Authors note: I'm sorry I took so long to update, I'll be more frequent from now
Max sat by his phone for what seemed like hours. His mind was filled with questions about his situation. Who was behind the new V?, To what extent was Aesir involved? and above all who was the mysterious Loki? The phone suddenly rang and Max nearly yanked it off the table.
"Hello..." said Max
"Hello Mr. Payne, this is Loki, as I said I have some information that is of considerable value to you."
"First things first, who are you?"
"Lets just say a person with a particular interest in bringing down the new V"
"Woden is that you..."
"The senator and I are not one and the same."
"How do I know I can trust you?"
"Yes, trust is important,judge my character on the use my information is to you, I do hope we can be allies in our mutual endeavor"
Max at this point realised that Loki had no intention of revealing his or her identity.
"Perhaps, what do you know about the new V?"
"A lot of things, for a start, the Punchinello mob is out of the picture and even Aesir is practically insignificant, you are dealing with a much bigger enemy"
"Who?"
"Are you aware of a company known as "Freda""
"Yeah, massive corporation, broke up into many smaller companies after heavy internal disputes between the shareholders, the smaller companies did very well, one of them even turned into Aesir."
"The company Freda never broke up, the whole thing was to avoid a monopoly lawsuit."
"So what you're saying is Freda are behind this..."
"In essence, yes that is exactly what I'm saying. Now for some more immediately useful information. A seemingly small manager from Aesir, named Roger Door acted as a sort of liason between the company and Freda, he would normally be very difficult to track down however he has one useful weakness."
"What?"
"Everyday, around seven in the evening, he goes to small coffee house in the nieghbourhood he grew up in, called "Super Coffee". Call it nostalgia I guess."
"Army of guards?"
"Not as far as I know, of course the company might have him followed."
"Thats the risks"
"I will contact you again within the vext twenty four hours, to discuss the information you gathered, good luck."
Loki rang off...
Super Coffee was a small run down joint. It was almost empty except for the manager and a nervous looking man sitting dressed in a suit drinking a cup of coffee. Max guessed that was man he was looking for. Max walked to the table.
"Good evening Mr. Door"
"Hey what the...oh it's you, Mr. Payne"
"You sound like you were expecting me."
"Yeah well, I figured you might try and track me down it you figured out who I was and all."
"Well if you were expecting me you'll know what I want you to tell me"
"Yeah, Valkyr B, You know when, I joined Aesir just after it had formed it wasn't so bad,it was quite a good company, and the old boss was a nice guy. Then Freda came into the picture. They had done the initial funding for the abandoned V project, when they decided to continue manufacturing V, they decided to do it via Aesir. The old boss found out, he was going to the DEA but the day before, he as the report said, fell off an unstable pier. The Ms Horne of took over and she was a mental case. She forced me to act as a liason between her and the main company, told me that if I tried anything I might have an accident. She was one of the people originally involved with the original Valkyr project when the goverment was developing before it was axed."
"Yeah, I found that out. I also know how she was resposible for distributing it"
"While the Valkyr was taking it's effect R&D kept on going. A few months ago the came with a far more powerful version of Valkyr. They were planning on letting hit the streets in about a year but after what happened with Aesir, they decided that they had to pull out all guns. After Horne was dead I thought Freda would also go down but I was wrong. When I went to work, I got an e-mail telling me to meet with Freda executives. They told me would now be distributing the new version of Valkyr through five of the six subsidiary companies, well it is six now that Ms Koil has broken all ties between Aesir and Freda. They said that not all of the shareholders involved with Ms Horne had been caught and that they still had support withing the company. They said they were planning to dethrone Ms Koil by removing many of the shareholders that supported her."
"Removing?"
"Y'know, accidents, trumped up charges, things like that. They asked me to keep on working for them, Their execs tell what their plans were, which I would write down and leave in specific place, I would later pick up a folder from that place and present it to the execs. I told Ms Koil about this and she said that for my safety I should keep on working for them but to keep her informed of the situation."
"Who are the execs?"
