“Holy shit! It's so much prettier in person!” Cress says as they take in the sight before them. I've been to Rome plenty of times but it never fails to take my breath away with its clear skies and beautiful beaches. The place itself might be nice but the people can't be farther from nice. I'm not sure if it has to do with the fact that I don't particularly enjoy people or if it has to do with the fact that I'm not the nicest person.
“You can go full tourist later but for now we need to get to the condo,” I say grabbing my bags from the plane.
“You have a condo here?” Cress asks, snapping out of their trance.111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZayA6EpaQ
“No, you do.” Aleksander owns some kind of property in every country we frequent. Even though we are in Italy frequently we don't have a large house here because we don't want to draw any more attention to ourselves than we already have. I must admit it has got to be kind of hard not to stare at a 6’2 Russian woman with white hair telling a 5’3 Russian person with blood-red hair to stop acting like a tourist. “Thana stop for a second. I need to take a photo of this.”111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYXkwOYbdE
“Cress, it is literally a building. You can see buildings all the time back home.”111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0oYAg3NQ8
“We don't have this kind of building back home!”111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNRlHQGMjB
“Cress, can you please fulfill your tourist dreams later? I have more important things to do.”111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjayv4sePT2
“No fuck you bitch I want to be a tourist now,” They say whining like a little kid. “Go to the condo, I'll catch up with you soon.”111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgs0hV6qWip
“You don't have the slightest fucking clue where the condo is.”111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGs1hV0xtHS
“I'll ask someone.”
“You don't speak Italian.”111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcPPeKmwTE
“I speak English.”111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgSTn3dBVJ
“Not many people here speak English.”
“I'll google translate it.”111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKfBpvkvUc
“Cress you cant even ask for the direction you have no fucking clue what the address is,” I say throwing my hands up in frustration. As much as I love cress they can get really fucking annoying if they want to.
“Tell me the address then I will live my tourist dreams and you go stalk people.”
“Fine,” I say, grabbing my phone and texting them the address.
“Now was that so hard,” Cress asks.
“Yes. Now go be a tourist and leave me alone.” 111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaWY6lQsKH
“Have fun! I’ll see you later.”
“Bye,” I say as I start to walk towards the condo. Now that Cress is gone I can do what I came here to do. The condo isn't anything special. It has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, and a living room. Even though this condo is owned by Aleksander I still need to check and make sure no one is here. Once I finish checking I change into my gear which consists of; black tactical pants, a black skin-tight turtleneck, combat boots, and gloves. I decided against any kind of bulky protection because I already look suspicious as hell like this. I pull my hair back into a tight braid and start gathering my weapons. Even though I'm not going to kill them, I don't plan on being unarmed. I grab a handgun and a shit ton of knives. I strap the holster of the gun to my thigh and put the knives on a belt.
Most people in the mafia enjoy using guns. I don't. I think it's more intimate if you use a knife on your victims and I'm better with knives than guns.
I look around the room trying to find a way to the roof. I cant walk through the streets looking like this and not many people use cars here so the rooftops are my best option of transportation. I spot a window that leads to the fire escape. I pull the window up and climb onto the fire escape. The condo is on the top floor of the building so it's not a far climb to the roof.
As I start heading in the direction of where the AISE headquarters is, the noise from the streets below reaches my ears. I wonder what Cress is doing currently. Knowing them harassing some random Italian person with questions. I've always thought cities looked nicer the higher up you are. From the rooftops, you can see everything and everyone. It's relaxing, not having to worry about someone bothering you, you can just watch the world move by from up here.
The building appears in front of me faster than I wish it did. I have no fucking clue what I'm going to say to these people. I hate going into things without a plan but I kind of have to here, we don't have time for a plan this time.
I find a good spot across the street to watch the building. I don't need to watch the building I'm just doing it so I can figure out what to say.
After 20 minutes I finally have a half-assed plan that probably won't work. During that 20 minutes, I also figured out a way to get in. Get captured.
Is this the worst plan I've ever made? Possibly. Will it work? Probably not but I don't have any other ideas on how to get in.
I make my way down the fire escape. The fire escape leads to an alleyway cloaked in shadows. I reach for my gun as soon as my feet touch the ground. I need to time this right or the whole half-assed plan goes to shit. One guard comes around the left side and another guard comes around the right side. As soon as they are parallel to each other I pull the trigger.
The bullet goes clean through the closer guard's neck and embeds itself into the other guard's neck. The once gray concrete is now a deep shade of crimson. Some lady starts shrieking once she notices the gray concrete now stained a deep crimson. Both the guards have lost too much blood to have any chance of survival. As soon as their bodies hit the ground more guards have come to see what all the screaming was about. The guard's faces turn pale once they notice the two dead guards.
