The music still playing so loudly the walls were shaking
He almost as if he's died and gone to hell
The Russian man comes back in and the music turns down a little
Khenry
You know vhat I do?
No
I ghet things
Vhatever I vant
I'm happy for you
Khenry
I show you little trick I picked up from the amerikhanz
The Russian man injected him with something
You know
In Russia
Ve use car battery e jumper cabahl
ili
Ve burn you
ili - he laughs
Ve drown you
But that doesn't ghet result every time
His voice trailed off and got deeper
His lips were still moving but everything just seemed to rip away from reality and become distant
Suddenly the Russian man was in his face
Aha
I see drugs kick in
Ve are about to khave fun
Yees
The music got louder
The lights began to flash
Every few minutes a new monster would come through the door
https://youtu.be/yKUJQ7kYbKw?si=V_Xx6sxIticUENaF
A tall green creature covered in lesions and open wounds
Puss filled pimples ready to burst
And vomit coming from his neck
Slinked in
He could see his figure contrition as he seemed to teleport from one position to the next
He screams what the fuck?!
As the creature pulls a severed hand from behind him
https://youtu.be/k7Wr_Mux9wE?si=kaU0JI6IQqwbFWyy
The creature starts making the hand pulse to the beat
He manages to utter a few words
Are you raving?
https://youtu.be/S9ShMhSqKps?si=zQ6_Kk7aREMgYPel
After that monster leaves a topless zombie girl in a short skirt comes limping in
She starts dancing
He swears he can smell her rotting flesh
He starts puking
She starts trying to make him eat his own puke
He cries out for her to stop
Then a giant rabbit comes in
He begs
Please help me!
The rabbit goes from being cute and friendly to a giant evil monster
He starts growing taller
It's eyes start Glowing red
His teeth become razor sharp and he starts drooling
His brain couldn't comprehend
He just knew this thing would eat him
https://youtu.be/hBDMB902VBo?si=ISZyMwj0Iq8DqFVg
All of a sudden the evil rabbit grabs the zombie girl
Omg he's going to eat her!
He screams in his head unsure if he is saying any of it out loud
Please be full
Don't eat me too
Omg he's got her bent over and he's tearing out her back
Did he just rip out a piece of her spine?
Oh my God!
While he's frozen in fear horrified
The Russian in the bunny costume says
Как вы думаете, что он видит?
The topless girl says
Какая разница?
Трахни меня сильнее.
Ты знаешь, что тебе не следовало этого делать.
Ты непослушная девчонка.
Вас нужно отшлепать.
She giggles
Ты прав, я плохой
Я пришла его соблазнить
и его вырвало
Я заставлял его проглотить свой отказ
Свинья
Да, он мерзкий
Глупый
Ты красивый
Это наркотики, детка
She screams
Трахни меня сильнее!
Души меня!
--> he's still watching the evil rabbit attack the zombie girl in complete horror
They're speaking alien
Are they aliens?
Her screams are almost too much for him to bear
She's a zombie
She's already dead
Do zombies feel pain?
What would it feel like to be eaten as a human?
He had so many questions
The Russian man comes back into the room
He actually felt relieved to see a human
Even if he was a deranged psychopath
The Russian manages fight the evil rabbit who took the zombie with him
An epic explosive battle between a white rabbit and a Russian wolf
Khenry
The Russian now in his face
Khow are you?
Y-you saved me
The Russian was confused
He sent in a woman to seduce him and one of his teammates was busy fucking her instead
But he just says
Yes khenry
I saved you
Now get some rest
Shortly after the music stopped and the lights turned off
He started to pass out
But he was floating
His mind started to unravel and he still heard the music in his head
He still saw the monsters
And he was traveling through another dimension
The motel was completely encased in tent material
The other guys started pumping poison into the building
After they left
The asset ran around turning off every canister pumping out poison
He lifted up the tarp and went inside his carefully calculated shield
At least that's what he told himself it was
He went to room 1112 and picked the lock
Once inside it only took several minutes for him to recognize it as a kill room
He wondered
Did she see?
Did she instantly know too?
He sat on the edge of the bed and opened his laptop
He stuck in the USB with stolen data
The first file he looked through was the file labeled I
It was every identification and licence of every guest
Some had pictures
Some didn't
After several minutes
He noticed a pattern emerging
Upon further inspection he found something
Over the past few years there was a series of double bookings
All within the fist 3 rooms
The asset goes back to Chico's
When he gets there it's a circle of people yelling at each other
I hate to interrupt this circle jerk
But we have a major infestation at a flea bag motel
It's the worst I've ever seen
We need to get over there ASAP and tent up
They've already evacuated everyone
Everyone falls silent
What?
