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CHAPTER 3
From the outside there seemed to be nothing spectacular about the old warehouse. It was a long rectangular shaped building with two layers of windows, not unlike all the others around this area of town. Max had looked gone through the files on the old place. It used to be Aesir's primary warehouse, until Aesir very publicly declared that they were abandoning the building due to a failed privately conducted safety check, The perfect method to keep attention away from it.From his observation of the plave, Max had come to the conclusion that Aesir had done a pretty good job for security. They had two gaurds dressed as homeless people standing outside the door. There were also two others one disguised as a street vendor waiting at the entrance to the alley where the door was the other, disguised as a hot dog salesman, stood further down the street. Max placed a silencer on his berretta and casually walked to the hot dog salesman gaurd.
"One with everything to go please." he said
"Sorry pal, just ran out of hotdogs, been a busy day y'know"
"It's nine in the morning"
The hot dog salesman began to twitch nervously
"Yeah, heh heh, funny that isn't it, yeah you can never te.."
While he was speaking Max quickly pulled out his silenced berretta and pointed at the salesmans head. The salesman began to react but thought against it at the site of the gun.
"Look, all I got on me is couple of hundred bucks, the rest I..."
"I don't want your money"
"Uh..well then wha..?"
"I want you to open the stand"
"What?"
"Well, your all sold out of hot dogs so I want to see the empty hot dog stand"
"I..can't"
Max moved the berretta closer to his head
"Are you sure?"
The sales man slowly moved the panel across to reveal two ingrams nestled together. He desperately reached for them, but didn't have nearly enough time. Three bullets left Max's gun and each found their mark in the salesmans face, spraying blood onto the graffitied wall he was standing near. Max was initially concerned that the street vendor gaurd noticed him but then noticed that he was looking the other way max pushed the stand towards him. As he heard the stand being wheeled towards him he slowly turned as he said
"Hey what are you doing out of your station"
As he finished turning, he found himself faced with two ingrams pointed at him. As he quickly reached into his jacket Max opened fire into his stomach with both guns. The sheer force and proximity caused the vendor two go flying through the air and into the corner between the the street and the alley before falling forward in a crumpled heap. The berretta he pulled from his jacket was fired aimlessly into the air. The gunfire alerted the two guards in the alley. One of the guards reacted before the other. He charged blindly at Max, firing an Ingram in the air. Max casually fired at hit. The bullets found their mark and the gaurd fell, almost slowly forward. Max quickly moved out of the alley, narrowly avoiding three bullets from the other gaurd stood with his back to the wall at a 90 degree angle from the alley. Apparently the second guard was smarter than the first, biding his time and waiting for a good shot. Max reloaded the Ingrams and spun into the alley. The gaurd who also wielded two ingrams dove towards Max firing. Max copied him by diving in his direction. Max flew under the stream of bullets. For one brief second Max sailed under him. It was in this second that he fired emptying two thirds of the clips from both ingrams. The bullets sailed into the guards stomach causing him to turn in the air and land on his back. Max walked up to him, reached into his jacket and pulled out a set of keys. This had been easy, too easy. It was odd that they would hire such imcompetant security. Max guessed that they thought no one would be smart enough to find out about it let alone stupid enough to attack it. Max walked to the door and unlocked it. As he slowly entered he found himself faced with four gaurds, each carrying Colt Commandoes and the smiling face of Johnny "Razor Chewer" Pine. During the Lupino era Johnny was in charge in delivering the stuff to Jack. It seemed that Aeris still considered his skills useful.
"Hey Max, glad you join us"
"Johnny hows the old?" Max asked sarcastically.
"lets see, the Finitos brothers dead, Rico , dead, Vinnie well no one knows what you did to Vinnie but I'm guessing dead, Jack, dead, Mr Punchinello dead, they're all dead because of you Payne and now you'll be dead, fucking kill him."
Max had dived to the side, behind some crates before Johnny had even finished the sentence. The barrage of bullets that were intended for him tore chunks out of the wall he was standing next to a secod ago.