"Dunno, they never told me, and they don't hold meetings in the same place either. The only thing I can give you is the name of a shareholder who is working for thim in Aesir, Charles Winters"
"Thanks a lot, listen I don't want you to keep doing what you are doing and watch you back, I don't suppose you can arrange a meeting between me and Ms Koil."
"I can try"
"Good, here my mobile number is, wait a sec."
Max reached in to his pocket took out his phone he checked his number and told Roger he then put the phone on the table. He then saw a man in an Aesir suit walking to the building.
"There is one of the Aesir agents heading this way I will now threaten you, refuse to talk"
"Good plan"
Max drew his Berretta and jammed it against Roger's head
"Hey whats going on?" yelled the manager of Super Coffee
"Get out now" said Max.
The manager charged out of the door pushing his way past the agent.
"Are you going to tell me what I want now?" said Max
"SCREW YOU PAYNE, I'M LOYAL TO AESIR" yelled Roger
The man in the suit walked through the open door and pointed and ingram at Max.
"Payne, let him go or I toast you." Max shoved Roger out of the way and dived to his side, the bullets from the ingram shattered the window behind him. Max fired at the Aesir agent. his bullets turning his white shirt a crimson red. As he did that he looked to see the room filling with agents there with agents. Max guessed they must have been waiting in the agents Max guessed that they must have been there to back the first agent up they waited behind because they weren't prepared for a shootout, Max thought he could use this to his advantage.
"Drop it payne we have you totally outnumbered"
Max dropped his Berretta and walked to the table where he had been sitting.
One of the agents walked to Roger
"Cought what you said throught Teds Walkie Talkie Roger, good job"
"Thanks."
"You'd better head out."
Roger ran through the door.
"As for you Payne, looks like you've finally lost."
Max heard a brief sound on the desk, his mobile was vibrating. The agents didn't seem to notice. He turned his head down allowing him to see it. It was a text message saying
"DUCK NOW"
Max fell flat on his stomach narrowly avoiding a line of bullets. He then felt a rush of air above him, another line bullets. The bullets tore through the agents spraying blood and torn fabric in all directions. Max jumped to his feet. One agent had survived. he crawled around desperately for his ingram. He then felt it thrust into his hand
"Looking for this."
"Hey thanks man I...what the..."
He turned to find himself face to face with his nemesis, Max Payne and a berretta aimed at his face. Max fired twice, one bullet struck him in the bridge of his nose, the other went straight through his neck.
Max turned to the shattered window to see two black mercedes...Vladimir.
Max walked towards them and one them pulled down a window.
"Well Max, look like I saved you again this is getting repetitive."
"I guess it must get pretty boring I mean you see one shootout an eatery, you've seen 'em"
They both laughed
"Hop in"
Max entered the front seat of the Mercedes
"So Vladimir, how did you know I'd be at the coffee shop"
"A mutual friend tipped me off,"
"Loki?"
"Yes"
"Who is he?"
"I have no idea."
"How do you know him?"
"He warned me about an ambush by members of the Punchinello mob a few months ago, could have lost a lot of men, I didn't hear from him again till yesterday, when he told me that you might be in a fix."
"Well thanks a lot for coming."
"Max, we're friends, I wouldn't expect any less from you."
"Of course not."
"So Vladimir, I don't suppose you know much about the new Valkyr and whose behind it,"
"Not much, all I know is that they are moving fast, they have so far killed fourteen of my men and we haven't been able to take one of them out, not counting our escapade at the coffee shop."
"I heard that a company called Freda are somehow behind it."
"Freda?" Yelled one of Vladimir's men from the back of the car."
"Yes that's what he said," said Vladimir
"My brother was in the DEA, he was once investigating them for being involved in drug trafficking, one day he and his partner both died in a car crash, at least thats what the inquest said, but they were both excellent drivers. We all suspect that Freda had them killed and paid off enough people to make it look like and accident"
"Whatever happened to the investigation?" asked Max
"It was suddenly cancelled for almost no reason, more well placed bribes, I guess."
"Freda must be more powerful than I thought."
"So Max what now?"
"I'd better get home, I have little doubt that Freda will clear up the mess at the coffee shop. I need to wait for Loki to call."
"Ok Max, remember if you need back up my men are at your disposal."