He asks
The boss, Chico
Steps forward
An entire hotel fumigation?
The asset looks confused
Umm
Well it's not that big
But yeah
Este hermoso hombre aquí
Me encanta
I love it
You are our savior
El Salvador!
Chico Look around and says aye!
He starts clapping
They all start clapping
Vámonos
Ándele
Let's roll out
AHa HA!
Her sleep was abruptly disturbed
Thomas had thrown a notepad on top of her stomach
She awoke with a jerk
What?!
I finished my backstory
Oh - ok
I'll just -- uh
Look man
That's who I want to be
Who I could have been
She starts looking at it
It says you have a wife
Yeah
I want my life back
I -
Oh no --
Ok -
Hold on
...
We can make this work
There's no description of her
Why does that matter?
You have to think of the future
Like I told you
You have to leave your stories vague enough to allow yourself room to improvise later
You should always expect follow up questions
Anything you say becomes cannon to the story
So if you say anything and you have to back it up
You need to be prepared
And backpedaling is usually frowned upon
Sometimes it's the difference between life and death
What?!
Oh - uhh
She was still half asleep
She didn't realize how blunt and honest she was actually being
She also knew he needed to know how this works
But not without trust first
Well I'm not saying you're going to die
Thomas raises his eyebrow
She sits up and slumps over
She sighs
You're older than me
You've seen things
You've lived
You know how life is
You always have to present yourself in a particular way
You need to be able to adapt to survive
...
People will love you one minute
She snaps her fingers
Then they don't
...
It only takes one second to mess up
I once heary a quote
That's the thing about reputations
You can only ruin them once
-
It sounds --
Comforting
As if once you mess up you're already ruined
Once you're ruined
You're free to do anything because the expectation has drastically dropped
--
What I learned is that's not true
You can always recover and lose it all again
...
A singular mistake equates to nothing
It's repeated mistakes that do the most damage
The goal is to always consider potential mistakes
Get ahead of yourself
Use all of the knowledge you've acquired and keep applying
Eventually methods cease to be effective
But until they do
It's just foolish to not utilize the knowledge and skills acquired from repeating effective actions and continue to act accordingly
She looks at him
Thomas raises his eyebrow
He nods in agreement
She smiles
Let's go over the details
I still have a few hours before I need to part ways with you
Mac checks his phone
12 missed calls from his head of security
He calls back
Did you secure him?
No sir
The Russians picked him up first
Oh how unfortunate
We still owe him an ass kicking
...
We'll have to get him back when the time is right
Yes sir
I'll give you instructions when I've gotten more information
Yes sir
Mac hangs up
Throws his head back
Laughs heartily
... Perfect!
He laughs loudly again
It fades into a giggle
I swear man
You are a genius
He beats his chest twice
Khenry
Khhennnrrry
Wakey wakey
Khenry Mills
...
Prosnutcsya seychas khenry
He struggles to sit up
Khenry Mills so good to see your smiling fase
Who-what the hell is Henry?
You
You are khenry
Khenry Mills
You have vig price on your head
...
I ghet vig reward
...
If you live
If I live?
He scoffs
The Russian man kicks him in the face
I told you
He kicks him harder
You don't understand gravity of situation
He stomps his face two more times and spits on him
He coughs up a little blood and spits it at the Russian
The Russian gets mad and starts punching him
He steps back
You will tell me what I want
...
You escape prison
How?
He looks up
They just let me go
The Russian laughs
They let you gho
Ha
Funny man
Khenry is clown man
...
THEY DON'T JUST LET YOU OUT
The Russian shakes his head
You lie to me khenry
This is no good
I am dissapoint
...
You will talk
The Russian starts walking away
Turn it on boys!
Davay sdelaem ETO!
Extremely loud German death metal techno starts playing
He can't understand it
He can't think
The Russian laughs
This is vig party
...
For you khenry
The Russian leaves
His head was pounding
He slowly opened his eyes
He realized he's handcuffed to a metal pipe
He grunts
Not again
...
Can I just get through the week without being knocked out handcuffed and held against my will every goddamn day?
Is that too much to ask?!
