The Return of Payne
RATED R FOR VIOLENCE AND LANGUAGE
The calming blizzard shed its last flakes outside the station, but as the storm outside wavered an even heavier one brewed inside the interrogation room.
"So, let me get this straight Payne,"Said chief Bravura in a harsh voice, "You trying to tell me that not only did you not shoot agent Baldur, and agent B.."
"I never said I didn't shoot B.B"
"Oh thats right, he was a bent cop all along and to top it all off you are in fact a DEA agent, c'mon Payne, this has gone on far enough it's been three days since we picked you up."
Max leaned back on his interrogation room chair. It had been three days, three days since since he had avenged his family, three days since the end of the Valkyr chrises, three days since he had won his war against crime. He felt some regret over the friends he had lost, Mona and Alex, they had never found Mona's body he did keep some hope that she was still alive. It's finally over, he thought to himself.
"Look, what I don't know, is why you Max Payne, one of the worlds most feared...criminals for want of a better word gave it all up just take out your old gang...and the aesir corp while we're on the subject."
"Had no choice, my cover was blown, and without Alex I had no contacts left in the DEA, as for Aesir, well they were the behind the Punchinello family and Valkyr for that matter."
"Lucky for you they some old documents in Aesir HQ to back you up, now all we've got against you is the shooting of two DEA agents, but the thing that puzzles me most is why Senator Woden has been backing your DEA story and trying to get you released."
"Nice guy I guess" Max smiled as he said that, there was a very good reason for the senator to help, lying in his personal pessions locker.
"Yeah whatever, we'll continue this discourse in the morning, Jenkins please escort Mr Payne to his cell"
A young officer grabbed Max by his hand and took him to the cell. Max had been in them quite often. When he first began his undercover assignment he was required to pull off various jobs for the mob, sometimes he'd dilberately get arrested to avoid them. He had a pretty decent sleep that night. His dreams were mainly about the desctruction of the Aesir corporation. He was awakened in the early hours of the morning and escorted again to the all too familiar iterrogation room. Bravura entered with a positively stunned expression on his face.
"Morning Jim, have a rough night?"
"Last night, Jenkins and were going through agent Baldurs files, trying to make sense of it and we found a journal, he had been logging virtually every day of his life for the past six years in it, according to this log, everything you've said is true, from you joining to the DEA to going undercover the last article was that he had just recieved a call to meet you at central station from BB. He also had kept a copy of your file from the before you joined the DEA. we checked it through the computer a hundred times this file is accurate. In addition, we also checked BBs file, turns out he had been receiving payments from the Aesir corporation over a period of time. So effectively, you are one hundred percent innocent"
Max smiled, good old Alex had bailed him out again.
"This effectively is more than enought evidence we need to release you and I've got more good news" continued Bravura, "According to your file, you are still a member of the DEA, in other words, you got youu old job back."
"Now, that the Valkyr thing is cracked the DEA has no more use to me. I think I'll transfer, maybe back to the NYPD."
"Wouldn't mind having, someone of your talents on the force, detective. Try not to go on a killing spree against gangsters this time."
"You attitude to me seems to have changed Jim."
"Yeah, that happens when you find someones innocent."
"I always thought you were innocent" spouted Jenkins
"Well I'm glad thats cleared up, but one more thing Jim, the Valkyr"
"Almost completely off the streets, thanks to you that is.
"Well thats good, now if you'll excuse me I think I need see if the DEA offers cumulative. vacation days."
Both Bravura and Jenkins laughed at that statement. Jenkins offered to take Max to his home. Max was not completely looking forward to going there, too many bad memories about the family he once had. The three of them stepped into the parking lot and walked towards Jenkins' squad car. Their was a black sedan parked against the wall of the building.
"Why do those undercover cops insist on parking on station property, I don't even recognise that one, boy is that guy going to get it." Max looked at the car and suddenly recognised it, he quickly grabbed Jim.
"Get a bomb squad around to that car now."
"What?"
"Black sedans are the trademark cars used for car bombings by the Punchinellos, They'd park a car outside a rival gangs building, blow it up and when it did they attack." Bravura grabbed his walkie talkie and summoned a bomb squad to the scene. The bomb squad surrounded the car but it was too late. A gargantuan bang was heard as the bomb detonated in the car park. Immediately afterwards, two black vans smashed through the gate and gunmen charged towards the entrance. They were all dressed in the officious suits of Aesir employees and each carried a colt commando. They were repelled by an army of police who charged out the door and a vicious gun battle began to ensue. Bravura were both crouched behind a garbage dumpster from where they took shots at the gangsters. Max was crouched behind a garbage can. Fortunately for him, his liscensed berretta was returned him as were a couple of rounds of bullets. He dove to the side and fired at a nearby gangster. Three bullets struck the gangster in the chest send him flying bakcwards and prompting him to throw his gun into the air, to be caught by Max. Max took hold of the colt commando and quickly spun around spraying three gangsters with bullets. The two remaining ones, turned towards Max. Max jumped towards them firing bullets. As he did this he felt himself entering bullet time as he could see things around him moving at a slower pace. He dodged the visible bullets and kept firing. After his bullets had struck the gangsters he entered real time again. He saw the bullet riddled gangsters flying backwards at an immense speed. He dropped the gun walked over to the police officers. Bravura was getting up and nursing a wound to his arm, Jenkins was helping him. Elsewhere two officers shot dead.
