It was an interesting week for me. I was at this fair in Detroit. It wasn't much of one but I made some money there. I just got done letting this guy shag me, when the most beautiful man I had ever seen came walking towards me. I thought "Holy crap. My lottery ticket is walking towards me." Then I saw his eyes. They were beautiful and deadly. I quivered a bit when he spoke to me. I don't know if it was from desire or fear. He said to find these people and bring them to this address and then he gave me some pictures. He then left and I did what he said. I went and found the people in those pictures. One was a Oriental young women. She was a monk. Then there was the semi-famous whip master. I'd never heard of him but it seemed to me others had. There was this middle eastern snake charmer who didn't know a lick of English. And then there was Carl. I didn't know his name at first, but I knew it soon enough. He was some kind of stunt man with a scar on his lip. He made a big impression on the scary guy in all the wrong ways. See we had just gather with this female suit type. When he came bustin in through the window and dropping tear gas on the floor. Now in my line of work, you do come across situations where the caps have used it in the room you are working in. So I knew the first thing was to throw the canisters out the window. Which me and the whip guy did. At the same time the snake man dropped his basket of cobras on the floor and Carl is shooting his gun off. I took one look around and decided to get the Hell out. I ran for the door dodging snakes, bullets and people and got out. It seemed that the monk had the thought a little faster than me and was already out in the hallway. I watched as Carl jumped out the window and the female suit laying on the floor. At this point we hear a loud thump and the sound of glass breaking. The whip guy, the monk and the snake charmer, after he gather up his snakes, took off down the hallway like someone shouted "Raid" in a crack house. I went in to see what I could do for the suit on the floor. She was in bad shape. Then the air got really cold and tense. I know something bad was going to happen. I see the Beautiful Man come in and he is dragging Carl by some cords. Then throws him up on a table and splays open his chest with nothing but his finger! He looks at me and tells me to go sit down. I knew that my doom was at hand if I didn't do what he said. I barely even realized that the snake man and the whip man where there too. The Beautiful Man ever so gently reached into Carl's chest and pulled out his heart. He then poured some liquid in Carl's chest and on the heart. To my horror I realized that Carl was awake this whole time. Then the Beautiful Man tossed me Carl's heart and told me to keep it so that Carl didn't get out of control. Then this Man told us that we needed to solve a murder. And that we had three days to do it and we had to get the monk to go with us. He seethed with malice and I don't know how any of us didn't piss or pants. He through some papers at us and vanished. I looked at everyone. We were all dumb founded. I told Carl that I would get the monk and he said he would see what he could look up on the murder. I said we should meet at Carl's place and left. I walked about the fair holding this heart in a plastic bag looking for something else to put it in. I found a box and a hip bag and then when I had the heart put away, I went to find this monk. Well I found her, told her what the Scary Man said and showed her the heart. Then the two of us headed to Carl's place. We all studied the photos, the reports, and then the scene. It was weird. The guy was hit over the head with a bowling ball, but there was no way that anyone could do it and not be seen on camera at the prison. Then we went to see this guys son's. One was a junkie. The other was mean. We decided to start with the junkie. When we got there he had just over dosed. The Whip guy and Carl rushed him to the hospital while the rest of us checked out the room that this guy lived in. It was when we were on our way out that the bag lady I just had talked too, got all weird. She like got really strong and smelled of death. I shot her, the monk stabbed her and the snakes won't even go near her. When we saw that nothing had hurt her, we ran like hell. I phoned the other two and told them what was going on. They said they would head to the other son's house. The three of us took a cab. On the way I stopped at the church and grabbed a cross, a rosary, and some holy water. We got there just in time to see this death lady beating the crap out of Carl and trying to get at the son. The whip guy managed to catch her on fire and I ran through the front of the house and pushed the son towards the front door. That really made death lady mad and she came at me madder that hell. I held up the cross in front of me and poured the holy water on her son. Sometime during her rush towards me, the snake man had thrown liquor on her so that she really was on fire. She kept shrieking at me and I just held onto the cross and said my prayers. She burned to dust and we all walked away, except Carl. We carried him to his room and left him there for now. I still have his heart. I don't know what to do with it, but I'm not pissing off that Man by getting rid of it. NO WAY!