Privet
A tall muscular Russian man steps into the light
Comrade I khear you are in vit of trouble
I like to khelp
S etoy problemoy
Da problema
Your problhem
His accent was thick
Well seeing as how you put me here --
I don't think you qhuite understand gravity of situation
I come back when your attitude has change
The Russian man walked out of the room and the light turned off
He was alone
In another shit hole
In utter darkness
Cuffed to a fucking pipe
He couldn't believe it
She starts climbing back in through the window
all of her stuff is spread out on the bed
Thomas is sitting on the edge of the bed
Waiting
You wanna tell me what the hell is going on here
I thought you were taking a shower
She really did
Ha!
C'mon man
You told me yourself
Think of a back story leave yourself some room to be flexible and be ready for follow up questions
Well actually what I said exactly was --
Stop man
Just stop
I want my questions answered
You did to me exactly what you told me to do
Did you really think I wouldn't catch that?
You want the truth
She asks
Yes
That's all I want
He looks almost defeated
She was either going to make this work or ruin everything
I didn't really lie
But I changed a few details and left some out
I'm on the run ok
Oh yeah?
Yeah
I really did steal that money and a coworker turned me in
The company was shit
They kept cutting corners and firing people
Their product was harming people and they were stealing from us
They were taking out "taxes"
She gestures with exaggerated air quotes
It was labeled taxes but they were lining their pockets with 5% of all of our paychecks
They were robbing us
So I took what was mine
And then some
Bull shit man
I ain't buying it
How am I supposed to prove it?
Thomas scratches his head
I don't really know
...
Where did you go?
... dressed like that
She takes a deep breath
I was meeting with my friend ok
He's the one getting me this job
And I leave in the morning
Dressed like that?
He folds his arms
She rolls her eyes
How do you think I got the job interview?
Oh no
What?
I'm not doing some freaky shit for some weirdo rich fucks
No it's not like that
It's very --
It's exclusive
No one even gets a first interview without a referral
But I had to put on a show and date this guy for two months to get this referral
...
And once I'm in I can refer you
What kind of job is it?
Idk if I want to take it
There's several positions
But you said you were like an accountant
I'm sure they'll have a use for you
You can't tell them about --
Don't worry
Thomas Jones will have the same skills but a different backstory
Just write down what you want in your backstory and start trying to memorize it
After I'm in
I'll get you in
If there's any adjustments that need to be made I will let you know
Before the week is up I will call this room and give you a yes or no
If no
We never see each other again
If yes
There will be specific instructions you must follow precisely
I don't know about this
He raises his eyebrow
You can always back out
She shrugs
Get a shower and some rest
I'll write up my backstory
Great!
She smiles and starts putting her stuff away
And just so you know I didn't take your money
Without looking up
She says
I know
Real life
Not the story
Tiktok commercial comes on a screen
A buzzing bee through the flowers
Find your next reading Adventure
Terrifying
As the narrator
I understand that you see what I let you to see
But I'm telling ya
It's all a big set up
I need a glass of water
Before the asset who is not Tony gets to the little window with bars
Raffie comes walking up
His grin goes away
He acts like he doesn't see him and says
I'll meet you around the back in about 10 minutes and I'll have your money
Raffi nods and takes off
The asset approaches the window
It's absolutely disgusting
There's literally pieces of dead rat sprinkled in front of the window and a trail of ants
There's cockroaches crawling on the window
There's frogs all over the parking lot
He thinks he even saw a couple of locusts
The little Asian woman approaches him
She won't recognize him because he's wearing a mask
You fix
You spray
I pay half price on everything
I have coupon
Yes ma'am
I'll need a key to all of the rooms and to get into your office there
No!
What do you mean no?
No! We have guests.
Ma'am judging by the outside
No one should be inside
You're extremely lucky you're not gravelly ill
We're going to have to evacuate this place and fill every room with Poison
No one can be here for at least 3 days
No
No no no
You spray we stay
No ma'am you're not understanding
You're health and everyone's health here is in jeopardy
Look there's rats eating each other
He points to the half eaten rats on the ground
They can be carrying some serious diseases
Rats and flees wiped out half of Europe once you know
Ok ok
I tell people to get out but I stay and you no go in my office
Ma'am I have to
He walks over to the metal box where keys and money are exchanged and pulls on it then pushes on it
Bees pour out into the office and some make it outside
He stumbles back flailing his arms
Ma'am
Ma'am
This is dangerous
You NEED to get back!
Get your guests out now
He thinks to himself
Those boys are getting a fucking raise
This is beautiful
The little lady hurries off banging on all the doors to tell people to get out
The asset rushes to the back of the hotel
The kids are leaning up against the wall
Alright old man
Where's our money?
