Lankston's head guard named Bruno pulled a 9mm pistol out from his jacket and bashed Joseph in the back of the head. "Ahh!"Two of the others picked him up and held him by the arms. "What the hell are you doing?" Rusty tried to be Joseph's rescuer and took Lankston by the leg. "Argh! You mutt! Bruno!" Bruno shot the dog in the head killing it instantly "Rusty! What do you think you're doing Lankston?!" "I'm uploading all of your research and notes on this project to the company's data base. This way I get to keep every penny for ourselves. I never cared much for sharing as a child. Not much has changed." "You can't do this!" Deadly serious, Lankston gripped Joseph's cheeks with one hand. "I can do whatever I damn well please! As far as this city or this state, for that matter is concerned, I am God!" "How do you expect to get away with this? Everyone saw the inter...