"We don't this guy in a gunfight just throw a grenade" screamed Johnny
"But sir ther V"
"Fuck the V just throw the grenade"
Max heard the grenade, whistling through the air towards him. Instinctively he stood up and hit the grenade with the palm of his fist towards the gangsters. Apparently they had not been too wise with their choice of grenade. One of Johnnys men carelessly caught the grenade just before it blew up. The blast took out two of the gangsters and sent Johnny and the last remaining henchman flying into a stack of crates
"Fuck, fuck, you fucking moron, you used set the fucking fuse to ten seconds"
"Sorry boss, I.,."
"Nevermind just get him."
The guard walk towards the crates where Max was hidden
"Come on out Payne"
The gaurd fired at the crates destroying two. Max threw an empty clip to his side. This briefly distracted the guard allowing Max to sneak out from behind the crates and behind the henchman.
"Eddie behind you" yelled jack.
The gaurd turned, suddenly finding himseld forced backwards by four bullets. Max then fired at the injured Johnny, striking him in the leg. Max then walked over to him and put him in a headlock.
"Ok Johnny, tell me who is supplying the V"
"Someone in Aesir"
"Who?"
"I can't tell you or I'm a dead ma.."
"Your a dead man anyway, but if I haul you in there is a decreased chance of being whacked"
"Ok, ok, they person who is supplying the V is..."
Max then felt blood being splattered against his face, Johnny had been shot in the neck. Max turned towards the door to get a glimpse of a retreating figure. Max attempted to persue the shooter but the sound of a car starting and driving off indicated the assassins escape.
After filling in the necessary paperwork, Max returned to his appartment. The raid was considered to have been highly successful, but Max felt nothing but disappointment. His only source was dead and the new V was going to hit the streets in a big way. As he sat down to consider what to do the phone rang. He picked it up, on the other end was a well disguised voice.
"Hello is this Max Payne"
"Yes."
"Do you want to destroy the new V"
"Yes"
"Excellent, I will phone you again today, this phone might be bugged"
"Ok but one thing, who are you?"
"Call me Loki"
CHAPTER 3
From the outside there seemed to be nothing spectacular about the old warehouse. It was a long rectangular shaped building with two layers of windows, not unlike all the others around this area of town. Max had looked gone through the files on the old place. It used to be Aesir's primary warehouse, until Aesir very publicly declared that they were abandoning the building due to a failed privately conducted safety check, The perfect method to keep attention away from it.From his observation of the plave, Max had come to the conclusion that Aesir had done a pretty good job for security. They had two gaurds dressed as homeless people standing outside the door. There were also two others one disguised as a street vendor waiting at the entrance to the alley where the door was the other, disguised as a hot dog salesman, stood further down the street. Max placed a silencer on his berretta and casually walked to the hot dog salesman gaurd.
"One with everything to go please." he said
"Sorry pal, just ran out of hotdogs, been a busy day y'know"
"It's nine in the morning"
The hot dog salesman began to twitch nervously
"Yeah, heh heh, funny that isn't it, yeah you can never te.."
While he was speaking Max quickly pulled out his silenced berretta and pointed at the salesmans head. The salesman began to react but thought against it at the site of the gun.
"Look, all I got on me is couple of hundred bucks, the rest I..."
"I don't want your money"
"Uh..well then wha..?"
"I want you to open the stand"
"What?"
"Well, your all sold out of hot dogs so I want to see the empty hot dog stand"
"I..can't"
Max moved the berretta closer to his head
"Are you sure?"
