Chapter Three: Courier's Eight.
(Totally not a parody of Ocean's Eight)
Location: A backroom in the King's School of Impersonation
It was now 6:00 Pm and the Courier was allowed to assemble a team of seven others to get the job done. These were the people he selected.
Mike — Lockpicking skills.
Tom — hacking skills.
Joel — Smooth talking.
Kicks — Lookout.
Gabe — Muscle
Chops — Muscle Number two.
Miller — Joel's fake bodyguard/ His brother. ( Also yes this is a last of us easter egg.)
The Courier himself — Muscle Number three/ Ring leader.
Everyone including the King was seated around a table.
" Now down to business." The courier said. " Sunny, you're staying here. I don't need you getting hurt."
" Okay." Sunny said, a little disappointed that she could not join in on the fun.
" From exactly Twelve to Three Am, The Atomic Wrangler is closed for private affairs only, aka the upper-class of the poor."
" Kicks you're gonna be on lookout, I want you to somehow make your way onto the roof across from the Atomic wrangler." He pointed to a piece of paper on the table. It was a rough sketch of a map of the area. Kicks then nodded.
" Joel and Miller listen up. Joel, you're going to be playing the role of a representative from the Tops, and Miller you are gonna be his bodyguard. You are both going to need to wear very nice suits and also be able to play the part. On top of that we will need to find some sort of ID to make it look like you're from the Tops."
" Sounds good." The two agreed. " What about the IDs?" Joel asked in a southern voice.
" Luckily I have a guy who specializes in making fake IDs. He usually makes fake citizenship cards for people wanting to be NCR citizens."
" Now onto the plan itself."
" What is going to happen is you two are going to waltz in there and ask to have a meeting with Francine. We are going to need you to keep her distracted for about fifteen minutes. Think you can manage that?" Said the Courier
They both shook their heads yes and Joel took a shot of his drink.
" Mike, Tom, Gabe, and Chops you boys are runnin' with me. We will sneak around back and silently take out the rear guards. We will enter through the unloading port which is what they use for importing stuff like chips, caps, guns, shit like that."
Paul stopped for a second to catch his breath. He then took two shots of whiskey and continued speaking.
" Any questions so far?" He asked. Kicks raised his hand. " What is it Kicks?"
Kicks spoke in a slightly shy but also rough voice, " Say hypothetically I am spotted by a guy inside the Casino, What the hell do I do?" He asked.
" You make sure that the guy did not see you, and if he did you run like Satan himself is chasing you and you alert us." Paul replied, he then took another shot.
" Mike you will then unlock the door and get us in, then Tom I want you to hop on the terminal they keep back there and find anything you can." The pair shook their heads.
" What 'bout us boss?" Chops and Gabe asked, their New York accents making them stand out.
" You two will be with me in case shit hits the fan and the plan goes to hell." The two smiled and Chops raised his glass. " I'll drink to that," He said bluntly.
" Finally Mike you will be our safe cracker and fi–." Mike nodded. Then there was a knock on the door to the back room followed by a voice, " I have a guy here requesting to see Paul."
Paul excused himself and stood up to get the door. He opened it and he was met by the guy that makes fake IDs. " That'll be Three hundred caps." The old man said.
Paul fished into the extra pocket of the cargo pants he was wearing. He then handed the man a bag of caps with the label 300 written on it. The old guy handed him the package and left. Paul sat back down.
The King pulled out an ornately engraved knife and offered it to paul. Paul used it to cut open the package and then handed the king his knife back. He then slid the cards across the table as if they were cards being dealt in a poker game.
Joel and Miller then examined the cards and memorized the fake names they were given.
The king then ordered everyone dinner and drinks and they all enjoyed a wonderful meal.
It was now 11:45 Pm and everyone was geared up and ready for their roles.
Everyone was carrying suppressed weapons and Joel and Miller had their pristine suits.
Kicks went across the street to the building he was supposed to be on top of. He looked around to make sure no one was looking and then threw a hook attached to a rope, up and it got caught on a metal pipe.
He tested it to see if it would support all one hundred thirty three pounds of him. He climbed up it and onto the roof. He took his rifle out of his backpack and assembled it and then got into position in what he coined The Crows Nest.
Joel and Miller approached the Atomic Wrangler and showed their fake cards to the Guard who almost bowed down to them. He stepped aside and allowed the two in not even daring to search them out of fear.
Francine and Garrett saw them and stood up to greet them. Joel showed her his card and her Jaw dropped.
" Our employers have sent us here to discuss some very important business with you." Joel said.
Francine and Garret took them to the third floor and into a private meeting room so they could speak in private.
The courier and his team moved into position. He checked the time, 12:00 Midnight. He pulled his balaclava over his face.
He made a hand motion and they very slowly turned the corner. He tossed a rock to distract one of the guards leaving a clean line of fire towards all three. He took aim, Chops and Gabe did the same.
He whispered.
"Three."
"Two"
"One"
They all fired and the sounds of quiet pffew noises filled the air. The three guards dropped dead and they moved up and hid the bodies in nearby dumpsters being very careful not to make noise.
