Chapter VII

Hood told the story of Keyser Soze with help from Steve and London. They told her of his days in Turkey, how he killed his family to protect his business, how he killed the rest of the mob including their family and their family's' friends. How he exacted a pure and cold revenge on those who had wronged him. Displaying a will, which only few possessed and how this was the same man who now controlled their destinies.

When they had finished, Jan expressed her need to vomit. She had become pale, ghost like, it's not everyday you hear that there is some arch criminal who has the money and the power to do as he pleases and that you're just some pawn in his game. It was a new realm of reality for her, as it was for everyone in the room.

"Do you know anyone who has worked for Soze before?" she asked in a sickly voice.

"No, it's always, 'some guy knew a guy who worked for a guy who got a job from Keyser Soze' type thing. No one actually works for him, that's part of the big mystery." London explained.

"What mystery? Sounds like to me you know a lot about this guy." Jan said now regaining a little of her color.

"Well, there basically just a culmination of rumors and stories. The only one who truly knows anything about Keyser Soze is Kobayashi and that one other guy." London explained.

"What guy, why can't we go to him?" Jan exclaimed getting out of her chair.

"Well the only problem is, is that he is a U.S. Customs agent and if we told him we had gotten a job from Keyser Soze, he'd be all over us. Next thing you know your phone lines are tapped, there are cameras in the AC vents and God knows what else. I think it's better if we go ahead and pull of the job, get the 150 million and forget that we were confronted by Keyser Soze." London said. For the past five or so minutes, London had been the voice of reason and he was doing a good job of it. He knew that there was point in trying to avoid Keyser Soze and his reign of terror. Hood and Steve also knew this but Jan was still having a hard time confronting any of this.

Hood thought for a moment, "You said you had a contact, right?"

"Yeah, I pay every now and then to do checks on guys I'm hired to whack." London replied.

"Well maybe we can have him do some research on Keyser Soze and while were at it, this Willmore guy." Hood said. It was a good idea considering the position they were in.

"I don't know how well that will work, pertaining to Keyser Soze that is. He probably won't tell us anything different then what we already know. As for Willmore, he should be able to dig up plenty of dirt on that guy if he really was part of the DEA and the FDA, but it's going to cost us." London said.

"Don't worry about the cost, I'll cover that. You get in contact with your guy as soon as possible, and then when you're done with that, meet back up with us. But before you go we need to address a certain topic," Hood said looking at each member in the eyes only to get confused glances back, "We have a choice. We can hit the warehouse early and forego the 150 million, but if we wait, were dealing with up to 50 plus guys." This caused the whole group to think for a moment; did they really want the money or did they want to get the job over with.

"If we do wait for the money, then we are going to need some serious hardware. I can probably get it for us, but once again, cost is an issue." London said giving his two cents.

"150 million dollars.you don't get that much money offered to you everyday, but I'll do it as long as the rest of you are with me." Steve commented.

Hood and the others already knew that he was in, they just needed to wait on Jan; she confirmed that she wanted in, "Ok, then we've got some serious planning to do if we are going to hit that warehouse and wait for the money." Hood said taking up a leadership role. The other three agreed and London took off. By the time London had left, Hood was already in deep thought, looking at the warehouse schematics.

"Hood," Steve said approaching him, "Do you really think we can pull this off?"

"I have no idea, but we got a week to figure out if we can."

"And if we can't?" Jan asked wide-eyed.

"Well.we improvise. There's no way out of this one Jan. No one has ever run from Keyser Soze and lived. We have to do this." Hood explained with cold reasoning. Jan and Steve both nodded and three began looking over the building schematics together as a group. Looking for points of infiltration, places where bombs could be planted and any other points of weakness. They worked well into the night, planning, scheming, and addressing logistical problems. This job was going to be an effort that required all their abilities.