By now you guys must know i have no idea what i'm doing…. Ahahhaha. But the story must go on and on and on.
The Look in Her Eyes
Scene 1
Somewhere along a Caribbean shoreline stood a simple manor overlooking the sea. It was normally unoccupied but that weekend the estate's grounds where over packed with cars and vans from secretive guests. Even though many had come, only 6 were allowed to be in the conference room, the rest waited patiently on the grounds for the decisions being made inside. Everyone knew this was going to be big, and they mentally prepared to be justly rewarded.
"The nerve of those ACME, come to hire us like we were no good thiefs," Moe said staring at the picture of the Xul mask.
"Forget the nerve, it's the idea that we are not worth the money for a good theft," Lars said. "At the mention of payment they cut us out."
"Leave your bruised egos out of this for a while and listen, there are more important issues at matter." Carmen said while placing more photographs and some master plans on the table.
"Wait, we are going to steal that mask?" Paige said while looking at the many master plans. "Or are we going for something else?"
"We are going to steal 4 things in the mean time." Carmen said as she looked up to met everyone's estrange faces.
"What? But you zaid zhat we didn't needed to steal zhe Xul mask at all?" Sarah said while picking up some plans and looking through them.
"Oh we are, but that for Hugo, you Sarah and me to figure it out. I have more plans for Moe, Lars and you Paige." Carmen settled down and took a set of files. "While Sarah, Hugo and I are on that mission I want you three to start preparations to steal this monument in Chicago, US. I will not participate in the planning but I will participate in the operation. So keep in mind that I will fallow your instructions as I wont' know what is really going on." Moe took the file, while Lars examined the plans and Paige took notes.
"Time frame: 15 days. Method: Hide and Seek. Getaway: Airborne. Personnel: 9. Comunication: Overhear. Got it?" Carmen said. These were their personal code for master planning each and every crime they all commit. It gave the crime scene a structure that they all could understand and fallow if things got wrong. "Ok, the rundown is the fallowing: location is on the north border on the Jackson Park, lat 41.78, long -87.58. Height from finish floor: 6ft, total height, 38ft. Weight: 8.28 tons. It is secured to the ground by pile caps located at 2 ft intervals on-center. Normal reinforced concrete 3k psi. Make your plans and start on this." Carmen finished as Paige ended her note taking and Moe and Lars started talking.
"On to the other one, this one is on Mont-de-Marsan, France. This is the rundown, for you guys" Carmen didn't read the entire rap-sheet to them as she was getting a bit more excited about what was behind all this heists.
"Same time frame, or overlapped?" Lars asked.
"Back to back." Carmen said. "When we get the first monument, start planning for the other. That way it will give me enough time to finish the Mask heist and get the equipment in place."
"Equipment? I though you were making all this to not raise the crowd on taking over VILE while your gone." Moe remarked.
"I'm not really interested in any of the monuments. They will be sold and all the profit will be shared equally among the personnel you choose and of course you guys. I'll just be there for show that is for sure. However, there is a more underlying thing I need for you guys. I didn't choose these monuments for their potential cost; I choose them for their location. Listen up closely, for what I'm about to tell, shall not go out of this walls. This is our payday my friends."
They all gathered closely to Carmen as she explained what exactly they were going to be doing. She left the thieving plan for her Moe, Lars and Paige, because that theft isn't what was important. What they heard was the most arrogant and ambitious plan ever presented to them by their boss, and strangely enough, they all wanted to be a part of it.
Scene 2
"I'm worried Carmen might take advantage of us at some point." Ivy retorted.
"I know that is a possibility, but come on, we trust Carmen." Chief said with a smile.
"Trust or no trust, she might have something up her sleeve. She always did." Kevin said taking his coffee to his lips.
"Guys, Carmen might be our new 'boss' but lets not forget we are ACME detective. We will be the ones operating on the system along side her. If she does something wrong, trust me I'll know." Zack was confident in this situation.
The door opened and Sebastian and Mass walked in.