So I am sitting checkin my phone for appointments and it looks like I'll be busy for like the next few weeks. maybe this trip was for the best. I do like my work and I prefer not to trowel for it. I keep checking Carl's heart and it's still beating. So he ain't dead yet. I must confess that I would sleep with him. Maybe next time I see him…
I was standing on the corner waving to a "friend" when I was suddenly falling through the air. I also realized that there was a parachute on my back. I pulled the cord and looked down to see a canopy of trees. I landed and realized I was suck in a tree. I must admit that I lost my cool a bit. It seemed like forever but soon The female monk walked under me and started to climbed the tree to get me down. Then the whip man showed up. After I got down the monk pointed the way to go and we followed. We made it to a river and we were ambushed. These stakes came flying out of no where. I was hit and it hurt bad. Worse than being shot. We scampered back into the woods and for the next week we were harassed. We did see one of the creatures and it was nothing like anything I've ever seen. At the end of the week, we found a one of those creatures dead. On the back of the neck was a button that said "win". The monk press the button and I was back on the corner again.
Downtime:
After that night with my friend, I started to think about what had happened. I met the same people twice, well except Carl, and we were in really strange situations. So I thought to my self "What if this happens again?" I looked over to the box on my shelf and decided I had better go find Carl and see if he was OK. So I'm on my way to Detroit. Hopefully he will be OK.
The city lights glow from the window in a small clean bedroom of a second floor apartment. Placed under the window is an old Russian mahogany desk. On top of the desk sits two silver candle holders on each corner with white candle sticks that have burnt down half way. a purple velvet pillow sits in the middle with a man's skull on it and a beating heart with in the skull. Several rolled up pieces of paper are leaning up against the skull and a shot glass sits in front of it. A women walks in and with a sigh sits down at the desk. She sets a bottle of vodka on the desk and pours a shot into the glass before the skull and another shot into a second glass she had brought with her. She tosses back the shot after saluting the skull and reaches into the drawer at the front of the desk, pulls out a piece of parchment paper and begins to write.
//Dear Carl,
Perhaps if I was writing to you instead of me things would not have gone the way they did. I had too many shots with you the other night and woke up in St.Louis. I met one of our friends there, The Snake Charmer. I also met up with the Japanese gentleman and some strange man that he knew. And a Dutch man name Stefan. Poor Stefan, he was new to all of this. I'm sure he thinks it was all a dream. The group, as it was, went to the waterfront to find some black robed people. We found them just in time to get whisked to a different place. Things were very different there. The people moved different, talked different and wore different clothes. The Snake Charmer and the Japanese Gentleman went and found clothes with no problems, the strange guy went and didn't come back. I don't know what happened to him. Our Snake friend found me some clothes too and I immediately changed right there on the spot. I gave him a kiss for it. We decided to head for a lager tower that seamed to be out of place. It was on our way there that the Japanese Gentleman disappeared. Not long afterward we figured out how to use the doors. The doors were magical in nature and you had to think and move just right to go though. I broke my nose trying to get it right. Up to the top of the tower we went and down through a trap door. We found a room with a sleeping man in it. I tried to steal his energy, but to no avail. I asked our Snake friend to kill him. It didn't end well for him. Perhaps if you had been there things would have gone better for our Snake friend. Honestly I was at a lose of what to do. I'm sure you would have known what the correct course of action would have been. As our Friend battle the man, I ran and hid in another room and so did Stefan. I stayed there for what seemed like and eternity. I crept out and whispered for Stefan. I found him and we tried to think of what to do. We found a spare robe for Stefan and we followed another of the black robed men to his room. I walked in and distracted the man in the only way I knew how. I stripped. And then I woke up here. I do not know what happened to Stefan. I do hope he is alright.
