You waved over your limo driver as a man in a butler uniform with an arm full of packages hurried to keep up with you. "Put those in the back seat, sweetie. Thanks for your help." you say as you head over to the other side of the car and open the door to the backseat. The young man carefully placed the last package on the seat next to you and gives you a smile. "That should be all the ones we agreed on, will my payment be ready soon?"
You smile as you take your cigarette case and lighter out of your purse. "Of course, dear. The money should be in your account by six, nice working with ya handsome." The man blushed a little and nodded his head as you pulled the door closed and waved goodbye. "Thank you very much, I better get back to the show then." he called as the limo driver started to drive off. You blow him a kiss before turning towards the packages and lighting up a cigarette.
"I do so enjoy the arts." you muse as you exhale a thin cloud of smoke and opened up your personal computer. "But its not even noon yet, I still have plenty of time to get some more work done." After nearly half an hour of looking at job listings and contracts from your associates you decided on a job going down in a few hours just outside of Paris. The route would take you right by your mansion so you would have plenty of time to gear up as well, perfect for a day like today.
"Swing by the mansion, I found a great new contract to finish up the day." you call out to your driver as he pulled off the main road and began heading towards the countryside. With that you closed your computer and relaxed for the rest of the trip home. Roughly an hour later your limo was pulling through a small stone gatehouse at the end of a long driveway in the beautiful french countryside. "We're here, Ms. Red." the driver called back as you put out your cigarette and stepped outside.
"Stay put, someone will be out to collect the paintings while I prepare for my next little assignment. I might be a little while so go ahead and shut off the engine. If I'm not back in an hour go ahead and put it in the garage." you instructed as you slam your door shut and began walking up the steps to your mansion. "Take a break as well, there should be some fresh lemonade in the kitchen." The driver nodded his head and thanked you as a young man in a sweater vest walked past you towards the limo with a maid close behind.
"Careful with those paintings now, I hired you to appraise them, not drop them." you called sternly as you open the front door to your mansion. "Of course, Ms. Red. We'll be very careful!" the maid called back as the door gently closed behind her. You let out a sigh as you head upstairs and take a moment to look over your central courtyard garden from the second floor balcony. Below were a few gardeners tending to rose bushes and overhanging vines while a few butlers and maids walked down the stony walkways to their various destinations.
"It's a shame I can't say and relax here a little longer, but I can't really say no to a payday this good." you say to yourself as you walk away and head back downstairs. After making a few sharp turns down some hallways you came to a small lobby area next to a pair of large hardwood doors secured with a security lock. After digging a keycard out of your purse and swiping it through the reader the large doors opened with a soft click and you continued through a second pair of metal doors into a large metal room stacked with lockers and a few tables.
Most of the lockers were closed shut except for one filled with shelves of ammo and a few gun accessories such as scopes and silencers. The tables had large metal cases resting on top, which were all shut as well save for one containing a collapsible sniper rifle and a few small boxes of equipment. Lastly, there were two men in body armor, one of whom was inspecting a handgun next to the open locker while the other was assembling the sniper rifle.
"Good afternoon boys, how's target practice been today?" you ask as you walk over to one of the lockers and swipe it open with your keycard. "Not bad ma'am. We just got in a new shipment of incendiary ammo from our supplier along with some new accessories for our rifles and handguns. You should check out what we got when you have the time." the man with the handgun replied as he flicked on a laser sight. "Sounds like a good time for another day, I just accepted a new job." you say as you grab a small key from inside the locker. "I'm just here to pick up some gear."
"Ah, good luck then ma'am." the man with the sniper rifle says with a nod as he shut the metal case on the table. "Thanks, but I don't think I'll be needing any luck for this job." you reply as you unlock a door on the far side of the room and step inside. After walking down a short hallway and some stairs you came to a massive underground supply room. The ceiling was only about ten or eleven feet high but the room stretched out so far it looked like a couple of warehouses were stacked side to side.
Nothing here was particularly glamorous like the rest of the mansion, but what it lacked in style it made up for in practicality. Various workers took inventory as they moved crates and stacked tables and desks with boxes. Most of the stuff here was new, fresh off the black market and still waiting to be sorted, which made it the perfect place to pick up and try out some new gear. You walked over to a table with some papers on it and picked up a sheet near the back.
It was a list of your most recent acquisitions purchased the other day when you got in contact with a friend who could get you a discount on some premium stuff he just got in. You had spent well over a million dollars on new toys, but it was all worth it, especially at such a great price. "Let's see here..." you whisper as you look over the list. "I've got the stuff to do things any way I want... I just need to decide on a plan and gear up and I can head out."
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