He gets so happy and pulls out his wallet
He hands the kids $100 each
You did great work boys
I'm so fuckin impressed
Here's a number where you can reach me
He hands them a piece of paper
If you kids ever want to make it out of this dump and stop gang banging and do some real work that won't get you killed
Won't get you addicted to drugs
And won't get you life in prison
Call me
Please
So you can get us a job at your hotel?
Oh - uh no
The kids frown
Oh no no no
You're too young
But I have weird little jobs like this all of the time
The younger one says
What you mean bugs and stuff
Umm yeah sometimes or somethimes I need someone to pick up my mail
Raffie's face lights up
Like Unc G
He has us pick up packages and --
No
Not like your uncle
He's probably got you running drugs and not even your real uncle
The kids nod
Well yeah
Raffie says
Yah no
This is real mail
Like hand written letters and shit
The kids look confused
Listen I have to finish destroying my competition
But if you ever want a better life
You call me
Ok?
They nod
Ok now get out of here
He walks around the corner just in time to bump into the Asian lady
Oh yeah he says
It's pretty bad around there too
This whole place needs to be --
Ok ok
Follow
She hands him the keys to her office and tells him all of the keys are in the drawer
He goes back to the van and puts on a hazmat suit
He goes inside the office and starts spraying some poison
It just angers the bees
As luck would have it his cheeks are exposed and some are stinging him through his suit
With one hand he's trying to turn on her computer and with the other hand he's swatting away bees
There's a password
He holds down shift and selects restart
He selects troubleshooting
He goes to the advanced settings
He chooses the command prompt
He tries to search the files
There's a password
Fuck
Why is this little old woman putting passwords on things
I thought people her age were computer illiterate
He looks around still swatting at bees
And sees a picture in the corner
Thung Lee & Xu Lee 1939
He tries entertaining the names
The date and the names
No combination worked
Then he tries 19Julie39Tony
It worked
He copies the files to a USB and gets the fuck out of there after grabbing all the keys
He searches each room
They look normal enough for a shitty hotel
Then he gets to thee room
1112
He has no key for it
He grabs some pieces of metal from his pocket and starts trying to pick the lock
What you do!?
He turns around quickly
Stumbling
Wtf you came out of nowhere
He thinks damn she's a little fucking ninja
Stop
No
Not that room
No one go in there
But ma'am --
No!
I come back to tell you no more
No more what?
No more
Get out
But ma'am
Here I pay
Ma'am
No
that all I pay
You go now
Ma'am I need to finish spraying and put up a tent
My boss say he fix
Not you
Could you please call him and we can get this sorted out
She pulls her phone out and starts dialing then hands the phone to him
Surprisingly it's an English speaker with a perfect American accent
He felt relieved honestly
He argued for about 20 minutes before he convinced the man to let him tent and fumigate
He was promised that there would be no more interruptions as long as he understood not to go back into the office or into room 1112
The asset was relieved
He now had the perfect safehouse for the next 3 days
And
He'd get into that room soon enough
He sits on a strange bed
Wondering how he got where he is
How could his whole life just come crashing down like this
It was perfect
He stopped doing work for his father and his friends
He got out from under his thumb
All of their thumbs
He made mistakes and managed to salvage his name
He started living a simpler life
He was happier
He met a wonderful woman
She was perfect
He fell in love
He was going to ask her to marry him
Now he's on the run and back under the thumb of another rich asshole
He couldn't stand it
Why was he just sitting there like a coward?
Why isn't he looking for what happened to his love?
