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Post by Jack on Dec 2, 2014 10:22:06 GMT -6
I hung up the phone, honestly I would have slammed it if that would have any effect. Throwing the phone crossed my mind but yet again... no effect.
It wouldn't bring him back and it would only annoy me to break the burner.
I told him it was nearly over and he agreed... than he agreed to meet me, face to face. I stood from my seat at the table s d slowly paced.
The man I once was, was fleeting. I kept her alive but only so I could tear her to pieces myself later.
The money was worth it and all I had to do was get rid of the babysitter. I can only imagine by now he was ready to collect a final, very generous, check.
Brooklyn was a hard woman to be around, it takes near insanity to handle her.
And it takes time to know her. Time she doesn't allow people to have anymore.
I bet V would walk away... but no loose ends, I'm dead afterall. And he was the only connection that could posdible ruin that.
I grabbed my burner cell... One more phone call and this could finally start coming to the end. V didn't know who I was so if didn't die right away... well let's say he couldn't point a finger at anyone but a bank account.
An account I would be cashing out and closing this afternoon.
Dialing a number I despised... This is what the game has come to. Someone who loved Sebastian more than his family did.
I waited as the voice picked up on the other end. To my surprise it wasn't the voice I was expecting.
"Hello? "
"Sebastian's killer... I know where he's going to be..."
And like that the end was in sight. As I spoke to West, I idly ran my free hand along the final piece.
A horn.
Nothing that would be overly important to most people. To me however it was the spear in her side.
A Narwhal's horn... The end to her story.
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Post by V on Dec 2, 2014 10:30:54 GMT -6
And so I waited, the whole idea of this was to be unassuming, Surprised He'd come, he'd probably come to close things up.
I watched the building from the inside of the car, I even looked at the bike I'd parked up outside it, all the signs of my being there, I was Without the mask, West was about my height my build he even moved a little like me, He wasn't talking to anyone.
So I waited.
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Post by West on Dec 2, 2014 13:27:38 GMT -6
He must have spoken too soon, a man, wearing a bulletproof vest under his shirt casually walked to West... trying to look "casual".
"Wild goose chase?"
"That's his bike, I've seen it before... he's here."
"And if Brooklyn's here also?"
"She comes with us, Alive." He Made Emphasized Alive. After this whole cluster fuck she wasn't getting an easy way out.
"Are you ready to start searching the building?"
"That's why I'm here. All exits are blocked or being watched."
"Good. Proceed... and remember if you see him, shoot. He wants his head on a platter. "
"Yes sir."
Sir. West chuckled as the gentleman walked away, just as awkwardly as he had approached. A few months ago he was just another face in the crowd, now he was Sir... and running ops behind Anton's back.
Loyalty was a delicate matter... and lines were drawn in the sand quite some time ago.
West turned from the building, pulling a phone from his pocket to check the time... This was the time he was told to be here... they took the nessisary percautions to make sure this wasn't a set up...
Right?
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Post by V on Dec 2, 2014 13:35:20 GMT -6
They watched, waited for the go, so did he staying in the car, head bowed and then easily pushed out to head for the trunk, pop examine put on the cap, take it easy, they'd be kicking the door in anytime now.
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Post by West on Dec 2, 2014 13:47:15 GMT -6
That gut feeling... The instinct that tells you to duck... The hairs on your neck that stand on end.
That's what it felt like, a split second froze into an eternity. They breached the door, ready for a gun fight. Ready for anything... West turned in time to see the small building falling into itself. Smoke clouded the 2nd wave of men, no one getting a good reaction time.
No screams, not like the woods. A lot of panic however as everyone attempted to regroup. The men who breached were buried or worse. Those vests weren't going to do them any good.
"We're here because your boss called us!"
His last attempt at a shot... calling out into the smoke at V.
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Post by V on Dec 2, 2014 13:55:12 GMT -6
He closed the trunk even as the dust was settling, lined up in the corridor like 10 pins.
West might hear the cock of the slide as the figure crouched.
But by then ..he might also see the small cylindrical object that rolled past him into the corridoor.
Flash bang.