Love,
Irena//
I received a phone call from someone from the Blackstone corporation the other day. He asked me if I would be available to be hired. I wondered what he was talking about until he mentioned Rustov & Grigori. I blanched at this. I new that name from the first "adventure" when I received Carl's heart. I immediately told the gentleman I was available and that I would be ready in an hour to go. He assured me a car would be waiting for me. I was whisked away to Maine where I met up with some others. Sam: the nosy journalist, A lawyer names Michael and his two bodyguards and Stefan. I was rather glad to see Stefan again. After our last encounter, I was afraid he hadn't made it out. I must say, he wasn't happy to see me. I wish I knew why.
We were then all ushered into a conference room to hear a power point presentation. A very long and boring one where we weren't allowed to ask any questions. Then this tech guy gives us black duffel bags and sends us on our merry way.
And what was the job? To retrieve a howitzer in Saudi Arabia. I may be a working girl, be even I am aware of the political climate in that part of the world. So off we went to the dessert. We some how managed to talk some locals into giving us ride for awhile and then Sam talked them into selling us their truck. We went bouncing along in the dessert till dark. Set up camp and then we spotted a whirly thing. It seemed to be watching us, so we pretended to be locals. I guess it worked cause it went away. It was the next day that all hell broke lose. We followed tracks left by this machine and it led us right to them…and a hail of bullets. Stefan had volunteered to distract on of the whirly things a few miles back, so at least he wasn't dodging bullets. Which is a good thing with his bum leg. That just left the rest of us. I don't know how we did it, but we took two of them out. Which left us oh…3 of these big shooty things and a couple of little ones. Sam figured out that they had some kind of 'presence' to them. I walked up to one to "talk" to it. It didn't speak English. But between Sam and me we got the gist of what it wanted…us to go away. We regrouped and figured out that these machines where going to take out Mecca. Which would start WW3. With Stefan brain power, we figured out a route to intercept them. Now we needed wheels since ours got blown up. Someone realizes that we could use the satellite on one of the machines to call someone. After some tinkering we get the computer up and running. Then it asks for a password. Great. None of us are computer geeks. Then Sam gets this weird look on his face and proceeds to look on the inside of the door. Yep some Army guy had written the password on the inside of the door. Sam then calls some friends of his and then come running to pick us up. We hitch a ride for a while and then camp for the night. The two of Sam's friends where very happy to entertain me for awhile and I'm sure they will talk about me for awhile to their buddies. Then next day we headed out, but Sam's friends left us. Too bad. So off to ambush these machines. Okay I will admit, I'm useless in this department. The only thing I can provide is another target. So here we are, the night before and some weird guy shows up and says he was sent to take them out too. Okay. The more the merrier. The next day here they come and some how we took them out. Mostly thanks to the weird guy. We did lose one of Michael's bodyguards though. Called in our pick up and home I went. God I love Chicago.
So today a package arrived for me. Inside was the gorgeous black clutch purse with a silver chain on it. I opened it up and it didn't look right. I really couldn't see the inside of it well. I'm going to play around with it awhile. It will match all my outfits which is wonderful. Let's see…No appointments for a few hours. Maybe I will take it with me tonight.
Blackstone again. I hope this time they have their act together. So off to the Ritz I went. I was one of the first to arrive but we all slowly showed up. Michael, Trevor, Stefan, and Jade. What an interesting group we make. We get to sit through another lengthy power point presentation hi lighting that we are to retrieve an engine that was made a long time ago. We are told there are only two routes known to reach the tunnels that might lead us to the engine. One involves dodging subway trains, the other thru the sewer. After a quick discussion, it was decided we would go through the sewers. I was not looking forward to this, but it was the quicker of the two routes and we were told others may be looking for the engine as well. So down the sewers we went, kinda reminded me of parts of Chi-town. Things weren't going bad till we heard the sounds of a waterfall. And then the realization that we would have to go down the waterfall, dive underwater and swim through a fissure in a wall. That's when I put my foot down. Not a chance in hell was I going over that waterfall. And then one of the most horrible things ever happened. Trevor THREW me over the waterfall. After a swim and sputtering my way to land, I punched him! It will be awhile before I forget that.
