Chapter 68: Money Train Setup
The black and white screen displays the aerial footage from above. The drone looks for the prey for the day. Silent with a slight hum that only certain people can hear only if they listen closely enough. By the time they would hear it, it would be too late.
"Shield 3-8 uh this is Sword 2-6 actual over" the drone operator responds "Go ahead 2-6" Shield responds "Approaching target destination over"
"10-4 over".
The Lion Of Tehran is today's peculiar prey. This lion has a whole host of a big gathering. A feast of sorts with those from other parts. To pay respect. To celebrate the king lion's triumph. To ask the king lion for a favor. Right now this peculiar gathering and feast is about to receive an unexpected surprise.
"Shield 3-8 target vessel is in sight. Standing by for further orders over"
For a minute there's silence.
Then it was given.
"Sword 2-6 make the charge over" the one identified as Shield orders "Uh 10-4 preparing to make the charge".
The hellfire strikes the Lion. The explosion tears through the yacht. The guest never knew what hit them. They're blown to bits. The whole yacht is on fire. Whatever guests are alive go overboard to escape the flames and horror that took their colleagues lives. It starts to gradually sink. The news will report this as Iranian agents trying to kill a political dissident for speaking against the regime.
"Shield 3-8 charge is complete over"
"2-6 return to base over"
"Roger that 3-8 over and out".
The three sat in their chairs as the screen is the turned off.
"Okay" Sunny said as she looked towards "So mission accomplished, your greatest enemy is dead". The shadow agent looked at her "I wish that was the case". The three of them looked at him "We went through the wreckage, accounting for every charred looking corpse and we found nothing; he escaped".
"Oh fuck! So all that sneaking aboard and giving that phony accent was for nothing then?" Chelsea questioned "Or that thing you and Sunny did" Geraldine remarked. Sunny throws a bottle at Geraldine's chest "Ow! Girl calm down! I was just playin'! Damn" she rubbed her chest "Smart ass" Sunny sneered. "Right now we don't know where he is, he's gone underground" Pierce rubbed his neck "How the fuck did he escape exactly?" Sunny asked "That portable submarine drone is missing, we found it several mikes away from his yacht, he escaped an hour before everything was destroyed".
"So what do we do now?" Sunny wondered "Since he's gone to ground we can't get Shafee until he worms his way out of hiding, so far we froze his money and assets; he won't be able to escape from the country".
"When we find this prick we'll let you three know" Pierce looked back at them "We got more pressing matters though" he sternly looks at them "We have a bit of a funding problem with everything that's been going on".
The three at him "Funding?" Sunny questioned "Yeah, essentially we need some money for certain items like weaponry; armor and explosives. Plus that drone schematic that you got will play a role in what we're doing.
"We're also going to need some people to help and we need a way to pay them". Sunny was astonished at what they were being asked to do "Are you asking to perform a heist for you?".
Geraldine and Chelsea looked back at Pierce at what they just heard "No way, that's just new that you would want us to do that for. Not that we won't do it, cause we definitely can do that type of fun activity" Chelsea happily bragged "Yeah, shit, that's our specialty" Geraldine joined in on the bragging "It has to be big, around the hundred million level" Pierce tell them the amount "Jesus fuck, alright we're gonna have to do some recon and figure out what we're going to steal" Sunny said as she got up from her chair "We'll let you know when we found this prick".
The three get into Chelsea's Fugitive and hit the road.
"So what are we exactly going to do?" Chelsea took a right "Well one we can't exactly something simple as a bank or a truck" Sunny drank her water "Well what the hell is there?" Geraldine asked. As they passed cars a peculiar line of transportation popped into Chelsea's head "I got it! What about the money train?".
"A what?" Sunny looked at her "A money train, it's like an armored car but it carries a bigger load of money of cash like in the hundreds of millions by train". Sunny and Geraldine looked at each other perplexed "Are you going to call that bloody wanker or not?".
"A train full of money; hope it's big enough" Sunny said as she reached for her team.
She dials Dominic's number.
"Hey!" he greets "Holy fuck, where are you guys? You three vanished from the city, I thought someone did something to you" "Well sorry to disappoint" Sunny mused "Look we're in Blaine County".
"Holy shit, you're in the sticks" Dominic remarked "Yeah no shit, look we've got a job here worth a lot of cash, Chelsea called it a money train" Sunny tell him through the phone, "The money train that goes through Paleto Bay? That money train?" he wondered "Uh yeah that one, Chelsea said it's worth a few hundred million".
Dominic sighed "Yeah but it's also considered that train is heavily guarded from top to bottom".
"Well look, we'll talk tomorrow at lunch; we'll do scouting; we'll discuss everything afterwards" Sunny tells him "Alright see you tomorrow".
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"Hola, qué quieres ordenar? (Hello, what do you want to order?)"
"Now remember my order" Chelsea reminded her of what she asked "Shut up; I'm getting it" Sunny shoes her away "Hola (Hello)" she greets "Yo quéro cuatro tacos de camarón (I want four shrimp tacos)" Sunny ordered her lunch "Con un burrito de carne asada (With a carne asada burrito)" she gets Geraldine's order "Un enchilada de carne (A beef enchilada)" she gets Chelsea's order "Y un fajita de pollo (And a chicken fajita)" finally completing everything with Dominic's order.
"Eso será $48.68 (That will be $48.68)", Sunny pulls out a fifty dollar bill.
Dominic finally came by in a rental.
"Christ you took forever to get here" Chelsea complained "Well you didn't give notice to anyone that you were going out of town genius" Dominic tells her off. Sunny gathers their lunch and hurriedly walks to them.
