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Anais Nin
Anais Nin
Thespian

Feb-15-2009 01:09

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.

I glanced up at the large clock again. Each tick and each tock drove my mind farther back into the past. A past I had left behind ten long years before. A past I was facing now.

But first came the waiting. I hate waiting.

I glanced around the station again. Deserted. Not a soul in sight. Strange, considering that this used to be a bustling train station ten years ago. I pulled the letter out of my shoulder bag to look at it again.

"Anais, Be at Winchester Station, Platform 7 at 23.00, 2/15. ~Lisette"

Lisette. Could I really face her after all this time? Well, I was about to find out. With a shaking hand, I shoved the letter deep into my bag. Where was she? It was 23.17. Lisette had never been late in the twenty plus years I had known her. What was going on?



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Acemaster
Acemaster
Well-Connected

Feb-17-2009 13:28

((Sorry for another post, but that also means "disregard my part and go with Vulkie's. ;-) ))

Anais Nin
Anais Nin
Thespian

Feb-17-2009 16:36

((Um, I have an urge I'm not going to follow, but it would be soooo much fun to continue separate stories from each of your last responses... ;D But, I'm not going to.))

Anais Nin
Anais Nin
Thespian

Feb-17-2009 17:15

"WE CAN'T LEAVE VULKIE!" I screamed.

"Yes, we can, and we have to, Anais. Do you know who they are trying to kill?" Joseph asked me sternly as Lisette held me in the car.

The instant his words sank in, my face went pale. "Me. They are trying to kill me," I whispered.

"I'm sorry, Ana, I didn't know quite what I was getting you into. If Father hadn't-" Lisette was trying to calm me down.

I interrupted her, "Why do you call Poppa 'Father', Ette? You never used to."

Lisette's face turned stormy. "It is a long pointless story that we have no time for right now," she clipped.

"Anais, we need to know what you know, so we can figure out why La Cosa Nostra wants to kill you," Joseph said in a reasonable voice.

"Well, we know it's because of that stupid Priceless Statuette of Bha Zhing Ze, don't we? And the paper. Is the paper the one that man gave me?" I asked Lisette.

"No. It is the one you wrote in code for Father telling him where the paper is that unlocks the statue. Which is probably in another code. And we both know how horrible I am at cracking codes. That was your talent," Lisette had gone back to being surly.

"Well, I'm not sure I still can...it has been ten years, you know," I winced the moment the words were out of my mouth. Wrong thing to say.

Lisette glared at me. "Yes, I realize, Anais. More so than, you I think. It took me nine to track you down."

"You were looking for me for nine years?" I whispered, stunned.

"Yes."

Just then, Joseph braked suddenly, and my head flew forward and hit the seat in front of me and then flew in the opposite direction and hit the window behind me. The broken glass cut my head, and the last thing I heard was, "How often does this woman faint?!" before everything went black.

Acemaster
Acemaster
Well-Connected

Feb-17-2009 19:29

LCN was never very happy with traitors. Ace would've been in hot water with the mob for failing his mission, except for the fact that he had technically "captured" Vulkie. She was locked down in his basement, just waiting to take a beating from the mob.

Ace left her alone with her bandaged wound. He had another mission now. It was somewhat to fix the damage he had done. He completed it with ease and returned home.

"Dinnertime, hun." He cheered, bringing a tray down the steps. She was asleep on the floor.

Ace placed the food on the table and woke her up.
"Vulkie..." She began to stir. She sat up at the sweet smell of food.
"Food?" She groggily murmured.
"Yep. Just some spaghetti... all I could make up." Ace replied, "Sorry it's not more for the woman who saved my life."

Vulkie stood up slowly as Ace pulled a chair up for her. As she sat down, she asked him, "What do you mean, I saved your life?"
"Well, if I hadn't 'captured' you for La Cosa Nostra, I would be the one getting the beating instead of you."
"Me??? Why???" She sat up, alarmed.
"Well, you were traitorous." Ace started, "But... well... I may be able to convince them not to, if you'll tell me everything Anais told you."
"You can't con me into that. I know all about LCN's tactics. I did work there, you know."
"No, no, I'm serious. They really are coming, they really will beat you, and I really will let you go."
"That's a mighty tempting offer. I wish she had said more."
"Alright, look." Ace said, "Tell me everything Miss Nin told you, and I will not only convince them to stop, but I will have them let you go."
"Sounds fair. What's the catch?" She asked slyly.
"The catch is that you will not come in contact with them again unless it's passing at the supermarket. You won't help them, you won't protect them, you won't even talk to them. Unless, of course, you are trying to kill them."
"I think I can live with that."

(Continued)

Acemaster
Acemaster
Well-Connected

Feb-17-2009 19:30

About an hour later, Vulkie exited the house, free as a bird. The LCN now knew almost as much as the others did.

((Let it be known that LCN now also knows the identities of Joseph Zeo and Lisette Nin. ;-) ))

Acemaster
Acemaster
Well-Connected

Feb-17-2009 19:34

(((BTW La Cosa Nostra is the equivalent to the Italian mafia, not Spanish. ;-) )))

Joseph Zeo
Joseph Zeo
Tale Spinner

Feb-17-2009 23:50

((LOL i don't even know there's a Spanish mofia. I'm sure there is one, just that i'm not familiar with it :P ))

I feared for Anais, if LCN doesn't kill her first, her head injuries will.
A large truck was parked right across the road, with a man standing in front of it holding a Lewis gun. I think it was either Fredo or the shooter outside the theatre. I couldn't tell in semi darkness. How did they know where we're heading?

