Wree.
Triad time!
* edit time; I decided to come leave a note because the transition between last chap and this was way too obscure (I was going to address it a few chapters from now when the POV goes back to Whip - but I don't want you guys to wtf). So Whip was leaving airport in last chap, and like - Imma kick rocky boy's ass. She takes the taxi to hotel. finds nothing. Tracks his phone GPS, ends up here.
K enjoy.
"Brother Kam, someone's coming in...It's..."
Brother Lim squinted into one of the four the tiny, grainy monitors before him. He was hunched up in a dimly lit, strangely smelling room, with nothing but a walkie talkie and a three year old newspapers to keep him company. He had been happily reading those newspapers, when a movement in the 'main entrance screen' piqued his attention.
*Lim?*
"Uh, hold on Sir. I can't quite make it out."
*Let me know*
Brother Kam - the Triad head accountant - had decided to run this mission. Of course, it was off the books. Technically, the Triads and the Yakuza were friendly with each other. There were various agreements between them. Diplomatic division of territory and business. The sharing of trade routes and carriers. Deals had been cut. Contracts had been signed….
But today, despite all the paperwork and red tape, they were here to strike at the Yakuza. They were here to kill Iori Yagami.
… this is a waste of time...
Brother Lim sighed, and rubbed his eyes. The person walking through the gate had a much slighter figure than their target, and was likely some teenager exploring an old shipyard. He turned on his walkie talkie and reported back to his superior.
"Sir, It's not him. Just some girl..."
*A girl?... Why is a girl here? Go question her, and get her out.*
"Yes Sir."
Lim yawned, stowed his newspapers, and stood with a grunt. As he clambered down to the main floor (the office was on the second level) he couldn't help but wonder why the hell the Triads were trying to assassinate a pop-star.
From what Lim knew of him, Iori Yagami wasn't involved with his family (Yakuza) business. He had apparently disliked it so much he took off and moved to America. He was also a highly public figure, and made the news a lot for incredibly stupid things. Brother Lim wasn't quite sure why they were spending so much time and energy hunting down someone with nothing to do with… anything really - but he wasn't high rank enough to ask questions. As far as he could tell, all this would do was piss off Iori's powerful gang uncles, and throw the entire music industry into chaos.
What is Brother Kam thinking? Ugh…
According to Kam, he had proposed this plan to the Triad leaders, they had agreed… and that's how Brother Lim was here. That's how he, the bodyguard assigned to the Triad's accounting head, was off to interrogate a highschooler playing hide-and-seek among the barrels and crates of an old shipyard warehouse.
This is a terrible waste of time...
They had even gone as far as to ally with a band insider, kidnap one of the band members and employ a fifteen man firing squad to hide in the shadows of a warehouse. In fact, the firing squad didn't even know any of this was going on. To keep upmost secrecy, they had been told they were merely guarding an important shipment.
Unnecessary... really...
They had an American kid conked out in the back room. They had his cellphone pinging out GPS signals in the front room. They had some strange French lady bouncing around in an extremely low cut shirt. Nobody knew what was going on… except Kam apparently - who acted like everything was going according to plan.
What plan… humph.
Brother Lim would understand if the Gang were asking for a ransom - but they weren't. This was a plain old hit job. The plan was to pump the unsuspecting pop star full of lead the moment he wandered into this warehouse looking for his lost bandmate. That's it. Then they'd throw his body in the bay and go have something to drink? It just seemed asinine.
*Bzzt have you gotten the girl out yet?*
Brother Lim startled.
"Not yet, Sir. I'm looking for her."
*Look for her faster.*
"Okay, okay…"
Apparently his tone of voice betrayed his state of mind. His client immediately suspected he wasn't as committed to the cause as he would have liked. Mr. Kam sounded annoyed. Brother Lim rolled his eyes. He wasn't used to taking these kinds of orders from Kam. He was a fantastic accountant who ran the financial department very smoothly - and that was to be respected... but honestly, Lim had no confidence in Kam's combat strategy. In fact, he had no idea why they were doing this at all.
*Lim. This is a very important operation, and it's very important that nothing goes wrong. Do you understand me?*
"I got it, sir."
*Have you ever met those Yakuza Bastards?*
Lim frowned just as he hit the bottom floor and began walking toward the entrance of the warehouse.
"Of course, sir. I've encountered them on several occasions."