He took the sheets from the bed and started tying them together
He tied one end around his waist and the other end around the bed post
He pulled on it with all of his weight
The bed barely moved
It's holding
He pushes the bed up to the window and climbs out
As he's repelling down the side of the house he feels like he's slipping
He starts going faster
The sheets don't reach
He's dangling in front of a window about half a story up
He has no choice he has to unite himself
He struggles with it and the other end slips
He comes crashing to the ground
Landed right on his ass
He grunts loudly
Then whispers
Fuuuuuuck
That hurt
He grabs the sheets and throws them over his shoulder
He runs for the gate at the front of the community
There's a guard
He doubles back and sneaks up to a house and grabs a little plastic house made for kids
He runs like a mad man back to a section of wall that's surrounding the community
He uses the little plastic house to step up and pull himself to the top of the wall
He throws the sheets in a bunches up was on top of the bushes below and jumps on it
He got scraped up a bit and tore his shirt
He wriggles out of the bushes and runs down the street
After running for several minutes a couple of guys emerge from the shadows
They tackle him to the ground and start beating him
A dark van pulls up
They throw him inside where another man was sitting
He sees shackles right before someone hits him in the back of the head knocking him out
She waits until he's in the shower and starts putting on a different outfit
She puts on tight fitting gym clothes and stuffs a few pairs of underwear in her pants to pad her butt
She grabs a couple pairs of socks and uses them to stuff her sports bra
She gets a scrunchie and ties up her hair and finds a scarf and makes a head band with it
She unzips a side pocket and grabs out a small box
She puts on a fake septum ring and a fake lip ring
She puts the box back
She unzips the other side of her duffle bag and pulls out a makeup kit
She puts on false eyelashes
Foundation covers her beauty mark and any blemishes
Blush on her cheeks
She contours her face to change the appearance of the shape
She uses eyeliner to reshape her brows making them look extra thick
She uses too much lipstick to make her lips look bigger
A little shimmer in some spots to make them appear exaggerated
She looks in the mirror
She can barely recognize herself
She heads back to where she found Thomas
She finds a junkie that looks like they can still function and tells them to go to Ahmed's store and purchase a prepaid cellphone
When he comes back she'll give him an extra $20
She gets the phone and gives the junkie $15
She calls Mark
Mark
I've met with my asset
He has the location for the cells
...
Yes
...
No he doesn't know
...
I will
...
Yes
...
No
...
Ok
When
...
I see
...
I'll be there
She wiped her prints and dropped the phone
She thought
She paid enough to get them high and forget what they did but not enough to kill them
She didn't hesitate
But as she jogged back to her room she felt a little sick
Mac waits for him to retreat to a room and calls his head of security
He's in the south west bedroom
He's going to try to run
Let him think he's escaped and beat the snot out of him
That little twat disrespected me for the last time
He's going to learn his place
The man who still isn't Tony managed to sneak back into his car and drive a few hours back to his apartment
He got on his laptop and pulled up the Whitepages looking for an exterminator business that's hiring
Something cheap and near by that shit bag motel
He finds a place but it's not hiring
He starts filling out an application anyway
Qualified enough but not so much so that they think he'll demand high wages
Using himself as a reference
His ex employer will essentially be him on his burner phone with a disguised voice
Reason for being in need of a job
The company had to shut down due to crackdowns on regulations
He sends it in
He starts printing out coupons with the company's location name and number on it
He grabs some jars and plastic bags
He goes out on foot
He starts looking through garbage cans
He finds some maggots
A dead rat
A live rat
Some cockroaches
He takes his treasure trove of nasties and drives to a park near the motel
The swings are broken
There's a ladder to a slide that no longer exists
A basketball court
And some giant springs sticking out of the ground
The city is too busy to fix it up
But it doesn't stop local kids from going there to drink
Run away from home
Or sell drugs
He stands around under a dim light for about ten minutes
Finally a kid comes up on a bike
Who you looking for?
You
says the man who is not Tony
Oh hell naw old man
Raffie!!
No no
Stop
don't call no one!
Another slightly older kid comes up and flashes a gun in his waste band
We don't let pedos around here
Oh god
No
No
I need help from someone with small hands
Smoke this freak raffie
The first kid demands
No no
Not like that
Look
He shows the kids jars of bugs
Raffie screams
awl hell nah
Nah this freak into some psycho shit
Wtf is that?!
He pulls out his gun
I just need someone to put these items around a motel in the morning
Raffie puts his gun down
What the hell are you talking about?!
I need to get an establishment hit with a health code violation
I own the motel down the street from this shit hole and I want to scare their customers away
The younger kid asks
Which one?
Dias de la villa
The kids start laughing
That place is already a shit hole
Y-yes I know but the health inspector keeps passing them
They can't ignore a rat chewing on another dead rat
He holds up a jar with just that happening inside
Raffie says that's sick man
How much?
Oh right money
I'll pay you $20 each now and $30 each when the job is done
Yo I want a PlayStation says the younger kid
Ok how about $30 each upfront and $40 each after?
Why not half upfront?
