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Molly Maltese
Molly Maltese
Old Shoe

May-9-2012 18:06

The office door slammed against the wall with a bang, and papers swirled restlessly across the desks of the darkened room. He looked up from his bottle of gin, bleary eyes just registering the figure outlined in the doorway. It was tall, and from the cast of the hips and tucked in-waist silhouetted in the black trench, it was a woman. She stood on black stilettos, and a black snood concealed her hair from view as surely as the netted veil did her face.

"Who is that?" he asked nervously, squinting his eyes. There was a pause, and then the figure moved forward, legs, hips rolling smoothly in an unmistakable way. He paled; rearing back in the chair so that it almost fell. He righted it with a clatter, fingers shaking.

"A ghost?" he breathed, suddenly terrified. Was the moonshine bad? Giving him the jake- was he hallucinating? The black ensemble of the woman suddenly seemed more foreboding than chic. "You...I thought you were dead!"

She moved forward, just inches away from him in the dim lamplight. Slowly, black satin-clad hands lifted up, grasped the edge of the veil, and pulled it back. Her glossy red lips shone in a vulpine smirk in the light.

"I never die. Nine lives, you know." Molly Maltese breathed in her sotto voice. "I've been to the end of the world, my dear, and I've brought back the case to end all cases for you."

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Andrew Corelli
Andrew Corelli
Huntsman

Jul-18-2012 13:43

Shorty mumbled some orders to his team. After that he said, "Everyone, get out of the house, with your hands in the air."

"Spare the women." After a short pause the same voice added, "Please, they're innocents. Please."

A blonde man in his early fifties was the first one to appear. He had bandages on his arm and a face dirtied with ash. Someone near Zeo identified the man as Boyle, one of the local leaders of La Cosa Nostra. Boyle talked in the same deep voice as before.

"I'd like to negotiate the terms of our surrender."

Shorty saluted him with one hand; the other hand produced a gun that shot Boyle twice in the head. Someone laughed.

No more than a couple of minutes later, two cars closed both sides of the street and started shooting at Shorty's group. The detectives used that as a cue to disappear. They jumped a fence that connected the main street to an abandoned house. The woman followed them to a coffee shop.

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Jul-18-2012 14:20

As Riza got into the car with Vulkie, Vulkie began to rethink what had happened in those few minutes. Andrew ordering her and Riza back in the car, ridiculous. She knew why he did it though, women would look kinda awkward to go to a criminal faction's meeting, unless they were somehow involved in the higher ranks.

"So, what did you manage to find out about that note that was hidden inside the fake ankh?" Vulkie asked.

Riza started to explain that she and Joseph went to see a professor that was some sort of expert in these kind of notes and that it had to take two days from now on to decipher the code. As she explained, Vulkie lost track of the time...

***A while later***

Suddenly, a garage door opened and Vulkie and Riza saw some cars drive away. "Should we follow them?" Riza asked, but Vulkie shook her head. "It's better that we infiltrate in that church while it's abandoned as much as it can be. I want you to stay in the car! If anything's wrong, if they return before I'm back, just honk the horn." Vulkie replied.

As Vulkie carefully and almost silently closed the car door, she crossed the road over towards the front door of the abandoned church. As she reached into her pocket, she produced a leather "wallet", which actually contained lockpicking tools.

A minute later and many fumblings, Vulkie got the door open. As she opened the door, the door gave a creak. Vulkie silently cursed in herself and continued to go ahead.

***Inside of the church***

As Vulkie walked further into the church, she noticed that all sorts of benches were stacked in the back of the church, except at the front. Chandeliers were rusty and coated with a layer of dust, and next to the altar where the priest would usually begin the usual ceremony, there was a chalkboard and a map of London pasted on it.

"Bingo..." Vulkie whispered and she almost ran towards the chalkboard and began to study it... (cont.)

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Jul-18-2012 14:40

All sorts of scribbles were noted on the board, and Vulkie could make out that those were the targets the Circle of Light had pinpointed. As she took a look at the map of London, she could see that red wires were crossing all over the map and were ending at photographs, notes and locations.

***Frederick "Boyle" Williamson - Local leader of La Cosa Nostra - Location: Whitechapel area - Orders: Assasinate***. A photograph was posted on the map.

***Carla Kane - Operative of various factions, has been succesfully acquired as a spy for our organisation - Location: Whitechapel Apartments / London Museum - Orders: Keep under surveillance, if neccesary, terminate contract***. The museum and Whitechapel apartments were marked on the map, and a photograph had also been posted on the map

***Molly Maltese - Mate-of-Billings, Jack - Location: Unknown - Orders: Earthly Sponsor wants to keep a close eye on Ms. Maltese until Mr. Billings has been acquired***. Only a photograph of Molly was shown on the map and a photo next to her belonging to Jack Billings.

***Jack Billings - Location: Hellfire Club? / Billings Mansion? - Orders: Assasinate for betrayal. Use Ms. Maltese to lure him out in the open.***

A few other local faction heads were described, so Vulkie took out her notepad and scribbled everything that was on the map and the chalkboard down on it.