Mike picked the lock to the garage style door and carefully lifted it partially open he looked in and then said that it was all clear before lifting the door completely and closing it behind them.
Tom immediately hopped on the terminal and got in, in about 30 seconds. "Boss, I think I found something." Tom said, Paul walked over to him and looked at the screen.
ROBCO INDUSTRIES UNIFIED OPERATING SYSTEM
COPYRIGHT 2075-2077 ROBCO INDUSTRIES
-SERVER SEVENTEEN-
ATOMIC WRANGLER EMPLOYEES ONLY
PLEASE SELECT AN OPTION BELOW.
SHIPPING LOGS.
DAILY INCOME.
DAILY LOSS.
Paul took a look at each one and didn't find anything useful except for the fact that the casino lost about 40 caps and gained about 10,000.
The team then moved to the door and Paul looked out and spotted a guard, he produced his knife and stuck it in the guards neck, a small spray of blood later and the guard was now dead on the floor. They moved down the Hallway and spotted Joel and Miller going upstairs. He nodded to Miller and he kept on moving.
Mike used [LOCKPICKING 100] and got the lock to the vault open. Chops and Gabe sprayed bullets all over the room and killed all five guards in a matter of about 3 seconds. After about 5 seconds the red mist cleared and they stepped in.
Meanwhile in the meeting room.
" So why is it that someone like yourself is hangin' around here in Freeside?" Francine asked politely.
" We have been sent here by the chairmen of the Tops casino to speak with you about a preposition from our bosses." Joel said.
" We're listening." Garret said.
" The chairmen of the tops would like to offer you both an opportunity to do a merger of sorts. What would happen is, you give us a quarter of your daily earnings and in turn we would give your employees passports as well as giving you advertising." Joel explained.
" Could you give us a minute to talk about this?" Francine asked.
" Take as much time as you Ma'am," Miller said.
At the same time on the roof across the street.
Kicks spotted the meeting happening but then he saw a wrangler guard go out onto the Atomic Wrangler's roof. Joel hid himself behind a crate and peered over it slightly. He saw the guard light up a cigarette and take a puff.
"Dammit I can't see them with this asshole looking my way." He said under his breath. Kicks then army crawled to another location where he could see the guy but the guy could not see him. He then checked his suppressor but noticed it was slightly damaged.
He figured that it was probably from when he was climbing the rope, and that the suppressor probably bumped into something. He snuck back over to the rope and unhooked it from the metal pipe it was attached to. He threw the makeshift grappling hook across and then shimmied across to the roof.
He drew his butterfly knife from his pocket, undid the safety and then flipped it open. With the speed of a deathclaw mid attack. The knife found its way into the neck of the guard and Kicks places his hand over the guard's mouth muffling the scream. He pulled out the now blood covered butterfly Knife and wiped it off on his sleeve.
He hid the guard's body behind a few barrels and then went back over to his Crows nest.
Back in the Vault.
Paul carefully stepped over the freshly made corpses and over to one of the safes which appeared to be an older safe.
[Lockpicking 50] He was able to get it open. He scooped about 50 chips and around 150ish caps into his extra bag that he brought with him. Mike, Tom and the Courier were able to get all the safes open in about 5 minutes. Now everyone's backpacks were stuffed to the brim and the vault was completely cleaned out. Just then 3 really buff angry looking guys entered the room but they had no guns or knives.
The shortest of them threw a left hook at Paul, which he dodged but the hardened aluminum safe door behind him got dented. Chops was confronted by the tallest of the three but that meant it was a fairly even fight. Chops delivered a right hook followed by an uppercut and then a left hook.
Gabe grabbed his adversary by the neck and slammed his head into the door of a steel safe, which now looked like it was covered in red paint. Paul drew his silenced .22 caliber pistol and fired two shots into his opponents chest and one into the guy's head, coating the wall behind him in blood.
Gabe and Chops jumped onto the back of the tall and held him back but when the Courier tried to fire his pistol it jammed. So instead he drew his machete but the guy had broken loose. He slammed Paul against the wall and held him by the neck. Paul had dropped his machete and Gabe picked it up and well lets just say the guy that had a head no longer has one.
Gabe handed Paul his machete back and they all left the way they entered. Once they were outside Chops fired the three shot signal into the air with his 9mm pistol.
Inside the meeting room Joel and Miller heard the signal and by that point Francine and Garret had walked over and told them that while it was a generous offer they would prefer to speak with one of the chairmen in person. Joel and Miller then politely got up and left the building and everyone met up back inside the King's school of Impersonation.
As soon as Paul entered the building Sunny jumped onto him and hugged him tightly followed by a deep passionate kiss. "I was so worried." She whispered into his ear. He calmed her down and then they walked hand in hand toward the meeting room.
Everyone had emptied what they had stolen and the final total was: 30,000 Caps and 20,000 chips So in total they had 50,000 caps.
Paul and Sunny would get 5,000 chips and 7,500 caps, same thing with the King. The people of freeside would get 25,000 caps worth of chips and caps divided up somehow among the people.