"What the bloody hell just happened?" Yelled Bravura
"Aesir, they bloody did this, they clearly wanted to destroy the files you found. Dammit." Said an enraged Max.
"I am going to make them pay if it takes every day of my life I will make them pay, Jenkins, see that the dead and wounded are tended to, then gather up every resource you can. Get everyone on active duty, we are going after these bastards as soon as we can." Bravura then turned to Max.
"But I thought Aesir was destroyed, by you."
"So did I, apparently it goes even higher than the hag."
Max was filled with rage. In spite of all he had done it was still the same, whenever he killed a monster a bigger more powerfull just casually waltzed into it's place.
"I am going after them" Said Max
"Sorry Max, you are DEA, this is out of your jurisdiction" Said Bravura
"I don't think so" Said Max, pulling out a small container with blue liquid inside a "V" insribed on the side "One of them dropped this."
"Valkyr, but thats green"
"This is clearly a new version, they attackers certainly had the strength of people under Valkyr, but nonetheless, retained their sanity."
"Damn, if this drug hits the street."
"All hell will break loose, armies of super criminals."
"I can get you a temporary DEA ID if you want, y'know when agents lose their badges nowadays..."
"Yeah I know, thanks Jim. I could really use that ID because I am going after each and everyone of the bastards with anything to do with Aesir."
With that Max holtstered his beretta.He did not know who he was dealing with or where to look for them all he knew no longer was he running from the law, now he would fight Aesir, the new Valkyr and whatever else they had with every resource available but the battle would still be a hard one and the war was a long way from over.
To Be Continued...
Authors Notice: Please Read and Review. Also please keep in mind that this is my first fic so no heavy flames please.
RATED R FOR VIOLENCE AND LANGUAGE
The calming blizzard shed its last flakes outside the station, but as the storm outside wavered an even heavier one brewed inside the interrogation room.
"So, let me get this straight Payne,"Said chief Bravura in a harsh voice, "You trying to tell me that not only did you not shoot agent Baldur, and agent B.."
"I never said I didn't shoot B.B"
"Oh thats right, he was a bent cop all along and to top it all off you are in fact a DEA agent, c'mon Payne, this has gone on far enough it's been three days since we picked you up."
Max leaned back on his interrogation room chair. It had been three days, three days since since he had avenged his family, three days since the end of the Valkyr chrises, three days since he had won his war against crime. He felt some regret over the friends he had lost, Mona and Alex, they had never found Mona's body he did keep some hope that she was still alive. It's finally over, he thought to himself.
"Look, what I don't know, is why you Max Payne, one of the worlds most feared...criminals for want of a better word gave it all up just take out your old gang...and the aesir corp while we're on the subject."
"Had no choice, my cover was blown, and without Alex I had no contacts left in the DEA, as for Aesir, well they were the behind the Punchinello family and Valkyr for that matter."
"Lucky for you they some old documents in Aesir HQ to back you up, now all we've got against you is the shooting of two DEA agents, but the thing that puzzles me most is why Senator Woden has been backing your DEA story and trying to get you released."
"Nice guy I guess" Max smiled as he said that, there was a very good reason for the senator to help, lying in his personal pessions locker.
"Yeah whatever, we'll continue this discourse in the morning, Jenkins please escort Mr Payne to his cell"
A young officer grabbed Max by his hand and took him to the cell. Max had been in them quite often. When he first began his undercover assignment he was required to pull off various jobs for the mob, sometimes he'd dilberately get arrested to avoid them. He had a pretty decent sleep that night. His dreams were mainly about the desctruction of the Aesir corporation. He was awakened in the early hours of the morning and escorted again to the all too familiar iterrogation room. Bravura entered with a positively stunned expression on his face.
"Morning Jim, have a rough night?"
