The Construction Site

The **Construction Site** is a large unfinished building in Thugtown's inner city, that, as the name implies, was under construction, either being built or renovated. It is the 11th stage of *Guns, Gore & Cannoli*.

## Background

The Construction Site is primarily passable through by climbing the wooden scaffolding, though it was left partially incomplete. Large holes can be seen inside the walls and parts of the floor are missing, often substituted by the scaffolding. Going towards the roof shows the walls there to be almost missing entirely and a collapsed staircase over a large fire blocking the way onto the top of the structure. Several crates, likely filled with building material and equipment can be seen and the elevator area is on fire. There are some parts that have already been finished and fitted with items like a chandelier, wallpaper and a bathroom sink, implying it was supposed to become an upper-scale housing unit, but the building itself is still mostly left unfinished.

The site had been left half done and cumbersome to travel through and following the initial outbreak, it was abandoned before the nearby Belluccio family turned it into a fort of sorts, likely due to being difficult to navigate through, allowing the Belluccios' thugs to easily assault any passing Bonnino goons, zombies or soldiers attempting to reach the Belluccio Tower.

## Guns, Gore & Cannoli

During the nightly hours, Mr. Belluccio unexpectedly gives one of their lieutenants, Tony, a call, instructing them to shift their focus on an armed man heading their way, telling him that it is a top priority that he doesn't reach the base. Tony passes word onto his subordinates and they quickly prepare to receive their guest, patrolling every floor with multiple guards, weapons at the ready.

Vinnie battles his way up the complex, only to find midway that the building has run out of floors and platforms to climb further topside. Thus he enters a neighbouring building on the right, a wrecked abandoned apartment block, crawling with zombies and Belluccio enforcers, engaged in combat, all the while the partially collapsed structure is engulfed in flames. Vinnie leaps into the fray, parkours his way up a burning elevator shaft, killing any ambushing tenants on each floor and reaches a floor conveniently situated right next to a level of his point of origin, only several stories higher. As he makes his way across, however, he hears a fog horn, which is promptly followed by thick clouds of toxic green gas, released by the remaining military forces, building up right outside the windows. Vinnie jumps over the gap to get back on track, but is now faced with an additional threat, as the fumes are now slowly rising from below, forcing him to quicken the pace and to make matters worse, zombies from the opposing building start breaching through the right side. The gas subsides as he gets to the top, allowing him to make his way to the apartment block once more, climb a set of stairs, simply activate a number of immobile brick elevators to serve as platforms and escape to The Rooftops, braving the deadly pit of vapors below.

The Construction Site, along with the rest of Thugtown, is fully consumed by the toxic gas shortly after Vinnie veers his way to safety, and is likely destroyed by the bombing some hours later.