“Hai visto da dove viene lo sparo?” The guard asks the shrieking women.
“Laggiù,” the woman says whilst pointing at the alleyway I'm in.
“hai visto qualcuno camminare da quella parte?” The gaurd asks.
“non credo.” The guard nods to the rest of the guards. If I fled when I normally did I would be back at the condo already. The guards start closing in on the ally with their guns raised.
“se c'è qualcuno esci con le mani alzate,” One gaurd says. I put the gun back in its holster and put my hands up and start making my way toward them. The minute I step out of the ally I'm being pushed to the ground. Damn Italians didn't even let me say anything. I feel the cool metal of handcuffs being placed on my wrists.
The guards pull me from the ground and start walking me to the building. Holy shit it's working. As they move me through the building I take note of everything I can. I also try and see if any of my targets are here. “dove mi stai portando?” I ask, knowing damn well they aren't going to answer me.
“ai vertici in modo che possano decidere cosa fare di te,” the guard answers. No fucking way this is working. I nod. They stop in front of a tall white door and the guard closest to me knocks on the door.
“Si accomodi.” The guard pushes the door open and there are all of my targets in one room. It would be so easy to kill them all right now. I look over each one and they all look like what I expected them to. Except for one, Celeste De Santis.
The file did not do her justice, she's beautiful. I've never seen a person look like she does. She is what I imagine Aphrodite would look like. The sun hits her raven hair in a way that makes it shine. Her hair looks like it would be as soft as a feather. Her eyes are hazel with shades of green fanning out around her irises, her eyelashes rest against her cheeks every time she blinks. Her full pink lips look as if they would be as soft as pillows. She has high cheekbones and a sharp jawline. Her nose has a slight bump on the bridge of it as if it's broken several times. She's wearing a white button-down tucked into black dress pants with a pair of black heels. The outfit does wonders for her full chest and hips.
A harsh hit to the side of my face snaps me out of my trance. “I'm going to ask you one more time. Why did you kill those two guards?” A short man with red hair that is starting to blad asks me.
“Because I needed to discuss something with you,” I say. Everyone seems shocked to hear my accent and weary to trust me. I don't blame them I did just kill two of their guards. “I'm sorry about the guards. It was the only way I could get your attention.”
“Your Russian?” A tall man with rich brown skin asks.
“It does seem that way.”111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6MfJO040K
“Anyway. What did you need to discuss with us?” Celeste asks. Her voice is almost as beautiful as she is.
“I'm a part of the Russian mafia, I know that gives you no reason to trust me but I need you to listen to me. In America, there is a group of people called the Council of Sins who are trying to destroy organizations that have committed sins like murder, treason, and corruption. I'm not sure what kind of weapon they have but whatever it is it's very dangerous. You know I wouldn't be coming here unless it was serious,” I explain, everyone seems shocked beside Celeste. 111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQt05DgWbJZ
“Uncuff her and leave,” Celeste says. The guards nod and once they unlock the cuffs they leave the room. Once the door closes Celeste continues “I thought as much. She does have a point the Council of Sins does need to be taken out soon. They have a weapon that can cause mass destruction and we have no clue what it is. They might not be a huge group of people but that weapon can cause a lot of damage so I think it's in our best interest if we work with-” she pauses realizing she has no clue what my name is.
“Thana Cirillo.”
“I think it's best if we work with Thana to take down this group.”111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUlTvZOT9N
“Why the fuck would we trust her? She could be tricking us!” The short red-haired man says.111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ff2fAX7Dh
“I have no reason to do that.” I lie, I have many reasons to try and kill them.
“Why can't your angel of death do this for you she seems capable enough?”
“I am perfectly capable of taking them down but if I want to live I need help.”111Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1J26naGcqK
“Wait. You're the angel of death?”
“Of course I am, who else would she be?” I say.
“Well, then” Celeste laughs. “We will make a deal with you angel of death. We work together to take down the Council of Sins and you stop killing innocent Italians. Deal?” She asks sticking her hand out.
“Deal,” I say shaking her hand.
Translations:
Hai visto da dove viene lo sparo = Did you see where the shot came from
Laggiù= over there
hai visto qualcuno camminare da quella parte= did you see anyone walking from that area
non credo= i dont think so
se c'è qualcuno esci con le mani alzate= if there is someone there come out with your hands up
dove mi stai portando= where are you taking me
ai vertici in modo che possano decidere cosa fare di te= to the higer ups so they can decide what to do with you
Si accomodi= come in
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