17-02-2020, 02:26 AM
Heinrich Dietz emerged from the back room dressed in the height of Nazi fashion. He ignored their questions and went over to a grime-encrusted window. Flattening himself against the wall to avoid possible snipers, he looked down at the water's edge. Looking as far as he could without exposing himself, he saw the stern of a naval vessel in the harbor.
"Now her fucking navy is here!" He told them. "Even if they haven't found our boats yet, they'll blow us out of the water before we reach the ship! We're completely fucked now! There's no way they'll..."
He was interrupted by a voice over a bullhorn.
"Heinrich Dietz!" The voice called. "This is Acting security officer Prefect Romano. We have the building surrounded. We are willing to hear your list of demands."
A light turned on in his brain. They wanted his demands? Why? The moment they stopped believing his bluff, he was finished. Why would they accept a deal at this stage?
"She must be playing for time as well." He concluded. The Thief HAD to be behind this. She must have some clever thief plan for him. Would she face him herself? With all her soldiers and security officer, it didn't seem likely. No, she'd hunted him down and had him surrounded. The only reason to give HIM a chance to stall would be if she needed to prepare her own plans. She was throwing her gauntlet down. And giving him no choice but to pick it up.
"We are preparing our list! We shall deliver it shortly!"
He closed the door and moved away from it in case someone tried to shoot through the wall to get him.
"You heard the man." He told the others. "We've got more time. Find a way out. Try..." He was at a loss for what they could do. "Try pulling up floorboards in the lavatory. Maybe we can somehow get to the sewers." He went to the van, found a scrap of paper and began looking for something to write with.
"While you're doing that, I'll come up with some demands."
* * *
Helen and Mander parted with Ramirez's team and started climbing the fire escape of a nearby building. Two of the Ultimados also broke with the others to get into position for their role in La Contessa's plan. While they'd been talking, Mander had gotten the duffel bag he'd stashed nearby. He tried to set it down on the rooftop without it clattering.
"You're sure you wanna freak Dietz out and push him over the edge?"
"Dietz has the fear of me now." Helen replied. "Or possibly the fear of Maria." A little smile came across Helen's face. "I've been fucking with his schemes but she's the one who brought the Sword. Hey, he might even think of HER as a mortal enemy." She gave a tiny shudder and brushed away an imaginary tear. "Her first one. I am SO fucking proud of that girl!" Helen got serious and resumed. "He's panicked but not suicidal or he'd have taken the cyanide already. He's not ready to snap yet."
"If this works, you'll see to that." Mander responded, opening the bag. He produced a crossbow and handed Helen the Uzi he'd collected earlier before producing his AK=47.
"It should freak them the fuck out if it works and everyone's ready." Helen said, activating the headset she was wearing. "ACME 1, how are we doing?" She asked.
"ACME 1 loaded up and in position." A voice said over the sound of helicopter blades. News choppers weren't being allowed near the scene and the dock was sealed off. Everyone who'd been working in the area had been evacuated back to the gate. La Policia and San Finzione's troops were the only ones to witness the show. Helen hefted her purse over her shoulder. The smoke grenade she'd gotten from Ramirez rested on top of her pistol, cigarette case, and the little black case inside.
"Sounds like everyone's good to go." She looked over at Mander. "Ready to do something insane?"
"I answered the phone, didn't I?"
Helen smiled at that and lit a smoke, then activated her microphone.
"Prefect Romano." She said into it. "Patch me in."
* * *
"Now her fucking navy is here!" He told them. "Even if they haven't found our boats yet, they'll blow us out of the water before we reach the ship! We're completely fucked now! There's no way they'll..."
He was interrupted by a voice over a bullhorn.
"Heinrich Dietz!" The voice called. "This is Acting security officer Prefect Romano. We have the building surrounded. We are willing to hear your list of demands."
A light turned on in his brain. They wanted his demands? Why? The moment they stopped believing his bluff, he was finished. Why would they accept a deal at this stage?
"She must be playing for time as well." He concluded. The Thief HAD to be behind this. She must have some clever thief plan for him. Would she face him herself? With all her soldiers and security officer, it didn't seem likely. No, she'd hunted him down and had him surrounded. The only reason to give HIM a chance to stall would be if she needed to prepare her own plans. She was throwing her gauntlet down. And giving him no choice but to pick it up.
"We are preparing our list! We shall deliver it shortly!"
He closed the door and moved away from it in case someone tried to shoot through the wall to get him.
"You heard the man." He told the others. "We've got more time. Find a way out. Try..." He was at a loss for what they could do. "Try pulling up floorboards in the lavatory. Maybe we can somehow get to the sewers." He went to the van, found a scrap of paper and began looking for something to write with.
"While you're doing that, I'll come up with some demands."
* * *
Helen and Mander parted with Ramirez's team and started climbing the fire escape of a nearby building. Two of the Ultimados also broke with the others to get into position for their role in La Contessa's plan. While they'd been talking, Mander had gotten the duffel bag he'd stashed nearby. He tried to set it down on the rooftop without it clattering.
"You're sure you wanna freak Dietz out and push him over the edge?"
"Dietz has the fear of me now." Helen replied. "Or possibly the fear of Maria." A little smile came across Helen's face. "I've been fucking with his schemes but she's the one who brought the Sword. Hey, he might even think of HER as a mortal enemy." She gave a tiny shudder and brushed away an imaginary tear. "Her first one. I am SO fucking proud of that girl!" Helen got serious and resumed. "He's panicked but not suicidal or he'd have taken the cyanide already. He's not ready to snap yet."
"If this works, you'll see to that." Mander responded, opening the bag. He produced a crossbow and handed Helen the Uzi he'd collected earlier before producing his AK=47.
"It should freak them the fuck out if it works and everyone's ready." Helen said, activating the headset she was wearing. "ACME 1, how are we doing?" She asked.
"ACME 1 loaded up and in position." A voice said over the sound of helicopter blades. News choppers weren't being allowed near the scene and the dock was sealed off. Everyone who'd been working in the area had been evacuated back to the gate. La Policia and San Finzione's troops were the only ones to witness the show. Helen hefted her purse over her shoulder. The smoke grenade she'd gotten from Ramirez rested on top of her pistol, cigarette case, and the little black case inside.
"Sounds like everyone's good to go." She looked over at Mander. "Ready to do something insane?"
"I answered the phone, didn't I?"
Helen smiled at that and lit a smoke, then activated her microphone.
"Prefect Romano." She said into it. "Patch me in."
* * *
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