The Angels Of Death

chapter 1

In the sleepy village of Hitchfield, somewhere near Hampshire, three young businessmen make their way to the church. They look menacing in their crisp suits, their shiny black shoes tapping on the pavement as they walk, announcing their presence with every step. With each tap they got closer and closer, walking slowly, silently, the only sound is the sinister tap of their feet.

At the church an old man weeps, mourning the loss of his granddaughter, taken too soon, just six years old. He doesn’t know it yet, but he is dying, he will die within days, soon to join her, in the ground. Why are the men going to church? To make a proposition. They work for the most successful corporation in Europe. A corporation that has taken over the entire economy and is rapidly expanding, looking for new horizons, will Wall Street it’s next target. Aa corporation so corrupt, you wonder if it had any morals to begin with. It’s leader? Founder? Only the richest man in England. With money to burn, Chris Scott buys up dying companies and makes them part of his Empire.

To become successful at Nefarious Industries, (known publicly as N Industries or NI) you sleep your way to the top. The most successful executives fucked their way up the ladder. Blackmail and bribery are also widely used methods, but the most common is sucking the cock of your superior until you’re promoted. This has it’s drawbacks, but for William Parker, it worked.

William is the first of the three businessmen, his blond hair slicked back and his suit blue with a blood-red tie. He isn’t just bad, he’s truly evil. Evil exudes his being, you can smell it as he walks by (it smells like Paco Rabanne’s ‘Phantom’ eau de toilette).

The second got his position because Chris Scott is his uncle, a classic case of nepotism in the workplace. If the three were chocolate, William is white chocolate, sweet, but too much of him leaves you feeling sick. Our second businessman, Robert Scott would be milk chocolate, a smooth sweettalker, who’s brown hair is short and neat, the stereotypical businessman’s haircut. He too wears a blue suit, but his is paired with a dark blue tie to match. Robert isn’t evil, he isn’t bad, he just works for bad people, but i the grand scheme of things, is there really a difference? Robert is stuck in his uncle’s grip.

The third is dark chocolate, bitter, dark, hateful. Giovanni Rossi is powerful. He wears an all black suit, permanently dressed for a funeral, and has small silver cufflinks, the shape of pitchforks. He is the devil incarnate. If he were a colour, he would be crimson. His black hair falls into his face and his dark eyes are so intimidating, even the hardest businessman shuffles nervously around him. Women fall at his feet.

Despite their tough exteriors, they all have weaknesses: William cares what people think of him. He wants them to see him as a successful executive who will stop at nothing to protect the company. Robert is scared he’ll never leave. He’s afraid of getting stuck at N Industries. Struggling to escape the hands of his uncle, trying to slip through his fingers. Giovanni is fighting a losing battle against himself. He had dealt with a loss so great it ripped him apart, so now he hides behind this image, of a cold, unfeeling, intimidating man.