Love Condemned
Chapter 4: What will happen Next?
(Following Day at 9 a.m. at Townsville Airport)
A plane landed at Townsville Airport. Many passengers came off, but there was one important one who could change the lives of some people. For better or worse was yet to be seen. He followed the other passengers and did everything you do when you exit a plane at an airport. After he had everything in order, he left and hailed a taxi.
"Where to Mister?" the taxi driver asked after everything was packed and the passenger was seated.
"Townsville Luxury Hotel," the passenger told him, "and I'm Nigel Uno a.k.a. Mr. Great Tycoon, so step on it," he added snappishly.
"Y…Y…Yes Sir, Nigel Sir," the now frightened taxi driver responded and drove off immediately.
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(11 a.m. at Townsville Commercial Bank)
Blossom sat in front of the computer she was using. Someone had hacked into the bank's computers overnight and wired out six hundred thousand dollars. Worse yet, Blossom couldn't find the source. She was usually excellent at this. Catching anyone who stole money directly from the bank by way of a bank robbery with use of a gun or whatever weapon the criminal had handy to influence the bank to hand over large sums of money right up to the cocky hacker who'd hack into the bank's database and illegally wire money from the bank to secret accounts and thought he or she would get away with it. They didn't. None of them did. But Blossom could feel her expertise slipping. This person had done everything possible to not leave a trail or even a tiny breadcrumb that could lead him to getting caught. Blossom got half her demanding price anyway. She always demanded half her payment when she came to do a job, and the rest when she succeeded. Even extra if it led to the apprehension of a criminal. She allowed places in Townsville to hire her for a lower fee, but she still got a good amount of money either way.
But now she felt awful. She was also the heroine of this city. She and her sisters. But right now it wasn't her sisters but she who let Townsville down. This bank was one of the best and also the most kind and giving in the city. If the money wasn't recovered, confidence in the bank would be lost. Meaning money would be lost. Meaning the bank would have to make up for lost customers and money by becoming much stricter with everything including their loans and the immense charity that usually offer. Meaning that those who were able to benefit from charitable assistance from the bank while they were financially unstable or just plain poor would find it very hard if not impossible to continue receiving such benefits.
"I have to find this crook," Blossom said with great determination, "if I don't it will lead to lots of people losing assistance from this bank," she said, "I won't let that happen."
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(Meanwhile at a secret base in Canada)
Kim Possible sat in front of a laptop computer musing. She had checked her account earlier today to find out that she was suddenly six hundred thousand dollars richer. She couldn't find the source for the money. But she was able to pinpoint which city and country it was in. Townsville, USA.
"I'll go there in a few days," Kim decided, "but I'm letting my bank and the authorities know about this money first," she concluded.
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(Noon at Hotel Rogue)
Brick lay in his red silk bed laughing his head off. He had hired an expert hacker to send six hundred thousand dollars to a certain person's account. A person he knew would throw Ron for a loop when she came to Townsville to investigate the money.
"Kimberly Possible," Brick said happily, "you're about to make Ron Stoppable's fall more than possible," he said brightly then proceeded to laugh his head off again.
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(Meanwhile in Quaintsville)
Robyn walked around one of the beautiful parks in the city. She loved Quaintsville. While it had strict rules, she felt that it all helped to create a fair and sterile environment. No one looked at her as if she was dirt here. She was treated with love, kindness and respect. The last one she loved the most.
It had been so long since anyone treated her with respect. A life of promiscuity, prostitution, stripping and drugs could do that to your reputation in the eyes of others. She was seen either as something to be hated and discarded or used then discarded when no longer useful. The latter was how several people including Brick, felt about her. She hated him. He had pretended to want to help her. First hiring her as a waitress then slowly coaxing her to work on the pole to make some more money. Then he introduced her to drugs. And after that he could convince her to go into prostitution to help pay for her habit. But a month before going to Dee Dee's house, she had gone to rehab. It was a hard time getting her to stop taking drugs. She remembered how she fought the nurses and others when her urge for cocaine and other drugs became too much. She wasn't completely over her addictions when she left the Citysville Rehab Centre. But she had to leave because Brick's goons were trying too hard to get her back for her to feel safe staying at the rehab centre.
But now in Quaintsville she got even better treatment. Through medication and three times a week sessions with two very different psychiatrists, she now felt completely cured. She still had three months to go according to Quaintsville Management and her medical advisors, but she was already happy and grateful for everything Quaintsville provided for her. All they asked in return was for Robyn to volunteer at a children's nursery twice a week and to take nighttime computer classes three times per week. These things she all did without protest since her medical care for her past drug use and addiction was given to her free of charge. She knew that it must be costly for her to be seeing a regular psychiatrist twice a week and a special spiritual psychiatrist once a week. She loved both her male psychiatrists and couldn't choose a favourite. They both let her know that her past wasn't her fault and that she was a great and useful person. She was able to find power within herself living in Quaintsville that she hadn't felt anywhere else in her entire lifetime.
"My life is perfect," Robyn declared happily, "completely safe and perfect."
Chapter Completed
Anyone want to guess why Nigel's in Townsville? Anyway, thank you for reading and please review. The next chapter will be longer and might take me a while.