"Good morning detectives, how are my criminals in training doing?" Sebastian joked.
"Not so great." Ivy said.
"Lets not forget what is at stake detective." Mass looked stirringly at Ivy and she tensed a bit. "This is no time to give in to doubt or anxiety. We must prepare carefully for what we let Carmen do here. We must give her enough libertinage for her work but we must also put up walls to make her stop. Any command she give you guys, you'll make a note of it and pass it along to me at the end of each day without her noticing. I must keep an eye and ear at all times if she tries something shady. Understood?" They all accented with their heads.
"Furthermore, we must prepare for her arrest and that of Hugo and Sarah once this is all finished." Sebastian put a file on the table where they were sitting.
"Arrest?" Kevin was in shock. "Wait, part of my agreeing to this was to not be used to capture her."
"Sorry to say this Kevin, but I don't care shit about that." Kevin started to get up but mass stopped him. "The fact is Carmen is our top priority, yes she will help us with this crisis, but lets not forget she is a dangerous criminal. You saw it with your own eyes and heard it by yourselves, she is armed to the teeth and her operations are shadier than just stealing. I want you guys to infiltrate her organization, take notes, what is she up to? If she is smuggling things, I want to know, if she is killing, I want to know if she uses drugs, I want to know. We opened our playbook to her and she opened hers to us, we will take advantage of this and bring her down."
Even though Ivy was mad for working under Carmen, she felt annoyed about this turn of events. Zack didn't want to capture Carmen that way, it felt like cheating.
"After she hands over the chip we will proceed to entrap them and arrest them. Kevin you will have the honor of handcuffing Carmen yourself." Sebastian looked at Kevin and was surprised to see a frown in Kevin's face. "Don't forget she betrayed us all first Kevin. She decided to be a criminal and we arrest criminals, while you two will arrest Hugo and Sarah. No complains people. It is our job to stop criminals, not play around pretending to steal things." Kevin handed them the arrest warrants for them to fill in while snooping inside Carmen's operation. "I want those papers filled to the brim detectives." Sebastian and Mass got up and left the office.
"This is wrong, this is so wrong." Ivy was the first to talk.
"It is what we do Ivy." Chief said in a sad tone. "But knowing Carmen she will get out of it fine."
Scene 3
The Plaza was dimly lit by the Victorian street lamps on that chilly night. The streets were empty at such late hours of the night which made walking unseen easier for some. A group of solitary men and women walked from all over the city to meet at a certain bridge. They had been summoned by one of their own with a very tempting offer. They didn't great each other as one by one they gathered in the bridge. At the preset time a trap door opened on one of the side pillars of the bridge and one by one they all descended.
Meetings like this were forbidden up to a certain degree among them. Such important figures in the Underworld united in a single place would be a gold mine of opportunity for anyone with the balls to take them all out in a single strike. However, tonight, was very different, even the atmosphere around them felt different.
They continued climbing down stairs in a well lighted stair case until they reached the bottom. They all pulled a key from their neck chains and inserted them one by one on the locks in the door. The door opened when all the keys where turned at the same time. One by one they entered the hallway which was lighted with fluorescent bulbs. It was a long passage way that snaked around building subfloors and basement, the tenants of the buildings above them never knew that the soil surrounding their basements were the avenues of this elite group of underground masterminds. They finally came to the conference room of their liking. They all sat down and presented their keys on the table. The room was locked and when they were secured they started to great each other.
"Well, well, I though I'd never see the day when Carmen would make us an invitation." Said a plump Asian man named Anik. He was a mega weapons and arms dealer through out the entire world. Any illegal arm, even new technology he had it and he knew how each and everyone of them worked. He loved to test them on live subjects in his concentration camps he had for such tests.
"There is a first time for everything I guess." Carmen unbuttoned her coat and put it over her chair. She was member number 11 to this day. Every time one of the members died the numbers moved up, she had changed numbers 3 times since she became a member almost 8 year ago.
