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Art Appreciation is the third mission in The Getaway. It is given to protagonist Mark Hammond by Charlie Jolson.
Mission
After escaping from Soho alive, Mark is not happy. He has just killed some of his old friends. Mark phones Charlie, who is in the back seat of his Bentley driven by Harry. Charlie is pleased about what Mark has done. Mark, believing he has done what Charlie has asked, wants Alex back but Charlie tells Mark that he has another errand to do. The job is to gatecrash a party held by the Triads at the Reptilian Gallery in order to steal a statue filled by drugs. Charlie tells Mark once he has the statue, he has to drive to the Spotted Dog pub in Whitehall to give Charlie the statue. Mark phones his friend Liam for help. Liam, who is part of the Collins Gang, is annoyed at Mark for shooting his friends but Mark tells him that the Bethnal boys have killed Suzie and kidnapped Alex. Mark also tells Liam that Charlie forced him to hit the Collins Gang or Alex would die. Liam understands as he hates Charlie and reluctantly agrees to help. Mark, on the other hand, drives to the Reptilian Gallery. He goes upstairs where he shoots the gang members and finds Charlie's statue in a basement. Mark now has the Triads on his tail but he shakes them off and drives to the rendezvous at the Spotted Dog pub in Whitehall.
Mission Briefing
Objectives
1. Get to the gallery in Hyde Park.
2. Find the drug filled statue.
3. Go to the Spotted Dog pub.
Script
Mark is driving down the street. He stops and phones Charlie.
Mark: Charlie.
Charlie: You did well, my son. I hear it's a right hornets' nest down there in Soho.
Mark: Right, Charlie. I've done what you asked. I want my kid back.
Charlie: Don't be hasty, my son. I've got another errand I'd like you to do.
Mark: No way, Jolson! You almost got me killed down there. I hurt people, old friends of mine. That ain't enough for you, is it? You've got some serious fuckin' nerve.
Charlie: You better look lively, Hammond. I thought you were in a hurry to see your boy.
Mark: All right, Charlie, what do you want?
Charlie: The locusts, those naughty boys from Gerrard Street, are havin' themselves a little society bash at the Reptilian Gallery in Hyde Park. Now, I wonder what the art crowd would think if they knew the 14K were moving smack from the basement.
Mark: You must be joking! You want me to hit the Triads?
Charlie: I don't joke, son. Now, listen. Those 14K will be at the gallery. There'll be all sorts of gook bastards around. You're going to crash their party. Now mind you don't disturb 'em. They get awful mad them boys, if they feel like they've lost face over something. I need you to lift a little something from the basement. However, you've got to go in the front door to get it.
Mark: Something?
Charlie: Yeah, it's an ornament for the garden, a terracotta soldier, but don't worry, it ain't big.
Mark: Yeah, well, how am I gonna know which one, eh?
Charlie: You can't miss it, son. It's the one with the stupid grin. Now, be careful. It's fragile. It's an historical heirloom. Oh, yeah, and it contains a kilo of smack. Now, when you get it, meet me at Reggie's, you know, the Spotted Dog in Whitehall. We'll 'ave a nice little drink.
Mark: You lay one finger on my son, Jolson... I want to talk to him, now!
Charlie: All in good time, son. I'm taking very good care of him. Treating him like one of me own. So, don't you worry. You worry about your half of the deal and get me that garden gnome!
Charlie hangs up. Mark phones Liam, who's at the Touch of Class bar in Soho.
Liam: Hurry up, man. Come on. Right, now sling your hook! Go on.
He answers his phone.
Liam: Yeah?
Mark: Liam, it's Mark.
Liam: Have you gone completely fucking psycho? What the fuck have you been doing, man? You're a fucking dead man after this morning's escapade. Those boys were mates of yours and you shot 'em all. What you ringing me for? Fuck off!
Mark: Listen, Liam, I can explain.
Liam: Wait, wait, wait. Explain? Explain what? Would you have shot me if I'd been there too?
Mark: Look, I don't know. The Bethnal boys murdered Suzie. Jolson's kidnapped Alex and I need some help, right? I've got no one else to turn to, Liam.
Liam: Bloody hell. Listen, can you prove it, though? Jolson? Charlie Jolson?
Mark: Yeah, Jolson.
Liam: What, that old National Front geezer in the pinstriped suit? I thought he was in some retirement home or some bedsit in Margate and he's got Alex? Fucking hell. Listen, the Old Bill are looking everywhere for you. You're all over the TV, they're saying that you killed her, that your prints are all over the gun and that you kidnapped the boy too. Listen, I don't know what you expect me to do, man, I don't even know what I can do, and why should I trust you, anyway?
Mark: Liam, I need you to find Alex, all right? If you can't do it for me, do it for him. I'm already a dead man.
Liam: You're asking me to risk everything?
Mark: Look, I know, Liam. But he's all I've got and that evil bastard Jolson's got him.
Liam: So, listen, have you any idea where they're holding him?
Mark: So you'll help then, yeah?
Liam: I'll see what I can do. I'm not making any promises. Can I get you on this number?
Mark: Yeah, look ring me when you find out anything. I've gotta go, mate. Jolson's got me running all over the gaff. Look, cheers, Liam.
Liam: Yeah, yeah. Save it, mate, save it.
Mark drives to the Reptilian gallery in Hyde Park and shoots his way to the basement where he finds the ornament. As he escapes outside, Mr. Lee, the leader of the Triads watches from an upstairs window.
Mr. Lee: How dare he? Who dares cause trouble on our doorstep? He doesn't look familiar, could he be a renegade?
Triad: Not renegade. Collins gang, boss. They will pay for this insult!
Mark escapes the pursuing Triads and makes his way to the Spotted Dog in Whitehall.
Reward
This mission unlocks the fourth mission Aiding and Abetting.