Business

After all of these negotiations. After weeks of preparation. After gaining all of the assurances, he still wouldn't talk. Ray rubbed his tired eyes in frustration.

"You'll be leaving now?" said the Hungarian that sat across the dining hall table leaned back in his chair, a smug confident smile on his face. Ray eyed around beautifully recreated French chateau, counting all twenty five guards on the second level overhang guarding their employer in the dining hall. He wondered if the man who specialized in human trafficking surrounded himself with such extravagance to ignore the evil he was committing or if he actually saw nothing wrong with his actions and simply had nothing better to spend his fortune on.

"No." Ray wasn't sure if his voice squeaked or not when he said this. Colette's seeming ignorance of the situation was unnerving.

"What did you say?" the Hungarian laughed, "Don't overstay your welcome my friend."

Ray turned to Cole who was still eating to his left silently. How could she be so calm? "You agreed to give me everything you had on business transactions with Tri-Tower, we've done our side of the deal, do yours."

"I ha..."

"No you haven't." Ray snapped. The Hungarian was surprised at the outburst and Ray could tell he had offended him. He was beginning to sweat, the weight of those twenty five assault rifles bearing down on him, "A business like yours keeps track of such business transactions including buyers and sellers, I've spent enough time in law enforcement to know that. Don't try pulling a fast one on me!"

Silence fell over the room. The smile was gone from the Hungarians face, Ray was sure that the man would punch him if he were in range. After what seemed like hours standing in a desert to Ray, the Hungarian stood and spoke, "I take orders from no one, especially not yankee pigs like you."

Ray would have retorted something bold, something insulting to Hungarians, but he soon remembered that he couldn't think of a single derogatory term for the nationality,much less find the country on the map. With verbal assistance from Colette unlikely, he settled on being the better man and moved away from the insults, "I'm counting to three."

"You're counting to three?" the Hungarian boomed, Ray could hear all of the guns above him having there safety's being turned off collectively at once. This was getting out of hand quickly. "I'm giving you one second to leave my fucking house!"

"No." Ray could hear his voice squeak this time. Why couldn't he be a bad ass like Dunn or Kasey? Why was Colette still sitting down eating?

"Kill him. We'll deal with the mess later." Ray cringed, closing his eyes. The sound of bullets cracking and whizzing by him left him temporarily deaf. He was used to that now. When the fire stopped, he unfolded himself off of the ground and stood up beside Colette.

"Are you okay Ray?" She asked, her voice calm and monotone. It took her only a seconds to realize that her male companion was still disoriented from the gun fire. With that in mind her attention shifted to the guards, who were beginning to fire again, there shots more accurate. The rounds once again deflected off Colette's shield as she stepped onto the table and rolled up the sleeve of her right arm. Seven knives fell out before recovering mid fall. They then moved sharply upwards, spinning slowly around Colette. A few of the guards stopped at the sight, while others remained stunned.

"Your escorts a Hybrid?" the Hungarian stuttered, backing away, realizing she was headed towards him. He almost fell out of his chair as he made sure never to break eye contact with the monster walking unabated by a hail of bullets. Colette's knives began flying out seemingly at random, killing off most of the guards within a matter of seconds. The remaining men had routed by the time Colette was half way across the table.

"Sorry, didn't catch all of that!" Ray yelled so that his recovering ears could hear.

"Where the fuck did you get a damn Hybrid?"

It was Ray's turn to laugh. "I don't know where she came from, but she's got to be the god damn best girlfriend on this entire planet man!"



Wow I don't like that thumbnail :/ I like the picture, but I wouldn't judge someone who passed it up on the thumbnail.

Anywho. Colette Lefebvre everyone Thanks to for helping me limp through this one, especially in the final stages.