Raffie looks smug
Because if I agree to pay you more upfront you'll just skip out on doing the job
But
If you do a good job you might get a tip when it's done
This is how the world works
Alright man
The kids agree
They take the money, the insects and rats
Ok now I need you to drop some bugs in the slot where the Asian lady takes the money
It's under the little window with bars on it
Put the rats outside of the window
I'll give you extra money if I see more rats running around when I approach tomorrow morning at 9 am
Put cockroaches on people's windows
And if you see an ice machine put some maggots in there as well
By 9 am sharp I need the place already crawling with little undesirable things and people panicking needing an exterminator
You kids have small hands
Stick bugs in any creves you can fit your hand in
Yo you weird man
But you can count on us
Raffie nods
The other kid says
Get ready to empty your pockets tomorrow
I'll be looking forward to it kids
He leaves the park and goes to the motel to sprinkle coupons around on cars
Then he goes to the exterminator shop
He breaks the lock on the door and enters
He picks a random work station and starts going through the equipment and chemicals
Looking for anything that would signify an incompetent employee that must be fired immediately
He takes a backpack canister full of poison and sets it on the desk letting it drip out
He sprinkles some on the desk
He plugs in a bug zapper and places it under the dripping nozzle
He stops and asks himself what he's doing
It's going to be a miracle if this works
He goes back to the car and changes his clothes and takes a short nap
He wakes up and goes back to the exterminator shop and waits for them to open
He sees that he didn't start a fire overnight and is disappointed but he thinks he can still salvage this
The owner comes walking up
We're not open yet he says
Oh I know
I was wondering if you were hiring sir
Oh you're the applicant that emailed last night
Well you seem qualified but I just don't have room for another employee right now
The owner unlocks the door and starts walking in
Well could you just talk to me?
He tries to follow the owner inside
Listen
He sniffs
Do you smell that?
Y-yeah
I do
It smells like poison
The owner walks inside
He follows
Holy shit what the fuck?!
The owner finds the mess that not Tony left for him
The owner tries to turn on the lights
They fail
Enrique is so fired!
The owner turns read
He looks like he's about to hit someone
Well it looks like your in need of a new employee
The owner frowns
This idiot damaged the entire electrical system
I can't afford you right now
W-wait
Listen
I can start today as a trial
And if you like me
You can hold my pay for three weeks
Please I need this
He begs
The owner says
Your trial is one week
Ok done
I'll suit up right now
The phone starts ringing
I'll even answer the phone
Hello this is Chico's exterminator service
How may I help you?
I need exterminator cheap
You have coupon
I need now
Oh yes ma'am I'm aware of that
Could you please describe all the problems you have
Could you please give me your location
And I will send out a man right away
You see when you get here
Bugs and rats everywhere
We on East road
number 114
Hotel
Dias de la villa
Yes ma'am I know where that is
We will have a man out to you in ten minutes
He hangs up the phone
He looks at the owner
There's a little old lady just up the road with what looks like rat droppings
The owner says spray even if it's not and charge her
Then he tossed him keys
The van is out back
He grabs a uniform and some chemicals
As he leaves other employees start showing up
Enrique !!
He starts walking faster away
He jumps in the van and drives to the motel
When he pulls up he has the biggest grin on his face
He thinks
These kids unleashed the 7 plagues of pests on this place
I didn't even ask for frogs
It's complete chaos
Mr Jones completed his task and finds the twisted trees
He doesn't see her
He walks around the tree
No sign of her
A loud thud sound comes from behind him
He spins around
Did you just drop out of the damn tree
Catching her breath
Yeah
I climbed up to break a branch
There should be a wide enough gap in the surveillance system's view over here
All I had to do was climb up
Shimmy out on a branch and reach over to the next tree to break a branch and create a bigger blind spot
So now I have this big area and all of these rooms in a blind spot
Thomas raises his eyebrow
Yeah I guess that's good
So our room is that one over there
Oh shit she says
That's just out of range
She starts walking towards the room
Wait! The window is still in the blind spot but just barely
I'll just have to climb in and out this way
You go in and open it for me
Thomas did as he was told
Once they were both inside he corners her
Alright bitch you're going to tell me what's going on right now
I'm not stupid
You just happen to know all this shit
Who even thinks like this?!
You're lost looking for a bathroom
then suddenly you have an answer to my problems
A dirty little vagabond girl making her way across the states without a care in the world
who just happens to have cash to throw around on any little thing that pops into your head
I'm supposed to believe all this is coincidence?
You waited until I told you my story
So I'm going to ask you
Who do you work for?
Just calm down
She's trying not to show that she thinks she made a mistake
No I will not
Not until I get answers
I-I can't tell you
You're going to tell me!