Before Vulkie finished, she heard the door close behind her and saw a man standing in front of it. A car horn could be heard on the background.

As Vulkie turned, she saw a man in a green suit. "Who are you?" Vulkie asked. "They call me... Barber" the man replied. Vulkie grinned and added: "Why is that? Because your so good at cutting hairs?". Barber laughed and produced a straight razor. "No, it's because I'm so good at cutting beards, and accidently and ocasionally, a throat" Barber replied. "And who might you be?" Barber asked, as he approached Vulkie closer and closer...

(cont. after I talked to Andrew Corelli)

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Jul-19-2012 09:47

As Barber approached Vulkie closer, she noticed that Barber looked very smart and clean in that suit. The man obviously took care of himself and to look as good as he could be. He even wore a ring on his right ring finger, as Vulkie observed, which had a "Circle of Light" logo imprinted on it.

"I'm a private detective, investigating in the missing of a good friend of mine. You may know her, she goes by the name of Molly Maltese" Vulkie said sarcastically, as Barber could've already guessed why Vulkie was there.

"No sweetheart, I mean your name" Barber asked, while grinning and standing still. "My name? Don't you have it yet? If you must now, few people that know it are still alive. But it's Victoria... Victoria Nouson" Vulkie replied.

"Ok, how about this Victoria?" Barber said. "If you agree to, say, spend a night with this here handsome man, I'll let you die really quick, how about it?" Barber replied. Barber didn't wait for the answer and lunged towards Vulkie, slashing his straight razor towards her. Vulkie dodged the attack and drew her gun forward. "What was that saying? Never bring a knife to a gunfight?" Vulkie said sarcastically, while Barber laughed and launched another attack towards Vulkie. Vulkie shot a bullet past Barber's head, and Barber took a slice towards Vulkie, but Vulkie gripped his arm under her armpit and with her other arm, she lifted the arm up, giving it a breaking snap, while Barber howled out of pain. The straight razor dropped towards the ground.

"Back off!" Vulkie shouted and Barber did so. "Anyway, I now know enough about your little plans, about your "eventual" targets... So I guess we don't need you anymore.." Vulkie said, while she took aim at Barber.

"But what if I told you the location of the Earthly Sponsor? Surely, you must have an interest for her. She's the only one who knows where Ms. Maltese is hidden.." Barber said, while he squinted his eyes.

"Alright, spill it. Where is the Earthly Sponsor?" Vulkie asked.... (cont.)

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Jul-19-2012 09:53

"Our Earthly sponsor is, if I may say so, situated at a rich position in the middle of London. She's currently staying at the Montgomery Hotel, Room 458. Because she's afraid that people will come after her.." Barber replied.

"Ok Barber... It was nice knowing you. Oh, and by the way..." Vulkie began, while she shot Barber in the kneecap, who in turn fell down on the ground and screamed out of agony and pain, "If you as so much alert the Earthly Sponsor, I'll hunt you down, you hear ME?!" Vulkie said. "I'll hunt you down, and I'll finish the damn job. You will never, EVER, touch my friends again or I will gut you like a fish!" Vulkie yelled.

"Ok, ok... I got it... Can you at least..." Barber began, but by then, Vulkie ran away out of the church and back in the car. "What happened?" Riza asked, while Vulkie started the car and began to drive. "We've got the location of the Earthly Sponsor. Since Joseph, Marc and Andrew are away and we don't know their location, we go after the Earthly Sponsor" Vulkie replied, while she explained what had happened in the church and gave Riza the notes she made.

"Carla Kane? But... What is the meaning of this? She's with the Green Hand AND with the Circle of Light?" Riza asked. "She's a spy. At least, I think. She's been playing each faction, which means.." Vulkie replied, while Riza finished Vulkie's sentence by saying: "That eventually, faction wars will arise".

"Yes, that is exactly my thought. But first, we must get Molly back. She's top priority now. They plan to use Molly to smoke out Jack and then kill them both!" Vulkie shouted, while she manoeuvered the car through the traffic...

Andrew Corelli
Andrew Corelli
Huntsman

Jul-21-2012 20:10

"Are you all right, Miss?" asked Zeo, once they were sure the coffee shop was a secure place.

The woman was still sobbing when she nodded.

"We need some information." said Corelli, trying to light a cigarette with his trembling fingers.

"We need to return to Riza and Vulkie, we don't have time, Molly needs our help--." Marc was walking from one side of the place to another, exasperated.

"Calm down, Marc." Zeo continued talking to the woman "We need to know what happened back there, that man, Boyle, he was worried about you."

The woman started to cry, Marc let out a frustrated sigh.

"You are his wife, right?"

The woman nodded.

"We are looking for someone, a dear friend, and what you know may help us to find her, do you know what happened back there?"

"There's no way she knows where Molly is." said Marc, Zeo looked at him, angry.

"Fred... told me that they were expecting something like that, it was a deal gone wrong, a man approached Fred with a business, and he needed some money to start an operation, something about a relic..."

"The ankh." added Corelli.

