I hope you're still with me darlings! Just let me know if you like this story please!
Also…for those of you that know the movie…I won't actually have the exact dialogue, but I'll try my best to keep it good. And after this chapter there will be more differences from the film so I hope you'll like it!
Dennis Cane was a high level drug enforcement agent. Without this guy Klaus and Stefan would be out of business… He was a man in his late 40s and had a balding head to prove it, but he was acting like he owned the place, clearly overly confident being all dangerous and powerful thanks to Klaus' help.
"Nice day…but I shouldn't be seeing the same zip code as you guys" Dennis greeted both Klaus and Stefan as he stepped out of his shiny black car, adjusting his sunglasses as Nik lead his further away from prying eyes. They had decided to meet close to the beach, in a place that was not so frequented by people.
"Would you prefer we come to your office in San Diego with your gift bag, Dennis?" Klaus asked as they started walking down the empty pathway. Both he and Stefan were also wearing sunglasses, but not to go incognito like some people do, but simply because it was a sunny day. And, of course, Caroline had told them just how hot they looked with them on.
"Take it easy, sailor…what got your panties in a twist now?" Dennis asked, raising an eyebrow at Klaus' bluntness.
"A 'vic' clip…from, I think, the Baja cartel featuring 7 decapitations…" Stefan answered, not wanting to wait any longer.
"Talk about a hostile takeover…is he moving in on you guys?" Dennis tried to deflect, but both Klaus and Stefan caught on to his bluff and clearly they were in no mood for games.
"Oh, come on, Dennis…what the fuck's going on?"
"Well…what's going on is that you're not the only indie guys out there…I mean…they're killing each other out there in Mexico and moving north. The forks are out, the pie is getting smaller." Dennis explained and Klaus wants more than that, but he can't refrain from asking:
"Why is that? Too many cops got their hands in the pie, Dennis?" Klaus felt like he had to comment on that fact, but he knew they had bigger problems than their usual conversations with Dennis.
"That's just it…we have to keep the animals in the zoo, but now with this war on drugs is like the war in Iraq." Dennis told them, but their patience was wearing thin because they hadn't called Dennis for chit chat, but for him to explain to them what was going on.
"Your point is what? Why is it they want our business when they put out 35 million pounds of grass last year?" Stefan asked, his voice taking a dangerously angry tone.
"Because your THC levels were off the fucking charts! They're like 30% right?" Dennis replied as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"33…depends" Stefan answered smugly, but still keeping his serious expression.
"Yea…and theirs is like what? 3 to 5? Come on man…they're 'Walmart' and you're Klaus and Stefan…They want a Klaus and Stefan section in aisle 3. What's so difficult to comprehend?" Dennis continued and by now Stefan was beyond pissed, something he wasn't very often.
"Fine…tell them to move their shit indoors and buy their own fucking lamps!" Stefan told Dennis as they stopped and looked at each other.
"Welcome to the recession, boys! You should be grateful you still have a product people want…"
"So you don't mind if your envelope gets a little thinner?" Klaus intervened, seeing that Dennis was getting a little out of line and he thought it was time to step in and make it clear that Dennis should actually be helpful and give them the information they needed.
"You guys, you have a clean business, there's no problems, but there is no Klaus and Stefan without Dennis so my envelope stays the same… It's just a matter of time, guys before they legalize this shit. Don't fuck with 'Walmart'! I'd take the deal instead of decapitation…you know…keep banging that sweet California ass. Just embrace the change! See ya'!" Dennis chuckled and he simply turned away, leaving Stefan and Klaus alone and still a bit confused, but Stefan jogged a bit after him.
"Hey Dennis! Is that new stuff helping with the chemo?" Stefan asked Dennis lowly, his voice no longer angry, but compassionate.
"Yea…it is, thanks Stefan." Dennis replied, turning a bit to nod at Stefan.
"I'll send more of it over…how's she doing?" Stefan pressed.
"She's dying, you know…" Dennis answered and Stefan knew that he was done talking about his wife. Dennis' wife was dying…of cancer and Stefan had given him some stuff to help with the pain.
"Come on, Stef…we got to go!" Klaus called him and they both went back to the car without saying anything else.
As they drove, Klaus pulled out a gun, already knowing that he needed to be extra careful with these guys and knowing that the meeting might not go as well as planned.
"Ah, man…I thought this was a business negotiation!" Stefan complained, his voice sounding oddly similar to a whine and Klaus chuckled, but the situation was far from amusing.