Tunnels, dark and cold. Ick. We wondered are way through them till we heard some gibbering. It was some mutant human creatures. And then it got worse. These “things” came galloping toward us. Stefan and Trevor shot them and they just got back up! Well we did the smart thing and ran. More tunnels then finally we found the machine this engine was in. We got the thing out and was headed back out through the tunnels towards the subways when we ran into those “things”. And this time they were fighting a big half man, half wolf thing. Stefan was amazingly brilliant and brave at the same time. He inched along the walls around the fight. He lead the way and we followed. Out of the tunnels to the subway and then we began dodging subway cars. Well we made it and back to the hotel. I then went and took a shower.
I was on my way home from a “date” when I was approached by a Russian man. He asked me if I would like to further my goals. I of coarse said yes and off tho Arizona I went. Met up with Michael, Sam, Trevor, The Strange Guy, a Japanese guy name Ito and Stefan. We were to remove a “package” from a secured train while it was moving. The plan was that Sam and Stefan would be would be placed in one coffin and Ito and I would be in another coffin and the coffins would be placed on the train. I do have to say that my time in the coffin was fun. Ito seemed to enjoy himself too. Once on the train the four of us proceeded to work our way from the freight cars towards the secure cars. It isn't easy climbing from car to car at 80 miles and hour. Then people started to shoot at us. I guess while this was all going on the others had jumped on the train and were working their way towards the secure cars from the other direction. I don't know how he did it, but Stefan made look a likes of himself and then we all charged forward. Slowly we made our way passed several secure cars with armed men to the center one. Inside was a large silver coffin. With a little help from one of Trevor’s friends we got the coffin off the train. Then it got weird. Michael had a key to the coffin and unlocked it. A women sat up and looked around. I vaguely knew her face, but I watched from a distance. She said something in Russian and I went forward to speak with her. I was right. She was a member of the Imperial family. We spoke for a minute and then she left. I will never forget her voice.
What? Nothing about turning down an eternity of servitude?
There was a package waiting for me when I got home today Carl. I opened it up and inside was a set of goggles and instructions to get comfortable and put them on. I got a drink for you and me and then went and lounged on the the bed. I put the goggles on and was transported to a game show called "You Bet Your Life". I was teamed up with this HUGE Mexican wrestler. I think his name was Diablo. There were three other teams we were to race against on a obstacle coarse. The first obstacle was a chasm with gears spinning in it. Over head was rings that you had to swing on to cross the chasm. Then on top of all this, rabid monkeys were released on the swings. I spoke briefly to my big Mexican friend and it was decided that he would throw me over the chasm. He decided to test this first on a small Russian chess player first. He picked up the Chess Player and threw him and he made it. Feeling confident I let him pick me up and throw me. The next thing I knew, my chest was hurting and I realized I was on my bed with the goggles still on. I thought I was dying, my chest hurt so bad. I yanked the goggles off and stumbled out of bed. I went to my desk and took some aspirin and had a shot of vodka. I will be laid up for a few days here. I had to reschedule a few dates, but it will be just you and me Carl.
I've been taking it a bit easy the last few weeks. One of the local street "Doc"s told me I had a heart attack or something close to it. He told me to take it easy for a while. I thought I would go out sight seeing around the city.
As I was walking down Lake Shore, I saw a young Asian boy who looked slightly lost. I walked up to him and asked him where his parents where. He said that his Uncle was around and that he had a package for me. He gave me a folder that told me that I was needed to help retrieve a book that was stolen. Sounded easy. I went to the address that was listed and met up with the usual crowd and then three more people showed up. A big women, a kid, and man named Hans. We were told that we needed to go to a mansion and get a book and drop it off at an antique store. Plans were laid and we went to rest for the night. I must say that Hans didn't have much in the way of brains, but he did make up for it in other ways.