The sales man slowly moved the panel across to reveal two ingrams nestled together. He desperately reached for them, but didn't have nearly enough time. Three bullets left Max's gun and each found their mark in the salesmans face, spraying blood onto the graffitied wall he was standing near. Max was initially concerned that the street vendor gaurd noticed him but then noticed that he was looking the other way max pushed the stand towards him. As he heard the stand being wheeled towards him he slowly turned as he said
"Hey what are you doing out of your station"
As he finished turning, he found himself faced with two ingrams pointed at him. As he quickly reached into his jacket Max opened fire into his stomach with both guns. The sheer force and proximity caused the vendor two go flying through the air and into the corner between the the street and the alley before falling forward in a crumpled heap. The berretta he pulled from his jacket was fired aimlessly into the air. The gunfire alerted the two guards in the alley. One of the guards reacted before the other. He charged blindly at Max, firing an Ingram in the air. Max casually fired at hit. The bullets found their mark and the gaurd fell, almost slowly forward. Max quickly moved out of the alley, narrowly avoiding three bullets from the other gaurd stood with his back to the wall at a 90 degree angle from the alley. Apparently the second guard was smarter than the first, biding his time and waiting for a good shot. Max reloaded the Ingrams and spun into the alley. The gaurd who also wielded two ingrams dove towards Max firing. Max copied him by diving in his direction. Max flew under the stream of bullets. For one brief second Max sailed under him. It was in this second that he fired emptying two thirds of the clips from both ingrams. The bullets sailed into the guards stomach causing him to turn in the air and land on his back. Max walked up to him, reached into his jacket and pulled out a set of keys. This had been easy, too easy. It was odd that they would hire such imcompetant security. Max guessed that they thought no one would be smart enough to find out about it let alone stupid enough to attack it. Max walked to the door and unlocked it. As he slowly entered he found himself faced with four gaurds, each carrying Colt Commandoes and the smiling face of Johnny "Razor Chewer" Pine. During the Lupino era Johnny was in charge in delivering the stuff to Jack. It seemed that Aeris still considered his skills useful.
"Hey Max, glad you join us"
"Johnny hows the old?" Max asked sarcastically.
"lets see, the Finitos brothers dead, Rico , dead, Vinnie well no one knows what you did to Vinnie but I'm guessing dead, Jack, dead, Mr Punchinello dead, they're all dead because of you Payne and now you'll be dead, fucking kill him."
Max had dived to the side, behind some crates before Johnny had even finished the sentence. The barrage of bullets that were intended for him tore chunks out of the wall he was standing next to a secod ago.
"We don't this guy in a gunfight just throw a grenade" screamed Johnny
"But sir ther V"
"Fuck the V just throw the grenade"
Max heard the grenade, whistling through the air towards him. Instinctively he stood up and hit the grenade with the palm of his fist towards the gangsters. Apparently they had not been too wise with their choice of grenade. One of Johnnys men carelessly caught the grenade just before it blew up. The blast took out two of the gangsters and sent Johnny and the last remaining henchman flying into a stack of crates
"Fuck, fuck, you fucking moron, you used set the fucking fuse to ten seconds"
"Sorry boss, I.,."
"Nevermind just get him."
The guard walk towards the crates where Max was hidden
"Come on out Payne"
The gaurd fired at the crates destroying two. Max threw an empty clip to his side. This briefly distracted the guard allowing Max to sneak out from behind the crates and behind the henchman.
"Eddie behind you" yelled jack.
The gaurd turned, suddenly finding himseld forced backwards by four bullets. Max then fired at the injured Johnny, striking him in the leg. Max then walked over to him and put him in a headlock.
"Ok Johnny, tell me who is supplying the V"
"Someone in Aesir"
"Who?"
"I can't tell you or I'm a dead ma.."
"Your a dead man anyway, but if I haul you in there is a decreased chance of being whacked"
"Ok, ok, they person who is supplying the V is..."
Max then felt blood being splattered against his face, Johnny had been shot in the neck. Max turned towards the door to get a glimpse of a retreating figure. Max attempted to persue the shooter but the sound of a car starting and driving off indicated the assassins escape.
After filling in the necessary paperwork, Max returned to his appartment. The raid was considered to have been highly successful, but Max felt nothing but disappointment. His only source was dead and the new V was going to hit the streets in a big way. As he sat down to consider what to do the phone rang. He picked it up, on the other end was a well disguised voice.
"Hello is this Max Payne"
"Yes."
"Do you want to destroy the new V"
"Yes"
"Excellent, I will phone you again today, this phone might be bugged"
"Ok but one thing, who are you?"
"Call me Loki"