"Last night, Jenkins and were going through agent Baldurs files, trying to make sense of it and we found a journal, he had been logging virtually every day of his life for the past six years in it, according to this log, everything you've said is true, from you joining to the DEA to going undercover the last article was that he had just recieved a call to meet you at central station from BB. He also had kept a copy of your file from the before you joined the DEA. we checked it through the computer a hundred times this file is accurate. In addition, we also checked BBs file, turns out he had been receiving payments from the Aesir corporation over a period of time. So effectively, you are one hundred percent innocent"
Max smiled, good old Alex had bailed him out again.
"This effectively is more than enought evidence we need to release you and I've got more good news" continued Bravura, "According to your file, you are still a member of the DEA, in other words, you got youu old job back."
"Now, that the Valkyr thing is cracked the DEA has no more use to me. I think I'll transfer, maybe back to the NYPD."
"Wouldn't mind having, someone of your talents on the force, detective. Try not to go on a killing spree against gangsters this time."
"You attitude to me seems to have changed Jim."
"Yeah, that happens when you find someones innocent."
"I always thought you were innocent" spouted Jenkins
"Well I'm glad thats cleared up, but one more thing Jim, the Valkyr"
"Almost completely off the streets, thanks to you that is.
"Well thats good, now if you'll excuse me I think I need see if the DEA offers cumulative. vacation days."
Both Bravura and Jenkins laughed at that statement. Jenkins offered to take Max to his home. Max was not completely looking forward to going there, too many bad memories about the family he once had. The three of them stepped into the parking lot and walked towards Jenkins' squad car. Their was a black sedan parked against the wall of the building.
"Why do those undercover cops insist on parking on station property, I don't even recognise that one, boy is that guy going to get it." Max looked at the car and suddenly recognised it, he quickly grabbed Jim.
"Get a bomb squad around to that car now."
"What?"
"Black sedans are the trademark cars used for car bombings by the Punchinellos, They'd park a car outside a rival gangs building, blow it up and when it did they attack." Bravura grabbed his walkie talkie and summoned a bomb squad to the scene. The bomb squad surrounded the car but it was too late. A gargantuan bang was heard as the bomb detonated in the car park. Immediately afterwards, two black vans smashed through the gate and gunmen charged towards the entrance. They were all dressed in the officious suits of Aesir employees and each carried a colt commando. They were repelled by an army of police who charged out the door and a vicious gun battle began to ensue. Bravura were both crouched behind a garbage dumpster from where they took shots at the gangsters. Max was crouched behind a garbage can. Fortunately for him, his liscensed berretta was returned him as were a couple of rounds of bullets. He dove to the side and fired at a nearby gangster. Three bullets struck the gangster in the chest send him flying bakcwards and prompting him to throw his gun into the air, to be caught by Max. Max took hold of the colt commando and quickly spun around spraying three gangsters with bullets. The two remaining ones, turned towards Max. Max jumped towards them firing bullets. As he did this he felt himself entering bullet time as he could see things around him moving at a slower pace. He dodged the visible bullets and kept firing. After his bullets had struck the gangsters he entered real time again. He saw the bullet riddled gangsters flying backwards at an immense speed. He dropped the gun walked over to the police officers. Bravura was getting up and nursing a wound to his arm, Jenkins was helping him. Elsewhere two officers shot dead.
"What the bloody hell just happened?" Yelled Bravura
"Aesir, they bloody did this, they clearly wanted to destroy the files you found. Dammit." Said an enraged Max.
"I am going to make them pay if it takes every day of my life I will make them pay, Jenkins, see that the dead and wounded are tended to, then gather up every resource you can. Get everyone on active duty, we are going after these bastards as soon as we can." Bravura then turned to Max.
"But I thought Aesir was destroyed, by you."
"So did I, apparently it goes even higher than the hag."
Max was filled with rage. In spite of all he had done it was still the same, whenever he killed a monster a bigger more powerfull just casually waltzed into it's place.
"I am going after them" Said Max
"Sorry Max, you are DEA, this is out of your jurisdiction" Said Bravura
"I don't think so" Said Max, pulling out a small container with blue liquid inside a "V" insribed on the side "One of them dropped this."
"Valkyr, but thats green"
"This is clearly a new version, they attackers certainly had the strength of people under Valkyr, but nonetheless, retained their sanity."
"Damn, if this drug hits the street."
"All hell will break loose, armies of super criminals."
"I can get you a temporary DEA ID if you want, y'know when agents lose their badges nowadays..."
"Yeah I know, thanks Jim. I could really use that ID because I am going after each and everyone of the bastards with anything to do with Aesir."
With that Max holtstered his beretta.He did not know who he was dealing with or where to look for them all he knew no longer was he running from the law, now he would fight Aesir, the new Valkyr and whatever else they had with every resource available but the battle would still be a hard one and the war was a long way from over.
To Be Continued...
Authors Notice: Please Read and Review. Also please keep in mind that this is my first fic so no heavy flames please.