"Enough with this bullcrap, lets get it on I'm in the middle of a recollection and I need to supervise the bastards." Esteban took out a cigar and lit it with ease. He was the drug lords of drug lords, his word was law anywhere in the world. He had always had a soft spot for Carmen, even more when she proved she could give head like no other woman he had been with.
Carmen relaxed and took the cigar from Esteban's mouth and made it her own. This relaxed the atmosphere and other members started teasing how Esteban was easy on women and such other sexual toned mannerisms.
Carmen related the story about being hired by ACME, this surprised every single Elite member. She discussed exactly what was said at the meeting and who where involved. The Elite members started taking notes and whispering among themselves things. They were shocked to discover what was really in the chip and neither of them wanted any part of it. Some where mad that Dustin had cheated on some of his details to them as they were his biggest investors for the auction. She ended up her presentation explaining the thefts she was about to commit in order to install some equipment on the sites.
"The information on ACME is very interesting, plus your warning about Dustin and his auction was a plus, but this could all have been forwarded through our communication channels, why the meeting?" Hannah said after finishing her liquor. Hannah had the biggest prostitution and human trafficking agency in the world. She smuggled illegals in every country possible and administered all prostitution centers in Europe, Asia and South America.
"How about this?" Carmen placed a photograph in the middle of the table. "What if I told you guys I can steal this? How much do you guys think it is worth?" She looked around with glee as every face in that table stared in awe at the picture.
"That is impossible! That is insane." Marilyn put a hand over her mouth.
"How are you going to manage to steal this?" Jason asked.
"This is impossible to steal, but this right here is not." Carmen signaled to something in the picture. "If I get my hands on this everyone in this room could potentially get one of its very own." Gasps where hear all around the room.
"Why won't you marry me Carmen?" Esteban said.
"Cause I already got tired of sucking your dick." She said while smiling. They all laughed at this and then sat down again in their respective chairs.
"10 bills for this information old girl, what do you say?" Anik said looking straight at her.
"Oh no, Anik you got me all wrong. Never mix friends and money, it never ends well."
"Then what do you want?" Hannah asked very interested in Carmen's proposition.
"Services rendered." Carmen said with a smile.
Everyone smiled and the negotiations continued up till early morning when the group bid farewell and exited the same way they came in. In silence.
Scene 4
3 days after the meeting at ACME
"Where is that bitch!" Ronaldo's voice boomed again from the elevator hallway startling Ivy, Zack, Kevin and Chief that were waiting in the conference room that would turn into their house for the next 2 months.
"What is wrong now Ronaldo, is she here yet?" Kevin asked from the kitchen counter.
"Yes, but she ditched me again." Ronaldo said while glancing at Ivy and Zack, they were suppressing a laugh as they found this funny. "Well, atleast I know she will come here for sure.'
"Why is that?" Zack asked.
"Cause Kevin is here." Ronaldo said that as he stormed out into the hallway.
"What did I do to deserve such treatment?" Kevin said with his hands in the air and this made Ivy burst laughing.
"So she is really going through with this." Zack said. "And are we ok with this?"
"What other choice to we have, we can't actually tell her what is going on after this mission is completed." Ivy said taking a seat at the table.
"Lets just enjoy the ride, who knows where it might lead us; probably we never expected the same ending." Kevin said with a smile that made Ivy wonder what he meant by that.
"Are you already imagining naughty things?" Carmen's voice echoed in the room.
"Only when it comes to you, yeah." Kevin said letting his eyes wonder.
"Kevin, focus." Carmen came into the room with Sarah and Hugo along.
"I am."
"On the topic at matter." Carmen laughed as her eyes met Kevin's. "Well let's get started. I have a few pointers and rules that you guys need to understand and memorize, and then it is off to work, no time to loose."
End Chapter 7
Oh noes… subplots by the dozen! Why… why? Ah well, a good read is made up of twists and turns. Buckle up readers, this will be a long and bumpy ride. Hope you guys are enjoying the story so far. Leave your reviews and comments, please.