Mafia

Welcome To The Mafia

The cold wind whipped around Aurelia as she walked around a corner into a dark alleyway. Surprisingly, the house at the end wasn't as dark and gloomy as she had suspected. 

It was a small house with a light grey exterior. Of course, it would be if you ignored the obvious blood stains on the sides. 

But she trusted the person who gave her this address. The path to the house was cracked and she could easily trip if it weren't for her quick reflexes. When she got to the door, her knocks reverberated throughout the house. 

"I'll get it!" An overly cheery voice called. It was definitely not the person who invited her. The door was opened by a girl who looked a few years older than her. She had raven-black hair, chocolate brown eyes, and slightly tanned skin. She was wearing a strangely designed nurse's outfit and her hair was in two messy buns. 

"Hi there! You must be Aurelia! Come on in!" The girl chimed. Aurelia nodded slowly and walked inside. On the couch was a lovely woman swirling champagne in a glass. 

"Soly!" The girl sang, running forward. The woman turned towards her and Aurelia could see all her features. She looked older than the raven haired girl. She had golden yellow eyes and long dark brown hair. Her glasses made her look less menacing than she seemed. 

"Hello Aurelia." The woman said. She had a deeper voice that could freeze someone in place. 

"Hello." Aurelia whispered.

"Hmm. You seem a bit quieter than Iris had described. But I suppose one cannot judge by other's experiences. My name is Soleil. It's very nice to meet you." 

"Where is she?" Aurelia asked. 

"Who? Ah. Iris ought to be-" Soleil was interrupted by the door flinging open. Aurelia turned around and smiled. It was her mentor, Iris. Iris had her blonde hair in a braid. Her sea-blue eyes flicked over the room and her pale skin seemed almost transparent in the light. 

"What'd I miss?" Iris asked, erupting in laughter. 

"Iris. Introduce Aurelia to us." Soleil commanded. 

"Yeah yeah. Alright this is Aurelia. Aurelia, the boss-lady is Soleil. The nurse chick is Empriss. And there should be a few other's somewhere." Iris said, flinging her arm over Empriss' shoulder. Empriss shoved her away and flipped her off. Iris stuck out her tongue and turned back to Aurelia. 

"So how have they treated you so far? I'm surprised you haven't given you a drink yet!" Iris laughed, throwing Aurelia over her shoulder and then setting her down. 

"I'm 17. Not 21." Aurelia reasoned. 

"Whatever." Iris retorted. 

"Got anything new for us boss?" Empriss asked. 

"Indeed I do. Saphira has found someone attempting to figure out who and where we are." Soleil said, lighting a cigarette. Empriss reached out and grabbed one, stealing the lighter out of Soleil's hands. 

"So they're a believer?" Empriss asked after blowing a few smoke rings.

"Obviously idiot!" Iris said, pouring some champagne for herself and Aurelia. 

"Here Aurelia." Iris shoved the drink into her hand and downed her own. 

"You don't have to drink it." Iris whispered whilst Empriss and Soleil were talking. Aurelia laughed tartly and took a sip. 

"Don't get drunk Ari!" Iris giggled and joined in the other's conversation. 

“I won’t, I won’t, trust me,” Aurelia said, taking another sip.

“This mission is a simple one, I’ve heard a lot about you, Aurelia, and I think that you could be promoted to soldier from associate, what do you think?” Soleil made direct eye contact with Aurelia when saying this, her glare surprisingly warm. 

“I think that sounds great!”

“Good, well let me give you the facts of the mission,” she looked down at the table in front of her and picked up a file on it, she opened it and continued talking, sliding it over to the other side, “the target's name is Maxwell Edwards, a big mafia boss. He is trying to uncover our main base and is trying to kill me so that he can claim to be the most powerful mafia boss. This obviously won’t happen,” she laughed when saying this, “but I want to toy with him a bit. Your mission will be to lure him here.”

“Wait, what? I thought it was gonna be a killing one and-“ Aurelia was interrupted when saying this.

“There is a method to my madness, I want to see how good you are at persuasion, that will be the first task. Next will be killing, but that will be a different mission, understood?”

“Yes ma’am,” Aurelia saluted and Soleil laughed again, putting her cigarette out,

“Oh my gosh! I am so glad Iris brought you in, this is going to be fun,” She got up and started walking towards the back of the house, “ Empriss, call me when you guys are near, otherwise don’t bother me or i’ll make sure you don’t wake up.” With that she slipped behind the wall and the others started talking about their mission.