A Girl Called Andrea Part four: The Russian Mafia (704 hits)
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Submitted by Sam (View user info) at 2003-12-08 10:15:10 EST
Part one: http://www.ubersite.com/m/19821
Part two: http://www.ubersite.com/m/19900
Part three: http://www.ubersite.com/cgi-bin/message_get.cgi?message=1070639769181518784
The Russian Mafia
We laid on my couch for a few minutes before Andrea spoke.
"This is a beautiful, perfect moment. And I hate to ruin it. But I really want my P.O.M.. I want to spend as much time with you as possible, but if we don't find it, my time will be over so soon."
"I understand. Stay here. When you next see me, I'll have your P.O.M., I promise."
She smiled. "Take my umbrella. It's wet out there."
I smiled back and took the umbrella.
Fifteen minutes later, I was out the door and headed to Little Moscow.
When I was in front of Petrovich's restaurant, I checked my piece. My Magnum .357 was cleaned and loaded and ready to make some holes. I put it in my shoulder holster and got out of the car.
Petrovich was at his usual table surrounded by a bunch of goons. I would be lying if I said I wasn't scared, but I have never shown my fear.
"Petrovich, where's the . . ." that's when I realized I didn't even know Andrea's creator's name. "Where is he?"
He seemed to know. "He's somewhere safe. Where is she?"
"Also somewhere safe."
"Good. I would hate for something bad to happen to my product." I hated the way he called her his product. "Please, Mr. Anton, sit down. Let's discuss this like gentlemen."
I resisted the urge to tell him that he was far from a gentleman, that a gentleman wouldn't leave a woman face down in a pile of goop in an alley. But I complied. We exchanged some thinly veiled conversation before I got down to business.
"Do you have her power supply?" I asked.
"Of course I do. But it's not enough. I need the unit."
"You have the creator. Can't you just create a new girl?"
"It's not that easy, Mr. Anton. You see, Mr. Jones made some decisions when building it that weren't on the schematic. And he doesn't remember what they were. We need the original unit so that my men can study her." Well that helped, I now had the creator's name. And what an uncommon name it was, too. I was nowhere, really.
"You want her functional, right?" I asked, hoping that he did.
"Of course I do. Why?"
I hoped Petrovich didn't know that she had a few days to survive. "She's dying, Petrovich. She's powering down, to put into terms you can follow. She needs her power supply to survive."
"Well that's dreadful. Of course, we'll have the P.O.M. back in it as soon as we have it. Just get it to me."
"It's not that easy. She can't walk. The rain corroded some of her circuits. She needs her P.O.M. back in her and she needs Jones to fix her up. And she's in a place I like to hide things. A place I don't want found out. So give me the power supply and Jones and I'll bring her to you."
The lie was good, but I didn't know if it was good enough. Petrovich just looked at me for a moment. Then he pounded the table. "Do you think I'm stupid, Mr. Anton? Do you think I'll let you walk out of here with all of my cards? Do you think I'll let you walk out of here at all? You have underestimated me, Mr. Anton. And for that you will pay. Dmitri! Yuri! Grab him and throw him in the back with Jones."
Two pairs of large hands were on my shoulders and I was taken down a long corridor where I was thrust into a dank, dungeon-like room.
Dmitri and Yuri left the room and closed and locked the door behind me. I was trapped.
To be continued . . .
User Reviews
Submitted by Tak at 2003-12-09 12:05:24 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
You Kick Ass.
I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it.
Submitted by Phinch (user info) at 2003-12-09 11:41:35 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
how did i miss this?
Submitted by Jamin (user info) at 2003-12-08 12:41:25 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Reminds me of the film Blade Runner.
Submitted by Insanethemind (user info) at 2003-12-08 11:47:51 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
How have I missed these?
Great work.
Submitted by Lord_Of_The_Strings (user info) at 2003-12-08 11:09:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I agree these are good but too short, keep it up
Submitted by drky (user info) at 2003-12-08 10:56:02 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I am liking this so far. Especially parts 1 and 2.
However i have been left feeling it has lacked a little in, perhaps content or length? over the last two...
No real bads though.
Good work though keep it up... I'll keep reading.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2003-12-08 10:19:24 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
You are up too early for a Monday.