"Thanks."
Max sat by his phone for what seemed like hours. His mind was filled with questions about his situation. Who was behind the new V?, To what extent was Aesir involved? and above all who was the mysterious Loki? The phone suddenly rang and Max nearly yanked it off the table.
"Hello..." said Max
"Hello Mr. Payne, this is Loki, as I said I have some information that is of considerable value to you."
"First things first, who are you?"
"Lets just say a person with a particular interest in bringing down the new V"
"Woden is that you..."
"The senator and I are not one and the same."
"How do I know I can trust you?"
"Yes, trust is important,judge my character on the use my information is to you, I do hope we can be allies in our mutual endeavor"
Max at this point realised that Loki had no intention of revealing his or her identity.
"Perhaps, what do you know about the new V?"
"A lot of things, for a start, the Punchinello mob is out of the picture and even Aesir is practically insignificant, you are dealing with a much bigger enemy"
"Who?"
"Are you aware of a company known as "Freda""
"Yeah, massive corporation, broke up into many smaller companies after heavy internal disputes between the shareholders, the smaller companies did very well, one of them even turned into Aesir."
"The company Freda never broke up, the whole thing was to avoid a monopoly lawsuit."
"So what you're saying is Freda are behind this..."
"In essence, yes that is exactly what I'm saying. Now for some more immediately useful information. A seemingly small manager from Aesir, named Roger Door acted as a sort of liason between the company and Freda, he would normally be very difficult to track down however he has one useful weakness."
"What?"
"Everyday, around seven in the evening, he goes to small coffee house in the nieghbourhood he grew up in, called "Super Coffee". Call it nostalgia I guess."
"Army of guards?"
"Not as far as I know, of course the company might have him followed."
"Thats the risks"
"I will contact you again within the vext twenty four hours, to discuss the information you gathered, good luck."
Loki rang off...
Super Coffee was a small run down joint. It was almost empty except for the manager and a nervous looking man sitting dressed in a suit drinking a cup of coffee. Max guessed that was man he was looking for. Max walked to the table.
"Good evening Mr. Door"
"Hey what the...oh it's you, Mr. Payne"
"You sound like you were expecting me."
"Yeah well, I figured you might try and track me down it you figured out who I was and all."
"Well if you were expecting me you'll know what I want you to tell me"
"Yeah, Valkyr B, You know when, I joined Aesir just after it had formed it wasn't so bad,it was quite a good company, and the old boss was a nice guy. Then Freda came into the picture. They had done the initial funding for the abandoned V project, when they decided to continue manufacturing V, they decided to do it via Aesir. The old boss found out, he was going to the DEA but the day before, he as the report said, fell off an unstable pier. The Ms Horne of took over and she was a mental case. She forced me to act as a liason between her and the main company, told me that if I tried anything I might have an accident. She was one of the people originally involved with the original Valkyr project when the goverment was developing before it was axed."
"Yeah, I found that out. I also know how she was resposible for distributing it"
"While the Valkyr was taking it's effect R&D kept on going. A few months ago the came with a far more powerful version of Valkyr. They were planning on letting hit the streets in about a year but after what happened with Aesir, they decided that they had to pull out all guns. After Horne was dead I thought Freda would also go down but I was wrong. When I went to work, I got an e-mail telling me to meet with Freda executives. They told me would now be distributing the new version of Valkyr through five of the six subsidiary companies, well it is six now that Ms Koil has broken all ties between Aesir and Freda. They said that not all of the shareholders involved with Ms Horne had been caught and that they still had support withing the company. They said they were planning to dethrone Ms Koil by removing many of the shareholders that supported her."
"Removing?"
"Y'know, accidents, trumped up charges, things like that. They asked me to keep on working for them, Their execs tell what their plans were, which I would write down and leave in specific place, I would later pick up a folder from that place and present it to the execs. I told Ms Koil about this and she said that for my safety I should keep on working for them but to keep her informed of the situation."
"Who are the execs?"
"Dunno, they never told me, and they don't hold meetings in the same place either. The only thing I can give you is the name of a shareholder who is working for thim in Aesir, Charles Winters"
"Thanks a lot, listen I don't want you to keep doing what you are doing and watch you back, I don't suppose you can arrange a meeting between me and Ms Koil."