"Hey" Sunny greets "Sorry for making you come out to the sticks" "Well I've done my first job in some small town in the sticks just a few hours out of Carcer, just not a big deal" Dominic puts his bag in the trunk "Alright let's this look at what we're going up against".
They sped through town. They took their route through a hidden route behind the poultry factory. "Alright shrimp tacos for me" Sunny grabs her lunch "One carne asada burrito" she hands Geraldine her lunch "Thanks girl" Geraldine thanks her "One beef enchilada" she hands Chelsea her lunch "Yes, beef enchilada" Chelsea licked her lips in hunger "And a chicken fajita" Sunny finally hands Dominic his plate.
As they start to eat the train appears. "Alright, there it is" Sunny points to the train "Alright, according to my guy" Dominic chomps into his grilled chicken "there should be an estimated amount of cash in the hundreds of millions maybe around six hundred mill roughly" he estimates "Holy fuck" Sunny bites into her third taco "What about security?" Chelsea asked as she's half way done with her enchilada "Security is top at best" Dominic explained "Black Knight Private Security, mainly armed with automatics and majority especially trained to deal with any type of high intense scenarios; mainly like us".
"We can take them" Chelsea boasted as she finished her enchilada "I've taken on my fair share of private security" "Well these guy aren't standard mall cops eating donuts and jacking their dicks off for a paycheck" Dominic shoots back "They're trained no different than a SWAT team or platoon".
"If we stop this thing," Geraldine finishes her burrito "how long do we have for them to come at us?"
"If it's something minor like engine problems or a fire then its a three to five minute delay tops, if it's serious like what we're going to do then they'll send a tactical team".
Sunny sighed "Fuck, what about police response?".
"Common police response is two minutes".
For a moment there was silence. "We can take them" Chelsea wipes her mouth "We probably can take them" Sunny says back "But we're going to need an intense crew for this one".
The three looked back at Dominic "Ideas?" Geraldine asked "I have one but we need to go somewhere to plan this out".
"Well lucky for you I got a place where we can plan everything out" Chelsea starts the engine "If this is some burnt out restaurant or a gas station then that's not much of a meeting place" Sunny tells her "It's not burnt out, come on it's a nice place; really; it is".
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The garage has been abandoned since it went out of business years ago. Originally used to tune up muscle cars for the average gear head. And on occasion for the usual street racer wanting to modify his car. Now it's going to used for a different purpose. "So what do you think?" Chelsea showed them around "Well it's not a crackhouse or a bar full of bikers" Sunny looked around "Shit it's better than nothing" Geraldine says.
"Well we're here" Dominic starts to setup the board.
The three grab whatever chairs they can find "Alright, so what's the plan?" Sunny asks "Hang on, I'm trying to put this together" Dominic tried to analyze everything "Okay I think we got an idea on how we can do this.
"It's only one option but it sounds more right to do this with a small amount of people in certain points of this. So this is how it's going to go.
"Option A and A only is we use a military styled chopper to lift the main car up in the air" he sipped his coffee "First thing we need is that chopper and we have to modify the hell out of it" "Well I have Cargobob, so I guess we can use that" Chelsea volunteered her chopper "Okay that's one thing down for the time being but we're going to need a few people for this job: a pilot. A sniper and a couple of gunmen. The sniper is to take out the security on top. First gunmen is to come with you to secure the car. Second gunmen will be on the Cargobob providing you with cover from above and cover you if trouble comes from the air. Once the train is cleared, attach the cables on the side of the car. Then detach the car.
"Here's how it's going to for the boarding" Dominic throws his cup into the trash bin "There's a bridge that runs near the rails, you three and the first gunman have to hop on as soon as the sniper clears the way. Now here comes the tricky part: one of you is going to have to stay on that train. That person is going to detonate a bomb and then afterwards you're going to catch whoever's doing it once that thing explodes, should be smooth sailing from there"
Dominic pulls the names for their crew members "Alright we need a pilot and a damn good one to get us through this shit show so choose wisely".
Sunny peered through the files. Something catches her eye "This one, Taliana Martinez. Native to Sandy Shores, done her fair share of jobs, will be great in a getaway. So let's take her".
"Alright select a sniper". Sunny peered through names and then remembered a name "This guy, Rico Bravo" "Oh yeah, that Brazilian guy that secretary told you about at your strip club" Chelsea remembered "Uh huh, said he was a hell of a sniper; let's see if he can live up to everything".
Sunny went through the files for the first gunman, a face that looked hard and ready "Gustavo Mota, quite the reputation. Ex Vagos foot soldier struck out on his own and performed high end jobs with great results, I'm not going to pass him up" she selects her choice. She searched for the second gunman and then remembered a certain person who Joo Kwan introduced "Kimmy Yamazaki, she belongs to our group. She said she's done her fair share of things for us so let's consider this a promotion for her. Time to see if she's worth her salt" Sunny made the final selection.
"Alright, I'll call the folks needed for this and all of you do your parts" Dominic instructs "Alright Chelsea modify your Cargobob, Geraldine call Arnold and tell him we need some guns, make sure those have certain attachments" Sunny ordered "Right girl" Geraldine complies "Roger that" Chelsea went her way.
Dominic motioned Sunny to come meet him "What's up?".
"Look Geraldine explained everything to me", Sunny got concerned "Really?" she knew better not to say anything about Pierce
"Yeah, the whole thing about your sister being kidnapped" he mentioned Linda's kidnapping "Oh yeah, that's why we're here" Sunny quickly sings a tune "Well in any case if it helps hopefully we'll get enough to pay that pig off".
She shook her head "Yeah hopefully" she rubs the back of her head.
It would take some time to for the train to come in for it's next payload. If everything goes right then it'll be a bigger talk since the Paleto score.
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