"You saw the video…" Klaus added, knowing that he didn't want to take any chances, but that they were probably going to have to run anyways. They couldn't risk their lives like that, especially not Caroline's, and these people seemed crueler than they had thought so they needed an escape plan.
"Yea…that was Mexico, this is Laguna…the cops here wear shorts and ride bicycles." Stefan rolled his eyes, but Klaus was definitely not impressed with his statement.
"That's why we're thinking of running…if we start running Stef, we'll never stop." Klaus added as they arrived at the hotel where they were supposed to meet.
"If we go away for a while it would be nice, besides there are other ways to make money. You know how I'm making 14 dollar laptops for kids in Africa? What if you could make a 10 dollar solar panel? We'd change the world…" Stefan smiled at Klaus as he parked the car and Klaus looked at him with raised eyebrows. Sometimes Stefan was a bit too lost in his own world, with his dreams of helping people, but truth was that life was certainly not all ponies and rainbows.
"Grow up, Stefan. We don't change the world. It changes us." Klaus told him as they began walking towards the room where they would have to meet up with the strangers that could probably end them.
As they reached the door, Klaus stood in front of Stefan and nodded to him as they saw the door open and they were greeted by three men dressed in suits and a few others that seemed to be their bodyguards.
"Hello…I'm Alex, this is Andres…" One of the men in suits introduced himself and his friend and the Mexican man greeted them with a 'Hola' to which Klaus replied 'mucho gusto', which could've been totally inappropriate, but Klaus was not one to get intimidated.
"Shall we get down to business?" The man asked them as one of the bodyguards searched them both and they were lead to the couch.
"Everything stays the same…you're intact. Over the 3 years we'll steal you techniques, your production methods and your distribution. In return, your business will grow immensely, our distribution is international. We'll give you protection on a scale you're not accustomed to. We provide low cost insurance, money laundry services to all your producers. We have the structure and force to cultivate thousands and thousands of acres all at once." The man, Alex, said as Klaus looked around, noticing that there was definitely a camera hidden somewhere here, and they could feel that they were being watched, but Klaus had no intention of going down without a fight.
"We value our scientist and our seed makers very much and it is your methods and your network we want to partner with." The other man added and Klaus sighed, not even remotely interested.
"A joint venture…no pun intended." Stefan concluded and Klaus made an effort to smile.
"Well said. In return we take a modest distribution fee." Alex told them and Klaus and Stefan looked at each other.
"Which would be…?" Stefan asked, knowing that these men were about to ask for a lot more than they'd deserve.
"20%. 80% is all yours…" The other man, Andres, answered and Klaus looked at Stefan, knowing that they had agreed that he would be the one doing the talking and negotiating as usual.
"And after the 3 years?" Stefan asked.
"We grow your volume…your profits in 3 years would be 35 to 40 million. After three years I'm sure you'll be pleased, quite willing to negotiate our deal. We want to encourage other independents to join our association." Alex explained and Klaus was already tense and, not wanting to cause a scene, Stefan quickly spoke.
"We need a moment." And they were lead out on the balcony, which was exactly what they had planned. They had Riley waiting in a car outside, listening in with a fancy radio thing from afar, in case that they needed help.
"I will say again, loud and clear: we send Alex and Andres back in a cereal box and get this party started." Klaus told Stefan, but he was quickly shut down by his friend.
"No we can't…they can simply replace every man they lose, Nik, and we can't."
"For the last time, Stefan, if you're gonna let people think you're weak, soon enough you're gonna have to kill them." They had some of Klaus' old friends- snipers in the army waiting and aiming for Alex and Andres, ready to kill them as soon as Klaus gave them a sign.
"Buddha would not agree…" Stefan shook his head and Klaus scoffed.
"What's a fat jap' know?" Klaus mocked as he smirked at Stefan, who looked down, seemingly lost in thought.
"He's a fat Indian…" Stefan finally spoke and Klaus smirked wider as he rolled his eyes at Stefan's amusing seriousness.
"Whatever…" Klaus sighed, turning towards his friends and signaling them that the thing was off, knowing that they had been waiting. Even though he had wanted to kill them all and make sure that they were no longer a problem for their business, he decided not to. They entered the apartment again, looking at the men.
"So…we have to say that this is just not our thing…" Stefan said, trying to reason with them because they didn't want to get involved with these people, but they didn't want to make them angry either.
"Are you rejecting our offer?" Alex asked, crossing his arms and looking at Stefan menacingly.