"I can try"
"Good, here my mobile number is, wait a sec."
Max reached in to his pocket took out his phone he checked his number and told Roger he then put the phone on the table. He then saw a man in an Aesir suit walking to the building.
"There is one of the Aesir agents heading this way I will now threaten you, refuse to talk"
"Good plan"
Max drew his Berretta and jammed it against Roger's head
"Hey whats going on?" yelled the manager of Super Coffee
"Get out now" said Max.
The manager charged out of the door pushing his way past the agent.
"Are you going to tell me what I want now?" said Max
"SCREW YOU PAYNE, I'M LOYAL TO AESIR" yelled Roger
The man in the suit walked through the open door and pointed and ingram at Max.
"Payne, let him go or I toast you." Max shoved Roger out of the way and dived to his side, the bullets from the ingram shattered the window behind him. Max fired at the Aesir agent. his bullets turning his white shirt a crimson red. As he did that he looked to see the room filling with agents there with agents. Max guessed they must have been waiting in the agents Max guessed that they must have been there to back the first agent up they waited behind because they weren't prepared for a shootout, Max thought he could use this to his advantage.
"Drop it payne we have you totally outnumbered"
Max dropped his Berretta and walked to the table where he had been sitting.
One of the agents walked to Roger
"Cought what you said throught Teds Walkie Talkie Roger, good job"
"Thanks."
"You'd better head out."
Roger ran through the door.
"As for you Payne, looks like you've finally lost."
Max heard a brief sound on the desk, his mobile was vibrating. The agents didn't seem to notice. He turned his head down allowing him to see it. It was a text message saying
"DUCK NOW"
Max fell flat on his stomach narrowly avoiding a line of bullets. He then felt a rush of air above him, another line bullets. The bullets tore through the agents spraying blood and torn fabric in all directions. Max jumped to his feet. One agent had survived. he crawled around desperately for his ingram. He then felt it thrust into his hand
"Looking for this."
"Hey thanks man I...what the..."
He turned to find himself face to face with his nemesis, Max Payne and a berretta aimed at his face. Max fired twice, one bullet struck him in the bridge of his nose, the other went straight through his neck.
Max turned to the shattered window to see two black mercedes...Vladimir.
Max walked towards them and one them pulled down a window.
"Well Max, look like I saved you again this is getting repetitive."
"I guess it must get pretty boring I mean you see one shootout an eatery, you've seen 'em"
They both laughed
"Hop in"
Max entered the front seat of the Mercedes
"So Vladimir, how did you know I'd be at the coffee shop"
"A mutual friend tipped me off,"
"Loki?"
"Yes"
"Who is he?"
"I have no idea."
"How do you know him?"
"He warned me about an ambush by members of the Punchinello mob a few months ago, could have lost a lot of men, I didn't hear from him again till yesterday, when he told me that you might be in a fix."
"Well thanks a lot for coming."
"Max, we're friends, I wouldn't expect any less from you."
"Of course not."
"So Vladimir, I don't suppose you know much about the new Valkyr and whose behind it,"
"Not much, all I know is that they are moving fast, they have so far killed fourteen of my men and we haven't been able to take one of them out, not counting our escapade at the coffee shop."
"I heard that a company called Freda are somehow behind it."
"Freda?" Yelled one of Vladimir's men from the back of the car."
"Yes that's what he said," said Vladimir
"My brother was in the DEA, he was once investigating them for being involved in drug trafficking, one day he and his partner both died in a car crash, at least thats what the inquest said, but they were both excellent drivers. We all suspect that Freda had them killed and paid off enough people to make it look like and accident"
"Whatever happened to the investigation?" asked Max
"It was suddenly cancelled for almost no reason, more well placed bribes, I guess."
"Freda must be more powerful than I thought."
"So Max what now?"
"I'd better get home, I have little doubt that Freda will clear up the mess at the coffee shop. I need to wait for Loki to call."
"Ok Max, remember if you need back up my men are at your disposal."
"Thanks."