The woman nodded "Yes, I think he called it like that. The man was supposed to sell the relic to another organization, one morning Fred didn't returned home and when I saw him he told me the deal went wrong and that we needed to hide for a while." the woman covered her face with her hands and started to cry.

"Why would Billings ask another faction for support? I thought he had enough money to bank an operation like that." Corelli's voice was almost a whisper.

"Maybe that's the point." said Zeo.

Andrew Corelli
Andrew Corelli
Huntsman

Jul-21-2012 20:11

"That would explain why Carla Kane was surprised to know that the ankh was a fake." added Marc.

"Thank you, that will be all, do you want us to take you somewhere?"

"I'll do it, you'd better return to Miss Hawkeye and Vulkie, I feel useless with my arm in this state." said Corelli.

Once on the outside, Corelli called a cab, before the woman could get into the cab, he stopped her.

"Hmmm... Madame... Maybe your husband told you something about one of our friends... she has wavy auburn hair, green eyes..."

"Sorry, he never mentioned someone like that."

"Thanks."

Corelli returned to Zeo and Marc.

"It looks like the lady wants to be alone."

"Ok, then let's return to Riza and Vulkie." said Marc.

On their way to the abandoned church, they were almost ran over by a black car.

"What the--?" said Marc, and everyone took cover and pulled their guns.

"Move out of the way!" shouted a familiar voice.

"Vulkie?"

"What are you doing here?" the car stopped, screeching and leaving marks on the pavement.

"We--"

"C'mon, now we know where Molly is, let's get moving."

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Jul-22-2012 03:37

As Vulkie drove through traffic and looked out for pedestrians crossing the road, she saw a trio of men crossing the road. Vulkie shove her head out of the car window and shouted "MOVE OUT OF THE WAY!". The trio duck back to where they came from and Riza screamed "STOP!". Vulkie pulled the car to a halt, while the car tires were still running hot. The car screeched and left marks on the pavement.

"We.." began Andrew, but Vulkie interrupted him by shouting "C'mon, now we know where Molly is, let's get moving!". Joseph, Marc and Andrew jumped into the back of the car and Vulkie immediately took off towards the center of London.

Riza tossed over Vulkie's note to the trio sitting in the back and began to explain what she and Vulkie had discovered. In the meantime, Andrew also began to speak about what they had been up to.

"Faction wars.." Marc mumbled. "Yes, that is what we think is gonna happen. If you look at the list..." Riza said, while pointing towards the notes, "you can see that Vulkie also scribbled down a few other targets from other factions. But first, we must get Molly back. That's the most important for now. If we're too late, they'll use her to flush out Jack and then all is lost." Riza added.

***The Montgomery Hotel, entrance***

As Vulkie pulled the car up to the entrance, a valet showed up and knocked on her window. "Shall I park you car ma'am?" the valet asked politely. Vulkie and the detectives shook their heads and got out of the car. "We'll only be here for a few minutes, 10 at the most" Vulkie replied, while the detectives went into the majestic Montgomery Hotel. As the detectives entered the Hotel, they gazed at how it was decorated. Paintings were hanging everywhere, a large chandelier was hung up on the ceiling at the middle of the room and red carpet was everywhere on the floor. As they went straight for the elevator, the manager shouted: "Ma'am, are you a guest?"... (cont)

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Jul-22-2012 03:44

Marc gave the manager a stare and replied coldly with: "We have now checked in and will be leaving in 10 minutes. Don't worry, we're here to visit a friend of ours". As Joseph pushed the button for the elevator, he urged Riza to wait at the car, in case the police decided to show up. She could easily move the car out of there in case there was any trouble. As the elevator doors opened, they could see that the elevator was also decorated in the most rich way one could imagine. Vulkie, Joseph, Marc and Andrew got in the elevator and Marc slammed his fist on the "4" button.

***4th floor, room 458***.

Loud music could be heard from inside the room, so the detectives could easily talk. "I heard from this Barber guy, a guy in a green suit, that the Earthly Sponsor is here. He was very quick to give it up, knowing I'd end his life if he didn't tell the truth" Vulkie said and once more pulled her leather "wallet" out from her pocket, and began to fumble with the lock. In 30 seconds, she got the door open and gently pushed the door open.

As the detectives entered the hotel room, they could see a bathroom to the right, with the door shut, and at the end of the room, a balcony. To the right, at the middle, was another room, probably leading towards a kingsize bed. Andrew shut the door and shoved the lock on it, making sure no one could get in OR out and the detectives seated at the main "living" room of the hotel room, waiting for the Earthly Sponsor to come out of the room.

***10 minutes later***.

The door from the bathroom opened and a woman came out of the room, dressed up in a blue dress and her hair all stuck up in a knot.

"Who on earth are you...?" the Earthly Sponsor began, but Marc jumped up from his and grabbed the Sponsor and threw her against the wall.

"We, dear lady.." as he began to closely observe the Earthly Sponsor, "are friends of Ms. Maltese and have reason that YOU might know where she is..." Marc added...

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Jul-22-2012 20:26

"But Marc jumped up from his" -> should've had seat after it

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