that, Splat was gone.

Chubby came back about 15 minutes later with Silver.  It was obvious Silver didn't know what Don Meanie wanted from him by the way he casually walked into the office.  Don Meanie grabbed his earring and ripped it from his ear.  Silver screamed.  "AAAAH!!!!! Why'd you do that Don, what did I do!?"  "You ratchit-fratchit, what did you do in Vegas!?"  Don Meanie started.  "We're gonna have a war with Don Tye if I can't fix this.  You lied to me and I need to know the truth NOW!!!!"  Don Meanie's eyes glowed as though they were on fire.

Silver was holding his ear to slow the flow of beans coming from his tear.  His fear of Don Meanie out weighed the lose of beans.  "Me and this Tony from Chicago were working the casinos.  Tony was sent out there to watch over things and make sure the skim was right. When you let me go that day, I hopped a truck and ended up in Vegas a few weeks later.  I meet up with a mug who knew a mug who said Tony was looking for someone to work for him.  We meet and hit it off right away.  Don Meanie, I didn't know what he was into till one night about three weeks later."  Silver hesitated and Don Meanie kicked five of his legs out from under him.  Silver fell to the floor with a bang.  Don Meanie started screaming at him.  "!!! Come on you slimy squid, get to the point!!! What happened!?!?"

Silver continued. "Before he would send the skim to Chicago, Tony would take five percent for himself.  He kept a record of the skim going to Chicago in a book he carried with him all the time.  He called it insurance.  Don Tye found out about the five percent, came to Vegas and took Tony out in the desert "to sleep with the coyotes" as they say out west. Tony must have sensed something. The book wasn't on Tony when I found him so I figured Don Tye had it.  I was wrong.  Tony had put it in an envelope and mailed it to me.  I have no idea how Don Tye found out I had it, but he came looking for me.  The mug I meet when I came to town helped me get out."

Don Meanie sat on the corner of his desk and leaned toward Silver. "where is this book?" Silver picked himself up and started for the door saying to Don Meanie,  "I'll bring it to you. You can do what you want with it.  I am tired of looking over my shoulder all the time."  "No you don't!!"  Don Meanie said.  "Chubby will go with you. You and the book will come right back here.  Now get otta here!!"

As they were leaving, Don Meanie made a call to the 'top kat' in New York.  "This is Don Meanie, I'm calling a meeting of the board as soon as possible.  I have a situation that needs immediate attention."

Meanwhile, Burny and Bare were hiding in the truck thinking they would soon be back in Jersey, when they noticed the truck slowing to a stop.  "We can't be back yet."  Bare said. Burny was about to answer when the door flew open.  The light of day blinded them and when they were able to see it was too late.  Three popping sounds rang out. Burny called to Bare but he didn't make a sound.  At the same time, Burny felt a seem rip in his side and could feel the beans draining out of it.  A few seconds later, everything went dark.