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Post by West on Dec 2, 2014 15:32:29 GMT -6
West saw it, even managed to get out a warning as he dove for cover.
The events proceeding are blurry to say the least. The only thing he was sure of was a seering pain in his side and the warm liquid that was oozing from it.
Everything else... everyone else was hazy. The ringing in his ears echoed, amplified by the heat beating in his side.
His temples felt like they were going to explode as he tried to stand. Something pushed him down as the loud bangs screamed through the war zone.
Trying to focus on one thing over another was becoming more difficult as he tried to stand again. Being pushed again he started to become angry as men's voices were starting to break through the sound waves.
No one voice stood out though, all jumbled together as he reached over and covered his side.
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Post by V on Dec 2, 2014 15:36:39 GMT -6
He took advantage of teh chaos, the ring leader was the key, they were busy killing each other, shooting at shadows, trying to calm, anyone who got out found themselves quickly put down, There he was.
Mr West, pushed once, twice, and before he could really place what was happening, head bounced off the roof o add to the confusion, into the car even as V added another suprise to the men in the corridoor.
In went the molotov before he clambered in and started to drive.
Maybe 5 minutes before West came around, then they'd talk.
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Post by West on Dec 2, 2014 17:23:27 GMT -6
The ringing was gone, but his head was pounding as he started to open his eyes. The chaos was gone and the sound of a car's engine filled the air.
"Fuck."
It was out loud, mostly to himself. He liked to think he wasn't a complete idiot, so he knew where he was. Well he knew who he was with, and he was still breathing... that showed some sort of promise.
"I see I'm still alive..." He attempted to move, but the pain in his side started up again. He glanced down to see some blood, he had been nicked with a stray bullet.. nothing that would kill him, yet.
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Post by V on Dec 2, 2014 17:25:56 GMT -6
"Until I get to Jack.."
And there V told West How many cards it was he was holding.
"Until I get the man who paid me, You'll find yourself bound in the seat ankles to wrist, I can't have you doing something silly now can I Mr West?"
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Post by West on Dec 2, 2014 17:44:04 GMT -6
"Just West, Mr. West was my father." A piss poor attempt at humor as his mind wrapped around the Jack comment.
"Jack? As in Gilmore? The whole reason war was brought down on Brooklyn? Why hire Rambo when he could have just..." He stopped when he realized he was rambling... and completely helpless.
"You're full of shit."
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Post by V on Dec 2, 2014 17:49:30 GMT -6
The Speed started to build and V leaned across to unlock the door even as the Cap came off and I held up West's Mobile Phone.
"It's neat isn't it? Keeps Brooklyn safe, Keeps her sanitized, He could just finish her off, you see I didn't click it until I saw the Body that was following Bathory, One of the same bodies in the Woods I was told some in fact all of the story from their perspectives and well..it all just Clicked."
He sighed and said.
"Where are you bringing me once I'm done West? That's all I need to know.. "
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Post by West on Dec 2, 2014 17:58:42 GMT -6
"Bathory? What does she have to do with any of this? Brooklyn cut that loose in Odyssey..."
Where are you bringing me...
"Jack's grave... It's vacant and Sebastian wanted to fill it. I'm supposed to call when I arrive..."
It would feel more like a betrayal if V were lying. But West didn't think he was, he actually believed V... Mostly because he hated Jack. He was in this mission for different reason than justice.
"If Jack wants her dead, she's not going to survive."
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Post by V on Dec 2, 2014 18:33:41 GMT -6
V smirked a little at that.
"Yes she will, and no he doesn't.. If Jack wanted her dead, he wouldn't have hired me. It's me he wants dead, unless he wants to make it personal..Which is what I suspect."
He kept on and sighed. The picked up the Mask , he even let West See it. Then he held up a Roll of duct tape.
"You're about my size , West."
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Post by West on Dec 2, 2014 18:44:43 GMT -6
"Fuck..." What could he do at this point? Jack was the one who called them... sent them to kill this man, who was still breathing. "What in the hell are you?"
What did Jack get himself into now? Brooklyn was bad enough but he brought this guy in and teamed him up with Brooklyn...
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