Immediately I turned the car around and yelled to Lisette to look out for her unconscious sister. I stepped on the gas and sped away at 90 miles per hour. I saw two Buicks from my rear view mirror coming out from the alley and followed us. More bullets. My rear view mirror shattered. I stepped on the gas harder, but it was only making more noise. Why did I have to fall in love with Lisette? The woman had been nothing but trouble, and I knew she cling onto me because of my usefulness. I must change my taste for bad woman, if I could.

I tried a few turns but still couldn't lose the two hounds behind us. Vulkie was much better at this. Perhaps heading for the other side of town might do the trick, so I steered towards the bridge. It was hours past midnight, was the bridge was still open?

Turned out that the bridge has closed, or should I say, wide open in the middle. Damn it.

More bullets. One Buick yanked at our car and Lisette yelled for me to go faster. 'Shut up!' I thought. I had no other choice; it was too late to turn around. I crashed the gate and headed for the open bridge. I figured the gap was at least 30 feet. I sped up the sloping bridge, at a 45 degrees angle. Lisette asked me what I think I was doing. I ignored her. We approached the edge.

“Okay, all or nothing. Here we go.”

We flew across in mid air. Lisette screamed. Boats were passing by underneath us.

We landed.

The two cars stopped at the edge, on the other side. We’re okay, for now.
We must go somewhere they’d least expect. I just might have the idea.

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Feb-18-2009 05:22

I was free. Free as a bird. The only thing was,Ace and LCN now know everything about Anais,Lisette and Joseph. Also about the statuette.

I went to my home,I needed to rest. When I opened the door,I saw Joseph,Anais and Lisette sitting in my living room. They greeted me and Joseph excused himself for leaving me there. I told what happened after they left.

''How could you'' said Anais,''how could you cough everything up?''
''Anais,I had no choice. It was either dead or telling everything. Well,I chose for the second option.'', I confessed towards Anais.

''This place ain't safe anymore.'' I said. ''We need to move,now!'' I said. But first,I took a large sip of whiskey to cure the pain. I shared the bottle with everyone. After that,I set fire to my place,to cover things up.

I drove,Joseph sat next to me and the Nin's were in the backseat. We drove to an old abandoned building,in the docks. Luckily,my dad left the key for me,when he passed away. While Joseph opened the door,I drove the car inside and shut the engine down of the car. Joseph closed the door and I lighted the place,so everyone could see what this was. It was my own paradise. Lots of guns and ammo lay everywhere,just in case something happened.

I made the beds up for everyone and we slept,not knowing that someone followed us....

Joseph Zeo
Joseph Zeo
Tale Spinner

Feb-18-2009 06:46

The day had been exhausting. I knew Anais needed a doctor for her head but we couldn't afford that right now. I guess sleep was the best medicine for the moment. I kept my holster on and my revolver in place, with a tommy gun on my lap. The girls slept on the beds while I sat comfortably on the sofa; my eye lids became heavy.

Suddenly I heard a noise. My eyes flung open. Shadows, many of them, just outside. The building was surrounded. Have Vulkie betrayed us again? I was horrified at the idea. I trusted her with our lives.

Immediately I woke Lisette and Anais, "We'll have to fight our way out. Here." I handed them two guns each. Lisette looked astounded, I don't think she ever held anything more dangerous than a dinner knife.

"What about her?" Anais pointed at Vulkie. I gave them an exasperated look. Anais said, "Well, she wouldn't be sleeping if she was the mole, right?" Point taken. This girl had a brain. We woke Vulkie up as well.

We knew the 4 of us couldn't taken down the whole mob. Vulkie had a speed boat by the dock. All we needed is a safe passage from here to the boat, which was less than 50 feets away. We took out two light mattresses as shields and ran out the back door.

War broke loose around us. Hundreds of gun shots were fired into the mattress. The girls could barely hold on. Suddenly someone yelled "Don't kill the girl, she can decode the statuette." Mobsters began to run towards us, Vulkie and I open fired. We reached the dock and jumped onto the boat. Vulkie started the engine. We sped away as we threw what's left of the mattresses into the water.

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Feb-18-2009 07:12

As we were speeding away,we saw three boats chasing us. Full of LCN people,with Fredo in the front boat yelling : ''Keep the girl alive,but kill the others. Shoot on sight!''. Great,I thought,isn't that just lovely. A guy whom you met for like5 years and the second you step out of line,he kills you for the boss.

I made a sharp,right turn. Joseph fired some bullets from his tommygun to keep them away for a short distance. I made a sharp left and I docked the boat at the Henson part of town. The Henson part is known for its poverty and roughness of people. Luckily,I still had a time bomb with me,which was stored under the couch. I set it for 20 seconds,just enough until Fredo and the rest of LCN arrived.

I counted it down and on 5,I ran up the stairs of the dock and just as Fredo passed the corner,shooting at me,the boat blew up and the wooden dock was on fire. ''Aargh'' I heard Fredo shouting,''We will get you. La Cosa Nostra always takes care of betrayers.'' Luckily,the next docking station was downtown,2 miles away from the Henson part.

Joseph knew a good place to stay and I was still devastated that my own paradise was away...

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