I pulled of the blind fold and looked at the stop-watch.
25 seconds.
I put the gun down, it took me 25 seconds to take the gun apart and put it back together. I need to improve on that.
It was the day of the big hit so I needed to sharpen my skills. I walked into my closet and retrieved a breifcase. I flicked the latches and popped it open. Scope, a single bullet, and a place for the gun. I leaned back into the closet and took my suit off the hangar and put it on, I grabbed a pair of sunglasses and put them on.
Always look your best, even when you're on the job.
I headed down the stairs of the apartment building and I slowly made my way to the driver side of my car and got in. It was a black Sedan, these cars just ran in the business I guess. I set my briefcase down and pulled out my keys. I stuck them in the ignition and leaned out to shut my door. I turned them, the engine roared with a mechanical whirr. I smiled and pulled out into traffic. I reached back into my glove compartment and pulled out the Beretta and put it in my jacket.
I parked the car in front of the building, I looked at my watch, a Rolex, and saw that it was 3:30. I slowly made my way into the Dixon and Brown office building. The inside had a very tacky brown/manilla paint coating its walls. A secretary's desk sat in the corner, unattended. Dust and construction tools were all over the main lobby. At the far end of the lobby was an elevator and a staircase, I took the staircase. If anyone was inside the building I didn't want to alert them to my presence.
I made my way up the stairs, 1st floor, 2nd floor, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th. Each level of stairs was boxed in by a wall, again in a brown paint. I walked past an office door on the 8th floor. I paused, I heard something descending from the next floor, the ninth floor. Someone walking, no, someone speaking. I pulled out my beretta and laid myself up a against the wall on the left side of the staircase. I edged around it carefully and I leaned around the corner of the wall. I put the gun back into its hoster, it was construction workers. Two of them. I stood at the bottom of the stairs.
"Hey you!" said a rather fat man who was sitting on a set of wooden crates at the top of the next level of stairs. The other worker then took notice of me, they both wore gray jump-suits and had grease all over themselves.
"Yea!" I said turning around facing them.
"Who said that you could be up here? This building is closed!" Said the fat worker, he took a bite of a sandwhich.
"Well, my rather large friend, Mikey gave me authorization. You do know my friend Mikey right?" He paused and spit the huge bite of sandwhich out of his mouth.
"What did ya' say ta' me?" He babbled. Apparently, he didn't know who Mikey was.
"Jack take it easy." said the other worker, he got up and stood in his way. "We aren't supposed to be here either, what if this guy calls the cops." I heard the other worker say.
"Just what exactly are you guys doing?" I asked, still at the bottom of the stairs.
"What I'm doin' is I'm about ta' bust yer head!" yelled Jack. I peered past them and saw that in the crates were electronic equipment, computers, TV's, VCR's.
"Gentlemen, since you are choosing to use your ability as construction workers to enter this building to rob it, I believe that you might be having some financial troubles. I could easily illeviate some of these problems if you would simply leave." Jack and his co-worker stopped and looked at me.
"Jack, this isn't good." said Jack's partner.
"Shut the hell up Frank!" He turned to me, "What dya mean exactly?" I smiled.
"I'll transfer 100,000 dollars to your bank accounts if you leave right now, no questions asked. I just need your names, I have a friend who can take care of this easily." Jack walked down the stairs and stood in front of me. He help out his grease covered hand, we shook hands.
"Jack Tamler and my friend over there is Frank Bartla." he explained and pointed to his friend.
"Deal!" We said in unison. I pulled him close to me and whispered into his ear, "Don't think we don't forget favors. Now get outta here!" They descended down and out of the building. I walked over to a large crate of boxes, I rummaged through until I found a small bundle of cloth. I unwrapped it, in a systimatic fashion I pieced together the rifle in about ten seconds. I walked over to an open window and looked down at the park. I looked at my watch, 3:54 PM.
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