Ahh Chicago. The one place on earth that everyone wanted to be, unless you were smart. The smart people stayed away from Chicago in the late 1920's, the increasing amounts of gang violence fighting over the illegal alcohol, tobacco and drugs that were moving through the cities , made it a rather unpleasant place to live if you weren't into that sort of thing. Which is why Chicago was filled with generations of families, each having grown up here and each planning on staying for decades to come. Out of the increasing number of rising gangs throughout the city there were a few that stood a cut above the rest. Skill and luck and some of the most strategic area's of the city were owned by the same gang a young James Barnes was a part of.
Growing up in Chicago, James had lived his life mainly on the street from a young age. He knew enough nifty tricks to keep him alive and befriended enough scoundrels to keep himself safe. His life had been rather uneventful but lonely, eventually befriending a member of the older gangs. Jack Mercer. The Mercers had been known by everyone and feared by all but they had also been decent. They knew a good thing and they treated loyalty with rewards. James had found a good friend in Jack and together they'd helped each other grow up. James had been prepared to join the Mercer gang, until five years ago when Sweet rolled into town and ruined them. Rumour had it that the bodies of Bobby and Jerry Mercer were still frozen under the river over in Detroit. James however had seen Jack, his best friend gunned down outside his house and taken it upon himself to try and take Sweet down.
It had ended messily, James beaten to within an inch of his life and left to die on the doorstep of some abandoned bar. Lucky for James, the bar was heaving with life and illegal activity from the rising gang held within. They saved James' life that night and weeks later when he was finally able to talk again and explain that he'd come scarily close to ending Victor Sweet''s life, he became a member.
Five years later he was one of the best gunmen the bar had, if not the best. He changed his name to Bucky and wore the horrific scarring on his arm from that night like a badge of honour. He was easy to get along with and a hit with the ladies, even if under the table his attention lay elsewhere. He spent most of his nights right here in the bar where he;d been found, drinking the barman dry and often making a nuisance of himself. Bucky had an hour to kill before he was to be picked up for a job, lounging on the bar and twirling the glass in his hands before sliding it across the bar with a smile.
"Fill 'er up mate."