The Time Has Come..

"How do I get wrapped up in this stuff, Moe?" Vega examined the back alley of the south end that they had driven into, away from the hustle and bustle of the rest of the city. It was about six blocks from a run down bar, and really in general this wasn't a great part of town.
The bald man grunted at his nickname and glared at Vega. "Because, Mr. Perrusi axed you to, and you owe me."
Vega groaned and scratched the back of his head. "Damn... Guess so. But was all that rope and stuff really nessecary? I mean, I'm a fan of exploring kinky stuff but..."
"Don't make things sound worse than they are!"
The grey hared man shrugged and winced at the pounding and muffled screaming comming from his trunk. He slapped a palm down on it to startle her into being quiet before checking his gun. "Hey Moe? What're we getting payed for this?"
Moe blinked. "A grand each, why?"
Vega chuckled and glared at Moe with his piercing grey eyes that seemed almost mechanical in nature. "Cause, I could really use a TWO grand."
Moe's eyes widened as if imagining what Vega had emplied with this comment, and found himself fringering the grip of his gun frequently from that point on.

[Addison]

After a few moments Addison pulled up to the one and only jail located in Paradigm exluding whatever Veronica had at her headquarters. After parking her car she walked up to the large red doors guarded by two men. She showed her ID card, not that it meant much since it seemed as if this place was her second home; although every now and then you could come across that one new guard who tried to make his mark and actually question who you were.
Upon entering she walked up to the desk to a rather rotund woman whom she once again showed her ID to. She had to place her bag on a conveyer belt as she walked through a metal detector. It did not beep...she had learn after many years of practice how to cover her knives so as they were not detected, every now and then however, they were discovered.
After walking past several metal barred doors she finally came upon a solid white metal door that she entered to see Dan sitting there. He had a worried look on his face. Normally, she would expect that however after just speaking to him he had seemed quite satisfied.
Sitting down and pulling out a file she asked..

"Dan...you ok?"
D: "Addison, somethings happened, she...she...shes gone."
"Wait, what!"

Saying this rather loudly she quickly brought her voice to the sound of a whisper however she spoke distressed.

"Dan, do not tell me shes gone. Dead gone...ran away gone..."
D: "Kidnapped. Two men grabbed while the guys were bringing her to the dafe house on the south side of the city."
"Do you know who could do this?"
D: "No, no one has anything to do with this case, no outside sources. And where as her being out of the picture helps me...shit...Addison I don't know what I would do if they...they..hurt her."
"We can't think about that. I'll get right on looking for her. Somone had to see something, Paradigm never sleeps...Keep quit. The DA knows whats going on and suspects you...so make sure you don't run your mouth and get both of us in trouble,. If you find out anything else call me."

Dan nodded and Addison wrote a few things in her file before returning it to the case and walking out the door. This definately threw a wrench in her plans. At least now she would not be lying if questioned by the DA as to the where about of the witness, and neither would Dan...she was positive they would want to question him...

"oh, i was just in the area, so i thought i visit....after all, i heard you might be missing someone"

He then lifted the sniper rifle off of his back and threw it to the ground, although the rifle was huge, it made very little noise hitting the floor.


"The point is, you need my help"

he then smiled the same sadistic smile he gave carolyn.

[Alexi]

She arched an eyebrow.
"Do I?"
She laughed.
"I somehow doubt it."

He let out a heavy sigh

"The point of me being here, is that i need money, and you need your witness. But if you aren't interested, i'm sure i can find a job elsewhere....or hunt down your witness for fun."

After walking into the fanciest office of the fanciest flat he'd ever seen in the south side, Vega glanced at 'Perrusi' with a critical look. He wiped blood from his gun, a senseless act as he still had some splatter on his face.

"I do love my job... A fake Perrusi huh? And here Moe and I went to all the trouble of delivering the girl here, just to find out you're a fake."

The fake Perrusi's eyes widened in fear as he slowly reached under his desk for his shotgun.
"Before you do that, answer me, why would a big time crime boss with money have me kidnap some chick, and then not pay me? I don't like being lied to."

The man's stammered in his speech as he explained, "I-I dunno! Look, Mr. Perrusi said that you were some sorta rogue merc, workin for that 'computerized tyrant' and that he was gonna just kill you after you got the job done."

Vega scoffed before chuckling slightly. "Hackers... Shoulda known. South side crime lord with a ritzy place hidden away like this? Of course, cybercrime sometimes apparently spills into real life. Where'd they take the girl? I'm GETTING payed one way or another."
He drew his knife, as he readied to squeeze the answer out of the man... "And if that means killing Perrusi and robbing him blind, then milking this kidnapping for all its worth, so be it."

The faux Perrusi just gaped at him with a sharp exhale as though he'd been holding his breath. "You... You monster!"

[Alexi]

She laughed again. She leaned toward him.
"If my witness ends up dead guess who the police are going to come looking for? You may think nothing will point to you, that there will be no evidence. Think again. Everyone messes up. Not to mention this while conversation was just recorded and your voice stored in the database. We can track you. Not to mention your threat against my witness just guaranteed a stay in prison."

He smirked, then lifted his left sleeve, and then pulled out a knife from his right front pocket, he began cutting his wrist, and after waiting around 9 seconds:

"as you can see alexi, there is no blood, i'm not exactly human, and since i came in here with full knowledge of your occupation, i have made a device placed in my throat to alter the pitch and depth of my voice. also....if your witness ends up dead while i'm sitting here talking you, who will you blame?......in fact, i think i retract both my request my offer of assistance and my threat, so that i can be in a position where i can see everything...unfold."

He picked up his rifle, and walked out of alexi's office heading for the main exit.

[Addison]

Addison got in her car after leaving the jail. She needed to not only get going on getting Dan free but now she needed to make sure that they judge didn't start blaming them for the disappearance of Dan's wife.

She drove down the road and headed for a nearby coffee shop. It was there she was going to meet her contact and work on exonerating Dan.

It wasn't long before the local enforcers would be getting reports of a potential threat in a set of warehouses on the south side, via reports of gunshots heard by citizens living nearby. There was a great possibility of the involvement of Perrusi's 'red-coats' (Named for their usual red business suits) and at least one or more mercs. (As reported by those street ears loyal to the machines).

Vega scoffed at the astonishingly vague reports and tossed his cell phone aside, deciding it's news updates were of no use to him in his current situation. He glanced around the small front office of the warehouse he was currently in, and lifted the chin of the dead security gaurd. "Pity, I don't like taking the lives of grunts." He shrugged as he picked up the gaurds pistol and shoved him out of the chair. It was only a matter of time before men from the adjacent rooms noticed a lack of report from the gaurd and came to investigate, so he'd take a good sit in the comfy office chair while he waited.