He pulls out a knife
Ok ok please stop
It's not -
It's not what you think
I don't have all the answers
Then tell me what you do know
He points the knife at her
I-I think like this because I've been traveling
I don't have an ID
I have nothing
I sold my car and that's why I have cash
It's really only a few thousand dollars
I have a job opportunity and I thought I could bring you on with me
I was going to go to my meeting and give you a recommendation
If it didn't work you still have the room for a week
You-you're struggling just like me
We can all use a hand
Nah bitch I ain't buying it
He gets closer to her
No seriously
I think like I do because I've been where you are
Just-just not as bad
What do you mean?
He puts the knife down a little
I came from silicon valley
I was set up by a coworker to look like I was stealing
But they were
They fired me
It damaged my entire reputation
I was left with nothing
so I lived out of my car and eventually I had to start stealing food
I got caught
My old name was attached to - to a lot of bullshit
So I changed who I was
And I kept changing
...
I could relate to you
He puts the knife away
Ok
I didn't trust you but I wanted answers
I thought you could be working for my old employer
Hell you probably did and just didn't know it
She relaxes her shoulders
You still don't believe me do you
Not a chance
But you might just be my only chance
...
I'll take the couch while you're here
Thanks she says
Thomas laughs
You thanking me
He shakes his head
If you'll excuse me
I'd like a hot shower
Maybe a bubble bath
I've been living off of shelter showers and wet wipes
So --
Go right ahead
She smiles
I need to sort through some paperwork
He followed Mac into the study
Have a seat mate
He laughs
Mac asks
what?
It just feels a little cliche with the fire place already lit
It's not even that cold
Mac smiles and sips his scotch
Fire is powerful
It's wild and can be very hard to control
It's pure destruction and life
It's been around since the dawn of time
He looks at the flames
Yeah I guess
So what's this proposal
Mm good right to the chase
No foreplay for you
That's what I fancy about you
I enjoy and admire that you always want to bypass the distractions and get to the point without taking unnecessary steps
when it comes to business
You can't be bothered to waste your time on frivolous details
You aren't swayed by atmosphere
All cards on the table
And you either walk away with a deal
or you don't
I remember you being very
Cut
Throat
He laughs
You're right
So let's make it simple
What do you want from me?
I want you to be my partner
Mac looks at him with conviction
I'm starting a new business and I need someone I can trust
So that's it then?
That's why you helped?
I owe you now.
And you might already have my balls in a vice so it'd be easy to keep me on a leash... Is that what all this is?
Mac grinning evilly
It's been a while
But you still know me too well
Did I mention how much I admire you?
He laughs
Yeah
Well let's hear it then
What's the business and what are you hoping for?
Ahh there it is
You love that word
Hope
What do you mean?
He folds his arms
Let's face it
You know me but I know you
When you are making a deal you ask what do you hope for
or
what we hope for is
or
I hope that we can renegotiate later
It means someone is about to get fucked up the ass
Mac you're handsome I just don't --
Oh stop
Mac puts his drink down angrily
You're right
I do have your tiny nutsack in a vice
You don't have much of a choice mate
He scowls
Then answer my question
Cut the crap and tell me what the job is
I need you to manage some finances
Your title will be CEO
You'll need to show up in our Paris, London, Germany, and Saudi Arabia locations at least two or three times a year
You will be on call
If I tell you to do something
You will do it
Without question
I can't make that deal
He looked at Mac as if he were insane
Mac frowns
One phone call and you're on a no fly list
A terrorist watch list
Caught in this manhunt
And thrown away into some godforsaken hole for the rest of your life!!
He's red and spitting but stops yelling to wipe his mouth
And your little girlfriend --
He snaps his neck around
Stiffening his entire body
Tightening his fists
Oh yes
Yes I know
Mac smiles again
You have this little mystery girlfriend
Jesus you were ranting about her across two states
It's just some pussy mate
I can give you so much more
Women are everywhere
You saw
They'll spread their legs for you all day
Don't you get it mate?!
He lunges at Mac and starts punching him
He stops himself
If you think for one second I want a bunch of disease ridden hookers --
He's so frustrated
Don't you ever --
And you think --
I'm not going to be your --
Mac gets to his feet
What?
Out with it then
I'm offering you a chance to make real money
I'm offering you your life back
You should be thanking me
Thanking you!?
You're blackmailing me!