The next day we went on a tour of the mansion. Not a bad tour, I learned quite a bit about slavery. We then sat out back of the mansion and had some bbq and laid more plans. I was to be a decoy with Hans. We were to make-out on the front porch when the lights were killed so that if the cops came there was an excuse as to why the alarms were tripped. Sounded like fun to me. That night Hans and I waited till the lights went out and went and started to have “fun” on the porch. I guess I was having too much fun. I didn't see the blow that knocked me out. When I came too, I heard a shot. I jumped up and peered around the corner just in time to see Stefan put a bullet in Hans' head. I also saw that Sam had the book. I heard sirens and took off. I knew where we were to drop off the book so I headed there. It was there that I found out that Stefan had thought I was dead and that was why he killed Hans so coldly. I must say I found that rather touching. After we delivered the book, we were allowed to take one item from the antique store has our prize. I found this beautiful tiara that was worn by Елена Ивановна Grand Duchess of Moscow.
I have been cleaning and studying my new tiara. It's beautiful and so far I can see at night with no lights on. I have noticed that there are other things it can do. I can't wait to unlock them too. I will wear it on my date to night.
Go to the Congo…Really? I work the streets. What do I know about trees. I went anyway. Thankfully Stefan, Sam, Ito, Michael, Nikita and my Mexican friend was going too. I also met a new character…one Richard Rochment. A senator son with a bad rep. We were told that there was a problem with the forest there and that we were to fix the problem. The flight was okay. Richard and I decided to have a little "fun" on the flight. He may have a reputation about being a bad boy, but, to be frank, the sex just wasn't all that. We landed and went to talk to one of the local village elders. She gave Sam some kind of harp and a general direction to head in. We headed out and it wasn't long before all the metal we were carrying got really heavy. To the point were we had to ditch it all. Now I'm getting really annoyed. In a forest without my gear. Great. We find a smelly river that has some sort of black ooze to it. We decided to camp for the night and I bed down with Ito. At least he's good in the sack. In the morning we trudged on and came across a clearing with vines and pretty purple flowers that flung needles at you. We found that out when Richard taunted the forest and dropped his pants and he got stuck in his dick with one. Stefan figured out quickly that he was poisoned and that we had two options, cut it off or try to suck out the poision. After he said this everyone looked at me and Stefan went for a knife. So I "volunteered" to suck out the poison. When Richard came around I informed him that he owed me one. Sam then played the harp and we moved on. We found a fenced in building. Sam went around front to distracted some guards, the Mexican threw Nikita and Ito over the fence on Stefan's cue. I then went and climbed the fence. I ran up and saw 3 guards and a man in black who was bleeding. One guard went down, then i jumped on one and I sucked his will from him and he went down. In short order we killed them and looked around. It seemed that this company called Pentex was dumping toxic sludge into the river. We stopped it for now.
I have several dates lined up and a new client to entertain this month. I should get the test results back on my blood work too. Can't wait for that. I want to know what I got injected with.
Kali. If I never hear or see anything about it again, it will be too soon. Blackstone hired a group of us to go and stop zombies. In order to stop them, we had to find and remove a necklace from a Kali statue. The necklace was in one of eight shrines and we were on a time crunch. What was worse for me was I could feel the disease in the people around me. How? Well it seems that the injection I had got from one German doctor changed my cells. I found that out a couple of weeks before I was called on this mission. And I guess one of the side effects is I can tell when people are disease. So here I am feeling everyone that is sick and trying not to freak out over it as we drive around this dirty city and trying to find the right shrine with the right necklace. We finally found the right shrine and some guy names Ra slow said to wait for his signal before entering it. Well his signal was a giant black monster that flew. It was horrible looking. We went in and Kali called to me. Now I'm a good Eastern Orthodox Christan, so I fought with all my will against her and won. By this time the Mexican had knocked her head off and grabbed the necklace. We all retreated and got the hell out of there. We took the necklace back to Blackstone and then I went home.
The doctors have told me that there is nothing they can do about the cell mutation. They say it's not dangerous to me and I'll be fine. Great. I think I'm going to take some time off. Well unless Charles calls…