*Right. So you've probably seen one of those red-haired ones too. Those guys are from the Yagami family - and they control flames.*
Lim exhaled sharply. The Chinese Mafia was no stranger to Martial Arts. They had powerful fighters in their ranks as well. They had associates with the Hizoku. They had associates who were champions of underground fighting rings… hell, they even had a lady who summoned divine beasts. Fire was nothing more than a party trick. He made his opinion clear with a scornful snort.
"So what? A single one of our Hizoku assassins could take them out easy. This Yagami kid isn't even involved with his gang. I don't see why we're messing around like this. If we want him dead - just send… Miss Luan or something. She looked bored last time I saw her."
A short pause. Brother Lim had wandered outside the warehouse to take a look around and get some air.
*We did send Luan, then the next day, we got an email containing a photo of her chopped up corpse in a bathtub.*
Lim froze.
"What? Luan's dead?"
*Unfortunately, Yes. Now back to my point - the Yagami family has always had flames, and they haven't been a problem until recently. For the past couple of years, the Purple flames have grown ridiculously powerful... And it's not just one person who got stronger - all of them! Every damn member of that family can take out a twenty man cohort by themselves. Imagine we took one of our assassins, and just cloned them until we had a thousand copies? That's what we're up against… and now that the Yakuza is trying to expand into Peking, we need to put a stop to this.*
Kam was ranting - very unlike him. He must be stressed. Lim decided to look for the girl a bit more seriously.
*- and the reason behind that sudden power-up? I suspected it had something to do with the new head. The kid's a singer, yeah, and he's also dumb as rocks, but he's no pushover. I did some digging, and found that IKARI… you know, that mercenary group allied with the US? He's one of their fucking contractors. I don't know what he does for them, but let me assure you -
Lim was only halfway listening. There was a long... leather? rope trailing on the ground, and leading into the back entrance of the building. It was quickly pulled around the corner of the doorway and disappeared into the long corridor. Lim drew his firearm hurried over to peer into the darkness.
"Who goes there!"
*-he's no joke. We need to take this seriously so we can all get promoti-*
Lim cursed and muted his walkie-talkie. He slapped a the wall where he knew the lightswitch was, but instead poked himself on a mess of wires. Somebody had smashed… no, shot out the switch. Lim cursed again before pulling out his flashlight, and aiming down sights.
Ahead, was the teenage girl.
She was wearing a denim skirt, sneakers, a tube top, and military grade night vision goggles. The flashlight blinded her temporarily, and she shielded herself from the beam of light. She looked panicked and appeared too scared to speak. Lim groaned. It really was some high school kid… probably testing out the night vision goggles her rich parents bought for her.
He lowered his gun slightly to get a better look at her, he noticed that this girl was significantly more muscular than other members of her demographic. She also had something tucked under her skirt, but didn't look too carefully. He felt a little creepy.
He un-muted his comms to report to his client.
"Kam. I found the girl. I'll escort her out of the buildin- huuueeeeeh."
A blade flashed in the dark. The leather rope wasn't a rope. It was a whip, and there was a blade embedded in it. It had crawled slowly into position whilst Lim was distracted, and with the flick of her wrist, his throat was slit.
*Lim?*
He gasped and gurgled, clutching his neck with both hands before turning and staggering towards the corridor entrance. He didn't get far. The whip snaked about his leg, and he hit the floor with a crack. Stunned, he let go of his through. The wound in his neck began bleeding profusely and his breath became short. Beside him, his comms went off.
*Brother Lim? What's happening?*
He rolled onto his back and shakily reached for it, but the whip came again and sliced something off. The girl sharply kicked his hand away, and snatched up his walkie talkie. After a moment, she muted it and tossed it aside. He looked over to her and his blood ran cold.
Because the girl no longer looked like an innocent teenager. Her face was stony, and her eyes were cold. She picked up the flashlight and shone it down on him. After a moment, she seemed satisfied he would die without further encouragement. She gathered her snake-like whip about her and continued into the bowels of the building.
Okay, so I wanted Whip to go all solid snake and hide the body, but it was so much cooler to just have her walk away. Still... she should have hid the body. Pretend she hid the body.
I'm actually unsure if I ever included the reason Triad wanted Yag dead. I didn't really wanna go read back, so I just stated it again.
Whippy vs World!
Oh btw - Voodoo (the whip) is actually a nests creation that can turn into a blade AND a Gun. (what the heck gun?) I kept the whip - blade part. the other part is dumbass.
Leave a comment, or Shermie will bounce her way into your dreams tonight. (lennyface)
ok sorry that was kinda gross.
lmao