"No, we're giving you our business, but we're not gonna join you…Nothing personal…" Stefan explained and he could only hope that these guys would actually not take it personal given the fact that they'd get the business either way.
The thing that he didn't know was that the person that was watching them through that video camera was getting more upset by the minute and she was not a patient person, not someone to be messed with.
"I'm afraid our client would take this very personally…" Alex clarified, sitting down again on his armchair and Klaus and Stefan did, too.
"Well…I am sorry. We want out of the dope business. We wanna do something different." Stefan continued, making sure that their story was believable, but Alex was not so easily fooled.
"Such as?"
"Such as clean, renewable energy…"
"You mean sun, wind and shit like that?" Andres asked, looking at Stefan incredulously.
"There you go…" Stefan nodded, but they didn't seem to buy it.
"What do you have to say?" Alex asked Klaus and his eyes widened, knowing that it was probably not the best idea to say what he was thinking about. He smirked and shook his head as he looked over at Stefan, who was clearly not happy with him talking, but knew that Klaus was not one to back away from a challenge.
"I think...basically you want us to eat your shit and call it caviar." Klaus smirked as Alex chuckled at his bluntness, but the woman that was listening in on their conversation was not so pleased with Klaus' words.
"You're making a mistake. We'll give you 24 hours to reconsider." Alex said once he was done laughing and Stefan knew that it was their best way to get out of this mess.
"Well...in light of our generous offer...we would like to reconsider and think about this. Give us 48 hours. We need to talk to producers and distributors. They're very independent thinkers." Stefan said and Klaus glared at him, but they both looked at Alex, who was not going to change his mind. Apparently they were going to have to pay a visit to their buddy Kol.
"We talk tomorrow at this time." Alex shook his head and stood up, leaving no room for discussion as he left.
xxXxx
Kol used to be an investment broker for a big bank, but then he found out that he can make a lot more money working for Klaus and Stefan- laundering their profits. The bank didn't miss him.
"Hey what's up guys? What's going on?" Kol greeted them as Stefan handed him a big jar full of their stuff, making Kol grin as he opened the jar and stuck his nose inside.
"Sweet" Kol smirked as he turned back towards his desk and they looked back at Stefan and Klaus seeing that they were tense.
"We need to get off the gird for a while...I need you to set up a new line for us- double blind, alright? Everything washed fresh...a whole new cycle. We could go away somewhere for a while so no one can trace us." Stefan explained, making sure that Kol understands that they needed to actually disappear.
"Are you kidding me? For how long?" Kol asked, seeing that Stefan's face was serious and he was even a little worried.
"I don't know...botanical research, up to a year." Stefan shrugged and Kol furrowed his brows in thought.
"Okay...grab a seat. No problem. A year for two of you..." Kol started working on his computer as he spoke and Klaus quickly clarified the situation.
"Three." Kol frowned, but didn't look up from his computer.
"Three? Who's 3?" Kol asked and, as if it wasn't obvious Klaus replied instantly.
"Caroline." At that, Kol smirked.
"Okay...three people- one of them is Caroline so that means a whole new clothing line on its own. 12 months: housing, meals, entertainment- where are you thinking?" Kol asked, typing away at his computer as Klaus paced behind him and Stefan lounged on one of the couches.
"Indonesia." Stefan told him immediately, knowing that he had it all mapped out.
"Where in Indonesia?" Kol continued, wanting to set up details, but Klaus cut him off.
"Can't say...in case you get tortured." Klaus smirked at seeing Kol's eyes widen.
"Joy... so...you guys are serious, huh? Alright well...you'll gonna want easy access to a mill anyway. With that girl's ass...she can ride my bike anytime."
"Can you focus on the numbers?" Klaus asked him, raising an eyebrow at Kol that suggested that he was not in the mood for jokes, especially involving Caroline.
"I'm multitasking, pal." Kol answered smugly as Klaus cracked a smile, knowing that Kol was so much like him that it was creepy.
So it was set...the only thing that was left to do for the day was get home and take Caroline out to dinner and have some fun before they'd leave tomorrow. Oh, the things that awaited them! They thought that they were going to make it out of this without much fuss and that they'd simply disappear off to Indonesia and take a year off from all the drama.
Thing is, they had no idea what really awaited them!
Here it is! Please tell me what you think! And as a teaser for the next chapter...there will be a very smutty scene...so I want to know if you want me to actually include Stefan in it fully and make it a threesome or more Klaroline?