This is extortion
Extortion and blackmail
It's called incentive mate
And you know that's how the game is played
You will be a good boy
And we can go back to how things used to be
Mac puts his hand on his shoulder
How they used to be...
Yes Mac says
Back before you started slumming it
After Dubai --
Stop
He takes mac's hand off of his shoulder
Well you're just barely scraping by on 400 grand a year
That's no way to live
250
He says
Mac gasps
You poor thing
How can you even live
You weren't kidding about being a survivor
It must be real tough
Mac just stop
He puts his hand up
I made this choice
Sure you did
Mac looks at him with pity
Mac leans in and whispers
What other choice do you really have?
He starts walking away
We'll talk tomorrow
I need to rest
Tony murk fact data file - I
She chunked it out into four bits with one left over I
He wondered if he had the right message
The poem could indicate something murky
It's all a little unclear
But I am sure the first word is Tony and she's talking about a mercenary or a hired gun
He had no choice but to visit the hotel
Data file I
What could that mean?
There's only one way to find out
He pulled up across the street from this dilapidated shit hole
He was going to stick out
He grabbed a pair of glasses from the glove box
They make his eyes look bigger
He took some hand sanitizer and rubbed it in his hair to make it look greasy and pulled it down in front of his forehead
He took off his jacket
Then he rolled up one of his sleeves and pinched his arm until he broke a blood vessel then hit it a few times to make it look red
He took off his shoes and ripped his shirt a little
He pulled a knife out from under the seat and pricked his finger and smeared a drop of blood on his rolled up sleeve
He sucked on his finger until it stopped bleeding
Ok he thought
I'm ready
He climbed into the back seat and exited the car
Stumbling and limping scratching his arm and looking at everything
Noticably
He goes up to the little barred window and shouts at the Asian lady
Hey!
Then getting more timid
Hey... Hey..
He starts twitching his head looking down
She turns around sharply
Go away crackhead
We no want you around
Listen
Listen
I need a room
No all full
Go away
I - I can pay y-you
We do not serve crackhead
She hit a button on her ancient landline phone
Wǒmen yǒu hóngsè dàimǎ
zhè bùshì yǎnxí
What - what are you doing?
I-I just need a room
It's not even for me man
A tall buff Latino man covered in tattoos comes up behind him
Who-what
What is this?
He nervously laughs
The big man grabs him and starts dragging him away
That's discrimination!
Y-you can't do this m-man!
You'll be hearing from my-my lawyer
And this is assault.
You hear me?!
Assault!
The big man shoved him into the street
Stay away pendejo
He stumbled to his feet and started walking down the street
There was a file on the computer labeled I
He scratched his head
How am I supposed to access it?
He asked himself that question a dozen times while he was waiting to sneak back to his car
The two entered a small thrift store
With no cameras
It took a little while to find
She bought herself a big hat and oversized sunglasses
And a pantsuit from the 70s
She bought him a vintage fedora
And a three piece pinstriped suit
It's not perfect but...
Are you kidding?
I look smooth
The man twirls around for her
She laughs
Not too shabby Mr. Jones
...
We got lucky that that we found these name brand clothes in this good of condition
Whoo boy
You ain't lyin
They walked to the hotel she had mentioned off of 17th Street
Now
There's cameras over here and here
She points them out
She shows him the trail he has to take to stay in the blind spots
You are to go up to the front desk and ask for a room in the back on the ground floor for one week
He starts walking towards the parking lot
She grabs his arm
Not yet
We're going to need to walk around the block and then split up
We're already on camera
Where?
He looks around
Stop
She sounded serious
The gas station we just passed
The cafe across the street
And the pizza shop near the thrift store
But only after we came out
...
You're going to follow the blind spot and keep your face partially covered by your hat when you go up to the front desk
...
There's two trees in the very back that have twisted around each other
Out of view of the cameras
You can't miss it
You will meet me there and we'll go to the room together
...
Remember
Your name is Thomas Jones
You're here on vacation
Meeting with an old friend
...
Low-ball them when you bribe them to not take ID
You lost your ID and passport at the airport and are waiting for the authorities to contact you when they've found it
You really just want to relax and take a shower
Look rich and confident but also tired and annoyed
But don't give anyone any trouble
Act entitled like you've done this before
You're important and you not only enjoy your privacy you also aren't used to being told no
Is that all?
He was getting hard to read
She worried if he could pull it off
Yeah it's good to have a vague backstory in mind
Offer yourself flexibility and be prepared for follow up questions
Ok
He nodded
Let's do it then